Volume 40
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| Release date: | February 18, 2003 | ||
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| Chapters: | 404-413 | ||
| ISBN: | ISBN 4-09-126170-1 | ||
| Publisher: | Shogakukan | ||
| English release date: | October 11, 2011 | ||
| English ISBN: | ISBN 1-4215-3500-9 | ||
| English Publisher: | Viz Media | ||
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Volume 40 was released on February 18, 2003 in Japan.
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Chapters
Missing Ring Case
File 404 - Be on Guard on a Sweet Date!
Ninzaburo Shiratori and his gang of Miwako Sato fans subject Wataru Takagi to a series of fiery interrogations. They believe Takagi is lying about attending an alumni gathering, as one of the officers found a ticket to a baseball game stuffed in Takagi's desk. Takagi's mental fortitude is pushed to the limit as his colleagues close around him.
A few days later, at Tropical Marine Land, Takagi fills in Sato about his interrogations but promises he told them nothing about their date. Though Sato is skeptical, Takagi reassures her he purposefully placed the baseball ticket on his desk to throw the investigators off their scent. Suddenly, Takagi feels like he's being watched. In the bushes, two police officers surreptitiously report the couple's actions to a truck parked outside the amusement park. Inside, Shiratori directs his subordinates as he strengthens his resolve to disrupt their date.
Seeing that Sato is in an unusually good mood, Shiratori directs two undercover officers to walk by the couple while loudly badmouthing the police. The plan works as Sato storms off to the bathroom. In his date's absence, Takagi pulls out a ring that he intends to present to Sato. The action sends most of the police force into a panic, but Shiratori calms everyone down, claiming he's got it covered. As Sato returns, the Detective Boys, along with Professor Agasa, shock Takagi with their appearance. They state that Inspector Shiratori had gifted them Tropical Land tickets as an expression of gratitude for their frequent corporation and that the Marine Land mascot, Maririn, had led them here for a photo but is now strangely missing. The mascot is shown scurrying away and reveals itself to also be an officer. He informs Shiratori of the situation, prompting the Inspector to call Agasa. Shiratori convinces Agasa to leave the kids with Takagi and Sato while he returns home and helps review a FAX document about a recent case. With their guardian gone, the Detective Boys have no choice but to join Takagi and Sato. Furthermore, Takagi's hope for Kogoro Mouri and Ran to arrive and chaperone the kids is squashed after learning the two are at a baseball game.
With the two's date compromised, Shiratori takes a well-deserved nap. Back at the police headquarters, Inspector Megure asks Kazunobu Chiba why Shiratori is leading thirty officers on a drug bust. Chiba replies they have reliable intel pointing to the notorious drug dealer, Asakichi Yakura, carrying out his next transaction at Tropical Marine Land. Takagi is seen sitting on a park bench, disappointed. Sato approaches him with a smile, saying, "think of it as a rehearsal for when we bring our own kids here." Takagi, justifiably flustered, takes the opportunity to give her a ring. Shiratori's team panics, but Takagi pulls out a bag instead. Opening the bag, Sato discovers a kilogram of heroin. Takagi believes he accidentally switched bags with someone during the 5000 leagues under the sea ride. Sato heads to the ride to see if anyone is looking for their lost bag, but the desk lady says no such customer has appeared. Since one kilogram of heroin can be worth up to sixty million yen (~600,000 dollars), the owner must still be searching for his package in the park.
File 405 - Misguided Massive Hunt
Sato deduces the bag's owner is a drug mule who intends to have a transaction with Asakichi Yakura. The two officers check the bag's contents, Sato asking if there are any blood stains on it, but only find brand new sports towels and a handkerchief dirtied by sweat. They ponder how to track the mule down when Conan points to the right bag strap. The punch hole with the prong attached to it appears elongated, meaning the mule must carry his bag on his left shoulder—making him left-handed. Their prime suspect is now a left-handed person who frequently engages in physical activity. That's when Ayumi remembers the photo taken by the on-ride camera, leading the group to revisit the 5000 leagues ride to see if anyone who fits the description rode with them. Before they leave, Sato hands the reception ladies the bag, telling them to call her if someone comes to retrieve it. As the group runs off, three disguised officers approach the receptionists. After showing their badges, they ask the lady what Sato was talking about. She says they were suspiciously talking about "Blood stains (Kekkon {血痕})" and "Heroin (Heroin {ヘロイン})," but the officers confuse the words for "Marriage (Kekkon {結婚})" and "Wedding Reception (Hirouen {披露宴}." Alarmed, they call Shiratori, who deduces that Takagi had likely switched bags with someone else, and their primary objective now is to retrieve his bag and stop the ring from getting into Sato's hands.
