Is it really fine for me to come along?
Yes, you're the successor of the famous detective, Kitami Kiriko-san, after all.
Oh, don't call me that!
Yakujin-sensei said he would be happy to meet you too.
Wow, that Yakujin-sensei wanting to meet me.
I met Kitami-san once, when I was an editor at a magazine called "Miss Elegant".
Ah!
Giri, "Miss Elegant Kitami Kiriko".
I found this information on the web.
Ah! I remember this!
Ah, this shirt is still at the office now.
I think she said an Italian boyfriend gave it to her.
She's like a model, right? Really pretty.
What's this?
Seems like it fell from above.
Aika-san?
It's dangerous for an oncoming car, so I'm going to put this there.
I will call the police so, Misaki-san, please wait here.
Sure.
I understand. In 30 minutes, right?
Yes, thank you.
Huh?
Misaki-san?
No way!
Hm? Where?
Oh, you're right! Beautiful green on that bird.
It's a red-tailed blueflank.
When the male is courting, it makes this kind of sound:
How cute! Are there more?
Aika-san!
- Why are you here? - You know each other?
Well, well.
So the brilliant detective Misaki-san mentioned was you?
I was just telling him that I was going to Sensei's villa with a brilliant detective.
Ohohoho. A brilliant detective?
Listen-- Ah!
- Please. - Ouch!
- If you would like to birdwatch too. - I think there's a blueflank.
Please enjoy.
Um... how do you two know each other?
We met at a case once, and she let me hear her deductions.
But it was I who solved the case in the end.
Solved the case? Who are you?
Those who know call me the Noble Detective.
Noble Detective? You're a detective too?
Yes, it would be wonderful if I could show you myself in action someday.
He doesn't even do deductions!
But a fallen rock? What do they use their tax for around here?
I have to tell the leader off later.
Excuse me, my lord, this is not a simple fallen rock.
What do you mean, Satou?
I checked the rock, and I think it was pushed by someone.
There was a round mark left behind.
This is unacceptable!
If something were to happen to the beautiful Misaki-san,
it would have been a tremendous loss to our country.
What about me? Does anyone care about me?
- What is up there? - Ignoring me?
There is a villa there.
Maybe someone pushed the the rock that was in the garden there.
What do you think, Misaki-san?
Shall we go and complain to the owner of this fallen rock?
This is...
Do you know this place?
Yes, it's Yakujin-sensei's workshop, Fujiview Villa.
- What? - WHAT?
Um, is it Yakujin Harumasa-sensei?
Yes.
I've read his Inspector Chardash series so many times. Especially the "Deer-murderer's Banquet".
Every time I remember his confrontation with Madame Yoko, I just get goosebumps--
Tanaka-san!
Forgive me for being too forward.
I have never read the book, but I saw the movie Tanaka recommended.
Yes, it was really boring.
My lord,
that's because they changed the ending.
The original work was so much better, such a shame.
Well, we all know movies and dramas are usually worse than the original, anyway.
If I may, my lord, the recent "Escaped Shame" is really popular...
Tanaka-san.
I'm sorry for being too forward.
I would never guessed you are a mystery lover, Tanaka-san!
But for a best-selling author, his villa is rather small.
It's pretty big already!
There's no point wasting money unless you're using it to make the town better.
Sensei merely chose a work place where he could see Mount Fuji.
Yakujin-sensei has always been someone who
avoids stepping on the tatami line,
or hides his thumb when a hearse passes through,
or avoids sleeping facing north.
The type who is overly concerned about superstitions and traditions.
He got his big break after dreaming about seeing Mount Fuji on New Year's Day.
Since then, he devoted himself to Mount Fuji worship.
He built a huge mansion where he could see Mount Fuji from,
but 3 years ago, an apartment building was built, blocking his view,
and he went into a slump.
That's why, in a hurry, he bought this villa where he could see Mount Fuji.
Right now he comes here every day from his home at the foot of the mountain.
I see.
Why would he push the rock down?
Hey! This is Yakujin-sensei, please don't make a big deal out of it!
Yes! I still have to work with him, after all.
Ah, wait! I told you to wait!
It's best to resolve something like this properly.
Maybe he'll give us a manuscript rather than compensation money.
Ah, hey!
Maybe he's pretending not to be at home to avoid his responsibility.
Wait!
Hey, is anyone here?
What are you doing?
I've run out of patience. Besides, he's in no place to be angry at us.
