Kogoro sees Inspector Megure walking in front of Cafe Poirot. He congratulates him on speedily solving a recent case, but apparently it was a false arrest. Conan joins him, and the two ask Inspector Megure about the case. Shuhei Odawara, the landlord of a private house, is found dead. There were marks on his neck and head as if he had been strangled and beaten, respectively, and a rope and iron pipe were found at the scene. The police believe that "the murderer broke a windowpane, knocked him out, and strangled him to death with an iron pipe. Furthermore, according to the testimony of his girlfriend, Tomoko Yaguchi, her ex-boyfriend, Yosuke Kagetsu, emerged as the murderer...