第244話: リチャード・ムーアの偽物パート2は横領の陰謀と殺人者の正体を明らかにする

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After analyzing the clues and facts, Conan is convinced that the long-haired man and Tatsuo were murdered. He successfully finds the treasure and invites the culprit to the forest where Detective Yamamura arrives, revealing the killer to be Masao Jinbo. With Kogoro tranquilized, Conan reveals that Jinbo and the long-haired man were part of an embezzlement scam acquired them 50 billion yen. Due to the unnerved feeling of leaving the money in the forest, the man felt that Jinbo would try to kill him and take the money for himself; he left a post-death threatening message should an incident like that occurred. Jinbo indeed murdered his partner then placed evidence, found from another suicide case, to falsify his time of death. Jinbo hired Tatsuo after learning that the real Kogoro was getting involved, but murdered him as well as Tatsuo felt played and threatened to reveal the truth to the real authorities once he learned there was only a sumo magazine in the briefcase. As evidence, Jinbo's footprint matches the one found on the shogi board when he used it to hang Tatsuo and he knew Kogoro was the real deal when he handed Ran her phone which had her name on it. Jinbo surrenders and afterwards, Kogoro picks up girls who are his fans and gives them a ride in the car. (Source: Wikipedia)