Tantei-kun stared at him incredulously. "You're telling me there's a shady gang looking for a stone that glows in moonlight, that they believe produces some kind of elixir, and they're trying to kill you because you told them you'd find it first and destroy it."

"That's right, Tantei-kun."

"Why haven't you told anyone before?!"

KID raised an eyebrow, "Yes, I'll just tell the police that I'm from a family of phantom thieves and my father was killed by men whose actual identities I don't know over a stone I can't prove exists."

The detective huffed, "When you put it that way…"


A/N: Prompt word: elixir- a substance held to be capable of prolonging life indefinitely

Pretty sure I've put a similar scene in here before, but this was what came to mind (and it's 11pm and I don't have the brainpower to think of something else) so…

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