In Hong Kong, we were drawn into a plot created by the mysterious Poison Dragon.
Yan Ran (19)
Chan Yongu (50)
Shin Li (45)
Sakuma Takeru (29)
Takigawa Ryuta (31)
Liu Ivy (39)
Kim Long Dong (23)
I discovered Miyuki, who'd been kidnapped,
but found Liu Ivy, the likely suspect, already dead.
On top of that, we still hadn't found the bomb's location.
Li Pai Long (26)
Is the case really over?
I swear I'll solve all of the mysteries!
I swear it in the name of my grandfather!
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The Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case!
Have you found you-know-what?
No. And the bomb is set to go off in four hours.
At the moment, we have no clues.
That reversed scale must have indicated this place, but...
There is a hint here that indicates the bomb's location.
This graffiti is a hint?
It's in code.
What?! I'll send a photo of it over to the cryptanalysis squad!
There's no time for that!
Besides, if it's so complex that no one can crack it, it's meaningless!
I think it's something that can be easily gotten.
A mirror...
If we think of the location of the shards, the mirror must've been hung facing the code.
I see!
Do you know what it says?
There was a mirror here so the code could be read correctly.
This code is...
...mirror writing!
Those numbers...
Latitude and longitude, right?
Yeah. The bomb is at these coordinates.
Let's leave immediately!
Detective Li!
We're going back to the hotel. I'll leave the bomb to you.
We'll reconsider the whole case from the start.
Got it!
If those coordinates are correct, the bomb is in here.
There's no way I can let it explode here.
First, the party venue.
Right.
Search every inch! It has to be somewhere in this building!
Hurry! There's no time!
Why did Chan make Shin give up his seat then?
I think there's a hint in this footage...
Kim-san dishes out soup starting with Chan's bowl.
Then Ivy-san, Takigawa-san, Ran-san, you, me, Detective Li, and finally, Shin's bowl.
That's...
I found the bomb. I'm going to retrieve it!
Show it to me one more time.
Sure.
Senpai, do you notice anything?
Wait. Certainly, at the time...
Excuse me...
Huh? Oh, you're the bellboy who had to deal with that butterfly...
Yes. Thank you for your help then.
I see!
I've got it! I know how the Poison Dragon killed Chan!
Detective Li!
I found it. Just as you surmised.
Really?!
It's currently being dismantled.
You?
I solved the mystery of Chan's murder. Ivy didn't do it.
Certainly, Shin was hit hard on the back of his head.
He must've been slammed against this pillar with great force.
The hotel is closer than I thought.
I'd say it's about 100 meters using a straight line.
100 meters...
And this room is pretty high up, too.
You can get a good view of the laser show from the 15th floor.
Everyone involved was in the hotel at the time of the murder.
Shin couldn't have been murdered here in this room.
It's the perfect alibi.
At the time, Ivy-san was in the hotel, too, right?
Hey, Saki! Are you good at math?
Most of my grades are 5s, so I guess...
Japanese grading scale = 1-5, 5 equivalent to an "A"
Good! You're more qualified than me with my perpetual failing marks.
I'm gonna let you do the calculations.
The suites are on this floor.
We rented all of them and are using them as garment rooms.
These are the custom made hanger racks. 100 outfits are hanging on each one.
All of the models' outfits are hanging here.
A pat-down and a metal detector. That's strict for a fashion show.
Security was pretty strict, right?
Yes. The outfits got wrinkled and it took time, so I didn't appreciate it.
After Shin was murdered, the hotel was searched top to bottom, right?
Um, was something like this found?
No, I don't think anything that big was found.
After Shin was murdered, thinking the killer could still be in the hotel,
Detective Li apparently ordered the rooms of everyone connected to be searched thoroughly.
Senpai, did you hit on something?
Some kind of trick used here...
My glasses!
Sorry! Maybe I can bend them back into shape?
Never mind! Never mind! I'll do it!
Sorry...
How...?
Impressive, isn't it? The frame is made out of a shape memory alloy.
