The Red Horse within the Flames

Chronology
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Episode 325-327 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Red Horse within the Flames
Original airdate:	June 23, 2003 (The Incident) June 30, 2003 (The Investigation) July 7, 2003 (The Resolution)
Season:	12
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Inspector Yuminaga

Characters introduced

Inspector Yuminaga
	Inspector from Arson Department, in charge of the fire section

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri

Plot

The Incident

Heiji is asked by Kasukawa to investigate a man who is lurking near the house of Ryoko Morozumi. An arsonist, dubbed the Red Horse after the red horse figurines he leaves behind at the fires, has been burning precincts in order. With the first three having already experienced a fire, and Ryoko's house being on the fourth precinct, they suspect the strange man to be the arsonist. While Kogoro, Conan, and Heiji stalk the house, it catches fire in the middle of the night. There are four suspected to be the arsonist: A salesmen named Takanori Genda, Ryoko's paramour and a Feng shui reader Misao Soga, Ryoko's sister Keiko Gondou, and Ryoko's husband Akira Morozumi. Since the latter three have established alibi's, this leaves Genda as their prime suspect.

The Investigation

Ran and Kazuha receive a red horse from Genda on the way home. Kogoro realizes that Genda plans to burn the Mouri Agency with Ran and Kazuha in it and rushes home to find out that Genda had been arrested. Ran explains that Genda appeared at the Agency asking for the Red Horse back since it will cause the building to be set ablaze and she called the police due to his strange behavior. Conan and Heiji suspect that while Genda was the cause of the first three fires, the fourth fire might have been created to murder Ryoko while placing the blame on Genda. Conan and Heiji investigate and realize that Genda has been experience psychological problems and that the other three suspects could have manipulated him to cause the fires. They investigate Ryoko's house and realize how the fire was started.

People

Takanori Genda
	42 years old Antique store manager

Ryoko Morozumi
	Victim 39 years old Housewife

Misao Soga
	45 years old Feng Shui instructor

Keiko Gondo
	41 years old Fortune-teller Ryoko's older sister

Akira Morozumi
	45 years old Psychiatrist Ryoko's husband

Resolution

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After investigating Genda's home, they find out that there were covert listening devices in planted by Soga and Gondou and realize who the culprit is. That night, the three culprit enter Genda's house with Soga and Gondou retrieving their listening devices. Heiji and Conan confront Akira Morozumi before he could start a fire and declares him as the culprit. They reveal that Akira, Genda's psychiatrist, made him believe he was starting the fire but in reality, the first fire was an accident while the other three were done by Akira. Heiji reveals that Akira started the fourth fire by wrapping a light bulb with sheets of paper and placing a match in between the sheets. When it reached a certain temperature, the match would ignite and begin the fire. Conan reveals that the other two suspects merely used the listening device to trick Genda into believe they could predict his future. Akira is later arrested and Genda is released from custody.

See also

• Season 12