Episode 7
A cold case...A cold case!?
Shiittt!
What's the matter boss?
Huh? Did I say something?
Yeah, "shitttt!"
Ee? Wow how embarrassing... why'd I say that...
Ryuhei-kun, how are things on your side?
He hasn't moved yet, go ahead.
He moved!
Aahh!
Shit, he went inside again!
We'll just have to wait until he comes out again.
We better look for the other exits, there has to be more.
Okay!
What's all the fuss about? Was there an incident?
We're looking for a cat, stupid! - Is it really necessary to get mad?
Well the thing is... - You don't have to tell her!
The success fee is high right? Over 1 000 000 yen.
How'd you know that!? It's 1 200 000 yen!
I can tell by your eyes, they have dollar signs all over them.
Don't jump to conclusions, this time the client is
one of Ikagawashi's most famous entrepreneurs:
Toyozo Gotokuji.
He's the man behind all of the Maneki Sushi Train chain stores.
They're famous for the lucky cats
that look like Cnl. Sanders out the front.
In my eyes he's a very important person to his this town
and his stores are important too. When he's sad
so is the rest of this town. That's the reason why
I'm searching for his beloved cat Mikeko.
Hee- I didn't know you cared so much
about Ikagawashi, Detective Ukai.
How about when you get the payment you donate it to the city
and get a sandbox made in the local park?
There a saying I like that says "children will grow without parents and sandboxes".
You know I could never donate that money. See you later!
They run really fast when 1 200 000 yen is on the line.
Fuu... Are you sure this is Mikeko?
This cat looks a bit different, but I guess they're similar.
Actually I think they're almost identical.
I don't think he'll notice.
Nice judgment Ryuhei-kun.
The face is totally different!
Don't try to trick me!
Come back when you find my cat, you second rate Detective!
He's crazy about cats. We should've realized he'd never fall for it.
Ee, but you told me it was a good judgment?
So what should we do now? - Guess we'll just have to keep searching.
Uwa! What a headache...!
Ee? - It's an intermittent illness I have.
Don't worry about me, search for the cat.
I know you can do it Ryuhei-kun, I believe in you.
Ukai-san...I'll do my best!
I'll be praying for your success.
So three-colored cats aren't all the same?
You look pretty classy having your coffee there.
I'm studying about three-color cats.
Did you find the cat yet? - Look, what do you want?
Oh I just thought not many incidents are happening lately...
It's just peaceful lately. It's a good thing.
What are you doing?
I'm doing a rain dance to try and get the phone to ring.
Phone call...Come~!
Can you stop that?
That dance is really weird and
if a phone call comes my peace will be sha-...
Wow! The phone god has answered!
There's no such thing as a phone god. - Hello, Ukai Private Detective Agency.
Wai-... Thank you for your call!
Okay okay...
Really!? Okay, gotcha.
What's all the fuss about?
Toyozo Gotokuji...
Ee? Did he call again asking where the cat was again?
was killed. - Oh okay...What!?
That was a call from Detective Sunagawa to take on the case.
And I'm guessing you don't wanna take it because there's no money...
No, let's do it!
I see your game.
If you solve this incident
you think his family will reward you for it.
No, I just can't forgive whoever
killed a man who loved cats so much!
That's a lie! 100%! No it's the truth~
It's a lie! It's 100% the truth~.
Liar. It's 100% a lie~!
Ahh Detective Sunagawa! - Oh, hey there Akemin!
Looks like you've become a regular now.
Yeah Detective Ukai has finally started to realize how important I am.
Good. You are pretty smart after all.
It feels like I constantly have a parrot riding on my shoulder.
Boss, can we move that thing back now?
Hey...That was near the front of the house before...
How'd you know that!?
Ahh, I actually was requested by the victim to look for a lost cat.
Every time he brought a different cat over
Mr. Toyozo would say it wasn't the right one and get furious at Ukai.
So he thought up a devilish scheme to kill him and take his money.
What? So this means the murder is...
You! - Stop screwing around.
Jejeje!** - Ee?
**Ama-chan reference
Only uncool old people say that now.
Well I am pretty old.
For-give-me**
**Reference to Crystal Takigawa's "O-mo-te-na-shi".
Stop it~!
The forensics team are done with it, I'll put it back.
Okay okay.
So can you show us the scene, Detective Crystal Sunagawa?
It's inside. Ahh I guess I don't sound like her...
