The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department

Episode 971-974 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department
Japanese title:	標的は警視庁交通部 (Hyōteki wa Keishichō kōtsū-bu)
Original airdate:	March 7, 2020 (Part 1) March 14, 2020 (Part 2) March 21, 2020 (Part 3) March 28, 2020 (Part 4)
Manga case:	#293
Season:	28
Manga source:	Volume 95: Files 10-11 (1013-1014) ~ Volume 96: Files 1-3 (1015-1017)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kazunobu Chiba Naeko Miike Ai Haibara Detective Boys Yumi Miyamoto Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Ninzaburo Shiratori Juzo Megure Hyoue Kuroda Rei Furuya Azusa Enomoto Shukichi Haneda Subaru Okiya Shuichi Akai Yusaku Kudo Yukiko Kudo
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Swing (Part 1) 100 yen coin (Part 2) Traffic sign (Part 3) Twinkle twinkle little star (Part 4)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Yasuyuki Honda
Storyboard:	Yasuyuki Honda
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Rie Tanaka as Naeko Miike Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi (voice actor) as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yuu Sugimoto as Yumi Miyamoto Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Kazuhiko Inoue as Ninzaburo Shiratori Chafurin as Juzo Megure Yukimasa Kishino as Hyoue Kuroda Tohru Furuya as Rei Furuya Mikiko Enomoto as Azusa Enomoto Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shukichi Haneda Ryotaro Okiayu as Subaru Okiya Shuichi Ikeda as Shuichi Akai Michiko Neya as Shiori Yagi Kimiko Saitō as Touko Momosaki Hideo Ishikawa as Kengo Aono
Music
Opening song:	Makka na Lip
Closing song:	Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Young Kaga Lady's Mystery Tour
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The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department (標的は警視庁交通部 ,Hyōteki wa Keishichō kōtsū-bu) is the 971st, 972nd, 973rd and 974th episodes of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kazunobu Chiba Naeko Miike Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Yumi Miyamoto Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Ninzaburo Shiratori Juzo Megure Hyoue Kuroda Rei Furuya Azusa Enomoto Shukichi Haneda Subaru Okiya Shuichi Akai (flashback) Yusaku Kudo (flashback) Yukiko Kudo (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Turbo Engine Skateboard Telescopic Lenses

Case

Situation

Part 1

Murder
	Victim: Touko Momosaki Age: 28 years old Suspects: Kengo Aono, Manji Akamine and Yuuzou Shiroyama

Part 2

Murder
	Victim: Shiori Yagi Age: 28 years old Suspects: Kengo Aono, Manji Akamine and Yuuzou Shiroyama

Part 3

Kidnapping
	Victim: Naeko Miike Age: 24 years old Suspects: Kengo Aono, Manji Akamine and Yuuzou Shiroyama

People

Shiori Yagi
	Victim (defenestrated) 28 years old Traffic Department Assistant Inspector

Touko Momosaki
	Victim (bludgeoned) 28 years old Traffic Department Sergeant

Unknown Man
	Assaults Momosaki and Yagi Kidnaps Naeko

Aiko
100px	Deceased (free fall suicide)

Kengo Aono
	Suspect Traffic offence: smartphone use while driving

Manji Akamine
	Suspect Traffic offence: motorbiking without helmet & wrong-way driving

Yuuzou Shiroyama
	Suspect Traffic offence: driving without seatbelt & overdue inspection

Yumiko
	Hostess Momosaki and Yagi's old classmate and friend Nickname: "Yumi"

Resolution

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The culprit is Kengo Aono.

The "No parking" sign is an overlapping of the letters N and O; meaning "No". The color blue of the sign is pronounced as "Ao" in japanese. The two words combined gives "Aono". Furthermore, the "7155" message that the second victim left, is a reference to the article of japanese traffic law, that mentions that a driver must never use his cellphone while driving. Aono's girlfriend committed suicide the week before. He drove without his license while trying to call her, which got him caught by the two police women, Touko and Shiori, who held him back. He believed that he could have prevented the suicide, if they had let him go, and that they wasted time, when they got a call from their friend Yumiko, known as Yumi to them, who invited them to karaoke. But Chiba explains that he was held back, because he could have cause an accident, especially if he drove his car in a panic. Moreover, right after he got his girl friend's text message with a goodbye she had sent him a voicemail, that also recorded her fall. It proves that he could never have stopped her in any circumstances. Aono missed the voicemail, because he had been busy trying to call her phone. Aono breaks down crying.

Chiba finally recognises Naeko as his childhood friend after the latter used the same words that Chiba said to her about not crossing the red light and respecting traffic laws.

At the end of the case, Kuroda calls Amuro on the phone, calling him "Bourbon".

Trivia

• Naeko is seen at the karaoke box singing closing 60 and closing 61.

See also

• Season 28