A dreadful trick was hidden in the framework of the Gokumon Prep School serial killings.
But who is the second murderer, lurking in Sunlight Mansion?
Moroi Ren Prep School Student (Humanities)
Konoe Motohiko Prep School Student (Science)
Enami Yurika Prep School Student (Humanities)
Kaidou Hitomi Prep School Student (Science)
Kujiragi Daisuke Prep School Student (Humanities)
Kirisawa Tooru Prep School Student (Science)
Akao Ichiyou Instructor
I swear I'll blow the lid off of the Puppeteer from Hell's perfect crime!
I swear it in the name of my grandfather!
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The Prison Prep School Murder Case
The Prison Prep School Murder Case!
Another murderer?
Yeah. The one who was in Sunlight Mansion.
The Puppeteer from Hell manipulated them into committing serial murders.
The second "Sparrow" is among us!
That person carefully coordinated with Ujie-sensei to carry out the crimes.
Ujie-sensei led his unwitting science group to Sunlight Mansion during their night walk.
On the second day of the retreat, they took science classes on the first floor.
At one point, the second "Sparrow", who was with the humanities group on the third floor,
secretly came down to the first floor hallway.
And that's how the second "Sparrow" murdered Konoe.
Ujie Takayuki Head Instructor
Murakami Souta
But who is it?!
Follow me, everyone.
Class D
If my deductions are correct,
Konoe's murder, which we thought happened in the hallway of Moonlight Mansion,
actually happened here, in the hallway of Sunlight Mansion.
In other words, this is the real location...
...of Konoe's murder.
Certainly...
Everything's the same with Moonlight Mansion.
Miyuki, you looked in the locker at Moonlight Mansion.
And you said you got a strange feeling, right?
Yeah...
Although I don't know what made me feel like that.
I bet you will when you see this.
I see! The chalk box's plastic wrap is opened!
The one at Moonlight Mansion is wrapped up nicely,
with no sign of any pieces being taken, right?
Yes. I heard there was chalk on the ground but nobody around.
So it felt strange when the box hadn't even been opened.
That's right. Konoe took the chalk from this box.
W-What about it?!
That doesn't prove a crime took place here!
Then what about this?
This is the slain Konoe's dying message.
Dying message?
Itsukushima Ranko Deputy Head Instructor
Nakayashiki Manabu Prep School Student (Humanities)
1-1-7...
Shikibu Seiko Prep School Student (Humanities)
Maybe a code?
Konoe was just about to die, so he didn't have time to think of a code.
He desperately wrote a name, trying to make it so his killer wouldn't notice.
Given his state, it was simpler to write in katakana than kanji with all the strokes.
But he still ran out of strength.
He couldn't do the final stroke.
HAMA
"Hama"... Meaning our Hama?!
No way! He meant Akiko?!
Hama Akiko Prep School Student (Humanities)
That's right. The identity of the second "Sparrow" is...
...Hama Akiko.
You!
T-Those weird letters...
They don't prove anything!
HAMA
That's not the only proof.
Kujiragi made a racket when his textbook was missing.
When I asked you about it, you're the only one who said...
I was concentrating on studying in my own room, so I didn't notice.
You didn't notice, even though he kicked and pounded on your door like that?
He pounded on the door?
The truth is, you didn't even know about his tantrum, did you?
The reason is Hama-san wasn't in her room on the second floor at the time!
She wasn't in her room?
Then where was she?
Hama-san was on the first floor.
When Kaidou went into the hall after finishing the test early per Ujie-sensei's plan...
Is it true you did that?!
N-Nonsense! All of it!
If everyone had been in Sunlight Mansion, then something doesn't make sense!
Moonlight Mansion
Sunlight Mansion
Both Moonlight Mansion and Sunlight Mansion have large signs!
Every time we went on a walk, you all saw it.
Right, everyone from Moonlight Mansion?!
T-That's true. I did see the sign.
Hajime-chan, I saw it, too.
During our night walks, the Moonlight Mansion sign was lit up orange,
both when we left and when we came back.
There's something I want to show you.
