We had to give our statements to the police. After that, we waited for the police to clear out before we headed back toward the high school. Lelouche told us, "it's best you wash up and take some rest at our campus and then get a ride from there to your houses."

"That sounds great," Sonoko quipped.

"Conan, you never listen to me. Next time I don't want you to be running into the crime scene like that, especially when you're dealing with that Akumetsu."

"...I'm sorry."

"Leave the kid alone, he can handle himself just fine," Lelouche praised me.

Sonoko butted in again, "Yeah and there's you. What gives you the hootspa to go into a situation like that?"

Lelouche smiled back but said nothing.

...

Back at the rich high school, we were given a temporary room to sit in. Lelouche left us to the glasses girl from the student council, "Oh my, oh my! You got to see Akumetsu in person."

"Yeah and it was so scary," Ran answered

"You know that there's actually a steady growth of supporters for Akumetsu..."

"Don't be one of them," I glared back after I put a new shirt on. "No one has the right to take the life of another."

"..."

The yellow hair band president came into our room, "We've secured a armored car to take you back home."

"You didn't have to go that far!" Ran and I said in unison.

"Classy people... I could see why they took the precaution," Sonoko spoke to us.

Ran and I looked at each other and shrugged.

...

The next morning the news had gotten out about the Akumetsu incident, but there was another story that was running in parallel to compete for attention: "Karashimia Goro's supporters have taken over the supercomputers at the Nerv research center. The JSDF have already been dispatched..."

The black organization, Akumetsu, the Friend fanatics, and now Karashimia Goro supporters... This city is getting more and more hazardous to live in peace. I should tell Ran and her father that they should relocate temporarily for their own safety.

At breakfast, "Ran and Mr. Kogoro..."

"I know what you're going to say, but I've got faith in our city's police and our country's JSDF that things will become safe again soon. ...though it wouldn't hurt to take a break. Hahhaha "

Like you were getting jobs lately...

"All in all, golden week is coming up, so we can do something then, right?" Ran spoke up.

"It's not that I'm against having some rest and relaxation... No, on second thought, we should do what we can to help out."

"I've got some leads toward the Karashimia Goro mob through the old detective channels. You kids don't go trying to find them though. Now let me see, it was near the beginning of the Karashimia Goro mob sightings that the last section chief caught wind of a plot of using a chemical weapon on an Indian, Himalayan train through a connection of JSDF. The images of the people on the train were gruesome."

"Do you have the files on that?"

"Its best you don't see them."

"Please it's important."

"It'll take a while to sort through, so why don't the two of you take a walk in the park for some time until I find them."

"Sounds like a plan," I responded.

...

Time to clear out my mind: I needed this if I was going to address the problem of the Karashimia Goro mob. I don't want to put Ran or her father in more danger as it is. With the threat of the black organization looming over me, additional risks shouldn't be taken. But, this problem has to be dealt with.

I was interrupted by Ran, "Do you hear that singing?"

"Yeah."

If only I was back to my high school self this outing would have been a date. I've to find a way to reverse this process or Ran and I won't be able to enjoy the prime of our lives.

Just then we bumped into another couple.

After a quick look, ""Hey, Aren't you that reporter lady who goes after the corporate crime rings?"

"Why, yes," a terse response.

"I watch you segments all the time."

Her partner talked, "Look your fans come from all age groups, aren't you happy dear."

I can't correct him or my identity would be known.

After another assessment: Something didn't seem right about him. It irked me.

"Well, kid, if you want I can give you my signature if you'd like it..."

We were interrupted by a cellphone buzz. The man gestured that he should take this call, "We have suspicious activity around the Nerv Quantum Computing Center. There are people entering the lower levels wearing cloaks. Check it out. Over."

"Aff. Over," He turned to his partner now, "Kiyomi..."

She cut him off, "I know, I know... Just be careful."

We were left with the reporter lady, Kiyomi Takeda. She looked a little upset.

"What's the matter, Miss Takeda?" I asked.

"Nothing, I just get worried for him in his line of work. I really can't tell you more than that."

That feeling again.

"I'll be off then, its nice to think I reach out to children like yourselves."

...

After it began to get dark, we headed back.

As we entered the home, Ran's father quickly told us "hush and watch the television with me."

"...JSDF special task force agents have stepped in to capture the Karashimia Goro mob in action as they plan to use the computing network to unlock the security system of Narbhima's detention facility. The Nerv computing center is our nation's finest supercomputing center used to model complex human biometric reactions as well as cloud computing for weather analysis. We surmised that they could network the system to our power grid and turn off the security of Karashimia Goro's detention center in less than a minute. We can only hope that that mad man would never see the light of day again let alone the others in the center who are anywhere from class A criminals to class 0 criminals."

Ran looked worried.

Was there something I could say or do to calm her down?