Episode 129: The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case
Scenario: Conan's class receives a new student named Ai Haibara. After school, a boy named Toshiya asks the Junior Detective League to find his missing brother. The Junior Detective League along with Ai investigate Toshiya's house and finds a painting of Natsume Sōseki. Toshiya reveals that before his brother disappeared, a woman, who had an interest in that portrait, approached Toshiya. The Junior Detective League search around town to ask whether anyone has seen the woman or Toshiya's brother. Conan notices that a man was using a counterfeit ¥1000 and realizes Toshiya's brother was kidnapped and forced to help create counterfeit bills. After following the man along with the clues Toshiya's brother left behind, they are able to apprehend the organized crime group and save Toshiya's brother. On the way home, Ai reveals that she betrayed the Black Organization and escaped with the use of the APTX 4869 which caused her to become a child. She reveals that she accidentally sent a floppy disk containing data on the Black Organization to her sister which is now in the possession of her sister's professor, Masami Hirota. Agasa takes the two there to retrieve it only to realize that Hirota has been murdered. The suspects are Hirota's three students who visited that day. Conan reveals the culprit to be Akira Shirokura; Shirokura after bludgeoning Hirota to death tied the answering machine cassette tape around the key to the room which rewound when a call was made and subsequently bringing the key into the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that Shirokura's fingerprints should be found on the tape. Ai breaks down and asks Conan why he could not save her sister, Akemi, from the Black Organization. Later that day, Ai attempts to read the files off the disk only to have a virus delete all the data.
Case 1: Missing Older Brother
A new girl named Ai Haibara transfers into Conan's class. Conan is apathetic, but the rest of the Detective Boys are excited. She acts rather cold and reserved when the Detective Boys try to befriend her, and Genta notices she's looking at Conan suspiciously. She tells them she lives at Beika 2-chōme, 22-banchi, which Conan deduces is right near his house, but can't think of any candidate houses or apartments where a Haibara family has lived.
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| Toshiya's older brother disappeared one week ago after telling his family he was going to a friend's house. |
The Detective Boys search around town to ask whether anyone has seen the woman or Toshiya's brother without luck. The detective boys stop at a convenience story for drinks and Conan notices that a man wearing a black jacket and hat used a ¥1000 bill to pay for ¥330 cigarettes. Conan thinks that the transaction probably wasn't for change because the man could have also bought the same cigarettes at a vending machine outside faster. Conan grabs the bill from the startled cashier and notices it has no watermark; it's a counterfeit ¥1000.
Conan and the detective boys start following the man in black. The portrait on ¥1000 bills is Natsume Sōseki, so Conan explains that the man's counterfeit may have to do with Toshiya's brother's disappearance. In a fit of oblivious deductive monologue, Conan starts talking about the men in black shrinking his body in front of the detective boys. Conan cuts himself off quickly and says it was a joke, but Haibara took notice anyway. Conan decides to plant a tracker on the man in black. Conan tells the man he dropped a ¥1000 bill which he snatches from Conan without realizing a button transmitter was stuck to the bill. To keep them from danger, Conan ditches the detective boys by telling them he has something to do and they should look for Toshiya's brother tomorrow. Ai watches as Conan runs away...
Now alone, Conan tracks the bill to a vender where the man in black bought a ¥110 can of iced coffee. A janitor testifies that the man used a ¥500 coin to buy a train ticket which left him with at least 3 coins of change. Looking at the ticket prices, Conan deduces the man went to Daitoma station. Once there, Conan begins to question a local broker who may have rented a space big enough to print fake money. The broker then asks Conan if he is with the kids outside; the detective boys, Toshiya, and Haibara have been following Conan. Haibara was the one who predicted Conan might try to continue investigating alone and suggested they follow. Toshiya then describes a quick phone call his missing brother made; he said something about being with people like Sōseki. The broker tells the kids he rented a location by the local police post to a newspaper printing company two years ago and they recently got a new printer. The broker says the lady in charge favors wide brimmed hats. With this, Conan realizes the meaning of the hint that Toshiya's older brother said over the phone.
Case 2: Murdered Professor
Haibara explains her story about the drug, her sister's death and her escape. She reveals that she accidentally sent a floppy disk containing data on the Black Organization to her older sister... which is now in the possession of her sister's professor, Masami Hirota. They track down Hirota through the university and Agasa posed as a friend of Haibara's sister Akemi Miyano, and Hirota agrees to give them the disk, but first after he has some other visitors.
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| Masami Hirota is found dead in his locked study while underneath a heavy bookshelf of books. Books were scattered across the room. So, Is it an Accident or Murder? |
Agasa takes Conan and Haibara to Hirota's home so they can get the disk, only to realize that Hirota has been murdered. Discovering the voice messages, they discovered the suspects are Hirota's three students who visited that day and the Black Organization. However, they quickly rule out the Black Organization involvement because the crime was too messy to be Black Organization's style.