Hey-- Ah, wait! Take off your shoes!!
Ah, Aika-san, take the slippers!
Is anyone here?
Wait, wait!
Sensei, we're really sorry to intrude.
Ah! Um, don't just...
Um, can you take off your shoes?
You can't go in there! You can't---
Oh, this is his hobby, huh?
- Don't enter without permission! - Aika-san! You can't go in there!
Sensei will be so angry!
Don't! That's his study.
So?
Sensei's rule is not to show his study to anyone.
If you go in there, something bad will happen.
Very well, if you say so...
Then I want to see it even more!
What? Hey, wait!
No....
Hm? What is it?
Wow, now we really have a show!
Even I wouldn't have guessed it.
Usually the person behind the murder is the first one who finds the body...
- Satou! -Yes, my lord?
My lord, did you kill this man?
I wouldn't do anything like this.
- You know that, don't you? - Yes.
It doesn't look like he was recently killed.
He was hit on the head.
The weapon must have been this.
But lately these things always happened, huh?
Last spring, Tsubaki's stupid son had a huge loss at the Monaco casinos,
he lost a castle in Nice. How tedious.
Satou, do you think this was pre-meditated?
No. I can sense the killer's passion but only that.
You can feel the passion, huh? Your nose is sharp as usual.
If Spiegel had your nose, hunting would've been more fun.
With all due respect, my lord,
when you have an outstanding hound, hunting loses its meaning.
That is true.
Hunting is not about the result, but about enjoying the process.
Hey, this isn't the time for chit-chat.
We have to call the police quickly!
Yamamoto has already done that.
Please don't worry, Misaki-san.
After all, we have a brilliant detective here.
Hey, are you planning not to do anything again?
Mister Noble Detective.
Ladies first.
I will let you have this case first.
A famous mystery author has been killed.
The world should be paying attention to this case.
It's your chance to become famous, Miss Female Detective!
It's there again.
Tanaka-san, are you all right?
My happiness at being in Sensei's workshop
is all mixed up with my sadness at his death.
It's such an indescribable feeling.
Is that so?
No trace of a struggle.
And the murder took place in a private study so he must've known his killer...
This is where he breathed life into Inspector Chardash, right?
- But that's no longer... - Um, excuse me.
- I'm investigating. - I'm investigating the crime scene too.
Eh?
His lordship ordered me to make the necessary preparations,
in case you make the wrong deduction again.
It can carry this much weight, huh?
Misaki-san, would you like to try?
No, it's all right.
If you don't like the drone, I will prepare a flying balloon or a flying carpet.
As long as it can make you smile again.
Um, is Tanaka-san in charge of deductions this time?
Is Tanaka-san in charge of deductions this time?
Is Tanaka-san in charge of deductions... this time?
What is it?
I'm asking you, is Tanaka-san--
Of course I have faith that you will solve this case.
So you did hear me!
But just in case you fail to produce any results.
I might have lost to your butler Yamamoto but I will never lose to that Tanaka-san!
An insult towards my servants is an insult towards their master.
I won't let it pass next time. You can be sure of that.
What's more, you seem to misunderstand.
Tanaka is nothing but a tool.
A tool?
Win or lose, don't forget that at the end of the day,
you are competing against me, who uses a tool called Tanaka.
My lord, I found where the rock came from.
It was probably here.
Seems like it, huh?
I found the jack that might have been used to raise the rock.
Is this Yakujin-sensei's car?
Yes.
Once again, this doesn't look like a car a bestseller author would have.
In between writing, Sensei loved to tend the fields, so he said this was the most practical.
Most likely, the rock here had been slightly underground.
After it was raised with the jack, it was pushed off the cliff with the car.
I agree.
As expected from Takatoku-sama.
I would love to see you continue to do that so you can uncover the truth today.
You don't have to tell me, I will definitely do that!
What are you doing?
Misaki-san, this is the direct door to the study,
and this is the one that goes to the kitchen, right?
Yes, probably.
Yakujin-sensei used this door, right?
Eh?
I thought it was strange that there weren't any shoes when we came through the front door.
Ah, now that you've mentioned it.
Sensei once told me he used the back door because of superstition.
I've never been to this kitchen, though.
But he went in and out from here, huh?
Who could that be?
Let me.
- Ah, um... - Um, who are you?
- Matsuo-san! - Ah, Hioka-san!
Who is she?
