Detective Conan 732

Chapter 732

01

Title: File 732 Breaking In
Text: What does he mean by "washing"?
On card: Tomorrow at 8 PM, just before the exhibit closes, I will come with the pistol and other items and, in the name of the patriot who brought about the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, Sakamoto Ryoma, I will make this the time for that washing. Kaitou Kid.

02

Reporter: Look!
SFX: Bah bah bah bah

SFX: Bah bah bah bah
Reporter: Look at that long line!!

Reporter: Once they heard that Kaitou Kid would be here tomorrow at 8 PM...
SFX: Bah bah bah bah
Reporter: Kid Fans have been rushing to the Great Suzuki Museum regardless of if it is open or not!

Reporter: With all these people here, will Kid actually be able to return Sakamoto Ryoma's letter, sake cup, and pistol that were stolen 20 years ago?
Reporter: Or does he actually plan on stealing Ryoma's gunbelt as a reward?

Reporter: And what was the true reason he revealed when he would be coming all of a sudden!?
Reporter: Will all these questions be answered tomorrow!?

Right margin: A mysterious announcement of a washing has arrived from Kid...

03

Nakamori: What!?
Nakamori: Rain!?

Nakamori: Are you saying Kid waited until it was going to rain to decide when he would come!?
Conan: Yeah! It looks like it could start raining even now.
Conan: And the forecast says it's going to rain tomorrow!

Suzuki: But how does he plan on using the rain?
Nakamori: Is he planning on breaking through the roof above this room containing the Ryoma Exhibit?

Suzuki: No...My staff checks it every morning before it opens. He can't set up any explosives!
Sonoko: Maybe it's about what the guests will be wearing.

Sonoko: When it's raining, a lot of people will be wearing raincoats.
Ran: I see! He can wear one too to blend into the crowd more easily!

Nakamori: Hmph! Kid wouldn't wait for it to rain for such a boring reason...
Nakamori: I guess we really should close the Ryoma Exhibit tomorrow to keep any guests from entering!

04

Nakamori: Then he would have to come into the exhibit room alone with the three items and we'll be the only one's there.
Nakamori: It's the perfect situation for capturing him!!

Suzuki: But, in that situation, he always disguises himself as you or your subordinates and does his thing after putting you to sleep with some sleep gas...
Nakamori: This time we'll be wearing gas masks and constantly be checking each other's identities with a code word!

Nakamori: Without any guests getting in our way, we'll have him for sure.
Hanamura: We're reluctant to agree to that plan.

Tarumi: I went to all this trouble to gather all these items related to Sakamoto Ryoma and opened the Ryoma Exhibit so that I could show them to everyone...
Box: Tarumi Shishihiko (58) Sponsor of the Ryoma Exhibit
Box: Hanamura Masanosuke (63) Appraiser
Hanamura: Why should we close this exhibit for an entire day because of a single thief?

Nakamori: Ah, um...
Nakamori: But...
Hanamura: And during the teleportation incident...
Hanamura: it seems you tried to stop him by keeping all the guests out.

Tarumi: He's coming to return the 3 items that were stolen from me 20 years ago, right?
Tarumi: I'd rather you didn't stop him.

05

Tarumi: Anyway, please let the guests in here like usual tomorrow!
Hanamura: Whether you catch Kid or not will be based on your own ability!
Hanamura: There is something we'd like you to protect though.
Hanamura: I've heard rumors that, after he returns those three items, Kid is after...

Hanamura: the centerpiece of the exhibit, Ryoma's Gunbelt.

Hanamura: Well, we trust you.
Tarumi: You are the police after all!
Nakamori: If you trust us, then cooperate with us!

Suzuki: But this is a problem...
Suzuki: With a lot of guests here, he can easily return those items.
Conan: There's one way to keep him from doing that!

Conan: Look, it's all written on the card last card you got!
Suzuki: Let's see... "Tomorrow at 8 PM, just before the exhibit closes, I will come with the pistol and other items and, in the name of the patriot who brought about the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, Sakamoto

Ryoma, I will make this the time for that washing."

