The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits

Chronology
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Episode 727-728 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits
Japanese title:	果実が詰まった宝箱 (Kajitsu ga Tsumatta Takarabako)
Original airdate:	January 25, 2014 (Part 1) February 1, 2014 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	8,60% 9,80%
Manga case:	#243
Season:	23
Manga source:	Volume 80: Files 5-7 (844-846)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Masumi Sera Inspector Megure Detective Takagi Detective Chiba Osamu Kenzaki Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Masumi Sera
Next Conan's Hint:	Padlock (Part 1) Apples (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Yasuyuki Honda
Storyboard:	Yasuyuki Honda
Episode director:	727 Fumiharu Kamanaka 728 Kouichirou Kuroda
Animation director:	727 Kenichi Otomo, Nobuyuki Iwai (co-op), Miharu Nagano (co-op) 728 Michitaka Yamamoto, Shigenori Awai
Music
Opening song:	Butterfly Core
Closing song:	Ima Aitakute...

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Masumi Sera Inspector Megure Detective Takagi 100px Detective Chiba Osamu Kenzaki Yoko Okino

Case

Situation

Part 1

One night at Mouri Detective Agency, while Kogoro is reading about horse racing on a newspaper, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan are watching "Which Sweets Show", a television program where two chefs compete to see who makes better sweets. Today, the defending champion, Shuuhei Kurimura, wins again, making him the winner for six weeks in a row. Thanks to Sonoko's father's connections, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan can watch the preview from the show's gallery next week. Sonoko, who needs to invite five people, baits Kogoro to come as well, by stating Okino Yoko will be one of the judges for next week's program. She is stuck on the last person to invite, and Ran's mother, Eri, cannot come because she has work. The next day after school, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan ask Masumi if she wants to come to watch the program. In reality, Conan wants to invite her because he has something to ask her.

In Kasuga's house on the night before the next "Which Sweets Show", Terafumi tells Shoutoku the he already filled the chest up with the fruits that are to be used tomorrow. Shoutoku inspects the lock on the chest, is convinced it is secure, and made sure no one saw Terafumi fill the chest. At Nichiuri TV studio, the chest has arrived, so Toshihide Taruoka tells Wataru Furuya to lock that chest up and send it back to Shoutoku.

The day of the "Which Sweets Show" has arrived. Ran, Sonoko, Conan, Kogoro, and Masumi are already seated when suddenly Wataru Furuya asks Kogoro to go to the backstage. The recording of the TV show begins, and it turns out Okino Yoko and Kogoro Mouri, who is replacing Shoutoku Takeki because he is missing, are going to be the judges for this week's program. The contestants this week are Shuuhei Kurimara and Kurea Enokido. After Toshihide opens the lock of the chest of the key, the MC, Osamu Kenzaki, opens it to reveal the fruits. Conan is about to quietly ask Masumi a question when suddenly the audience begins freaking out. The two of them are interrupted and they turn their heads toward the chest - only to see Shoutoku Takeki lying inside a pile of apples!

Murder
	Location: Nichiuri TV studio Victim: Shoutoku Takeki Cause of death: Blunt force trauma from hitting his head on the edge of the box Suspects: Terafumi Kasuga, Toshihide Taruoka, and Wataru Furuya

After the audience is escorted to a separate room, the police come to investigate. As they investigate, Detective Chiba tells everyone that Shoutoku Takeki mixed in with the extras of yesterday night's historical play and snuck into the TV station. Blending in was easy, since he always wore a kimono and the extras did too. Apparently he asked the play's director, an acquaintance of his, to lower his enemies' guard. This means he hid in the room where the chest was stored but got ambushed by the culprit.

People

Shuuhei Kurimura
	Pâtissier

Terafumi Kasuga
	45 years old Food coordinator

Shoutoku Takeki
	Victim (bludgeoned) 69 years old Cuisine critic

Toshihide Taruoka
	48 years old Nichiuri TV producer

Wataru Furuya
	31 years old Nichiuri TV assistant director

Kurea Enokido
	Pâtissière

Resolution

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The culprit is Wataru Furuya. Part of the trunk lock was fake and could be pulled out: Kasuga did not need this trick (for he had an original key) and Taruoka did not put the lock himself but asked Furuya to do so. After having killed Takeki who had seen him open the treasure chest, Furuya placed the corpse in it, but, as this trunk was always filled with fruits to the brim, he had to remove several apples to have enough space. In order to get rid of those apples, Furuya put them in a mixer and drunk the result. Conan pointed that further exams could detect the fruits, which would still be in the culprit's stomach, and Furuya surrendered.

After the resolution of the case, Conan asks Masumi Sera if they had already met together. She answers, with a mischievous smile, that it may have been mais that it was too early for her to answer.

See also

• Season 23