The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime

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Episode 996 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime
Japanese title:	能ある鷹は罪を隠す (Nō aru taka wa tsumi o kakusu)
Original airdate:	January 30, 2021
Season:	29
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Puffed rice
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Akatsuki Yamatoya
Animation director:	Seiji Muta and Nobuyuki Iwai (supervisors)
Character design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi
Music
Opening song:	JUST BELIEVE YOU
Closing song:	Reboot

The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime (能ある鷹は罪を隠す ,Nō aru taka wa tsumi o kakusu) is the 996nd episodes of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Conan, Kogoro and Ran are in the mountains when they see a hawk, Kogoro disturb the hawk but is stopped by a falconer called Tetsu Akashiba. Angry, he yells at him to be careful with hawks. Later, they are at Takehara Cafe, a cafe managed by Genichi Takehara and his wife Satoko. They also know a local farmer called Masahiko Ishima. The cafe owner goes hiking to later start the cafe event with the puffed rice preparation: The main event consists that the hawk flies a long distance. When the hawk was arriving to the finish, the hawk falls down to later hear a gunshot and find Genichi Takehara dead.

Accident?
	Location: Forest Victim: Genichi Takehara Age: 37 years old Cause of death: Gunshot wound on chest Suspects: Tetsu Akashiba, Satoko Takehara and Masahiko Ishima When the hawk almost finish the race, it falls to the floor to later hear a gunshot sound and see the cafe owner falling dead onto the floor.

The police arrives and investigates, it seems to be an accident, but is this true? After finding a few clues, Conan discovers the culprit and the trick behind this murder.

People

Tetsu Akashiba
	28 years old Falconer

Satoko Takehara
	35 years old Genichi's wife

Masahiko Ishima
	50 years old Farmer

Genichi Takehara
	37 years old Victim (gunshot) Takehara café owner

Resolution

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Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and reveals that Genichi was murdered, and the culprit is Satoko Takehara. First, she murdered her husband when the puffed rice exploded in the machine to camouflage the sound. Later, she tied a fishing line to the hawk's foot and the gunshot trigger to fire the gun, the fishing line was wrapped to a drum to later be dropped to the ravine and fall with a wood plank with Genichi's body, to make appear that he was murdered when he fell onto the floor. The supposed Genichi saw by the people was also Satoko, who disguised herself at him to make her alibi. The proof is a blood stain in her neck that also matchs with a stain in Genichi's neck. She confesses with a creepy face that her husband planned to sell the cafe and leaving not only the cafe, but also her.

See also

• Season 29