The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages

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Information
Title:	The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages
Japanese title:	揺れる警視庁 1200万人の人質 (Yureru Keishichō Sennihyakumannin no Hitojichi)
Original airdate:	January 6, 2003
Season:	11
Manga source:	Volume 36: File 8 (369-372) ~ Volume 37: File 1 (373)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Miwako Sato Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Jinpei Matsuda Masayoshi Sato Detective Boys Ai Haibara Ninzaburo Shiratori Professor Agasa Kiyonaga Matsumoto Detective Chiba Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Yumi Miyamoto Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo Makoto Kyogoku Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Inspector Megure
Next Conan's Hint:	Door glass
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Hirohito Ochi Mashu Ito Masato Sato
Storyboard:	Hirohito Ochi Mashu Ito Masato Sato
Episode director:	Masato Sato
Animation Director:	Mari Tominaga (chief) Atsushi Aono Keiko Sasaki
Music
Opening song:	I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song:	Overture
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Victim Who Came Back
Next episode:	The Unseen Suspect »
List of episodes

Characters introduced

Kenji Hagiwara
	Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Miwako Sato Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Jinpei Matsuda (flashback) Masayoshi Sato Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ai Haibara Ninzaburo Shiratori Professor Agasa Kiyonaga Matsumoto 100px Detective Chiba Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Yumi Miyamoto (flashback) Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo (voice) Makoto Kyogoku (in a photo) Yoko Okino (in a photo)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Detective Boys Badge Wristwatch Flashlight

Case

Situation

Miwako 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. Jinpei Matsuda discovers the bomb's location and realizes that the bomb contains a clue to 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 - Murder (Past)
	Location: Apartments in Tokyo Victim: Kenji Hagiwara Time: January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline Cause of death: Explosion Suspects: Partner of bomber

Bombing - Murder (Past)
	Location: 72nd box seat of the Haido mall Ferris wheel Victim: Jinpei Matsuda Time: January 6th, 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: January 6th, 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: January 6th Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case

The Detective Boys along with Wataru 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 Edogawa 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: January 6th Suspects: Partner of bomber from prior case

Planted Bombs
	Location: Somewhere in Tokyo Time: January 6th 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.

People

Kenji Hagiwara
	Deceased (explosion) Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit

Resolution

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The bomber's face revealed.

Conan deduces the code and disarms the bomb with one second remaining and reveals that the code 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. When the bomber tries to set it off, he realizes it has already been defused. When he is cornered by the police, he attempts to escape, but Sato chases him and corners him, attempting to take revenge for killing Matsuda. Takagi comes just at time to prevent Sato from doing so and brings her back to her senses. As they attempt to kiss, Megure breaks it up and the case ends with the bomber being arrested. In the incident 7 years ago, he only committed the crime with his colleague to steal money and actually were promising in secret to not kill any victims. However, after the police employ a dirty announcement trick to take advantage of his accomplice's moral conscience that inadvertently causes him to die in a car accident. The other bomber vows total vengeance against the Japanese police department and with these new serial bombing attacks threatens to ruin their reputation, slowly losing his sanity in doing so.

Manga to anime changes

• In the manga version, not much is known about the bombing case that happened 7 years ago. Kenji Hagiwara also doesn't receive any specific character design like he does in the anime version, as he is only mentioned by name.
• In the manga, Takagi doesn't slap Sato to calm her down when she tries to shoot the bomber.

Gallery

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  Sato imagines death personified hanging over the trapped Takagi.

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  Sato and Takagi were close to kissing before Megure interrupted.

See also

• Season 11