During the middle 18th century, a fountain was
built in Italy.
It was believed that if you threw a coin in it.
you could come back to that land again.
So, many tourists threw coins in it.
Everyone, this water came from that very fountain.
So how is it different from the ordinary water?
This water contains the melted coins that were
thrown in by the tourists for many years.
By using this handkerchief, you can get oodles of cash.
Today, you can buy a liter of this water for measly 10.000 yen.
That's expensive.
You can get a lot of money by just having this.
Then why are you here working?
I'm sacrificing myself for the benefit of you all.
I'II buy it.
You are smart girl.
You'll have a comfortable retirement.
Take the money from the water.
You have to pay me first.
You're under arrest.
Yabe?
You shouldn't commit fraud.
This water is from...
You got this water from that fountain there.
Getting more the better.
Some more.
Why were you watching me?
We'll hear you out in the interrogation room.
A handcuff is...
I'm escaping!
Ouch!
Be careful!
Watch out! You could have dented it.
Udea!
I wonder where she went.
What was that for?
What are you doing here?
I was informed by the police,
there is fraud nearby selling water that can grow money.
Any idea?
No. I never seen such a woman.
How you know is a woman?
Yes. The culprit is indeed a woman.
I also heard she has flat breasts.
Stop admiring it.
If you like slits, you can look at mine!
Look!
That's not sexy at all.
Last night, I had a visitor.
Chagawa...
The name is Akutagawa.
Just kidding.
I work at a museum in a village called Kanganai.
I read your books.
Please accept this from me.
Do you think it's possible for a person to move
instantaneously from one location to another?
That's not possible.
According to Einstein's theory of general relativity...
There is nothing faster than light.
I recently discovered a fatal mistake by Einstein.
Say. a woman with breasts bulging 100 meters forward
enters a 100 meter race, she will reach the goal
line at the exact moment that the race starts.
I witnessed it with my own eyes a week ago.
A woman named "Slit" Mikako came to our village.
"Slit" Mikako?
She claims she can create a slit anywhere in this world.
She use that to move people and things instantaneously.
Some villagers think she is a reincarnation of Mikari.
Who's Mikari?
The daughter of a clan lord that ruled our lands long ago.
The village had a historical site that enshrined Mikari.
The articles that were found there are all very precious.
Especially Item Number O-D2822...
On the market, it would be worth hundreds of millions.
"Slit" Mikako is demanding to have that O-D2822.
That, with other items, are tightly secured behind
locked doors at the museum.
But "Slit" Mikako can easily make slits in the walls
to enter and exit the place as she freely chooses.
Will you come to our village and protect it from "Slit" Mikako?
As much as I would like to be of help to you...
I have many autograph sessions scheduled.
"Why don't you do your best?"
I guess you have no choice but to go there.
Why are you wearing a VEST?
It's, "Why don't you do your BEST?"
Have my next stage performance to go to.
So Yamada has finally turned to crime.
Drive away.
TRICK
Kanganai Village of City Hall.
Compare with the past
this place is really
make me feel so spectacular.
Kanganai Village?
I been expecting your arrival.
So glad to see you here.
This way please.
Yasunari.
Tokiko.
Mishima!
Village Head, this is Dr. Ueda.
I'm Ueda.
Let me introduce you to our members.
This is my assistant. Kawabata.
That's the Chief of Culture Advancement, Mishima!
And that's Tsuda Tokiko of the Village Counsel Office.
I'm a great fan of your "Why don't you do your best?"
Is that right?
Please wait a moment.
I'll give you this.
Why don't you do your best?
Did you take those photos of yourself?
These are the members that will work closely with you
to protect the museum.
Let's show our fighting spirit!
Doctor.
I don't trust scholars.
We had a bad experience with one a year ago.
I hope you haven't all forgotten!
Dr. Ueda writes these difficult books on physics.
"Donto Best!"
You speak with authority, but when it's time to act,
you are all hopeless and useless!
Let's leave.
What's with you?
After we took the trouble to come here!
Who are you?
She's Yamada my third assistant.
He may be big, useless...
Arrogant, self-serving...
and completely inexperienced with women.
But we didn't come here because we wanted to.
That's right, Village Head.
I remembered I had a friend with the Tokyo Police.
There will be first-rate officers arriving here very shortly.
Please wait. Please don't let that bother you.
The police won't be able to get to "Slit" Mikako.
If you will guard that Item #O-D2822 for us...
