The rented car was parked to the side of a busy street. Cars breezing by them to drive towards the highway. A bridge above them was also populated with modes of transportation. The sun was close to settling down on the midwinter sky. Already the breeze of the upcoming chilly weather could be felt. Most had their car windows rolled down to take in the refreshing air, Cona noted as she glanced out her side window which was down as well when Mori turned off the car in an impatient huff. Why the sudden irritation to the "World's Renown Greatest Detective" Kogoro Mouri you may ask? Well it would have to do with the very fact that he was on a stake out, an order that came from Beika's Police Department. Inspector Megure, also his supervisor and partner on cases they've come upon in the past, had received information of a drug deal that became rather popular. The drug trafficking was done on the highway a little away from Tokyo's Yokohama Bay Bridge. The ones that issued the drugs were said to always wear black. When Megure mentioned this bit of information, Cona was the first to tag along.
Though Kogoro was immediately against it, threatening to restrict Cona from leaving the apartment complex which held his detective office all together. The eight-year-old Sherlock however was persistent in going. Ran Mouri managed to convince her father to allow the child to come. After all, the child almost always accompanied them wherever they went, ever since they were entrusted with the safety of the girl when her folks couldn't be around to do so themselves. The reason was always business related or a personal problem or injury while traveling abroad. Or at least those were the excuses they were told. By now the Mouri family of two had gotten used to the strange disappearances of the Edogawa family and having Cona living under their roof. It would almost make a year since the kid had been guarded under their care.
After taking a long inhale of air, Mouri gave consent into letting the child come along. Instructing Ran to keep the girl from interfering in any police work, to which she agreed. Which now lead to the predicament they were now in. An hour or so of waiting, Mouri started to complain. Believing the sole reason of this long wait was just some prank from the inspector and that he could use his time more wisely on other things like eating or going to the closest panchinko to win some cash or even catching up on the newest soap drama starring his dear idol, Yoko Okino!
Giving a sweat drop at Mouri's present concern, Ran and Cona soon assured him that this couldn't be some form of a prank. Cona knew firsthand that the Inspector wasn't one for games. After all, she's known the Inspector for some years now. Oh, you ask how can a child that came to Japan no more than a few months ago would know a person for years? Well that would be because this kid was no kid at all. Before she was in the situation she is stuck in now, Cona was Shinichi Kudo, high school detective of the east. In her teenage body, she took on many cases herself. She had become very well known. Her name was just about as popular as any artist or pop sensation in Japan. Almost everyone sought her out for her amazing mystery solving skills and keen eye for details.
However, that all went downhill after one amusement park trip with her childhood best friend, Mouri Ran. Noticing a shady deal going on between two men dressed in black, Shinichi went to check on the mysterious pair. Leaving her friend behind. Sadly, she was too careless and got stuck behind by one of the individuals dressed in black. While unconscious, they slipped a pill into her mouth. When she regained consciousness, her body had shrunk to the size of a child. Since that day, she had gone by the alias Cona Edogawa; in order to not get the ones she cared for in danger. The only ones who knew of her secret were a handful of allies.
So when she heard that these drug dealers were well known for wearing black, she thought this could be her chance. To get back at the underground crime syndicate, eliminate their group, and return to her original body. Although it was a fifty-fifty chance, she couldn't pass up the possibility that this could the people held responsible.
While Ran tried consoling her impatient father, Cona fiddled with the buttons on her glasses. One of the lenses becoming a crimson red as she began to zoom in to enhance visibility of the area around them. This way she could even look inside the vehicles and have a better chance at spot these individuals dressed in black. Sadly, no one of that profile matched from the rows of cars passing by their car was parked to the side of the road.
Just as Mouri was keen on giving up and calling it a day, a phone call from Megure, a more urgent sounding one then when he called them to stakeout the criminals caught their attention. Apparently they were dead on sight, and were gaining more speed. Megure and the cops with him were trying to reach them but needed Mouri to hold the criminals off.
Understanding this, Mouri got out of the car, weapon in hand as he dashed in the direction Megure was instructing him. Seeing how he rushed out of the car, his daughter, Ran, ran after him. She instructed Cona to lock up the car until they came back, to which the child agreed.
