Stakeout 2

Episode 1092 (Int. Episode 1150)
Information
Title:	Stakeout 2
Japanese title:	張り込み2(ツー) (Harikomi Tsū)
Original airdate:	July 29, 2023
Filler case:	#399
Season:	31
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Ai Haibara Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Juzo Megure
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Cake
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard:	Hatsuki Tsuji
Episode director:	Minoru Tozawa
Animation Director:	Keiko Sasaki
Character Design:	Masatomo Sudo Masanori Hashimoto (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Takashi Kondo as Kazuma Fujiki Mutsumi Tamura as Satomi Yoda Kentaro Tone as Daisuke Ishinabe Yutaka Aoyama as Bar master Hayashi Mirei Kumagai as Woman
Music
Opening song:	RAISE INSIGHT
Closing song:	…and Rescue Me
Chronology
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Next episode:	Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule »
List of episodes

Stakeout 2 (張り込み2(ツー) ,Harikomi Tsū) is the 1092nd episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ai Haibara Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Juzo Megure

Case

Situation

After seeing a window with open blinds, Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys discovered Takagi and Chiba were on another stakeout. Their goal was also to observe the building across from them. This time being a woman named Satomi Yoda. She was being watched by the police due to his ex, Kazuma Fujiki, happened to be involved in a robbery case from days ago. That is, a mid-aged man was knocked unconscious with a rod-like object during a robbery, and according to the crime scene situation, the police were convinced that the culprit was Fujiki.

Robbery
	Victim: Mid-aged man Time: Morning Culprit: Kazuma Fujiki

Although he is still at large and on the run, the police got some valuable information from a bar named Fukunishi. The bar owner claimed that he once heard Fujiki say stuff like: his ex is still loving her and wants to have a reunion. Takgi and Chiba thus questioned Yoda about whether Fujiki had contacted her after he committed the crime, she denied the fact and promised to contact them when Fujiki phoned her. Takagi did not believe her words and, therefore, decided to surveillance her.

Detective Boys' strategy: helping Yoda carry her stuff to create a genial atmosphere, increasing the chance of Fujiki's arising.

Just after Takagi had explained the situation, they heard Yoda's sighs from her balcony: "What should I do?" After that, she seemed to get a phone call from someone, and she got shocked after hearing the content. After some communication, she hurried to get dressed and rushed out of her house. Conan and Takagi decided to follow her and see her act. They found out that she went to the shopping mall and bought some food: high-grade steak, assorted sashimi, top-quality broiled eel, shortcakes, and some wine. After that, she withdrew some cash from an ATM. Takagi deduced that she was probably doing all of these things for his ex, hence, she still had some feelings for him. Suddenly, she phoned Takagi, and asked everyone to gather at her house because she had decided to confess everything. The truth turned out to be a coincidence, after Takagi and Chiba had questioned her and left her house, Fujiki contacted her, saying he was about to hide in her apartment, but owing to the presence of the police, he fled away timidly. The money and food were just a gimmick to make the police believe that Fujiki was coming to her home after she knew she was being watched. But eventually, she thought permitting her ex to consistently stay on the run was not the best choice, and she would recommend him atone for his sins. After confessing everything, she burst out in tears. Takagi also comprehended the reality, thus, he decided to retrieve the stakeout plan and after Fujiki alone.

The Detective Boys followed the two policemen into a convenience store that was situated nearby Yoda's home. They viewed the security footage together, and found Fujiki's face in the image. Combining with the timestamp, it was apparently on his way to Yoda's home in the morning, however, they did not discover the scenario he left Yoda's house. Afterwards, the Detective Boys investigated more clues regarding the case: Yoda used to be a joyful person, but after she broke up with Fujiki, she fell into the abyss of depression. Just last month, Yoda engaged with a man called Daisuke Ishinabe, who ran a general store called "Ishinabe Discount". He was precisely meeting Yoda at that time. "I see, that woman's confession must have been a lie." Conan understood everything and was about to uncover the truth in front of Yoda. On the other hand, Ishinabe was helping Yoda carry some used books in a rectangular box into a van. Because the books were too heavy, she needed Ishinabe's help. Ishinabe left the van key and greeted Yoda. Conan then emerged from the back of the van and started his deduction.

