The seven mysteries?
Kindaichi, I hope you'll be able to solve it.
The after-school magician, is this your doing?!
Sakuragi-senpai...
I'll definitely solve this case.
In the name of my grandfather!
Look, it's Sakuragi-senpai's body.
It resembles the seven mysteries.
Stop it, it's horrifying.
Rumor says she's hanged to death.
She's killed by the after-school magician.
Sakuragi-senpai...
Hey!
Kenmochi?
I'll deal with this case.
Sir, you know him?
He helped us in the investigation.
He is Kindaini.
I'm Kindaichi!
How's the investigation?
The investigation shows that...
...the victim, Sakuragi Ryuko,
is killed last night, between 9pm till 10pm.
Last night?
That means...
That was the death ritual.
Academy's Seven Mystery Murder Case File 2
According to my investigation,
during the time when the victime was killed last night,
you were all in the old schoolhouse, right?
Yes.
We were called by a weird phone call, right?
And you're the guard, Tachibana-san?
I saw him!
The man with the mask, in the classroom.
Tachibana-san and I were here.
Is that the floor plan for old and new schoolhouse?
We ran from here to the room.
We saw the death ritual in the biology room.
And so we rushed over there.
Within seconds before we arrived at the biology room,
the biology room was locked.
When we banged into the room,
everything disappeared.
Disappeared?
Which means, within seconds, the killer...
...put down senpai's body,
cleaned the room and escaped through the windows.
So the killer escaped from the window?
No, that's impossible.
All windows were locked from inside.
What other ways could there be?
Just like a magician... Magician?
It's him!
It was his trick! He's still alive!
Matoba-sensei, what are you saying?
He said he's still alive.
Sensei, what's that about?
If there's need, we can take down the notes.
It's already terrifying just by mentioning it.
I'm thinking...
The after-school magician is a real person. Huh?
A real person?
When the old schoolhouse was still in use,
there was a weird sensei in the school, his initial was M.
M celebrated strange rituals every night.
Because of the rumors,
one night,
a curious student came to the old schoolhouse to investigate the truth.
Since then, he went missing.
Didn't he said he want to live in the schoolhouse forever?
He went missing since that night? Yes.
He's the after-school magician?
That means...
He's still in the old schoolhouse.
What a tale of a tub.
This is nothing to do with ghosts or superstition.
This is a real muder case!
According to my deduction, the killer must have disguised as a magician,
and removed the dead body.
Within that few seconds?
Anyway, the question is the time it happened.
I want to quaere everyone.
What were you doing in the old schoolhouse?
Sir,
are you trying to say the killer is among us?
Hey, he's Makabe Makoto-san, right?
It's really him.
If you are really professionals,
I hope you could utilize your brain more.
Makabe Makoto? Who's that?
He's a highschooler novelist, he even won a prize.
Do you want to listen to my deduction?
This is really an eye-opener!
The genius highschooler novelist challenges a real-life case!
Last night,
the time when Kindaichi-kun saw the death ritual was 9.40pm.
Matoba-sensei, Nanase-san, Saki-kun and I,
arrived at the scene after we heard his yelling
the time was 9.42pm.
40 or 42 minutes,
how do you know so precisely?
That's Saki-kun's video camera.
He recorded everything that happened last night.
It was 9.45pm when the room was banged open and Onoue arrived.
Which means, within that five minutes,
everyone had gathered in front of the old schoolhouse.
To shift the body within five minutes,
and to appear in front of everyone as if nothing had happened,
how could that be possible?
Can you try to unlock the window?
This one? There's only signs of friction.
Which means,
it's the same old trick using a rope.
Using a rope?
Tied the rope on the window lock, put the other end at the other side.
When we were trying to bang the door,
the killer moved the dead body and candles.
Then, the killer escaped through the window.
And he closed the window.
He pulled the rope at the other end.
As the rope was removed,
he created a backroom condition.
When we all left,
the killer started to dispose everything.
Sir, I would like you to check this venthole.
I believe the venthole should be having the signs of friction.
Sir, I found it.
You... What did you find?
Over here.
You can't even solve a simple backroom trick like this.
Even your grandpa is a famous detective,
but I don't think you've inherited his talents.
The killer must be an outsider.
He'll be caught soon.
That's really my Makabe Makoto-kun!
The genius highschooler novelist!
Goodbye...
Senpai...
Hajime-chan, what are you thinking now?
It's gone. Huh?
The meeting minutes is gone.
Meeting minutes?
Isn't this the meeting minutes of...
...Mystery Research Club ten years ago?
I found it in the cabinet.
We might be able to find the key to solve this mystery in it.
The meeting minutes is gone?
The disc as well.
Before senpai died, she must had been using the computer.
Perhaps she had saved all data into the disc.
But why it is gone?
Both of them are gone.
Hajime-chan, you disagree with Makabe-san's deduction?
I don't believe the killer would use the rope trick...
...to conduct such a serious incident.
And that he would left such obvious signs.
I believe the killer wants someone to discover his trick.
Why does it resemble the seven mysteries?
Besides, why is there a threat letter to
stop old schoolhouse from being demolished?
Miyuki.
I believe the killer's true intention is more than that.
Really? Yes.
There was an investigation 10 years ago.
A female student of the seven mysteries went missing.
10 years ago?
Aoyama Chihiro.
She was also a member of Mystery Research Club.
Aoyama Chihiro.
There was a rumor back then.
She wanted to find out the truth,
and she was eaten up by the after-school magician.
It's quite similar to the current case.
I have a bad premonition.
Lucky that I'm earlier than Kindaichi.
Let me have a look on Sakuragi-senpai's disc.
Maybe I'll know who's the killer.
Then,
I can publish my deduction on the incident.
