The windows are locked.
And the door cannot be opened.
Because...
...there was a corpse here...
...which was locked in this place by a table and sofa.
The ventilation is too small for anyone to pass through...
And there isn't any other possible route of entry...
...that anyone could have used.
In short, this room was completely locked from the inside.
Here is the question.
This corpse that was found inside...
How did he die?
Is it just suicide... Or a murder disguised as a suicide?
This locked room holds all the keys for the mystery.
- Thank you for waiting. - Yes.
This way please.
"Come in."
Sorry, I have a full schedule today...
Yes, uh...
How about next Thursday?
Now? Uh, no. For now...
Oh, I understand...
Then I'll see you in Wellington Hotel in 15 minutes. Excuse me.
Good morning. I'll be under your guidance starting today.
- My name is Aoto Junko. - Aoto-kun. Your experience is...?
I've worked for two years at a small private office but I never thought...
...I'll be working at Friedman & Serizawa Law Firm.
Also, to work under Serizawa-san...
...I feel like I'm dreaming...
I will work my best to be able to assist you!
Company president Maruyama of Nissen Co. is waiting at the lounge of Wellington Hotel.
- Go meet him and listen to what he has to say. - What about you, Serizawa-san?
Right now, I have to finish with my oral argument.
Then, 'Due-Dili' is waiting for me at the Central Asahi Bank.
- "Due-Dili"? - For the acquisitions and mergers...
...investigate the value of the targeted companies.
- 'Due diligence.' - Exactly. So, I'm counting on you.
Uh, uhh. What shall I do?
I told you to meet with Pres. Maruyama.
His business is probably regarding the GE Brother's contract.
Listen to his demands and concerns and report it back to me.
- Yes. - Listen.
This person is an important client. Anyway, listen to him...
Be extremely careful not to offend him in any way. I'm counting on you.
Good luck, Junko. Here we go.
Actually, I came to consult with a personal matter.
Eh? Uh. Y-yes.
The other day, President Oishi of Shin Nippon Funerals...
...had committed suicide. - Please accept my condolences.
Oishi-san was at the final stage of pancreatic cancer...
The doctor gave him only 6 months to live.
The room where his body was found...
...had been locked in such a way that no one could have entered it.
The police concluded that it was a suicide over his illness but...
...I am a bit bothered by it.
- Pardon? - The thing is, Kusakabe-sensei here...
...handles the legal matter in Shin Nippon Funerals. (Judicial Scrivener, Kusakebe Masato)
It seems Pres. Oishi had recently requested to...
...rewrite his will. - Rewrite his will?
Shin Nippon Funeral President Oishi's...
...entire legacy including his majority stakes are all going to his only living relative...
His nephew, Executive Director Ikehata.
Notarized last will and testament was all ready to go but...
...he changed his mind. - Why?
Because Director Ikehata was caught embezzling company funds.
That's why, for him to kill himself before rewriting the will...
...Isn't that strange? And another strange thing is...
His hand written last will and testament was left at the scene.
Moreover, what is on this hand-written will...
...and the one that has been notarized...
...almost had no difference.
Uh, so...
...you mean the contents of those 2 wills were virtually identical?
- Exactly! - But the police...
...said that since the room was locked from the inside, then it must have been suicide.
So... we're sorry to ask you this...
But we would like Serizawa-sensei to investigate this matter.
"Investigate"?
Fool. Why did you agree on such a thing? (Central Asahi Bank Vault)
I thought if I refused, I'll offend him.
He may be a client...
...but you can't agree on everything... If it can't be done...
...then it can't be done. - You said to listen to him...
In this main vault, along with cash...
...there are paintings, statues and precious metals that are stored.
We estimate the total value to be around 200 billion yen (over $235m).
This way please.
Murder case? Me? I only do corporate legal work.
- But I can't refuse now... - You... wait here.
Excuse me. I can't find the list of paintings.
What? I'm sorry.
- Hey, the list of paintings is missing. - Oh... I'll get it now.
