The Job Request from Inspector Megure

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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:	#299
Season:	27
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Juzo Megure Kogoro Mouri Kazunobu Chiba Wataru Takagi
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) Chie Hironaka and Nanae Yonemoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Chafurin as Juzo Megure Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi (voice actor) as Wataru Takagi Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Takayuki Sakazumeta as Koichi Yao Yoshie Ohashi as Tenyama Hide 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
	Location: Yotsubadai District Victim: Yutaka Reigan Age: 70 years old Time: 3 weeks ago Cause of death: Stab wounds Suspects: Ryuji Maihama Yutaka has been found stabbed in his house 3 weeks ago.

Robbery / Elderly Assault
	Location: Sasago-cho Victim: Hide Tenyama Age: 73 years old Time: 3 weeks ago Offense Weapon: baton suspect: Ryuji Maihama At the same time, Ryuji has knocked unconscious an elder twice before putting a mess in her house and robbing 500 000 Yen.

Fires ?
	Location: Sasago-cho Victim: Nobody Time: 3 weeks ago Fire starter: unknown 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 Elder

Koichi Yao
	35 years old Witness

Ryuji Maihama
	33 years old Reigan's nephew

Yutaka Reigan
	70 years old Victim (Stabbed) Literature scholar

Resolution

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As Inspector Megure is about to leave, Conan stops him telling 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 him out and hides behind the couch ready to make Sleeping Kogoro's deduction start. After having knocked the elder off, he left her house with Hide. 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.

Fire
	Location: Yatsubadai Victim: Nobody Time: 3 weeks ago Fire starter: Match Culprit: Ryuji Maihama The fire he had set 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. Has he heard the fire trucks coming, he woke Hide up and turned on the TV of 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 8.A thorough investigation of Maihama's car will confirm all. Megure then calls his subordinates to inform them of the facts. 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 Inspector 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).

Gallery

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  Title Card

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  News article.

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  Megure requesting Kogoro.

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  Murder

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  Conan's deduction.

See also

• Season 27