Conan Edogawa & Shārokku Aran vs the Baron of Homicide
Ran, Sonoko, and Conan were on a bus to a new Ramen restaurant
"I can't wait to try the ramen there, I've heard that it is so good that it is to die for!" Sonoko shrieked excitedly.
"Shh, don't be so loud, we're on a bus!" Ran scolded her friend.
"Woah! Conan-kun? Is that you? I never thought I'd see you in Tokyo." A man with neat black hair, dark skin, a slightly deep voice, and a Tokyo accent yelled.
Remembering that that was what Shinichi's disguise was going to look like, Conan answered, "Niisan? Is that you?"
"Yup! I haven't seen you in a while, you've been living in Tokyo?" The man asked.
"Hai! I've been living with Ran-neechan here!" Conan pointed to Ran.
"Oh, hello! My name is Shārokku Aran. Nice to meet you." The man put his hand forward so as to shake her hand.
"Uh… hi?" Ran said, confused, "Who are you?"
"I'm Shārokku Aran, I used to be Conan-kun's neighbor. I'm also a bit of a mystery nut." 'Shārokku Aran' explained.
"Oh! Nice to meet you." Ran greeted happily, "I'm Mouri Ran, and this is Sonoko Suzuki."
"Not another mystery Otaku… Well, he is a bit handsome..." Sonoko muttered.
"Excuse me, you said something?"
"Oh, nothing!" Sonoko lied loudly, blushing slightly.
"So, where are you guys going?" Shārokku asked.
"We're going to a new Ramen restaurant Niisan! Want to come with us?" Conan asked in an excited childish voice.
"Sure Tantei-kun. I'll come." Niisan agreed.
"Yay!" Conan grinned.
"Tantei-kun? Was he referring to the brat?" Sonoko asked.
"Well, Conan-kun is smart, but I wouldn't call him a detective. Maybe it is just a nickname, you know, because Conan-kun loves mysteries."
"Yeah, probably."
On the way there Conan spotted a body in an alley. Shārokku stops the bus so they can see if it was a corpse or only unconscious.
"No use, she's dead. Conan-kun, call the police." The disguised Shinichi ordered.
"Already on it Niisan." Conan answered.
"Good, I would say that we should look through his stuff, but as I'm 'not a detective' I'll get in trouble if I do so, and as you're a kid I'd get in trouble if I didn't stop you from looking through her stuff." The disguised Shinichi thought outloud.
"I know, I know, we'll wait for the police, they know me well enough that they won't force me out of the crime scene at least. The most we can do for now is check the time of death and observe that in which is visible." Conan stated.
"Yep."
When Ran and Sonoko caught up
"Time of death, 2-3 hours ago." Said Conan.
"Cause of death, sliced jugular." Said Sharokku.
"Name, starts with Ja, possibly Janet."
"The victim does have a driver's license."
"Motive, not theft."
"Suspects, probably many, she seems like a popular girl."
"I'd say the culprit was probably shorter than the girl, do you agree?"
"Yeah, I agree."
"I'd also say that the shoes they were wearing were too big on them."
"Yeah."
"She seems to have been holding something in her pocket when she died. Possibly pepper spray."
"Oi! Mouri-san! Do you have a camera I can borrow?" Sharokku asked.
"Y-yes!" Ran answered, surprised at how much they learned just by looking at the crime scene, she then asked, "Have you touched anything?"
"Nope, I don't want to get in trouble with the police, if I touched it I'd get in trouble, if the kid touched it I'd get in trouble for not stopping him. Well, I did let the kid touch the body to find the Rigor Mortis, but we've agreed to tell the police he did it when I wasn't looking." Sharokku grinned.
"T-then how did you figure all that out?" Ran asked, shocked.
"Well, Conan has extensive practice in telling Rigor Mortis…" Sharokku starts, then realizes his mistake when Ran looked quizzically at him.
"Because Niisan's mom worked in a clinic and let me practice finding the Rigor Mortis there!" Conan explained quickly.
