Detective Conan 691

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Oops, I skipped ahead and did 692 first, oh well...


FILE 691: Conan VS The Detective Squad

Ai: Hey…

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Ai: Did you really see it?

Conan: Yeah…

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Conan: I definitely saw it when I looked through that window!

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Conan: This entire shed was filled… // with art work and antiques!!

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Ai: But there’s nothing here.

Conan: There has to be something! / There has to be some sort of trick… // in the ceiling…

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Mitsuhiko: No… // I don’t think there’s anything in the ceiling!

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Conan: Huh?

Mitsuhiko: This picture is proof! / I took a picture of you when you were up in the tree looking into the shed through the window!

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Mitsuhiko: There’s only about 2 meters from the roof to the window.

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Mitsuhiko: And you can see where that window is from the inside…

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Mitsuhiko: It’s only 2 meters from the ceiling!!

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Mitsuhiko: That means there’s no way to hide anything in the roof!

Conan: You’re right…

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Ai: That means it has to be the floor…

Conan: Yeah… / I bet there’s space under these floor boards and there’s a trick to making the floor move…

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Genta: That’s not possible, ya know!

Ayumi: Yeah, it’s not!

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Conan: Huh?

Genta: Look over here!

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Genta: Look!

Conan: Hm?

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Conan: Our detective badge… // inside a drawing of a box and your name…

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Genta: I put it there! // It’s to mark that spot!

Ayumi: I put mine over here!

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Ayumi: See? Mine hasn’t moved either!

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Conan: Yeah… And it’s pretty far from Genta’s…

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Ai: Which means… // this floor hasn’t moved or tilted in anyway…

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Ai: Concluding that Edogawa-kun’s hypothesis that these boards move is completely wrong…

Conan: Heh…

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Ai: Good job, you guys…

Genta: Really?

Ayumi: Hehe!

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Mitsuhiko: Wait a second!!

Genta: Eh?

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Mitsuhiko: There IS something wrong with this shed!!

Genta: What’s weird?

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Mitsuhiko: It’s gone!! // My badge that I put over here is gone!!

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Ayumi and Genta: WHAAAAAT!?

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Conan: You really put it here?

Mitsuhiko: Yes! // I’m absolutely certain that I put it there!

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Genta: Are you sure it’s not around here somewhere?

Mitsuhiko: I looked for it but I can’t find it!

Ai: Which means the floor or wall over here moved and the badge fell, or…

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Ai: The thing that secretly hides in this shed… // has taken it for himself…

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Mitsuhiko: “The thing”!?

Genta: You mean…

Ayumi: The monster!?

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Conan: There’s no way! // I thought you said ghost stories usually come from illusions created by fear?

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Mitsuhiko: Oh, right…

Conan: Anyway, it’s confirmed that SOMETHING is wrong with this shed.

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Conan: There’s some sort of trick that can hide and reveal treasures… // it’s almost like a magic trick!

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Mitsuhiko: But what would such a trick be?

Conan: Well, the first thing that comes to my attention is…

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Conan: That household altar for the Gods that’s strangely placed right above the entrance…

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Conan: Why would someone put it there? It’s dangerous since those doors open inwards so they could knock someone over if they were tending to the altar…

Ayumi: Yeah…

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Conan: And what’s even more interesting to me is… // that wall over there that has… // and abacus!!

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Genta: I wonder what it is…

Mitsuhiko: Maybe it’s used to calculate the value of all the treasure…

Ai: Then it wouldn’t be up here vertically, since the beads would keep falling while you’re calculating…

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Conan: Do you see that each bead has something sticking out from the back? / Genta, let me up!

Genta: Uh okay!

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Conan: I bet if you move some of these upwards…

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<click>

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Mitsuhiko: It made a sound somewhere…

Ayumi: Move some more, Conan-kun!

Conan: Alright…

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Conan: Okay, I’ll move the one right under the one I just moved…

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<click>

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Conan: Oh…

<crash>

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Ayumi: It fell down…

Ai: It looks like there’s some switch back there that resets everything if you make a mistake…

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Conan: Hmmm… // judging from the amount of dust on some of these beads…

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Conan: It doesn’t look like any of the beads besides the right most axis on the top two rows… // And everything besides the 3rd axis, 6th axis, 4th axis that has no beads, and the 8th axis for these bottom five rows have been moved around…

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Mitsuhiko: Uhh you said the 3rd axis and which one?

Ayumi: 4, 6 and 8!

Conan: Hm?

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Conan: You’re texting someone?

Mitsuhiko: I’m taking notes! / So I don’t forget…

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Conan: I’m going to look in through that window from the outside again! // Stay here okay?

Ayumi: ‘Kay!

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Old man: Hey! Aren’t you kids done yet?

Conan: Not / yet…!

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Conan: Huh? // There’s a strange slit in the door… // And these stairs…

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Genta: Hey, hurry up!

Mitsuhiko: The most basic rule of an investigation is to be quick!

Conan: Yeah…

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Conan: Shit! It has to be Kobayashi-sensei. // She’s helping them out with the case!

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Kobayashi: What? // You think I called the kids?

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Kobayashi: I don’t have time for that! I’m in a meeting… // So you kids are at the shed?

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Kobayashi: Tell me where it is! I want to go later!!

Conan: I was wrong…? // Which means it has to be…

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Professor: I did receive a phone call… // from Ai-kun!

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Professor: She said something about going to look at a shed with an evil spirit…

Conan: Don’t play stupid! / You called Mitsuhiko, didn’t you?

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Professor: No I didn’t! I’m making beef stew right now for Ai-kun’s dinner!!

Conan: Beef stew? / You can make that?

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Subaru: The onions look good!

Professor: Oh, really?

Conan: Hey… / is Subaru-san there too?

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Professor: Yeah! I had him come over while Ai-kun isn’t here. // He’s a pretty good cook, you know!

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Conan: Subaru-san hasn’t been calling or texting anyone while sautéing the onions, has he?

Professor: Of course not! It’ll burn too easily!

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Conan: Then who is it? // Who’s helping them?

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Ayumi: Hey, Conan-kun!

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Conan: Hmm…

Mitsuhiko: So? Is there anything different since the first time you looked?

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Conan: I don’t think so… // the only thing that’s different is the treasure is gone… // huh? // The floor is further away…

Mitsuhiko: Further away?

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Ai: There’s no way! The shed isn’t growing or anything…

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Genta: Somethin’ just fell!

Mitsuhiko: It was near the wall…

Ayumi: Oh!

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Ayumi: It’s a detective badge!

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Ayumi: It’s Mitsuhiko-kun’s!

Mitsuhiko: What!?

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Mitsuhiko: Where did it fall from?

Genta: Maybe it really is…

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Genta: Some creature!! // There’s a monster in the roof!!

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Genta: I bet he picked up Mitsuhiko’s badge and threw it at us!

Ayumi: Really!?

Conan: A monster in the roof? // No way…

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Conan: Huh?

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Conan: Wait… // a second!?

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Ayumi: Let’s get out of here…

Genta: Yeah… It’s creepy…

Mitsuhiko: But…

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Ayumi: Oh…

Genta: A phone call?

Mitsuhiko: Maybe it’s…

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Message: Title: I’ve got it

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Old man: Hey! It’s getting dark!

Conan: Mister! // Did you say this shed was built at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate era?

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Conan: By any chance… // was it Mizu Kichiemon that built it?

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Old Man: Yeah… It is…

Conan: Then I think you need to call… // an officer… // from investigative unit 3…

To be continued in Issue 25