“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.”
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.
The killer brought pre-printed fake notes, swapped them into the tray, then staged the scene. The real printer never ran. But the thermal fiber came from a portable receipt printer – a device only the rare-currency dealer carries to issue authenticity certificates on the spot.
The episode opens on a rainy Saturday. Conan, Ran, and Kogoro are at Dr. Agasa’s house, where the professor introduces them to an eccentric retired press operator, . Uzuki claims he’s discovered a “perfect counterfeit” that even the Bank of Japan can’t distinguish. Detective Conan Episode 564
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.”
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.
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 most dangerous lies are not spoken
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?
“Clever boy. Yes, I killed Uzuki. He refused to join my ring. But you have no proof.”
Conan corners Saki Minamino in the workshop’s darkroom. She smirks, holding a UV flashlight. But tonight, a routine visit to Dr
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.)
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.