I will make sure that you are well-rewarded.
We aren't after the money.
That's right.
But depending on the amount, we can reconsider.
Thank you!
I reserved a room at the village's most luxurious hotel.
A suite room too! Let me take you there.
Is this a hotel?
It may not be as nice as a suite room in a Tokyo hotel.
This way please.
Mdm Tomei.
Dr. Ueda is here from Tokyo.
I reserved a suite under the village office's name.
You finally arrive.
Are you the one who came to confront "Slit" Mikako?
It's shaking.
The villagers are all angry.
Mikako is Mikari's reincarnation!
If you defy her, misfortune will befall you.
Take care of them.
How frightening! You will surely regret it.
Is this a suite room?
Too many strange guests this week! It makes me nervous.
Is there someone else staying?
Three days ago, a man named Misawa showed up
with a sturdy-looking safe. I wonder what he has in it.
I told you not to enter without my permission.
Who are they?
They will be staying here from today.
I'm Ueda.
I'm Yamada.
Don't come inside.
If you take even a step in, you'll get it.
Can't this room be locked?
I have something very precious in that safe.
There are no thieves in this village!
Oh, yes!
This came for you. Dr. Ueda.
"I'll be waiting for you at the gym of the closed school."
It's from "SKAT" Mikako.
It's "SLIT" Mikako.
What is the heck with this "SLIT" Mikako?
Let's go.
Stop pushing me.
Pleased to meet you! I'm "Slit" Mikako!
It's in honor to have a great scholar like you come here
to test my powers.
The items in the museum were owned by her ancestor, Mikari.
She should, by right, have them.
Wait a minute. If you can create a slit anywhere,
then do that and steal the items in the museum.
It's easy to make a slit, but it requires a lot of
energy to move the items.
Perspiring isn't becoming of me.
How convenient!
Do you insist that I am a fraud?
Yes, of course.
Watch this then.
Stop pushing.
There's a 500-yen coin here.
Write anything you want on it so that I can't switch it.
I'll place the coin in this box.
Then I'll lock it.
Sensei, please hold on the key for it.
I'll move the coin in the box into the water tank.
I'll create a slit in the water.
Slit open!
S...l...i...t... Slit!
This slit connects the red box to this water tank.
From the slit,
the coin in it will move from the box into the water tank.
Is this the coin you marked?
That's right.
I can make slits anywhere.
For example...
Over here!
Shall I put a slit in your forehead?
Stand back, her brains will pop out!
Are you ready?
What are you scared of? Its not like you.
I think I'll do it on him.
Are you ready?
Wait a minute. Let's talk it out.
I'm a valuable person to this country.
I'm nothing like those scums!
Ueda!
You're an interesting man.
I won't kill you right away.
You were a great embarrassment!
You should talk! You were scared and about to cry!
I was just...
She infuriates me.
Please go on ahead. I want to check on something.
I don't want to lose my reward!
Doctor!
Maybe you should take a tour around the village.
Mikari's coffin was found here a year ago.
The villagers believed a curse would befall on
whoever dug it up.
So they've tied all that's happened to the curse.
They think Mikari came to life through "Slit" Mikako's body.
Do you believe that too?
A great archaeologist named Nishimura came from Tokyo
a year ago to excavate it.
WHAT IS THIS?
It went smoothly and he found Mikari's mummy.
A mummy existed in Japan too!
It was supposed to be a great archaeological discovery!
But soon after, Dr. Nishimura disappeared with the mummy.
Was he found later?
HEY, STOP!
A few days later, he was found dead in her coffin.
HOW AWFUL!
There was a slit on his back.
You mean he was stabbed in the back with a knife.
The villagers think that Mikari's mummy came to life
and killed Dr. Nishimura.
Please be careful.
The same thing could happen to you too.
Dr. Ueda!
I was surprised when he suddenly collapsed.
Will he be all right?
He's an useless man with a big penis.
This is our treasured museum.
It's the newest building in this village.
This is where Item O-D2822 and other
excavated treasures are kept.
We've kept it closed ever since Slit" Mikako showed up here.
It takes a lot of work to just get inside.
We installed these locks after "Slit" Mikako showed up.
Not that she can't get in with a slit in the wall.
I don't think she can make "skats" in these walls.
You mean "slits."
What magnificent items!
Can you tell?
Yes, of course.
There's an ancient air to it.
That's just a plain ashtray.
I knew that.
