The puppet master sent a weird threatening letter.
Therefore, we got on the train to Sequestrum Plain.
The magician team leader was killed on the train.
And the dead body disappeared in a blink of eye.
But, after that...
This... This is...
The Magical Express - File 2.
Someone's got killed!
I heard that the Fantasy Magician Team's leader was killed.
Eh? Then the magic show tonight will be suspended.
Not sure.
W- Why...
Why was my husband murdered in cold blood?
Yuumi-san.
This is terrifying. Let's go home.
But there's no train.
Because the body has yet to be examined by the forensic,
we cannot be assertive.
However, Yamagami was most likely being assassinated.
Time of death is estimated between 9am till 12pm.
It's most likely that.
We were still on the train that time.
That means what we saw in the cabin was really...
Yeah, that was Yamagami's dead body.
But,
the bending limbs, they were exactly the same as this puppet.
You're saying the room was occupied by a man called Totsune?
Yes. He came by train and checked-in two days ago.
He wore a white mask, so I couldn't see his face.
A white mask?
Yes. He wore it for the past two days.
He just checked out not long ago.
The next train will come in another two days.
That's why I feel suspicious.
Ah, senpai, look!
Look at Totsune's name.
Name?
Totsune... Mario
Ah! Puppet! What?
A kana?
Damn it! How dare he fooled us like this!
Any other ways to leave here beside taking the train?
Nope. As you all can see,
this place is surrounded by swamp.
The only route to the nearest village here
collapsed during the ding-on last month.
Looks like we've come to a deserted place.
Not really.
They used to mine here,
it was once a prosperous place.
Eh? It was the origin of stones used for pickles seasoning?
Come on! That's not true!
This is a jade's original stone.
Jade? Is it a gem?
This is really big.
How much does this cost?
It's not really a valuable jade.
There's one in our guest room as a decoration.
Although it's already finished mined,
it is considered as Sequestrum Plain special product,
therefore our guest rooms are each decorated with a jade stone.
Ah... I see.
I can't figure it out.
How did the culprit make the dead body in the train disappeared?
And how did he move the body to the hotel?
Geez. Eh?
Geez. What are they thinking?
Miyuki, what are you looking at?
The program rundown for the magic show. I borrowed it from officer Akechi.
Hajime-chan, look at this.
Childe Yurama who invites audience to perform magic together.
He's not any childe, he's just a lady-killer!
He's not accord with the title given.
But, he is a world famous magician now.
He's too arrogant and his personality is a bit quirk.
You too.
The mermaid, Yuumi who performed the water magic.
She is the wife of Gent Yamagami who'd got killed.
The one who always smile, a great card magician,
the clown, Sakonji.
Although he likes to joke around,
but it is said that he has great skills with card magic.
Next is the psycho magician, Sakuraba.
He's good in mesmerism and supernatural magic.
Eh?
This is the lady that I asked back in the train.
It's her. Chikamiya Reiko.
She was the preexistence of the Fantasy Magician Team.
The team leader of Chikamiya Magician Team.
Chikamiya Reiko was the only genuine magician in Japan.
Eh... this lady...
Every single magic by her was a unique and innovative one.
She was really great.
When she was on the stage,
no other magicians could shine like her.
She died five years ago during a magic rehearsal.
I felt so sad when I heard the news.
It's because I will never see her shine on the stage.
The large-scale magic by the Fantasy Magician Team
were mostly her creation.
If that's the case, the famous living puppet.
It was her...
Nope.
The puppet show was created by the Fantasy Magician Team after she died.
It's probably like this.
Excuse me.
Eh?
The magic show will start as planned. Please come to the theatre for the show.
Eh? Isn't the show being suspended?
Well, I thought the guests were all gone.
What do you mean by that?!
The leader is dead, why are we still performing?!
Because...
That's why we need to perform, Yuumi-san.
We can announce the new leader for the Fantasy team too.
Yurama, you...
Of course, I'm the most famous person in the team.
The Fantasy team should put under my care.
I hope you don't get in my way, bossy bitch.
Please support me more.
Well... Yuumi-san.
Yurama, I will not succumb to this easily!
Ah... This is scary. Women can be scary once they got mad.
Hajime-chan, what are you doing?
Wow... Is this the theatre?
They built it in the middle of the pond. Hurry up!
Alright!
Ouch!
I screwed up.
Hajime-chan, hurry up!
It's none of my business.
Coming up next,
we proudly present you the living puppet show.
Hajime, look, it's Satomi-san. She's beautiful.
She's very attractive. What a great figure she has!
I'm a puppet.
I'm a pathetic puppet attached to a string to move around.
But, I want to break free.
Hooray! I am free!
Nobody is going to control me anymore!
Amazing! The strings get snipped, how do they control it?
It is attached to a black string.
But the puppet is playing rope skipping.
Then they are controlling the strings from the two sides...
Amazing! It's doing it continuously.
It's doing the criss cross now!
Eh? Why?
La... I'm so happy!
Oh no! I need to recover quick!
Eh? It doesn't look right.
I'm so tired.
I want to become a normal puppet.
How is the magic show?
Puppet master.
The living puppet performance is going to end soon.
Rest, I need some rest.
However, the most anticipated part is just about to start.
Finally, let me present to you the rare magic.
What are you saying?
It's the puppet master...
It's...
What's going on...
Damn it!
It happens again!
Another tragedy again.
Again?
Yurama-san!
Yurama!
He's dead.
How did the killer do that?
Officer Kenmochi, look at the ceiling.