If it gets bent, it'll restore its shape when immersed in hot water.
That's it!
I've got it, Saki.
The criminal murdered Shin without setting foot outside this hotel.
Then, Senpai...
Yeah.
I've solved all of the mysteries!
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Good news. According to the doctor, your injuries look a lot worse than they are.
You'll heal up soon.
Yeah. Thank you.
I promise you can watch as I nab the criminal who kidnapped and hurt you!
So come with me!
Okay?
Okay.
Why did Kindaichi-kun call all of us here?
He said he was going to explain the tricks used here.
Thanks for your patience!
Nanase-san!
I called all of you here because the case isn't over yet.
You said Ivy wasn't the killer, right?
The real Poison Dragon who murdered Chan, Shin, and Ivy is somebody here!
Wait! No one here could've killed all three of them.
Yeah. When Chan was poisoned, all of us but Kim-kun were seated at the table.
In the presence of the whole company, including Kim-kun, who was serving us,
no one but Shin, who left early, had the chance to poison the soup.
That's right! And when Shin was murdered in his apartment,
we all have alibis because we were here, right?
Before I get down to business, there's one thing I want to make clear.
20 years ago, Wang Long, the so-called Emperor of Kowloon,
was murdered after being betrayed by three subordinates: Chan, Shin, and Ivy.
And at the time, he had a pregnant Japanese wife and three children.
Kim-san, Detective Li, and Takigawa-san.
The three of you are Wang Long's sons, aren't you?
When Detective Li asked me my name, I thought "Maybe...",
but Takigawa-san is my big brother, Long Tai?
Yeah. You've gotten big, Long Dong.
And I'm surprised that Pai Long became a detective.
My big brothers, Long Tai and Pai Long!
Long Tai, did you get close to Chan and the others seeking revenge?
No! I just wanted to protect Ran, our little sister.
Little sister?
After seeing her photo, I realized she was our sister right away.
She had the same tattoo as our mother.
I knew that indicated the location of the Kowloon Treasure.
This tattoo doesn't really fit your image...
Be careful that it doesn't get photographed again.
O-Okay. I'll be careful.
I didn't want her involved with any burdens like the treasure.
I just wanted Ran to have a happy, peaceful life in Japan.
Tokyo Girly Mode in Hong Kong
But after it was decided Girly Mode's event would be held in Hong Kong,
she started acting strange.
Sometimes, I couldn't make contact with her.
When Ran disappeared right before we came to Hong Kong, I was nervous.
I'm really sorry, Ivy-san.
But her substitute could be Ran's identical twin sister...
It has to be Ran-chan!
Since it's come to this, I'll tell you the truth, Takigawa-san.
Or should I say Long Tai-kun?
You're Wong Long Tai-kun, right?
You lived in the Kowloon Palace until you were ten years old.
Were they there?
No!
If you find them, bring 'em to me!
I'll kill 'em!
Run!
You'll be fine if you can escape to the other side.
I'll steer them away from here.
You kids haven't done anything wrong.
Only your father is to blame for holding the treasure hostage
and trying to sacrifice us residents of Kowloon Palace in the name of an impossible dream!
Get out of here, quickly! Understand?!
You're the woman from that night...
That's right. I'm one of the three people who murdered your father.
You wench!
Wait. If you're going to kill me, do it after everything's over.
Right now, if we don't find the Poison Dragon Ran-chan's tattoo points to,
there'll be hell to pay.
Poison Dragon? What are you talking about?
The bomb your father traded for the treasure.
At the time, I half-doubted her,
but I realized it was true after hearing Pai Long's insinuations when Shin was murdered.
Kindaichi-kun, certainly, we're the sons of Wang Long, the Emperor of Kowloon.
But that doesn't mean we're murderers.
No one here could have committed those murders.
I figured out those tricks.
First, the Chan Yongu poisoning. This trick lies in the soup bowls.
In the bowls?
Yeah. The arrangement of these bowls is the same as during the murder. Look.
On a table for eight, there are five butterfly bowls and three flower bowls.
