Here's part three…you want a disclaimer…read the other chapters to find it!
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Act Three: The Murder
Everyone ran to the source of the scream. Both Conan and Shuichi were at the door of a room. Shuichi kicked the door before he shot his orange yo-yo, causing a hole near the door knob. After catching the yo-yo, Shuichi opened the door from the inside.
"Useful." Conan commented.
"Yeah, the Doc gave it to me." Shuichi said as the two entered the room. The room looked fine with the exception of a scared Mei who was trembling in one corner staring at the dead body of her bodyguard. Shuichi looked at the body carefully.
"Looks like the head has been twisted." Shuichi commented at the interesting angle of the head. Conan came up from behind.
"Seems simple for the Reaper."
" Not really. The killer had to smash up the right side of his face to twist." Shuichi pointed out as he nodded towards of the blood. Then he looked at the walls. His eyes glittered at the writing in blood. Conan glared at it as he tried to figure out what was going on.
"The night has started the hunt.
It has witnessed the sin.
For the slice of moon that has been the prey now is set free.
Blood of Mars still stirs and the Vulcan's hammer demands revenge.
A fortnight was given and yet I was ignored.
Marmalade has joined the hunt and dawn comes to a new grain." Conan read. He was beginning to see what the puzzle meant. It was a message.
"What's going on?" Mouri demanded. Ran was right behind him. Shuichi and Conan turned to see more people were looking in the room. Mouri turned on the lights and paled at the body. Ran was about to drag Conan away, when Shuichi stopped her.
"You better take care of Neko-san. She was the first to see this." Shuichi said softly. Ran gave a nod and went over to Mei. Heiji looked at the room.
"What do you think happened?" Heiji asked. Everyone else was pale at this.
"What the hell do you mean? Someone got killed!" Hino snarled. Yuki looked until he saw Shuichi studying the body. He pushed his way over to him. He studied the singer. Shuichi's eyes were not cold or empty. It was more of a gleam in them.
"We all know that, Hino-san. What Hattori-san is trying to ask is how the victim was killed. Hattori, it looks like that the killer was in the room. Judging from the temperature of the body, I say that it was about a half an hour or so since he was killed." Shuichi said frowning.
"Half an hour? But the only person who was with him was Neko-san." Ran said as she hugged the poor girl. Hino glared at the two girls.
"That would make her the killer!"
Mei gave a sob and shook her head. Shuichi got up and looked around the room again. He noticed a white piece of cloth. He picked it up carefully and carefully sniffed it. He felt a wave of dizziness and leaned on the bed.
"Shu-chan!" Ran cried out. Shuichi waved a hand, indicating that he was okay. Then he turned to Hattori and threw the cloth at him. Then he turned to Hino and gave a glare.
"Neko-san is not the killer. She was drugged." Shuichi said. "The cloth I just tossed has sleeping gas in it. There was no way for her to know or even kill anyone."
"But why? If the killer drugged her, why not kill her?" K asked as he studied the room.
"Because the killer didn't drug her." Shuichi said. Conan looked at the note again and began to understand. His cousin always seems to be one step ahead of him.
"That's stupid! What kind of detective are you?" Hino demanded. Shuichi pointed at the wall of bloody writing.
"The Reaper is known to attack people with sins. He kills sinners in different ways. For those who are closet cases, he kills them and leaves a riddle. Those who are known of their sins are killed open in public and left with a card. The person who drugged Neko-san was the bodyguard." Shuichi explain. Heiji eyes light up at that.
"I see. The Reaper killed the bodyguard because he was going to either rape Neko-san or do something else." Heiji said.
Hiro felt like vomiting at the sight of the body. He could see Sugeru paling as well. He could not understand how calm Shuichi was. Hino turned to Mouri in anger.
"Are you going to let that pink fluff take over?" Hino snapped. Mouri gave a glare at him.
"That pink fluff is the only one who can take on this game. Besides, Shindo, what the hell does the note mean?" Mouri asked, ignoring Hino.
"The first three lines of it state that he killed the bodyguard and the reason for it. The next one states that he is planning to kill another. The last two are questions. He's wondering why he was ignored for a month and what I'm planning to do about this." Shuichi said as he looked at the room again.
"We need to go to a different room. I don't think having a conversation here is going to help much." Mouri said as he laid a sheet over the body.
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Everyone was quiet during as they waited for someone to say something. Shuichi and Conan yawned. Conan was currently leaning against Shuichi who was leaning against a wall. Ran giggled for she thought that the two made a cute scene. However the other guests seem more nervous then the two. The Bad Luck group watched Shuichi who seem normal. Hino and Mills were looking at everyone nervously. Mei was still crying while Ran and Kazuha were trying to comfort her. Magami was pale and had his head hidden in his hands. Then he looked up and sighed.
"How should be go about this?" Magami asked tiredly. Hino glared at him.
"How the hell should we know? You got us into this damn mess! And you!" Hino snarled as he turned to Shuichi who looked at him with a shrug. "This is your entire fault! If you never messed with this psycho, we would never be in this mess!"
"Hey! It's not his fault!" Ran said angrily. Hino turned to her and glared.
