Kindaichi Shonen no Jiken ~Hong Kong Kowloon Zaiho Satsujin Jiken~ Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo - Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder Aired 12 Jan, 2013
NTV's 60th anniversary special show
- 20 years ago in Kowloon Walled City -
Nine dragons live in Kowloon Walled City.
"Nine" represents the biggest figure and rank.
When they are brought together, they'll bring about eternal wealth and prosperity.
The one who guards the Walled City is the Dragon Emperor.
Emperor Wang.
The police will be here soon.
Let me ask you one more time.
Where is the Kowloon treasure?
Do you remember this face?
It's the tattooist Mao.
He talked before he died.
He told us whose body he had put the tattoo on.
Wang Long!
Now there's no need to even question you.
Your selfish dream is over.
Daddy...
Escape with your mother. Go! Run!
Dad, you're hurt.
Stop the Venomous Dragon. Everyone will die.
Go!
There's a kid with them. Kill him. Kill them all.
If the Dragon Emperor who protects the city is killed, the Venomous Dragon would be awakened.
That dragon would burn everything to smithereens.
Even to this very day, he may be resting somewhere.
He may still be somewhere in this world.
Nobody knows for sure.
Young Kindaichi's Case Files - Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder -
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Wobble~!
Sasaki, are you filming? Wobble~! Look, look!
- Kano sisters [famous for their large breasts]. - Which one?
Miyuki, look at this. Can you take a photo?
- Okay. - As a memento.
- Don't come all the way to Hong Kong to embarrass us Japanese people! - Ouch.
- Do you want to eat these? - No!
Who do you think helped you come to Hong Kong?
Don't make me regret it.
- I'm taking your wallets. - Huh...?
Eh? Mine too?
- Stop it. - Right, off we go. - Ouch, ouch...
I am Nanase Miyuki. I'm in my second year of high school.
He is my childhood friend, Kindaichi Hajime.
He may not seem so great, but in fact he's the famous detective Kindaichi's grandson.
The reason I am here in Hong Kong with him and our schoolmate, Saki Ryuji, is...
... because I'll probably become a supermodel!
Probably~!
What the heck?!
What was that?
- Sorry. - Why are you apologizing?
You're so useless.
How mean!
Is there some problem, Miss?
Oh, you spoke Japanese.
Who are you? Who?
My name is Shin. Let's get you some new clothes for starters.
- Are you tourists in Hong Kong? - That's cute too!
Miyuki was chosen as a model for the Tokyo Girly Mode fashion show that opens tomorrow in Hong Kong.
That's really something!
She's just taking the place of a model who quit suddenly.
Hajime-chan, Hajime-chan...
Look at this t-shirt. It's so kitsch.
- "Sea pig." - Huh?
- Pigs can swim? - Why are you being so silly?
He's asking if you want to try them on.
Yes.
What's with her being so forceful?
- Well, I'll leave you to it now. - Thanks.
It's me.
The "eye of the dragon" thing went as planned.
100 million is fine. That's enough.
Isn't Miyuki taking quite a while?
- I hope she's okay. - What?
Well, actually there's a rumor that a long time ago a Japanese woman entered a changing room in Kowloon Walled City
and she vanished.
People say she may have been sold to some other country.
Well, those urban myths exist everywhere.
Hey, Miyuki, are you okay?
She's not answering.
Her not answering is great news... for me!
- In that case, I'll take a peek inside~! - Hajime...!
I'm taking a peek~!
Eh?!
No way. She really vanished.
Hey, Miyuki!
For real?
Miyuki!
Hajime!
Saki!
Let me borrow this.
Sorry, sorry!
Wow, Hajime!
I'll film this.
Move, move, move, move! Move!
Get out of the way! It's dangerous! Move, move!
Excuse me.
Wait up! Hey!
Miyuki, wake up!
Miyuki!!
Hajime!
Saki, pass me your phone.
- Eh? - Hurry! - Ah, okay.
GPS [Global Positioning System]? What are you doing?
There she is.
- I'm borrowing the bike. - Okay.
Give back the skateboard.
- Kowloon (Nine Dragon) Park -
A park?
Where could Miyuki be?
I was told to give this to this kid if I saw him. Off we go.
They recognized me?
- You have received a message -
"If you inform the police, the girl will be killed."
Miyuki?
"Venomous Dragon"
Venomous Dragon?
You talked about it before, right?
You said a Japanese woman had been kidnapped in Kowloon Walled City.
Actually it was in this very park.
This park has the relics of Kowloon Walled City.
Was it really here?
There were a huge bunch of old ruined buildings built like a fortress. See!
It looked like this.
It was a nest of crimes which the police didn't even dare get involved in.
It was called the "city of darkness."
Well, it was pulled down over 20 years ago now.
These are remains of it?
Ah!
The eyes on this dragon have been drilled out.
How creepy.
Oh, there's a dolphin here.
They said they'd kill her if we tell the police.
But they didn't say they wouldn't kill her if we don't either.
Let's think positive, okay!
Ah, what are we going to do now?
Miyuki!
- Who are you people? - Eh? You're speaking Chinese?
- You're Japanese? - You're not Miyuki?
- No, I'm not. - You just look similar.
- By Miyuki did you mean Nanase Miyuki? - Eh?!
- You know her? - Mm.
- She's appearing in Girly Mode in my place. - Ah.
So you must be the troublesome model who pulled out at the last minute?
Yes. My name is Yang Ran.
Wow, you really do look so much like Miyuki.
