What the Flower Clock Knew

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Episode 631 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The All-Knowing Flower Clock
Original airdate:	September 17, 2011
Season:	20
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Ai Haibara
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ai Haibara Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Ran Mouri (cameo) Professor Agasa (cameo) Sumiko Kobayashi (cameo)

Case

Situation

Due to being chosen to particpate as a baton twirler during the Grand Opening of the Beika Park's Flower Clock, Ayumi has been practicing her moves in front of the clock every morning. When she invites Conan and the others to watch, they witness a drunk man wandering around and generally being a nuisance. The next morning, the man is found dead, his head smashed on the stone No. 6.

During the investigation, the drunk man is revealed to be a local painter and a heavy boozer, Shosaku Yoda. He also knew a man with a grudge, Kyoichiro Kawaguchi. He claimed that the victim killed his girlfriend, and clearly stated he holds a grudge, but he also has an alibi.

Resolution

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Conan's investigating soon uncovers the alibi trick. Kawaguchi confined Yoda in the clock's utility room while he established his alibi. Then he came back, killed him, and cut Yoda's cheek on the clock hand, before leaving the corpse and escaping. The proof is the blood on the stone next to the #12 and the dying message in the utility room, clearly identifying Kawaguchi as the culprit.

The opening of the clock was pushed back a week, and it was a huge success.

See also

• Season 20