Detective Conan Kir
By: FunahoMisaki
(A/N: I own nothing and read last chapter)
"So this is the famous London Fog? It's a lot less romantic than I thought." Ran said looking around and making everyone in the game cringe when the smelled something awful.
"It looks more creepy than romantic…although I suppose there is a sort of…dark charm to it." Rena said with a hum and making Ayumi sniff the air and then cover her nose.
"It smells like poo." Genta stated what was the obvious to everyone else in the game actually able to smell the fog at the moment.
"It's not actual fog, it's a collection of wastes and pollution in the air…nowadays we call it smog." Conan corrected them making the kids look surprised while Rena raised an eyebrow at how the little boy seemed to know about this.
"Wow really?" Ayumi seemed amazed.
"I didn't know smog existed back then." Mitsuhiko said surprised as well…that was when a scream ripped through the almost peaceful night air.
"Jack the Ripper!" Conan said immediately running towards the source of the scream.
"Wait Conan!" Ran reached out as if to grab him but Rena's training had already kicked in and she was running after him, her long legs not being just for show as she quickly caught up with him.
"Hold it right there!" Conan yelled adjusting something on his shoe which made it glow brightly before he kicked a can. The can flew a few feet but fell short of Jack the Ripper who quickly ran away before they could see any defining features.
Rena however had grabbed the knife that he had used to stab the woman, who she knew with a glance was dead, and threw it with expert aim and obvious training in the art. The knife flew forward until it slammed into his shoulder and made him stumble for a second but he continued running anyways, leaving just a few drops of blood behind since he didn't take the blade out of his shoulder.
"Tch. He got away." Rena said glaring at the way the figure had ran and then quickly grabbing Conan and ducking into an alleyway nearby when they heard approaching steps.
"Are you alright?" Rena asked gently while Conan held his foot and she relaxed when she saw it was just Ran with the other kids approaching them looking worried and out of breath.
"Did you get hurt Conan?" Ran asked worriedly as Rena set the boy down while he looked sheepish.
"Just my foot." Conan said rubbing the back of his head.
"If Doctor Agase's inventions don't work in the virtual world then there's a very real possibility that we'll all end up dead." Haibara said softly to Conan, and only Rena's training in espionage allowed her to hear what the girl had said and she glanced at the kids surprised.
An invention from the doctor? Was that why Conan's shoe had glowed when he seemed to adjust a dial on it? Interesting and curious.
"Yeah my watch opens and the antenna on my glasses still goes up but that's it." Conan said pressing something on the side of his glasses that made an antenna rise and then retract. Rena carefully watched out of the corner of her eye, making very sure not to have the cameras aimed in their direction at the moment. Hm, very intriguing.
She wondered what his watch and glasses could do in the real world. As well as what his shoes were supposed to do other than glow.
"Help! Jack the ripper!" Someone was yelling and her head snapped up to show an NPC had discovered the body and was calling for help.
"You there. Get inspector Lestrade." One of the bobbies ordered the other who nodded and ran off and Rena noticed how Conan had perked up at those words and looked curiously after the running cop.
"C'mon." Ran was ushering everyone away from the crime scene and they all went willingly towards the bridge she led them to.
"This game is so real, I can almost feel the chill in the air." Ran said sighing as she relaxed against a railing on the bridge as the kids and Rena took up positions around the bridge, Rena at an angle where she could see everyone clearly.
"I sure felt the pain in my foot." Conan said dryly and earning him a smirk from Haibara.
"I feel cold." Ayumi said and Mitsuhiko immediately began unbuttoning his jacket to give it to her. Conan had moved just a little slower for once and handed his over to Haibara.
"Here. You look like you could use it." Conan said making Haibara smirk as she slipped into the jacket while Genta gave his to Ran since Rena was already wearing one.
"Well aren't you the romantic one? Giving a girl a gift in London, one of the most romantic places in the world. Someone might get the wrong impression from this." Haibara teased Conan who scowled at her with a pink dusting on his cheeks and held his hand out at her.
"Fine. Give it back then." Conan said making Rena giggle a little as Haibara took a step back with an even wider smirk on her face.
"Nope. Mine now. I am keeping it." Haibara said causing Conan to give her a deadpan look.
"So what are we supposed to do now?" Emoshi asked making everyone frown as they thought about it, Conan looking up at the virtual moon.
"C'mon doc. Help us out here." Conan said softly and in less than two minutes his wish came true when Agase contacted them and tried to help them out.
"Conan! Listen right now you are in the white chapel distract, you need to make your way to Bakers street an-" Agase was cut off by static now causing Conan to scowl.
"Noah's Arc has cut off our only line of communication." Conan said scowling harder and then pausing when they all heard something.
"Get off the bridge!" Rena said making most of them begin running off of the bridge immediately but Kikukawa made the mistake of turning to look for a second before running.
He began to fall when the falling bricks caught up to him only for Haibara to grab one of his hands and Conan to grab his other.
"Hang on." Conan told Kikukawa as he and Haibara did their best to keep the boy from falling into the water and likely getting a game over.
"Come on guys!" Mitsuhiko said rushing over to help Conan and Haibara but Rena beat them there.
"I've got him." Rena said using her much taller frame to easily reach over and take Kikukawa into her arms, pulling him safely over the edge of the bridge as they all collapsed backwards away from the edge.
"It's alright, you're safe now." Rena said softly as she helped sooth the boy while everyone looked relieved that he was okay and glancing up Rena saw that even Moroboshi smiled a little as they helped calm Kikukawa down.
"Alright…so now what do we do?" Ran asked after Kikukawa was calmed down enough and they got off of the bridge completely.
"We do what that bobby said back there. We contact Inspector Lestrade." Conan said making Ran perk up, she knew that name!
"Inspector Lestrade…the fictional character?" Rena asked first as she looked at Conan curiously.
"Given that this is a game they might take liberties between what is reality and what is fiction." Haibara spoke up calmly.
"So does that mean that the assist character is-" Mitsuhiko seemed really excited now.
"That's right. Around here somewhere is the famous Sherlock Holmes himself." Conan said and he looked incredibly happy about that. Finally he would meet his long time idol, or at least a video game representation of his idol that was made by his dad and Dr. Agase.
"You seem very pleased about that." Rena said smiling at the Detective Boys who were all excited and happy about this news.
"Of course he is." Haibara spoke up first as she smirked at Conan.
"He's a corpse magnet."
That nickname was going to go viral she was sure.