"I know the jugular was sliced and not stabbed because of the way blood was coming out of it. I know the culprit was shorter because of his stride. His shoe prints are not very clear, so we can't compare them, but we can tell the stride from it, and therefore the approximate height. You can see the letters 'J' and 'a' on her driver's license that is sticking out of her wallet. You can also see that there is plenty of money there, so it wasn't theft. She seems to have a good sense of fashion so we can assume that she is probably popular. The shoes were probably too big because short people usually don't have that big of feet. She has her hand in her pocket and she was murdered so we can assume she saw the culprit and tried getting her pepper spray out, but it was too late." Sharokku explained.
"Wow, you're just like Shinichi!" Ran gawked.
"Shinichi? Like Shinichi Kudo? That detective who disappeared?" Sharokku asked.
"Y-yeah." Ran said sadly.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to bring up bad memories." Sharokku apologized.
"N-no, it's fine." Ran assured him.
When the police arrived.
"You're at another homicide Conan-kun, Ran-kun, Sonoko-kun?" Megure-Keibu asked, "Oh, and who is this? A suspect?"
"I hope not, I'm too tall to be the culprit. Just look here, no, down there," He said pointing at the ground, "The stride indicates someone who was shorter than the victim, if you don't want to believe me, have forensics check. I'm sure they're competent enough to do that at least." Sharokku said arrogantly.
"Oi, oi, what did I say about being an arrogant asshole?" Conan asked, referring to a phone call they had a couple days ago, just loud enough for Shinichi to hear him.
"Oh, sorry Ototo." He answered a little louder.
"You're Conan's brother?" Megure-Keibu asked, shocked.
"No! No! He used to be my neighbor and we're like brothers. We're not actually related." Sharokku lied. Even if they weren't brothers, they were still related.
"Ahh. I guess I can probably trust you then… even if you are a bit arrogant." Megure-Keibu muttered.
"Sorry, force of habit, I'm working on it." He said nervously.
"So, if you're so smart, what have you found?"
"Well…" Sharokku then went on to list what they found.
"YOU TOUCHED THE BODY?" Megure-keibu yelled.
"I didn't! Ototo did! He did it when I wasn't looking!" The disguised Shinichi lied.
"Oh, sorry for yelling." Embarrassed, Megure-Keibu apologized.
"Well, although it is sloppier than the rest, this does seem to be the work of the serial killer. He's been nicknamed the Baron of Homicide. He's only going after people who have a good sense of fashion, are completely Japanese, have black hair, and are friends on facebook with the current victim, who is indeed named Janet. Her full name is Janet Evergreen. She is the fifth victim." Megure-Keibu explained, then said, "Why am I even telling you guys this, Mouri-kun isn't with you."
"Well, go on, you've already started, can't hurt to tell us more." Sharokku said excitedly.
"You seem a little too happy about this, are you sure you're not a suspect?" Megure-Keibu asked.
"If it is a serial murder then it is even less likely, I just got here a couple days ago, so unless he's done all the murders in a couple days, I can't be the culprit. Besides, I don't have any relation with the victim, or at least not this one." Sharokku explained.
"Fine. Each of the victims were cut in the jugular, from the angle in which the jugular was cut we also assume that the culprit was shorter, but we can't be sure. For all we know he could have been kneeling, and there is also the fact it was cut weirdly. I suppose I should thank you for confirming his height for us though. There have been two different shoe print shapes found at the scenes, but, as weird and conspicuous as it is, the culprit stretched socks over his shoes to stop shoe print indentures from showing. Since it has rained recently we can't tell if this shoe print is the same, but there are multiple of the prints at this scene so at least we can tell the stride. No money has been taken from any of the victims and there are 6 people with grudges, 3 of which are shorter than the victims. One is a short stubby man, homely in appearance, he had been rejected by multiple of the current victims. The reason he could have killed the others is to hide his true purpose. Another is a thin and short man, athletic, had been dumped by all 3 of the victims, 2 non-victims, and the other 5 rejected him. There is also a short and skinny female, she is the shortest of the bunch, she had been forced to become a social outcast by the victims. They made fun of her, threatened her boyfriends, and teased her about the death of her sister." Megure-Keibu explained.