Good day.
To meet yet another beautiful lady! Today must be my lucky day.
Matsuo-san, why are you here?
I came here to collect Sensei's manuscript but
he didn't seem to be in, so I walked around the forest for an hour.
I picked these there. What about you?
Sensei asked me to bring this detective here.
Who is she?
Matsuo Saori from Chiyoda Books.
Like me, she is the editor in charge of Yakujin-sensei there.
Yakujin-sensei really hates strangers.
The only editors allowed here are Hioka-san and I,
and Takino-san from MK Publishing.
I'm...
Hm? What happened?
Just a little murder.
Murder?!
Actually...
A Mr. Yakujin...
was murdered.
Thank you.
Directly flown from Dimbula. Please have some.
Thank you.
Hana-san.
Your tea is delicious as always, Tanaka-san.
Thank you.
- Please let me know if you would like more. - Yes.
Hana! Why are you here?
Oi, oi, oi, oi. Don't call me Hana-san.
And you? Chasing after Kizoku-sama?
No! He came to where I was!
But this is Yamanashi, right? It's not your jurisdiction.
As the most experienced in working with Kizoku-sama,
I was told by the higher-ups to do my very best to make sure
the investigation progresses smoothly without offending Kizoku-sama.
Though you only met him once?
It's what I'm brilliant at.
- And what's with "Kizoku-sama"? - Just a nickname.
- Inspector, what a surprise. - What is it?
The victim is the author of the Detective Chardash series, Yakujin Harumasa.
Um, Chardash?
What? The writer of that series?
- That book, "Woman in Mourning Dress, Satomi"? - Totally wrong!
Totally wrong.
Giri, "Woman in Mourning Dress, Satomi".
Ah, you don't have to check.
I found this information about "Woman in Mourning Dress, Satomi" on the web.
Aaaah~ an erotic novel.
He regularly buys them at the kiosk at Tsurumi Station.
- Stop it, Tsunemi! Report. - Yes.
Um, Yakujin Harumasa left for work yesterday morning,
coming to this workshop from his home, which is 1 km away from here.
How rude!
At 8 PM last night,
he called his wife, Yakujin Reiko, to say he would stay overnight here.
Then he should have been killed after that, right?
- Thank you. - Yes.
Oh, Izumi-chan!
That's her?
Yes. By the way, Izumi-san is now dating the heir of a textile manufacturer.
From clothes to textile? That's too close!
Hey, why do I have to work at Yamanashi too?
I'll treat you spaghetti next.
No need.
I know a nice place. That one with all-you-can-eat powder cheese and the same price for regular and large sizes.
- The time of death is-- - Wait a minute!
Do you know the time of death?
- Between 5 and 7 AM this morning. - How did you know?
You're amazing! Why don't you quit being a detective and be a forensic scientist?
- What? - What?!
Continue.
2 blows to the head with a blunt object. Bam! Bam!
There are traces of blood on the trophy beside the body.
It's a match to the wound, so it is definitely the murder weapon.
Sorry.
Hana-san!
Trophy, huh?
Trophy, trophy...
I see it!
Inspector?
The killer is a fan of Yakujin.
A passionate fan! Yes. You see, he sneaked
into the workshop of an author, and then... Oh!
There's a trophy here!
Hey, what are you doing? Hey, no! What are you-- No, no! And blam!
Without realizing it, he's killed the man. Well?
Well, if it were a fan, he would've taken the trophy with him.
No, you see, it's covered in blood so he didn't want it anymore.
No, there's no sign of s struggle.
I think the killer must have been an acquaintance.
Besides, if it were a burglar, there's no need to drop the rock.
Why are you laughing?
I-i-investigate! Find the murder motive!
- Yes, sir. - Hey, that's my tea!
- Inspector. - Oh! What is it?
The crime scene team from Yamanashi Police has arrived.
They are arguing with Kizoku Tantei outside.
Oi, oi!
What are you all doing?
Stop! Stop! Stop! You're in the way!
I told you to stop, right?
Hey, was it you? You're the one who brought them here?
Stop it right now.
We can't entrust our country's public safety to high-handed officials like you.
I will talk to your superior directly. Yamamoto.
- Yamamoto. - Yes, my lord.
- You...! - Calm down, calm down!
Who are you?
Yamamoto-san, please wait! Um... I'm Hanagata from Kanagawa Police Department.
- Yamanashi Police's Kugimura-san, right? - Yes.