The group reviews the photograph and identifies four suspects and a child. Mitsuhiko recalls that the person holding onto Genta does golf as he was practicing his swing while waiting in line. Similarly, the man sitting next to the child probably does baseball because he was practicing throwing. Conan believes the tanned man to be a football player as the tan lines on his feet are shaped like shin guards would go. Finally, Haibara thinks the tanned woman is a swimmer as she had a centimeter-long line of untanned skin, likely from her goggles. Genta explains he got blue ink on his shirt after the man grabbed him, leading Conan to believe he wrote on one of the ride surveys using the ballpoint pen. The group inspects his sheet, and because the writing is smeared to the left, Conan deduces the man is left-handed. Sato instructs the park staff to call Noboru Takagi's name on the loudspeaker.
Because Takagi shares the same last name with the man, the police believe their searching for a family member, further corroborating their theory that the two intend to hold their wedding ceremony at the park. Noboru Takagi arrives, but he does not have Wataru Takagi's bag. He reveals himself as the young boy's father, removing himself from the suspect list. While the group wonders what to do next, Ayumi notices three talented high school athletes. Seeing them, Conan is reminded of something. He sniffs the dirty handkerchief, remarking, "it's the same smell as before." His friends ask him what he came up with, and the child detective replies, "there's one thing an athlete should never do."
File 406 - Misguided but Successful Arrest
Conan highlights how high school athletes hold their bags, especially Yousuke Got, the prodigy baseball player. Haibara notes that despite being left-handed, he carries his bag on his right shoulder to protect his throwing arm. Thus, the right-handed baseball player could still be the mule since, logically, he'd carry his backpack on his left shoulder. Additionally, Conan states the handkerchief smells like glove oil, practically sealing the mule's identity as the baseball player. The Detective Boys wonder how they'll find the man, but Conan recommends they wait near the baseball game in the park arcade.
Lo and behold, the baseball player arrives. Takagi tries to confront the man, but Sato insists they stalk him and let him lead the way to Yakura. Soon after, the police squad led by Shiratori finds the group and decides to follow them. The three factions converge in the stands of a performance attraction. Both Sato and the police squad notice Yakura arrive and sit beside the baseball player. Seeing the transaction, Sato springs into action and attempts to arrest Yakura, but the latter reveals he possesses a gun. Yakura uses the cover of the ensuing firework show to make his escape. Takagi, Sato, the Detective Boys, and the entire Shiratori police squad give chase. While in pursuit, Sato notices something and stops in her tracks, falling to her knees. Nevertheless, Takagi and Conan continue to run as they see Yakura headed for a ferry, likely intending to hijack it. Conan uses his Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt and Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to incapacitate Yakura, causing both the drug dealer and Takagi's ring to flail off the guard rail. Takagi tackles Yakura into the sea but can do nothing to stop his ring from sinking into the dark abyss.
Upon returning to land, Shiratori and his police squad congratulate his catch, and seen as his ring is lost, they invite him for drinks after. As his colleagues depart with Yakura, Takagi checks up on Sato, who's still in a dejected state. Takagi realizes Sato must've seen fireworks appear behind the Ferris wheel, reminding her of Jinpei Matsuda's death.[1] Takagi apologizes to Sato amongst the cries of disappointment from the Detective Boys, but Sato simply asks for him to "never leave her side." Takagi gladly accepts her promise as the two hold hands. Meanwhile, Agasa still waits for Shiratori to send him the FAX report.
People
Suspicious Curry Case
File 407 - Tennis Court of Remembrance
Despite being sick, Conan joins Kogoro and Ran in traveling with Sonoko to her Karuizawa vacation house as he suspects she is up to no good. In the car ride, Sonoko unveils her plan to make Shinichi jealous by taking a photo of Ran beside a handsome tennis player. Additionally, she also shows her an extremely short tennis skirt for her to wear, arousing Conan. Hearing his daughter's protests, Kogoro threatens to turn the car around, but after Sonoko informs him there'll be sexy college girls there too, the detective speeds forward.
