Detective Conan 710

Chapter 710

01

Title: Drop It and Then Raise It?
Text in the middle: Can their relationship be fixed!?

02

Yokomizo: I see...

Yokomizo: After dinner you returned to your room at sometime after 11...
Yokomizo: And while you were taking a shower...

Yokomizo: Mouri-san and the others came up to this room..
Yokomizo: and when she let you in...

Yokomizo: you found this body!
Eri: Yes...

Text in right margin: A body was found in the room Eri was staying in...

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Yokomizo: According to the amount of rigor mortis and postmortem lividity, she died sometime between the hours of 10 and 11 PM...
Yokomizo: She was beaten to death...

Yokomizo: She was hit on the back of the head with a blunt object...
Yokomizo: The murder weapon still hasn't been found...

Yokomizo: So? Was the victim an acquaintance of yours?
Yokomizo: Umm, what's your name, lawyer?
Eri: Kisaki Eri...
Eri: She was one of my clients...

Eri: Her name is Kokubu Akiho-san... She was the victim of a stalker...
Eri: Tomorrow we were going to meet with the mother of the man who stalked her and have a settlement negotiation...

Yokomizo: Why was she in your room?
Eri: This evening, she had a fight with her husband who she was staying in this hotel with... She came wanting to stay in my room and fell asleep...

Eri: Of course, I called her husband who was in her room...
Eri: I told him I would leave the room open until about 11, so he could come get her when it was convenient...
Yokomizo: So the husband didn't come to get her?

Eri: Who knows...When I got back to the room at past 11 and she wasn't here, I assumed he had, but...
Yokomizo: W-wait a second!!

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Yokomizo: You're sure this body wasn't here when you returned to your room!?
Eri: Y-yes...
Eri: I threw my card key onto the bed when I got back, so...

Yokomizo: ...And this room's door has an autolock!
Yokomizo: Without the card key, you can't get in!

Yokomizo: And the window is small and doesn't have a veranda...
Yokomizo: so you can't hide outside the window!

Yokomizo: If the body wasn't here when you returned to your room...
Yokomizo: and it suddenly appeared after your shower when you let Mouri-san in...

Yokomizo: This is a locked room murder!
Yokomizo: It's an impossible crime!!

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Yokomizo: Are you sure that, when you got back to your room, you didn't get into a dispute with the victim..
Yokomizo: and ended up accidently killing her?
Eri: Huh?

Yokomizo: And Mouri-san ended up coming by while you were washing the blood from the murder off yourself in the shower...?
Eri: If so, I wouldn't have let him in the room.

Yokomizo: That's right! You let Mouri-san the famous detective in so that you could use that argument to prove your innocence!
Yokomizo: So that you could make a simple crime look like an impossible one!!
Eri: You know...

Yokomizo: Anyway, you could be hiding the murder weapon on you somewhere!
Yokomizo: Until we can call in a policewoman and do a strip search, you can't leave here!!
Mouri: That's not necessary...

Mouri: I had her strip naked in the bathroom earlier...
Mouri: and did a thorough check!

Yokomizo: H-had her strip naked!?
Mouri: Yeah...
Mouri: She was just wearing a bath towel, so I just had her take that off...

Yokomizo: Ah, that's not what I meant...
Yokomizo: Isn't that sexual harassment!!
Mouri: It's fine...

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Mouri: Because we're husband and wife...
Eri: But we're currently separated...

Yokomizo: H-husband and wife...
Yokomizo: But your surnames are...
Ran: Kisaki is mom's maiden name and she just uses it for her job as a lawyer!

Yokomizo: Oh, so you're his wife!!
Yokomizo: So I finally get to meet you!!
Eri: Finally?

Yokomizo: Oh, well... Mouri-san's always bringing such beautiful women with him and I keep mistaking them for his wife...
Eri: Is that so...
Mouri: Idiot! Don't say anything unnecessary!!

Yokomizo: ...But then that makes that testimony from a relative...
Yokomizo: We can't use that in a criminal investigation...

Yokomizo: We have to consider the possibility of you two conspiring as a couple and destroying the evidence...
Mouri: Hey, now, Yokomizo...

Yokomizo: But otherwise we can't explain how this murder was done!
Conan: Huuuh?

07

Yokomizo: Eh?
Conan: There's blood over here!

Conan: Look. It's at the very bottom of the bed sheets...
Conan: But why isn't there any blood on the carpet just below it?

Ran: Maybe the bed was moved to the side, so blood got on it.
Ran: In order to hide the body...
Eri: That's right...

Eri: If the criminal slid the bed over to hide the body and hid next to it...
Eri: they could move the bed back over to reveal the body and sneak out of the room while I was in the shower...

Yokomizo: But if that's so, the criminal's really lucky! If you hadn't taken a shower, that trick wouldn't work...
Mouri: Yeah...If you just went to sleep and started drooling like you normally do, he'd be in trouble...
Eri: Drooling...?

Eri: Isn't that what you do?
Mouri: That isn't drool...

08

Conan: Was it cola?
Eri: Eh?

Conan: Look. There's a stain in front of the fridge that looks like cola...

Conan: And look at the top of the can of cola above the fridge...

Conan: There's still a bunch of cola on top of it!

Ran: Is that so?
Eri: Yes...When I got back, I tried to drink it, but it shot out at me...
Eri: I wiped off the edge of the can, but I forgot I left it there...

Mouri: But you only ever drink water, black tea, or coffee! You say it's because you find burping embarrassing...
Eri: There was nothing but carbonated things!

Yokomizo: Well, if the body was hidden under then bed, there had to have been at least 2 criminals...
Ran: Eh? Why's that?