You must have heard from the headquarter's chief.
Yes, about letting that Kizoku Tantei guy do what he wants, right?
But I can't let this circus--
What is your name and rank? Tell me.
What?
Oi, oi, Kugimura-san.
Upon our prestitch--
- "Prestige", right? - Eh?
- What "prestitch", Hana... - Ah, you're right.
Upon the prestige of the police, please let Kizoku-sama do as he pleases.
I'm under a strict order not to interfere with him! Please be patient.
- Who is he? - He is a nobleman!
- Inspector! - Chief!
The victim's wife is here.
Ah! Let's go, let's go, Kugimura-san.
What nobleman?!
Ah! What is it?
Who are these two women?
Ah, this is Kizoku-sama's assistant, Tanaka-san.
She investigates the case on behalf of Kizoku-sama.
I'm the maid, Tanaka. Thank you for your help.
A maid?
A maid-like assistant. Please don't worry.
And this?
This here is, uh... Takatoku Aika woman.
Another detective besides Kizoku Tantei-san.
- Another detective? - Another one.
His lordship has ordered that this case's investigation should be left to Takatoku-sama.
Takatoku-sama is a brilliant detective who has the full confidence of his lordship.
- Thank you for your help. - What is going on?!
- I'm sorry. - Mrs. Yakujin.
- Ah, wait, Hana! - Don't call me Hana!
- Excuse me, who are you? - Takino-san?
Hioka-san, Matsuo-san.
I'm Takino from MK Publishing.
Like the two of them, I'm an editor in charge of Yakujin-sensei.
MK Publishing is the publisher for the Blue Labyrinth series, right? I've read all of them.
- Excuse me! - I'm sorry for being too forward.
Takino-san, why are you here today?
We had a meeting planned to discuss a serialization.
So I was here at 4 AM.
Huh? 4 AM? That's early.
My meetings with Sensei had always been at sunrise as we watched Mount Fuji.
Me too.
Me too. He said so we would have a harmonious relationship.
But I heard he was rushing for a deadline for Matsuo-san.
I'd been waiting at his home since early morning, and this happened...
Mrs. Yakujin.
Last night, on the phone with Yakujin-sensei,
was there anything strange?
Excuse me.
Can we wait until things have calmed down before talking about that?
That's right. Shall we wait until then?
- It's all right. - Really?
Then please tell us.
He was his usual pre-deadline self, and he told me he would stay overnight at the workshop.
And because he had planned to meet Takino-san the next day,
he told me to call him and tell him to wait at home.
Do you know who would do something like this to him?
My husband didn't have many friends,
I have never heard him having any trouble.
Has anything changed in this workshop?
No, I don't think anything has changed.
I come here once a week to clean it.
- Once a week? - Once a week?
Less frequent than I thought.
Takino-san, what about you?
I had never been into that room before, so I don't know.
None of the editors were allowed in there.
- Me too. - Me too.
Mrs. Yakujin, there's one more thing I'd like to know.
Yes, there was a Fuji rock here.
Fuji rock?
He found a rock that was taken from Mount Fuji during the Edo Period online.
He was so happy when he bought it. But why...
Thank you. Please have some rest.
Then I shall make tea.
This way, please.
Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.
Oi, oi, oi, oi.
Hey, is the fallen rock really related to the murder?
I don't think that someone else
coincidentally dropped it after Sensei was killed.
Those two incidents are definitely related.
It's tough for you, huh? Having to solve two cases.
No, it's OK. It won't take that much time.
Why not?
The only people Yakujin-sensei allowed to visit this villa are
the 3 editors and his wife.
The killer must be among those four.
So you mean it's one of them.
If we can figure out their alibi between 5 and 7 AM
along with 10 AM when the rock fell,
then we should find out who the killer is.
- Ah, shall we talk to all of them together? - Yes.
You're going in from there?
Hey, why did you lock it?
Wow, Yamanashi Police's lunch is really fancy!
- It's a gift. - A gift?
Look, look.
Isn't this Kizoku's crest?
Yamamoto-san must have prepared this out of consideration for us, right?
Hah! Maybe they think they can buy us off with this kind of thing?
They sure underestimate the police.
This is super delicious! Long live Kizoku!
Well, that was really easy.
Thank you for your hard work.
I've prepared jasmine tea to go with your lunch. Please have some.
Jasmine, huh?
First time I'm trying this.