People

Kazuma Fujiki
	25 years old Unemployed Satomi's ex-fiance

Satomi Yoda
	25 years old Office worker

Daisuke Ishinabe
	30 years old "Ishinabe Discount" general store owner Satomi's fiance

Hayashi
	Bar Fukunishi bartender

Man
	Pedestrian, asking to borrow some money from woman A

Woman A
	Pedestrian, tussling with man

Woman B
	MAWSOW convenience store staff

Resolution

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When Yoda was about to drive the van somewhere else, Conan stopped her and asked if she could show them what was inside the rectangular box that contained the so-called "used books". She got panicked after hearing the request and kept uttering no, however, Conan disobediently moved the lid off, and what they discovered inside the box was the corpse of Kazuma Fujiki.

What actually happened

Yoda hiding the rectangular box in her wardrobe.

After Fujiki injured the mid-aged man in a robbery during the morning, he decided to flee into Yoda's apartment and pleaded with her to hide him in her apartment, in order to preclude the police's arrest. But, Satomi Yoda, who could not endure the man's selfishness for ditching her three years ago, killed him with a flower pot. To resume the engagement with Ishinabe meanwhile not to be suspected by the police, the only thing she could do was to dispose of the corpse somewhere else. Even if the police discovered the corpse, she would be off the suspect circle as she broke up with Fujiki a long time ago. Unfortunately, when she was just about to place the corpse in the rectangular box, her access control rang, and Takagi and Chiba went to question her regarding Fujiki's robbery. With the police doing a stakeout on the other side, she could not make any suspicious acts, therefore, the "what should I do?" remarked by her was not her panicking on whether she should accept Fujiki's stay but an exclamation concerning how to dispose of Fujiki's corpse. She suddenly came up with quick wits to make an illusion that Fujiki called her and told her about his arrival, so she then pretended to buy food for him and withdraw money for him, lastly she made a fake confession to the police. She did that not only to call off the stakeout, but also to reduce her suspicion. She demonstrated to the police that she was willing to decieve them to help Fujiki escape, this implied that she still had feelings for Fujiki, so the police would never consider her murdering Fujiki or even tossing the corpse of his.

An error in Conan's deduction

Fujiki drinking the beer Yoda served him.

Yoda praised Conan's deduction, but she pointed out that he got one important thing wrong. Fujiki's death happened to be an accidental death. Fujiki indeed entered Yoda's apartment in the morning, and Yoda then served him a cup of water. He was not satisfied and inquired for beer. He called Yoda inconsiderate and threw the cup on the ground, looking rather indignant. Yoda reluctantly brought beer to Fujiki, but as the bar owner said, he is such a self-centred guy that he always thinks his ex still loves him. So he made several unreasonably arrogant remarks that finally enraged Yoda, who roared at him and asked him to leave. Fujiki could not stand that remark and slipped the beer bottles on the floor as well. On his way out, he carelessly stepped on the beer bottle he had just tossed, and his head hit the corner of a mesa. Yoda thought if her neighbours gave testimonies about hearing her argue with the victim, the police would arrest her immediately, so she decided to toss the corpse somewhere.

Aftermath

Takagi checked the corpse lying in the rectangular box, and there were indeed wounds concentrated in the back of the head. Although Yoda killed no one, she was still arrested for attempting to abandon a body. Ishinabe claimed that he would wait for her until she was out. In the end, Genta was considering eating the high-quality eel that Yoda bought, and Ayumi also wanted to try the shortcakes, but Mitsuhiko said they were confiscated for evidence. Lastly, Haibara proposed to let Professor treat them those foods, and the case ended in a playful afternoon.

Trivia

• This episode is a sequel of Stakeout.
• The prequel was written by Chisato Matsuda, and this episode was written by Nobuo Ogizawa. This is the first time having a different screenwriter responsible for a sequel story.
• Toto Meiwa Bank from The Cameras Targeting Haibara reappears in this episode.

See also

• Season 31