Excuse me. I'll be back right away.
- This way please. - Alright.
What should I do?
Eh? Huh?
Eh?
Huh? Wait, wait a minute!
Wait... No way... Wait, wait a minute.
Wait wait wait...
Umph... Wai-! Noo~!
- Uwa~! - Ehh?!
That's bad... Bad... Baaadd~!
- Don't tell me... - Eh? What is it?
- What? - Like I said, once this door is locked...
...the system will not open it until the start...
...of the next working day!
You gotta be kidding! I've got an important contract after this!
Hey! Hurry and get us out of here! Hey!
Serizawa-san. What day is it today?
It's Friday. That's not important right now...!
The bank is closed on weekends.
This means that this door will not open until Monday morning.
No...!
What shall I do? Please! We have to open this. What can we do?
Here! Can we open it with these dials?
In case of emergencies, we should be able to open with these dials.
Oh... What the-- Thank God!
I only have one set of combination. I don't have the other one.
- The other one? - The President knows it.
President? Where is he...?
He's the one whom you just locked inside the vault!
"What should we do?"
"We have to save them."
Hey you! What're you doing?
Hey!
Who are you?
My name is Enomoto. From Tokyo Total Security...
I received a call from the guard.
Please help us! People are inside. The vault door got locked...!
Sorry to have troubled you but please leave now.
There's nothing you can do.
Dammit... Why did this have to happen?
Hey, get us out of here! Get us out! Hey!
Please stop that. Or you will...
...reduce the oxygen.
- What is this? - In the case of a resettable dial...
...you turn the dial to the left and keep the number where it feels heavy on the graph...
...and guess the combination number. - What is 'resettable?'
It is the type that users can configure their own combination.
You are able to change the combination for each disk.
For example, if per disk has a scale from 0 to 99...
...then there are 100 numbers...
...generally there are four disks, so 100 to the 4th power, totals 100 million possible combinations.
It's also called '100 million combinations dial.'
Oh...
- You don't get it? - What?
- You don't understand it? - No.
Uh, yes. Not quite...
Please try to imagine. At the heart of this dial lock...
...are four disks and each comes with a cut-out...
When all of the disk's cut-outs align...
...it'll move to allow the dead bolt to enter the space that was created and then the lock will be released.
- Excuse me... - When you can set any number on a disk...
In the case of four disks, you must match four numbers...
For example, turn 5 times to the left to 45. Four times to the right to 12.
3 times to the left to 99. 2 times to the right to 57.
Clockwise and counterclockwise... You must alternate the direction.
- Uh, excuse me, that's enough... - Initially, you have to turn more than 5 times...
It's because if you turn a disk more than 5 times, others will turn together...
That's enough please! It's okay. Thank you for explaining.
Oh.
I told you, didn't I?
I'm sorry...
It took longer... than I anticipated.
What?
- Eh?! - It opened!
Open? It's open? Right? Ah! It's open!
That took only 17 minutes!
Serizawa-san, I'm sorry! It was due to my carelessness!
- You?! - Yes, I pressed that button.
- So then, it was you who closed the door? - Yes.
What the heck were you doing?!
I'm awfully sorry!
- Hold it! - Yes, sir!
President.
Is this safe? This security vault.
So as promised, can we go with Kusakebe-san...
...to the lodge in Okutama where Oishi-san committed suicide?
You not only locked me up in a vault... Now you want me to drive to Okutama?
How much more of my time do you want to waste?
Do you know how much I can earn in just 10 minutes? And also...
...most importantly, didn't the police already said it was a suicide?
But what if it wasn't a suicide?
So then, how are you going to prove it?
Oh. Thank you for your help.
It was ruled as a suicide because it happened inside a locked room.
So if we can prove that it wasn't a locked room situation--
Easily said than done! Even the police couldn't find anything...
Do you really think amatuers like us can find anything?
Then let's bring in an expert.
- The police are the experts in crime. - No, not them...
Someone who is familiar with house, locks, and security.