Why did you pull out of the Girly Mode show?
- Is it connected to Miyuki's kidnapping? - Eh?! Kidnapping?
- Hajime, don't accuse her. - They may have mistakenly kidnapped Miyuki thinking it was me?
Eh, what do you mean?
Well, you see...
Wow! This is not the time to be reacting like that.
- I have a tattoo here. - You have a tattoo?
You're right. It looks like a dragon.
My mom had it tattooed on me. She said it shows the whereabouts of the Kowloon treasure.
- By "treasure" do you mean the legendary Kowloon treasure? - Hang on.
So you're saying that someone mistakenly kidnapped Miyuki looking for that tattoo.
In a photo I took for a Hong Kong magazine you could see a glimpse of this tattoo.
- Ran. - Yes? - There's a phone call for you.
Yang Ran?
Yes.
That happened many times.
It was soon after that I heard that Girly Mode would be held in Hong Kong.
So that's why you pulled out of it?
My mother had the same tattoo as mine.
It was because of that tattoo... that she committed suicide.
- Suicide? - Yeah.
Mom was being chased by people who wanted the Kowloon treasure.
She poured gasoline on herself in front of my very eyes.
I was six years old.
After that some of my Japanese relatives took me in.
They were worried that I might be harassed in Hong Kong like my mother was.
I heard that Miyuki looks like me and she could take my place in the fashion show.
I was so worried that I decided to come here as well.
Um hey, I have a favor to ask you.
Would you mind pretending to be Miyuki and going to the show rehearsals?
- Eh?! - Sure. I was thinking of doing that too. - Eh?!
Saki, it's obvious that the people who thought Miyuki was Ran must have some connection to the show.
- They must be upset that Ran is fine, even though she was supposed to have been kidnapped. - Oh.
They'll probably set up some traps for Ran.
- I see. - We'll hold them off and you take shots of any suspicious people with your camera.
We'll call it the "Fake Or Real Strategy!"
Wait up!
Okay, you can go in.
- Eh? - Oh...
A metal detector? They sure do have strong security at this fashion show.
Many of Hong Kong's VIPs will be attending tomorrow's show. There are 500 outfits to be shown too.
- We have to change into a new outfit every 5 minutes. - Wow! - Here's your seat for the party.
Ah, hello. Sorry to have kept you waiting.
You luggage has been delivered to your room. You just need to complete the check-in process.
- These are the two you said about? - Ah, yes. My classmates. - I'm Kindaichi Hajime.
- Ah, I'm Saki Ryuji. - Welcome.
- I'm Tokyo Girly Mode's Takigawa Ryuta. - Ah, thanks.
- This is my assistant, Sakuma. - Hello.
Ah, you're the person who scouted Miyuki?
The main model, Ran, disappeared just days before the show.
We were in trouble, but then I luckily spotted someone who looked like Miyuki's double in the crowd.
I asked her to quickly help us out.
Tonight is the preview party. We have seats for both of you. Do please enjoy it.
Thank you.
He didn't seem to notice at all that the real Ran is the one right here.
What!? What's going on!?
What's wrong?
Sir, is something wrong?
Do something about it!
You idiot!
Do you want to be fired?
Excuse me for a moment.
It was just a butterfly, so you're fine now.
Stay there.
Don't bring it near me.
Thank you. You helped me out a lot.
Throw away the hat too. Hurry up.
It's great to see you here.
I see that you really do look exactly like Ran.
Ivy.
How do you do? You must be Miyuki.
Yes.
How do you do? I'm Ivy Liu, the designer.
It's a pleasure.
This is Chan Yong Fu. He's the show's promoter.
Promoter?
I'm Frank, an event director. Ivy, let's continue greeting everyone.
Do your best in the show.
Those two must have heard from Takigagwa about Miyuki being the replacement model.
- Which means they're not connected to the kidnapping. - No, we can't be sure.
Stop right there!
Show me what's inside your jacket.
A gun!
Put down your weapon and raise your hands.
I'm Byron Lee from Taiwan's security police.
I've been assigned to do security for the show. Here is the assignment order.
We apologize!
It's fine. I should have shown this to you sooner.
You're the one responsible for this show?
What's your name?
I'm Takigawa.
I'd like to discuss the show's security with you.
Sure.
That machine gun is a H&K MP5, isn't it?
It's a submachine gun used by Japan's special forces too.
- But what is a Taiwanese police officer doing here? - Eh?
Ah... that's a good point.
Kindaichi, over here, here.
It's weird hearing her call me in such a friendly way.
You think so?
Hajime, it's him!
That guy named Shin who showed us around Hong Kong.
Saki, be sure to focus on his movements.
Leave it to me.
Miyuki, you look really good in that dress.
- You'll be fine like this. - Thank you.
You'll be appearing in the show for 3 days in a row from tomorrow night.
- It'll be hard work, but do your best. - Okay.
It's that Detective Lee guy.
Couldn't we secretly talk to him about Nanase?
No way. They said they'd kill Miyuki if we tell the police.
Shin Lee, move to another chair.
Hurry up.
- Shin seems to know the organizer, Chan. - Is Chan his accomplice?
This is non-alcoholic champagne.
You're the guy from earlier.
Let me introduce the models who will be participating in Tokyo Girly Mode in Hong Kong.
H... Hajime.
Stop!
I'm Byron Lee from the Taiwanese police. Stay where you are.
He's dead.
He was poisoned.
Who poured the champagne?
I did.
I'm a part-timer here. I'm Kim London.
