A picture published in a magazine,
featured a guy that looked like Touno Eiji, who was supposed to be dead
in Lake Hiren murder case.
In order to verify the true identity of this guy,
we came to Madarame Shimon residence, which is well-known as Butterfly Manor.
We met the Madarame family who seem to have facts to be hidden,
and the rare Luminous Butterflies that shine brightly in night.
But, the rays of light seem to have brought out the first murder case.
The Undying Butterflies Murder Case - File 2
Killings took place. Killings took place.
Crime scene at Kanazawa Royal Park Town, Madarame Shimon residence.
Do not let anybody leave this house.
Okay. No~
Ruri is dead? No way! Ruri!
Who is she?
Madarame Midori. She's the decedent, Madarame Ruri's mother.
Do not let anyone get near to the crime scene.
If the clew left by the killer is destroyed, that'll be bad.
Yes.
Who ruined the crime scene? What?
Who are you?
He is Kindaichi, the first person to discover the dead body.
Detain him to question him further.
Gather the other relevant people at the living hall.
Hajime-chan.
Miyuki, go to the living hall with Fumi.
Fumi, let's go.
Ruri-chan.
Fumi-chan...
What's wrong, Miyuki-san?
Nothing.
Dried leaves under the girdle?
According to the preliminary autopsy results,
the death time for victim Madarame Ruri
was between 12 midnight last night to 1am.
Hence we need to investigate everybody's alibi.
Officer.
You sounded like one of us is the murderer.
That's what I mean.
What?
What's going on?
According to our investigation, after the party's over,
until today's morning when the body is discovered,
there's no other people coming in from outside.
According to the perfect security system here,
if there's any suspicious interloper, he'll be discovered immediately.
Since there's none, the killer must be someone who stays here.
No way.
The murderer who killed Ruri...
Is here?
But, for those who have alibi between 12 till 1am,
wouldn't it sound even strange?
Perhaps you need to check on the alibi for this morning.
What?
There's clue showing the killer moved the
Ruri's body to the butterfly grave this morning.
What?
Takezo-san, when you patrolled the residence today,
did you pass by the butterfly grave?
Yes, I did the patrol with another maid as usual.
When I passed by the butterfly grave around 7 am,
there was no sign of Ruri-sama's body.
According to the special arrangement by the killer,
we can first exclude the two of them who didn't see the body.
That means the killer brought the dead body to the butterfly grave
between 7 am and 8am, which was the time I discovered Ruri-chan's body.
Offcer.
When the police moved Ruri-chan's dead body,
the girdle went loose.
Yeah, so what?
Some dried leaves fell out from the girdle during that time.
What?
If this is a mistake made by the killer,
it shows that the killer put on the kimono for Ruri-chan
at the piled of dried leaves in front of the butterfly grave.
You'll need at least 10 to 15 minutes to do that.
In other words, checking on those without alibi for more than 10 minutes,
between 7 till 8 o'clock in the morning,
would made easier for the investigation, isn't it?
I see.
It seems reasonable.
Everyone, please tell me what were you doing between 7 and 8am today.
I was preparing breakfast with Ageha.
We were at the kitchen since 6 in the morning.
Onodera-san was in the cafeteria since 6.30 in the morning.
She is right. I have alibi.
I was having coffee at the cafeteria around 6.55am.
I had some chatting with Professor Yamano too.
We talked about butterfiles.
I went to the washroom around 7.30am, that took only 3 or 4 minutes.
I was cleaning up the courtyard from the time I woke up until 7 am.
Takezo can be my witness.
Yes, I was with master all the while before 7 am.
Master headed to the cafeteria around 7 am.
And I went to patrol.
I was not feeling well this morning,
so I rest in my room until 7 something.
7 something?
What was the actual time?
I called mother around 7.05am.
She came out from her room right after that.
And she arrived at the cafeteria in about 5 minutes time.
Five minutes.
None of these people is suspicious.
What's left now is Miyama Hikage-san.
After I got up from bed,
I was sorting out the butterflies specimens at the underground herbarium.
Do you have any witness?
Nope. I was alone.
So that's it.
It seems like you'll need to come to the police station with me.
We need to make a detailed record.
Hajime-chan, what do you think?
Is it really Miyama-san who killed Ruri-chan?
I'm not sure.
He was just not having any alibi.