Watch your head. - Okay.
It's further inside. Inside...
The predicted time of death is between 11pm lastnight and 1am this morning.
He was stabbed with a knife. It's so ironic.
...What do you mean by that?
There was actually a murder in this same location 20 years ago.
Ee? What a coincidence. - And I was actually
the Detective put on that case too.
What happened to the murderer?
They got away, case went cold. - Hohou...
What kind of incident was it?
It all happened 20 years ago when I was single
and all I cared about was my job as a detective.
Oh right I see. THAT'S what happened.
Huh? What? I haven't even talked about it yet?
Ahhh sorry I thought we'd already finished
the flashback and that was my comment about it.
You watch too much drama! - Yeah so it all happened 20 years ago
when I was single and a bright young detective.
How cold-blooded!
I bet those clothes weren't even popular 20 years ago.
Don't knock my flashback.
Sorry. - Yoichiro Yajima was the victim,
he was a doctor who lived in this neighborhood.
He was stabbed and died from blood loss.
The time of death was pinned at between
10pm and 11pm.
I questioned his wife Yumiko about all of it at his clinic.
She had issues with her legs and needed to use a wheelchair.
She said when her husband didn't come home in the afternoon
she started to get worried and
Mr. Gotokuji came to their house.
Him and Yajima were actually good friends and
had made a promise to meet at Gotokuji's house that night
When Yajima didn't show up Gotokuji got worried too.
They both went searching for him
around the clinic, Gotokuji's house and the neighborhood
But at the time Yajima was already
dead inside this green house...
There were lots of contradictions in testimony too.
In the end I wasn't able to catch the killer.
Dad...
Why'd it have to end like this-!
And this time Mr. Gotokuji was killed.
By the way Mr. Yajima was also
a very big fan of cats.
I'm begging you, Ukai. I have to solve this one at all costs.
Hello. Ahh it's you?
Ee? Parent teacher meeting?
Ahh it's his wife. I bet he'll have to go home.
I'm in the middle of investigating! There's no way I can go!
Oioioi...He looks really serious this time!
I think that this incident
must be somehow related to the one from 20 years ago.
Mr. Yajima's wife actually
took a turn for the worst from the shock and died a year later...
Leaving their son behind...
If I had just been able to catch the criminal...
None of that would have ended up happening.
This time I want to
crack the case and make sure
everyone involved can go on living their lives!
You can count on me. We better start gathering information then.
Boss, Maki-san has regained consciousness.
Yes! - Who's Maki?
Gotokuji's youngest daughter.
Apparently she witnessed the murder happen.
Ee? Tell us that from the start.
Ee there's a witness?
Damn. Looks like this'll get solved quickly.
Why are you saying that like it's a bad thing? - I don't think there's any other
drama that would finish that quick. - This isn't a drama though.
C'mon? At least make it last for 33 minutes?
Why? That's such a strange time.
So Maki-san, you're the one who found the body?
Could you please tell us what you saw?
In the mailbox there was a letter telling me
to go to the green house at 10pm.
And you just went there? - Yes.
When I got there from behind
someone put a handkerchief on my face and
I lost consciousness...
Chloroform huh... - I see.
When I woke up I was tied up...
Rope huh... - That one's obvious.
And I could see my father in the distance...
Then someone wearing a cat mask came close and...
Stabbed him?
It's okay, it's over now. - So they stabbed him REALLY hard?
Watch what you say! She was shown
and incredibly shocking scene.
Do you remember anything else?
There was a huge begging cat outside the green house.
Yeah that was still there. I heard they're usually at the front of the house...
It was the one with it's left hand up.
Like this? - Yes.
Detective. - Yes?
From the testimony we've received about the cat statue it looks like
it was left there around 12am.
I passed at around 11:30 but it wasn't there.
It was around 11:50 I think? It wasn't there.
Yeah it was there. At around a little past 12am?
I went past at 12:20ish, it was there.
I see. Which means...
That judging from the estimated time of death
the murder must have occured between 12 and 1. - Ee? How do you know?
The estimated time of death is between 11pm and 1am.
Maki-san is saying that the cat statue was there so
the crime must have occured AFTER it was placed at 12am.
I also think my father's favorite cat
Mikeko was there...
Ee? The 1 200 000 yen one? - Don't talk about the money!
It disappeared lately
so my father said he hired a detective to find it
but apparently the detective was useless and they were having no luck.
