That night, they visit Uzuki’s workshop – a soundproofed room filled with scanners, printers, and UV lamps. Uzuki is found slumped over his desk, a faint smell of burnt paper and almonds (cyanide) in the air. A glass of whiskey sits nearby, half-empty. The police rule suicide – Uzuki had mounting debts.
“The most dangerous lies are not spoken. They are printed. In the quiet hum of a laser printer and the crisp feel of a new bill, a phantom counterfeiter has flooded Tokyo’s back-alley markets. But tonight, a routine visit to Dr. Agasa’s friend will turn into a deadly game of paper trails and ink.”
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
“Clever boy. Yes, I killed Uzuki. He refused to join my ring. But you have no proof.”
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? That night, they visit Uzuki’s workshop – a
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.”
But Conan spots the contradiction: the printer’s “jobs completed” counter shows , yet a fresh stack of counterfeit notes sits in the output tray. Someone printed after he died. The police rule suicide – Uzuki had mounting debts
But Conan’s eyes narrow. Using his watch-light, he notices something odd: the note’s serial number ends in ”564” – the same as today’s episode number. He pockets the note.