Don't you think that's unnatural?
True. Normally, the butterfly and flower pattern bowls alternate around the table.
Maybe before dinner, the killer secretly switched bowls with one from another table,
which decreased the number of flower pattern bowls by one.
For what purpose?
To get Chan to sit in the seat that had a flower pattern bowl with poison planted in it.
It seems Chan despised butterflies.
Enough to give up wearing a hat that I removed a butterfly from.
You think a person like that could eat soup from a bowl with a picture of a butterfly?
True, it would've turned his guts.
That's why Chan forced Shin to switch seats with him.
Not knowing it would doom him to drink soup laced with poison.
It's likely the killer bribed Shin.
The killer directed Shin to sit in a seat
with a flower pattern so he could switch with Chan.
And then, to set up Chan's murder, the killer quickly called Shin away with a text message.
Chan's murder was successful, dinner was cancelled,
and the killer quickly headed to the garment room on the 40th floor.
The garment room?! Shin was murdered in his own apartment!
That was a trick, too. When a murder occurs in a hotel, entering and exiting is restricted.
The killer used that to preserve his alibi
and sent Shin's corpse to his apartment, 100 meters across the way.
Ridiculous! That's just not possible!
Oh, there's something that makes it possible, in the garment room.
What's in here?
First, I'll explain the trick that transported the corpse.
You can see Shin's apartment from here.
It's on the 15th floor and there's only a park and a side street between the buildings.
But if there was a ropeway between them,
you could quickly go back and forth, right?
A ropeway?
No way...
Yes way.
The killer stretched a wire between the two buildings and used it to move the body.
How could anybody create a wire that's strong enough to carry a human?
And the second he started extending it out from the veranda, he'd be caught!
Of course, a wire would stand out at first, but the killer started with a thin nylon thread.
The night before the murder,
the killer slipped into Shin's apartment
and wrapped nylon thread around the pillar.
Then they tied weights to both ends of the thread and let them down out the window.
Next, the killer did the same thing from here, dangling the thread down.
Then, by tying together the threads from both sides on the ground and tugging it taut,
the two buildings were connected and nobody noticed.
Then, on the day of the murder, the killer cut part of the nylon thread and tied it with wire.
By hauling in the nylon thread little by little, and stretching out the wire,
a giant ropeway between the hotel and Shin's apartment was complete!
After that, wire was fastened to the murdered Shin and he was thrown off the veranda.
Detective Li, when you investigated the site,
you said Shin's head was slammed into the pillar with great force even after he was killed.
That's because his corpse flew into the apartment at an incredible speed and crashed into the pillar.
After that, the killer just had to cut and collect the wire, and the trick was complete.
That certainly is logical, but...
Saki calculated that it'd be possible with a three-millimeter-thick wire.
But how would the killer bring that in?
The guards in this hotel are Hong Kong's finest!
A coiled wire big enough to stretch between the hotel and the apartment would be huge!
The guards never would've let something that suspicious get by!
If it was suspicious...
What?
I told you. There's incontrovertible truth in here.
Even now, you can see it right in front of you.
Even now?
Yeah. The killer carried wire in here in a form that no one would find suspicious.
This!
Don't tell me...
That's right.
The killer had these hangers made so one rack would turn into a long wire.
B-But...
...after stretching it out, it'd be impossible to get them back to their original form by hand!
If you try it by hand...
What?!
Watch carefully.
Here.
It returned to its original form!
That's shape memory alloy, isn't it?!
That's right. I figured out this trick after getting a hint from your glasses.
Kindaichi-kun, do you know who the killer is?
Yes. I know.
The Poison Dragon, who murdered Chan, Shin, and Ivy, is in this room!
The murderer...
...is you, Miyuki!
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Miyuki, why?! I can't believe you were the Poison Dragon!
While all of the mysteries of the case become clear,
Kowloon Palace's sealed past gradually appears.
And the final truth that we arrive at
is tied to one frayed thread in the darkness!
The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns! The Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case, File 4!
All of the mysteries are solved!