- Then who? - Uh, for example...
Someone from a security company?
Excuse me~! Wait... Excuse me.
Can I ask you some questions? For example..
In the room where the doors and windows cannot be opened from the outside...
And no one can go in and out of the room...
- A locked room? - Yes! A locked room.
And let's assume someone is dead in that room...
But if that person didn't commit suicide...
How can you solve the mystery behind a locked room?
- Hey. Don't just abruptly talk to him like that. - What?
- Let's go. Excuse us. - I can do it.
What?
If it's a murder...
...there is no locked room in this world that can't be unlocked.
EarthBuriTeam Subs presents: ~ KAGI NO KAKATTA HEYA ~ "Locked Room"
Episode 1: "The Standing Man"
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Spot translator and QC: danburi
Special thanks: furransu, \( -o _ o- )/
About 3 days before his body was found...
...we couldn't get in touch with President Oishi anymore.
I had a bad feeling about it.
I went to his office and was told that he was at his lodge.
Well, it seems Pres. Oishi would often shut himself up inside his lodge.
During that time, he cuts contact with the outside world.
"I'm telling you it's okay," Director Ikehata told me.
But I was still concerned about the health of the president.
So I had to make sure he was safe.
And persuaded him to tell me.
We're here. You can go ahead.
Enomoto-san. Are you okay with the time?
- Enomoto-san. - Yes?
Don't you have any other appointments?
No, I don't.
You must have. I don't want to trouble you.
- It's no problem at all. - Enomoto-san is a busy man so...
...Let's get this done quickly. Okay?
Who usually keeps that key?
Yes. The president had one key...
While another duplicate key is kept inside the safe of the company.
The only ones able to open the safe...
...are Director Ikehata and Secretary Tashiro-san.
Even for today, I asked Tashiro-san if I can borrow the key.
But on that day, I had no key to open the entrance.
"The curtain is closed."
- "Ah!" - "What's wrong?"
- "I see someone in there." - "Eh?"
"Ah!"
"President! President!"
- "Open it! Open..." - "Out of the way!"
"President!"
"Ah!"
("Morphine hydrochloride")
("Last will and testament")
- This is where you entered, right? - Yes.
Ah. And a white curtain was on the door. Oh, maybe that one.
That curtain... is that for a funeral?
Yes. A basket of funeral flowers are also used often.
Was the body already decomposing?
Yes. His face was already blue and swollen.
I couldn't recognize him for a second.
And there were maggots coming out of his mouth.
Oh, sorry.
The cause of death was a high dosage of morphine, wasn't it?
Yes. In order to suppress the pain of cancer, Pres. Oishi...
...would inject himself.
What? He injected himself with morphine?
I know it's illegal but he knows some doctors and...
...that's how he got the morphine.
Pres. Oishi took an embalmer's course in the US...
That's how he would be familiar with the use of syringes.
What is an "embalmer?"
It is a funeral specialist who knows how to technically treat dead bodies.
Such as injecting a preservative and draining the blood...
Sometimes, he must restore a body that was damaged...
- It's a lot of hard work. - This case is... you know...
It's a suicide.
No... The more I hear about it, the more I see it to be so.
- You think so? - It's suicide all along.
Right, Enomoto-san?
Excuse me... Hey.
It wasn't suicide. Someone killed him!
Who would it be?
Dir. Ikehata.
Don't be so hasty.
We'll do a more thorough investigation and make a proper report.
So for today, let's go, shall we?
Oh. Please wait for awhile. What about Enomoto-san?
He's no good, too. He doesn't know at all.
There's no contact... from Enomoto-san.
I want you to call Pres. Murayama later...
...and report to him that it was a suicide.
What? But... Enomoto-san...
- Even that guy thinks that it's a suicide... - We don't know that yet.
I know it.. I can see it on his face.
Oh, it's Enomoto-san!
What do we have to talk about? Why can't he say it over the phone?
This will be over quickly. We have to get an expert opinion..
...in order to complete our report. Without it, we can't convince the client.
