第38話: 赤鬼村火祭り殺人事件の捜査

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Kogoro is asked by Abe Yutaka to trail his friend, Negishi Masaki, for three days to protect him from possible danger. On the night after the third day, Masaki is found dead from fourth-degree burns during an annual Fire Festival, his horrifically charred remains emerged from the bonfire in front of thousands. Yutaka gains over $5 million dollars of life insurance money as part of a bet between the two and displays very uncaring behavior. Kogoro lists him as the prime suspect, however, since Yutaka was on a business trip when the murder took place, he has a perfect alibi. With clues from the photos taken by Kogoro and Yutaka, Conan gets to the bottom of the case but discovers that Yutaka is planning on fleeing Japan. Using his voice modulator, he convinces Inspector Megure and Kogoro to meet at the airport. At the airport, Conan intercepts Yutaka and thoroughly breaks his alibi: Masaki was murdered before Yutaka’s trip and his corpse was stashed in the bonfire pit and Yutaka paid a lookalike to walk around town while Kogoro followed him. When Yutaka admits to murdering Masaki but refuses to turn himself in, Conan recorded his words and threatens to show the police. An enraged Yutaka attempts to murder Conan but is swiftly brought down after Conan kicks a tire at him and he is arrested after the recording is heard by police. (Source: Wikipedia)