The Battle Game Trap
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| Episode 226-227 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}}) | |
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| Title: | The Battle Game Trap |
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| Original airdate: | February 26, 2001 (Part 1) March 5, 2001 (Part 2) |
| Season: | 9 |
| Cast: | Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki |
| Case solved by: | Sonoko Suzuki (via Conan) |
Contents
Characters introduced
Cast
Case
Situation
Part 1
Sonoko, Ran, and Conan are at the arcade where they meet their High School English teacher, Jodie Saintemillion who is an avid gamer. Jodie introduces Ran to a virtual reality fighting game which uses mechanics to simulate a real fight. Ran loses to a gamer named Kengo Bitou who taunts her in her lost. Bitou plays the game again his rival, Takayasu Shimizu; The battle is projected on a large screen. Bitou's avatar overwhelms Shimizu's but stops at the climax of the match. The people in the arcade realize Bitou is dead and the police are called in.
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The police investigate; after reviewing the security camera's footage, they limit the suspects down to four people, a middle aged man, an employee, Shimizu, and Jodie.
Part 2
The autopsy reveals the poison to be Tetrodotoxin; a poison that causes instant paralysis and death soon after. Conan investigates and learns the method and the culprit who murdered Bitou.
