*One month later, Conan POV*

We had both gotten discharged from the hospital, Shinchi a little wary of being out in the open. Even so, she gladly accepted some modified glasses from Agasa and the watch that doubled as a small pocked knife. She rolled her eyes at it at first, I'm not sure why, but she wore it nevertheless. And she enrolled into Teitan Elementary School. Sheesh. I wasn't expecting that. She ended up in the same class as me, Haribara and the others. Wow. And she posed as my cousin, Shinami Hanazaki. At first I protested, but then, what power did a 'little first grader' have? Anyways, back to the events.

oOo

*Three days before*

A little girl stepped into the street. Her gray and white tabby had stepped onto the pavement, and was strolling across it like no one's business. As she stretched out her hands to grab the small gray and white being from the tar, a truck came roaring down the street straight towards her. It didn't honk or anything, just kept on silently rolling. She didn't even realize it before it was too late…Boom. And the girl fell to the street, the life knocked out of her.

This happened five times in a period of three days.

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Conan and the gang were walking back home, Ai and Shinami trailing them from behind. In front of them, Ayumi and Genta were arguing over some snack they had just bought in a convenience store.

"I deserve to have it!" Genta shouted into Ayumi's face.

"No, I do! I'm the one who bought it! Right, Hanazaki-san?" Chibi Shinchi was silent, looking down at the ground and not answering. All of the young 'detectives' sweat dropped.

"Never mind that. Did you guys hear about the cases involving the small children getting hit by cars?" Conan asked, breaking the silence. At once everyone seemed to forget about the snack.

"I did!" Mistuhiko piped up. "It's really scary."

"That's right!" came the reply from Ayumi. "They all died instantly."

Conan smiled inwardly as he kicked his soccer ball up and down. Haribara and Shinchi both remained silent as they continued walking along the street.

"Ah!" Conan exclaimed as his soccer ball hit the wrong side of his knee and bounced into the street. "How did that happen?" he wondered out loud as he started to go over to pick it up.

"Don't worry, Conan-kun! I'll get it!" Ayumi squeaked and skipped into the street. Just then, they saw a truck approaching her. All of the children's eyes widened. It was the truck that had been in the newspaper, described by the bystanders who had witnessed the car accidents. "AYUMI-SAN!" Shinchi screamed and quickly stripped herself of her backpack and launched herself into the street, pushing Ayumi out of harm's way. The last thing she heard was the yells of the other children, the last thing she tasted was the tang taste blood, and the last thing she saw was the gray of the truck and the face of the driver. Then everything disappeared.