At the "Alchemist Mansion" of long-lost genius physicist Ezaki Kuroudo,
Miyuki and I became involved in a terrifying series of murders.
Mayumura Takuya, Assistant Director
Fukamori Hotaru, Talent
Onizawa Ryuuko, Director
Fujimori Akira, Cameraman
The mysterious Alchemist committed one brutal murder after another.
The Alchemist is among us!
And by uncovering that trick,
I'll unmask the Alchemist!
The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns
The Alchemy Murder Case
The Alchemy Murder Case!
Tanigawa Christina Hayami Reika, Talent
Kamioka Fuuma Enkouji Shinobu, Producer
U-Uncover it?
Akashiba Taiki, Comedian
The AD prepared that lottery in front of us and we all drew right there.
It can't be a trick!
And yet, it is, a trick to make Fukamori Hotaru choose "50".
Mikage Satsuki, Manager
I'd like everyone to draw from here.
A lottery?
That's right. But this is no ordinary lottery.
It's a magic lottery that I'm going to use to expose the killer.
Are you kidding? You're going to guess the killer's identity by lottery?
I'm totally serious.
Anyone who claims to be innocent, draw one of these.
Let's start with Enkouji-san.
I-I didn't do it.
Next, Isshiki-san.
Isshiki Rikako
You'll draw too, right, Akashiba-san?
O-Of course. I'm not the murderer.
Miyuki, you too.
Right.
Okay, Kamioka-san, you can be next.
What's the point of this?
And me too...
Tanigawa-san, please draw one.
Manager Mikage, too...
And finally, Reika-chan.
There's only one "winner" among these lots.
Let's open them one at a time.
First, Tanigawa-san.
Miss 3
"Miss 3"? Which means I'm not the killer, right?
How about Isshiki-san?
Miss 5
Me too.
This is mine.
Miss 1
I got a "miss", too.
What about you, Miyuki?
Miss 6
Here.
Miss 2
Incidentally, I got "Miss 2".
And you, Mikage-san?
Miss 4
Here.
Open yours too, Reika-chan.
Miss 7
It's a "miss".
Okay, one person left. You will open it, won't you?
Well?
It seems you drew the "winner"...
The Alchemist Kamioka Fuuma
...Kamioka-san.
The Alchemist Kamioka Fuuma
You're the one who brutally murdered four people.
You're the Alchemist!
K-Kamioka-san?!
Wait a second!
Even assuming he is the killer, how was he made to draw that just now?
It's a trick. Similar to the principle of "forcing".
Forcing?
A method used by magicians
that looks like coincidence, but compels the audience to bring about the desired effect.
What's that? You hid it?
Open it, Akashiba-san.
Me?
The Alchemist Kamioka Fuuma
There are four of the same!
This is the seed of magic.
You used the same trick then to make Fukamori Hotaru draw "50".
First, you bribed the AD, Mayumura.
Here's the trick.
Enough lots for each person here had a "50" on it.
Then, when the lots were put into the box, he secretly palmed
the "50" lots for Fukamori Hotaru and "29", the next room over.
Then, when it came time to draw in the order of age, Mayumura, right in front of her,
cleverly switched all the "50" lots in his hand with the lots in the box.
When Fukamori Hotaru drew, all the lots in the box were "50".
So no matter which one she drew...
I'm "50"!
H-How ingenious...
But what about the remaining lots?
It's okay. After all, the next person was none other than Kamioka-san himself.
While Fukamori Hotaru was drawing her lot,
Mayumura-san handed you the "29" he'd held on to
and the rest of the real lots that he'd switched.
So when you drew, you pretended to choose, but actually collected the remaining "50" lots
and returned the actual lots, minus the "29", which you held on to.
With the lots in the box back to normal,
you hid the evidence, shoving the "50" lots in a pocket.
Then you showed the prepared "29".
"29".
But you figured Mayumura, who knew about your lottery trick, would suspect you first.
Mayumura was one of your targets anyway, but that sent him to the front of the line.
Certainly, that would send Fukamori Hotaru to the room with the tin door.