09

Yokomizo: Moving something this heavy takes quite a bit of effort...
Yokomizo: and there aren't any marks on the carpet showing it was dragged...
Conan: Hm?

Conan: The blood stains right next to the leg of the bed...

Conan: The big ones would be from when she was hit...
Conan: But what are these smaller ones that are at an even interval and get fainter and fainter?

Man: Inspector Yokomizo! I've found out who called this room just before the time of the murder, at about 9:30!
Yokomizo: Oh, is that so!?
Mouri: Was it the victim's husband who was told to come get her?

Man: Yes, one was from the victim's room, Room 309. But a guest from Room 302 also called...
Yokomizo: Room 302?
Eri: That's Hino-san's room...

Mouri: You know this person?
Eri: Yes...That's the mother of the stalker I was talking about before's room...
Eri: But why was she calling?

Yokomizo: Well, for now, let's go talk with those two!

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Takehiko: Ehh!? My wife was killed!?

Takehiko: B-by who!?
Takehiko: Why!?
Yokomizo: That's what we're investigating...
Mouri: But why didn't you go to get your wife?

Takehiko: I-I was planning on heading over there and called...
Takehiko: But she yelled at me, "Even if you come, I won't let you in"...
Box: Kokubu Takehiko (30) The Victim's Husband

Takehiko: S-so...I'm sorry, miss lawyer, but I was going to have her stay in your room for the night...
Takehiko: and go get her in the morning when her head had cooled...
Yokomizo: By the way, what were you fighting about?

Takehiko: Oh, well, that was...
Conan: Was it this?

Takehiko: Eh?
Ran: C-Conan-kun!?

Ran: Wow!

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Ran: There are so many model cars!

Takehiko: I've loved cars since I was a kid and lining them up calms me down...
Mouri: But what makes you think this was what they were fighting about...?
Conan: Because of this!

Conan: The side mirror was taken off and fell on the floor!
Conan: Someone who loves cars like him wouldn't do that, right?
Yokomizo: Then your wife did it...?
Takehiko: Yes...She said it was childish and disturbing, told me to quit, and threw it...

Conan: Hey, mister. which car is your favorite?
Takehiko: U-umm...

Takehiko: The beloved car of the legendary actor, James Dean...

Takehiko: This Porsche...
Conan: Ohh...

Yokomizo: By the way, was it just you and your wife in this room?
Takehiko: Yes...I've only ever shown this hobby of mine to my wife...

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Hino: O-ohh...
Hino: So that woman was killed...

Hino: Well, I knew that she'd be killed by some stupid man she tricked eventually...
Yokomizo: By the way...
Yokomizo: it seems you talked on the phone with the victim...

Hino: Yes...I actually called wanting to ask to have the time of tomorrow's settlement negotiation changed...
Hino: I was really surprised when the one who answered was that woman!!
Box: Hino Midori (51) Other Party of the Negotiations

Yokomizo: Why did you want the time changed?
Hino: The scheduled time for golf with my friend was moved up!

Mouri: Ohh...You were going to go golfing after the settlement negotiation for your stalker of a son...
Hino: What's wrong with that!?
Hino: I'm finally near a good golf course...

Yokomizo: By the way, is it just you in this room?
Hino: Yes, that's right!
Hino: It's clearly a single, isn't it?

Conan: There's someone else...
Conan: in this room...

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Hino: Eh?
Conan: This cigarette butt doesn't have lipstick on it...

Conan: And the filter...
Conan: is still wet!

Ran: He's right!
Yokomizo: Is that so?

Hino: That's enough, Seiji!
Hino: Come on out!!

Box: Hino Seiji (26) Midori's Son

Yokomizo: I-is that the stalker...?
Hino: I told you, my son was just tricked...
Eri: But you promised not to bring your son here.

Hino: Ah...but he happened to have plans to go bike touring near here with a friend starting tomorrow morning...
Mouri: Then show us the bike!
Seiji: It's here...

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Seiji: See...?

Mouri: A road bike, huh...?
Yokomizo: But why were you hiding your son?
Hino: I-I thought that woman had called the cops to get my son arrested, so I hid him without thinking!

Mouri: By the way, what were you two doing from 10 to 11 PM?
Seiji: I was drinking with mama...
Hino: It's true!
Hino: If you think we're lying, then go check! We were in the lounge on the top floor of this hotel!

Mouri: Hmm...

Mouri: It seems the two of them really were drinking from 9 to midnight...
Yokomizo: Yes...they both went to the bathroom once, but it was at different times so they couldn't have moved the bed together...

Yokomizo: Well, thinking of the time, we should continue this investigation in the morning...
Eri: And where am I supposed to spend the night?

Yokomizo: Can't you stay in Mouri-san's room!? You're husband and wife after all!
Eri: But we're separated...

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Conan: Well...

Mouri: Zzzz
Conan: I guess this is how things are...

Conan: Hm?

Conan: There's something...
Conan: below my pillow...

Conan: A present!?

Conan: He really did prepare one!
Conan: But why didn't he give it to her yesterday on the tenth...?

Ran: October 10th is my mom's birthday!
Ran: I'm gonna give the red 1st prize ribbon to her as a present!

Conan: I-it couldn't be that he...
Mouri: You can't raise it and then let it drop...

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Mouri: If you don't drop it and then raise it...
Mouri: they won't be excited...

Mouri: Mumble, mumble...
Conan: Raise it and then let it drop...
Conan: Drop it and then raise it...?

Conan: I see...so that's it!
Conan: The criminal used that to quickly move the bed...

Conan: Without any help...
Conan: All alone...

Text in right margin: Will the suspicion put on Eri be dispelled? Next chapter: the conclusion!!