The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits

Chronology
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Episode 727-728 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Treasure Chest Filled With Fruits
Japanese title:	果実が詰まった宝箱 (Kajitsu ga Tsumatta Takarabako)
Original airdate:	January 25, 2014 (Part 1) February 1, 2014 (Part 2)
Season:	23
Manga source:	Volume 80: Files 5-7 (844-846)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Masumi Sera Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Detective Chiba Osamu Kenzaki Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Masumi Sera
Next Conan's Hint:	Apples (Part 1) Light of the sun (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Yasuyuki Honda
Storyboard:	Yasuyuki Honda
Episode director:	727 Fumiharu Kamanaka 728 Kouichirou Kuroda
Animation director:	727 Kenichi Otomo, Nobuyuki Iwai (co-op), Miharu Nagano (co-op) 728 Michitaka Yamamoto, Shigenori Awai
Music
Opening song:	Butterfly Core
Closing song:	Ima Aitakute...

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Masumi Sera Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi 100px Detective Chiba Osamu Kenzaki Yoko Okino

Case

Situation

Part 1

Murder
	Location: Nichiuri TV studio Victim: Shoutoku Takeki Cause of death: Blunt force trauma from hitting his head on the edge of the box Suspects: Terafumi Kasuga, Toshihide Taruoka, and Wataru Furuya

People

Shuuhei Kurimura
	Pâtissier

Terafumi Kasuga
	45 years old Food coordinator

Shoutoku Takeki
	Victim (bludgeoned) 69 years old Cuisine critic

Toshihide Taruoka
	48 years old Nichiuri TV producer

Wataru Furuya
	31 years old Nichiuri TV assistant director

Kurea Enokido
	Pâtissière

Resolution

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The culprit is Wataru Furuya. Part of the trunk lock was fake and could be pulled out: Kasuga did not need this trick (for he had an original key) and Taruoka did not put the lock himself but asked Furuya to do so. After having killed Takeki who had seen him open the treasure chest, Furuya placed the corpse in it, but, as this trunk was always filled with fruits to the brim, he had to remove several apples to have enough space. In order to get rid of those apples, Furuya put them in a mixer and drunk the result. Conan pointed that further exams could detect the fruits, which would still be in the culprit's stomach, and Furuya surrendered.

After the resolution of the case, Conan asks Masumi Sera if they had already met together. She answers, with a mischievous smile, that it may have been mais that it was too early for her to answer.

See also

• Season 23