Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito!
Thought / Dream / Event from the past
[Voice from the past]
"Dialogue"
Letter
Emphasis
Dangerous tone
The Shinkansen Bombing Case
"Hey, Aoko." Kaito greeted his Best Friend / Sister with a grin, "What's wrong? You look bored".
"Aoko is bored." Aoko admitted with a sigh, slumping down on her Living Room's sofa, "Tou-san is busy with work, my homework is finished, and Aoko has done all the house work as well. So Aoko has nothing to do this weekend, so Aoko is bored".
Kaito's grin widened. "Well, you're in luck." He told her as he snapped his finger, and a pair of train tickets appeared in his hand with a puff of smoke, "Would you like to go to Kyoto with me?".
Aoko blinked and sat up straighter. "Kyoto?" She asked in surprise, taking one of the tickets out of Kaito's hand, "Why do you have two Shinkansen's tickets to Kyoto?".
"Mouri-san and Ran are going to Kyoto today to attend the wedding of Mouri-san's friend, and they're taking Co-chan since they can't leave him alone in Beika." Kaito explained as he made the remaining ticket - the one for himself - disappeared once again, "Although, since Ran would probably be busy keeping Mouri-san away from the pretty women there, Shin-kun is worried that Co-chan would be bored. So Shin-kun sent some money to Ran to buy extra tickets, and to be used to buy snacks on the way, as well as extra rooms if needed".
"Conan-kun is Shinichi-kun's distant cousin, right?" Aoko asked for confirmation, earning a nod from Kaito, "So Ran-chan want us to watch over Conan-kun?".
"Yeah." Kaito nodded again in confirmation, "Co-chan's Trio Ducklings want to go with him, and their Parents had no problem in paying for their expenses, but both Mouri-san and Ran politely declined".
"Why?" Aoko asked in confusion, while standing up to get ready upon noticing that they only got two hours to get ready and ride a train to Beika - so they could meet up with Ran and the rest, "Wouldn't they be much a better company for Conan-kun?".
Kaito sent a Look at her. "Do you seriously just asked me that?" He deadpanned.
Now that she thought about it, Aoko could very well imagined what would most likely happened if Ran did agree to take those three kids along.
Yoshida Ayumi, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko, and Kojima Genta. They were Conan's classmates and friends, who had taken into following Conan around like three little ducklings - hence why Kaito called them as Conan's Trio Ducklings. From what she had heard from Kaito - who had learned about it through the Emails that Conan and Kaito exchanged daily, the Trio called themselves Shounen Tantei Dan and tried to solve any cases that they got their hands into, but not only that they didn't bother to learn what a Detective's job description was, they also never bothered to study more for their so-called occupation as the Detective Boys - even though Ayumi was a girl.
Even more, the Trio was said to be too energetic and curious for their own good by Conan, with some of the things they did were bordering on being rude. Well, they were kids, but their personality clashed with Conan who was - in her opinion - too mature for his own good, and who admitted to being a bookworm since he idolized both Naito Shin and his 'Shinichi-niichan'.
Now, if Conan could get along well with Kaito and Aoko herself, and enjoyed his time in their companies - then the opposite would happen if the Trio Ducklings were with him. Conan would be on alert all the time to keep them out of trouble, since he felt responsible for them due to him being the more mature between the four of them, thus making it impossible for Conan to relax and enjoy his time in Kyoto.
Just like Shinichi and Kaito, Conan cared for everyone he came in contact with, but he had a hard time connecting with them, thus he was having a hard time making friends. So, Conan's Trio Ducklings might considered him as their friend, but Conan saw them more like his charge than actually friends - especially because Conan only knew them for a short time, just about a month long.
Then, added to the fact that Ran would be busy keeping watch over the Trio Ducklings should she agreed to take them along, which would make it impossible for her to keep her Father away from the pretty ladies… Well, Mouri-san would be free to flirt with any pretty lady whom he got his sight on.
"Yeah, stupid question, sorry." Aoko shook her head with a sweat drop, "Well, Aoko is going to call Tou-san to let him now about this, and then getting ready, so Kaito should get ready as well".
"See you in about half an hour then." Kaito waved at her, "I'm going to pack a Bento (Lunch Box) for Co-chan. He loves Curry, and I doubt the Curry on the train would suit his taste".
"Are you having Curry for Breakfast this morning?" Aoko asked curiously, "You didn't have Breakfast with Tou-san and Aoko earlier, and Aoko seriously doubt that even Kaito could cook a proper and delicious Curry in just half an hour".
