CHAPTER 4 : Instincts
Each human being has a part half-good, half-bad inside him. But, what are we becoming when all the best of you was taken away, or what is the best for you?
Your soul becomes dark, as a rotten apple.
"Les effets de la colère sont beaucoup plus graves que les causes," Marc-Aurèl. (Consequences of your anger are worse than causes)
Pain runs in your blood, forces you to protect yourself against all the aggressive things which are outside of yourself.
One becomes a being alone, put away and unable to understand the others. One is only a rational being, unable to feel any emotion, such as pain, hate – which took time to be pushed away.
One built a castle, from where no other is able to reach… Or at least, most of them.
There's always a breakable part into one's walls.
I do not see it as a failure. I know that one person in this world can go through it. And I know that this person – while she will cross the border – will bring me back to life, but she will also awakens this rage which is currently sleeping inside of me.
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My hand went inside my coat. I took out my 92 Beretta, good precision, quite silent when it comes to shot at someone . The boy seemed unafraid by my weapon. However, he should let me do what I want to. I didn't find anything in his first pocket, but I'm not disappointed by which came next. A first phone, then a second. Interesting! Let's check the first one. There's only one person registered in: Ran Mouri. No traces of their arguing. This is weird.
There aren't a lot of solutions to know who's the owner of the phone. I grabbed my own and tapped the number of this strange figure. My finger pressed the button ''call''.
"Hello, this is Shinichi Kudo, I'm not available now, please, would you mind..."
Bip
The young boy glared at me. How is it possible that he had the phone of this teenager detective? Is he his brother? But their name aren't the same. Wait… This detective… I killed him…
"So Edogawa Conan, did I kill your grand brother?" I said, hoping that he would react.
A small grin appeared on his face. Nothing is understandable… Let's check the other phone, it may bring me more answers.
Pictures of other children. Maybe his classmates. Ayumi, Genta, Mitsuhiko. But a photo caught my attention.
Masaka. I can't believe it!
A flash. I have just understood what was missing to me. The only proof which prevented me to know the truth of this story. The one which prevented me to be at the same level than them. I knew that this idea was excellent, but to that point?!
"Didn't know that deaths could come back to life, Shinichi Kudo!"
No answer.
"Where is Shiho Miyano? Where is Haibara Ai? Answer me!"
I shown him the photo of the little girl.
No answer. Still.
"You've asked for it."
I pulled out the safety lock of my gun and I shot him in the shoulder.
"
"Allow me to explain. If you don't tell me where she hides herself, I ask them to kill your girlfriend, Ran Mouri. Didn't know we've abducted her?"
Suddenly, the boy tensed. I love to read fear on the faces of my victims. Maybe it's why I do never remember of them when they are dead…
"Ten"
He was looking everywhere, perhaps to find a solution to this issue.
"Nine"
His eyes widened.
"Eight"
His breathing quickened.
"Seven"
His right hand touched his left wrist.
"Six"
He bent towards the seat before him, his arms behind his head. Brainstorm yourself, time is running out.
"Five"
Nothing. He stayed motionless.
"Four"
…
"Three"
…
"Two"
…
"One"
*TSIK*
Vodka's head collapsed onto the driver board. The car went towards it, near the end of the road. A huge football balloon appeared right before the boy. I saw a wall arriving quickly to us. K'so. My kindness will lost me some day.
The windows broke.
My head is pushed towards the seat in front of me.
Black Out.
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Silence. Silence replaced chaos. Chaos that he had created. But this calm can only be applied for the external things. Inside of him, in his head, everything is calculated and separated again. This is the confusion, the storm, the hurricane. Slowly by slowly, everything took place. Strategy and calculation took the upper-hand.
First thing to do, take back Gin's phone. He struggled against the broken parts of the car to find it when it moved everywhere in the car when it came to the moment of the impact. To know where Ran was, he decided to call the only person who would mind to take care of her at all cost.
He checked quickly to the right number.
"Gin?"
"Vermouth. Is Ran Mouri with you now?"
"Yes, she is with me at the Head Quarters. Why?"
"Stay with her and do not let your eyes go off of her. This is an order!"
*Bip*
He turned his head to see that flames started to reach the motor of the car, that could be seen.
"Kuso!"
As fast as he could, he grabbed a tracking device inside his broken glasses.
Where could he hide it? I noticed Gin's gun on the ground, near the door. With a surprising fast, he pushed away the bullets, replaced one of them with the tracking device at its bottom, before putting the whole back in place.
The fire was growing. Before replacing the gun back, he pulled away the first bullet, in case of another fight, as a kind of bonus.
The gas oil was seen.
He touched his shoes to increase his strength and hit hard the door of the car with his foot, breaking it and also his ankle. He had to save Gin, the one who will wear the tracking device. He grabbed the man's feet and pulled him out of the car as the young boy could. He didn't feel pain. It is thanks to this drug every human being has in his brain when he needs it, called adrenaline, as known as survival instinct too.
The fire almost touched the gas oil.
"Is there a reason to be needed when it comes to save one's life?"
He could harshly pulled Vodka too.
The gas oil met the fire. A bright light could be seen till the beginning of the source.
Explosion.
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FLASH BACK
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
Three children were playing under the nice look of a man hiding himself under a black hat. The kids laughed, and ran between one another in the little square.
Shadows grown.
The sun was going away.
Into the future life of these three, the sun will rarely set for them, sometimes it will never.
A big thank for Dr Mad for this amazing translation !
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To answer, you "fans", first thanks for your review ! ;) This is not a romantic story so this is not so important. The situation is the same as the one in the manga, which means that the official pairing is the "ShinRan", with slight CoAi moments.
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