I'm glad you've shown up.
Elite police detective, Akechi Kengo.
Elite Detective Akechi's Splendid Deduction.
You look better than I thought you would.
You don't look like someone that was arrested for murder.
Kindaichi-kun.
You both can't really think that...
This guy is all about love and justice, did he really kill someone?
Then, see you later.
I'm glad you're doing well.
I'm innocent. Old man, you can't abandon me!
I'm innocent!
You can sleep and be lazy all you want.
Isn't it the perfect place for you?
There's nothing to bother you here either.
Please listen! This is what happened...
Last night, from Twin Mountain Amusement Park station,
I was on the train, on my way home.
I was really worn out from working the whole day at the park's restaurant.
I fell asleep while in the third carriage.
And then...
Murderer!
Murder?
The only ones there were that dead guy and myself.
I was immediately arrested by the cop that just happened to be there.
What the hell, you don't believe me?
Well, I guess you don't have the guts to murder someone.
Anyway, let me out of here! Even if you have to put me in handcuffs...
I want to find the guy that framed me myself!
Not happening.
So straightforward...
No way!
There's no way I could let you out so easily.
However, it's my job to find the truth.
Don't worry, if you're not the real culprit,
I will prove it for you.
I'd be willing to say it, "in the name of your great detective grandfather."
Getting carried away when I'm stuck in here!
Hey, don't casually use my grandfather's name!
The train started from Twin Mountain Amusement Park.
It was a high speed fixed departure at 22:10.
On the way this train stops at three stations.
Other than the first and last stations, there are no ticket examinations.
The corpse was found between Mitsukawa and Karasugoaka.
The victim is 55 year old Eguma Tadao.
He runs a local loan company.
On the scene were the victim's coat, hat, and belongings.
I'm afraid he had a fight with the culprit.
The murder weapon is that umbrella.
The umbrella tip is very sharp.
It pierced his medulla oblongata.
It was a near instantaneous death.
This umbrella is the victim's, isn't it?
Yes, his relatives say so.
All the fingerprints on it were his.
I see. But anyway, this Eguma guy...
He's quite strange for wearing this jacket and hat on such a hot day.
This man can even be described as a minor celebrity.
He got cut by someone he lent money to with a Japanese sword.
The scars from those wounds are left on his head and arm.
In order to hide it,
He was wearing a coat and hat in the summer.
Sumiyoshi-kun, it was you.
That arrested that boy.
After leaving headquarters to investigate a case,
I got on that train from Twin Mountain Amusement Park station.
A drunken business man got on the first carriage.
A high school girl and I got on the second.
I remember that boy getting on the third.
It was soon after leaving Mitsukawa station,
The victim wearing the coat and hat came in from the first carriage.
He walked in front of me and went into the third car.
The conductor soon passed by to do fare adjustments.
A little while after, the high school girl went to the third compartment.
And then...
Murderer!
The high school girl left the third compartment soon after screaming.
It's impossible for her to commit the crime.
It's also impossible that the conductor did it.
No one can get in, outside intrusion is impossible.
That would mean, the only person capable of the murder would be Kindaichi.
That is all.
Sumiyoshi-kun, it's true, what you say makes sense.
But don't you think it lacks something?
I'll go directly inquire with his family.
Inspector, did I do something wrong?
Don't get scared over that.
But, if you're glared at with those eyes,
You'd think something was wrong.
You know...
He has that kind of face. He thinks he's cool like that.
Who are you talking about?
Who?
That's why...
I told you already, didn't I?
I was on my way home from a friend's house.
From Twin Mountain Amusement park, I got on the second compartment of the train.
That detective was on the same train.
It was too cold there.
I was planning to change to the other carriage.
That strange guy wearing the coat came out of the first carriage and went into the third.
And then the conductor passed by.
I couldn't bear the cold anymore, so I went to the third compartment.
Then that guy was dead there.