"Ah, a Magician never revealed his secret, Aoko." Kaito said with a wink, before leaving the Nakamori Residence without waiting for Aoko's response.
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"Honestly…" Ran muttered as she stared at her Father, "I don't think there are any normal people who would shave on train on the day of their friend's Wedding".
"Oh, shut up." Kogoro grumbled back at her as he wore his suit jacket, "I can't help it, right? I slept in because I was up late last night meeting with a client".
"That's just an excuse." Ran shot it down, "You just went out drinking and passed out at the door".
"Che." Kogoro looked away, "I just bring you along because you kept bugging me, saying you want to go too".
"So? I want to go to Kyoto too, since I have never been there before." Ran replied easily, before smiling at the 'child' beside her, "You too, right, Conan-kun?".
"Eh? Hai (yes)." Conan replied simply, before returning to look around.
"Why is he with us again?" Kogoro grumbled as he looked down on the boy.
"We can't leave him alone in Tokyo." Ran deadpanned at him, "Besides, you don't even need to pay anything for him. The Kudous have prepared an account at the bank for Conan-kun, and the money should last him for a year of luxurious life, even without the monthly transfer that they're planning on doing".
"Geez, haven't his Parents contacted him from America yet?" Kogoro asked in displeasure.
"Conan-kun?" Ran addressed to the boy, all the while smiling darkly at her Father, "Why don't you go and search for Kaito-kun and Aoko-chan? I need to remind Tou-san about your family situation again, and I doubt you want to be reminded about it".
Conan gulped, more in reaction to Ran's dark aura than remembering the 'supposedly' unpleasant memory about his family's 'situation'. "Sure, Ran-neechan." He replied as he got off his seat, "I will come back once I find them".
When he arrived at the door that connected to the next car though, he got a surprise in the form of two men in black. He thought that they were Gin and Vodka for a second there, but upon closer inspection, he realized that they were just looked alike.
Still, it was better safe than sorry, so messaged Ran and asked her to watch them discreetly. Just in case, since - although wearing black clothes didn't equal evil, black clothes were also popular clothing of choice for the typical criminals.
Then, off he went searching for his Husband and Sister-in-Law. Not that Aoko knew about his shrunken situation at the moment, for Kaito hadn't told her about his Kid situation yet - so he was waiting until Kaito told her first before he updated Aoko on his own situation.
He found them right at the next car actually, in the middle of buying some snacks from the Snack Bar. "Kaito-niichan!" He called out to his Husband cheerfully, just like how a Little Brother would call out to a beloved Older Brother whom he rarely seen.
Kaito glanced at his direction from above his shoulder and beamed, before turning around and opened his arms, just in time to catch Conan who had jumped up as soon as he was within reach. "Co-chan!" He greeted cheerfully, while keeping his tight hold on the boy, "Long time no see!".
"Long time no see, Kaito-niichan!" Conan replied in a kind, before pulling back slightly to look at Kaito's eyes, "How are you?".
"I'm fine, Co-chan, just misses Shin-kun for a bit." Kaito answered with a warm smile, "How about you?".
"I'm fine too, Nii-chan." Conan answered with a warm smile of his own, "And I'm sure that Shinichi-niichan misses you too".
"Yeah, I agree." Kaito responded softly, before blinking when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He glanced at the hand and saw the owner of the said hand, and promptly remembered that Aoko was with him. "Ah! Co-chan, this is my Best Friend, Nakamori Aoko." He introduced Aoko to Conan - not that Conan needed the introduction, it was just for the sake of keeping the cover, "Aoko, this is Edogawa Conan, my dear Little-Cousin-by-Marriage".
"Good Afternoon, Aoko-neechan." Conan said cheerfully to her with an adorable grin on his face, "It's nice to meet you".
"Good Afternoon, and it's nice to meet you too, Conan-kun." Aoko said with a sweet smile on her face, "Kaito and Aoko will be taking care of you for the duration of our stay in Kyoto, Aoko hope you don't mind".
Conan hummed lightly as he shook his head. "I don't mind at all, Aoko-neechan." He reassured her with a smile.
Before any pleasantries could be exchanged anymore, Conan felt a vibration on his left pocket and a New Message notification rang. Normally, trains like the Shinkansen had a No Signal Zone, preventing people from sending messages or making a phone call, so Conan knew right away from whom the new message was from - and that person was Ran, because Kaito was there with him.