- You only have 30 minutes. - Yes.
Excuse me, I'm Aoto. Is Enomoto-san here?
- Enomoto? - Yes.
- You mean Enomoto Kei? - Yes.
What business do you have with him?
Uh... Well, we wanted to ask him about crime prevention.
Enomoto isn't here.
What?
Are you sure this is the right place?
That person said he's back there.
May be there? ("Equipment Warehouse Room")
Enomoto-san?
Are you here?
Enomoto-san... It's Aoto.
Enomoto-san.
Hello.
- Have a seat. - Thanks.
- What key is this? - To be precise, it isn't a key. It's a lock.
Key is an item used to unlocking a lock.
This is a storehouse lock from the Edo Period.
Unfortunately, its key wasn't found.
I see. You also have a lot of them here.
This one is a Tosa lock. It's also from the Edo Period.
This is an Aki lock. Made in Hiroshima.
These are from India... Nepal... Tibet... Iran.
Such sliding locks are a nice contrast from...
...a European Ward type. Within the lock's swivel range...
...there are some obstructions to prevent the lock from opening so compared to Asian types...
...they have more enhanced security. - Hold on, hold on!
I'm sorry but...
I would like to hear your story some other time.
Can we get down to business?
Oh, I did a drawing of the of the scene's lay-out.
Hey, don't just go around touching things.
Uwah~!
What did I do?!
Why do you have to do things like that?!
I only wanted to touch the elephant.
I'm sorry.
Thank you for waiting. I tried reproducing Pres. Oishi's lodge.
- The percentage of scale is almost the same. - How were you able to measure it?
You can find it by just walking around.
- You remembered all these? - It's amazing!
Even the window locks. Oh, also the scroll and the flowers.
- Hey. Where's your lay-out of the scene? - What?
- Didn't you say you drew it earlier? - I said no such thing.
So then...
What's your conclusion? It's suicide, isn't it?
That...
...I'll analyze it now. - Haven't even started?
This room was a completely locked room.
The body was locked in this place by the table and the sofa.
...so it wasn't possible to open the door.
All the windows were locked...
...and there were no other possible route of entry.
Is there a way to lock the window from the outside?
If it was a crescent lock alone on an uneven frame...
...you may be able to lock and unlock...
...by shaking the right way... But these windows...
...were constructed very firmly and there are no distortions.
Also, all the crescent locks are equipped with a locking mechanism.
There's no possibility of moving this knob through the glass from the outside.
Hmm...
I see. In other words, this was a suicide.
No. It's hard to imagine it was a suicide.
What?
About this white curtain, I heard it was fixed in place...
...from top to bottom with nearly 100 thumbtacks.
- 100? - Yes.
There were thumbtack holes all around the door frame.
To put 100 thumbtacks while on the ladder is quite a hard work.
I don't think an aged man who was close to death would be able to do so.
And this glass table. It weighs well over 20 kg.
Why did he have to move such a heavy object...
...all the way here?
Along with the issue of his last will, there are too many strange things.
- Seems so. - Certainly you have a point.
But you know, the police would have thought of that already.
But they have no choice but to rule it as a suicide.
This means that in order to dispute their stand...
..the culprit. No. Supposing there WAS a culprit...
...we'll need a logical explanation as to how he was able to create the locked room.
You're right. As I said before...
If we can't lock the window from the outside...
The only possibility is...
...the door which had been blocked by the curtain and the body.
- Are you certain that it's possible? - Let's examine it.
The white curtain was fixed in place with thumbtacks on three sides.
The door that opens inwards was totally hidden behind it...
...therefore you can't open it wide but...
...the white curtain has enough slack so...
...you should be able to create enough opening... to slip out...
...from the bottom of the door to the hallway. But then the culprit...
...must move the body after he was out on the hallway.
- Can he do that? - For example, this is one way to do it.
First, let the body sit a little farther away from the door...
Put a string around his waist and bring the end out to the hallway.
Then pull the string from under the door...
