Chapter IX: The Antidote

Conan was caught by Gin and Vermouth. They tied him and placed him near Mrs. Yoshimaru. Conan was pretending to be asleep. He was listening to Gin and Vermouth's conversation. "Well done, Vermouth" Gin spoke.

"Thank you, Gin" Vermouth said, "The Apotoxin 4869 really worked"

"Yeah" Gin replied, "even though it is dissolved in water"

"Now, what?"

"What do you mean, Vermouth?"

"What shall we do to the hostages?"

"What else? Then kill them"

"Okay"

"Get the bottle of wine that has the Apotoxin 4869"

Vermouth walked to a shelf of wine. She examined every bottle and picked one. "Here it is!" she yelled.

"Fine" Gin said, "now, let's kill them"

'Oh no! Not the drug again' Conan thought.

Vermouth poured the wine on two cups. Mrs. Yoshimaru was forced to drink it. Meanwhile, Conan's heart was pounding very fast. Gin poured the wine on Conan's mouth. Conan had drunk it. "There, we're done" Gin said, "Let's go out now, Vermouth"

"Alright" Vermouth replied.

They went out the room. Meanwhile, Conan was not feeling anything strange at first. Then he felt that his heart was pounding even faster. His blood vessels were expanding but not collapsing. His bones were growing. What could have happened to him? Will he die?

Conan fell to sleep. When he woke up, he looked at himself. He did not die! But something was strange. "W-What!" he yelled, "I am Shinichi again?"

Yes, Conan became big again. He went to Mrs. Yoshimaru and untied her. "Good evening, Madam" Shinichi said, "I am High-School Detective Shinichi Kudo"

"Oh!" Mrs. Yoshimaru exclaimed, "the famous detective!"

"You've got to escape Ma'am" Shinichi said, "I got to inspect the room"

"Thank you Mr. Detective!" Mrs. Yoshimaru said, standing and started to run.



Mrs. Yoshimaru ran out of the room. Meanwhile, Shinichi picked up the bottle of wine. He smelled it. 'There's no smell of Apotoxin 4869 here' he said to himself, 'They fooled themselves'

Shinichi read the label. It was made of Chinese Ginseng. 'Ginseng? Is that the antidote?' he thought.

He went out of the room. As he was walking on the corridor, he heard something ticking. He ran towards the sound and saw the clock on the stage. Ran saw him. "Shinichi!" Ran yelled in joy.

"Ran!" Shinichi shouted back.

They both ran to each other and hugged each other. "I-I miss you, Sh-Shinichi" Ran said.

"Didn't I promise that I will come back?" Shinichi said.

"Yes, you did" Shinichi replied.

The ticking continued and went slightly faster. "That ticking of the clock is odd" Shinichi said.

He went to the clock and looked at its back. There was a bomb! "Oh no!" Shinichi exclaimed in fear.

"Why Shinichi?" Ran aked.

"A bomb!" Shinichi answered back.

"What!" Mr. Mouri, Heiji and Inspector Megure said in surprise.