第266話: ヒルズロッジにおけるバレンタイン殺人事件の真相

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Sonoko invites Ran, bringing along Conan and Kogoro, to come to a house in the hills where their chocolates are blessed with good fortune for love. Once there, they meet the lodge owner Chiyoko Yuasa and her guests: photographer Yoshitaka Nigaki, his girlfriend Ako Amari, Mika Konokawa, two hunters Hajime Itakura, Yuzo Sakami looking for a legendary Japanese wolf, and Chiyoko's pet dog Subaru. The females there start making chocolate as gifts for the one they love. Sonoko makes hers for Makoto and Ran leaves hers nameless. Nigaki leaves to take photos but a snowstorm occurs, which would normally force him to return to the lodge, but he doesn't. Conan and Subaro set out to find Nigaki and they do, though bludgeoned to death; the weapon is discovered near his body. Ako’s chocolate candy is found in his lap and someone attempted to wipe blood from Nigaki’s face. Kogoro determines that Nigaki was murdered during the afternoon but Conan points out that the killer repositioned his glasses after killing him. What has Conan baffled the most is how and why did the killer leave Ako's chocolate in Nigaki's lap. (Source: Wikipedia)