He's the one who modified Shibusawa's ski.
Ah!
Shiramine-san!
The culprit knew there's a cctv but still he purposely got himself recorded.
Why?
Hajime-chan and I joined Fudoh Academy's Ski club's special training.
Together we'll learn how to ski from the instructor.
Murderous Intent of Below Freezing 15 Degrees
Hajime-chan, you're still no good.
Anyway I'm an idiot in sport. That's why I didn't want to come at all!
Miyuki forced me to come.
But Hajime-chan, aren't you interested too?
You even bought a new ski attire.
They look good on you.
Anyway, it's a cheap deal.
You really caught everybody's attention by falling down like this.
Maybe your ski is not set properly?
Maybe.
Hey~ Shiramine! Come and have a look on this!
Hey, put on the ski. Ah, okay.
I see. It's too loose. Really?
Eh?
Shiramine-san, the colour of your shirt...
This is a shirt where it'll change colour
according to the body's temperature.
Mine will turn red when the temperature drops.
When did you have this kind of attire?
Today is my first time wearing this shirt.
Alright. How's this?
Ah... I do feel better now. Amazing.
The popular instructor.
However, please don't touch my ski.
If something's happen and I won't be
able to compete, that'll be troublesome.
Hey! Yukiouka! I'm sorry.
I just don't want to repeat Shibusawa-senpai's mistake.
Shibusawa? Yukiouka!
What do you mean by that?!
Stop it! Ako-kun!
We'll feel warmer after a shower.
Miyuki, let's go.
Okay. Just a moment.
The weather is so cold. It'd better to stay in the city...
You guys must be tired. I've prepared the drinks.
Come, help yourselves.
Wow~ This is great, thank you!
Is that alright, Suzumori? You still fever.
Don't overwork, take some rest. I'm fine.
Suzumori-san, you should take some good rest.
If you continue to catch cold like this, you'll bring troubles to the ski club.
Ah... okay.
You've been having fever since you reached
here. You haven't even step out from here.
You are so not qualified as an assistant. I'm sorry.
It's difficult to take a person who doesn't know how to ski as an assistant.
She doesn't even have a ski. Yukiouka-kun!
We'll gather at 7pm for night skiing.
Night skiing? We need to ski at night too?
Of course.
The international ski competition is coming soon, we need to work harder.
Do we need to get involved too?
You can stay in the hotel.
I thought so, great!
Shiramine-san, you haven't finish the dessert.
I'm full.
What happened to his right leg?
He had a serious thigh fracture last year during his training.
After he recovered, he's responsible for ski adjustment.
I believe that he feels uneasy for that.
Oh yeah! I remember!
Shibusawa-san fell down during a competition two months ago, right?
Yes.
That was during the continuous steep slope competition,
The ski suddenly came off during the competition.
Shibusawa bumped into the trees after he fell down.
He's still in the hospital now, remain unconscious.
I remember.
Shibusawa-san was asked to join in the place of Nagano Itsuwa.
Shiramine-san is the ski club's ski adjustment instructor, right?
Shouldn't he checked Shibusawa-senpai's ski that had gone loose?
Of course he did. Eh?
The ski came off during a competition?
I still couldn't believe Shiramine would have done such a mistake.
He did that purposely! It's obvious that was his intention.
Yukiouka! Isn't it true?
Shiramine-san and Shibusawa-san were competing for the ski champion.
If the other party got hurt, he might be able to join the Olympic!
Shiramine was jealous to see his old rival
made it that far, so he had an evil thought.
He made some changes on Shibusawa's ski...
Shut up! Shiramine is not such a person!
Shiramine would never do that.
He's just a stubborn fellow.
He's hard-nosed and he shuts the world out.
That's why we mistook him as the kind of person who would do that.
Night skiing.
It's so cold! The temperature must have dropped to below zero.
The weather is so cold and still they train so hard.
What's this?
Shi... Shiramine-san!
Sensei, how is he?
He's fine.
Really? That's great.
Someone must have attacked him from behind and buried him under the snow.
If it was not Kindaichi,
Shiramine would have been freeze till death.
