Chapter 11: The List

"In the late hours of last night, the notorious Takari Abu, leader of the biggest weapons smuggling ring in Japan, was apprehended by a mysterious green-hooded vigilante calling himself the Arrow." Hattori snorted as he watched the TV in Professor Agasa's living room. We had come back late, Ania and Heiji got to cruise home on the rental bike. But since I couldn't just take public transport, keeping secret identities blah blah blah, I had to truck-surf on the roof of a delivery truck back to the house. Fun, but scary as hell.

"Oh come on. They didn't even mention us." I bit into another Apple.

"You guys were there with me in the field, all of the way. Anyway, we got the job done, so good job everyone!" Natsuki-san pointed back at the TV. For now, her name was Kaori Minoru, and she was a distant cousin of Haibara who had come to stay with her for a while. Just like her, she would be joining Teitan High until we found a cure.

"So just who is this mysterious vigilante? Even though we have a cctv image, it is impossible to see his face. To whoever he is, the police would like to speak with him. Back to you Basa-kun." The grainy gray and white image flashed on screen, before the screen cut to another news article about cats. Ania switched off the TV and turned to the us. "Great work again last night. We managed to capture the entire gang with minimal casualties, so that's a start. Also..." She pulled a piece of paper out of her jumper. "I found a list of names and contact details inside the boss's pocket. It's probably a list of contacts to 'them'. And you know what that means." Kaori stood up excitedly.

"We pass the list to the police-" "FBI." "You know what I mean. Then they can arrest them!" I cleared my throat.

"Catch 22. How in the world are we going to explain we got that piece of paper from his pocket?" Hattori nodded.

"We'll give the list Starling-san, I reckon we can trust her." I grinned and took a photo of 'The List' with my D-com.

"I'll give the list to her later. And Conan-kun, don't you and Hattori have somewhere to be?" Conan's eyes widened.

"Crap, we've got to go. Kazuha and Ran wanted us to investigate a mansion with them." The pair ran over to the door. "See you later."

"Make sure no corpses turn up!" I shouted back as the door shut. Kaori looked quizzically at me. "Those two are death magnets. Hopefully not, but you'll understand in a couple of weeks."

"So are you going to go after them?" Dr Agasa asked. "It's certainly a good lead."

"I'd do it, but only if M here gives the go ahead." I said pointing at Haibara. Said scientist crossed her arms.

"Looking at the list, I reckon that it's a bit risky. They could kill you. They could kill all of us." Ania placed her hand on her back.

"I think you've been hiding in the shadows for a bit too long. It's a risk you're going to have to take eventually, but if we choose our targets carefully, we can beat them. They may be organised, but they're still human." Haibara sighed. "Whatever we do, we better be careful. This isn't going to be easy." Ania's face contorted into a grimace. "Yeah. We know."

"Dr Agasa, I know it's a bit much, but can you please make something for me?"

Much, much later...

Jodie Starling opened the balcony, and stared in horror. Andre Camel had told her about the green-hooded vigilante earlier, but she didn't think that he would show up here. "How-how did you get up here?! We're 30 floors up!" She grabbed the glock off the table and pointed it at me. "What do you want?!"

"My goals are much similar to yours Agent Starling." I said through the voice modulator in my Ski Mask. Dr Agasa had helped me to put it inside the teeth patterned cloth in order to help disguise my identity more efficiently. "Which is why I am giving you this." I passed over the list. "Please give this to your boss, its a list of names of associates connected to the Organisation." She took it and read it carefully. "Don't pass it over to the police. This is a matter only the FBI can handle. And I wish to warn you that I will be hunting down the people on the list. Good evening." I jumped over the balcony railing and fired my grappling arrow at the skyscraper. I dropped safely to the ground and sprinted off into the night. The hunt has begun.