Chapter Four: Some new clues

HFH writes: Sorry for the delay!!! But I came back, so don't sue me... ^.^;;;

I invented Dr. Aki's second name, it's stupid but I didn't know how to call him

Spirit Dragon  The kid in the phone wasn't Karen, and the murderer… you'll know later

Sweet Briar  Yep, Miss Caviar acts very different… she's really out of chara

sexi yaoi-gal Karen? Hey! I won't tell you now… ;D

Peppercat Lee Ikki or Krosserdog? I don't know! XD

Shadow Knight Okey… okey… the kid on the phone is Saiyuki Miramiya… an own chara that was bored and called to everydoby and told them that stupid thing. Sweet guy, isn't he?

Next day. Tokio Police Station

-Good morning, Mr. Barnaby. Did you find something interesting?

-Yes, Moromi... Do you know that there is a restaurant near the place where Dr. Aki was found? I talked with the employee...

-And?

-Dr. Aki ordered pudding and whisky. Really weird, isn't it? But the most important thing is that Henry Agata wasn't there... nobody saw him that night

-Read this, sir. It's Dr. Aki's will

Kaoirin took it -I, Eugene Alexander Aki, blah blah blah. Agata inherited 10.000.000 dollars?

-He is my principal suspect....- Moromi commented

24 Hop Mart

-"The Phantom Joker"? Who is him?- Henry asked

-It's a little boy who calls to some people and tells them: "You are next..."- Koji answered while he was looking worried at a sad Karen

-He called Ikki too....- Erika added

-Yeah, but I didn't scream scared...

-Sure...- Metabee commented

Samantha and Peppercat entered in the store. The girl approached Dr. Aki's niece and put a hand in her shoulder -I... am really sorry, Karen...

Karen smiled sadly -Thank you, Samantha...

Everybody in the store stood silent for a moment. Henry put in order some newspapers, while he was thinking about his dead guardian

Tokio Police Station

-He fought with his tutor, followed him and later he killed him with three shoots...

-And he inherites a lot of money...- Tensho Moromi finished- We still need more clues... and the gun

-We must do it quickily... If the murderer is free, maybe this won't be the only murder that we'll have to investigate

The phone rang

-Hello? I'm Detective Barnaby

-Detective... I think that I know who killed Dr. Aki- a female voice said

Minutes later. A street near the 24 Hop Mart

Henry and Ikki were running, the other kids and Metabee stood in the store, trying to calm down a hysterical woman.

"Another murder? A little girl?" Ikki thought about the woman's words

The clerk arrived first, he saw an immobile Brass and a crowd surrounding something. Henry understood

-Stop, Ikki... Don't see her...

Metabee's Medafighter looked at him, his face paled -ERIKA!

Is Erika dead? Will the murderer be found? Who called Barnaby?

The answers're in the next chap