Hana!
- I can smell the jasmine wood. - Thank you.
By the way, Tanaka-san,
are you compiling the case information again?
Yes, keeping things neat and tidy is my job.
How does it look like this time?
It's not something I can show to the professionals...
- It's OK, please show it to us! - But...
It's this man's, Hanagata Raiyuu's, once in a lifetime wish!
Hey, you said that before too!
Tanaka-san, please show it to us.
If you insist that much...
It's embarrassing but...
It's over there, huh? Hey, let's go!
Once again, you've really made an effort!
There's even a catchy title.
The issue is definitely the alibis of these four people, right?
Yes.
During Yakujin-sensei's time of death between 5 and 7 AM,
Yakujin Reiko-sama and Takino Michihito-sama were at the main house.
Because they were seen by neighbours, then their alibis are...
Proven!
Even this kind of trick! It's like Miyane-ya (TV show), huh?
- "Goody" tried too, huh? - Hana!
What's more, when the rock fell at 10 AM, they were...
at the main house too.
This was confirmed by the delivery man too so their alibis are...
Proven too!
Which means, the wife and Takino-san
couldn't possibly kill or drop the rock, right?
Yes. And Hioka Misaki-sama's alibi during the time of murder is...
None!
And when the rock fell...
She was with Takatoku-sama, so she has an alibi here.
- Do we really need that? - Makes you excited, isn't it?
True.
Lastly, Matsuo Saori-sama.
At the time of death between 5 and 7 AM, she was in Tokyo so her alibi is...
Proven!
And her alibi when the rock fell is...
None!
Let me summarize.
Basically, there's no one who could do both the murder and the fallen rock, right?
- Um... excuse me. - Huh?
- Can I have a moment? - What is it?
Actually, I didn't want to tell this when Mrs. Yakujin was there...
But it's possible that Yakujin-sensei had a lover...
He might have been seeing someone who wasn't his wife.
A scandalous tale, huh? Please tell us more.
Tanaka-san, you like that kind of thing, huh?
The board's gone!
Well, I don't have any proof but a few times a month,
I've been asked to say he was meeting me in Tokyo.
That's why I was wondering...
- Who would it be with? - I don't know.
I thought it was better not to look deeper.
- Inspector! - What? What is it?
- We found it. - What?
What? Hey, hey, Hey, you. What's with that attitude towards your boss?
- This was in the study. - What is this?
What's this?
It was on the book shelf, and it was the only one with a leather cover. So I thought, why?
See, when you read erotic books, you also camouflage it with a leather cover, right--
Oi, oi!
Tsunemi was still speaking!
W-what is it? Huh?
- Aaah, so that's it. - What's it?
- I know who the killer is. - Eh?
Why do we have to gather here?
I'm sorry. That's just how it is.
- Why is that? - Anyway, shall we sit down?
Why are you already sitting down?
This part is long, you see. My legs get tired.
Well then. I have high expectations of you today, Miss Female Detective.
For this case, I have gathered the information that can narrow our suspects down easily.
From the crime scene's condition, the killer was an acquaintance,
someone who could easily enter the villa.
Which means, the only suspects are the 4 people here.
And then, Yakujin-sensei's time of death was between 5 and 7 AM.
The rock fell at 10 AM.
Someone with no alibi for both timings has a high likelihood of being the killer.
But Mrs. Yakujin and Takino-san have an alibi.
Misaki-san doesn't have an alibi for the time of death, but couldn't have dropped the rock.
Matsuo-san could've dropped the rock, but has an alibi for the murder.
Then no one's the killer.
That's right. We've run out of suspects.
Oi, oi, oi.
Are you going to do that again?
Are you going to accuse me of being the murderer again?
I thought about it but
If you were the killer, you wouldn't have deliberately appeared here.
You're finally able to think of a logical conclusion.
Congratulations, Raccoon-san.
Then... Who is it?
If you think about it, there's only one problem in this case.
Why did the killer drop the rock after killing Yakujin-sensei?
That's the biggest mystery.
Though the problem is whether you can solve the mystery or not.
The killer dropped the rock 4 hours after the murder.
That's because it's necessary to create a timelag.
So, what would happen if the rock fell 4 hours after the murder?
Could it be... the killer was targeting me?
No, I don't think so.
Dropping the rock from that angle
makes it impossible for it to hit a car below.
Then why did it fall at that time?
I can only think that it was to target me.
