After Korogo's little chat with Officer Megure, the famous detective Mouri walked dejectedly out of the local police station. A frown was set out on his face. The frown continued to stay even as he made his way home. When his daughter returned from school with Conan, she immediately noticed her father's lack of gusto from the day before.
"Dad what's wrong?" Ran asked as she sat her school bag down. Conan appeared partially interested as well. He knew that Mouri had gone to the police station earlier that day. He wondered what kind of antics Korogo got himself into blathering on about taking down Kira.
"Officer Megure said my expertise was needed elsewhere, so we'll be spending your break from school in the Kanto region. They said low-rate crime is running rampant even with the threat of Kira," Korogo replied to his daughter grumbling.
"But what about the Kira case?" Ran asked curiously. Conan sighed as he stretched on his tip toes to reach a bag of chips sitting on the counter. Conan despised being short. He couldn't wait to find the man who had done this to him. He still wondered if Kira could be the same man.
"Hm. Well you know I could have gotten the job, but Megure insisted that some rookie was already taking on the case. Some chump named L. Honestly, what kind of respectable name is L? Sounds girly to me…" Korogo said grouchily as he rested more into the arm-chair he had been sitting in.
Conan almost fell over as he swung around clutching to his bag of potato chips. His eyes had gone wide at Mr. Mouri's words. L? The L was working on the Kira case. This was great! L was one of Conan's greatest idols. As Conan eyes glimmered, what Korogo had actually said finally sunk in.
"WHAT!!?!? Rookie? Do you know who L even is?" Conan shouted in disbelief.
Ran and Korogo looked over at Conan. They had never heard the little boy shout in such a way. Mr. Mouri scratched his head as he thought about what Conan had just asked. He didn't really know who this L person was, so that obviously meant he had to be a rookie in the field. Right?
"I can't say that I do," Korogo answered honestly. Conan's eyes twitched and he stomped out of the room with an exasperated growl. Ran watched Conan go as she bit her lip. She was rather surprised that her father didn't know who L was. Even she had the tiniest bit of knowledge of the mystery figure L. Her father was a detective after all; it was only natural to know other more famous detectives. Ran turned her attention back to her father.
"Dad…" Ran started.
"Yes. We shall start packing right away. If I can't work on this Kira case, than I shall heartily work on less worthy crimes. All and all, justice will be served," Korogo said happily.
Conan flopped onto his hotel bed with a sigh. Ran wandered into the connection room as her father began to unpack his things. The three had made it to the center of the Kanto region. They were in the center of the bustle and excitement of the city. It was about three in the afternoon now. Korogo took one of his shirts out as he laid it out on the bed.
"You kids should check out the city while I'm on duty. This somewhat a vacation after all," Korogo said cheerily.
"I hear the shopping here is really great," Ran said happily.
It was settled then and there. All three would set out into the city once everyone was unpacked. It was sure to be a jolly holiday… Conan was bored out of his mind. There was nothing exciting to do. Sure, it was a big city. Yet, what was there for him? Nothing.
Mr. Mouri dropped off Ran and Conan in the middle of town before going off to do his thing. Conan would normally join him, but it just wasn't in him today. Ran looked excitedly at all the neat little shops. She then glanced up.
"Oh look Conan!" Ran said as she pointed above them. Conan glanced up. It was a giant TV. screen sprawled across the side of a building. It was fairly impressive. Other people around the shopping center were staring up at it to watch the evening news.
Suddenly a special report popped on the screen. Conan watched with mild interest. Some man named Lind L. Taylor was about to talk. However when this Lind L. Taylor did start talking, he had Conan's full attention as well as a few other passer buyers.
"A direct confrontation with Kira…" Conan said under his breath. He continued to watch the events on the screen unfold before him. It was ingenious. Yet… could this really be the true L? Why risk himself being on television. Unless he had something up his sleeve.
"Oh my god!" Ran said before covering her mouth with her hands. She had just witnessed a man die on television. Both her and Conan went into shock for just a moment. The area around them was put into a spur of chaos. Hush whispers and the like spread like wild fire. Then the screen turned white with only a single intricate L to mar it's purity.
"Brilliant…" Conan said as he continued to watch.
"L this. L that. Why should I care what this one detective did?" Mr. Mouri said irritably.
"Oh dad it was amazing…" Ran said clutching her father's arm as they wandered into a nearby donut shop. Korogo was in a fairly bad mood. He figured a glazed donut would better his mood just a tiny bit. The kids didn't seem to mind the detour before heading back to the hotel.
"Indeed it was," Conan said starry eyed.
"Yes… I'm sure it was" Korogo said bitterly before turning his attention to the girl at the register, "I want a dozen glazed, a crème filled, jelly, and a crawler,"
"I'll be with you in just a second sir, once I finish with this gentleman here," the girl said. She then turned to her previous costumer and handed him two boxes of donuts. He tipped his hat to her and began to walk out. Conan watched him leave. That man certainly not Japanese. British maybe?
The other customer made his way down the street to the same hotel that Mr. Mouri and the others were also residing in. The older man climbed into the elevator and clicked the button for the 12th floor. He listened to the gargle of elevator music until the doors swung open again.
He then made his way down the hall before shuffling the box of donuts in his hand. He pulled out a key and unlocked the door. He stepped in and pushed the door closed behind him. He squinted in the darkness and adjusted his glasses with his free hand. The older man traveled further into the darkness of the room until he could see the glow of a computer screen.
"Ah. Thank-you very much Watari," the figure by the computer said. Watari set down the box of donuts beside him and stood up straight again. Spidery hand stretched to the box of donuts, and flipped the top open.
"Is there anything else that you require L?" Watari asked. At first only the sound of someone stuffing their face with a donut came to the old man's ears. L licked his fingers of the glaze from the donut before rubbing the excess on his jeans.
"Not at the moment, but thank-you for asking…"
This is a pretty long-ish chapter for how much we've been writing. I thought I'd make up for not writing for like…a week. I hope you guys enjoyed it. It's your turn now Mounkey!!!!!! Wooooooooo!!!!!!!!