Miss Yamamoto!
My name is Yamada.
Are we lacking anything in terms of security?
What is this room?
That door leads to the back of the museum.
But it's never been used yet.
It's not possible to go in and out from there.
It's heavy!
There are a dozen 10-kg steel bars in each of them.
Why?
You're the one staying in the suite room.
Mr. Misawa, you shouldn't be in here.
So this is item #O-D2822.
Such a rare item.
You have a lot of nice items in here.
Right Akutagawa?
Do you know him?
Of course not.
They are not for sale.
Don't say that.
They're worth a lot on the black market.
I guess you would know that better than me.
I'm only joking.
By the way...
I heard "Slit" Mikako embarrassed you two.
No, it wasn't me...
She has no special power. She is a fraud.
Do you know something Mr. Mikawaya?
My name is MISAWA.
I'll tell you later.
Wakame (seaweed) rice. pickled konbu (seaweed),
and stir-fried vegetables.
The food was terrible. But the portion was filling.
Did you find out something
I found this.
Now that I'm full. I'm sleepy.
There's only one bedding.
Ask the front for another set.
"Please speak loud and clear into the phone."
Hello? Hello!
We're in the Sweet Potato room.
Can we get another set of bedding?
Hello? Hello!
That was fast.
Look. It's not plugged in.
I get it. By talking aloud, you can be heard downstairs.
Are you going to sleep already?
It's truly upsetting! That "Skat" Mikako!
It's "Slit" Mikako!
But she pulled put that coin from the water tank.
She only pretended to place the 500-yen coin in the box.
but was actually hiding it in the palm of her hand.
But I heard the coin in the box.
I think she hid a small noise box inside her sleeve.
How did the coin come out of the water then?
That can be easily done.
She must've had a clear coin the size of the 500-yen coin
hidden at the bottom of the tank.
It'll seem as it there is nothing in the water.
Then she puts the handkerchief in and pulls out that clear coin.
Then she switches it with the 500-yen coin with the mark.
I get it. It's like the fountain trick.
That woman selling the water used the same trick.
The one with FULL breasts?
FLAT breasts!
The question is, how did she make the slit in the water.
Wait a minute.
Udea.
It's phenolphthalein.
Phe...nol...phthalein?
When added to alkaline water, it turns red.
She had a thin tube in the water tank.
And that's where she put the alkaline liquid.
Then she pretended to tap surface of the water
to drip the phenolphthalein into the tube.
Adding acid will bring it back to its original color.
Mixing an alkalai with an acid will make the water color neutral.
I get it.
Will you figure it out sooner?
She was a fraud, after all.
I knew it!
Abarenbo!
Hey!
Doctor!
Doctor.
Doctor...
You were still up, after all.
How did you come from there to here?
With my powers to relocate instantaneously.
I wanted to see what kind of room you were staying in.
I went into another person's room by mistake.
There was a heavy-duty safe in it.
Mr. Misawa's room?
He'll get mad if you go inside without permission.
He seems like a shady man.
There was a load of cash in his safe so I took some.
I'm just kidding.
I took it ALL.
Who knows what he'll do to you when he finds out.
That's true.
Shall I make him disappear somewhere?
so irritating.
Get that irritating thing away.
Zone!
Zone?
Excuse me.
Mr. Misawa?
Mr. Misawa? No, I haven't seen him.
He's probably walking around somewhere.
He seemed to know "Skat" Mikako's secret.
That woman...
That woman has no power. She's fraud.
I wonder what Mr. Mikawaya wanted to tell me.
You shouldn't believe what Mr. MISAWA says.
That's strange.
Is something wrong?
The historical record book is missing.
It's an old document listing the legends of the village.
Maybe one of the villagers walked off with it.
I doubt it. I'm the only one who has the key to this room.
Are you looking for this?
That's...!
It had a lot of information on my ancestors.
I was intrigued by it.
Its just a nude-colored line on her dress.
Oh, this? It was a bit cool today.
You're an interesting man.
You know it's just a line, but you can't help looking.
What do you call it? Pavlov's dog?
Please return that!
Sure. But I'll transfer the contents to his notebook.
Slit open!
S...l...i...t... Slit!
Transfer complete.
Open your bag and check your notebook.
I don't believe it!
You don't need this anymore.
Wait a minute.
That was just a conjuring trick.
What you showed us wasn't the real document book.
It's a fake book with interchangeable pages
of written and blank papers.
