The Scenario of the Steaming Locked Room

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Episode 597-598 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Scenario of the Locked Steam Room
Original airdate:	November 27, 2010 (Part 1) December 4, 2010 (Part 2)
Season:	19
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Dr. Agasa Detective Boys
Case solved by:	Dr. Agasa (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Shoe

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Dr. Agasa Genta Kojima Ai Haibara Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Jugo Yokomizo

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Plot

Part 1

Dr. Agasa takes the Detective Boys with him to a sauna as he fixes his product. At the sauna, the kids are introduced to four cast members filming a drama about a hitman. Since the sauna is crowded, the kids decide to bathe in the early morning. As they head to the sauna, Ai and Ayumi discover the Ganji Tetsuyuma, the scriptwriter, dead.

Murder
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The police arrive and conclude that Tetsuyuma slipped on a bar of soap and hit his head on the rocks. Conan reveals it was a murder and points out that water on the victim's body reveal the culprit washed something off and deduces it to be blood. The police assume the culprit waited at the verandah for the victim before committing the murder and begin searching for people entering the sauna without alibis; the suspects are the three other cast members.

Part 2

As the police continue their investigation, they discover a plastic tea bottle filled with water in the dressing room, match cinders floating on the water, and Tetsuyuma's silver-gemed ring. It is also revealed that all the suspects have been seen in the hotel after the sauna was closed disproving their previous theory.

Resolution

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Conan uses his voice changing bowtie to impersonate Agasa to reveal the one waiting on the veranda was the victim and the Tetsuyuma spotted heading to the sauna was the culprit Junsaku Tansawa in disguise. Conan explains Tansawa tricked the victim into staying in the women's sauna all night in order to see the naked Mishio Natori, the heroine; This is evidenced by the bottle in the dressing room which Tetsuyuma used to stay hydrated and the match cinders used to smoke his pipe. As evidence towards Tansawa as the culprit, Conan reveals that he was completely engrossed in pretending to be Tetsuyuma that he took the silver ring without noticing. Tansawa confesses and laments how Tetsuyuma denied him of his prided role in the drama because he was afraid of being overshadowed. Later, Conan has Agasa inspect an irritation at his behind. Ai appears and reveals she placed chili pepper in Conan's underwear in revenge for seeing her naked.

See also

• Season 19