I think it's the opposite.
The opposite?
When the rock fell, you were saved.
I see! It was a trick to create an alibi so you'd have nothing to do with the murder.
Wait! What do you mean? Are you saying I'm the killer?
Unfortunately.
What are you saying?
I didn't do it.
I can't agree to this, either.
It is a great sin to lay a false charge to a beautiful woman.
Surely you have proof?
In the first place, the only one among them who could come to the villa at the time of death is Misaki-san.
The only one who could've killed Yakujin-sensei is Misaki-san.
But I didn't drop the rock.
I was driving the car next to you!
Isn't that the real reason why you asked me to come?
What do you mean?
If you were together when the rock fell,
then this young lady
is the witness to your alibi?
Please stop.
How did she drop the rock?
Easy.
Her accomplice dropped the rock using the jack and the car.
- Accomplice? - Who's that?
There is only one person here who didn't have an alibi when the rock fell.
Isn't that right, Matsuo Saori-san?
Matsuo-san and I conspired to kill Sensei?
Yes.
Misaki-san killed Yakujin-sensei early in the morning.
Then she picked me up at the station below the mountain, and headed to the villa.
During that time, her accomplice, Matsuo Saori-san prepared the things at the villa.
She timed the rock to fall according to Misaki-san's instruction.
After that, the two of them feigned ignorance and pretended they met each other coincidentally.
No...
Why would we kill Sensei?
This is the diary found in Sensei's study.
- Diary? - I found it.
- The leather cover gave it away. - Inspector?
Shhh! Shut up!
Sensei wrote it in here.
About how he enjoyed dating his two female editors at the same time without anyone realizing it.
Both of you were Yakujin-sensei's lover, right?
Writing something like that on paper. How crass.
But the two of you realized he had been two-timing you.
Consumed with the same anger, you two worked together
to plan and execute this murder.
Is that so?
This is the truth behind this case.
There's no proof yet, but if we examine the crime scene and the rock,
we should be able to find something belonging to them.
I'll leave the rest to the police.
Shall we talk at the precinct?
- Hoshikawa! - Yes.
Please wait!
It's true that Sensei and I were involved...
But I didn't kill him!
Me too. I would never kill him.
So your companies were using women to get his manuscripts.
And you even killed him in the end!
That's not true!
I respected Sensei.
I wanted to read more of his work.
Me too.
- Let's go. - Yes.
- What are you doing? - Since when?
You again?
A nobleman can't just sit still when the tears of beautiful women
are flowing in front of his eyes, right?
Hey, what are you planning?
These two ladies have agreed to go on a date with me.
I can't let you take them.
You...!!!
Cut it out! Move!
Wait, wait, please calm down, OK? Please.
It was the Female Detective here who laid the false charges against them.
Are you saying my deduction is wrong?
Yes. I was a fool to expect something from you.
You've wasted everyone's time, and you even made two women cry.
Then I'm sure you have a different deduction?
Of course. I am the knight who will stand in front of evil to save the two princesses.
Then, let's hear it.
When did they--?
- Tanaka, do it. - Yes, my lord.
Do it yourself!!!
At a time like this, at a time when you're saving women, you should be doing it yourself, right?
What does she mean?
This guy is the type who lets his servants do everything.
- Hey, you! - Don't call him that.
You claim to be a detective, right?
I don't claim to be. I am one. What about it?
Then use your own mouth to reveal your deductions.
I am a nobleman.
Why should a nobleman reveal deductions?
Troublesome matters like deductions can just be entrusted to the servants.
Can't believe it, right? You'll get used to it soon.
Anyway, let's hear the deductions. OK?
Everyone, come on!
Actually this is only the 2nd time for us.
Oh, is that so?
- Tanaka. - Yes, my lord.
Well then, I, the maid Tanaka,
will send to hell and make a minced meat
of the scoundrel who killed Yakujin Harumasa-sensei,
the genius mystery author and our country's treasure, therefore
robbing us of his numerous future brilliant works.
Tanaka. Don't mix your personal feelings.
I'm sorry for being too forward.
Tanaka-san, you're surprisingly scary.
I'm sorry.
The key to this case is as Takatoku-sama has said.
The reason why the killer dropped the rock.
The answer is as Takatoku-sama has said,
to create an alibi.
So Misaki-san can create an alibi for herself.
No. If we look at the time the rock fell,
there are other suspects who are excluded.