You first lipped the pages so that we could only see the
ones with characters written on them.
Then you held the book on its reversed side and flipped
through it so that we could only see the blank pages.
rough it so that we could only see the blank pages.
Cut out those characters and put them
in Ueda's notebook when he wasn't looking.
When did I have a chance to get to his notebook?
Isn't that right, Dr. Ueda?
When can I have item #O-D2822?
You can't have it.
I'll come for it then.
Exactly at 8:00 tonight.
8:00 tonight?
That should make it easier for you to guard the museum.
Not that you can stop me.
What? 8:00 tonight?
She must be awfully confident to designate a time.
That is why that "Donto Best" isn't good enough!
The police detectives are here from Tokyo.
Are they?
Thank you for coming a long way.
I'm Village Head Mushanokoji.
I'm Yabe.
I'm Kikuchi, a Tokyo University graduate.
So you've come in disguises!
Disguises?
I can tell.
This is my natural hair.
What're you smirking about?
You should look at my eyes, not at my hair.
It's crooked.
Where are the security people?
I'm it.
Just one person?
We don't need many useless men.
A small fry is a small fry!
An elite person has the value of 362 men on the police forces
I'm impressed!
Let's get down to planning the security,
Let's take a break first.
"Slit" Mikako declared that she would steal the item
at 8:00 tonight.
What? We only have eight hours to go.
Sorry for the rush. We'll do whatever we can to help.
Nice shot!
Another hole-in-one!
The possibility of a hole-in-one for men's pro golfers is 0.0027%
and for women's pro golfers Is 0.0021%.
Just move aside after you hit the ball!
I saw the golf course sign along the way.
Keep the video going.
Are they really going to be of help?
They're just doing that to throw her off guard.
The police detectives from Tokyo are sharp!
On the other hand, that "Don Best" professor...
You're turning your waist too much.
It's something even a monkey can do.
If you swing with precision it's not hard to be a pro.
Go and find the ball.
Who's that?
"Slit" Mikako.
What's that?
He looks dead.
Slit open!
S...l...i...t... Slit!
She disappeared.
Just look for the ball.
This is the museum.
This is the newest building in the village.
That was a hard course!
Just a little over an hour till 8:00.
If it weren't for that ball disappearing on the 8th hole
I would've shot under 160.
We're supposed to all gather at 7:30.
There are over ten locked doors to get to the item.
There's a strong lock on the last door too.
I'm sorry to say there is a big pitfall to it.
If "SLIP" Mikako...
it's "SLIT."
What if she stole this key and made a spare key?
What if she snuck it out and returned it without your knowing?
Change all the locks so that she wouldn't have a spare key!
Everyone, please gather!
There are only 20 minutes until the designated time.
Police Detective Yabe from Tokyo has something to say.
Yabe?
Hi everyone...
These are all precious items to the village.
We can't let any of them get stolen.
I'm a Tokyo University graduate.
This is Dr. Ueda from Tokyo.
It's good to see you.
Do you know each other?
Who's there?
There's no one here.
Aren't you Yamada?
I'm no one like that.
Yes, you are Yamada!
Arrest her, Kikuchi!
We don't have time for that.
We can't let her go.
Your hair is crooked.
Let's synchronize our watches.
It's 7:47 now.
That clock is a bit fast.
My watch says 7:44.
Mine too.
Mine stopped yesterday.
Shut up.
That time should be accurate.
Yours must be broken.
It's almost 8:00.
Isn't your watch broken?
How does she plan to get inside in this situation?
Hey, Yamada!
I'll have you arrested immediately after this.
I don't think anything is going to happen.
She must be turning blue now because we switched the locks.
What was that that we saw this afternoon?
She just disappeared into thin air.
If she can do that, then all this security will mean nothing.
What are you talking about?
It's exactly 8:00.
Look there!
It's "Skat!"
It's "Slit!"
Slit open!
S...l...i...t... Slit!
Didn't I see this before?
This afternoon!
4 hours 39 minutes 26 seconds ago!
Now it's 28 seconds.
Do you hear something?
Is it coming from inside?
There's someone inside.
What's going on?
This can't be true!
I'm Yamada Naoko. a very talented magician.
The cowardly and useless Ueda Jiro, brought me
to Kanganai village this time.
We came to confront a woman who fraudulently
claims she can create a slit anywhere in space
and move people and things instantaneously through it.
Slit open!
Shall I make a slit on your forehead?