I'll be more popular than Makabe-kun!
Sakuragi-senpai really wrote that down.
This is the one!
The spirit of Aoyama Chihiro finally shown up.
She told me the seventh mystery.
That is...
The love behind death.
Drip the blood on the sandpile?
Is this a clue? Damn! I've got to solve this!
Damn it!
Wait a minute.
By any change, the clue is...
Like this... then...
I've got it!
I've finally got it!
The mystery is solved! It's solved!
How can it be?!
What's the condition of the body?
The cause of death is the fracture on skull, causing damage to the brain.
As the blood loss is little,
the victim was injured by a blunt axe that wrapped by a cloth.
That's all for now.
Old man!
This is the second victim.
Onoue...
This is another seven mysteries, right?
The hand running around printing room.
That's not blood, it's paint.
Sir, this was the thing holding by the victim.
A key.
What key is this?
It's the key of biology room.
It is lost a long time ago, why...
It's the after-school magician for sure!
As long as we continue to tear down the old schoolhouse,
there will be another killing!
Principal...
We can't let this fellow to continue doing this.
I've decided to stop the backout of old schoolhouse.
Even Onoue is killed.
Look at you, come on, wipe it off.
Hajime-chan...
Is this... Is this a hankerchief?
We are childhood friends, aren't we?
I only used it to clean my snot.
Huh? Snot?!
Hajime-chan, you're so dirty!
The problem is the scene where Onoue is killed.
Isn't that the printing room?
Onoue-san is killed at other location.
The blood loss from the death-wound on the head.
There's almost nothing left.
The killer killed Onoue-san,
and moved the body to the printing room,
in order to resemble the seven mysteries.
The distance from the scene should not be far.
Maybe it's at the old schoolhouse...
Miyuki, look.
It's blood.
That means...
Onoue-san is killed here.
By any chance...
Onoue-san was having Sakuragi-senpai's disc with him.
He retrieved the data using this computer.
Sakuragi-senpai's disc...
During that time, the killer attacked from behind...
The disc was not here.
The disc might have captured stuffs the killer wants to keep secret.
Who's there?!
Miyuki, stay here!
Tachibana-san!
Tachibana-san, what's wrong with you?
Huh? Why...
That is Sakuragi-senpai's meeting minutes!
Why are you here, Tachinaba-san?
I found this the next morning after she died.
I hope this can help you.
Year 1987.
It was the year of sorrow
for our Mystery Research Club.
Even if the police had investigated carefully,
Aoyama Chihiro was still missing.
The following is the draft she left.
I, Aoyama Chihiro has been investigating...
...the six mysteries residing...
...the old schoolhouse of Fudoh Academy.
Wait a minute.
The six mysteries?
Aren't there seven?
But it says six here.
The six mysteries... that's strange.
After the investigation,
I discovered something strange.
The old schoolhouse was the research center for Takahata Pharmaceuticals.
And that Takahata Pharmaceuticals was...
What's wrong, Miyuki?
It ends here.
Aoyama Chihiro's report stopped here.
What?
Did she write on anywhere else?
Aoyama Chihiro's photograph.
It's her.
What is this paper?
This is the font from Sakuragi-senpai's computer.
Finally Aoyama Chihiro's spirit appeared.
She told me the seventh of the seven mysteries.
What's that? It's a code.
I see, I get it now!
That night,
Sakuragi-senpai made the newly discovered Seventh mystery into code.
She wanted to show us.
She printed it before she was killed, and inserted it in the minutes.
The killer got the disc,
but didn't notice this paper.
He probably still...
I'll ask Kenmochi-ossan...
...to investigate on Takahata Pharmaceuticals!
Wait, Hajime-chan!
What's wrong?
It's not here.
What's that?
Hajime-chan, your hankerchief is lost.
That's not important.
But, Hajime-chan...
Since kindergarten...
This is the first time you lent me your
hankerchief, how could I just shrug it off?
I think it's at the club room.
Let's go back together.
Why?
Ah, by any chance you're scared?
Because Hajime-chan told me that Onoue-san was...
So...
Miyuki, you only have the grown up look,
Your mindset is still the same as that of a little kid!
Hajime-chan, you...
Let's just forget about the hankerchief.
What's more important is to investigate the Takahata Pharmaceuticals.
I'm going to call Kenmochi-ossan now.
Fine!
I don't need your accompany!
Hajime-chan, you fool!
Makabe-san.
What were you and Kindaichi-san talking just now?
I heard something about code.
It's none of your business.
You're not telling me?
I like you more than Kindaichi-san does.
Get off!
What do you want to say?
You like Nanase Miyuki?
Even if I do, you'd still love me, won't you?
You just need to be my underground novelist for now.
Where is it?
Geez, I was thinking who's watching me.
What an indecent eyes.
How disgusting.
How scary is this poster, it'd be better to tear it down.
She looks familiar.
What took Miyuki so long?
Ha... Hajime-chan...
Save me...
Miyuki.
Where did she go?
By any chance Miyuki...
Calm down.
If I'm the killer...
What's that? Is that blood?
Saki.
What's the third mystery of the seven mysteries?
First, the forbidden biology room.
Second, the hand in the printing room.
What is the third one?
If I'm not mistaken... the bloody well.
Over there!
Miyuki!
Hang in there, Miyuki!
Miyuki.
Miyuki!
Please, God.
Please save Miyuki.
The secret behind the old schoolhouse.
The after-school magician.
I will uncover your real identity!
I see, I get it!
The code left by Sakuragi-senpai.
The seven mysteries.
That is...
Please watch again!
Kindaichi Case Files, episode 3.
Academy's Seven Mysteries Murder Case File 3
Can you solve the puzzle?
The killer is among them!