Afterwards a handkerchief was but on my face again and
I lost consciousness...
Chloroform huh...
And you were found the next day by
your family in the green house, still unconscious
Oh father...Father...!
Are you okay, Maki-san?
Excuse me.
She's in shock at the moment. Can you leave it at that please?
So you were knocked out until morning and saved
by your worried family? - Ukai! Enough...
Okay, we'll be going now...
Aa!
Did you remember something else?
Before my father took his last breath...
He said something?
I couldn't hear it well but...
What did he say?
Mi ki o...
Mikio?
Yes. That's what it sounded like...
Mi ki o...!
Sorry for making you wait.
I'm Toyozo's wife, Masayo.
This is our eldest son, Shinichi. And next to him is our second son Mikio.
So the younger son is Mikio?
Yeah, I'm Mikio.
Ahhh...Looks like we've cracked it already.
What do you mean? - This episode has only been going for
around 15 minutes or less so far.
Think of everything this girl says as
a bird's tweeting please.
Well, according to Maki-san's testimony
right before dying your father was
calling your name apparently.
But that's probably because I'm his son?
When you think about it logically it was more of a
"Mikio how could you...!" after getting stabbed kinda thing.
Hey... I'm not that kind of Mikio!
There's no way Mikio would kill his father.
I agree.
I think that too.
I'm only asking you all to confirm it.
By the way Mikio-san...
What were you doing between 12 and 1am?
Last night I was...
Watching a movie with Tatsuya-san, the head of the Yajima Clinic.
Yaijima Clinic...You mean?
Yes, he's Yoichiro's son and now
he's the head of his father's old clinic.
Please sit down.
I'm really good friends with Tatsuya-san.
I think it was around 11:45pm?
He came over and we were watching a movie together.
Until what time?
Around 2am I think?
And Tatsuya-san went home at around... 3am I think.
Miki, head over to the clinic. - Okay.
Ahh, the one taking care of Maki at the moment
is actually Tatsuya-san.
Ahhh him.
Dad...
So he became a doctor.
Sounds like a perfect Alibi to me.
What about you Shinichi-san?
I was drinking at my regular bar
from 11pm to 2am.
Oh were you?
Didn't you know?
No. I left through the back door.
Why the back door? Murderers use them
quite a lot after a killing.
No, that's not it. The other day his liver was in bad condition
so I told him not to drink for awhile.
I can't believe you'd sneak around like that...
I'm sorry.
Anyway you can go ask the owner to confirm.
We'll make sure to. - Looks like he has a perfect alibi.
And what about you Madam?
Because Tatsuya was over
I brought out some tea and sweets then I slept.
Goodnight.
The cat statue was moved at 12am
which means it would have been impossible for you to commit the crime
Another perfect alibi.
Ahhh...Who killed my husband...
Maybe it had something to do with Mikeko's disappearance?
Maybe the detective he hired found her
and was extorting him or something.
Then they disagreed and... - That's not possible
That detective is hopeless
and is still nowhere near finding Mikeko.
How could you know that?
Because he's... - Thanks for your time everybody.
Detective, let's leave.
Let's go, let's go.
I just can't put my finger on this...
Lucky you're useless, Ukai-san.
Who is "Ukai-san"?
It looked like things were gunna end in 10 minutes
but now this episode has blown out into a full-on Saturday Wide special.
There's a lot of strange things about this incident.
Like why the murderer moved around
the big cat statue.
Or why Maki-san was shown
the scene of the crime but not murdered herself.
And why the dying message was "Mikio"
Mi Ki O...
And finally, why it all happened in the green house like 20 years ago.
Ahhh I can't think! This is too hard!
Maybe to help our brains...
I should go cook something up. - It's fine!
But to we clearly need carbs to help us
think properly... - I said it's fine!
Oi oi oi! I found something interesting out!
What! The eldest son Shinichi
is actually not the wife Masayo's child!
Ee? - I see.
Gotokuji is the wife Masayo's last name
and the victim Toyozo took it when they married. Shinichi was actually
originally taken in by his mother but
she died from illness
and he was taken in by his father. His name was changed to Gotokuji.
So that means Mikio and Maki are
Masayo-san and Toyozo-san's children? - That's right!
Ahh a clue! Finally a clue!
Stop making such a fuss and shut up!
Plus! There was also some strange testimony!
He's really on fire this time!
The cat statue...
The one left outside the green house...