The group arrives at the tennis courts, and unfortunately for Kogoro, the heavy rainfall shatters his dreams, but he does notice a figure standing alone in the rain. When they approach him, he states he's remembering meeting his wife here for the first time. The man, Hiroto Akashi, offers to teach the group tennis as he's an instructor who lives nearby, but the group respectfully declines. Seen as tennis is canceled, Kogoro takes the group fishing. But when their fishing line begins to pull, the detective realizes he's fishing his rent-a-car. Antics ensue as the line snaps, and Conan is flung into the raging river.
The tumble into the river exacerbates Conan's fever as the group wanders through the mountains without their luggage. Seen as they're lost, Kogoro decides to approach the only house in sight—despite heavy protests by Ran and Sonoko. The door is answered by a weary old man who shuns them away, but Akashi appears and invites them in. He makes Conan a sling and gives him warm clothes. He also feeds the group his exceptional curry rice, which Ran assumes his wife made. The tennis instructor says his wife has passed, and he was always the better cook. Akashi then gives his father the dish but doesn't return for over forty minutes. Kogoro complains about the unusually low-hanging lamp pull switch, but a returning Akashi explains that it's for his hunched father to use. He tells everyone he had a long conversation with his father, who made suicidal remarks.
Later, when washing the dishes, Akashi asks Ran to fetch his father's plate for him, but he tells her only to retrieve it if his light is off. Ran complies and notices the light is still on. As she makes her return, she hears the sounds of the father crying. A little while later, she checks again and, this time, notices the lights are off. She and Conan go to open his door softly, but to their horror, they see the old man has hanged himself, with blood dripping from his mouth.
File 408 - The Suspicious Curry
Ran's scream echoes through the house, gathering everyone at the crime scene. Though technically on the Nagano prefecture's side of the border, Akashi calls the Gunma prefectural police as their headquarters are closer. To Kogoro and Conan's disappointment, a jolly Inspector Yamamura arrives at the house. Kogoro explains that the victim's name is Iwao Akashi, who died roughly thirty minutes ago. Everyone except for Kogoro has an alibi, causing Yamamura to suspect the detective, but he retorts he just met the man. Yamamura wonders why Iwao bled from his mouth as hanging oneself will not cause such bleeding. Akashi states his adoptive father, Iwao, had dental work done on his cavity 2-3 days ago. After finding the victim is missing a tooth, Kogoro pronounces this case as a suicide, saddening Yamamura as he'll be unable to record a Sleeping Kogoro Deduction Show. Conan wonders why the lamp's pull switch is so high off the ground, as Iwao wouldn't be able to reach it. Akashi explains they adjusted its height after the string once got into the old man's eye.
The group sits at a table. Sonoko asks if Akashi fishes as she finds a fishing catalog on the shelf. The man replies he does not, and the book belonged to his late wife. Conan becomes increasingly suspicious of Akashi as he made Ran retrieve Iwao's dish twice, and he served someone who recently removed a tooth, spicy curry, an unideal dish for that scenario. In addition, no one would make enough curry to feed six people for two unless he expected visitors. Inspector Yamamura enters the room and asks Akashi if he knows what caused the marks on Iwao's wrists. He said Iwao tended to want to wrap everything with rubber bands and often tied them around his wrists. Yamamura understands as they found rubber bands on the floor and a dirty handkerchief Iwao likely used to wipe his mouth while eating. Ran tells the inspector how she heard Iwao crying in his room when she first checked on him, sparking a thought in Conan's mind. The boy rushes upstairs and looks in Iwao's mouth, seeing his tooth hole has not shown signs of healing, meaning the tooth was pulled moments ago. He then rummages through Iwao's plate of curry and discovers the missing tooth. With the mystery solved, Conan readies his Stun-gun Wristwatch, but as he goes to say something, he realizes he's lost his voice.
File 409 - My Voice is Gone...!?
People
Professor's First Love
Characters introduced
| Fusae Campbell | |
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File 410 - Professor's First Love
File 411 - The Place of Memory
File 412 - First Love · Reunion · Farewell
People
Eri vs. Yukiko
Characters introduced
| Midori Kuriyama | |
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File 413 - Kogoro's Big Mistake
People
Cover in other countries
References
- ^ Serial Bomber Case (Manga: Volume 36: 369-373)
See also
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