Suzuki: Where does it say that?
Conan: Kid is returning something instead of stealing something this time, right?
Conan: And one of those things is a pistol!

06

Conan: So if you check everyone with those gates that can see metal they have at the airport, you'll know who he is!
Conan: He's the one with a pistol!
SFX: Ding dinnng

Sonoko: Th-that's true...
Ran: You're so smart, Conan-kun!
Nakamori: Hmph! We wanted to do that too, but the higher ups stopped us!

Sonoko: Eh?
Sonoko: Why?
Nakamori: If you're trying to protect something, you put them at the entrance to the museum...
Nakamori: but they said that if he saw them at the entrance, he might not return the items!

Conan: What if you didn't put them at the entrance, but put them right before the entrance to room with the Ryoma Exhibit in it?
Conan: You could put a whole bunch of them so it wouldn't slow down the guests!
Nakamori: Um, y'know...
Suzuki: That's a great idea!
Suzuki: And if we set up some x-ray machines to scan the contents of any bags or purses people are carrying while we're at it, it would be a perfect setup!

Nakamori: Hey, hey. You realize Kid's coming tomorrow, right?
Nakamori: We can't set all that up by then...
Suzuki: What are you talking about?
Suzuki: With the help of the Suzuki Zaibatsu, it won't be a problem at all!

Suzuki: We might catch him at the gate...
Suzuki: and if anyone turns back in fear of the gates, we'll know that's Kid!!

07

Suzuki: Okay! Start installing the gates right away!!
Suzuki: I want this museum to be a giant anti-kid mousetrap in half a day!!
Men: Yes, sir!!

Nakamori: I guess it's to be expected for the rich to do everything extravagantly...
SFX: Run

Nakamori: There's a chance Kid brought in the pistol in advance!
Nakamori: Use a metal detector and check every inch of this building!
Men: Yes, sir!

Conan: But why did he go out of his way to say "the pistol and the other items"...?
Conan: He should have been able predict we'd do at least this much if he wrote that.

Conan: Also, we still haven't figured out how he's going to use the rain.
Conan: We don't know what he meant by "I will make this the time for that washing."

Conan: It's possible he just used Ryoma's quote as a joke...
Conan: but he may actually be planning on washing something.

08

Ran: Wow...

Ran: It's really like the boarding entrance of an airport!

Ran: And they even have 3 gates.
Sonoko: That's uncle for you! Way to go!!

Conan: And once you pass the gate...

Conan: the passage is blocked by a wall.
Conan: You can't get into the Ryoma Exhibit without going through the gate.

Conan: And the only other things between are the bathrooms.

09

Conan: And inside the bathrooms...

Conan: there are iron bars keeping anyone from coming in that way.

Conan: With this, it should be impossible to sneak the pistol in, but...
Ran: Conan-kun, we're going in!
Sonoko: Wah!
Sonoko: Why are there so many people here?
SFX: Chatter

Man: Please only view the Ryoma Exhibit for 10 minutes!
Sonoko: He says that, but it sure doesn't look like anyone's leaving.

Sonoko: There are still 2 hours to go, but Kid-sama might already be in here.
Ran: But he can't get through the gate with the pistol...

Ran: And the things he's coming here to return were stolen by another thief...
Ran: so maybe he decided not to come.
Conan: Eh?
Conan: Another thief?

10

Sonoko: That's right! The 3 items Kid's returning, Ryoma's final letter, the sake cup with his blood on it, and the pistol he had in his pocket when he was assassinated,
Sonoko: were all stolen by Phantom Lady 20 years ago!

Conan: Wh-who's Phantom Lady?
Sonoko: Eh!? She was a major thief back in the Showa era said to be a woman in her 20s. She spoke like she was from a horror movie, had a showy way of doing things, and only went after large companies and extremely rich people. Apparently she was really famous!