Someone who passed by at 2:30am said that
they didn't see a cat statue at all.
Ee? - Which means the statue
disappeared in between.
Was the witness drunk?
Well actually 3 people gave that same account so it must be true.
The mystery of the disappearing cat statue... This case is really interesting!
I'll definitely catch the murderer this time!
We'll be seeing off the deceased now so please
place anything you have brought into the coffin.
Go ahead.
He liked cats WAY too much...
What a CATastrophe.
Ee? What'd you say? - Hm? Nothing.
Did you just say a lame joke? - No.
Excuse me...
Whereabouts is the funeral being held?
Ahh, if you walk straight to the right
you should see the entrance. - Thank you.
Um, it's the other way.
Ahhh...Sorry. It's to the right from your position?
Yes.
Ummm...You've still got it wrong. It's the other way.
Ahaha...This way?
Ahaha...Sorry.
It's pretty cool their land is big enough to get lost in...
But there's cat stuff everywhere.
Cat cat cat cat cat...
I think his love for the cats and the incident 20 years ago
must be connected to this incident.
You thought so too?
Oo! It's Maki-san!
She looks a lot better today. - Fumu...
Ohh!
Did you have a revelation?
I just heard the sound effect then!
What? Do those two look suspicious? - Unn...
They look pretty close...
Haa...I've cracked it!
Huh? - I've cracked this case!
That was quick.
The murderer is Tatsuya.
Hmmm... - You don't think so?
Well, he DOES have a perfect alibi.
But there was a way
he could've made it possible.
What!?
That night Mikio and Tatsuya had plans to watch a movie together.
And that's what they did.
But don't you think it's a little weird that they planned
to watch a movie together so late? - Yeah.
It must have been done to create an alibi.
And Maki-san must have gone to the green house
because her lover Tatsuya had called her there.
So wait you've decided they're an item?
But! The one who was in the green house wasn't
Tatsuya. - Hou.
It was actually someone
who was told to wear the cat mask, move the statue
and kill Toyozo-san BY Tatsuya.
He had an accomplice. - I see, and who was that accomplice?
Do you need me to tell you, Ukai-san?
Didn't you already realise the minute you heard his name?
Name? His name is Tatsuya
which means he must have an identical twin named Kazuya.
And Maki-san's real name must
be Minami. - That's ridiculous.
AND the murder wasn't wearing a cat mask at all.
She actually saw the murderer's face!
And it was the same as her lover Tatsuya's!
So she must have lied to protect him.
I can't believe the killer used a twin trick this time!
Aa...
Tatsuya-san do you have an identical twin brother?
Kazuya? - You DO?
No, a lot of people ask me that though.
By the way when I was a child my nickname was Tacchi.
Are you satisfied now? - Yes. Sorry for wasting time.
What was that?
Excuse me, excuse me!
Detective! - He's been killed.
Wait isn't that... - Ee?
Aa the lost guy... - I guess someone wanted to keep him quiet?
Kuuu~! Multiple murders! Kuu~!
Smells like...Miso soup?
Miso soup?
There's Miso soup in his stab wound? Why?
How mysterious!
The lost guy, Iwamura was killed
by someone before he could talk so
somebody must have asked him
to kill Toyozo-san which also means
that everybodys' alibi is invalid.
But from what I could see... Iwamuri was a pretty clumsy guy
I don't think I'd trust him to perform a hit.
Yeah if he messed it up things would get crazy.
I'm sure someone in the family did it...
Mr. Funakoshi, please give us a hint!
Pleassseee!
It's 11pm, don't you wanna go home yet?
Aa. - Won't your wife get mad at you?
I don't really care what she says this time
I need to catch this murderer! - You seem pretty adamant.
You guys looks stuck, you should eat~!
Tada! I got fresh butterbut sprouts
and covered them with Tabasco sauce. I call it "Fuki-togarashi".
Please, give it a try.
Thanks. - No problem.
Yeah, this doesn't taste like sprouts at all.
It's just really, really spicy.
Right? I cancelled out the sweetness completely.
But why you would you do that? It makes no sense?
To stimulate you! I bet your brain is going a hundred miles an hour now.
Aahh!
I'm starting to feel like this incident is close to being solved...
Well, I've actually already figured this puzzle out.
Ee? Realy? Tell me, tell me!
You don't need to hear it.
It was all actually pretty simple.
After I saw the miso soup on the stab wound
I was sure.
