Conan adjusts his voice-changer: “The whiskey glass – you wiped it clean, but you missed one thing. Uzuki’s lip balm contains a UV-reactive dye (for his photosensitive work). Your hand touched his glass – your palm still glows under blacklight.”
“Clever boy. Yes, I killed Uzuki. He refused to join my ring. But you have no proof.”
Using his enhanced glasses, Conan zooms in on the paper tray. He finds a single, nearly invisible fiber of – the kind used in receipt printers. Aha. The counterfeit wasn’t printed on Uzuki’s machine. It was transferred. Detective Conan Episode 564
“Nonsense,” Kogoro scoffs, holding a suspicious 10,000-yen note under the light. “The watermark is wrong.”
Conan corners Saki Minamino in the workshop’s darkroom. She smirks, holding a UV flashlight. Conan adjusts his voice-changer: “The whiskey glass –
Fade to black. “Some messages are written in silence – and in paper.” Conan sits at Agasa’s table, staring at the note. He whispers, “If this is fake… who printed the real one?” The note’s watermark shifts slightly – revealing a hidden Crow silhouette. (Hint at the Black Organization’s involvement in currency forgery – a nod to future episodes.)
Conan investigates under Kogoro’s sleeping guise. The printer is a high-end laser model, but its power cord is unplugged – yet the print job finished. How? Yes, I killed Uzuki
Police arrest Saki. The counterfeiting ring is dismantled. As they leave, Ran asks Conan why he pocketed the first note. He smiles, holding it up: “Look at the serial number – 564. That’s not random. It’s the number of steps from Uzuki’s desk to the exit. He was trying to tell us something.”