...to pull the body towards the door.
But then the glass table was found here.
First, the body was pulled to the door...
Then the table was pulled by another string?
Also, there is the sofa, right?
To move all three, that becomes unrealistic.
So then that's it. It's suicide.
- Right? Right? - Oh, could it be the door...
...was removed from the frame and put back afterwards?
This door has no hidden hinges...
...so it's not possible. - "Hidden hinges"?
Like this. If the hinges were hidden...
...the door must be fully open to screw on the door.
- That's why... - Hey hey hey...
Is this going to continue forever? Or until morning?
Isn't it suicide after all?
Just say yes. That's all I ask from you.
- I do not know. - What do you mean you don't know, huh?!
I may need to come up with another idea.
I have to think from a different dimension.
See, are you satisfied? Let's leave it be.
Look, even I want to find out the truth.
I don't want people who committed murder to be free...
...without being prosecuted. I am a lawyer.
No. As a human being, it's absolutely unforgivable.
But if we cannot unlock the mystery behind a locked room...
...we cannot conclude that it's a murder...
It can't be helped, right? Right?
No matter how you view it, that was not a suicide.
I cannot end it as it is.
What is your problem?
Who cares if it's suicide or murder.
Who killed who and how...
Why do we have to work so hard on it?!
Those detective novels and dramas...
...I hate those kinds of things in the first place!
First of all, why does the crime happen so conveniently...
...at the place where the detective visits?
Eh? Then, when they found out who the culprit is...
They become pompous and all, right? Ah~! ...So annoying!
"I can't say it yet." What the hell is he saying?!
Say it now, say it here... Say it right here, right now...
It's ALL a big waste of time!!
That's right. It's all a big waste of time.
I don't have time to get involved in this small incident.
Ah! Please wait!
Just one more day. Could we wait...
...for one more day before we report to Pres. Murayama?
- Eh? - I will continue to investigate this by myself.
If I couldn't come up with any leads, then I will give up. Please!
The handwriting is his, right?
At first glance, it seems it is the handwriting of Pres. Oishi...
But because of his illness, it has become sorta like trembling.
- I think authenticating it will be difficult. - The contents...
...of the existing last will wasn't published?
Yes. Pres. Oishi told me to keep it confidential.
When the company was in trouble...
Dir. Ikehata became the guarantor personally to the debt...
...worth 20 million yen. - Yes. About that...
...none of the officers knew about it...
But after the investigation, it was found to be true.
Then, only Pres. Oishi and Dir. Ikehata knew about this, right?
Yes. Even I didn't know about it.
- Uhm... - Yes?
Have you found out anything since then?
Uhm...
The locked room issue will be quite difficult to solve.
Oh, I see.
I've looked into the information on the lethal dose of morphine.
It seems that a constant user can develop a tolerance to it.
Yes. I heard that the body of Pres. Oishi...
...had several times the lethal amount of morphine in his system.
So it can't be an accident, huh?
So it must be a premeditated suicide. If not...
...he was murdered by someone who knows how to use a syringe.
- Ah! - What is it?
I have seen Dir. Ikehata...
...injecting painkillers to the President.
- Is that so?! - That was the day the clinic was closed...
The president was trying to inject himself...
So the Director said, "I'll do it for you..."
The Director had previously spearheaded the company's embalming method...
Dir. Ikehata, too?
The Director earned his license in the U.S.
I knew it...
He did it!
Excuse me! Is it okay if...
...I ask you some questions?
Actually, he died last week on a Monday.
"My last will and testament. Instead of living with the pain of terminal cancer..."
"...I have decided to close the curtain of life."
"As a result of deliberation, I have concluded that it's best...
"..to entrust my Shin Nippon Funerals Company to Executive Director Ikehata Seiichi."
"Once when my real estate speculation ended up as a failure..."
"...and when the company suffered a downturn, it was saved..."
"...because of Ikehata."
"He visited the bank repeatedly to convince them..."
"...and personally became the guarantor of the 20 million yen debt..."
