As passengers on a plane panic over a smoke bomb, a plan for murder moves forward.
I swear I'll solve the mysteries of this case!
I swear it in the name of my grandfather!
The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns
Murder at 10,000 Meters
Murder at 10,000 Meters!
We don't have much time.
Is the entrance over there?
I think it's around there.
Yeah. And there are a lot of people...
I don't wanna go home yet.
Time flies when you're having fun, right?
In the end, I didn't finish my homework.
You can do that when you get home!
Everyone! It's over here!
Okay!
Wait! This is super-heavy!
Um, check-in counter... Where's the check-in counter?
Dammit! Miyuki and the old man left me behind! Sheesh!
Is something wrong?
Oh. I lost track of my friends.
They're probably at the check-in counter, but...
The check-in counter is this way. I'll take you there.
Really? You're a big help!
What the hell is Kindaichi doing?
Miyuki!
Hajime-chan, where were you?!
Where?! It's your guys' fault for walkin' so fast!
I'm glad you've been reunited.
Well, I have somewhere to be. You have a nice flight.
Thank you!
Hajime-chan, he's a pilot! He led you here?
Well, yeah.
You're something else!
Here. Thanks to a mistake by the airline, you two have been upgraded to Super Seats.
Super Seats?! We're lucky!
I wonder if the cabin attendants are hot, too...
Oh, Hajime-chan...
Let's go.
Come on.
Coming!
Say, Kagaya-senpai, don't you think that passenger in the Super Seat is handsome?
Momoyama-san, the passengers can hear you.
Momoyama Akari Cabin Attendant
I don't mind if he does hear me!
Kagaya Yui Cabin Attendant
Good grief...
Come on, time to get to work, Momoyama-san.
Right!
Would you like something to drink, sir?
Tea, please, no milk or sugar.
Certainly.
CA-san!
Yes?
Um, gimme more snacks and cola and orange juice!
C-Certainly.
Hey, want me to get some for you too, Miyuki?
No, I'm fine!
Don't be shy! It's all free! Right, CA-san?!
What? I seem to recall hearing that nasty sigh before...
Lower your voice, Kindaichi-kun.
I pay for a Super Seat so I can have quiet.
Only one person could kill my buzz like this...
Police Superintendent Akechi! What are you doing here?
And makin' a big show of reading an English newspaper on a Japanese flight!
I'm going home from vacation. Are you two on the way home from that case?
Well, yeah...
Everyone, thank you for flying JAM Airlines flight 327 to Haneda today.
I'm your captain, Shida Tomoaki.
We're currently off the coast of Aomori.
Shida Tomoaki Captain
We expect to arrive in Haneda at 3:30...
The captain is Shida-san, huh?
You know him?
We met when I was living in Los Angeles for my training.
Wow! You sure do know a lot of people, Superintendent Akechi.
He's just showin' off!
We took a picture together, too.
He's that person from before.
You're right.
You know Shida-san?
Yes. We met just before...
This photo is from when we both flew in a Cessna.
Huh!
Yeah, yeah. I got it.
Hey, Hajime-chan!
The can! I'm goin' to the can.
Sheesh. And Miyuki's just as bad...
Actin' like a goody-goody in front of Superintendent Akechi...
Kagaya-senpai, are you sure it's okay?
I mean, with the terrorist-like threat delivered right before we took off...
Terrorist?
Don't worry. They didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
Hey, Kindaichi!
Old man!
So how comfortable is that Super Seat?
Oh, it's the best!
If only that nasty Akechi-san weren't sittin' behind me!
He's on board?!
Yeesh. He's like the proverbial bad penny.
More importantly, did you hear about the terrorist threat before takeoff?
Terrorist threat?
I guess they couldn't find anythin', so we took off normally...
Well, even if something does happen,
with two police officers like me and Superintendent Akechi on board, it won't...
What is this?!
I told you champagne!
I know you have it! Now go fetch it!
Ishida Maria Actress
But ma'am...
Ain't that Ishida Maria?
Ishida Maria?
Oh, the actress who's famous for a cheating scandal?
I guess work isn't goin' well because of that.
She's probably stressed out.
Ohgoshi Yutaka Cameraman
Old man! Old man! I found a suspicious guy!
Bet you anything that big guy's offed at least five or six people!
What are you talking about, Kindaichi?
That's Ohgoshi-san, a famous cameraman.
He's in the seat next to mine.
A cameraman? That's even fishier!
