Kogoro is asked to investigate a threatening phone call and an attempt to murder Toichiro Azuma by his secretary, Haruhiko Kasai. Having investigated the list of possible suspects that hold resentment towards Azuma for his underhanded business practices, Kogoro calls the suspects along with Azuma and his secretary to reveal the true culprit.
Kogoro deduces that the man who attempted to murder Azuma was his own secretary, Haruhiko Kasai. Conan then puts Kogoro to sleep and presents the rest of his deduction. Kasai's sister had got scored a well-paid job at a bank. Benkichi Yamanami threatened him to kill Azuma or he would have revealed his underhanded acts, depriving his sister of her job.
However, this seems to be a plot written by Kana Tomurai from Nichuiri Television to fool Kogoro and acted by the members of a drama club. This was the reason Azuma was hesitating involve the police in this matter.
Final conclusion
Kana Tomurai wanted to avenge the death of Takashi Utsubo. She tried to kill Kogoro with a gun. The dynamite which was fitted in one of the drama club's members was also not a prop. She threatened to blow him up if they tried to fail her plan. Finding no other choice, Conan resorts pleading, crying and begging Kana not to kill Kogoro, trying to emotionally manipulate her in every possible way to buy him enough time to fill up a PET bottle with water. With her guard down, he threw the PET bottle at her, disrupting her balance, climbing her and tackling her to the ground, also stealing the gun alongwith. The drama club members then prevented her escape by forcing her to the ground. The police are called and she is arrested.
Hostage Situation
Location:Warehouse
Victim:Kogoro Mouri
Age:38 years old
Offense weapon:Revolver
Culprit:Kana Tomurai
Illness (Past)
Location:Prison
Victim:Takashi Utsubo
Age:33 years old
Cause of death:Unspecified Illness
Six months ago, Utsubo disguised a murder as a suicide using a clever trick. Sleeping Kogoro solved the case, and Utsubo was imprisoned for the murder. Two months ago, Utsubo suddenly fell ill and died in prison.
Aftermath
Kogoro is oblivious to what had happened. He sees the signboard from Nichiuri TV and wonders if any shooting had taken place. Conan laughs at his ignorance.
Trivia
The car show in garage scene is 1997 Toyota Caldina 2.0 G (ST215G; pre-facelift).
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In other languages
Language
Title
Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)
Espectacle en una habitació tancada
Show in a closed room
French (Subbed)
Résolution d'énigme à huis clos
Enigma resolution behind closed doors
Thai
โชว์ไขปริศนาในห้องปิดตาย
Solving a mystery in a locked room
Vietnamese
Màn trình diễn giải quyết bí ẩn của căn phòng khoá kín