Episode 1033: Taiko Meijin's Shogi Board (Opening Move)
Scenario: On his way from school, as the Detective Boys were talking about soccer, Conan was thinking about something else in the news. Nishikido, a shogi player who had disappeared due to a fuss over the eight-figure tournament, had been murdered and found dead. At the scene, there was a shogi board with one of its legs cut off. Conan and his friends are discussing the origin of the word "Yayakucho" from an article about the case that Conan had seen, when Hideyoshi Haneda appears. Hideyoshi tells them that when he played against Nishikido, "I was not particularly impressed with him, but one time he came back from the bathroom and played a move that was so strange that it surprised me. When the Detective Boys see Hideyoshi looking clean-shaven and refreshed, they assume he has a date with his girlfriend Yumi, but Hideyoshi denies the date and leaves, saying he is meeting someone important. Then Yumi appears. Yumi had been following Hideyoshi because she was suspicious that he was getting dressed up and sneaking out more often. Conan is taken away by Yumi, who says, "It's harder to be noticed when you're with children.
As Conan and Yumi continue to follow him, they see Hideyoshi buying a lot of donuts at a donut shop and talking to two women in a friendly manner. Yumi is so upset that she runs out in anger. Hideyoshi tells Yumi that he was doing a shogi study session. The two women were Mizuna Katsumata and Shoko Uryu, both professional women's chess players. Kosuke Hishinuma, a professional shogi player, joins them and heads to the apartment where another participant, Yasuaki Genda, is waiting. However, Genda is found dead there. Beside him, there is a shogi board with a leg cut off.
While on the way home from school, Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys meet Shukichi, who in chance heard the group conversation about the term "yaocho" (match fixing). It was because of the death of Kimiharu Nishikido, a shogi player who was suspected of match fixing.
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| Nishikido was found dead after disappearing amidst allegations of
match-fixing. He was beaten to death, and next to his body was an
upside-down shogi board with one of its legs removed. Later, Shukichi leaves for an important meeting, but the group meet Yumi, who is following Shukichi because he is acting strange. Haibara then says that Shukichi might have an affair. Yumi decides to take Conan with her. Shukichi then enter a donut shop. While waiting for Shukichi, Conan asks Yumi if she has meet Shukichi's parents. Yumi says that Shukichi was adopted by the super rich Haneda family when he was trying to be a professional shogi player, so that Shukichi could fullfill Kohji Haneda's dream. Yumi also aware of Shukichi's biological family, betting that the whole family is also carfree like him. Conan, who knows about the family, says nothing about it. Yumi then realizes that they are in front of Star Donut, which Yumi sugested Shukichi to go. Yumi is happy, but only for a while, because Shukichi is later seen talking to two women. She then approaches him, only to find that the two women are happy to meet Yumi. The two women, Mina Katsumata and Shoko Uryu, are young shogi players who are attending shogi study session. Shukichi is involved because he is asked by Chikara Katsumata, Mina's father. They arrive at an apartment, where another young shogi player, Kosuke Hishinuma, is waiting. There is also another shogi player, Yasukiyo Genda, who is waiting in the apartment. However, Genda is not answering the bell, so they enter the building using the spare key brought by Mina. They arrive at the room and found the door is not locked. After some searching, Hishinuma finds Genda's body in the kitchen. |
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| 10 minutes after everyone left the apartment, they came back only to stumble across Genda's dead body, who seems to have been strangled to death with and electric chord. Next to him was an upside down shogi board with two legs removed. |
Shukichi touchs the kitchen counter and notices something near mixer, toaster, and ice trays.
Takagi and Sato later arrive at the crime scene. Shukichi, knowing the reason why Yumi followed him, has a small argument with her, before get interupted by Sato.