While shooting in a war zone, he gets chummy with dangerous characters and joins 'em!
Yeesh, you watch too many movies.
Hey, what is this?!
Smoke! Don't tell me it's a bomb?!
Calm down, Kindaichi!
I'll find the source of the smoke. You get Superintendent Akechi!
Got it! Be careful!
Right!
2:10. I don't think we're gonna land on time.
Economy class is noisier than usual...
Akechi-san!
I see. Stay here with Nanase-kun.
Okay.
What's this smoke?
I don't believe it! A fire?!
Hajime-chan...
It's okay. The old man and Akechi-san are trackin' down the origin.
This is Co-pilot Koganei.
There's been an outbreak of smoke in the cabins, but our staff is looking for the cause.
Please place the overhead oxygen mask over your mouth to avoid breathing the smoke.
The captain is heading back to the cabin to assess the situation,
so please stay seated with your seatbelt on.
Please put on this oxygen mask, ma'am.
Like this?
I'm Captain Shida.
Everyone, put the mask over your face and try not to breathe in the smoke.
Make sure your seatbelt is fastened and your mask is on tightly.
If even the captain comes out here, I guess I should be ready for anything.
No! Let go of me!
What the hell?
There's an emergency door over there, right? I'm getting off!
Calm down, ma'am! Ma'am!
That's Ishida Maria!
Getting off?! She intends to open that door when we're in the sky?!
I'll be right back!
Hajime-chan!
Ma'am! Please return to your seat!
Let go! I'm getting off!
Please calm down!
I said I'm getting off!
What are you doing?!
Knock it off! If you open that, we'll all die!
Captain, I'll take care of her.
Oh, I get it! You're responsible for this! I can tell by your face!
Whatever, just sit down!
Let go of me! I'm sitting in a Super Seat! Not back there!
Getting a gander at something like that actually calms me down.
Hajime-chan, is this really terrorism?
I don't know about that...
Then a prank?
Neither of those feel right here...
But...
But?
I have the feeling there's something goin' on behind this commotion.
Not terrorism or a prank, but something malicious...
There! The cause of the smoke!
This is just a smoke bomb.
They were lit with this fuse.
Even for a prank, that's malicious. Who would've done such a thing?
Momoyama-kun, tell the captain!
Right!
This is your chief purser, Sekiguchi Shinobu.
Sekiguchi Shinobu Purser
We've discovered the cause of the smoke in the rear of the plane.
Please be assured that there is no danger of an explosion or fire.
Thank goodness.
We apologize for the scare.
I'm going to return to the cockpit and take the controls back from the co-pilot.
Thank you for your cooperation, everyone.
Man, oh man.
We can feel relieved for now, right?
2:20...
Only ten minutes passed since all the fuss started?
It feels like it took a lot longer.
Everyone, I'm your co-pilot, Koganei.
Koganei Mamoru Co-pilot
Thanks to your cooperation, we were quickly able to get the situation under control.
I sincerely appreciate that.
The captain has ordered me to ensure your safety for the rest of this trip.
If anyone is injured or feels ill, please don't hesitate to tell me.
I guess the co-pilot's got all kinds of duties. He's got it rough, too.
We're okay now.
Thanks.
Please be at ease. We should have no more problems on this flight.
Do you feel all right?
Yes, I'm fine.
Nothing's happened since, so maybe it was just a prank.
But there's something...
I'm going to thank the police officers who helped out.
Kagaya-kun, Momoyama-kun, bring the captain a drink when you go to report.
Right.
I'm gonna go see them, too.
Smoke bombs?!
Yeah. We didn't find anything else suspicious.
What a cruel prank!
If it is a prank...
First a terrorist threat and now this. It makes me feel uneasy.
Same here.
This is a staff announcement.
Koganei-san, please return to the cockpit immediately.
Now what?!
What's wrong, Kagaya-kun?
When we brought the drink in...
C-Captain Shida!
The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns
Old man...
No. He's dead.
He was probably strangled with this rope.
So there is a terrorist on this plane!
Please calm down!
Excuse me, but would you prepare some blankets?
S-Sure!
You can see the congestion of blood on his face,
so he did die of asphyxiation from being strangled.
If so, there was only a short window of time in which he could've been murdered.
Yes. In the case of strangulation,
it takes at least six or seven minutes before the person dies of asphyxiation.
After the commotion, I wonder when the captain returned to the controls.
I remember that.
I looked at my watch. It was 2:20.
