Detective Conan 727

File 727
Happy White Day
Caption: Was this used?

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Sidetext: Conan has noticed the miracle trick used by the wife to poison the company president...
Hoshie: Anyway!
--When my husband moaned and collapsed...I, his wife, was the only person beside him...

Hoshie: My husband's cause of death was acute poisoning by potassium cyanide...and the one to administer the poisoning may have been me...However, I was holding Ran-san's left hand with both of my own, giving her a palm reading. It was impossible for me to have administered the poison by hand...

Hoshie: Furthermore, from the medicinal wafers containing potassium cyanide discovered in my husband's car...
--and the fact that the wafer was lodged in between my husband's hind teeth...

Hoshie: Isn't it logical that he brought the poison filled wafers to the party himself and placed them in his mouth to commit suicide?
Megure: Yes...

Hoshie: Then perhaps do you think you could release the party guests?
==Since I've also been cleared of suspicion...

Hoshie: Naturally, if I were the culprit I wouldn't have invited a great detective like Mouri-san to this party...
Mouri: That's true...

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Conan: That was one of your tricks...
--Your words were the other....

Hoshie: Eh?
Mouri: Uh, no...
--That wasn't me...

Mouri: Wait, wait!
--Every time my voice speaks from some other place there's a sting on the back of my
neck...

SFX: POP!

Mouri: Ha...Heen...
--And on the forehead...
SFX: Pee Pee

Ran: No way...Dad...
--It's happened again...

Megure: Hey, Mouri-kun...
Satou: What trick?
Conan: Of course I mean...

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Conan: The trick to the murder!!
--The one used by Hoshie-san to poison her husband, the company president!

Hoshie: Trick? You're saying I used Mouri-san?
Conan: Yes...Actually, the one you used was the person he brought here, his daughter Ran...

Conan: If my daughter declared that after the crime Mrs. Urai was using both her hands to give her a palm reading, and that the president collapsed he remained motionless...
--I, above all others, would believe her. The other part of that trick was to commit the crime...

Conan: Far away from the suspect while I was giving my speech...
--Had I not already been on stage, I would have been able to see through it...
Hoshie: B-but, what trick? How could I have done anything at the time...

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Mouri: You called out to your husband, correct?
--"Are you listening closely?"

Hoshie: And what of it...
Mouri: At this gathering everyone knew of the president's love of showy displays such as slight of hand or dramatic skits at this party, and also of his aversion to sour tastes...

Mouri: Didn't you propose the idea to your husband in advance, "If you calmly eat the extra sour Spychoco White everyone will be shocked"?
Hoshie: That's absurd...Just the other day my husband ate some sour infused cake and was practically bedridden. There's no way my husband could have eaten...

Conan: Have you heard of...
--miracle fruit?

Chiba: Yes I have! It's a berry which, after it's eaten, turns sourness into sweetness!
Satour: It was popular years ago...

Conan: A small, red berry originating from West Africa...it effects the taste buds as a result of a glycoprotein called miraculin which temporarily changes sourness to sweetness.　It's truly a miraculous berry...

Conan: By carefully rolling it on your tongue, the effects will last 1-2 hours...That's why Mrs. Urai asked the president after he had eaten the berry...

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Conan: If the effects of the miracle fruit...
--we still "working properly." [TN: In Japanese the expression for "working properly" rhymes with the one for "listening carefully" ]

Megure: You can't mean the poison...
Conan: Yes...Among those items on the table, the item she could be most sure of was the lemon from Mrs. Urai's own iced lemon tea...

Conan: Mrs. Urai prepared a slice of lemon beforehand by slipping out a section and replacing it with a poison filled wafer...
--So that when the president placed it in his mouth the poison would be released...

Conan: In other words, Mrs. Urai wrapped the poisoned lemon, hid it in her pocket, and arrived at the gathering...She then switched it with the lemon on the iced lemon tea she picked up, and then slipped the original lemon under her paper napkin. Finally she waited for my speech...

Conan: After she asked her question and the president had collapsed, she quickly removed the lemon and hid it...
--so that while everyone's attention was focused on the president she returned the original lemon back to the glass!

Conan: That way, even after the police arrived and conducted a search they weren't able locate any poison on the table!

Conan: Incidentally, the reason you purposely picked the glass of iced lemon tea at the beginning was because you wanted a glass with the same sized lemon slice as the one with poison, isn't that right?
Hoshie: As expected, great detective, you even looked carefully at the minute details...

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Hoshie: However, the reason I chose that glass was out of habit...Doesn't everyone? Instead of grabbing the one in front you grab the one in back without thinking...
Chiba: Yeah, me too! I always do that with the milk at the convenience store...

Hoshie: And if my husband had taken the lemon from my glass and placed it in his mouth I'd think somebody would have seen it...
Conan: No, nobody would have seen it...The president himself would have taken precautions so that nobody would have noticed him...Had someone seen him calmly eating something sour he wouldn't have been able to surprise anyone...

Conan: However, there is the original lemon which had been slipped into the paper napkin as proof!
--The one I purposely tossed my cigarette on and burned!

Megure: Forensics, is that true?
Man: Yes...
--It's like he said...
Conan: Please look carefully at the paper napkin!

Conan: The burn mark that sticks straight out becomes a circular shape midway!
--That's the proof the lemon was there...The point of that mark is that only in that location was the paper easier to burn.

Megure: Then's where the poisoned lemon?
Satou: I searched Mrs. Urai and I didn't find any lemon...
Conan: Perhaps...

Conan: She slipped the poisoned lemon from the president's mouth and tucked it into her shoe to hide it temporarily...
--And when she passed the glass lined table in order to have the body inspection...

