The Darkness of the Prefectural Police

Chronology
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Episode 810-812 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Darkness of the Prefectural Police
Japanese title:	県警の黒い闇 (Kenkei no Kuroi Yami?)
Original airdate:	February 27, 2016 (Part 1) March 5, 2016 (Part 2) March 12, 2016 (Part 3)
Broadcast rating:	9.0% 8.9% 8.2%
Manga case:	#264
Season:	24
Manga source:	Volume 86: File 9 (913) ~ Volume 87: File 2 (917)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Yamato Detective Uehara Inspector Morofushi Superintendent Kuroda Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Inspector Yamato
Next Conan's Hint:	Kawanakajima (Part 1) Rope (Part 2) Woodpecker (Part 3)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Nobuharu Kamanaka
Storyboard:	Nobuharu Kamanaka
Episode director:	810 Nobuharu Kamanaka 811 Koichiro Kuroda 812 Akira Yoshimura
Animation director:	810 Seiji Muta (supervisor), Kenichi Otomo 811 Seiji Muta (supervisor), Michitaka Yamamoto, Ryuta Imaizumi, Juri Saito 812 Seiji Muta (supervisor), Kanako Ono, Ayu Imoto, Nobuyuki Iwai
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Ami Koshimizu as Detective Uehara Yuji Takada as Inspector Yamato Sho Hayami as Inspector Morofushi Yukimasa Kishino as Superintendent Kuroda Kiyonobu Suzuki as Detective Kano Tadashi Miyazawa as Inspector Saegusa Kousuke Okano as Detective Akiyama Shin Gotō as Inspector Takeda Hisafumi Oda as Forensics officer
Music
Opening song:	Hane
Closing song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite

The Darkness of the Prefectural Police (県警の黒い闇 ,Kenkei no Kuroi Yami) is the 810th, 811th, and 812th episodes of the Detective Conan anime.

Characters introduced

Hyoue Kuroda
	50 years old Nagano Police First Division Chief

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Yamato Detective Uehara Inspector Morofushi Yoko Okino (background)

Case

Situation

Part 1

He (victim) was meeting the suspect, he was killed when he apologized to the culprit.

Murder
	Location: Saijo Mountain Victim: Shigeru Takeda Cause of death: Slit wound to the throat and then decapitation Suspects: Kansuke Yamato, Mamoru Saegusa, Shinsuke Akiyama, Shoji Kano, and Hyoue Kuroda

Murder
	Location: Kano's House Victim: Shoji Kano Age: 45 years old Cause of death: Asphyxiation due to strangulation Suspects: Kansuke Yamato While they are investigating at the house of someone. Kano investigate the death of Tsuyako, shot into the head and was killed, he was strangled after.

It started when Kogoro, Ran and Conan are going to Nagano to learn history, and the strategy called woodpecker strategy, like the woodpecker pecks wood. Detective Uehara, Kansuke Yamato and Morofushi. After that, there are three policemen are going to Nagano, one of the detectives said, "We're on our way to the hideout of a wanted robber". And he say that we do not waste time. The policemen named, Saegusa Mamoru, Akiyama Shinsuke, Takeda Shigeru and Kano Shoji. After that they realize that their squad leader is missing named Takeda, they were supposed to meet there at Nagano, but he didn't show up, Yamato said that he choose the wrong place. And then, they found the body of Takeda Shigeru is in the river, having his throat slit and was decapitated. Conan said that the culprit probably put the head into a plastic bag and a fake blood and it will fall after a short time. And they found the sign of the woodpecker called Bishamonten, and they found a letter X on the head. Yamato said it was no ordinary X, or look like a woodpecker's foot. And then they meet Hyoue Kuroda, the superintendent. Conan was shocked when he see him. Haibara said that "Rum" was losing his one eye. Either could be effeminate man, a long-haired man or an old man. The three policemen thought that they would meet at Hachiman Shrine. And then they heard a body who was found at the river. Uehara Yui said that it was called "Wooodpecker Society". Apparently in Nagano, there's a group named "Woodpecker Society".

Morofushi said that Takeda killed two suspects stood out. The case was happening 9 years ago.

The story was a man on drugs was shooting a gun in the city, and the second happened 6 months ago, a man was holed up inside a bank with hostages. Takeda shot the two suspects in the head, splattering blood all over the suspect. And the suspect was a grandmother who was 80-year-old, and they say that she could never commit the crime.