Takino-sama and Mrs. Reiko.
They were at the house at the foot of the mountain then.
It's impossible for them to drop the rock.
No, it's possible.
The direct distance between this villa and the residence is close to 1 km.
It's within the operational distance of a drone.
A drone?
- Satou-san, the video. - Yes.
They've prepared another one!
"When did...?!" No reaction. Well, then.
- Hey, Tsunemi! - Yes.
Why did you sit before me...
When did--?!
I'm the only one who's surprised! Damn it! You chicken!
- Satou-san. - Yes.
After killing Yakujin-sensei, Mrs. Yakujin and Takino-sama
jacked up the large Fuji rock.
Oh? This is a miscast!
Tanaka-san should've played the female character!
Yamamoto-san is as big as the truck!
And after they did that,
they parked the car midway and put a stopper against the car.
- Stopper? - Yes.
And then they placed the drone in front of the stopper.
And then they used the deliveryman...
Ah, Tanaka-san is the deliveryman.
After they created an alibi for being at the house,
She did so many things. Even though she had no hat!
They operated the drone from the house.
Wow, stop-motion ("komadori")?
Wow! I'm a fan! Of the Komadori sisters... Just kidding.
Ah, let's watch.
This is how they created an alibi for when the rock fell.
I see. So they could drop the rock even when they were at the house.
Hmm, we know the trick now
but this re-enactment video is an overkill.
- Satou. - Yes?
See? He's gonna get scolded!
You were too good with the jack. It's unnatural.
I'll be careful.
- That? - Wait a minute!
This is your own imagination, right?
Yes! Even if they could drop the rock, they were at the house when Yakujin-sensei died.
They couldn't have killed Yakujin-sensei, who was at the villa.
So let's think about it this way.
That Yakujin-sensei wasn't killed at the villa, but at the house.
You're saying they moved the body?
- That's right. - That's impossible.
There were blood splatters on the bedsheet from when he was hit.
Yakujin-sensei definitely died on that bed.
Think of it this way.
Yakujin-sensei was killed at the house, on his own bed.
He was moved together with the bed.
With the bed?
And because of that,
there's another reason for the falling rock.
- Satou-san, please continue. - Yes.
Yakujin-sensei came back from his workshop early in the morning.
Wow, Tanaka-san is playing Sensei too.
He was killed by Reiko-sama and Takino-sama who were at the house.
Tanaka-san! Tanaka-san!
If they didn't get rid of the body and the bedsheet,
they would clearly be the suspects.
That's why they brought them to his study.
It was fortunate that the only people who had been inside were Sensei and his wife.
No one would've suspected why there was a bed.
But the wall was occupied by the book shelf, and the space left for the bed
was in front of the side door that Sensei always used.
They had no choice but to block the door,
and then made it look like that the bed had always been there.
Then, Yakujin-sensei really did use that door to go in and out?
Yes. The road there is really narrow,
the only place where he could park the car and went in and out of it
is in front of the kitchen door.
If a car is parked there,
the door to the kitchen couldn't be opened.
so Sensei could only go in and out from the study door.
Her fangirl imagination at work here.
And this is where there was a discrepancy.
When the bed is blocking the door to the study,
both of the doors become unusable.
The other editors would have known that Sensei never
used the main door, and used the back door instead.
This made them paused.
They had to make the kitchen door usable.
The two of them tried to find another parking spot,
but nothing worked. That was when they realized,
they had to move the rock.
If the rock wasn't there, they would have space for the car,
and the kitchen door would also be usable.
This is probably when they realized if they rigged the rock,
they could also strengthen their alibis.
So the two of them set up the rock,
and used the drone to make it fall.
This way, when the rock fell and when the murder happened,
they would have alibis for both of them.
So that's why they purposefully dropped the rock.
With this, their alibis are completely destroyed.
Right?
Hey, you! Your face is looking weird again!
Just like a mandrill during mating season whose mate was stolen, huh?
Your example game is too strong.
- Tanaka. - Yes, my lord?
Your acting is over the top.
I'll be careful.
Tanaka-san, you had been told that before, right?
Hey, you, put your face back together!
I think the reasoning is sound.
But why did they kill him?
Yes! We have no reason to kill him.
While your husband and the two female editors
were enjoying an adventure in secret,
you and Takino-sama here
are also having an affair, right?
- Satou-san. - Yes.