London?
- I want to question you further. Take him to another room. - Eh?!
- Eh? But it wasn't me! - Just a moment, Detective.
He's not the culprit.
- Who are you? - I'm Kindaichi Hajime.
He's the grandson of quite a famous sleuth in Japan.
Kids shouldn't butt in. Take him away.
- I didn't do it! - He's right.
Because if a great bottle of champagne is being poured in front of you, you watch it.
Chan did the same.
Could you slip some poison in at that time?
- So there wasn't any poison in the bottle? - Correct.
If there had been, the rest of us would be dead too.
The poison wasn't in the bottle, but rather in the glass.
That's why Kim isn't the only suspect.
There was one man who disappeared just moments before the victim died.
- What's his name? - He is Shin Lee.
- He was the assistant of the victim Chan. - Find that man.
We have the exits of this hotel monitored closely.
Have the exits check everyone for photo ID.
And one more thing.
Did any of you notice anything odd recently?
If any of you have heard anything or have any ideas,
please inform me.
Hajime, we should tell him about Nanase.
What is he talking about?
I can assure you of your safety.
It's nothing.
- From Miyuki - I'm fine. But if the police find out I have been kidnapped, I may be killed.
They said they'll return me alive if they get what they want.
- Do you think the person who poisoned Chan and who kidnapped Nanase are the same? - Who knows.
Um...
- Thank you so much for earlier! - No, it was nothing.
You stood up to the detective so well.
I was so worried about what to do without our passports or wallets. Right, Hajime?
This is the dish which this restaurant is famous for.
- What is this...?! - It's duck feet.
- This is grilled frog. - (Grilled frog...?!)
Well, people here happily eat it. I don't though.
Why did you order stuff that you won't eat, Kim?
Because Japanese people seem to like eating the famous food of places that they visit.
- I've messed up? - Yes.
But thanks for the thought.
Eh?!
- The duck feet are delicious! - You can eat it?!
- Kim, you try some too. Go on! - Me too?
Please just ignore him.
- It's delicious! - You too?!
- Right? - It sure is!
Ah, that's right. We can watch Hong Kong's famous laser show from my room later.
Laser? What are you talking about?
Let's invite Miyuki along too.
She's your friend, right?
That's... right... Shall I call her?
I'd love to, but I'm about to go to dinner with Ivy.
May I?
That sounds fun, Kindaichi. May I come along too?
Hong Kong sure has changed.
- Has it? - It's completely different from when the Kowloon Walled City existed.
Kowloon Walled City? That's the place that's a park now, right?
- It was known as the "city of darkness"? - Darkness, huh?
But it was also an island of treasures and full of dreams.
Dreams?
The Kowloon treasure.
It was said to be worth billions of dollars.
A 99 carat diamond.
99 carats?!
That diamond was embedded in the eyes of the dragon statue.
That treasure and the people of the Walled City were protected by Wang Long who was known as the Dragon Emperor.
- Let me say this to the 50,000 residents of this Walled City, let's stand up and proclaim our independence! - 20 years ago when it had been decided to demolish the Walled City, Wang Long made a stand.
We have the power to do this!
In their difficult situation they all gained courage from listening to his words.
But he was a fraud.
- Eh? - He'd been planning on taking the treasure for himself.
- For himself? - But just before he made his escape...
... he was killed.
- So where is that 99 carat diamond now? - It has never been found.
But that is all just a silly legend.
It's quite noisy up there.
Detective Lee?
- Has something happened? - Shin was murdered. - Eh?!
The cause of death is probably a skull fracture.
The entrance door was locked.
But this door had been left open.
Someone must have come in from that way.
Also...
this was discovered in Shin's pocket.
"You can never escape the Venomous Dragon."
- "You can never escape the Venomous Dragon." - Venomous Dragon?
Detective Lee, why did you call us here?
We're not connected to this murder at all.
And aren't you a Taiwanese police officer?
Why are you getting involved in a Hong Kong case?
The Kowloon treasure. I came to Hong Kong to search for it.
What is the treasure?
This case is related to the case of the Kowloon treasure that disappeared 20 years ago.
So you're saying that one of us... holds the key to finding the Kowloon treasure?
That's right, Kindaichi.
- Did you check the hotel's exits? - Of course.
Then it should be simple.
The person who came here between the time Shin left and the time he was murdered must be the culprit.
I was with Kindaichi and Saki the entire time.
That's right.
I was with Miyuki the entire time, right?
- Yeah. - I was in the hotel because of my work.
The show is turning into a mess because of the murder.
Your alibis have all been confirmed.
Confirmed.
Shin was murdered within an hour of Chan's poisoning.
None of you left the hotel during that time.
Well, in that case, we can leave, right?
I'm going back to the hotel.
Excuse me, Detective Lee...
What?
Where you in the hotel the entire time?
I was. Until I came here.
The entire time.
Is that so?
Oh yeah, can I get your business card so I can call you later if I need to?
Something unexpected has come up, so it's becoming difficult to accomplish your mission.
What are you talking about?
Hurry up and get out.
There's no need to play dumb.
I've already looked into who you are.
There are things I want to ask you and tell you.
What do you want to tell me?
Your name came up in the investigation.
It seems that you're a woman who has been secretly chasing the Kowloon treasure.
What is your goal?
Is it money?
We have to find that cursed treasure as soon as possible!
Is what you said true?
The Kowloon treasure...
Who would have thought...
I didn't know.
You're not Miyuki, are you?
