The Job Request from Inspector Megure

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Episode 911 (Int. Episode 966)
Information
Title:	The Job Request from Inspector Megure
Japanese title:	目暮警部からの依頼 (Megure keibu kara no irai)
Original airdate:	September 1, 2018
Broadcast rating:	7.3%
Filler case:	#298
Season:	23
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Juzo Megure Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Siren
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard:	Sumio Watanabe
Episode director:	Hiroaki Takagi
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (Supervisor) Chiemi Hironaka Nanae Yonemoto
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Akiko Motoyoshi (sub-character) Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Chafurin as Juzo Megure Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Takayuki Sakazume as Koichi Yao Yoshie Ohashi as Hide Tenyama Misao Kobayashi as Yutaka Reigan Kentaro Ito as Ryuji Maihama
Music
Opening song:	Countdown
Closing song:	Sadame

The Job Request from Inspector Megure (目暮警部からの依頼 ,Megure keibu kara no irai) is the 911th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Juzo Megure Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Megure comes to the detective agency to implore Kogoro to help him. Kogoro accepts, and Megure explains the situation: a young man called Ryuji is suspected of having killed his uncle, a famous literature scholar. A witness claims to have seen him exit his uncle's house at the time of the crime. However, the culprit confessed to having burglarized a woman the same day, at the same time he is suspected to have killed his uncle. How could he have been in two places at once?

Murder (Past)
	Location: Yotsubadai District Victim: Yutaka Reigan Age: 70 years old Time: 3 weeks ago Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Ryuji Maihama Yutaka has been found stabbed in his house three weeks ago.

Robbery / Assault (Past)
	Location: Sasago-cho Victim: Hide Tenyama Age: 73 years old Time: 3 weeks ago Offense weapon: Baton Suspects: Ryuji Maihama At the same time, Ryuji has knocked Tenyama unconscious twice before putting a mess in her house and robbing 500,000 Yen.

Arson? (Past)
	Location: Sasago-cho Time: 3 weeks ago Suspects: Prank Caller A suspected fire occurred and fire fighters were sent there to find there wasn't any fire.

People

Hide Tenyama
	Victim (burglary) 73 years old Retiree

Koichi Yao
	35 years old Witness

Ryuji Maihama
	33 years old Reigan's nephew

Yutaka Reigan
	Deceased (stabbed) 70 years old Literature scholar

Resolution

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As Megure is about to leave, Conan stops and tells him that Kogoro told him he should ask if any fire trucks were dispatched in Yotsubadai and calls. Then, Kogoro gets out of the washroom and was told by Megure that a small fire occurred at 8 PM and before the detective could express his misunderstanding, Conan stuns and knocks him out and hides behind the couch ready to start Sleeping Kogoro's deduction. After having knocked the old woman out, he left the house with her. He first entered her home at seven and then headed towards Yotsubadai with her inside his van. He then murdered Reigan and started a fire in a nearby house's courtyard.

Arson (Past)
	Location: Yotsubadai District Time: 3 weeks ago Culprit: Ryuji Maihama Ryuji had set a fire in a home near Reigan's house.

He then called the fire department and also made a false report of a fire in Sasago-cho. As he heard the fire trucks coming, he woke Hide up and turned on the TV in the car and asked her for the money's location before knocking her out again. He then moved her back to Sasago-cho and placed her in her original position and made it seem as if he was there the whole time all in order to make her believe she heard the siren and the TV in her home although she was in a car parked in front of Reigan's house. It would then confirm Maihama's alibi. The evidence is inside Hide's nose and ears. She smelled the fire but didn't hear the bathtub's notice programmed to be at 8am thorough investigation of Maihama's car will confirm everything. Megure then calls his subordinates to inform them of the facts and evidence. It was all clear now Ryuji Maihama was the culprit.

Aftermath

As Megure leaves the detective agency, he thanks Kogoro for his help. He then wakes up and starts inventing other conclusions about the alibi which makes Megure curious and Conan jumps on him trying to make him stop talking. He then tells himself it's the last time he'd call for Kogoro's help.

Trivia

• According to Detective Conan producer Michihiko Suwa, the subtitle of the episode was "The first time inspector Megure relied on Kogoro" when the script was being written.
• The Toyota Crown Sedan from the police that appeared in Mystery of the Burning Tent reappeared in this episode as it was in front of the furniture store where the suspect bought a knife.
• Michihiko Suwa wrote on his blog that he and Ryuji Maihama's voice actor, Kentaro Ito, were friends since university.
• Ryuji Maihama's car is a Toyota HiAce Fifth generation 2017. The license plate number is 新宿 332, ら 38-95 (Shinjuku 332, Ra 38-95).
• Anime-original locations: Yotsubadai (四葉台) and Sasago Town (笹五町).

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La petició de l'inspector Megure	The petition from inspector Megure
French (Subbed)	La Supplique de l'inspecteur Megure	The request from inspector Megure
Thai	การจ้างวานจากสารวัตรเมงุเระ	The request from Inspector Megure
Vietnamese	Yêu cầu từ thanh tra Megure

See also

• Season 23