The reason why Conan, Kaito, and Ran could still send messages when their phone had no signal was because of a special Messenger App that Kaito created himself.
The Messenger App was called Bluetext, which was a combination of Bluetooth and Text message, since Kaito was feeling rather lazy at the time. It was a really simple Messenger App that sent the messages using Bluetooth signal instead of phone signal, and it could cover around 250 meters radius. So, as long as they were within the covered radius, they didn't need phone signal to sent messages.
Only messages though, since Kaito hadn't thought to give it Calling function when he created it, and then later on decided just sending messages would be enough, so he didn't bother updating it.
Of course, Kaito created the Bluetext for personal usage, so he only gave the installer to Conan and Ran - he planned to give it to Aoko after he told her about Kid, but he was still building his courage to confess his Night Time Job to Aoko.
Pulling out his phone - his Conan one, since his Naito Shin Nisei one was in the right pocket of his suit jacket, Conan opened the Bluetext and read the message curiously, wondering if she just wanted to tell him that it was 'safe' to return or if there was something else.
Turned out he was right, but there was more to the message added as post script.
From : Watson
Conan-kun, I just want to tell you that it's safe to return if you want, I have texted Kaito-kun where our seats are.
PS : 2 Crow-like birds have left their nest.
Conan saw from the corner of his eyes the silhouettes of the two men approaching the doorway, so he closed his phone and pocketed it. "Kaito-niichan." He said while leaning into Kaito's body more, "Ran-neechan and Kogoro-ojisan are right at the next car." Then he added in whisper, "Show time. Shadow those not Crows".
Kaito stole a quick glanced and saw two men wearing black walking upstairs - probably to the Dining Car if they wanted to meet up with someone without gaining attention, safe for a mere cursory glance when someone was looking around for a place to sit - before looking at Aoko with a grin on his face, acting like there was nothing amiss. "Aoko, go on ahead and go with Co-chan." He said as he put Conan down onto his own two feet, "I need to go to the toilet".
"Okay." Aoko agreed easily as she took hold of Conan's hand, giving the boy a cheerful smile, "Conan-kun, please lead the way to Ran and Mouri-san".
"Oh, and here is your Bento." Kaito handed over the Bento that he had put into a heat-sealing-bag, so that it was still warm, "It's your favorite".
"Yay! Curry!" Conan happily accepted the Bento, before waving at Kaito as he walked away, then he looked at Aoko, "This way, Aoko-neechan".
He led the way into the car where Ran and Kogoro were, then when he was at where those two sat earlier, he stepped on his shoelace and let himself stumbled. As he predicted, Aoko quickly caught and steadied him.
"Are you alright, Conan-kun?" Aoko asked in concern.
"I'm fine, Aoko-neechan." Conan answered before looking down, pretending to only just noticed his untied shoelace, before smiling sheepishly at the girl. "Aoko-neechan, my shoelace is untied." He informed her as he held out his Bento, "Would you mind carrying this with you? Ran-neechan is just ahead." He gestured to where Ran was seated, "I will be there soon".
With a glance at Ran's location, Aoko nodded and smiled at him. "Alright, then you can enjoy your Curry." She told him gently.
"Mm." Conan as he knelt down to tie his shoelace, but as soon as he saw that Aoko had looked away, he pulled out a 'Kid's Patented Spy Microphone' - that could even caught a whisper at 10 meters away - out of his sleeve and stuck it under the seat using sleigh of hand skill.
It was done in a mere fraction of a second, before he returned to tying his shoelace. By the next few seconds, he was already walking over to where Ran, Aoko, and Kogoro was sitting - Kogoro reading a newspaper, while Ran and Aoko chatting happily - and was just a few more seconds away from enjoying Kaito's delicious Homemade Curry.
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Just like he had said, Kaito went to the toilet, but not to use it. No, he just went to do a quick disguise - a girl as usual, and he could just pretend to mistaken the sign if someone happened to see him - and then went out, humming to himself as he headed for the Dining Car. As he guessed, those two Crow-like men were sitting on one of the table. So he ordered a chocolate cake and a mineral water, chose a seat with a nice but not direct view on those men, and proceeded to enjoy his cake while discreetly observing them - all the while pretending to enjoy the view outside the window.
He didn't have to wait long before he saw a short haired woman with a set of dark purple business suit and skirt came in, and no more than 3 minutes later, they were done talking and exchanged their bags - one with a hand carrying bag and another with a traveling briefcase. He then promptly ignored them and focused on his cake and water, since it wouldn't do if they noticed that he had been watching their exchange, and they were leaving anyway.