Who would want to hurt him?
Isn't everyone here hates Shiramine-senpai?
Yukiouka, do you mean the culprit is among us?
Possible.
The cctv installed at the entrance captured the crime scene.
What? It captured the crime scene?
This is the crime scene captured by the cctv.
If these are the culprit's footprints,
from the place where Shiramine was buried,
they form a straight line until the drying room's entrance.
The ski cover with the blood stains used by
the culprit was left in the drying room too.
The rubber cape used by the culprit was taken from there too.
So there's no proof showing the culprit is in this hotel.
No. The question is the ski that was being used as the weapon.
Ski? What do you mean by that, Kindaichi?
All skis are kept in the cabinet.
And they are locked.
The rule here is to pass the key to respective roomer only.
That's right. The culprit used the ski
in the drying room to attack Shiramine.
That means whoever holds the cabinet key is the culprit.
How could that be? Nonsense.
I think it's better for us to inform the police.
Sensei.
The coffee is ready. Have you figured out who's the culprit?
Ah! I don't even have a clue. I see.
Here I go!
Oh yeah, Suzumori-san. I have a question.
Why did Shiramine-san go out late at night?
Perhaps he went to check on the snow.
Check on the snow?
To identify the snow quality at night and choose the right ski.
He needs to do that every night?
Yes, every night around 9pm. Everyone in the club knows that.
I see. If someone wants to attack Shiramine-san,
he just have to wait outside at the right time.
You can say that.
Who would have so much hatred against
Shiramine-kun until he wanted to kill him...
So much hatred until he wants to kill him?
Why would anyone hate him so much? Ah?
Someone said that before.
If it's the killer in a suspense drama,
he'd used a cape to hide his face,
put his ski into the case and left.
He"d wait outside the hotel.
Finally, when he saw the man he hates,
Shiramine who was wearing the red ski shirt,
he followed him and hit Shiramine with the ski from behind...
Suzumori-san, please stop.
I was too fascinated. I'm sorry.
Shiramine-san's red ski shirt.
But where did the culprit get the ski...
Well...
Geez, Hajime-chan!
How could you dry your tower outside at such a cold weather!
Look, the tower is frozen now.
Hajime-chan, what's wrong?
I see.
This is what happened.
The mystery is solved!
Hey, why are we here? What's going on?
Yukiouka, don't get annoyed.
I want to rehearse the scene where Shiramine-san got attacked
right here in front of you guys. What?
Why do you want to do that?
The reason is simple.
To uncover the culprit in front of us.
Yes, the one who attacked Shiramine-san is among us.
The one who attacked Shiramine-san...
Stop kidding. Are you saying...
When Shiramine-san appeared at the place
where the culprit was waiting for him,
the culprit started to follow him.
But, how did he do that?
It's because there's a lot of trees here,
and one will not be easily seen by others.
It's the best place to conduct crime.
He ran pass the cctv at the entrance,
and he hit Shiramine-san with the ski.
After that, he buried Shiramine-san under the snow.
He then carried the ski headed back to the drying room.
It's here. Yes.
Me too.
Look, Miyuki and Kindaichi's ones are here too.
Kindaichi, our skis are all in the cabinet.
What does that mean?
Whose ski is that that the culprit used?
This is the trap set by the culprit to avoid suspicion.
Come, have a look a this.
The truth behind this ski. What's the real thing in it?
This is...
What is this?
The weapon that attacked Shiramine-san was not any ski,
It's a frozen towel from the hotel.
Towel?
Before the culprit started to action, he wet the tower using the water
in the laundry room, and hung them
outside under the below zero temperature.
The wet tower became frozen in a blink of an eye.
He covered it with the ski cover and made us believe it was a ski.
After the attack, he discard it here.
It'll soon become a wet tower again under normal room temperature.
But why would the culprit used such a troublesome method?
Of course it's to avoid suspicion.
He knew there's a cctv at the hotel entrance.
But still he did it purposely right in front of the cctv.
Why? Furthermore, he used a ski as the weapon.
Because he wants us to believe that the culprit is the one with ski.