- What do you mean? - The way you tucked your hair behind your ear earlier is what Ran does.
I've been watching her.
So I know.
What's going on?
You said you really didn't want to come to Hong Kong and that you wanted to hide out while the show went on.
Ran...
Can't you tell me what's going on?
Hm~ I guess that is what must have happened.
Shin was being threatened. He was sitting next to Chan and filled his glass with poison.
Because of which he was murdered when he got back to his own room.
But from looking at the video you filmed, there's no sign of him putting poison in the glass after Chan sat down.
And before that...
Chan made Shin change seats with him.
If he'd thought Chan would sit in the empty seat and filled that glass with poison, his plan would've been foiled.
So the murder was an accident and the culprit had actually been trying to kill Shin?
Hm~
Anyway, why did Venomous Snake kidnap Miyuki and kill both Chan and Shin?
Ah, for the Kowloon treasure's whereabouts shown in the tattoo. In other words, to find the diamond for themselves.
- Shin and Chan may be Venomous Snake's accomplices. - No, no.
Then they should have let Miyuki go or have killed her once they figured out that she's not Ran.
And the "You can't escape the Venomous Snake" message wouldn't have made any sense.
There's one other thing. Doesn't it seem like Takigawa knows Detective Lee?
Now that you mention it...
Look at these.
They both have the Chinese letter for "dragon" in their names.
Kim, are you awake?
What is it, Kindaichi?
Kim, are you in some way related to Kowloon Walled City?
Why do you ask?
You have the Chinese letter for "dragon" in your name just like Takigawa and Detective Lee do.
Also it seems a bit much of a coincidence for the murdered Shin to live on the floor above you.
You figured it out?
Why'd you do it?
Because that man... is my parent's arch enemy.
Eh?
My father was Wang Long, the man who was known as Kowloon's Dragon Emperor.
Eh?!
I was only 4 years old when my father died.
But there's one thing I still remember clearly.
My father was killed by one of his own underlings.
That person was Shin.
After that I was taken to Korea and adopted.
I lived all alone ever since then.
I hated him for having killed my father.
I wanted to have Shin face up to his past actions.
But I also wanted to meet my siblings who had all been split up.
I don't remember their faces clearly.
"If I stay near Shin, I may be able to see them."
That's what I thought.
- May I ask you something? - What?
Does "Venomous Snake" mean anything to you?
A little before dad was killed...
You win.
Papa, the dragon's eye is gone.
Did you exchange it for money?
Something stronger and scarier than money.
Depending on how it is used, it may become a venomous snake which destroys all that is evil.
Son, I'm sorry.
Daddy...
You guys...
I love you.
Stronger than money and able to destroy all that is evil if it is used right?
- What the heck? - I don't know. I don't get it at all.
There are worlds that we can't even imagine as we live our everyday lives in Japan.
There are times when I envy and even hate the way that young Japanese people don't have a care in the world.
Sorry.
Ran! It's Kindaichi.
Ran!
She's not answering her cell or room phones.
This is the master key.
Ran, are you here?
H... Hajime... that is...
"Venomous Snake"
It's blood.
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Ran took the place of your girl friend?
That friend had been kidnapped? Why didn't you say anything!
Sorry.
We apologize for not telling you.
But they'd said they'd kill Nanase if we told the police that she'd been kidnapped.
They threatened us.
Detective Lee...
Will Ran be okay?
Will Ran be...?
- Sakuma, follow me. - Yes, sir.
Lee, the person who kidnapped Miyuki also identified themself as "Venomous Dragon."
- "Venomous Dragon" is the Kowloon treasure, isn't it? - Mm, probably.
But the treasure isn't anywhere to be found.
The diamond was traded for something much more terrible!
What do you mean?
Lee, I told you about Miyuki, didn't I?
Now it's your turn to share what you know.
You were born in Kowloon Walled City, weren't you?
Stay here. I want to talk to these kids alone.
It's something you can't even say to the Hong Kong police?
It's something which only the upper level of politicians are aware of.
If people knew, it would create a panic.
What do you mean?
- There's a nuclear bomb. - Huh?
It was made during the Cold War.
It's a small nuclear bomb that fits into a suitcase and it's somewhere in Hong Kong right now.
Nu.... nuclear bomb?
A nuclear bomb that was created in Russia 20 years ago went missing.
We arrested the culprit a month ago.
He confessed that he'd sold it to a person in Hong Kong named ...
Kowloon Walled City's leader, Wang Long.
- Hey, hey, hey, how could that be? - It won't blow up, right?
The Russian satellites have picked up the signal from that nuclear bomb that was stolen 20 years ago.
It is located in Hong Kong.
It's signal was located here so...?
The signal means that the bomb's detonator has been activated.
Its battery has a 20 year life.
Once the detonator has been activated, if anyone tries to forcibly turn it off, it will explode.
Even if the battery runs out, the computer will be able to know that it was forcibly removed.
It'll blow up.
That can't be...!
- When will that be? - We have 10 hours left.
The worst case scenario is that at 9 o'clock tonight the nuclear bomb will go off somewhere in Hong Kong.
A radius of 20 km will be wiped out completely.
Hajime, let's make our escape quickly!
What about Miyuki? If we leave her, she'll never stop nagging later.
- That may be true, but if the bomb goes off, we'll all be dead. - But anyway... - What?
We don't have our passports, so we can't leave Hong Kong even if we wanted to.
- That's not the issue here. - Anyhow, Ran's tattoo shows the whereabouts not of the diamond, but of the bomb.