"...in order to save our company."
"It is my sincerest wish that all my employees will work together..."
"...to support their new president."
Enomoto-san!
- What're you doing here? - Oh. Hello.
Did you perhaps come to see the scene again?
I can't go inside but something is bothering me.
Is that so? Me, too. Thank you very much.
Uwaah~! What is it?
Hello.
Oh. Wait. Wait. Don't run away. I'm not angry.
I'm Aoto Junko. What's your name?
- Matsuda Daiki. - I see. Daiki-kun...
There was an incident here. Do you know about it?
Yes. A person killed himself?
Well, we don't know yet if it was suicide.
- I saw it. - Saw what?
- The man. - What?
I saw it from here.
Was he sitting in front of the door back there?
- He was standing. - Stand-- ...What?
He was standing by the white cloth and was looking this way.
A man with white hair was staring at me with a scary face so I ran away!
Hey. Is that true? You found a witness?
Yes. The morning after Pres. Oishi died, he said he saw...
...a man with white hair.
- A guy with white hair? - Yes.
Kusakebe-san did confirm it. That Dir. Ikehata has gray hair.
- So what should we do? - Kusakebe-san...
...should be here. - Sensei!
- Thank you for coming. - I'm so sorry for the other day.
No no no. I greatly troubled you...
...with a personal matter this time. I'm sorry!
It's no trouble at all. Please count on us.
I'm not one of those greedy lawyers that...
...only do corporate legal work.
As a matter of fact, I've since then, conducted a thorough investigation...
We were able to successfully uncover a new shocking fact...
...that even the police could not discover.
So this case is as good as solved!
...So be rest assured. - Oh...
As expected of Serizawa-sensei. So dependable!
- Where's Dir. Ikehata? - Yes.
That's ...Dir. Ikehata.
Say. Look at that man. Is that the person you saw?
Yes, that's him.
- Bingo, huh? - I knew it.
What does this mean?
Let's go.
- Wai- ...Excuse us. - Ah.
- What're you going to do? - I'm going to talk to him.
In a place like this? Wai- wait!
Hey.
Dir. Ikehata. May we ask you something?
I'm from the Friedman & Serizawa Law Firm...
Daiki-kun. Was this the man or not?
Tell me. Is this really the person you saw?
- It wasn't him. - What?
- It's not him. - No way! Eh? But just now...
It was that person.
The one I saw was the man in that picture.
That person? Eh?
But look, didn't you say you saw him...
...standing by the white curtain? - Yes, I did.
What on earth are you talking about?
Please accept our condolences.
Aoto. Aoto. Come on.
C'mon, hurry.
- What did just happen? - I have no idea.
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Translation, editing and fine timing: earthcolors
Spot translator and QC: danburi
Special thanks: furransu, \( -o _ o- )/
It's strange! According to the autopsy report...
...Pres. Oishi should have been dead around the time that Daiki-kun saw him.
- What does that mean? - How should I know?
You shamed me at such a solemn place.
Think about it yourself!
I got it! What if Daiki-kun saw...
...Dir. Ikehata disguised as Pres. Oishi?
What do you think, Serizawa-san?
It's easy. His body was hung down over the door.
From the point of view from someone at the window, it appeared that he was standing.
I see what you mean... That's it! That's it!
- Unfortunately, it's impossible. - Why the hell not?
Have you forgotten? The white curtain...
...was pinned on the wall on top of the door.
It's impossible to hang the body outside of the white curtain.
That's why it's suicide.
That's what I've been saying right from the start.
The air in this room is so stale.. Geez!
As you said, we need to think from a different dimension, right?
- "A different dimension." - Do you want to say...
...that the culprit entered from a four-dimensional space?
- That's what Enomoto-san said last time. - Please hold on a minute.
There's another dimension that we recognize to exist.
- What another dimension? - It is said that it's 'time.'
What is it?
- Why didn't I notice it? - Notice what?
The locked room...
...has been unlocked.
- What? - How?
I...
