0 Detective Conan Episode 872: Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Roar Chapter)

Episode 872: Conan and Heiji's Nue Legend (Roar Chapter)

Scenario: The fact that Azusa's doppelganger was playing her in the previous episode is revealed when Azusa says that she didn't go to the concert hall. However, only Conan and Amuro himself knows that the doppelganger was actually Vermouth in disguise. Conan thinks that since Vermouth bothered to investigate, the Black Organization must really be interested in the cipher left by Kōji Haneda seventeen years ago. Azusa also reveals that she saw a strange duo in front of Mōri Detective Agency talking something about "cleaning rags".

Heiji receives a letter from Densuke Takekuma, the mayor of Yadori village, from Shimizu-ku in Shizuoka Prefecture, saying he got a hint about Takugawa’s hidden treasure and is asking for help to unearth it. Conan and his crew tag along and are taken by Densuke to a rundown hotel that was once popular but declined due to a cave-in incident that killed foreign miner Charles Abel. At the hotel, the group meets a reporter named Hajime Tsurumi, a novelist named Fumie Masuko, historian Yasukatsu Someji, and archeologist Michiki Tanzawa. A dog appears and takes a liking to Hajime but he doesn’t like dogs. They discuss Charles’s incident; he was still alive when found but couldn’t speak due to his injuries, he wrote “nue“ on a sheet of paper, horrifying his rescuers. A nue is a monster who has the head of a monkey, body of a tanuki, legs of a tiger and tail of a snake. Densuke wants to bring business back his town by recording their treasure hunt. At night, as everyone is preparing for bed, a nue appears from the flames of a fire, ripping a sign as it leaves. Conan and Heiji give chase and discover blood on the ground. They follow it into the forest and find Someji violently slashed across his back, dead.

The strange couple was actually Heiji and Kazuha. They were talking about "rags to riches" which has a similar pronunciation. They came because the mayor of Yadori village, from Shimizu-ku in Shizuoka Prefecture, had found an important clue and sent Heiji a letter requesting help to unearth Tokugawa's buried treasure. Kogoro is nonchalant to the idea since the treasure will end up belonging to the government anyway. Scared of the dangers of treasure hunting, Ran initially refuses but consents when Kazuha and Heiji suggest that Shinichi might be invited there too.

The organizer and mayor Takekuma Densuke drive them to a run-down hotel. The hotel prospered at a time when tourists came to see the Kurogane Lake but since the incident when a member of the team unearthing Tokugawa's buried treasure died in an excavation accident. According to the legend, when Ieyasu was nearly captured in the war by Imagawa, an old couple hid in the Kurogane Forest. When the country finally stabilized, he gave the couple and their son a mountain of gold coins to thank them for their kindness. This is clearly mentioned in a nursery poem: "In the morning and evening sun, two thousand jars glitter with a thousand gold coins." The reporter, Hajime Tsurumi flirts with Kazuha and Ran facing Heiji's wrath. A dog appears which seems to like Tsurumi, making him to admit he doesn't like dogs.

Ran wanted to give an answer to Shinichi's confession in London and is sad because it seems the mayor didn't invite him. Meanwhile, Hattori is planning something on his own, probably a confession to Kazuha in a magnificent place and time.

Charles Abel was a foreigner who spoke broken Japanese. He was the one who got in the accident. When the team arrived, he was still alive, his body jammed between the rocks but he couldn't speak as his throat was destroyed. He was handed a piece of paper and pen to write. The team froze seeing what he had written "nue", a monster who has the head of a monkey, body of a tanuki (Japanese Raccoon Dog), legs of a tiger and tail of a snake. It is named after a bird which has the same eerie voice. The mayor actually wants to revitalize the town and gain publicity by making a video of the treasure hunt.

When they go to sleep, Heiji notices fire in front of the hotel. When they rush to the site, the nue appears. It rips the warning sign and takes it away with its mouth. Heiji and Conan take the other way to avoid the fire. When they arrive, there are teeth marks in the signboard though the creature is nowhere to be seen. Conan finds blood spots on the ground. On going a bit further in the forest, they find Someji, the historian dead with long scratches on his back as though he was attacked by a wild beast.