The murder is... - Who?
The wife, Masayo.
But when the cat statue was moved
she was in the house!? - Just listen.
Masayo was always bitter towards her husband
because all he ever cared about was cats.
He never had any time for his own wife. It was so bad
sometimes she'd dress up as cat woman and try to seduce him
**Japanese Shogun who was very fond of dogs.
but he wasn't interested. "Are you Tokugawa Tsunayoshi**!?" she'd say.
Are you the cat-version of Tsunayoshi!?
...she'd get mad at him a lot. One day she decided to
break one of his cat statues in front of him in the green house
to teach him a lesson.
Why did she call Maki?
Unn. Probably just on a whim. - A whim!?
Yeah just on a whim. Then she put her to sleep.
If she was just gunna put her to sleep why'd she call her?
When she tried to break the statue Toyozo got mad.
So they started to fight eachother.
It was kind of like a cat fight because they were both punching like cats.
When Mikeko heard them fighting she appeared
and asked them why they were arguing.
Masayo didn't intend to kill Toyozo but
she accidentally stabbed him.
Alright that makes sense but... Who brought tea and sweets
out to Mikio and Tatsuya that night?
It was Iwamura, the victim of the second murder.
Of course! - What do you mean "of course"?
He helped her solidify her alibi!
Yeah, the two guys were so immersed in the movie they were watching
that they thought Iwamura, dressed in the mother's clothes, WAS actually her.
Here you go.
Mom don't worry about it. Get out of here.
Fine, fine.
I don't think they were THAT immersed?
And then when Iwamura came to the funeral demanding
money she killed him too.
At the time she was in the middle of making miso soup.
It all makes sense! - DOES IT!?
"Give me lots of money" he said.
Give me lots of money.
But Masayo-san wanted to make miso soup really bad.
Give me lots of money!
He kept asking her and she kept cooking.
Give me lots of money!
Why'd she want to make miso soup so bad?
Then when she went to cut the tofu she used the same knife
to stabbed Iwamura, then she threw miso soup on him.
Right! It all makes sense now~!
Detective, stop getting so worked up.
Okay, I'll go arrest Masayo! - Detective!
Oh by the way Akemin, you're wrong. - Ee?
Toyozo-san had lots of valuables in the bedroom
and security cameras
We have footage of Masayo sleeping the whole time.
Then I guess she's innocent... - Of course she is.
Damn it! No matter what, I won't quit!
You can do it Detective! - I'll try my best.
You can do it! - Akemin can you get me a glass of water?
Water? Sure! - Water is 300 yen.
300 yen!?
It won't open...Detective, it won't open! - Why can't I solve this one...
Detective, it won't open!
Cancel out...The sweetness...
So after you watched movie when did you leave?
Around 3am or so.
Are you sure? - Yes, I'm sure.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Is that all? - Yes.
Oh by the way... you've grown up nicely Tatsuya.
What do you mean?
Ahhh...Nothing! Nevermind.
Okay, I'll be going then.
Do you still think one of us did it?
No, we're just looking for clues.
There's definitely none here.
My father had a lot of business enemies.
It was probably one of them with a grudge against him that killed him.
You're really well composed for somebody
who's father has just died.
I'm the eldest, I have to keep it together.
Plus my mother is pretty shocked still.
Yeah, you're right. We won't prod any further.
Ahh, excuse me.
Hello. Oh, Detective?
N? Okay. I'll go right there.
Sorry!
Excuse us.
Ou, Ukai. Ahh...
Wow this storage house is far away from the main house...
Who would've known.
What do you think these are? - Ee?
What are those...
Looks like supports for the green house.
Yeah! It does but...
All the lengths are different.
And what's this?
Hmmm...Not too sure...
It couldn't be...
Ee? What what? Did you realize something?
Shit! - Oi!
Open up! Who are you!?
Wow what a turn of events! Such suspense!
Time for a CM!
The commercial didn't play...
It would've kept the viewers on their
seats as well because we're in a pinch.
I was really surprised when you called me asking to come save you.
I'm glad we live in a generation with cell phones.
Thank you.
I wanted that pinch to last a little longer...
By the way, I found her!
Mikeko!
Ahh...I forgot I asked you to look for the cat.
Yeah it feels like we haven't seen Ryuhei in months.
Well I mean it is worth 1 200 000 yen after all.
Looks like he knows nothing yet.
