The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies

Episode 577 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies
Original airdate:	June 19, 2010
Season:	19
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Dr. Agasa
Case solved by:	Dr. Agasa (via Conan)
Chronology
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Next episode:	The Crisis Beckoned by the Red Omen »
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ayumi Yoshida Dr. Agasa

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys attend a firefly festival to commemorate a shinto shrine in a village. The truck soon arrives with the fireflies and they are released into the fields. Later one of the truck drivers, Tokurou Nakamine, is found murdered and three of the villagers are the prime suspects. Conan notices a flashlight Genta found inside the truck and realizes who the murderer is.

People

Michitake Owada
	47 years old Chief priest

Tokuro Nakamine
	Victim (poison) 28 years old Village head's son

Aoi Owada
	22 years old Michitake's daughter

Tatsuma Kashiwa
	26 years old Eldest son of an old family in the village

Shuichiro Tarumi
	26 years old Nakamine's friend

Soichi Narutaki
	59 years old Police detective

Mayu
	Deceased Narutaki's granddaughter

Resolution

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Using Agasa, Conan reveals the second truck driver, Shuchirou Tarumi, to be the murderer. Conan reveals that Tarumi murdered Nakamine in a desolated location near the village before turning the truck around and meeting with the other villagers. As evidence, Conan reveals the flashlight Genta found was actually a dictation machine with Nakamine's voice recorded on it. Tarumi takes Haibara hostage and attempts to flee but is eventually apprehended. Conan reveals that Tarumi's motive was fear of being exposed by Nakamine for embezzling money from the firefly project and stealing money from Nakamine's company.

See also

• Season 19