0 Detective Conan Episode 530: The Truth of the Urban Legend (P1)

Episode 530: The Truth of the Urban Legend (Part 1)

Scenario: A person who murders people with a hammer, dubbed "Hammer Man", has been seen escaping to an apartment after assaulting a woman.

Along with present victim, the "Hammer Man" attempted 3 murders in the past, making the total number of victims to 4.

Sato and Takagi stalk out the apartment and are later accompanied by Conan, Ran and Sonoko. They explained that the owner of the apartment were out of the country, but his parents revealed that a male friend of his is borrowing the place, but the parents don't know that friend's name. The neighbors has told the police that the man lived there for a while with his girlfriend. But it seemed that she has left him, and the man stays indoor all day and only comes out at night. A home delivery courier, a bike delivery woman, and a pizza deliverer were seen to leave that apartment and were then interrogated. The three reveal they did not meet their client and instead followed notes specified for them; The courier was instructed to leave the package outside the door, the woman was told to pick up the package, and the pizza man was told to leave the pizza on the table and take the money from an envelope. They then realize that while interrogating the three, no one was watching the apartment. They enter the apartment to find a masked man unconscious. Conan removes the mask and notices that the man was knocked unconscious by a hammer and deduces hammer man has impersonated one of three deliverers from before.