"Actually I think you would have been a victim anyway, no matter what. I would still be here or even dead if I didn't play his game. Let me explain what I can from my memory. Since we have no access to police files, we'll have to wing everything. Hattori, have you got enough to form a profile?" Shuichi asked. Heiji gave a nod.
"From the events of tonight, his hit list is your group, Hino-san, Mills, and possibly Magami-san." Heiji began.
"Nani? What about you?" Hiro asked frowning.
"The Reaper won't be attacking anyone who is not part of the list or riddle. So the ones that are safe are the kids, Ran, and the detectives. And you too Doc." Shuichi answered.
"But aren't you a detective?" Sugeru asked curiously. Shuichi gave a smile.
"It's his excuse to kill me. Trust me, the last time we met, he was pretty piss of at me." Shuichi said weakly. Then he nodded for Heiji to continue.
"I also have the feeling that the next victim is going to be either Hino-san or Magami-san."
"NANI?! No! You better catch this killer!" Hino snarled.
"You're missing a few others, Hattori. I won't blame you for missing them. We have four other targets. Yuki-san, Seguchi-san, K, and Sanoko are also targets." Shuichi said calmly.
"I'm beginning to hate you, Shindo. Just what makes you think you know who the next target is?" Mills said finally as he stared at the pink hair singer.
"It's the riddle that the Reaper left us. Blood of Mars still stirs and the Vulcan's hammer demands revenge. It means the victim is a male hot head and that what ever wrong doing that the victim has done; it would be revenge for another." Shuichi explain.
"Right, this killer seems to be someone who knows the house very well. Magami-san, are there any maids or butlers around here?" Heiji asked.
Magami shook his head.
"The note told me to make everyone but all of you to leave. Dinner was served and after Shindo gave that announcement, all of them left." The man said quietly.
"That leaves us with suspecting everyone here." Mouri said frowning.
"What about him? He seems to know a lot about this Reaper. I wouldn't be surprise if the killer was him!" Hino said as he pointed at Shuichi. However the writer was met with a gun barrel and several glares.
"Shuichi would be the last person to murder anyone!' Hiro snarled as he defended his best friend. However, Yuki's eyes were trained on Shuichi as the singer's eyes were slightly sad.
"Everyone wants to murder someone at some point in their life, Hiro. Some people get to do it." Shuichi said softly. The others blinked at that and then Heiji cleared his throat.
"I think we all need to stay together for now. And Magami-san, we will need blueprints of this house."
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Sorry everyone that you waited so long for this and it's pretty short. I had a block on my mind. Now I think I have a few good ideas to go with this! Review!
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Act Three: The Murder
Everyone ran to the source of the scream. Both Conan and Shuichi were at the door of a room. Shuichi kicked the door before he shot his orange yo-yo, causing a hole near the door knob. After catching the yo-yo, Shuichi opened the door from the inside.
"Useful." Conan commented.
"Yeah, the Doc gave it to me." Shuichi said as the two entered the room. The room looked fine with the exception of a scared Mei who was trembling in one corner staring at the dead body of her bodyguard. Shuichi looked at the body carefully.
"Looks like the head has been twisted." Shuichi commented at the interesting angle of the head. Conan came up from behind.
"Seems simple for the Reaper."
" Not really. The killer had to smash up the right side of his face to twist." Shuichi pointed out as he nodded towards of the blood. Then he looked at the walls. His eyes glittered at the writing in blood. Conan glared at it as he tried to figure out what was going on.
"The night has started the hunt.
It has witnessed the sin.
For the slice of moon that has been the prey now is set free.
Blood of Mars still stirs and the Vulcan's hammer demands revenge.
A fortnight was given and yet I was ignored.
Marmalade has joined the hunt and dawn comes to a new grain." Conan read. He was beginning to see what the puzzle meant. It was a message.
"What's going on?" Mouri demanded. Ran was right behind him. Shuichi and Conan turned to see more people were looking in the room. Mouri turned on the lights and paled at the body. Ran was about to drag Conan away, when Shuichi stopped her.
"You better take care of Neko-san. She was the first to see this." Shuichi said softly. Ran gave a nod and went over to Mei. Heiji looked at the room.
"What do you think happened?" Heiji asked. Everyone else was pale at this.
"What the hell do you mean? Someone got killed!" Hino snarled. Yuki looked until he saw Shuichi studying the body. He pushed his way over to him. He studied the singer. Shuichi's eyes were not cold or empty. It was more of a gleam in them.
"We all know that, Hino-san. What Hattori-san is trying to ask is how the victim was killed. Hattori, it looks like that the killer was in the room. Judging from the temperature of the body, I say that it was about a half an hour or so since he was killed." Shuichi said frowning.
"Half an hour? But the only person who was with him was Neko-san." Ran said as she hugged the poor girl. Hino glared at the two girls.
"That would make her the killer!"
Mei gave a sob and shook her head. Shuichi got up and looked around the room again. He noticed a white piece of cloth. He picked it up carefully and carefully sniffed it. He felt a wave of dizziness and leaned on the bed.