...will tell you tomorrow.
Here it comes...
...He said it.
What I can't handle the most.
Why the hell does it have to be tomorrow?
Don't you act pompous on me! Tell me now! Right now! Right here...!
- What? He went out? - Yes.
He came to the office and said he'll be cleaning up the lodge.
So he took out the key from the safe and left just now!
The lodge, huh?
Please, let's hurry up!
It's you guys again!
Then you guys without any permission...
...were sneaking around this room!
We were just trying to find out Pres. Oishi's cause of death.
President Oishi has chosen a dignified form of death.
Even the police have concluded that it was suicide.
There is no reason to discuss his cause of death now.
- Will you all leave now? - Please wait.
If we can solve the mystery of the locked room case...
...that even the police wasn't able to solve? - Mystery behind the locked room?
- What does that mean? - Enomoto-san will explain it.
I wasn't being pompous.
- What? - Last night...
...there was something I wanted to verify.
Since I don't have much knowledge of forensic science.
- Forensic? - Yes.
I was right, it was what I had expected.
Oh. Is that so.
Fine. Let's hear what you have to say.
First, I would like to talk about flies.
Flies?
- Aoto-san. - Uh, yes?
When Kusakebe-san found the body...
...he told you that maggots came out of the body's mouth, right?
- Yes, he did. - From the time flies lay eggs...
...until they hatch, it'll take a day... At the earliest, it'll take half a day.
Therefore, before Kusakebe-san broke the window and entered this room...
...flies were already inside.
- Yes. - If this room was truly a locked room...
...how were the flies able to invade it?
Huh? Uh...
For something like that, there must be ventilation or something.
As you can see, it's equipped with a filter.
Well, then they entered through the gap in the door.
The bottom pane of the door had been taped...
...with sponge so as to prevent draft from entering.
It would have been impossible for flies to enter from there.
And there are no gaps on top, to the left nor right side.
Well then, they must've been inside already from the start.
...There's no other explanation, right? - Maybe so.
But there's also another scenario you can come up with.
After Pres. Oishi died, this room...
...had been opened at one point.
You mean someone unlocked the locked room?
No. At that point, one can go in and out of the room normally.
Locked room was completed when the door was closed again...
...and after a long time had elapsed.
You're not making any sense at all.
I mean, the key word to this incident...
...is 'time.'
Let me give you a step by step description of the actions taken by the culprit.
President Oishi came to this lodge so he can ponder in peace...
...regarding the issue on who to appoint as his successor.
Not long after that, the culprit arrived.
The culprit used managerial issues or something..
...as an excuse to talk with Pres. Oishi.
Pres. Oishi soon had an attack of cancer pain...
The culprit said "Let me give you an injection of painkillers..."
...and then, gave him several times the lethal dose of morphine.
After he fell into a coma, the culprit laid down his body on the floor.
And watched him die.
Laid? Eh? Wasn't he sitting down?
The biggest mystery behind this locked room was how the body...
...ended up sitting down just beside the door.
Besides using the string to pull or hang the body...
What other tricks were there?
I really struggled but...
I was finally able to reach an answer.
So how was it done?
The culprit...
...did not make the body sit.
What?
The dead body sat down on its own.
After killing President Oishi, the culprit stretched a white curtain over the door.
He moved the glass table and sofa and prepared everything...
- Then he left. - He left the body and then came back?
I guess he couldn't be absent for too long.
He probably drove the car in a hurry and returned to his office.
After finishing his work he visited the lodge again after 12 hours.
- After 12 hours? - To complete the picture of a locked room...
...he had to wait until then.
When the culprit entered the room...
...the odor would already then be stifling.
He wasn't able to stand it, and he opened the window.
I think it was at that time the flies were able to get in.
As he expected, rigor mortis had set in, and the body was as hard as a statue.
The culprit leaned the body against the door...
...and put his feet under the table to secure him in place.
He went out into the hallway, then while making sure the body wouldn't fall...
...he carefully shut the door.
With this, the culprit's task was complete.