Well yeah he's hardly had screen time in this episode
probably because he has a lot of other gigs at the moment.
What're you talking about?
WELL? Don't you have anything to say to me? We just scored 1 200 000 yen.
What's the matter?
Mumumumu!
Looks like he must have realized something.
Right? Hey, did you realize something?
Please be quit. What? You're not thinking
about how you're going to use the 1 200 000 yen right?
No, I wasn't. Anyway let's go, follow me!
Ee? Ee? Ee? I'll leave her to you Sunagawa-san!
Ee? - She likes Katsuobushi
Sunagawa stay! Ah whoops...I mean Mikeko stay!
Kinzo. - Ee?
How'd you know I'm here?
Because you ALWAYS eat out! I have something to ask you.
It's about the Gotokuji murder, right? - Aa.
His cat went missing, right?
He really liked that cat, the three-color one.
Why did he care so much about that cat?
I dunno~ Maybe 'cause it's so cute?
There's millions of cute cats around.
Ahh that's enough! Take this and tell us everything.
My savings are really piling up thanks to you Ms. Landlord.
Hurry up and talk!
I don't know the specifics but 20 years ago there was another killing right?
Yeah. What about it?
That doctor told his patients he was treating
a really, really rare cat.
Rare cat? - When did you get here?
Umm...Sorry to change the topic but how come you aren't
more happy about me finding Mikeko?
Ryuhei-kun. - Yeah?
If my current theory is right, that isn't Mikeko.
Ee? - I knew it.
You saw the killer right?
Was it a man? A woman?
Detective! - Ou!
I think this'll be it.
This is the one that was
put near the green house, right?
Ahh yeah.
Which means...
Is there something there?
I knew it.
What's the matter?
What did you say?
I've cracked...this caaaaaaseeee!
Is it time to explain everything? - It'll take awhile.
That's okay. We have the time.
Want me to gather everyone? - Sure.
If you're hungry we can do it after dinner.
Nah I'd prefer dinner AFTER.
Yoshi okay, it's not 8pm but I'll gather everyone~!
Everybody, from here onwards we'd like to explain
Toyozo-san and Iwamura-san's deaths.
Wait so you think that one of us did it?
Hmmm...Who knows?
Anyway, I'll let Detective Ukai
explain the rest. Why did the killer
call Toyozo-san all the way to the green house?
And why did they have to
bring the big cat statue with them?
Why did Mikeko suddenly show up?
And why wasn't Maki-san also killed by the murderer?
All the answers are inside here.
Could you quit the talk and just show us?
Sure. Please go inside.
Alright, let's get onto the details.
Have any of you heard of a Spada
corridor?
Spada? Never heard of it.
It's a form of Roman corridor
that is built so it gets smaller and smaller as you go in
and because of this trick
it looks a lot longer
than it actually is.
This trick is how the killer
cleared their own alibi.
Toyozo-san was killed infront of Maki-san
at around
past 11pm.
At the time there was no
big cat statue outside but
Inside of this green house there
was actually... A small cat statue.
And it was behind this small window frame.
I found this.
The killer put this near Maki-san
so the small statue
would LOOK like the big one that's always
outside of the houses.
They built a mini green house inside this one
over there.
There were supports left inside the storage house for it.
Ahh the ones that were all different... - I wanted to
re-create the scene here but because I'm
on a budget with time and money
I made this... Miniature instead.
Ahhh...Wow!
I knew that.
Okay, let's get back to the explanation.
Next is Maki-san seeing
Mikeko who appeared at the scene.
That cat wasn't actually Mikeko,
it was another cat that has been wandering around
that's the same breed.
They look really similar but the one you saw is a lot smaller than Mikeko.
But it looked like Mikeko due to
the trick that I just explained.
I was thinking that from the start of the episode.
The killer had to show all of this to Maki-san
and make her testify about it.
And that's because of the moving of the actual big cat statue.
After killing Toyozo-san the killer started creating an alibi straight away.
Creating an alibi? - Yes.
He probably went out to get a drink...
At his favorite bar.
What are you saying?
That's right, the one who killed Toyozo-san and Iwamura-san is...
You, Shinichi-san.
Ridiculous...
You're the only one without an alibi.
Shall I explain?
Tatsuya left your house at around 3am after the movie.
And your mother was asleep.
I'm guessing that you asked Iwamura-san to move the
cat statue at around 3am or so.
But Iwamura-san was really clumsy
and has major trouble with directions.
