Chapter 1: Blackmail
"Why is he here?" Inspector Megure asked, pointing to Conan, who was standing at Takagi's feet.
"Why did I bring him?" Takagi scratched his chin in thought.
"Because you think he'll be of help with the case?" Satou asked.
"No," Takagi kept thinking.
"Because I'm blackmailing you?" Conan chimed in.
"That was it!" Takagi said as though a light bulb just went off in his head.
"What are you blackmailing him with?" Satou asked.
"A secret," Conan smiled deviously.
"What kind of secret?" Satou kneeled by his side. "You can tell me can't you?"
"Well…" Conan pondered the idea.
"No he can't!" Takagi inserted himself in the conversation, taking Conan in his arms and carrying him to the other side of the room before he returned to Officer Satou.
"Well!" Officer Satou huffed.
"Sorry!" Takagi flashed an awkward toothy grin that wasn't quite… him.
Officer Satou kept glancing over at Takagi throughout the case which made it hard for her to focus, but Takagi seemed quite fine on the other hand as though he was already used to keeping this secret from her.
AT THE POLICE OFFICE
"No way" Satou heard Takagi object just down the hall about a meter or so.
"Fine then!" Chiba retorted. "Maybe I'll just tell Satou that-"
"Okay!" Takagi cut in, defeated.
"Hmm" Officer Satou thought "If I can't get the information out of Conan, maybe I can get it out of Chiba" An evil smile spread across her face "Yes, definitely!"
"No way!" Chiba made a big fat 'X' with his arms. "That information is capital 'C' classified!"
"Please!" Satou begged. "Will you at least tell me why it's so important that it stays a secret?"
"Sorry!" Chiba smiled sadly. He scribbled something down on a piece of paper and handed it to her. "But here's his address if you want to confront him face to face about this!"
AT TAKAGI'S APARTMENT
"Chiba?" Officer Satou asked as the large bodied police officer opened the door. "What are you doing here?"
"I live here," Chiba said making some of the toothpaste run out of the edge of his mouth.
"But you said this was Takagi's address!" She waved the paper angrily in his face "I know this is a secret but was it really necessary to give me-"
"We board!" Takagi cut in before she could get too angry.
"Well then will you tell me-" She only got so far in before Takagi cut her off again.
"Sorry can't talk I'm…" He held out the 'M' sound for a long time before saying "In the shower" He finished in a quieter voice, "Or something like that"
"But you're not in the-" She only got that much out before he slammed the door in her face.
"FINE!" She shouted through the door. "You don't think I can figure this out? I'm a fucking detective!"