"Alibis?" Conan asked.
"The two men were at a bar, though they can't remember if they were with each other the whole time, and the female has no alibi."
"Naruhodo (I see), I know who this Baron of Homicide is." Both Conan and Sharokku said at the same time.
"Y-you two know who it is?" Megure-Keibu, Ran, and Sonoko asked, shocked.
"Yeah, but first, just as a confirmation, the fat man used to have anger problems, neh?" The two twins asked.
"Y-yes, I believe so, but what does that have to do with anything? He used to have it, and it isn't enough to be used as proof." Megure-Keibu answered.
"Bring the suspects here, we'll only explain it then." Conan said.
"Okay, okay." Megure-Keibu then ordered Takagi-Keiji to bring in the suspects.
When they arrived.
"The culprit is you!" Conan and Sharokku accused at the same time.
"W-what!" The chubby man gawked.
"You are short enough, you have a grudge, and the way the jugular was cut was weird, in only a way you might do. It is a common anger management to box, neh? Well, the way her jugular was cut was in the same way it would be cut if a boxer forced a knife into her throat the same way a boxer would punch. Also, if the athletic and skinny person did it the throat would have been sliced more deeply. If it was the woman she probably would have used a farther reaching knife, she was the shortest after all. Sure, that isn't enough to convict you, except, there is proof. You've needed to buy new shoes and throw them away each time you committed the crime, that means that if we ask around one store or another will tell us that you have been buying shoes from them, and if not a store then possibly a friend has been selling them to you. There is also the fact you have the murder weapon on you. You're stuck. Admit to your crime before we find the definitive proof!"
The culprit then rushed towards Conan and grabbed him, then pulled out his knife. He then yelled, "Don't you come near me, y'hear? I'll slice his jugular like I did to those bitches! You can't stop me, y'hear? Y'see, I'm invincible! HAHAHAHAH-!"
Ran kicked the culprit in the back of his head, knocking him unconscious. Conan then kicked the culprit in the stomach and left his slackening grip.
"Ototo, you okay?" Shinichi ran over to his younger clone… err… brother/neighbor. Ran did the same.
"Yes niisan, Ran-neechan. I'm okay." Conan assured his older 'brother' and 'older sister'.
"That's good." His older brother let out a relieved sigh.
"So, anyone still have appetite for ramen?" He asked.
"Sounds good to me." Sonoko answered, the others nodded.
"Wait, you still need to go in for questioning!" Megure-Keibu yelled as they three tenagers and pseudo-child left.
"Later Megure-Keibu!" The Shinichi-in-disguise yelled, lifting up his hand as a way of saying 'see ya.'
"Heh, acts just like Kudo-kun." Megure-Keibu sighed.
On the way to the Ramen restaurant…
"Neh, I've been wondering, your name is a little strange, isn't it?" Ran asked.
"Hmm? Oh, I suppose it is. My first name is the Japanese translation of Sherlock, as in Sherlock Holmes, and my last name is the Japanese translation of Allen in Edgar Allen Poe."
"Wow, your father must have been as much of a mystery fan as Conan's." Ran remarked.
"Yeah. In fact, Conan was named Conan because his father was jealous of my father having a son with such a cool name!" Shinichi lied.
"Oh, I thought it was too much to be a coincidence." Ran exclaimed.
Sharokku's first day of school, One Billion Yen Heist, and Girl(s?) from the Black Organization
What grade level will Sharokku be in?
Will Conan tell Akemi Miyano about his true identity?
Will Shiho Miyano clone, turn into a little girl, or will nothing happen?
Will Shiho Miyano manage to escape?