Hajime-chan, what are you looking for?
The power cord. Oh, here it is.
There we go.
Look at it. What does the sign say?
This is Sunlight Mansion, so of course it'll say "Sunlight Mansion", right?
That's right. "Sunlight Mansion" in red letters...
H-Huh?
Moonlight Mansion
"Moonlight Mansion"?
Moonlight Mansion
What does this mean?
I see. Is this orange-colored light from a low-voltage sodium lamp?
Because of a resonance line
between 589 and 589.6 nanometers, a monochromatic light is given off,
which makes everything look like one color.
When you go into a highway tunnel,
both red and blue T-shirts look orange, don't they?
It's the same thing.
And now it's dawn.
Making Sunlight Mansion look like Moonlight Mansion...
...was your ultimate trick!
Moonlight Mansion
"Moonlight Mansion" is turning into "Sunlight Mansion"!
Moonlight Mansion Sunlight Mansion
You can clearly see the red and blue tiles, right?
But look closely...
See? The tiles that spell out "Moonlight Mansion" are raised.
Sunlight Mansion
In the dark of night, if the sodium lamp lights it up,
the red and blue become orange,
Moonlight Mansion
emphasizing only the shadows of the raised tiles,
a trick that makes the letters for "Moonlight Mansion" stand out.
I can't believe there was a trick like this...
Ujie-sensei, you're the one who made this sign, aren't you?
I just did it for a lark! It doesn't prove anything!
There is proof.
There's definitive proof!
Fingerprints!
F-Fingerprints, you say?!
The science group was supposed to be in Moonlight Mansion the whole time,
but they left behind a lot of fingerprints inside Sunlight Mansion.
We've been in Sunlight Mansion, haven't we?
There's nothing odd about the science group's fingerprints being in there.
Miyuki.
I was wondering why you wanted me to wear these,
but this is why, isn't it, Hajime-chan?
Since entering Sunlight Mansion today,
I haven't taken these gloves off once.
So I can't have left behind any fingerprints.
Are you still going to deny it?
I can't! I can't do this anymore!
Hama-kun, keep quiet!
I did it!
That Puppeteer from Hell came up with the plan and I...
No! I killed all six of them!
They killed my son!
They killed Aino Shuuji!
Aino-kun was Ujie-sensei's son?
So you did it to take revenge for your son.
Yeah, that's right. Those six murdered him!
But I knew full well they wouldn't be made to answer for it!
So I made them pay myself!
That's not true!
I killed Aino-kun!
I killed him with my own hands!
Aino Shuuji...
Hama-san murdered him?
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W-What do you mean, Hama-san?
Those six tormented me ever since I joined Gokumon Prep School.
There was trouble at home, too, so I felt like I didn't belong anywhere.
Hey! What are you thinking?! You were almost killed!
That was Aino Shuuji-kun.
I see. So it's been hard on you, huh?
I don't care what happens to me! There's nothing good in my life!
But you can't kill yourself.
When there's too much lousy crap in your life,
it's okay to bawl your eyes out or scream, but dying's no good.
You say you don't care what happens to you,
but there's no life that doesn't have value.
Aino-kun's words saved me.
Gokumon Prep School
After a time, he happened to join Gokumon Prep School.
Hi!
I was thrilled.
Aino-kun really was an amazing person.
He worked every afternoon and still got the top scores in every subject.
1 Aino Shuuji
But those six, who had the top spots taken from them,
moved their sights from me to Aino-kun and terrorized him mercilessly.
And then, that day...
We heard something scandalous, didn't we, Kirisawa?
That's right, about Aino.
Apparently, he does drugs.
Stimulants, you know? Speed!
I don't believe it! Not Aino-kun!
You didn't know? It seems like some people get addicted to it.
And it's totally self-destructive.
What should we do? We have to get him to stop!
I don't think just talking to him will do the trick.
So we have an idea.
Kirisawa, whose dad is a doctor, brought over vitamins.
What do you think about secretly switching them?
We can't do it since he keeps his distance from us...
But you could probably help Aino-kun, Hama-san.