"Shu-chan!" Ran cried out. Shuichi waved a hand, indicating that he was okay. Then he turned to Hattori and threw the cloth at him. Then he turned to Hino and gave a glare.
"Neko-san is not the killer. She was drugged." Shuichi said. "The cloth I just tossed has sleeping gas in it. There was no way for her to know or even kill anyone."
"But why? If the killer drugged her, why not kill her?" K asked as he studied the room.
"Because the killer didn't drug her." Shuichi said. Conan looked at the note again and began to understand. His cousin always seems to be one step ahead of him.
"That's stupid! What kind of detective are you?" Hino demanded. Shuichi pointed at the wall of bloody writing.
"The Reaper is known to attack people with sins. He kills sinners in different ways. For those who are closet cases, he kills them and leaves a riddle. Those who are known of their sins are killed open in public and left with a card. The person who drugged Neko-san was the bodyguard." Shuichi explain. Heiji eyes light up at that.
"I see. The Reaper killed the bodyguard because he was going to either rape Neko-san or do something else." Heiji said.
Hiro felt like vomiting at the sight of the body. He could see Sugeru paling as well. He could not understand how calm Shuichi was. Hino turned to Mouri in anger.
"Are you going to let that pink fluff take over?" Hino snapped. Mouri gave a glare at him.
"That pink fluff is the only one who can take on this game. Besides, Shindo, what the hell does the note mean?" Mouri asked, ignoring Hino.
"The first three lines of it state that he killed the bodyguard and the reason for it. The next one states that he is planning to kill another. The last two are questions. He's wondering why he was ignored for a month and what I'm planning to do about this." Shuichi said as he looked at the room again.
"We need to go to a different room. I don't think having a conversation here is going to help much." Mouri said as he laid a sheet over the body.
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Everyone was quiet during as they waited for someone to say something. Shuichi and Conan yawned. Conan was currently leaning against Shuichi who was leaning against a wall. Ran giggled for she thought that the two made a cute scene. However the other guests seem more nervous then the two. The Bad Luck group watched Shuichi who seem normal. Hino and Mills were looking at everyone nervously. Mei was still crying while Ran and Kazuha were trying to comfort her. Magami was pale and had his head hidden in his hands. Then he looked up and sighed.
"How should be go about this?" Magami asked tiredly. Hino glared at him.
"How the hell should we know? You got us into this damn mess! And you!" Hino snarled as he turned to Shuichi who looked at him with a shrug. "This is your entire fault! If you never messed with this psycho, we would never be in this mess!"
"Hey! It's not his fault!" Ran said angrily. Hino turned to her and glared.
"Actually I think you would have been a victim anyway, no matter what. I would still be here or even dead if I didn't play his game. Let me explain what I can from my memory. Since we have no access to police files, we'll have to wing everything. Hattori, have you got enough to form a profile?" Shuichi asked. Heiji gave a nod.
"From the events of tonight, his hit list is your group, Hino-san, Mills, and possibly Magami-san." Heiji began.
"Nani? What about you?" Hiro asked frowning.
"The Reaper won't be attacking anyone who is not part of the list or riddle. So the ones that are safe are the kids, Ran, and the detectives. And you too Doc." Shuichi answered.
"But aren't you a detective?" Sugeru asked curiously. Shuichi gave a smile.
"It's his excuse to kill me. Trust me, the last time we met, he was pretty piss of at me." Shuichi said weakly. Then he nodded for Heiji to continue.
"I also have the feeling that the next victim is going to be either Hino-san or Magami-san."
"NANI?! No! You better catch this killer!" Hino snarled.
"You're missing a few others, Hattori. I won't blame you for missing them. We have four other targets. Yuki-san, Seguchi-san, K, and Sanoko are also targets." Shuichi said calmly.
"I'm beginning to hate you, Shindo. Just what makes you think you know who the next target is?" Mills said finally as he stared at the pink hair singer.
"It's the riddle that the Reaper left us. Blood of Mars still stirs and the Vulcan's hammer demands revenge. It means the victim is a male hot head and that what ever wrong doing that the victim has done; it would be revenge for another." Shuichi explain.
"Right, this killer seems to be someone who knows the house very well. Magami-san, are there any maids or butlers around here?" Heiji asked.
Magami shook his head.
"The note told me to make everyone but all of you to leave. Dinner was served and after Shindo gave that announcement, all of them left." The man said quietly.
"That leaves us with suspecting everyone here." Mouri said frowning.
"What about him? He seems to know a lot about this Reaper. I wouldn't be surprise if the killer was him!" Hino said as he pointed at Shuichi. However the writer was met with a gun barrel and several glares.
"Shuichi would be the last person to murder anyone!' Hiro snarled as he defended his best friend. However, Yuki's eyes were trained on Shuichi as the singer's eyes were slightly sad.
"Everyone wants to murder someone at some point in their life, Hiro. Some people get to do it." Shuichi said softly. The others blinked at that and then Heiji cleared his throat.
"I think we all need to stay together for now. And Magami-san, we will need blueprints of this house."
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Sorry everyone that you waited so long for this and it's pretty short. I had a block on my mind. Now I think I have a few good ideas to go with this! Review!