Detective Conan 711

Late, but here it is.

Chapter 711

01

Title: File 711 The Best Birthday
Text on the left: These two really aren't honest with each other...

02

Ran: Wait a second. Wait a second...

Ran: We're finally...
Ran: staying at a hotel as a family...

Ran: and eating at a buffet together...

Ran: and you're going to sit at different tables!?

Text in right margin: Is there a reason he didn't do anything on her birthday!?

03

Eri: I sat down first...
Eri: The one who went out of his way to sit apart from me was him, wasn't it?
Mouri: I had no choice! I have to think...

Mouri: I need to find a way to prove that my wife, who has become a suspect in a murder...
Mouri: is innocent...

Ran: D-dad!

Eri: Ran! Don't be fooled!
Eri: This might be some kind of trick!
Ran: Mom!

Conan: Oh! He's checking the time...

Conan: And now he's checking on the present...

Conan: because the day has finally come...
Conan: Is he about to start raising the spirits of the one he wants to give it to...?

Conan: Well, for now, I'll put him to sleep like usual and bring this case to an end!
SFX: Beep beep

04

Mouri: Damn it! Why can't I think of...
Mouri: any way to solve this case at such an important time...

Mouri: Damn it...

Conan: Well, since this day only comes once a year...
Conan: I'll let him have this one!
SFX: *press*

Conan: Ah! It looks like they're bringing out some kind of food!
Mouri: Huh?

Conan: Isn't that amazing? It looks pretty heavy, but just that one man can bring it out...
Mouri: That's not amazing...

Mouri: It has wheels on the legs...
Mouri: so it's easy for one person to...

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Mouri: Wheels on the legs?
Conan: Hey, what kind of food is that?

SFX: *open*
Conan: Wow, sausage! It looks so good!

Conan: Ah!
Conan: The ketchup!

Mouri: Hey! What are you doing!?
Man: Don't worry about it! I'll go get another one...

Mouri: Geez...
Conan: Huh?

Conan: The ketchup that got on the wheel is coming off in dots...

Conan: But why is the space between them the same?
Mouri: Idiot! The wheel's spinning in circles and it comes off at the even interval where the ketchup got on it...

Mouri: Hm? Wait...
Mouri: I've seen this pattern before...

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Mouri: I see...
Mouri: So that's it...
Conan: So he's finally figured it out...

Mouri: Ran! Call Yokomizo and get him to gather all of suspects in the room where the murder happened!!
Ran: Eh?
Ran: Then have you...?

Mouri: Yeah, I've figured it out! Both the trick used to accomplish the locked room murder and the criminal who did it!!
Mouri: The Mouri Kogorou Mystery Show is about to begin!!

Yokomizo: Sorry, Mouri-san...
Yokomizo: It took a while to gather everyone...

Yokomizo: By the time Ran-san called me, those 3 had already checked out...
Takehiko: W-well...?

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Takehiko: Why do you need to see us?
Takehiko: I don't think I have anything more I can tell you...
Box: Kokubu Takehiko (30) Victim's Husband

Seiji: It must mean that he...
Seiji: still suspects us...
Box: Hino Seiji (26) Man who stalked the victim

Hino: What is this? We had an alibi, didn't we?
Hino: From 10 to 11 when you say the murder happened, my son and I were in the hotel lounge drinking!!
Box: Hino Midori (51) Seiji's Mother

Yokomizo: But both of you went to the bathroom once...
Hino: At separate times!
Hino: And only for about 10 minutes each...

Hino: And the body was found in the room that lawyer's staying in...
Hino: If the body wasn't there when she came back to her room at 11...
Hino: and it was found at midnight when she was taking a shower and let Detective Mouri into her room...

Hino: then isn't this a locked room murder?
Seiji: That's right... The hotel locks are autolocking, so you can't get in without a card key...
Takehiko: If my wife was in the room, she could have let someone in...
Takehiko: but she wasn't there when you got back, right?
Eri: Yes...

Mouri: Actually...your wife...was still in the room...
Takehiko: Eh?

08

Mouri: Or at least her body was. Under the bed!!

Hino: U-under the bed...
Takehiko: Something that big...
Seiji: That would be impossible for a single person...
Yokomizo: W-wait a second...

Yokomizo: Is it really okay for you not to do your usual thing...?
Mouri: Usual thing?

Yokomizo: Psh
Yokomizo: *mumble*
Yokomizo: *slump*
Yokomizo: That thing!
Mouri: The hell is that?

Conan: H-hey! Can you tell us how the bed was moved?
Eri: That's right...

Eri: If the criminal killed Akiho-san before I got back and slid the bed over to hide her and then hid next to her...
Eri: it's true I wouldn't notice it when I got back...
Eri: And it's possible the criminal could have put the bed back in it's place, revealing the body, and slipped out of the room while I was in the shower...

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Eri: But it's impossible for a single person to move that heavy bed without leaving any trace of dragging it on the carpet...
Eri: If Akiho-san's husband, Takehiko-san, came for her and killed her, then he would have been alone...

Eri: And you two who knew Akiho-san was in my room could have moved the bed if you worked together...
Eri: but when the crime took place, you two were never gone at the same time, so you couldn't have done it...

Eri: How was the bed moved quickly in that situation, Mr. Detective?
Mouri: The legs of the bed had wheels put on them!

Eri: Wh-wheels?
Yokomizo: I see! So Seiji-san got his road bike...
Yokomizo: and used its wheels to...

Yokomizo: ...How does that work?
Mouri: It wasn't the bike!
Mouri: Don't you remember someone having toys that would be easy to put underneath the legs of the bed...?

Ran: T-toys...? You mean the model cars!?
Mouri: Yeah, that's what I mean!