I was determined to help Aino-kun.
Several days later...
Hey, did you hear, Hama-san? Aino-kun died.
I guess he had some serious disease,
where he needed regular injections of medicine to live.
But somehow, his meds got switched with something else...
We didn't know either!
Yeah! We totally thought he was using stimulants, right?
Yeah.
Me too.
M-Me too.
But that was...
Don't make us keep repeating ourselves!
Who was the one who gladly made the switch in the first place?
You, Hama!
You're a simpleton, aren't you?
Listen, I wouldn't tell anyone else about this.
Everyone here...
We're all partners in crime.
She won't spill about this, will she?
We're fine. She doesn't have the guts.
Who killed Cock Robin?
"I, said the Sparrow..."
Before you die...
...isn't there something you need to do, young lady?
I'm the Puppeteer from Hell.
As Hell's servant, I listen to the voices of those who died untimely deaths.
After that, the Puppeteer from Hell planned the perfect crime to kill those six.
He shared it with Hama-san and Ujie-sensei.
Akao Ichiyou!
Or actually, the Puppeteer from Hell, Takatou Youichi!
You involved all of these people in an irreversible atrocity!
Akao-sensei is...
...the Puppeteer from Hell?!
Impressive as usual, Kindaichi-kun.
You used the hatred of Hama-san and Ujie-sensei!
To amuse yourself with your "crimes of art" or whatever,
you manipulated those two like puppets and turned them into criminals!
Just so you don't get the wrong idea, the plan itself was perfect.
If this Sunlight Mansion had burned down as planned,
the sign and fingerprints would all have been eliminated.
This time, I miscast the main roles.
That's enough of your indecent excuses.
Oh, watch where you point that thing.
If you don't think I'll shoot you, you're gravely mistaken.
I'm already thinking of what you could do that would give me cause.
Inspector Kenmochi!
Don't move! Takatou Youichi!
Old man!
For all the people you've murdered up to now,
and for instigating these murders, you're under arrest!
Stupid marionette...
You committed the crime of ruining my art,
and can only atone for it by dying.
Hama-san!
Ujie-sensei!
Takatou!
You're a good shot. But that's why you're an elite superintendent.
A bulletproof vest!
Get him!
Yes, sir!
Flame escape magic!
A magician never takes the stage unless he's fully prepared.
Kindaichi-kun.
You and I are like twins, light and dark.
We're on parallel lines, always next to each other but never crossing.
Let's meet again on the stage of another atrocity.
Good luck!
Dammit!
Ujie-sensei! Hang on!
Ever since I found out the truth about my son's death...
...I've been in anguish, night and day.
The students in front of me,
I thought of them all as demons in the guise of humans.
I thought I would scream that at the top of my lungs.
I was a failure as a teacher and as a father...
B-But...
H-Hi, Aino-kun.
Good morning, Ujie-sensei.
He really was too good...
...to be my son.
Shuuji...
Sensei! Sensei!!
What a beautiful blue sky.
It makes it hard to believe there was such sadness.
Yeah. The weather's been nice since then.
So, old man, how's Hama-san holding up?
Oh, I take it she's spending her days quietly.
She treasures the letters and care packages she gets from you guys.
Hama-san,
you committed crimes and are facing the consequences for them.
But I'll tell you one thing.
You didn't murder Aino Shuuji.
I'm sure Aino himself understands that more than anyone.
Thank you...
Thank you, Kindaichi-kun!
And that's how the Prison Prep School Murder Case ends.
It's over already?!
What happens next?!
Is the great detective going to have another showdown with the criminal genius?
But of course. See you again.
Don't miss the next show.
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A terrorist threat on a flight bound for Haneda Airport!
But that was no more than the beginning of the case.
That's right. A terrifying plan for murder was secretly in motion.
Superintendent Akechi, Inspector Kenmochi, and I begin our investigation!
The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns! Murder at 10,000 Meters, File 1!
Murder at 10,000 Meters
And I swear I'll solve the mystery of the mist!
I swear it in the name of my grandfather!