Instead of moving the statue with it's left hand up like you asked
he moved the one with the right hand up instead.
And that's why it didn't match Maki-san's account.
You realised that as you were walking home.
You got flustered
and changed the cats around.
And that's why the cat statue
disappeared once at 2:30am.
Which means you're the only one at that time without an alibi.
What are you talking about...
I knew all of that. I confirmed it before.
Under the right handed cat statue there were
leaves that had just fallen recently. - Yeah, so what?
If it hasn't been moved then why
are there fresh leaves under it? - Yeah WHY? Isn't that ODD?
So he killed Iwamura to shut him up... - I guess?
You used Katsuobushi to kill Iwamura-san.
It was sharp and you stabbed him with it and...
Shaved it and ate it!
Put it in the coffin. At your father's funeral.
On that day everyone was putting in
cat related items so
it was a good hiding place. After all, it was going to end up being burnt.
And you put miso soup on the wound
to cancel out the Katsuobushi's sweetness.
How stupid!
Cancel out the sweetness? Where have I heard that befor-...
Aah.
You have a great imagination Detective.
By the way didn't my Dad say Mikio's name when he died?
He didn't say Mikio.
He actually said "Mikeo".
The cat that your father made us search for wasn't "Mikeko",
his real name was Mikeo.
Mikeo? - Your father probably
saw the other cat at the time and thought it was Mikeo.
Mi Ke O...
And called him.
Which means... - That's right.
There was a reason Toyozo-san cared so much about that cat.
Because it was actually male.
I thought all three-color cats are female...?
Mikeo was a very rare 1 in 1000 cat,
a MALE three-colored breed.
His original owner was Mr. Yajima.
So this means...
Your father killed Mr. Yajima because he wanted
Mikeo so badly.
No way...
I always believed Uncle Toyozo
the whole time...
Even though everyone suspected him I still believed in him...
20 years ago Toyozo Gotokuji used the exact same trick.
Wait a second...
Even so
all this proves is it would have been possible for me to commit the murder.
Do you have any SOLID evidence I did it?
Yes, we do!
That's...!
This was buried near the green house after the murder.
There's one strand of hair left in it.
Wanna get forensics to run it?
Why'd you do it Shinichi-kun?
Couldn't you forgive your Dad for divorcing with your real mother?
That's the only possible answer.
No it's not. - Ee?
It's really simple actually. - What then?
Shinichi wanted to protect...
Masayo-san.
Ee?
Shinichi who was accepted by Masayo-san as if
he were actually a child of her own
couldn't forgive his father for ignoring her
and only paying attention to cats...
Right?
Masayo-san was...
like a real mother to me.
When I first came to this house...
Please stop talking. - Ee?
I don't listen to the criminal after they get caught.
Ee? You don't? - Nope. Bye everyone.
Sorry... He always does this.
Really...? - Yeah.
But you put a lot of effort into your trick so
I'm guessing you want to talk? - Yeah...
I thought so.
Okay, how about everyone who wants to listen does?
And everyone else can leave!
I wanna listen but I have to take this stuff...
Okay fine! Let's organize this.
Excuse me.
Okay, guess you're gunna take that then...
Please let me listen, Shinichi-san.
Mom...
I'll listen too. - Ee?
If I don't I won't be able to get over what happened 20 years ago!
Ee okay...I will too then.
Mom...I'm...
Sorry...!
It's been quiet for the last few days here.
Yeah. - I wonder why?
Maybe it's because the weird BIRD stopped chirping.
Why hasn't she been coming here lately?
I know why.
"I'll make it rain with blood"
"If you think you can stop me then just try."
A murder threat in a town in the middle
of the mountains how dramatic!
Let's take on this case!
No! It's definitely a prank and I hate cold places.
N~We're going! We're going!
We're going We're going We're going We're goinggggggg~!
If you wanna go so bad go alone!
And she went?
It has nothing to do with me.
Should be almost there...
You don't think something happened
to her right? - It has nothing to do with me!
Hello, Ukai Private Detective Agency.
Ahh yes...
Aahhh! A lost dog! Sure, we'd be happy to help.
Okay~
Ee!? Okay we'll do our best. Okay, thank you.
Wow! The reward is 1 500 000 yen!
Looks like we better go then.
Yeah let's go! It's 1 500 000 yen after all!
Wow that girl is such a handful...
Huh?
Ahh excuse me...
Ee?