I had a queasy feeling for the whole day. In school, while running around with the detective boys, this feeling wasn't due to the date of today. Friday the 13th. I didn't believe in those nonsense. It was even proved that accidents happen less often on Friday the 13th then on every other day in the year. So it must something different.
I intended to go to the professor together with Haibara after school. The children accompanied us as well. Surely they wanted to play Agasas new video game.
"Hey Cool Kid!" a young woman called me: Jodie-Sensei.
"Here, I only wanted to give you your mobile phone back, thanks again." the FBI agent said and passed me my red phone.
"Hee?" I hesitated for a moment before grabbing it. Jodies expression proved my bad feeling.
Her eyes had lost some of that shine every good detective should have. The desire to solve a riddle. Furthermore her eyes were red and puffy so she must have cried recently.
"Thanks." I smiled politely towards the leaving woman.
"Conan-kun are you coming?" it was Ayumi who called me. The other turned around as well.
"Yeah... just a moment. Go ahead, I will catch up to you guys." I answered and began to disassemble the telephone, remove the battery and checked the serial number. It was a different one.
There was only one reason why Jodie-Sensei would return another mobile phone, when my real one became evidence. Now I understood the queasy feeling I had the whole day and Jodies faked smile. In grievance I looked at the ground, closed my eyes with an arching heart. Akai-san...
"Conan-kun!"the little Ayumi jelled again. "Conan, you shouldn't let a woman wait." said Genta and Mitsuhiko in unison. I let out a silent sigh, looked up and went over to them.
"Is everything alright, Kudou?" Haibara asked as well. She always had fine senses for those kind of things.
"a...yeah... I'm fine." I replied with a forced smile.
She didn't need to know how much the death of the FBI agent matters to me. It's my own business.
At the professors place the children played with each other. I didn't. I sat at the table and drank my ice coffee.
How could Akai...Shuu get himself killed? This man was highly intelligent, he was on my level. Why did he get caught in such a trap? His instinct was superb. He even felt it when I aimed at him with my watch and dodged. There was only one group who are able to lure him into a trap. The Organization. But he would never step into a trap if he weren't sure getting out of. So why was he dead now!
My hand cramped around my thin glass with coffee. Questions over questions piled up inside my head and inside my chest was a storm of emotions. Wrath and grieve mixed together with despair and horror. A single tear drop run down my cheek.
Akai, Shuuichi a great man, colleague and friend past away.