That's right, it's as the detective says.
I got on that train from Twin Mountain Amusement Park.
I don't remember much about who was there.
Because I was drunk.
As I recall, I got on the first carriage and fell asleep.
But that guy!
I remember about the guy that was killed.
What a thing to do...
He stepped on my foot while I was sleeping.
And then when I woke up...
I forgot to get off at my station, Mitsukawa.
Hey, please stop the train!
Let me off!
Customer...
Please stop!
Just then I heard a scream from the carriage behind me.
Last night, I was on my way home from work.
I got on the train from Futaba station.
Which one?
The first compartment.
Anyone else?
Nope.
Because that drunk was snoring.
I sat down at a place far away from him.
The man wearing the coat got on at the next stop, Mitsukawa.
He stepped on the drunk's foot and went to the second compartment.
The drunk woke up and started banging on the driver's seat.
When the conductor came to stop him, I heard a woman's scream.
That's all I saw.
I was always in the third train carriage.
After leaving Mitsukawa,
I went to do fare adjustments.
In the third carriage the boy was fast asleep.
And that person wearing the coat came in.
I asked him if he needed any fare adjustments.
But he said nothing and sat down.
I then left the third compartment.
In the second car were the high school girl and detective, they didn't need any adjustments either.
Then I went to the first carriage.
The drunk that was sleeping woke up and started pounding the driver's seat door.
Calm down, sir!
I don't know anything, I didn't see anything.
Because I was always in the driver's seat.
Just after leaving Mitsukawa station,
Suddenly behind me,
The door was being hit.
Hey, please let me off!
Of course, I didn't leave the driver's seat.
This has gotten bad.
Like this, Kindaichi will really be stuck in his cell.
That's not for certain.
All the testimonies are fairly consistent, no flaws at all.
Do you really think so?
There was just one who messed up, because they contradicted themselves.
Eh?
As expected, the culprit was one of them.
Yes, hello...
I see...
I understand, good work.
Detective Akechi.
It seems like it all fits together.
If I had to say it, I've solved all the mysteries.
The umbrella murder weapon was the victim's.
According to the investigation, the fingerprints were his.
The police are continuing their investigations.
I can see it all now. I know who the culprit is.
I gotta tell detective Akechi.
Why isn't anyone coming in my defense?
Miyuki, what are you doing?
Miyuki!
Why?
He said he was going to go blow off steam.
Where did he go?
I don't know where he went, he said he was going to some sort of amusement place that provided food.
He's probably playing around with girls somewhere, isn't he?
Geeze, Hajime-chan, even though you promised...
What is it, detective? Calling us out here.
The reason I called everyone is simply
To make the true culprit of this case clear.
What did you say?
You got to be kidding.
Wasn't the culprit that Kindaichi kid?
No, the one that killed Egama Tado...
Used a trick to frame Kindaichi.
The true culprit is someone here.
No way!
That night, after leaving the station.
Everyone was roughly in these locations.
In the first compartment were Noshiro-san and the driver Kaneko-san.
In the second were Sumiyoshi-kun and Shikawaza-san.
And in the third were Kindaichi-kun and Yagi-san the conductor.
Then the train reached the next station, Futaba.
The people that got in the train were...
Me.
That's right, Kunito-san.
And there is one more.
I told you, I was the only one that got on at the station.
No, there is one more person that got on the train at the last minute.
This man is...
Eguma.
It can't be...
It's not a ghost, Kenmochi is playing the part of the victim.
It can't be, he got on at the next station, Mitsukawa.
And not from the third compartment, but the first.
Did you see his face?
His face was being hidden with a hat.
The victim Eguma got on at Futaba station.
I've already verified that he was on the way home from seeing a customer near this station.
Then, what I saw was...
That night, Eguma got on the third compartment at the last minute.
The culprit coincidentally saw him.
He probably had some sort of hatred for him.
The murderer approached him and they had a quarrel.