Yeah. And the only person who could do it is the one who drew after Fukamori Hotaru.
That's you, Kamioka-san.
The Alchemist Kamioka Fuuma
Is that all the grounds you have for accusing me?
It's possible, but there's no evidence the same trick actually was used.
T-That's true...
Certainly...
I have proof.
In here.
The ball of confetti for the show?
Huh? This confetti has numbers written on it.
When Miyuki made the confetti ball with Mayumura,
there wasn't enough paper for the confetti, so they put the collected lots in here.
Why don't we also use the lots you collected before?
Please throw your lots away here.
At the time, Maymura made the lots by tearing up one piece of paper.
So if the lots are put together, they should fit like a jigsaw puzzle.
But if the trick I explained was used, one piece won't fit.
The fake "50" lot that was inserted at the end.
Assuming the real one was mixed in, Fukamori Hotaru had a 1 in 8 chance of drawing it.
But that wouldn't do.
There.
Only the "50" doesn't fit!
In other words, this is a fake lot that was mixed in afterwards.
You can't weasel your way out of it now, Kamioka Fuuma.
You're the murderer here...
The Alchemist!
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You're the murderer here...
The Alchemist!
Kamioka-san!
Okay. I admit it.
I murdered those four.
But I hadn't planned for Fujimori-san.
What are you doing, Kamioka-san?
O-Oh...
Is there something weird about that vase? There's something about it...
No! Dammit!
How awful!
"Awful", you say?! That's rich, coming from you!
Because of you, too, Yuunagi Haruka lost that movie role!
That's what made me decide to be a killer!
Do you have something to do with Haruka? Who are you?
Her big brother.
B-Big brother?!
Yes, that's right. Yuunagi Haruka fell into your trap.
You drove her to suicide as a fallen idol hooked on amphetamines.
And I'm her brother!
Y-You're Yuunagi Haruka's...
Yes. Our parents died in a car crash when we were young.
We were sent to the same orphanage, but split up when separate foster parents took us in.
Big brother! Haruka is going with you, too!
You can't, Haruka. Your new parents are already decided.
No! I wanna go with you! I wanna go with my brother!
Haruka... I don't wanna be alone! I wanna be with you!
Come on, Haruka-chan. Let's say goodbye to your big brother.
No! Big brother! Haruka is going with you! Haruka is going, too!
I'm going with you! Big brother! Big brother!
No! Haruka is going, too! Big brother!
Big brother! Haruka is going with you!
After that, we were raised apart by different parents.
But then my foster parents had a child, which they thought they couldn't do.
Suddenly, I felt pressured to support myself, so I started working.
I entered university, but wasn't sure if I could afford the tuition.
Then, one day...
Haruka! That's definitely Haruka!
I wrote her a fan letter, pretending I was just an average fan.
But I put in a code word that only Haruka and I know about.
Then, several days later...
Who is it?
Hello, Kamioka here.
Big brother?
Haruka!
Bro! I knew it was you right away!
I realized it as soon as I saw the name of the hamster we used to have.
I was thrilled. We hadn't met for many years, so I was really anxious.
Since that day, Haruka and I talked a lot on the phone and via texts.
Yuunagi Haruka
We couldn't meet in person because of the scandal it would've caused.
But having one blood relative in this world gave me emotional support.
What are you saying, Haruka?!
Leave it to me, Bro! I'll pay for your tuition!
Don't worry! I'm making more money these days than it sounds.
But...
Never mind!
You're much smarter than me, so focus on your studies instead of some part-time job!
That's the brother who makes me proud.
Thank you, Haruka.
Because of that, it looked like I'd be able to keep going to school.
Meanwhile, Haruka was chosen as the lead in a movie. Everything was going smoothly.
That's right. Until that day...
Bro, I'm in trouble right now. I won't be able to text you for a while.
But don't worry. I promise I didn't do it.
"I promise I didn't do it." Do what?
After that, Haruka's texts stopped coming.
I only found out the truth...
Suspected Idol Yuunagi Haruka Possession of Amphetamines
after the tragic conclusion.
