So here is the police meeting. Hope you like it. I don't think I'll change it but tell me what you like and don't like about it.
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"Megure-keibu…" Nakamori trailed off, "can I talk to you for a bit?" They were at a meeting of many Japanese police inspectors to go over any changes in the power the officers had during any case.
"What is it?" Megure looked up with a confused expression, putting away the phone he had just been looking at to give the other man his undivided attention. It was odd for such a prideful man to ever admit he wanted to talk about something, much less with someone from a different department.
Nakamori began to shift his weight from one foot to the other, looking between the clean tile floor and the other officers who were watching the exchange on the side, taking subconscious care not to make eye contact with any of them.
One deep breath and a shake of his head was the last bit of strength the man needed to continue the conversation. "You know that kid, Edogawa Conan, right?"
That got the attention of the entire audience. There were people who barely knew the kid but were extremely curious why the grumpy inspector would ever show interest in him, and then there were the people who knew the kid. All, most notably the Nagano inspectors, swiveled their heads to pay attention to a conversation that could quite possibly be the most interesting thing that had happened in months. Anyone who had worked on a case with the kid would be able to say with confidence that there was no way the boy was normal. Both people like the idiot from Gunma who thought Conan was Mouri's follower and those like the super intendent who knew Conan as the 'brain behind sleeping kogoro,' would probably be able to win a debate with anyone that the kid was strange. So, hearing those magic words, they began to listen in, some not even bothering to hide their curiosity.
"Yes... we know each other from the abundance of cases the boy has an odd habit of running across. I've known him since a short while after he moved in with the Mouri's when he ran into a murder. Why?"
"My daughter said that her friends were talking about him and when she looked him up she just kept getting more and more confused so she asked me. I told her some of what I know but then she told me that one of her friends called him death's champion. It seemed like that made the most sense if it was about the murders I keep hearing he runs across so I thought I'd ask you." Nakamori said, finally making full eye contact. Through the mask of indifference and the excuse that his daughter was the reason he was asking, Megure could see a hint of personal curiosity that the man had about the boy just like all the other officers who had met him.
"Well, I do have to admit that that description matches him. I looked over the old files a little while ago and found out that Mouri only started running into cases when Conan-kun started living at his house," Megure paused to think for a moment before continuing with a smirk, "Did you know that he got involved in a case about the kidnapping of a little girl the same afternoon that he first met Ran Mouri?"
"Seriously? I always knew that the kid had terrible luck, but this is just ridiculous." Jugo Yokomizo said with a sigh, "We can't even stop him from joining in on the case because he is always one of the primary witnesses or has some information we don't. It's ridiculous."
"He's definitely cursed!" Yamamura yelled shaking, "A demon must be haunting him...the amount of murders he comes across is not natural! The police can't hope to stand up against that...we should get him purified. Kansuke was only able to slowly sigh and cover his eyes with his good hand, sagging his shoulders and allowing himself the defeat at the idea that this guy was his equal and college.
"Well, sleeping kogoro's 'bag of wisdom' has never followed the same rules that everyone else does I suppose." All conversation stopped as the officers turned to give their full attention to their superior, superintendent Kuroda. "Although I would like to know what you all do actually know about him…"
"Well, we know that he is much smarter than a normal kid," Sato said looking to her right at Yumi who continued for her,
"And that the brat has a bunch of gadgets that let him skateboard as fast as police cars. Who knows what else he can do when he really set's his mind to something."
"Maybe he could be hiding something," the other Yokomizo brother suggested, knowing that when talking about any other kid it would sound ridiculous, but with Conan anything was possible he supposed.
"I don't think that we should look into this…" Takagi voiced his thoughts for the first time, "Do you remember when I was trapped in that elevator on the tokyo tower with the bomb in the elevator and Conan was the one who had to defuse it?" He asked fidgeting with his tie under the questioning gaze of his colleagues.
"I remember, you had to read Conan the directions while he defused the bomb." Megure said looking at Takagi in curiosity to see where he was going with this.
"Well, because of what happened there I don't think his past is something we should look into… he has secrets worth everything to him." With that declaration he sealed the conversation despite the confused looks of his friends asking him if that was all he was going to say. Takagi started walking back to his car now that the meeting was over and let the people who were listening to that conversation try to figure out what he could mean in that cryptic message.
Walking along the sidewalk Takagi failed to notice superintendent Kuroda trailing after him for a few steps before giving up, a smirk on his face. 'Of course that boy would be able to gain the complete loyalty of one of my officers. I bet that if he were asked to by that kid Takagi would do almost anything. So many officers listen to him, Kansuke and the other Nagano police officers seem like they treat him as a college rather than a kid, and Takagi would most likely disobey any order I give him if Conan looked into his eyes and told him to. Honestly, sometimes I wonder which one of us is actually in charge of Japan's police force.'
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"Wait, Takagi!" Sato called out to him as he was entering his car, running to catch up to him. "I was hoping I could ask you a bit about what you said inside...what do you mean we shouldn't look into this?"
"I mean that it's not something for us to be worried about." He told her with a straight face that held a hint of regret and acceptance. "We would only get in the way."
"What makes you say that?" She asked. Seeing his reluctance to answer she pleaded, "Takagi please, at least tell me this so that I know why I shouldn't be worried. You're scaring me a bit." Takagi bit his lip and had a sorrowful expression on his face, Sato could have sworn she heard him whisper a 'you won't be too mad if I tell her just a little bit, right?'.
"Takagi-"
"No kid can do what he can do," was the beginning Takagi gave, "that's how I know he's not a kid. Before you say something-I don't mean that he is super intelligent or anything. You could probably make me believe with just the information I have now that he was raised to be a genius or gets help from someone secretly, or even something as crazy as he was genetically engineered to be smarter than everyone else. But the kid in the elevator was different. Even normally when he lets us see some of his intelligence there is always a slight, childish gleam of pride in his eyes-happy that he is being recognized for his work or happy that he gets to have fun solving a puzzle- you could never describe the kid in the elevator that way." Takagi took a deep breath and thought about how to express what he was trying to get across.
A moment of silence played over the pair as Sato spent the time trying to understand what had her boyfriend acting like this. She had never seen this side of him before.
Finally over his silence, Takagi set his hands down and once again made eye contact with his girlfriend, the strongest, most beautiful woman he had ever met, and the one he had to convince that it was too dangerous to look into Conan for all parties involved. "I asked him you know. I couldn't hold my curiosity anymore so I asked him, 'who are you?'. Do you know what his response was? Just a chuckle that sounded like the life had been drained out of him as he said If you really want to know I'll tell you.' until he let his then dead eyes meet mine before finishing his answer with, 'on the other side.' He knows something, and I shouldn't dive into it without reason. He has a purpose-he always does- I made a decision that day that I agreed with him that some information wasn't meant to be learned and that I would help him if he ever honestly asked for it. I can't tell you everything about him, but i can tell you that he is someone who should never be looked into. Sorry."
"Alright, I'll trust you just this once. Conan is not something to think about in terms of what to do with a kid so I suppose I can make an exception this once."
"Right, thank you."
Unknown to them, several police officers had been listening in, and all agreed with the decision the couple had made. Conan was someone they could never afford to lose, if he had a secret he was planning to keep until his death they would let him. Not a single person had any doubts about their decision, they all knew that Conan would die before letting someone else die regardless of who it was.
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That might be the last chapter in this series for me. I like this as a possible conclusion so we're going to need to wait and see. Tell me what you think about this and if you have any ideas for me. Thanks all of you. :)
