The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages

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Information
Title:	The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages
Original airdate:	January 6, 2003
Season:	11
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Chronology
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Miwako Sato Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Jinpei Matsuda Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ai Haibara Ninzaburo Shiratori Professor Agasa Kiyonaga Matsumoto Officer Chiba Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo (voice) Makoto Kyogoku (in a photo)

Case

Situation

Sato reminisces about the bomber case three years ago. Three years ago, a bomber sent a fax to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police containing the location of a bomb in the form of a riddle. Matsuda discovers the bombs location and realizes that the bomb contains a clue an even larger bomb and that the clue is only revealed during the last three seconds before detonation; Matsuda sacrifices his life and allowed the police to locate the second bomb. In the present time, the bomber returns and sends a fax to the Police station.

Bombing (Past)
	Location: Apartments in Tokyo Victim: Kenji Hagiwara Time: November 7th, 7 years before the current timeline Cause of death: Explosion Suspects: Partner of bomber

Bombing (Past)
	Location: 72nd box seat of the Haido mall Ferris wheel Victim: Jinpei Matsuda Time: November 7th, 3 years before the current timeline Cause of death: Explosion Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case

Attempted Bombing (Past)
	Location: Beika Central Hospital Time: November 7th, 3 years before the current timeline Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case Jinpei Matsuda used the hint that appeared three seconds before the detonation of the bomb in the ferris wheel to pinpoint the location of a second, larger bomb.

Bombing - Attempted Murder
	Location: Shiratori's police car Victim: Ninzaburo Shiratori Time: November 7th Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case

The Detective Boys along with Takagi and Sato attempt to decrypt the riddle and locate the bomb. An explosion occurs at Tokyo Tower and a girl becomes stranded in an elevator. Takagi and Conan free her but become trapped in the elevator themselves due to a second explosion. Conan finds a bomb in the elevator and begins to disarm it until a message appears revealing that a clue to a second bomb will appear in the last three seconds before detonation.

Attempted Bombing
	Location: Tokyo Tower Time: November 7th Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case

Planted Bombs
	Location: Somewhere in Tokyo Time: November 7th Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case A clue that will appear three seconds before the detonation of the bomb set in the Tokyo tower will reveal the location of a larger set of bombs elsewhere in Tokyo.

Resolution

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Conan deduces the code and disarms the bomb with one second remaining and reveals the code is refers to the English word "Detective" and when flipped around in its kanji form, says Teitan, the name of the school. The bomb at Teitan High is disarmed and the bomber is captured.

See also

• Season 11