Ran's tattoo? What is that all about?
Her mom gave her a tattoo that shows the whereabouts of the Kowloon treasure.
Why didn't you say something earlier! Ran was kidnapped by someone wanting that treasure.
If the culprit sees that tattoo and can find the whereabouts of the bomb, Hong Kong will be doomed!
Miyuki will be doomed too.
Hajime...
Without that tattoo, our hands are tied.
Oh!
Ah~ I may have it!
What?
Ah, there it is.
But what does it mean?
Miyuki?
I was blindfolded and taken somewhere.
- Do you know where you are? Look around you. - Eh!
I can see a river from the window and there's a billboard on the other side.
- I think it's a dolphin, but its color is... - Its color is?
It's pink colored.
Miyuki? Hey, Miyuki!
Where is she? If the culprit has seen the tattoo, they may have gone to where the bomb is.
- Miyuki will be there too! - No way.
What if the culprit thinks the suitcase has the diamond and picks it up?
It will go off!
- Oh no, oh no, oh no... - Calm down!
She's in a riverbank house and can see a dolphin billboard.
- A dolphin? - Yes, a pink colored one.
Pink colored?
- Saki, show us the tattoo. - Ah, okay.
The dragon being above the dolphin looks very similar to this statue.
So you're saying it's behind this statue?
No.
Wang Long must have known what this dragon represents.
That's why he used it as a code.
There must be some trick to solving it.
Saki, what is a "sea pig"?
- It's the Chinese way of writing "dolphin." Stop being so dumb. - Of course!
The "sea pig" wasn't a pig, but rather a pink dolphin.
- Oh, so you aren't as silly as I thought. - Hm?
Kitsch~
"Ooku"?
No, I don't think that's how it's read.
How do you read this?
- Tai O. - Saki, look up "Tai O." - Ah, okay.
Here it is. It's famous for pink dolphins.
"Tai O"
The tattoo looks like the shape of this river. Can you overlap them?
I'll give it a go.
Unbelievable. They match perfectly.
- This red scale? - The Emperor's wrath.
There's a legend that if you touch it, the dragon will be furious.
- I often touch off Miyuki's wrath. - What?
The Kowloon treasure must be there.
Hurry!
- Saki. - Okay.
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Tai O is one hour by boat from Hong Kong Island.
Our first priority is to secure the nuclear bomb.
Stop going on and on about the bomb.
- What? - Hajime, don't be so rude!
- Sorry, he doesn't mean to be bad. - Detective Lee, may I ask you something?
Go ahead.
You're one of Wang Long's sons, aren't you?
It all happened 20 years ago.
It was the time when Kowloon Walled City was to be destroyed.
Daddy!
Wang Long, who was known as the Emperor of Kowloon, had brought together over half of the 50,000 residents.
- Let me say this to the 50,000 residents of this Walled City, let's stand up and proclaim our independence! - He wanted to declare independence.
To do that he look the Kowloon treasure known as the "dragon's eye" and traded it for a nuclear bomb.
It was his trump card for independence.
But his close associates betrayed him.
And dad was killed.
Us three sons were split apart.
His dream of independence went unfulfilled.
Now the only thing left is the nuclear bomb that may destroy all of Hong Kong.
Which reminds me, Ivy was very shocked to hear that Wang had traded the diamond for the bomb.
- Ivy? - Ivy has disappeared too.
We're there.
- Tai O -
Over there.
That's Ivy's stole!
Chase her!
That way!
Saki, this way.
That way! That way!
- Break into 2 teams and search! - Yes, sir!
Go!
Over there! There!
Hajime!
Hajime, this is...
It must've come downstream from there.
The dragon's wrath is that way too. Miyuki is probably there as well.
There's the billboard! It's a dolphin! It's pink!
- Slow down! - I can see a river from the window and there's a billboard on the other side.
It must be that house.
Hajime, why don't we call the police?
Let's go!
It was from upstairs.
Hajime, this is dangerous.
She's.... She's dead!
- Her throat was cut. - Was it suicide?
Look at this.
There should be something like a sealed case here.
Search this house thoroughly.
Where could Miyuki be?
Miyuki!
Miyuki!! Hey, Miyuki, hang in there! Miyuki!
Hajime?
Stop making me so concerned, Miyuki.
Thanks.
Miyuki?
Hey, hang in there, Miyuki! Miyuki!
Miyuki!!
How's Ran? Is Ran okay?
We haven't found her. She must be hidden somewhere.
You call yourself a detective?!
We have other priorities.
Whatever. I'll go and find her myself.
Sir, we searched the area, but didn't find anything.
Mobilize the local forces and expand the search area.
- Our target is the nuclear bomb. - Yes, sir!
Hajime, is it okay for us not to evacuate?
So Ivy was the culprit all along?
It has to have been her.
She used Shin to poison Chan's champagne so she could get her hands on the Kowloon treasure.
Then she killed Shin, who was her hired hitman.
Then she kidnapped Ran and came here to find the whereabouts of the Kowloon treasure.
But we chased her and she had nowhere to run, so ...
- Even though she knew about the nuclear bomb? - Well, she could trade the bomb for money.
Surely some terrorist group would've been happy to buy it.
- You really think so? - Huh?
Even though her neck was sliced so harshly, her hand holding the glass didn't have any marks.
Ah, now that you mention it, her hand should've been cut from holding the glass.
It wasn't suicide. Ivy was murdered.
She wasn't the true culprit.