The two of them received a call from Sensei about staying over,
so they didn't have to worry.
- Is this re-enactment necessary? - Viewers will definitely complain.
And then suddenly... Sensei returned.
A fight broke out.
Before they know it...
- Yamamoto. - Yes.
He's gonna get scolded!
Brilliant acting today too.
We could never beat Yamamoto-san.
- Hats off to you. - On what basis?!
T-there's a basis, right? We peasants wouldn't understand. Please continue.
Mrs. Yakujin has been holding on to many years of
pent-up anger, and perhaps it exploded then.
Her husband had cheated on her many times before,
so she couldn't forgive him for being
unjustly angry this one time, right?
And that is the entire truth to this case.
Thank you for listening until the very end.
You are the murderers, right?
But... it was frustrating, wasn't it?
I had been supporting him since he wasn't famous...
if he had continued to be the kind man he had been...
I would have been happy with that.
I envy your husband.
He was married to a wonderful woman like you.
What nonsense are you saying?
I killed him. My husband.
It was an act of love. Any murdered man's true wish.
And you were thinking of him even until the very end.
That's why you placed the bed in such a way, right?
So he wouldn't be facing north.
It was the most logical thing for your superstitious husband at the end.
At least you sent him off while following what he would've wanted.
That's what you had hoped for, right?
You are not a bad person.
Merely...
You loved your husband more than anyone else.
You gotta be joking.
I didn't do anything!
She was the one who killed him.
I was just dragged into this.
When did our country become such a repulsive place, I wonder?
A man who used a hurting woman as his shield
is even worse than a murderer.
Even if the law spares you, you will get your punishment.
God doesn't trifle.
He will punish those with ill intentions.
Prepare yourself.
- Hanagata-sama, please. - Yes!
Instead of God, I, Hanagata, will arrest you.
- Inspector. - What is it?
Excuse me. Well then, instead of me, Kugimura-san, please go ahead.
With pleasure.
Surprisingly he's the hungry for fame sort, huh?
Right?
You!
Yes.
Ouch!
Don't pull me, it hurts! That's too much!
The monitor! Eh?
- You're surprised it's gone? - Where did it go?
You weren't surprised when it appeared though...
Why is there such a difference?
You have nothing to worry now.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
What a relief.
Yes! Really!
Thank goodness!
Can you move in a bit more? I can't get in. Ow, ow!
My butt wasn't in yet, you idiot!
Seatbelt, seatbelt.
What's the address?
Seatbelt!
Put it on!
Did he leave?
What?!
Can you take these off?
You idiot!
I'm truly sorry.
It's OK. It's true I had an affair with him.
We were saved by Kizoku-san, right?
- I'll go now. - Me too.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
If you don't mind, have some hand-made chocolates.
They were made using the best criollo cocoa from Venezuela,
The over 80% cocoa content
gives it a mellow bitterness that's a perfect companion to alcohol.
Ah, I'm being too forward.
No, thank you.
Please excuse me.
Aren't you going to say anything?
It is against the knight's chivalry code to stab an opponent when she's already lost.
I lost completely.
I went after innocent people.
I did something a detective should never have done.
If you want to cry, go to someone else.
I'm not free enough to console you.
But the one I lost to is Tanaka-san.
You didn't do anything!
I told you, right? Troublesome investigations and deductions isn't the job of a nobleman.
Then why are you here?
To invite Misaki-san and Saori-san out to dinner, of course.
I have to do the most important thing of the day now, so...
Goodbye.
I found it!
Wow, it's really there.
Ah, here. This, take this too.
It can carry this much weight, huh?
If you'd like, why don't you try it too?
Giri, mandrill.
I found this information on mandrill on the web.
This? And one whose mate was stolen during mating season?
- I'm sorry! - Wow, what a face.
Master.
Oh?
- You met him again? - We accidentally had an encounter at a case again.
Isn't that awesome? Maybe he's the one.
You gotta be kidding! Not that pompous ass!
Hmm~ And so you turned into a mandrill?
- Like this? - No, like this.
A little bit cuter.
I'm sorry. I embarrassed you once again.
A complete loss!
Well, it's all right. At times like this, just drink all you want and go to bed immediately!
Maybe I'll have a drink too.
- I still don't believe it. - Believe what?
One year ago...
On that day...
Master, was it really...
Ugh, she always disappears whenever it suits her.
Huh?
Translator & timer: choklad (1992*4##111 fansub)