Only after the two men and the woman were out of his sight that he pulled out his phone, and sent his report to his Mini Husband. He sent it to his Civilian phone though, instead of his Naito Shin one - so it wouldn't look strange to those not in the know.
Really, sometimes having double lives was so troublesome.
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From : Lupin
Switch. Full$ & ?
Switch, which mean an exchange of sort had happened. Conan quickly decoded the short report, then he saw the two Crow-like men with a traveling briefcase now, instead of a hand-carrying bag - which meant that they had exchanged their bag for the briefcase. Full$ & ? … That would mean one of the bag was full of Dollars, while what's in the other is unknown.
The question was … was the unknown item being exchanged legal or not? Well, considering the behavior of those Crow-like men? Most likely illegal.
So, Conan opened the 'Spy App' that Kaito, Jii, and Agasa-hakase had created, and then installed in his phone - as well as Kaito's and Ran's phones - in which there being three functions.
One of the functions was to listen to the sound that was caught by the Spy Microphone, which was actually one set with the Spy App. Ran, Kaito, and himself each owned a set, and Kaito had programmed it so that all of their Spy App connected to each other - similar to Bluetext, it could connect via Bluetooth signal, but it could also use phone signal if longer distance coverage was needed (it almost never needed so far).
The second function was automatic recording. The system would record the sound that was caught by the Spy Microphone, just in case that it would be needed for evidence later on. The Spy Set was originally created to get evidence against the Crows after all, and the Crows were too slippery that they would have to be prepared for all occasion - or else they would lose their chance in gaining the very much needed evidence.
Finally, the last was a 'Free For All' option, which would allow any user of the Spy App to listen to any Spy Microphone that was in use at the time, or gaining access to the recording file of said Spy Microphone. For example, his Spy Microphone was listed under the name NS, Kaito's was KK, while Ran's was VA. So if NS Microphone was being used, then Kaito and Ran could connect to NS Microphone and listen too, or they could chose to listen to the previous recording.
Of course, the Spy App could only be used if they wanted to listen on one specific location, 3 location if they pushed it - if Kaito, Ran, and himself used their Spy Microphones at once. If they wanted to plant more microphones in … let's just say one microphone in each room of a whole building, they would prepare more microphones and used different program to listen in.
The Spy Set was only for emergency, in a situation where they needed to use a listening device without any preparation.
Once the Spy App opened, he was greeted by a screen with a grassy field at night time as the background. There was a shadowy area on the field in the shape of a Crow in flight, and he could see a single shining arrow piercing the heart of the shadowed area.
When he saw it at the first time, he thought that Kaito - who was mostly in charge of the programming part of the Spy Set, with Agasa-hakase and Jii-chan handling the physical part - was feeling rather poetic at the time, since the picture was clearly stating who they were, the Shadow Hunters.
Then, filling the screen were only three white colored empty rows, in which he would have to type his passwords - yes, there were more than one - or else he would be able to access it, and another white arrow pointing to the right at the bottom right corner of the screen.
The more than one passwords weren't the only safety measure that Kaito cooked up for Spy App, both to protect their activities and to ensure that the user was really the one who it was supposed to be. The other safety measure being the empty rows were exactly just that, empty. There wasn't any instruction on what the rows was supposed to be filled with, so whoever wanted to use the Spy App have to know what to type in already - meaning, only the real user and not an impostor.
Without wasting time, he typed in the passwords.
************** (Shadow Hunters)
******* (Kotengu)
******* (PLGVMTF)
The first row was for the name of his Non-Official Organization, the second being his Codename as Conan since he had a different one for Shinichi, and the last one was his Secret Code - which actually his Codename being written in Atbash Cipher.
Hearing such safety measure, people probably wouldn't want to use it at all, but it actually very easy once they got used to it. Conan only needed to use it twice to get used, Kaito was the same, while Ran only need to used it three times to get used to the safety measure.
[The key is you only need to remember what your Codename was, and how it was written in Atbash Cipher. Now, since it's the first time we're opening it, what you're going to type in now would be the one you will use permanently. So, Shin-kun~ Our Codenames, please?]
That was what Kaito told him and Ran when they first opened their Spy App, and the only reason why Kaito even needed to used the App twice to get used to the safety measure was because it was Conan - or rather Shinichi - who decided their Codenames, not Kaito himself.