Someone calling themself "Venomous Dragon" killed Chan and Shin.
They also made Miyuki like that too.
The real culprit killed 3 people and poor Miyuki got caught up in their scheme too.
I will bring the real culprit to justice!
I'll put my grandfather's name on the line!
Detective Lee, there is an abandoned building over there.
- The bomb will go off in 4 hours, so we must find it quickly. - Yes, sir! - Go!
You're working hard!
First was the fatal poisoning.
At that time there were 8 people seated at this table.
Shin came along soon after the 3 of us were seated.
This bit!
Chan looked at the table, then asked Shin to swap seats.
- Chan and Shin knew each other. - But that isn't enough of a reason to swap seats.
Kim is going around pouring the champagne.
I don't spot anything suspicious.
I've worked it out.
- I know how Chan was poisoned. - Eh!?
And if my suspicions are correct, I know who the real culprit is.
Who?
Next was Shin's murder.
All the suspects were in the hotel at the time that Shin was killed in his apartment.
I know that. The police were monitoring the doors.
So it must have been a hitman.
As if!
Shin's place seems close from the hotel, but it's surprisingly far.
But according to the map it isn't even 100 meters from the hotel to Shin's place.
- Please let us in. Okay? Please. - No!
Only the police are allowed inside. Who the heck are you kids?
- Hajime, let's evacuate. We've already found Miyuki. - No, thanks.
But the nuclear bomb will go off in 3 hours time! Boom!
The bomb...
- Search thoroughly! - Yes, sir!
- Who is it? - Kindaichi.
I'm glad I got your business card with your phone number.
I want your permission to enter Shin's apartment. Can we make a trade?
- There's no reason I should make a trade with you. I'm hanging up. - Even if I say I can tell you where the bomb is?
What did you say?
I've already solved the case.
What do you think this is?
12939.
It is written back-to-front.
The right way around it says "Pepsi."
In the room where Ivy was killed there were some letters written on the wall.
You need to flip over the image.
22153129.
These are longitude and latitude coordinates.
312911356.
If my suspicions are correct, the bomb will be located there.
Put the officer that is blocking your entrance on the line.
Understood, Detective Lee.
- You can go in. - In we go.
Why didn't you say anything about that sooner? Had you forgotten to say it?
Keep quiet.
Our target is 22° 15′ 31.29″ latitude.
It's 113° 56′ 39.23″ longitude
- It's 8 kilometers east of here. Let's go. - Yes, sir!
Shin's body was found here.
The cause of death was a skull fracture.
He would have needed to bang his head very hard to get that injury.
They say he must have whacked his head on this pillar.
- That's the Tower Hotel, isn't it? - Yes.
- Saki, pass me your camera. - Here you go. - Thank you.
You're good at math, right?
I've gotten A+ ever since the first year of junior high.
You can use the internet or whatever you need, but could you please calculate that hotel's ...
It's here.
There are only 2 hours left.
Go!
The 25th floor is where the show's outfits are being stored. Why do you need that?
Please help us, Sakuma. That's the only place I can think of.
- Search inside too! - Yes, sir!
Detective Lee!
We've found it.
Wow, there are so many outfits!
These coat racks are huge too.
We can fit 100 outfits on these special racks so that all of a model's outfits are hung there.
It's amazing that they fit in the elevator.
This hotel's elevators can also fit a baby elephant for us to use in the show.
Yesterday the hotel's doors were being monitored very closely. When did they start that?
It's been that way the whole time because VIPs from all over the world are coming.
It must be hard to bring metal objects inside.
- They monitor everything closely. - But these clothes racks are metal, aren't they?
Yeah. They patted down each outfit like this to check it wasn't hiding anything.
It would be difficult if they were monitoring things that closely.
No, hang on. They thoroughly searched the hotel after the murder, right?
Could you hide something this large anywhere?
- No, you couldn't. It would be impossible. - Impossible, huh?
- It would take until morning to get it back into shape. - Eh?
Ah, nothing.
Sorry, Saki.
- What are we going to do? - It's no problem.
- Ah, is there any hot water? - Mm.
Eh! How did you do that?
It's boiling!
They're shape memory alloy frames.
Even if they get bent, you just need to heat them up.
See! They're back to normal.
- Ouch! - Saki, great job!
I've worked it out.
I've solved the trick of how the real culprit killed Shin without setting foot outside this hotel.
But Hajime, that's ....
Yeah.
I've solved the entire case.
How is Miyuki?
She hasn't woken up yet.
Her injuries aren't serious, but the psychological shock was probably large.
I see.
Ah, you can leave her to us now.
Saki and I will take turns looking after her until she wakes up.
Call me on the intercom if you need anything.
We'll be here for you.
Yeah.
Miyuki? Can you hear me? It's me.
Hajime...
I'm glad you've woken up.
The doctor said your injuries aren't as bad as they look and they'll heal soon.
Okay.
Thanks.
Don't worry.
I'll catch the culprit.
I'll do it with you watching.
So come with me.
Okay?
Okay.
What does Kindaichi think he's doing calling us here to wait for him?
We still haven't found Ran yet.
Thanks for waiting for us.
Kindaichi?
Detective Lee, it seems that you found it.
Yeah.
The bomb squad managed to deactivate it.
Hong Kong has been saved. Thanks.
So the only thing left... is to find the real culprit.
- The real culprit? - Yeah.
The real culprit, Venomous Dragon, who killed Chan, Shin and Ivy.
It's one of you.
Let's start with the trick used to kill Chan Yong Fu.