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Conan: She intentionally knocked over the glasses of iced lemon tea, scattering them onto the floor...
--Then pretending that she had sprained her ankle, she removed the poisoned lemon from her shoe and mixed it in with the others!

Satou: I see...If you want to hide a leaf you put it in a forest...
Megure: Alright, I want you to find that lemon!
Chiba: Right!
Takagi: Oh...

Takagi: Mouri-san asked us and we found it already!
--This lemon slice has a segment removed, and there was tiny hydrocyanic acid reaction on it...

Takagi: If we detect the president's saliva on it, as well as the fingerprints of the president and his wife...
--It would be definitive proof...
Hoshie: Hmph...

Hoshie: I had a sour taste grudge, which is why I used lemon, but I knew it was a mistake...
--It's difficult to hide...

Megure: "Sour taste grudge"?
Hoshie: Yes...
--I met my husband at confectionery school...He was a teacher and I a student...

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Hoshie: One day after several years passed, it was announced the school would send 2 people to a candy competition...
--I was chosen by him...

Hoshie: But there was a contest beforehand...
--and it was decided the winner, my boyfriend, would be the school's other representative...

Hoshie: The sour infused sweets he created were superb...A famous overseas store even sent a "patissier" scout...

Hoshie： But shockingly, the day before the competition my boyfriend committed suicde...
--At the time I thought he was troubled by various things due to his genius...but I was inspired by him and ended up winning...

Ran: Then the reason you said you were #2...
Hoshie: Yes...Had he entered I wouldn't have had a chance at winning...My husband was thrilled for me and years later I married him...

Hoshie: He drove him to his death...
--My husband did...

Ran: Drove him to his death...
Hoshie: A few days ago, my husband confessed after eating a sour infused cake...The reason for his aversion to sour taste was because of his memories of my boyfriend...

Hoshie: Before the competition my husband ate some pie he made...
--Here's what he told him...

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Urai: It's too sour. Is your tongue alright?
Hoshie: He said.

Hoshie: My boyfriend had complete trust in my husband and became neurotic. In the end he took him own life...
--Through his tears my husband said he did it so I would win, never thinking he'd die...

Hoshie: Not knowing...
--just how much we loved each other...

Chiba: Hey, Mouri-san!

Chiba: Great deduction as usual! But that's to be expected!
Ran: I can't believe you tossed the cigarette on purpose!
Mouri: Yeah, well...
--On purpose?

Mouri: Well since today is White Day I suppose I could really distinguish between blacks and whites!!
Megure: White Day...

Megure: I'd better contact Midori just in case...

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Megure: Ah, is this Midori....
Midori: Oh, so it's that devil police detective who loves his job more than his wife...
--What the heck do you want?
Megure: I can't believe you're drunk...
Midori: And why shouldn't I get drunk, you idiot!
Megure: In the cupboard by the frig on the second shelf from the top!!

Midori: Eh?
Megure: I had intended to give it to you after I got home, but it appears I'll be home late today...

Megure: Well, it's a token of my regard for you!
Card: To Midori

Megure: Please accept it!

Megure: Oh, by the way...I haven't had anything to eat for lunch or dinner, so if you could have something prepared for me I'd appreciate it!
Midori: Sure!

Mouri: Hey, Ran! I'll have to go down to the police station for questioning so I'll ask Takagi to take you home!
Ran: OK...
Mouri: And while you're at it...

Mouri: Go to Eri's place and drop this off...
Ran: No way! A White Day present?

Mouri: Don't get the wrong idea! These are just the cookies I didn't have the chance to give to Youko-chan...
Ran: Sure, sure!
Conan: The wrapping paper is clearly different than Youko-chan's...

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Conan: Aunt Eri didn't seem all that happy.

Conan: She made a really stiff face...
Ran: It's fine! That's the face she makes when she's trying not to smile! It's proof she was ecstatic!!

Satou: And then there's Takagi-kun over here...
Takagi: Oh, hey!　I've completely forgotten the roads in this area...

Satou: Shouldn't you look at the GPS?
Takagi: Oh, well...this car's GPS has been malfunctioning recently...

Satou: Oh brother...I guess I'll have look at the map and navigate!
--Which district is Mouri-san's office?
Takagi: D-district 5...

Card: To Miwako-chan

Satou： White Day is saved!
Takagi: Yeah, you should look in your own car glove box on occasion! It's been in there for 3 days already...

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Ran: Detective Satou was really happy, wasn't she!
Conan: Yeah, she was...

Conan: By the way, Ran-neechan...
Ran: Don't worry!

Ran: There's no reason for Shinichi to care about White Day...I'll talk to Sonoko on the phone and forget the whole thing...

Message: I scored a return present from Makoto-san!
--He said, "I dedicated this victory to you!"

Ran: Oh no...
--What'll I do...

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Ran: It's from Sonoko...
--She couldn't call...

Ran: W--
--Wah...

Conan: Uh...no...

Conan: Hey, look!!

Conan: There's something in the mail slot!!
--I don't remember it being there before we left!

Ran: I-It can't be...
--Shinichi!?

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Ran:　It isn't...
--It's an envelope from the tax office...

Ran: Was there a mistake on our tax return?
--I thought the filing deadline was on March 15...

Ran: That's tomorrow!!

Ran: Huh?

Ran: Cough drops...

Message: When I talked to you on the phone a few days ago you had a nasally voice...
--So try taking a few of these and get better fast! Shinichi.

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Ran: White Day...
--Looking back, I want to say I had no expectations...

Ran: But now that I've finally received something in return...
It's as if my feelings got through...

Sonoko: So Makoto-san, you mean there's no White Day marshmallows or anything?
Makoto: Uh, sorry, I'm in the middle of my victory interview...

Sidetext: Forming your feelings into a shape and communicating them are pretty important, it would seem!