A year ago, the villagers found the mummy of Mikari,
who ruled the lands long ago.
Then Dr. Nishimura met with an unnatural death.
I will come for the item.
"Slit" Mikako made Misawa, a suspicious-looking man
who knew of her secret, disappear.
At 8:00 p.m., when she was due to steal the item...
"Skat!"
It's "Slit!"
Slit open!
S...I...i...t... Slit!
This looks familiar.
Do you hear something?
Is it coming from inside?
What's going on?
Is someone in there? If there is, answer me!
Stupid.
Did she enter from the back?
There!
She must've gone in from that door and locked it.
There are boxes of steel stocked high against this door.
How did she get here so quickly from there?
Let's go in from the front.
Stand guard out here.
It's open.
I'm sorry!
This isn't it!
I'm sorry!
It's "Skat!"
It's "Slit!"
I've been waiting for you.
I'm taking Item #O-D2822.
I will gladly accept it.
See you later.
Stop!
Will you check the windows?
Did "Slit" pass by here?
No.
Are you sure? She might have been disguised.
Absolutely no one passed!
You!
Arrest her!
Where did you hide the item you stole?
I moved it somewhere where you can't get it.
That's enough!
Will you check what's been stolen?
It's heavy.
She couldn't have used this route.
We can't find the exit that she used.
How did she enter and exit?
It's impossible for her to enter from the front.
I've been holding the one and only key.
Does that mean she put a slit in the wall?
It's impossible to put a "skat" in these walls.
It's "slit."
Are you missing anything?
Nothing has been stolen?
There is NOTHING missing.
What did you come in for?
What happy-go-lucky people.
Shouldn't you check properly?
What?
If you can't figure out what's been stolen.
then I'll be leaving.
Wait a minute.
Haven't I met you before?
I must've been when you were go find this afternoon.
No, even before that.
You look very familiar.
TRICK
We made ourselves so embarrassing.
Wonder why did Yabe came here?
Mr.Misawa still not return yet.
This is the most luxurious hotel in this village.
In other words, that woman managed to get inside, but
we got in so quickly that she didn't have the chance
to steal anything and had to run away.
You live up to your name!
Are they going to stay here too?
It's shaking.
Hello?
Is it working?
Yabe!
What is it?
"Please speak loud and clear into the telephone."
In hotels, they usually have what you call...
Adult pay-per-view videos.
The ones with men and women starring in them.
Like those kind that
can satisfy our desires......
Stop reacting to it.
If possible,
We'd like to get some.
That was fast.
The service is faster than the hotel I go to regularly.
This is a luxury hotel, all right.
What was that we saw this afternoon?
The corpse she was carrying...
He hall dark sunglasses and a white scarf around his neck.
That description...Sound like...
It must be Misawa!
Yabe!
What is it?
What did you see this afternoon?
PLEASE come with me.
I will go. You watch over her.
I will go. You watch over her...
It bothered me so I went in to check again.
Then I figured it out.
Look here.
How can that be!
What's wrong with it?
Compare it to the reference material.
Note the number of stands of breast hair.
This one has ten.
And this one has 14.
Which means..
It's fake!
It's real.
It's fake!
Can't you see that it's naturally growing?
I'm talking about this.
She switched it with a fake one.
Shouldn't you check properly?
That is...
So you finally figured it out.
This is the authentic one.
Mr. Misawa, who was in this room, hasn't returned yet.
if I didn't steal it...
That man, Misawa, would have.
Ten strands of breast hair!
This is the authentic one!
Please return it.
I protected it for you.
Will you show more gratitude?
What did you do with Misawa?
I made him disappear.
He was a villain.
He brought the fake one to this village in this safe.
He came here to switch the fake one with the real one.
So you did it before him?
It's no fun to just steal it.
Please return it.
You'll let it get stolen!
I'll keep it safe in here.
Slit open!
S...l...i...t...
It opened!
It's a combination lock safe!
By matching all the combinations.
The lock will be released and the door will open.
This type of lock was used in the latter 19th century.
Is that real?
Ten strands of breast hair!
This is the undoubtedly the real one.
How did she get it in there?
I saw her transfer it into the safe!
Trouble!
Trouble! Trouble!
Look there!
There's a slit in the rock!
What's that?
A hand.
How did he get caught in that position?
Will you pull him out?
It's not possible.
That rock cannot be easily moved.
It's an authentic rock.
Did you get him out?
Good work. Move aside.
