Episode 1063: The Targeted Chicken Sexer
Scenario: Conan, Ran, and Kogoro arrive at the Kusano Chicken Egg Factory. Hitoshi Namba, the national champion of firstborn chick identifiers, a.k.a. chick appraisers, came to Kogoro for advice, saying, "Strange things have been happening for the past few weeks. The contents were all strange: a rubbery cannonball flying at him while he was walking, a magnifying glass scorching his hand from a distance while he was dozing off, a smartphone exploding, and so on. Kogoro had no idea who was being targeted, so he was assigned to investigate the cause and to act as Namba's bodyguard. When he goes to talk to the people at the factory, Saburo Kusano, the president, says that he has the best track record and personality, and that it is unthinkable that anyone would target him, but his colleague Takashi Nakamura, a Hatsumei Hina identification specialist, replies with the implication that he has a good outward appearance.
Introduced by Mamiko Hirasawa, an accountant, he is asked to talk to Kazumasa Kitazawa, a magazine reporter, where the topic of industry legend Yuji Okabe comes up. Compared to Okabe's spectacular record, Namba is apparently regarded as "not bad at all, but not even close to Okabe at his peak.