The device used for this trick was the glass.
The glass?
At that time at the 8 seat table there were 6 glasses with a butterfly design on them.
There were 2 glasses with a flower design.
But all the other tables had 4 butterfly and 4 flower glasses.
Don't you think that's unusual?
That is odd. I know for sure that I had set 4 butterfly and 4 flower glasses on each table.
So you're saying that someone had swapped the flower glasses for butterfly glasses before dinner?
Why would they do that?
It was so they could be 100% sure that Chan would sit in front of one of the flower glasses which had been laced with poison.
There were 2 flower glasses. The culprit would have sat in front of one of them.
It was an easy trick to pull off if you think about it.
Chan hated butterflies.
He wouldn't even put on the hat which a butterfly had touched.
Would such a person drink champagne from a glass with a realistic butterfly drawn on it?
- Psychologically it would be impossible. - Right?
That's why Chan made Shin swap glasses with him after he saw the butterfly design.
He didn't realize he'd then be drinking champagne from a poisoned glass.
The culprit had used Shin.
The culprit had probably ordered Shin to come to the party early and sit in front of the only remaining flower design glass.
It was to make Chan have to later make him swap seats.
The culprit had also earlier ordered Shin to kidnap Miyuki.
Shin hadn't realized he would be killed himself later.
Next is Shin's murder.
Hang on.
All of us were in the hotel when Shin was murdered.
Shin's body was found in his own place over 100 meters from here.
I have already established the whereabouts of everyone at that time.
It would be impossible for anyone here to have killed Shin.
I expect that the culprit had wanted that as their alibi.
If a murder had occurred, the entrances and exits of the hotel would be restricted.
In other words, the culprit knew that if they stayed in the hotel, their alibi would be watertight.
In other words, the culprit killed Shin from within this hotel.
Then they sent Shin's corpse from here the his place 100 meters away.
They'd need to use magic.
There's no way they could do that.
Actually it is possible.
After the party was canceled because of Chan's death,
the culprit would have quickly headed up to the 25th floor outfit room where they had mailed Shin to meet them.
They hit Shin, killing him.
I got Saki to calculate it earlier.
From this 25th floor outfit storage room ...
it is approximately 100 meters to Shin's 4th floor room.
They must have used a strong wire.
They just needed to hang a ropeway between the two places.
Perfect.
The corpse was sent from this window into his room, where it was stopped when it hit the pillar.
How would they have set the wire in place?
- It would stick out and be seen. - Of course.
A wire would stick out, so they would have used a strong, thin synthetic thread first.
The culprit probably knew that Shin always left the window open in his place.
The culprit would have checked that Shin had left his room, then used a radio-controlled helicopter.
They could send the radio-controlled helicopter with a thread attached in through the window.
All they'd need to do is pull in a wire attached to the thread just before they were ready to work the trick.
That would create a circular wire ropeway.
They'd need 100 meters of wire times two, meaning 200 meters.
Then if they just throw Shin's corpse out the window, it would be pulled over automatically.
If they just reeled the wire back in, then the trick would be completed perfectly.
I see.
It could work in theory.
But surely it wouldn't be possible in reality.
It would be possible. We calculated it with a 3 mm thick wire earlier.
How would they have brought that wire in here?
The hotel's entrances were strictly monitored.
All the deliveries went through the metal detectors.
How could they have brought in a 200 meter wire?
- What if they used coathangers? - Hangers?
They used one long wire twisted to look like a large number of coathangers.
Then they put clothing on the hangers and had the staff bring them in.
- It's true that you'd never work it out by just patting the clothing down. - Right?
All they needed was for the wire to have been brought in like that.
Then they could take the clothing off and twist the wire back into a coil.
Then it could be used in the trick.
Even if that was what happened, what did they do with the wire after they'd finished with it?
After the trick was complete?
A large number of police have been on security duty here the entire time.
It would've been impossible to take the wire back out of here.
- The wire was left here in this room. - Huh?
This is wire that I made from stretching out the coathangers earlier.
It took about 20 minutes.
How did they make it back into a coathanger after the crime?
It would take hours to twist the wire into the shape of coathangers.
That's if they did it by hand, but the culprit would've done it in an instant.
They used hot steam.
That's all they'd need.
- It's shape memory alloy. - Correct.
Was it one of you?
Is one of you Venomous Dragon who used this daring trick?
Yeah.
The real culprit who killed Chan, Shin and Ivy and is also known as Venomous Dragon is ...
... you!
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... you!
Miyuki.
Eh!?
No... you're not really Miyuki.
You're covering it with bandages and your injuries.
But really you're Ran who is supposed to be missing, aren't you?
You knew from the start that Miyuki and you look exactly alike.
That's why you said you didn't want to be in the show and made her come to Hong Kong in your place, right?
Your first task was to use Shin to kidnap Miyuki so you could take her place and kill Chan.
At the party you led us straight into the party room.
This way. Over here.
You made one of the two flower glasses taken by sitting down in front of it straight away.
That left the one poisoned glass.
Just as you'd planned, you managed to kill Chan and Shin, then you went off to kill Ivy too.
Ivy was upset because her two former friends were dead and thought she would be next.
You're Ran, right?
I have something to tell you.
Then you just waited for us to get to Tai O.
Ah, what are you doing!?
Hurry up and show me the tattoo on your body!
Damn you!
Ah! She's dead!
Miyuki!
How did you work it out?
How did you know I was Ran?
It was because of the way you called me "Hajime."