He's...!
Who is he?
Mr. Misawa.
Who's that?
The body that "Slit" Mikako was carrying with her.
"Slit" Mikako?
It's Mikari!
There is a legend that Mikari did the same thing as that.
It's written in this.
There's a story that Mikari punished a viper that
appeared in the village.
Mikari grabbed the viper by its neck and stood by
Rentaro Falls. The next moment the snake disappeared and
was confined to the rocks by the river's mouth.
Doesn't it resemble the way Misawa died?
Is that "Rent-a-roll" Falls still in existence?
We believe this is the falls in the legend.
Mikari grabbed the viper by its neck and stood here.
Wait a minute.
I might've figured out the truth behind that legend.
Go to the shrine where Misawa was found.
When you get there, shout.
Run!
This is quite a distance.
Udea!
Watch carefully as to what happens!
Ueda!
Didn't a handkerchief come flowing down?
I want to verify it's mine.
Spread it out and read aloud what's written on it.
"Purple rain"?
"I, Yamada Naoko, am troubled about my flat breasts."
What's wrong? I can't hear you! Say it aloud!
"I, Ueda Jiro, am big but weak."
That hurts!
Just as I thought. It came flowing down to here.
This is the truth behind the legend.
The fails basin is connected to the rocks here...
by an underground waterway.
When it rains and the water level is high...
The water overflows from here and accumulates there.
Mikari used that to make the snakes and things disappear
from one place to another.
Then "Skat" Mikako used the same trick?
Will you stop that already?
She pushed Misawa down that falls so he'd end up here.
Most likely.
There you are.
The Village Head wants a report immediately.
By the way, where are those fools?
Who are you referring to as fools?
Is this where you spotted "Skat" Mikako?
Do you see that well straight ahead?
I saw her in front of it with the body.
Then she made a slit into space.
Did you just fall back and tremble in fear.
Don't be ridiculous.
We just continued on with our golf.
as if nothing had happened.
Exactly.
Fools, why didn't you think of solving the mystery?
What can we do if they had disappeared out of sight?
Besides, thanks to "Slip" Mikako informing us of the
time she will strike...
It's, "Skat."
Anyway, we didn't have very much time left.
That's not the point here.
You have to arrest the criminal and punish her accordingly.
Exactly, Yamada Naoko, you're under arrest for fraud.
Something seems different from that time.
What do you mean?
That well seems closer to us than that time.
Give me the key.
That's right, I had videotaped it then.
Give me the key.
You should've shown that to me first.
See? Doesn't the well appear farther?
it's on the opposite side.
You recorded over mine!
You must be mistaken. It couldn't have moved.
If the position of the pillar is different..
Then you must've seen it from a different direction.
I'm sure it was...
where Mr. Yabe had the OB on hole 13.
Don't mention that.
The pillar is on the same side as in the video
if you stand on the opposite side.
This is the angle that was videotaped.
It's the well seen from this direction.
What are you saying?
We were looking at it from that side.
Look. There was something right here.
What was there?
A flimsy mirror made of silver paper was set up here.
You fools were looking this way from there.
From there, you could see the reflection of the well.
So it seemed as if it was behind "Skat" Mikako.
By cutting a slit in the silver paper mirror and
hiding behind it, it would appear as if she disappeared
into space. And this here, is the proof of it.
Why would she go through all that trouble?
She heard that there were first-rate detectives coming
from Tokyo, so she went out of her way to impress you.
But you two continued on with your golfing, as if
nothing had happened.
That must've corneas a big insult to her.
I explained to the Village Head that Mikako might've
used a sleeping bag with the same design as the scenery
to hide in...
Shut up! That trick has already been explained.
The question left it, how did she enter here?
I came up with another explanation for it.
Perhaps she had a huge curtain scenery put up.
Then she cut a slit into it and slipped right inside
to fool Yabe and the others. What a brilliant method.
Will you listen till the end?
He should make sure that it's locked.
I checked all the windows at that time.
I don't see any exits.
Udea.
Look there.
It’s a gap.
A gap?
I want you to check on something for me.
Will you fax the information to the village office right away?
Detective Yabe!
What?
You found the mummy?
The #0-D2822 lacks force.
It's only worth a few hundred million yen.
Mikari's mummy is worth ten times of that.
She's a despicable woman.
So where is the mummy?
I can't tell you that.
How in the world did you find it?
I went in to all your rooms while you were asleep.