The police will soon release him.
I won't forgive you.
I definitely won't forgive the one who killed Ruri-chan.
Fumi-chan.
She must had been so Ionely in such a big mansion.
That's why she...
Although I don't quite understand,
but Fumi and I will have fun with you tomorrow, is that alright?
Really?
Of course it's true.
If we were going to play together,
we might be good friends.
We can't realize the promise we made.
We could never share her worries again.
Hajime-chan.
I swear I'll definitely seize the killer who took her life away.
In the name of my grandfather!
It's Takezo-san.
What happened?
The Undying Butterfly was on my shoulder just now.
There's no big deal about that.
This is different! This is a butterfly that invites death!
A butterfly that invites death?
It's a legend here.
There was a pair of loving couples in a village nearby.
But the village head's son adored the wife so much.
So he killed the husband and forced the wife to be with him.
At first, the wife submitted to the will of Heaven.
She barely survived.
Not long after that, she gave birth to 3 daughters with the village head's son.
Each daughter was so beautiful.
But one day the daughters left a curse,
and ended their lives.
Few days later, four Undying Butterflies appeared at the village head's house.
The village head's family, as well as the villagers,
started to infected by a scary disease.
Just as the villagers were dying out,
there were millions of Undying Butterflies as
if they were trying to cover the dead bodies.
I thought butterfiles were beautiful,
but after knowing the legend, I found them pretty scary.
When we discovered Ruri-chan's body,
there was an unknown butterfly.
An unknown butterfly?
It has blue wings and orange pattern.
That is Kaiimana Butterfly.
Onodera-san.
So you're Kindaichi-kun?
I have something to ask you.
When you saw Miyama, you mentioned Touno.
Kindaichi, if you are aware of something, can you let me know too?
Who is that Miyama?
Finally you're back, Miyama.
Sensei.
I want to see your butterfly so badly.
Did I eat too much during dinner? My stomach is so pain.
Are you afraid of fire?
You're really a butterfly. Now, hurry up.
This is beautiful. It's like a butterfly in flame.
Hajime! What's wrong? You're so annoying.
I saw something disgusting just now.
That Madarame old man was looking at Miyama's naked body and smiling.
Smiling at Miyama's naked body?
There must be something wrong between them.
This is so disgusting.
Who would want to lay murderous hand on Ruri?
Who is the Undying Butterfly? Why did he come to us?
Ageha-san, please don't cry.
Put yourself together.
Miyama-san.
Agaha-san.
Ageha-san, I'm leaving.
I'm sorry. Did I interrupt?
Why are you here?
Well...
Miyama-san is sure a mysterious man.
What did he do before coming here?
Actually, he...
He is a butterfly.
Butterfly?
Not only Miyama-san.
Mother, sister, Ruri and I, we are all butterflies.
We are just part of father's butterfly collections.
Madarame-san, about Ruri-chan, how should I put this right?
The beautiful green eye, what a pity.
Only Ruri inherited her mother's green eye.
What a waste.
Yamano, I have lost one of my precious collections.
Who killed my most previous butterfly?
Undying Butterfly?
Could it be the one from 25 years ago...
Impossible.
Ruri, why did you got killed?
Ruri...
The Luminous Butterflies are flying.
They were beautiful when I first saw them.
But now, they are like wildfire, make me feel uneasy.
That's after the murder took place.
Why are the Luminous Butterflies gathering there?
And the number is increasing.
Hey, that's...
A giant Luminous Butterfly.
Could it be...
Damn you!
It's...
Ta... Tateha-san.
I have something to ask everyone here.
Whose shirt is this?
It is mine.
The third clasp fell off from the shirt.
Do you remember when did it fell off?
I don't know. I really don't know.
I see.
There was a button exactly the same as this shirt's found in the victim,
Madarame Tateha's hand.
How do you explain this?
Miyama! It was really you!
You killed my Tateha-san!
No... It wasn't me.
Wait, there's something strange here.
What did you say?
When the victim jostling with the killer,
the button fell off.
This is common.
But usually the button will fall at other places, just like this.
It doesn't make sense for a tiny button
like this found in Tateha-san's hand.
You're right.
What you just said is common at at the scene.
But, it could be a trick by the killer to clarify his suspicion.
Never thought I will involve in a big murder case like this.