I remember, too. You're right.
I switched seats with the captain and went into the cabin at 2:20.
And you just discovered the body a little while ago, right?
Do you remember the time?
I think it was a little before 2:30.
That sounds about right. Around 2:28 by my watch,
I saw the co-pilot tell the cabin attendants to bring the captain a drink.
I see. The crime must have occurred between 2:20
and 2:30 PM, in the narrow span of ten minutes.
In other words, the killer is the one who gave that terrorist threat,
murdered the captain while everyone was distracted by the smoke, and tried to take over.
But for some reason, they gave up on that idea
and casually returned to their seat! Yes?
It isn't necessarily a passenger.
We need to check the crew's alibis, too.
Let's split up and question everyone on the plane.
Kindaichi-kun, stay with Inspector Kenmochi.
Sure, of course, Akechi-san.
All right then.
Dammit! That jerky superintendent doesn't trust me at all!
Captain Shida?! A nice person like him was murdered?!
Yeah. There are mysteries to this murder
that happened in a locked room at an altitude of 10,000 meters,
but for his sake too, I swear I'll solve them...
in the name of my grandfather!
You're the actress, Ishida Mariya-san, aren't you?
Between the time the co-pilot went out and we went into the cockpit,
is there someone who can confirm your presence?
I don't have anyone like that! After all, once the fuss was over,
I went to the restroom to fix my makeup.
Uh-huh. In short, you can't prove your alibi, can you?
I'm an actress, so it's only natural to fix my makeup.
You're Momoyama-san and Kagaya-san, correct?
Do either of you have an alibi that can be confirmed for those ten minutes?
I think we can confirm each other's.
We were working together in the cabin the whole time.
An alibi? I was checking my camera in my seat during that time.
With the smoke, I thought I might be able to snap a news photo.
But I don't know if anyone can confirm I was doing that.
After all, your seat was next to mine, Inspector Kenmochi.
Yeah...
You weren't there,
and I don't think the passenger in the other aisle seat
was paying attention to me, what with all the smoke.
I'm sure the passengers will back up my alibi if you ask them.
I was going around, speaking to people one by one.
I see. I'll confirm that.
Yes, please.
I worked together with Captain Shido for many years,
so I can't stand the idea of being under suspicion.
This is such an unfortunate thing.
Yes. I entirely agree.
And that's all of their alibis compared.
Yes. From the statements of the crew and passengers,
only two people can't back up their alibis for a period of five minutes or more.
Only the cameraman, Ohgoshi Yutaka-san, and the actress, Ishida Mariya-san.
Oh, that's right. That actress...
Do you know something, Nanase-san?
Yes. I've heard that Ishida Mariya was a cabin attendant before she became an actress.
I wonder if there's any connection...
An actress who used to be a cabin attendant, huh?
Now that you mention it, there's also something suspicious about Ohgoshi.
Oh? What's that, Inspector Kenmochi?
Well, he's won many awards for his photos of terrorism sites.
But he hasn't covered any incidents like that these past several years,
and, well, people have kind of forgotten about him.
So what if he tried to get a scoop by taking photos of staged terrorism?
And it's possible that he murdered the captain, who exposed the hoax.
In fact, he'd get even more mileage out of taking shocking photos of the dead captain.
What do you think, Akechi-san?
It's interesting.
But there's something that's bothered me from the very beginning.
From the beginning?
Yes. Smoke filled the cabin and there was a panic right afterwards.
Speaking from my knowledge and experience, something unbelievable happened then.
I see. Actually, I noticed something, too.
The unnatural state of certain people...
I see. Then why don't we compare notes?
Okay, but you go first.
What are you talking about? In this situation, you go first.
Actin' so self-important!
You expect me to give you a hint so you can solve the mystery?
It's obvious you have an ulterior motive.
Okay, okay, both of you! Don't be so stubborn!
Then why don't you write it down?
Yes. That way we'll show each other the information at the same time.
Don't cheat!
You don't cheat.
Okay, one-two-three!
Kindaichi-kun...
Yeah.
All of the mysteries...
...have been solved!
The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns
The captain was murdered in the cockpit.
But proof that the killer doesn't notice is right there! Nice one, Akechi-san!
When my deductions are combined with Akechi-san's, this is the only answer!
The Case File of Young Kindaichi Returns! Murder at 10,000 Meters, File 2!
Murder at 10,000 Meters
Akechi-san! What do you intend to do?!