A/N: OK then, it's time for a new chapter. I know, the updates are quite fast because, the chapters were made some time before. So, hope you will like this fourth chapter.

Text Message

Chapter 4: A Helping Message

The night is as dark as the color black.
I am but a dove.
By the time the clock strikes 8:30 pm this Friday evening, the Eye of the Storm will vanish quickly like the wind.
And those clues might be enough for you to find me.
Good luck!
- Kaito KID

Thus, there was silence after the little young detective read another new notice from the famous Lupin of Japan on Tuesday morning. Luckily, he didn't have any classes on that day because their teachers are attending a seminar for a whole day. Because of this, Conan smirked, as he looked interested towards KID's new heist. Then, he started to think about his plan.

But, before he could, a puff of smoke blew towards his direction. This annoyed the boy as he couched and fanned his hand. He looked annoyingly at the old detective who was smoking tobacco as he got the newspaper from the boy.

"Tch! This is like any other notice KID sends to the police." Detective Mouri muttered. "But, the problem is, where will KID appear?"

Conan continued to listen to the detective's statement. He knows that he was on the right lead. KID always out of nowhere and sometimes, he would mention it in his notice but, using some sort of code or riffle to let the police solve the meaning.

"But, what I don't get is this huge break line here." the old detective said, pointing at the wide gap between the third line and the fourth line of KID's notice.

"It's as if he was telling us that the first three lines form a riddle." Conan said childishly. "Look how different the first three lines from the last two lines."

"Huh, how could they be different?" Detective Mouri raised an eyebrow as he zoomed his face towards the article. He then, looked surprised, as if he knew what the boy meant.

"Now that you mentioned it," he said. "-the first three lines are written in English and they compare one thing from another. The night to the color black, KID to a dove and the vanishing of the jewel to the wind."

Then, the detective started to think until, the door creaked. The two detectives turned and saw Ran, looking tired. She was wearing her school uniform and it became quite a mess.

"What's wrong, Ran-neechan?" Conan asked. "You seemed tired."

"Well, it's just that," said she between breaths. "-I don't know that there are no classes today! It turned out that it was announced after all of us left yesterday at school."

"But, how did they know?"

"A classmate of ours received a message from our teacher and forwarded it to the others."

"But, why didn't you receive a message?"

"My batteries were dead yesterday and I only read the message when I reached school."

"Didn't you ask Sonoko-neechan?"

"She also knew about the announcement this morning, too."

"I see..."

"Well, I better go and change clothes."

Then, the young lady closed the door and went upstairs. When she left, the detectives went back to their thinking.

"Uncle is right," the boy thought. "So far, he didn't make any flaws in his deduction. But, what do these lines mean, anyway? All three of them compare one thing to another. Also, almost every word, except for the fourth line, the time and the date when KID will appear, are written in English. Could this be some sort of hint? But how could it be?"

Suddenly, Conan's phone vibrated in his pocket, he quickly got it and flipped it open. It was another message. He quickly checked it and read it.

I am not surprised if you're trying to break KID's code. [it said] Though, I could give you a hint after reading the notice at the newspaper. As you are aware, everything including the words, "Good luck!" is written in English. Now, let me give you another hint which might help you: PHISOOM. –Tokai Bakuro

Conan was, once again, surprised about the sender's sudden message. Then, he started to think about what the sender told him.

"'PHISOOM'," Conan thought to himself. "I've heard that term before. Argh! Damn it, it's at the tip of my tongue!"

Then, Conan looked at the notice and examined the lines and thought about hint.

"'…as dark as the color black'," he thought. "'I am but a dove', '…vanish like the wind', 'Good luck!', 'PHISOOM'…'message'. Wait, a message?"

Then, an idea flashed in Conan's mind. He smiled to himself as he clutched his phone tightly. Then, he flipped open his phone and created a new message.

"'Now, I owe you twice, Bakuro-san." Conan typed. "'Once again, you helped me a lot here. Now, I'm confident enough to catch KID.'"

As he pressed 'Send', the message was successfully sent. Conan kept his phone in his pocket and checked his watch. It was 8:05 am but, he couldn't wait for tonight's adventure. Until once again, Conan's phone rang and vibrated inside his pocket once more.

"Hey, brat," said Mouri. "-do you have a text mate or something?"

"Eh? Ah, no, not really," Conan replied. "It's just that my classmates were bothering me again."

"Is that so…?"

While Mouri continued to think, Conan went towards the door and went outside. Then, much to his surprise, Ran suddenly appeared.

"Conan-kun, what are you doing here?" Ran asked the boy.

"I-I was going to go upstairs, Ran-neechan." Conan replied. "I forgot something up there."

"OK, then. I'll be at the living with Otou-san, OK? If you need anything, call me."

"Yes!"

As Ran went inside the living room, Conan went upstairs and inside his and Uncle's room. As Conan closed the door behind him, he got his phone and flipped it open. Once again, it was a message. He read it and it was from the same sender again.

Don't mention it. [it said] It's proof that I am not a bad guy or whatever you detectives call. But, since you're going to catch KID this time, it feels like that we're going to meet by that time. – Tokai Bakuro

Conan became surprised from the sight of the message at his phone's screen. "This weird feeling I'm feeling right now," Conan thought to himself. "It's the same feeling that I once felt before. Is my guess right? Could he really be the sender…?"

Is Conan's deduction right? Did Tokai Bakuro's message really help him? And now, two new questions have come into mind: if Conan's deduction is right, why did Tokai Bakuro help the boy if he was only 'stalking' the little detective? And another is, who does Conan think the sender the sender is? We will know at the next chapter!