Once he typed in his passwords, he clicked enter twice - once to move to the white arrow, and another to click said arrow.
This time, still with the same background picture, he was greeted with only two option buttons.
NS
FF All
He chose NS.
NS Microphone
Status: Off
Turn On Turn Off
He chose Turn On, and he could hear the conversation of those two Crow-like men right away, through his Bluetooth Earphone - which also part of the Spy Set.
=That was an easy trade, Brother.=
=Shh, you're too loud.=
=It's alright, no one will listen.=
Conan held in a smirk, since he was listening to their conversation, and they were none the wiser.
He heard that they exchanged their bag for 100 Billion Dollars, but what he heard next caused him to curse in his mind. One of the men said that he 'put something inside that could create a powerful explosion 10 seconds after it experiences a violent shake'. In other word, bomb.
What was worse? Not only that the bomb was set at 3:10 PM - which was only 40 minutes away - because then their exchange partner would ignite the bomb without even knowing, but it would also explode if it was dropped to the floor!
Unfortunately, the train stopped for a bit since they arrived at Nagoya, and the two Crow-like men chose that moment to leave the train.
Whatever, I will just hunt them down later, … or maybe the Polices can. Letting out a sharp breath, Conan clicked Turn Off before opening his messenger app, leaving the earphone still in his ear.
To : Lupin, Watson
LtFFAllNSRec. Now!
※Sent※
He closed his phone with a snap, then pulled out one of his note book and a pen from his suit jacket's pocket.
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Kaito was on his second helping of Chocolate Cake - since he decided to wait for a response from Conan first before going to their seating car, when he got the text message.
From : Holmes
LtFFAllNSRec. Now!
Listen to FF All NS Recorded? Well, turned out, it's a good thing that I decided to wait for a response first. Kaito couldn't help but think as he opened his Spy App.
************** (Shadow Hunters)
******** (Bakeneko)
******** (YZPVMVPL)
KK
FF All
FF All.
NS VA
NS.
Recorded
Listening
Recorded.
Newest
Past
Newest.
As soon as Kaito heard the recording, he put on his Kaitou Kid mask - since Kaito was only known as a prank-loving High School student who was a skilled Magician, while Kid often faced off with armed criminals. Not a literal mask though, just the mentality.
To : Holmes, Watson
Toilet. First floor.
※Sent※
Quickly finishing his cake and water, Kaito headed for the toilet on the first floor. He stepped out of his woman's disguise and returned to being Kaito, but he was wearing Kid's Recon Uniform though - a simple black turtle neck shirt, a dark blue jeans, and a black hat.
All that left was for him to wait on his team members.
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Ran blinked when she felt her phone vibrated, and she looked at Conan to see him writing on his notebook with a serious expression, so she excused herself to Aoko and checked it.
From : Holmes
LtFFAllNSRec. Now!
LtFFAllNSRec … Listen to FF All NS Recorded? Blinking again, Ran turned on her Bluetooth Earphone before opening her Spy App.
************** (Shadow Hunters)
********** (Aosaginohi)
********** (ZLHZTRMLSR)
VA
FF All
FF All.
NS KK
NS.
Recorded
Listening
Recorded.
Newest
Past
Newest.
On the outside, Ran could be seen calmly playing with her phone, but on the inside, she was panicking ever since she heard the word explosion. She could trust that Shinichi or Kaito would know what to do, so she quickly thought up an excuse for Conan and her to not only meet up with Kaito, but also why it would take them a long time - taking care of this case would take quite some time, after all.
There was a new message then.
From : Lupin
Toilet. First floor.
Oh. Idea.
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Megure-keibu,
There's a bomb in Shinkansen heading to Kyoto. It's not a time bomb, so I will prevent it from exploding and confront the targeted person. Please be ready to take them at Gifu-Hashima station for questioning, and please stand by at Maibara station too, just in case I need more time.
The men who planted the bomb had left the train at Nagoya station, so please watch out for them. They're wearing black clothes and fedora, one of them had long brown hair while the other has a square jaw. Also, their faces looked as if they have been starved for a long time, I'm sure you will know what I meant when you see them.
Naito Shin Nisei
He pulled off the paper from the notebook, then standing up while pocketing his notebook and pen. While folding the paper, he saw that Ran pulled off her own earphone, so he guessed that she had finished listening to the recording.
Just then, his Conan phone let out a new message notification.
From : Lupin
Toilet. First floor.
He replied it right away.
To : Lupin
Otw.