After that, 'time' took care of the rest.
What do you mean by 'time?'
When rigor mortis sets in, it starts from the jaw to the upper limbs going to the lower extremities...
It peaks around 12 hours after death...
After that, the body parts will gradually loosen in the same order.
That's what you meant by forensics...
- And then? - While the body was propped up...
...Rigidity from the top began to loosen and slowly the joints began to bend.
His neck, which was against the door, was supporting the bodyweight and had gradually bent forward...
...making his shoulders touch the door.
On his back is a curtain of silk which is slippery.
Then his hip joints and knees had begun to loosen up...
..and while his body was leaning on the door it had slid down...
And he should have ended up in a complete sitting position.
The door was covered with a curtain for a purpose and this was the reason.
How can that be proven?
What you said is mere speculation!
- It's preposterous! - There's the testimony of the boy.
Hogwash! How can that prove anything?!
And...
This white curtain.
The head of the corpse had long been in contact with the white curtain...
...and was decomposing...
...so traces of his DNA should have adhered to the fabric.
Also, traces of it can identify the body's height from the curtain.
Thus, proving if the body was indeed standing.
Fortunately, I became aware of it before you got to dispose of this white curtain.
I get it. You're saying that it was murder.
But you have no evidence to link me with it.
Am I right?!
Yes. There is none.
- What? - Aside from the culprit...
...I didn't say it was you.
- What? - I'm done explaining.
Oh... Wait, Enomoto-san.
- What is it? - No... the e-evidence...?
I only said I can unlock locked rooms.
- I have no interest beyond that. - What?!
There is no evidence anywhere that can identify the culprit after all.
This is stupid. I'm leaving!
Get out of my way... Stand aside!
I can't stand aside anymore.
If that was a homicide, then Pres. Oishi's last will and testament...
...wouldn't have been written by him, right?
So what about it?
Well. It was on his last will and testament...
...that when Shin Nippon Funerals suffered a downturn...
...you personally became the guarantor of 20 million yen debt.
Although you are a relative, still a splendid thing.
In order to save the company it was the only thing to do.
It's just that... you and Pres. Oishi...
....were the only people who were aware of that fact.
In that case, after the death of Pres. Oishi...
There's only one other person who could have written the will.
Unfortunately, Ikehata-san...
You're that only person.
Supposing there is a doubt about the will...
...if a locked room is flawless, police will not move.
You must have thought you had good odds, right?
Well, certainly, you were right.
In fact, the police have concluded that it was a suicide...
...and the funeral was completed without a hitch.
Only thing left was to dispose all the evidence and everything would be over.
That was until.. he showed up.
Well, anyway, Serizawa-san's skills...
...helped us a great deal. Thank you so much!
It was no big deal. Please no need to thank me.
To solve such a difficult locked room case so easily...
But really... Amazing! Oh. You can be a great detective, Sensei.
No, no. By the way, if you have any more problems...
...please tell us.
Whether the work is big or small, it's my policy not to be choosy.
Really?
Because of you, I lost a great deal of money this week. Listen...
You must NEVER accept any non-corporate legal work from now on.
- Keep that in mind. - You said...
...you will not be choosy whether the work is big or small.
- That was a convenient fiction. - Yes, of course.
I won't be going back to the office today.
- Good work. - Yeah.
About that guy, we need to see him again to discuss payment.
I don't want to have any trouble later on.
I understand. But... Enomoto-san is amazing, isn't he?
He's someone who can be called a genius.
He's just a weirdo, isn't he?
Good work, sir.
"At 3:00 pm, at a home in Nerima, Tokyo.."
"... a dead body of a male high school student had been discovered."
"Found inside the room were cinders of coal briquettes..."
"...that were placed inside a stove. Doors and windows were all locked from the inside..."
"...and the whole room had been completely sealed."
Is that a locked room case?
For next week's Locked Room Mystery...
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The keyword to unlock the locked room is: 'SCIENCE.'
That's all. This has been Enomoto.