Suicide
The article said amphetamines were found in Haruka's bag the day she sent me that mail.
She also tested positive on the drug test,
but because she was a minor, that news was withheld.
I don't believe it!
But don't worry. I promise I didn't do it.
It can't be! It can't be!
Suicide
Suspected Idol Yuunagi Haruka Possession of Amphetamines Suicide
Haruka!
I blamed myself without mercy.
After everything she was going through,
I not only didn't help her, I didn't even realize it until she committed suicide.
Two days later, I received a letter.
In it, she detailed the truth and sent it right before committing suicide.
Big brother, before this happened, I wanted to meet you at least once.
But now I can't. If we met now, it would cause you trouble, too.
I just want you alone to know the truth.
Actually, I was framed.
By Director Onizawa, the AD, Mayumura Takuya,
Fukamori Hotaru, who'd competed with me for the lead in the movie,
and even my manager, Mikage-san. They were all in on it.
But no one will believe me.
I'm sorry, big brother. I can't take it anymore.
But believe me. I never did any drugs!
Haruka... They murdered you?!
That's when I decided.
I would personally bury all of the people who drove Haruka to suicide!
I heard, Hayami Reika!
When Haruka was forced out of the movie role, a supporting role was also changed.
It seems you stepped up yourself to take it on.
You have the same manager, Mikage, so you knew the truth about the scandal, didn't you?
If you knew and kept quiet because you wanted a movie role,
you're as guilty as they are!
Yes. I knew.
Reika-chan!
But this is what I knew.
I got Haruka-chan's final text.
From Haruka?!
She didn't write anything about the scandal in this text.
She had strong feelings about that movie.
She wrote about how she really wanted to be in the movie and her passion for that role.
You were the only one I thought of for the role of my friend, Reika-chan.
I wanted to see you in that role for the longest time.
But that was another dream that didn't come true.
I knew of Haruka-chan's passion for the movie, so I asked them to let me do it.
Even when we were filming...
Okay, action!
Hey, we're birds of a feather, don't you think?
I imagined Haruka-chan playing the lead the whole time.
I felt her passion for the movie as I was playing that character.
That movie isn't just any old movie.
It's the final passion that Haruka-chan passed on to me after she was gone.
It wasn't a hit because of that scandal!
Haruka-chan's passion for the project was so strong that it moved people!
Haruka's...
Haruka's passion...
I'm sorry.
Reika-chan...
And so, the curtain quietly came down on the Alchemy Murder Case,
along with the storm that blew over this mansion on a remote island.
The next day, a police inspection of the site
revealed the missing body of Ezaki Kuroudo in the mansion's basement.
He apparently died of an illness.
So it was all for Haruka-chan, huh?
What Kamioka did is unforgivable,
but at least this has brought what Onizawa and the others did out into the open.
This will clear Yuunagi Haruka's name.
Yeah...
So what do you say we claim the treasure?!
Do you know where the gold is?!
I told you, remember?
The room number indicates what the door is made of.
I see. Then the atomic number for gold is 79, so...
That's my room!
Silver plate was probably put on top to hide the color!
So let's go!
Too bad. The gold is mine.
A transceiver! When did that...
Isshiki-san!
Long time no see, Kindaichi-kun! Maybe you'll know me by this face...
The Gentleman Thief!
Gentleman Thief?!
Hajime-chan's rival!
How did I do as a crazy high school girl?
The real Isshiki Rikako is a normal high school student who likes quizzes.
I gave her a fake shooting schedule.
Well, see you again! Thank you for finding the gold for me!
She's gone...
Gentleman Thief!
Next time we meet, I swear I'll unmask you and hand you over to the police!
I swear it in the name of my grandfather!
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A poisoning at a super-strict prep school!
Wait! An ingenious trick that manipulates people's minds like magic...
And a creepy smoking marionette...
This is definitely a challenge by the Puppeteer from Hell, Yoichi Takato!
The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns! The Prison Prep School Murder Case, File 1!
The Prison Prep School Murder Case
I swear I'll bring his scheme to light!
I swear it in the name of my grandfather!