Then he grabbed his umbrella.
This was an impulsive crime.
What proves this is the murder weapon... The umbrella.
If this was a calculated murder,
The murder weapon would be prepared in advance.
While standing over Eguma's body lying on the floor,
The culprit panicked over what they had done.
At that time, a demon told him,
To push all his sins on this boy.
And until the next station, Mitsukawa.
He thought of a certain trick.
What are you doing? Hurry and die.
I have to go that far?
Just why do you think you're dressed up like that?
Shit, I'll remember this...
Like this, the culprit disguised himself as Eguma,
After reaching Mitsukawa station, they went to the platform.
And returned to the train's first compartment.
To make us think they got on the train at Mitsukawa station.
Next, just like I did,
Hit the button to close the door.
Leisurely went through the car and back to the third compartment.
Stepping on the foot of someone sleeping.
In order to give them an impression of a man in a coat.
This way everyone would simply remember there was someone in a coat, rather than their face.
Well, it starts now.
Kenmochi-kun, the stop watch.
Start.
The culprit made it look like there was a fight.
Immediately left the third compartment.
Stop.
About six seconds.
That's right, during a short span of six seconds.
To put it simply,
The crime was made to look like it took place in just six seconds.
There is just one person that could use this trick.
Yagi-san, that person is you.
The conductor?
Yagi is the culprit?
Please wait, detective.
That's just a deduction, right? You have no evidence.
I do have evidence.
You said this,
That night, when you went into the first compartment,
You said a drunken man that was sleeping earlier, was making a fuss.
I did.
I just said what I saw!
This person was making a fuss...
Pounding on the driver's door.
See? You messed up.
That night, after leaving the station,
You should have always been in the third compartment.
But you knew about the man in the first compartment.
Especially the fact that he was sleeping before.
The reason you knew this...
Is because you saw it with your own eyes,
At the time when you disguised yourself as the victim.
Plus, the door operates with a key.
I tested it myself.
Easy for someone like you, who's the conductor.
It was two decades worth of money I earned with my blood and sweat.
Of course I'd kill him.
I wanted to kill him...
Yagi...
It's true, Eguma was a despicable person.
But, pushing your crimes on an innocent person...
Is your own weakness.
Geeze, quite the ironic fate.
If Eguma didn't happen to get on that train,
That guy wouldn't have committed a murder.
But I'm quite surprised.
To think you'd figure out the culprit from just a small contradiction in the testimony.
I knew who the killer was before the questioning.
Eh?
Listen, the culprit's fingerprints weren't on the umbrella.
If it was a calculated murder, their fingerprints would remain.
Why do you think that's the case?
Isn't it because they wiped off the fingerprints?
Then the victim's fingerprints would be wiped off as well, right?
Ah, then just why...
There is only one possibility.
The culprit is the one that was wearing gloves in this hot season.
In order words, the train conductor.
I see.
That's the basics of deduction, Kenmochi-san.
Why does it have to be windy?
Inspector!
The serial arsonist was arrested.
What?
I was just notified.
Finally all our hard work is going to be rewarded!
Alright!
I seem to be forgetting something...
Inspector, hurry!
Well, I guess it's okay.
Alright! Let's interrogate all night!
Yeah!
Do you like staying up all night?
I hate it!
You're not together with Kindaichi-kun today?
Who's that?
Hajime-chan...
You idiot!
The killer is the train conductor!
The fact that the murder weapon has no fingerprints is the evidence!
That's why, let me out of here!
The island where dead souls gather.
Will-o-the-wisp Isle.
When I opened the door, there was nothing.
But I definitely saw it from the key hole!
The student, and the murder scene,
Disappeared like smoke.
This outrageous case happened at the isolated island studying seminar.
At midnight, it was only the prologue of a frightening case.
The Case Files of Young Kindaichi,
Will-o'-the-wisp Island Murder Case.
File 1.