Eh? Officer Akechi.
The string attached to the dead body.
The other end is attached to the puppet.
When the body fell from the ceiling,
its weight caused the puppet to rise up.
It's like a seesaw.
The body fell from the ceiling...
Then the killer...
Damn it! Wait a minute, Ossan.
Kindaichi.
I have something to tell you. Please come to the outside.
What's going on? Please make it fast. Or else the killer will...
The bridge... The bridge rise up.
Yeah.
When I crossed the bridge,
I broke this as I fell.
The theatre is surrounded by the pond.
One can only leave here by crossing this bridge.
If that's the case...
Yes.
During the magic show,
the theatre was a giant adytum.
Furthermore, the killer,
is still in the theatre now.
Ossan, how is it?
It's useless.
I've searched every place and I couldn't find anyone suspicious.
None of the audiences left between the time when
the lights are turned off and the dead body appeared.
Therefore the one who killed Yurama-san
must be among the magician team members.
I believe it is. How could it be?!
The killer is among us?
Come on, officer. Please don't be affirmed so soon.
We all have alibis.
What did you say?
When the puppet became Yurama-san's dead body,
it used the seesaw theory by using the ceiling as the crossbeam.
So the killer was on the ceiling.
But, you'll need a long time to get down from there.
When we saw Yurama-san's dead body,
we were there in just a few seconds time.
No.
You can get down to the stage in just a blink of eye.
When the theater turned into dark,
the killer just need to jump off from the ceiling to the stage.
In fact, the killer can come down using the string attached to Yurama's body.
It's a big puppet, it must be heavy.
The killer used it's weight, just like the elevator.
Came down on stage quickly along the string.
I see. I got it.
The mystery is solved.
Hey! Let us know your weight respectively.
Our weight?
My... My body weight is 55kg.
I'm 81 kg.
I'm 53kg.
So what?
I remember I'm around 50kg.
I'm around 72kg.
What do they got to do with this?
What's the weight for the puppet?
Around 70kg.
We've measured it once when we need to bring it onto the plane.
70kg. Great! We have the killer now.
Sakuraba and Sakonji, one of you is the killer!
The killer has to be heavier than the puppet
in order to get down on the stage.
Ossan, that's not right.
Takatoh-san, what was Yurama-san's weight?
According to last year checkup, he was 60kg.
The killer came down together with Yurama-san's body.
Therefore, the killer and Yurama-san's body need to be heavier than the puppet.
I believe that there's no one here combining with Yurama-san's body weight,
will be lighter than the puppet itself.
Which means, anybody could have use this trick.
I see.
I didn't expect to catch such an interesting scene.
I will never get bored being with somebody like you.
Officer Kenmochi.
Hajime-chan, have you figured out something?
Not yet.
Oh yeah, I haven't eat.
I've brought some biscuits, do you want to have some?
Takatoh-san and Satomi-san, come and have some too.
Thank you.
Thank you!
I'm sorry. Actually we haven't had anything yet.
Ah! I want this!
This is not bad too!
Come on, Hajime-chan, watch your manners.
What's wrong with that?
Geez, you're really greedy.
Don't spoil your stomach again okay!
No worries! It's just a piece of cake.
You guys get along pretty well. Are you guys couples?
Geez, he's just my childhood friend!
Takatoh-san. Yes?
Can I ask you something?
Sure.
The hotel manager said that inadvertently.
Something bad happened before in this hotel too?
Ah... Not really. It's...
It was five years ago.
Five years ago, in the same theater, Chikamiya-sensei died.
Chikamiya? Eh?
Was she the leader of Chikamiya Magiciam team?
Satomi-chan, enough.
What's wrong with that?
Anyway they'll know if they want to find it out.
Please tell me the details.
How did she die?
It happened before we joined the team.
I'm not so sure about the details.
I heard that it was an accident during the rehearsal.
An accident during the rehearsal?
The puppet master.
He's one of the person in this hotel.
That is for sure. But who would that be?
And the body on the train.
How did he make it disappeared?
I must have overlooked something. What's that...
Sen... Senpai!
The puppet master from hell!
Mi... Miyuki?
Miyuki!
Saki, find Ossan now! I'll go after that fellow!
Alright!
Damn it!
Officer Kenmochi! This is bad! Officer Kenmochi!
What's going on?
This is really bad! Nanase-senpai...
What's wrong with me, Saki? Eh?
What's wrong?
Nanase-senpai?
What's going on?
How... Oh no...
The killer's intention is to...
Stop right there!
Come, you pathetic victim.
Come to this shadow, clammy altar.
Come on.
Whare are you?!
Puppet master!
Mi... Miyuki!
Damn it! Miyuki! Are you alright?
Miyuki?
Detective.
Welcome.
Welcome to the shadow, clammy altar.
P... Puppet master.
Ah! What's this? This is...
You better not making any moves.
This is a bottomless swamp.
You've spread a bodeful tinge.
You might ruin my lifetime magic show.
That's why I want you to die without a grave.
Detective Kindaichi, rest in peace.
Kindaichi!
Senpai!
Hajime-chan!
Akechi-san, the great magician, Chikamiya Reiko's accident,
is dubious, is it true?
Is the incident related to her death?
I've solved the mystery of the disappearance of the leader's dead body.
Am I able to find any clues before the next tragedy happens?
Ah? What's there in this room?
I see! The killer made one big mistake!
He is the puppet master!
Next time in Kindaichi Case File,
The Magical Express - File 3
Can you solve the mystery?
The killer is among them!