"Dad, wait up!" she'd shout as she caught up to him. Now it was only Cona in the car. She crossed her arms as she thought about where these criminals could be. If it were the men in black that she was looking for, catching them wouldn't be so simple. As she thought this, her phone began to ring. And not the one she used for her alias, but the phone she gave others when they wanted to talk to "Shinichi". The phone number displayed looked to be out of her country. She decided to ignore but the person calling continued to relentlessly dial her phone. Who could this be? Some prankster? She sighed, deciding that these criminals they were keeping an eye out served more importance until she felt another ring, this time from her own pants pocket. This time, the person was calling the phone her alias used. This sent a chilling sensation down her spine. She could understand them calling "Shinichi", but how would they know "Cona's" phone number too? Her hand shook a bit as she slowly reached for the phone. She took a moment to cough and compose herself before answering. "Hello?" she'd ask in her best kid-like voice, which was more high pitched then her usual tone of voice.
"Hello Kudo-kun," came a voice from the other line. They sounded like they were using a voice changer, which only made things more unsettling for Cona. "S-Sorry, I think you made a mistake..this isn't Shinichi nee-san's number…" Cona would say, her voice still high pitched, a bit nervous sounding despite her trying to not sound like she was. The owner of the voice chuckled into the phone. "No need to hide your secret from me, Kudo-kun, or, would you prefer Cona-chan?" asked the voice. From where the person was speaking, they seemed to be in a darkened room. The person's smirk forming as they had the phone on speaker while they moved around some cards on their bed. There were three of them, however, that they kept their gaze on. One card held a picture of a queen, next to it was one of lost souls in purgatory; referring to misfortune or possible death, the last one held the picture of a character hidden by a cloak known as "Mystery Card". The person that contacted Cona had their hands over the cards. "I do not have enough time to explain myself, however, you should get out of that car right now…" as she heard this, whatever remained of Cona's calm demeanor was completely gone. She was shaking as she continued to hold the phone to her ear despite not being able to believe what was going on right now. "H-How do you know where I am?! W-What game are you playing at?!" demanded the child-sized detective. However, the once teasing and playful tone of the caller turned to a serious one as they cut the child off. "We can discuss that another time, but for now, I need you out of that vehicle pronto." The person remarked before chuckling again, "Besides, I don't think Ran would like to come back to seeing not only their car totaled, but the child she's been taking care of for so long also run over and dead…"
At this Cona's fears were compromised. They knew about Ran, her best friend. Did they know her other loved ones too? The person on the phone was about to speak again until they saw someone walk up to the bed where they sat. They placed their hand out, signaling the other to hand them the phone. The original one talking to the phone found this amusing, but handed the phone. "I never see you usually take these calls, your usually silent…" they remarked. "Well, right now we don't have the time to be messing around, you know that lives are at stake…" commented the person that took the phone. This one obviously sounding feminine, "Cona-chan, please disregard my friend's teasing. She can't really seem to know when to restrain herself even when the matter calls for it.." Cona heard this new voice say. Did they say the other one was a girl too? This person laughed, now their voice sounding normal. Seems they ditched the voice changer. "Aww, Wren, why you gotta kill my fun?~" joked the teasing voice, this had to be the first voice for sure. "Téana, get serious already. Look Shinichi-kun, what my friend says isn't to be taken lightly."
"How can I trust you two? You know everything about me but I don't know anything about either of you!…." Cona replied. To this, the two were silent until the second voice spoke up. "I know, and don't worry, all of this will be explained soon. Just get out of the car. I know its asking for a lot, but believe me, please." The second voice demanded. Cona thought a bit on it, before answering an "Alright," and getting out of the car. When she got out, the person told them to make it 30 feet away from the car. Cona did as the other told her before looking back to the car. And what happened, may had been a quick two seconds, but felt like the world to her. The car she was sitting in moments before was sent flying as another car came racing towards it with no intentions to stop. The attacker's car suffered little to no damage as they speed off. The car Ran's father rented bounced on the asphalt of the street before landing upside down. All the glass of the car's windows were crushed. Oil leaked from car and all that was left of it was a flash as the car exploded. Cona could only watch on. The world around her seemed to continue to slow down. She could hear the siren of the fire trucks and the sound of people shouting in panic at the incident. So many questions flowed into her head. She barely heard when the second voice said, "We'll come into contact with you again, until then, Shinichi" before they hung up.
Some distance away, a figure, who had just seen the events happened was curious himself as to what was going on. Kaito Kid, the notorious thief, had been informed that something dangerous would happen to the detective and made it as fast as he could here. The witch, Akako, wasn't one to usually tell him how the detective was doing. So when she came up to him during their first homeroom class to tell him this, he knew it was an emergency. Luckily, Cona had made it out in time. But still, Kaito didn't need to ask Akako to know that this could happen again. He would have to keep an eye on the detective and warn her himself. Taking out a card from out of his sleeve, an idea came to mind. "Well, its been so long since we've had a showdown, we should have one for old time's sake as well, I'll have the invitation ready tonight~…"