※Sent※
"Ran-neechan, I need to go to the toilet." He told her right away.
"I'm going with you, Conan-kun." Ran answered him with a smile as she stood up, carrying her bag with her, "Kaito-kun sent a text that he got a stomach ache, probably because he drank coffee without sweetener this morning and his body didn't agree with it. I told him that I will bring the medicine to him, since I have some".
"Okay." Conan said in agreement to the excuse, and they left without Kogoro or Aoko even suspect that something was wrong.
Once out of the immediate sight of those two, he and Ran hastened their pace to a light jog. They soon arrived in front of the toilet and saw Kaito waving at them, and they got down to business.
"What should we do?" Ran asked them seriously.
Conan pulled out Spade - one of his Ravens, and one that he mainly sent to Megure-keibu as Messenger Bird when needed - and tied the letter to one of his leg. "Spade, to Megure-keibu." He ordered as he opened the nearby window, and his - scarily smart - Raven flew out of it.
He closed the window again and turned his attention to his team members, who was waiting for his decision, since he was the Leader of the Shadow Hunters. He looked at Kaito, "Do you remember their exchange partner?" He asked.
"Yes." Kaito nodded his head in answer, "It's a woman with purple clothes and short hair cut".
"Good. Ran." Shinichi - since he had dropped his Conan mask for now - looked at the girl, "Inform the Security Guards about this, but make sure that they keep quiet." He told her firmly, "Kaito and I will confront the woman. We will prevent the bomb from exploding, so tell the Security Guards that they just need to stop the train at the next station, the Polices will be there already".
Ran nodded silently and left to do her task.
He and Kaito nodded to each other, then they left to find the woman.
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Well, what do you know? Conan thought as he watched as the targeted woman left with Megure-keibu and his group at Gifu-Hashima station. Things went smoothly for one.
After they found the woman that Kaito saw exchanging bag with the Crow-like men, he easily charmed her into revealing what those men told her - but maybe the knowledge that there was a bomb in her bag helped.
They managed to find out how she would ignite the bomb unknowingly when she revealed that those men told her to call them later, saying that they would tell her how to open the bag then. From there, it was easy to figure out that the phone was the trigger, so Kaito told her to not make the call.
Ran also had done her job well. The Security Guards had been informed of the situation, and they informed the operators to stop the train at Gifu-Hashima station longer than normal, which gave the time for the Polices to take the woman and the bomb away. The fact that they were already standing by the door right as they were about to stop at Gifu-Hashima station helped too.
Normally, the Polices would want them - Kaito, Ran, and Conan - to go to the Police Station too, to work on the paperwork, but they managed to cheat their way out. Ever since they got caught in a case at least once in a few days, Conan, Ran, and Kaito began to bring empty paperwork sheets with them - Megure-keibu agreed to give the papers to them wordlessly, probably didn't want to know why they would wanted those papers. Then, while they were waiting for the train to arrive at Gifu-Hashima station, they filled in the paperwork, so they only need to hand the papers to the Polices without needing to come to the Police Station.
Thus, they could continue on their trip right away. They didn't end up arriving late for the Wedding too, which was a plus.
So all in all, Conan concluded that that day was a good enough day for him.
Line~Line~Line
So, you can see a little of the Shadow Hunters organization in this chapter, and Kaito would definitely make a better Spy App later on, with everyone's help. Although, I'm really sorry if the explanation is rather confusing.
I'm sure you can guess what their Codenames are based from, so I will just say it now: Youkai.
Conan's Codename is Kotengu, while he has a different one for Shinichi - can you guess what it is?
Kotengu means Little Tengu or Child Tengu, while Tengu itself is the name of a Youkai with a pair of Black colored Bird Wings on their back - like that of Crows or Ravens, in which I will use Ravens in this story because the Crows are the enemies. In some stories, a Tengu could command the Crows and Ravens - as in the real birds sense - and see what they see, as well as influencing the flow of the wind.
Kaito's Codename is Bakeneko.
Bakeneko is a shape-shifting cat Youkai, and in some stories, the Bakeneko could communicate with the normal cats, and have 9 Lives - like how people said a Cat has 9 Lives.
Ran's Codename is Aosaginohi.
Aosaginohi is a Heron - a species of a bird - that glows a blue light at night, similar to a firefly I guess, and it said that this particular Youkai is shy around people.
Can you think of my reason for choosing them?
Anyway, Thank You for reading! I'm looking forward for your review ^ ^
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