You should know that you can't keep me out with a lock.
Someone had disgusting magazines.
Don't you take it off when you go to sleep?
Take what off?
You have bad sleeping habits.
Stop talking aloud in your sleep, Poor Dr. Ueda.
I completely agree.
You don't have the powers that you claim.
If you do, produce the mummy before us now.
I want to have another challenge with Dr. Ueda.
Confine me in any place that you want.
I'll sneak out of there and bring Mikari's mummy.
The person who's been hiding it will of course be punished.
Are you saying one of the villagers is hiding it?
That's right.
Do you take the challenge?
Dr. Udea?
Of course.
I'll move the mummy by tomorrow morning.
You don't learn, do you?
It's useless to lock it.
Stop acting so tough.
We will stand on guard till tomorrow morning.
This thing will make your breast grow bigger.
The villagers think that Dr. Nishimura was
killed by Mikari's mummy a year ago.
The mummy has been missing since that time.
Maybe "Skat" Mikako is right.
It's "Slit" Mikako.
Burn!
Detective!
A fax came in from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
I figured out her trick!
Did anything happen?
No one came out from the shed.
I've been on guard all night long.
I'm coming in.
Police Detective...
You ate it all?
I moved the mummy as I promised.
It was very heavy though.
Don't lie! You didn't to out at all last night!
We'll soon know who you really are.
It showed up.
What showed up?
The mummy.
It's this way.
Excuse me...
This morning. I noticed that the door was open.
Then I saw the mummy inside.
Stay back!
Look there!
Kawabata!
I punished him.
He was hiding the mummy.
How dare he try to keep the fortune to himself!
How did you manage to leave the shed?
I made a slit in the wall.
My power is real.
What's so funny?
You can't fool me!
I've solved the mystery!
Kikuchi, your life is really...
This fax was addressed to me!
I get it now.
The culprit is amongst us!
And that culprit is... YOU. "Slit" Mikako!
She's already admitted to it.
I know what your trick is.
I've had a feeling that I met her somewhere.
And I finally know who she is.
This news article from 18 years ago explains it.
You'll all be shocked.
"Slit" Mikako isn't her real name.
What?
Of course it isn't.
It would've been shocking if it was.
You were a short-distance runner on the track team.
You could run a hundred meters in 11.3 seconds.
You were the hope of Japan.
Isn't this you in the article?
I guess I do look like her.
Udea.
In other words, the trick behind your power...
...is that you are a fast runner.
Excuse me...
When we were guarding the museum from her...
From the time that she disappeared from far away...
To the time we heard the noise inside...
Was only five or six seconds.
From there to the entrance of the museum...
is about 73 meters.
Wait a minute. Seventy-three meters in five seconds means
6.849315 seconds for a hundred meters.
That would far beat the worlds record.
I used to train Carl Lewis in running.
I'm the one who developed his running form.
So you went beyond your limits for the money.
You know that's not possible.
You're the one who said she could run fast.
This is all too ridiculous.
I'm going now.
Wait! I figured it all out.
I know why you claimed to have such a power.
I know why you're so set on "Skat."
It’s "Slit."
I've slit-figured it out!
I've heard enough!
How do you explain I entered the museum.
Switched the item and snuck back out?
I won't accept any nonsense like the detective's!
Please come with me.
I checked this place again after that.
Will you look at that gap?
It's big enough for a finger to fit in.
It may be hard to move all these boxes in a short time.
But it doesn't take long to just pull one out.
Udea.
You were waiting for us in the museum.
When we rushed in, after hearing a sound inside.
you showed yourself before us then went into hiding again.
That day, this box was probably left empty.
No one would think of verifying the weight of a box at the bottom.
After you shocked us, you took out this box, opened
the back door and went out.
A person on the inside then secretly locked it and put
the box to its original place.
Are you saying that she has an accomplice?
Yes.
Wait a minute. How did I enter the locked museum?
It's simple. You entered from the front with the keys.
You first appeared there then disappeared.
You must've hidden behind a black curtain you had set up.
Right after that, we noises from inside.
That was probably from a tape recorder you had set
to play on a timer.
When we heard the noise, we assumed someone was inside.
So we impulsively ran over to the back.
Then you dashed to the front entrance and opened
the locks with the keys that you had.
That's impossible. Why would l have the keys to the place?
Mr. Akutagawa was holding on to the single set of keys.
She's right.