Miyuki would never call me "Hajime."
That's because we've been friends since we were little.
The real Miyuki calls me "Hajime-chan."
I see.
You're right. I did it.
Why did you kill them?
My mother had no choice than to pour gasoline on herself and die.
If you had witnessed that ...
I'm sure you would've done the same thing!
Ran, I want you to remember that this is the map to the dragon's treasure.
Do you understand?
Long time no see.
My mother was being harassed by people wanting the Kowloon treasure.
We finally found her.
Let me go!
Find...
the Venomous Dragon.
You must do that.
To be able to protect the Kowloon treasure from those men and to erase her tattoo, my mother doused herself in gasoline.
I was taken in by my mother's friend and soon taken from Hong Kong to live in Japan.
Japan was so peaceful and like a totally different world.
I finally figured out the code in the tattoo 3 months ago.
I came back to Hong Kong and searched for that abandoned building.
All I saw there were those meaningless letters painted on the walls and nothing else.
But I didn't care about the treasure anyway.
I was looking for Venomous Dragon just as my mother had told me.
That was how I became Venomous Dragon.
I wanted to get my revenge on those men who had driven my mother to such extremes.
So I became Venomous Dragon.
I vowed to get revenge.
I guess it started about 6 months ago.
I got them to print a photo of myself with my tattoo showing in a magazine that would be sold in Hong Kong.
There were a bunch of people after the treasure.
I wanted to lure Chan and Shin into my trap.
They sidled there way up to me.
They said they were promoters in the fashion industry and that they'd know the famous designer, Ivy Liu, for 20 years.
That's how I found out that Ivy was also part of their gang.
You're wrong.
You were wrong.
- Ivy was... - What do you mean I was wrong?
That woman was also part of Chan and Shin's gang that had pushed my mother to suicide.
She was searching for the Kowloon treasure. She wanted the money.
- No, you're wrong. - What am I wrong about?
You'd said, "I don't want to go to Hong Kong."
You said you wanted to hide while the show was on.
I went to see the designer, Ivy, because I thought she may be able to help you hide.
Wang Long Tai...
You're Wang Long Tai, aren't you?
You lived in the Walled City until you were 10 years old?
When my father was killed, there had been a woman who helped us kids escaped the walled city.
I didn't know her name, but I remembered her face.
I hadn't noticed until she said something.
But it was Ivy for certain.
Ivy wanted to see your tattoo, Ran.
She said a photo was fine if you didn't want to show her it directly.
I asked why she was so desperate to see it.
Wang...
Your father betrayed Kowloon.
What do you mean?
That diamond was supposed to be for the future of Kowloon that you three sons would inherit.
Wang inserted it into the dragon's eye.
For the future that us three sons would inherit?
But...
one night Wang ....
Why did you do that? Why?
What are you planning on doing with that?
Don't leave!
Don't leave us!
Ivy was looking for the diamond.
She just wanted to return it to its true owners, Kowloon.
Until I told Ivy about it, she hadn't known about Wang's true intentions.
I told her that he had taken the treasure out to be able to trade it with the Chinese government for a nuclear weapon.
When Ivy found out about that, she cried.
She hunched over and cried.
Wang Long died without knowing that his fourth child was growing in his wife's womb.
That fourth child ....
... is you, Ran.
I realized as soon as I saw that picture on you in the magazine.
You had the same tattoo as mom, Ran.
I had also been told that mom's tattoo pointed to the whereabouts of the Kowloon treasure.
I hoped that you would be able to hide from that curse and live your life happily in Japan, Ran.
Ran...
I'm sorry.
If only I had told you soon that I'm your older brother.
No way...
The three of you are all Wang Long's sons.
London...
Long time no see.
You're my big brother?
Because you're so much bigger now, I'd failed to recognize either of you.
You're my little sister?
What... what the heck have I done?
I'd wanted a family.
I'd wanted to be normal.
I wanted to be just like everyone else.
You need to pay for your crimes.
Would it be okay if I finally asked this?
Where the heck is Miyuki?
She's okay.
I asked someone I could rely on to look after her and be sure to feed her.
Really?
That's okay then.
I'm sorry, Kindaichi.
Say that to Miyuki.
By the way, Byron, the nuclear bomb really won't go off, will it?
It's fine. The army have it now.
Well, if that wasn't the real bomb then...
Well, it's almost detonation time.
- 10 seconds until the boom! - Hey, hey, Hajime!
5 seconds to go.
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There are fireworks! Fireworks!
Wow, I'm glad it's just fireworks.
It's the nation's anniversary celebrations? I'd completely forgotten about that.
I'm glad I got to take part in the last 2 days of the Girly Mode show.
- What are you talking about? - Weren't you worried about me?
I wasn't so much worried, as like, "I wonder where she went off to."
What the heck!
Eh? Eh, hang on. Miyuki?
You're experiencing her wrath again.
Well, isn't your position now the best?
Huh?
Hajime-chan!
- Let's eat some ice cream. - Okay.
- It's delicious! - Mm.
It's yummy.
You're really completely okay?
Ah, but I slept the entire time, so I've probably gained weight.
You really don't care about others feelings.
So you were concerned about me?
Nope, not particularly.
- Hey, have you brought a souvenir for our teacher? - A souvenir?
- I forgot. - Oh no! The teacher had told me to buy him something.
He'd said, "Kindaichi may not be great at studying, but his consideration for others is wonderful."
- Is that a compliment? - No. - It's not, is it?
Shut up, you two!