I was here for the Luminous Butterfly that's worth of 3 millions.
Or is this an inexorable doom?
3 millions?!
What?
You didn't know about anything?!
You can only find this butterfly here at this garden.
Of course it's worth 3 millions.
Since you are here at the Butterfly Manor,
you should understand more about butterflies.
Where's Fumi?
3 millions! Let me have one! Come here!
Hajime-chan, what are you doing?
Why are we here at the butterfly library?
Rokuhara-san was right.
We don't understand about butterflies.
The incident is all related to butterfly.
Perhaps I can find out anything from a butterfly's behaviour.
It's too late now.
Geez, you're totally not reliable at all.
But, I never thought you can catch the murderer.
The police is working so hard on it now. They'll find the killer one day.
I have a better idea.
What's that?
Get a detective, like those we seen in dramas. A well-known detective.
You little brat.
What are you guys doing here?
Miyuki-oneechan, Hajime-chan is looking for information,
I'm helping him out.
Fumi, that's so good of you.
There's nothing special.
Is there anyway I can teach this little brat a lesson?
This is...
Kindaichi, is there anything that I can help?
Miyama-san, let me be frank to you.
Miyama Hikage is not your real name, is it?
Hajime-chan, what's going on?
Look at this.
Miyama and Hikage are the names for butterflies.
Ageha-san and the others names' were taken from the butterflies names.
I believe that Miyama Hikage was created by Madarame-san.
Miyama-san, please be honest with me,
what is your real name?
I don't know.
I have no memory at all for what happened half year ago.
I'm having a memory loss.
I was at Kanazawa Hospital before coming here.
I heard from the hosplital crews,
I was burn seriously and passed out in Kanazawa's mountain forest.
If it was not Madarame-sensei who took care for me, I'm afraid...
But you don't even know who you are.
Why would Madarame-san adopt you?
It's because...
It's because of the scar.
Sensei saw this butterfly-like burn mark at the hospital by chance.
He said he likes it so much, so he adopted me.
Didn't I say, that old man is sick.
That time, Ageha-san mentioned...
Actually, he's a butterfly.
Was it because of this?
It's time.
The anesthetic that I injected to the butterflies should be subsided by now.
Amazing! It's so on time.
He's Touno!
He's definitely Touno!
So Miyama is really Touno.
He's definitely the killer for this murder case.
What's his motive?
Even if he's Touno,
he doesn't have any motive to kill Ruri-chan and Tateha-san.
Well...
Anyway, it's too early to say that he's the killer.
Oh yeah, what information did you get about the people in this house?
Oh yeah... this.
First, the owner of this mansion, Madarame Shimon.
He was just a butterfly fan, then he became a butterfly researcher.
But he wasn't able to discover anything.
25 years ago, he published a lot of thesis.
The thesis were really good so he caught the attention.
25 years ago?
If it was 25 years ago,
that was the time when he discovered Luminous Butterfly.
Yeah. Midori-san was married to Shimon that time too.
She was studying in Kaori University, School of Medicine.
But after her boyfriend suicided,
her personality changed.
Suicided? Why?
Well.
The boy worked in Kaori University's laboratory,
just like Professor Yamano.
Perhaps he was doing the research on butterly too.
Midori-san's lover who had suicided was a butterfly researcher?
I'm having some clues now.
The motive behind this murder case. If Tateha-san was right,
but I still can't figure out the killer's motive to kill Ruri-chan.
But, if the killer Undying Butterfly's motive is not related to them,
but to kill every Madarame's member.
He's definitely not killing for mere desire.
I believe that the motive is not Madarame's fortune,
but something that happened 25 years ago.
That the hatred causes him to kill Madarame family.
Who is this Undying Butterfly?
And...
What happened that makes someone want to kill so badly?
Spider!
That's Ageha-san.
It's Ageha-san's turn?
It's Ageha-san's turn.
The killer who wants to kill every Madarame
member that stays in the butterfly manor.
What is your real intention?
Miyama-san.
Have you really forgotten everything?
When we discover the motive behind this
serial killings in this butterfly manor,
and the Black Butterfly,
the truth that was deliberately concealed,
maybe the clues are all hidden in them.
For the sake of Ruri-chan, please don't go.
Next time in Kindaichi Case File,
The Undying Butterflies Murder Case - File 3
Can you solve this mystery?