Therefore,
the culprit would be able to avoid suspicion from the trap he set!
And the one among us who is without the ski... Ah?
It's you, Suzumori Emi! You were the one who attacked Shiramine-san!
Suzumori attacked Shiramine? Is it true?
It was Suzumori-san?
Stop kidding, Kindaichi-kun.
I'm the culprit just because I don't own a ski?
This is ridiculous!
And you don't even have any proof. This is too mean!
Of course I do have other proofs.
It's Shiramine's shirt that Miyuki is wearing now.
What about that?
Just like what we saw, the shirt will turn
red when the temperature is below zero.
When the temperature increase, it'll become
blue again. It's made of a new material.
Shiramine-san wore it for the first time today.
You never left the hotel once since the first day you got here.
So you didn't notice the changes of the colour.
But when you acted out crime scene,
you did say
A hateful man, Shiramine-san's red shirt, right?
That's right, I remember Suzumori you did say that.
Geez. About the shirt.
You'll know the colour by watching the cctv.
Suzumori-san, you are self-defeating by saying those words.
What are you saying?
Let's have a look at the tape together.
It's a black and white screen.
You can't tell the shirt's colour through that screen!
You who had been staying at the hotel,
how would you know the colour of Shiramine-san's shirt?
It's because you were the one who attacked Shiramine-san!
Suzumori-san, don't tell me...
Suzumori.
Was it really you? Why did you want to kill me?
It's because of what you did to Shibusawa was so awful!
Shibusawa?
Shibusawa and I got together since we were in junior high.
I don't know how to ski, but I'm the skiing club assistant,
because I want to be with Shibusawa every second of my life!
Shibusawa's ski went loose during the competition, you must had did something!
I will never forgive you!
I will never forgive you.
I will never forgive you!
Hey, don't you think it's too early to lambaste him?
Don't you feel it's better to ask the person himself for things like this?
The person himself?
Hello, who's this?
Hello, Suzumori. It's me.
Shi... Shibusawa?
It's Shibusawa?
That fellow regained consciousness!
Yes, he just called. Shibusawa?
I've just transferred from ICU to normal ward.
My condition is stable. I heard that I had been unconscious for 2 months.
I'm sorry to cause you worries. I'm fine now.
I'm really sorry.
Can you help me to apologize to Shiramine-san?
Ah? Why?
About the ski went loose.
I was nervous back then during the competition.
I felt that the fixed parts on the ski were strange, so...
Huh? You adjusted the ski yourself?
It was Shibusawa-san who adjusted the ski
and caused the accident.
But, how could this be?
He adjusted the ski himself?
You did some foolish things and accused I'm the one who made you suffer!
I... I thought you were the one who made him suffer.
It's me.
Ah? You're... Shiramine?
You fool!
Foolish! I even took special care on your ski!
But you made adjustment yourself?! Were you out of your mind?!
What were you thinking?!
He... He's so loud.
I'm sorry to trouble you. Shiramine, I will not do that again.
When I'm good to start training, please help to adjust my ski.
Without your professional skills, I won't be able to unleash my potential.
Shibusawa...
What a selfish fellow.
Shiramine feels that he should held responsible for the accident too.
However, he took special care on Shibusawa's ski.
He was so confident.
That's why he didn't blame himself for the accident.
Although they are rivals, but Shiramine still care about Shibusawa's safety.
Shiramine, I'm sorry.
This is great.
Shibusawa has recovered.
Shi... Shiramine...
Well... I screw up as well.
That's why I fell and got my head injured.
Shiramine, you're really a sad sack. Please be careful next time.
Olympic alternate trials will start soon.
Fudoh Academy's skiing club members must work harder to take the crown.
Keep it up!
We are counting on you, Shiramine. Okay, let's work hard together.
Go for it! Fudoh's Skiing Club!
Suzumori, talk to us if you're facing any troubles in future.
You're lucky for not doing something regretful. Sensei!
Hajime-chan, this is great!
Yeah.
And so, the case closed with a happy ending.
We won the skiing champion.
But Hajime-chan's skill has not improved at all.