Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case
(Shachou Reijou Yuukai Jiken)
Based On Manga: Volume 1, Files 2-5
Plot Groups: Character Development, Black Organization, Ran & Shinichi
General Summary: (Teaser)
Complete Summary:
Part 1: The Shrunken Detective
Shinichi awakens in the park as two policemen discover him. He is confused by the size of the officers, and by the fact that they refer to him as an elementary school student. He takes a chance to slip away from the policemen, and as he is running home, he notices his reflection in a mirror to see that his body has shrunk! Meanwhile, Ran is at her home worrying about Shinichi, as she can't get ahold of him on the phone. She races off toward his house. As Shinichi is trying to get inside, he runs into Professor Agasa, who is skeptical of his true identity. However, after Shinichi proves his deduction abilities by explaining that the professor has just come running home from the restaurant, "Colombo", by pointing out that there is only rain on the front of his clothes, that his pants have mud on them, and that he has Colombo's meat sauce on his mustache, Agasa realizes that it can only be Shinichi! Once they are inside Shinichi's house, he changes into some of his old elementary school clothes. Just then, Ran walks in looking for Shinichi! Shinichi hides behind a desk, and finds a pair of his dad's old glasses that he puts on for a disguise. His head hits the desk, and Ran comes around to look. She exclaims about how cute Shinichi is, and asks for his name, not realizing who he is. Shinichi glances at some of his father's old mystery novels, and replies "Edogawa Conan". Just then, Agasa suggests that Conan go live with Ran at her father's detective agency, and although Conan begins to object at first, Agasa explains that by living at a detective agency, he may one day get a lead to the men in black that gave him the shrinking drug, and that catching them was the only way to get his body back to normal. After Ran agrees to take him, they start walking back to the Mouri Detective Agency. On the way home, Ran asks if Conan has someone he likes, and begins to confess her own feelings about Shinichi to Conan, who is thoroughly embarassed.
Part 2: The Company President's Daughter Kidnapping
Just as they arrive back at the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro comes screaming out the front door, exclaiming that he has a case, that a man's daughter has been kidnapped by a man in black! Conan jumps at the chance to get a lead on the men in black, and forces himself into the taxi with Kogoro, and thus they all go to the crime scene. Once there, the man who's daughter was kidnapped explains the situation, saying that his butler Asou saw the whole thing. Asou explains that she was kidnapped while playing in the garden, that a man in black jumped from the back of the garden and grabbed her, saying that the man must shut his company down for one month if he wants his daughter back. At this point Kogoro asks the others if they saw anything, but it seems that the only witness was Asou. Kogoro stipulates that since the kidnapper wanted the man's company shut down, that he may be from a rival company, when the man exclaims that the kidnapper also wants money on top of that! At this point, Asou is surprised, and says that the kidnapper shouldn't have asked for money. Then, Conan goes off and starts kicking a ball, which causes Ran to say how much he's like Shinichi. Then he drops the ball off to the corner, and is jumped by a large dog, Jumbo! The dog seems to like Conan, but the owner explains that Jumbo is usually only nice to people from the house. This finally prompts Kogoro to question Asou as to why the dog didn't bark when the kidnapper appeared, and made his apparent exit right where the dog was! Asou relents as he is grilled by Kogoro, and admits that he was the one who kidnapped the daughter, by her own request! However, since he had nothing to do with asking for ransom money, Conan knows that the case isn't over yet! Just as this occurs to him, the phone rings once more, with the second kidnapper on the line, demanding 3 million yen for his daughter's safe return! During the phone call, the man's daughter shouts out that she's in a school's storage room, and can see a big chimney right outside the window! With only these clues, Conan begins to put together her location, and jumps on Jumbo and races off to find her! As he is riding around, he realizes that none of the schools with a chimney nearby seem to be her location, until he realizes that the 'chimney' may simply be the shadow of a large building! He races off to the only school with the right view of the building, just as the kidnapper makes another call demanding the money! He then turns to the girl, intending to kill her to protect his identity, when Conan and Jumbo rush in to save her! The dog jumps the criminal and Conan attempts to free the girl, when the kidnapper frees himself from the dog, and turns on Conan! After briefly attempting to fight, Conan realizes that his small body won't allow him to apprehend criminals, and is about to be finished off by the culprit when Ran arrives and finishes the criminal off with her karate! She explains that Jumbo led her there, and shortly thereafter, Kogoro arrives and claims "his" victory! Later, when everyone is safely back at the house, Akiko explains that it was actually her who planned the first kidnapping, and forced Asou to help her. She says that she is always lonely because her father is always working. Upon hearing this, he quickly tells Asou to plan a vacation for he and his daughter, starting immediately! Then, on the way home, Ran asks Kogoro if it's okay if Conan comes to stay with them, and he agrees, saying that he may be lucky since he helped solve this case!