I was told to replace all the locks in the museum,
so she didn't have time to make any spare keys.
Exactly!
Whose side are you on?
The set of keys that you had that time were the old ones.
Just by glancing at them, you can't tell the difference
from the old ones and the new ones.
After you opened the lock at the front entrance,
you left it hanging there.
The lock will appear to be securely locked.
Mr. Akutagawa was just pretending to unlock them.
All those locks gave you the time to get inside.
This isn't it!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry!
After the dash, you needed time to catch your breath.
I've been waiting for you.
I know why you insisted on wearing a dress with slits.
That long skirt appears to be difficult to move in,
but it actually makes it easier to dash in.
And you could distract the foolish men.
Wait a minute! You make it sound as if I'm her accomplice!
Yes, that's right.
On the night that we guarded the museum...
You made all of us adjust our time to the clock in the museum.
That clock is accurate.
Reflecting back on it,
I think you did that because the tape recorder inside was
set to go off at 8:00 p.m., per the museum clock's time.
And "Skat" Mikako was supposed to show up according to that.
When we heard a noise coming from inside, you...
Is it the back door?
That's how you cleverly moved everyone to the back entrance.
That's enough! Why would I cooperate with her?
Wasn't it an imitation that was on exhibit?
Weren't you selling the items on the black market?
To Mr. Misawa.
It'll bring in a lot of money on the black market.
I guess you would know best.
In return or keeping your secret, he wanted you
to sell him more items.
He had the authentic item in his safe to blackmail you with.
The item that you showed us was a well-made imitation.
Because you said it was the authentic one...
We all assumed it was.
You claimed you would move it into the safe, but
you just covered it with a cloth and dropped in the back.
That's a lie! I don't know this woman!
You used Akutagawa to prove your power is real.
For what purpose.
I couldn't figured out for the longest time.
But now I know why.
"Skat" Mikako isn't your real name!
What?
That's what I said!
Your real name is...
Nishimura Mikako!
Are you by chance Dr. Nishimura's daughter?
That's right.
I've done everything that I wanted to do.
So I'll confess the truth.
My father showed up here a year ago for an excavation.
He found Mikari's mummy and was killed.
Someone in this village killed my father
and stole the mummy.
He wanted to keep the mummy all to himself.
My father suspected there was someone scheming that.
In a letter to me, he wrote that if he should die, the killer
is someone who was involved in the excavation.
Then, what he feared, happened.
I told the police that it was a murder case.
But as there was no proof...
The case was closed as a simple accident.
I vowed to get revenge on my fathers murderer.
But you didn't know who the murderer was.
or where the mummy was hidden.
That's right.
So I set it up so that the culprit would die on his own.
Die on his own?
There was an ancient poison on the mummy.
When light strikes it, the poison releases its effect.
Stay back!
The legend that death will come to those who dig up
the remains comes from that.
You didn't know who the culprit was...
But you wanted him to believe you had the power to move from
one place to another in an instant.
Then you declared before everyone that you found the
mummy and the culprit would be punished.
The culprit tried to relocate the mummy, and ended up dying
from the poison released from it.
Are you saying that Kawabata was the culprit?
That's how you got your revenge on the unknown culprit.
That's the gist of it.
I've done all that I wanted to.
So I have no attachments here.
Bye.
Bye?
This is my last disappearing act.
Where did she disappear to?
There!
She's fast!
Don't be impressed! Go after her, fools!
Stop!
Run, fools!
Mr. Akutagawa, where are you going?
I'm not her accomplice. What proof do you have?
Are you still saying that?
We have the proof.
The other night. I saw "Slit" Mikako standing afar
under the moonlight. When I turned around, she was there.
So you were still up.
I thought long and hard about it.
She wasn't standing under that moonlight.
It was you.
That's ridiculous!
Mikako and I have different builds. How could you
mistake us, even if she had her back turned?
Weren't you wearing this?
I found this in your lab.
You're lying. Besides, the lab is...
We cut a slit into it and went inside.
It's his fault!
Misawa approached me with a juicy deal!
Akutagawa, you fool!
Who would've thought that he would fall for this...
He didn't see through this fake that we made.
Where's "Skat" Mikako?
I left her to Kikuchi. He used to be on the track team.
I remembered I had to arrest someone else.
The Village Head and Mishima took Mr. Akutagawa away...
to the local police.
I came back for you.
You handcuffed yourself.
Doctor, watch out.
What are you doing?
You're not very smart.