Mouri: One person can put each of the legs of the bed on top of a model car...
Mouri: and then the legs would all have wheels and it could be easily moved!

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Mouri: It was the one who had model cars lined up in his hotel room, Takehiko-san...
Mouri: It was you!!

Mouri: The proof is the small blood stains at even intervals next to the leg of the bed...
Mouri: That's from the model car getting some of the blood that had fallen on the carpet on its wheel!

Mouri: But I'm sure you've already thrown that model car out somewhere...
Yokomizo: B-but Mouri-san...

Yokomizo: If you just put the bed up on the model cars, when you pushed it, the legs would just slip off...
Mouri: You're right...
Conan: You didn't figure that much out, old man?

Conan: But I don't think someone who likes model cars as much as him...
Conan: wouldn't do something that would damage his cars like that!

Conan: I mean, he showed me his favorite one!
Conan: It was the one that a person called James Dean rode in. The Porsche 911!

Mouri: Porsche 911?
Yokomizo: I thought the car James Dean rode in was...

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Eri: The Porsche 550 Spyder...
Eri: A convertible...

Ran: I see! With a convertible, you could put the bed's legs in the seats!
Yokomizo: That does sound like it would be stable!

Eri: So that's why you didn't show Conan-kun a 550 Spyder... The seat was broken from when you put the leg in it...
Yokomizo: But why would Takehiko-san use this trick instead of running away after the murder...?

Mouri: If the body was found as soon as Eri returned to her room...
Mouri: he'd be the primary suspect because he was asked to come get the victim...

Mouri: So after you murdered your wife, you put the stopper in the door and went back to your room to get your model cars to carry out the trick, right?
Mouri: If you made it look like an impossible crime, you would be less of a suspect!

Takehiko: B-but...if the lawyer hadn't gone to the bathroom right away, that trick wouldn't work...
Mouri: So you were just lucky!

Takehiko: B-but...who would get under the bed with the body and just leave it to luck...?
Yokomizo: He's right...People with a normal mentality wouldn't do that...
Mouri: Maybe he just took a drink to get his courage up.
Conan: Speaking of drinking...

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Conan: Whenever you come home drunk, you always yell at Ran...
Conan: for some water...

Ran: Th-that's true, but...
Mouri: Why are you bringing that up now...?
Eri: You get thirsty after drinking alcohol because its decomposition process dehydrates you...

Eri: You knew I was returning to my room at 11, so you could guess that I was going to be drinking with someone...
Eri: So you put only carbonated drinks in my fridge and shook them all up.
Eri: That way, when I got back to my room and tried to drink it, it would spray out at me and I would need a shower...

Eri: And we still haven't found the weapon you beat her to death with...
Eri: so how about we check the glass ashtray in Room 309 where Takehiko-san was staying?

Eri: It seems those ashtrays are put in every room...
Eri: And taking the murder weapon with you would make the impossible crime seem even more impossible, so you switched out the ashtray in your room with mine...

Box: After that, the ashtray in Room 309 had a luminol reaction and it was found to be Akiho-san's blood...
Box: Takehiko-san admitted to the crime...

Box: The motive was his model cars...

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Box: Akiho-san was a former race queen and he had heard that she liked model cars. They hit it off and got married, but when he came to get her the previous night...
Box: she laughed saying that her liking model cars was a lie she told to get Takehiko-san, who was rich, to like her...

Box: It was what she said last that brought Takehiko-san's intent to kill to its peak...
Akiho: Hey, did you realize the meaning of your birthday present...?
Takehiko: O-oh... The 550 Spyder...?

Akiho: That's the car James Dean died in an accident in!
Akiho: Could you hurry up and die leaving me your money? That's what I meant!!
Akiho: Understand!?

Ran: That's a terrible present...
Mouri: Yeah...I wouldn't want to get that...
Eri: Oh...

Eri: I think it's better than not getting one though...

Eri: Well, I'll be going...
Ran: Eh? You won't stay here at the hotel? It's already past midnight!
Eri: It's fine! I've already called a taxi...

Mouri: Don't leave...

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Mouri: Let's celebrate your birthday, just the two of us...
Mouri: Ran and the kid can stay in another room...

Mouri: Let's return to when we were lovers...

Eri: H...
Eri: Huh?

Mouri: This represents my feelings for you!
Mouri: Although at your age you probably don't get that excited about getting a birthday present...
Eri: ...But whose birthday is it?

Mouri: Yours, of course!!
Mouri: It's on Health and Sports Day, right!?
Eri: Eh?

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Conan: Come to think of it, didn't Health and Sports Day used to be on October 10th?
Ran: Th-that's right... but it's been changed to the 2nd Monday in October...
Mouri: Eh?

Mouri: Ehhhh!?
Ran: Dad, did you only remember that mom's birthday was Health and Sports Day...?

Mouri: But when you were a kid you always talked about it at the sports festival!
Mouri: Saying that it was your birthday so you weren't going to lose!
Conan: October 10th tends to have nice weather, so sports festivals used to always be on that day...

Mouri: Oh...Now all that work put into dropping and raising her spirit was wasted...
Ran: Dropping and raising her spirit? So that's why you were being so cold to mom...
Conan: I don't think you needed to lower her spirit any...

Eri: Anyway!

Eri: I'll take this...
Eri: as my victory present...

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Eri: Mr. Bungling Detective.

Box: And the following day...
Eri: What's the meaning of this!?

Eri: I thought there was a necklace in the present...
Eri: but this is a rosary!!

Eri: Is that man saying he wants me to die!?
Ran: Ah! I was asked to buy that rosary for the manager of the Poirot Cafe and dad got them switched up...

Mouri: Ah!
Mouri: Here it is...

Text in right margin: This ending was very Kogorou-like. Next Chapter: A new story!!