Another case happened, Liutenant Kano Shoji was found hanged at a house. Their suspect was Kansuke Yamato who had gone missing. And then, message was found on Yamato's cellphone from Kano Shoji, typing "I am Bishamonten. The God of War who will destroy the woodpecker". Morofushi said that the cause of death was strangulation, said that he died half an hour ago. Kano's cellphone had a message saying "Only three woodpeckers remain." And the head of the body has the woodpeckers foot or X. Morofushi said that "there's a witness claiming they saw you at the bridge." Yamato said that he never been there. Morofushi suspect Yamato of killing two victims.

After they were investigating, the killer messaged Saegusa's phone to go in the mountains to reveal who's the killer of killing of these two victims. They were supossed to meet at the cottage where the wanted robber's hideout. And the second case happened.

Part 2

Murder
	Location: Saijo Mountain Victim: Shinsuke Akiyama Age: 27 years old Cause of death: Decapitation Suspects: Kansuke Yamato While they are investigating the cottage, they heard the braking of the car and found Akiyama who was tied in a car, and was fall at the cliff and was decapitated.

While they are investigating the cottage of the hideout cottage of the wanted robber. And they heard a car (look like braking). Akiyama was tied in car trunk shouting "My phone, my phone!!!". And was fallen by the cliff and was decapitated. Yui, Morofushi, Saegusa, Kuroda witnessed the falling of Akiyama. And they thought Yamato was the one who did the serial killing namely Bishamonten. So Kuroda Hyoue told them that they will put BOLO on Yamato who has missing.

Part 3

Attempted Murder
	Location: Saijo Mountain Victim: Mamoru Saegusa Suspects: Kansuke Yamato Seagusa's cellphone has a message, saying "Let's meet at the cottage where the hideout of the wanted robber." And Seagusa was terrfied and was shocked about the message.

Saegusa's cellphone had a message on it that they will meet at the cottage, and then Saegusa was knocked down by a taser.

People

Mamoru Saegusa
	Victim (shocked - injured) 37 years old Nagano Police Inspector

Shinsuke Akiyama
	Victim (decapitated) 26 years old Nagano Police Sergeant

Shoji Kano
	Victim (hanged) 45 years old Nagano Police Assistant Inspector

Shigeru Takeda
	Victim (throat slit) Nagano Police Squad Leader

Hyoue Kuroda
	50 years old Nagano Police First Division Chief

Resolution

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The culprit is Shinsuke Akiyama. He faked his own death using Inspector Takeda's lifeless body (whom he first strangled, then he decapitated) as a decoy, and was aiming to kill Inspectors Saegusa and Yamato too. His motive is that years ago, Inspector Yamato and his companions's mistakes led to a serial killer terrorizing Nagano before being shot dead, and one of his victims was Detective Akiyama's beloved middle school-aged sister, Tsuyako Aburakawa, who was his only relative. His chosen name Bishamonten was his selfperception as a punisher of evildoers.

Murder (Past)
	Location: Unknown Victim: Tsuyako Aburakawa Cause of death: Gunshot wound to the forehead Culprit: Unnamed Culprit During the amok run of Inspector Yamato's drug-addicted friend, the culprit fired several wild shots, and one bullet pierced the forehead of middle schooler Tsuyako Aburakawa, killing her instantly. In turn, the shooter was killed by Inspector Takeda.

The Takeda Squad was not accidentally formed by individuals who bore names similar to some of the famous generals of Takeda Shingen. In fact, as Conan, Inspectors Yamato and Morufushi have found out, the Takeda Squad formed the notorious Woodpecker Society; the "X" imprint left on the victims' bodies pointed to the letter X being the 24th letter of the Western alphabet, corresponding to Takeda Shingen's 24 Generals. In order to complete this inner circle, they were looking for new members; hence they also attempted to recruit Inspector Yamato, whose name as akin to Shingen's general Yamamoto Kansuke. The reason why Detective Akiyama targeted the Takeda Squad for extermination was that the Squad/Society members seized and sold confiscated guns to criminal elements in order to line their pockets, and it was one of these guns which killed Tsuyako. Detective Akiyama targeted Inspector Yamato because it was his drug-addicted friend who fired the fatal shot.

Yamato, who had been hiding in a car, knows already that Akiyama Shinsuke is already the killer. And Akiyama, knows that Yamato has been hiding at the trunk of the car. Akiyama tasered Saegusa when he got the message. But then after, Akiyama decided to kill Yamato in the car.

Attempted Murder
	Location: At the place of the hideout of the wanted robber. Victim: Kansuke Yamato Suspects: Shinsuke Akiyama While he was caught, he fired three bullets at him, but he used a riot shield to protect himself.

He was arrested later.

Gallery

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  Inspectors Yamato and Morofushi, and Detective Uehara

Manga to anime changes

• Inspector Yamamura, Heiji Hattori, and Kazuha Toyama don't appear at the beginning of the anime version.

See also

• Season 24