Sonoko: But, well, she wasn't as good as my Kid-sama!
Conan: But why is Kid coming to return things that woman thief stole?

Sonoko: I don't know! Maybe they knew each other.
Ran: They're both thieves after all.
Conan: Hmm...

Conan: Ah, I have to use the bathroom again. Go on ahead!
Ran: Oh, okay...

Ran: This place sure is crowded.
Sonoko: It's like during a major sale.
SFX: Chatter

SFX: Hit

Sonoko: Kyah!

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Conan: Phantom Lady...
Conan: Phantom Lady...

Conan: Here it is!
Conan: It really does seem that Phantom Lady stole those 3 items 20 years ago.

Conan: But for some reason she stopped stealing right after that.
Conan: No, she did announce she was going to steal things after that and there was evidences she broke in to the buildings...
Conan: but she didn't steal anything.

Conan: Let's see. The last one she stole was Ryoma's pistol, a Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2 First Issue!
Conan: It has a bore of 32, could hold 5 rounds, and was about 17cm long.

Conan: 17cm is...
Conan: about...

Kid: It's about this long, right?

12

Conan: Eh?
Kid: On June 24th, 1867, Ryoma wrote a letter to his older sister's daughter that mentioned this pistol.

Kid: "It is approximately 6 sun long, holds 5 shots, and is shorter than a dagger...
Kid: but you can kill a man with it from a distance of 50 ken."
[TN: A sun is an old Japanese unit of length equal to about 3.03 cm and a ken is an old Japanese unit of length equal to about 1.818 m.]

Kid: ...That's what he wrote!
Conan: K-Kid!?

Conan: H-huh?
SFX: Pull
Conan: The door won't open!

Conan: Damn it! He put a stopper on it!!

Conan: How did you get that gun in here!?
Conan: Did you get it through the gate!?

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Kid: Yup! If you take out the lead in the grip, it'll go right through!
Kid: And that makes it really light.
Kid: The real problem with getting everything in came from just the sheer amount!

Conan: The lead in the grip?
Conan: The sheer amount?
Conan: What is he talking about?

Kid: Just so you know...
Kid: I'm only here to return some stolen items...
Kid: so don't get in my way, Mr. Detective!

Kid: See ya!
Conan: Ah, wait...

SFX: Grab
Conan: Wait!!

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Conan: Damn it!

SFX : Land
Tarumi: Hey, will everything really be okay?

Tarumi: If Kid is caught by the police...
Hanamura: It'll be fine! We just have to trust in him being a true phantom.
Hanamura: If he manages to escape, we'll make a wonderful profit again.

Tarumi: B-but he's coming to return that item!
Hanamura: There's no need to worry.

Hanamura: I have a plan.

Conan: What happened to your finger?
Tarumi: Eh?
Hanamura: O-oh...
Hanamura: Th-this morning I cut it while appraising a Japanese sword.

Conan: Ohh...
SFX: Run

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Conan: Damn it!
SFX: Chatter
Conan: Is he already in the exhibit room?

Conan: Where is he!?
Conan: Where is he!?

Conan: Eh?
SFX: Grab

Conan: Wah!
Conan: Wait...!

SFX: Run

Conan: S-Sis Ran!?
Ran: Sorry...
Ran: I thought you were going to get crushed in that crowd, Conan-kun.

Sonoko: And it's gonna be even worse when we get to the announced time.
Ran: Huh? There's something on your right arm.

Sonoko: No way...
Ran: It looks like writing.

16

Ran: One piece of iron...?

Sonoko: What does that mean...?
Ran: Is it some kind of code?
Conan: Hey! Did you bump into anything in the exhibit room?

Sonoko: Yeah. I was knocked into the gunbelt case.

Conan: C-could he...
Conan: really be planning on making it rain?

Conan: In order to wash...
Conan: this impure exhibit!

Right margin: Conan has realized what the card meant. Next Chapter: Kid's washing
show begins!!