A/N: Konnichi-wa! LET'S SEE IF YOU GUESSED CORRECTLY ABOUT WHO DIES. Then you'll guess who the killer is. With the clues I've -cough cough- I mean the killer left behind without knowing.. Here is chapter 10! YAYYYYY! I'VE SOMEHOW MANAGED... I will end this fanfiction when I'm done with writing this case. I decided to put it just like a side story kinda thing after the kidnapping case so I don't think it will matter if I put it in the summary. I'm thinking of something like Takagi.. getting it -Shinichi's secret.. or maybe Conan will tell him or something. (OR NOT) And that will be the end.

Dear tzswei: I did not block out her work, you should see on Chapter 8 that I said I will take her idea and continue writing. I was thinking of using a bug, BUT (!) I reconsidered and thought of something so that I WILL use that air duct idea. She did give me the inspiration and I wouldn't continue if it wasn't for that. I thank CrimsonPrincess123 once again.

So, basically, I am NOT blocking her out and forgetting where I got my inspiration from. Anyways thanks for your reviews!

CHAPTER 10: IT'S TIME TO LOOK FOR SOME CLUES.

Conan ran to where the scream came from and immediately covered his nose from the heavy stench of blood with the sleeve of his hoodie. He saw Kaori lying on the floor, with her throat sliced. It wasn't very deep but she had lost lot of blood. Akane, Isamu and Robert were staring down in fear. Conan knelt down and checked the woman's pulse but there wasn't any. He shook his head in dismay. Akane started crying and held on to Isamu, where Robert didn't give any emotional reaction except the non-stop shaking of his hands. After all, Kaori was his girlfriend. He must have gone into shock.

"Kaori! NOO!" Akane said between sobs. "D-DOUSHITE?"

Conan took out his cell phone and quickly dialed the police.

"911, what's your emergency?"

"A woman has just been murdered at Tropical Land, Mirror House. Her name is Kaori, and her throat was sliced. She died from blood loss."

"Who's speaking?" the woman sounded a bit not sure of herself.

"Conan Edogawa, tantei sa."

He heard the phone clunk as someone else started talking. "CONAN-KUN? IS THAT YOU?"

"Ah..Sato-keiji, yes."

"We'll be right there and you, STAY OUT OF TROUBLE!"

"Wakatteru yo." (A/N: Means "I know.")

The phone clicked off. Conan stood up and walked back towards the corpse despite what Sato said on the phone.

"Robert-san, weren't you with Kaori-san? Didn't you see what happened?" Conan asked the shaking man.

"The l-lights went off so I couldn't see anything. If only I had sticked up with her.. When the... I heard a mirror break and someone falling on the floor.. I think the shards hit her neck.."

Can't be. It's impossible for a falling piece of mirror to cut someone's neck that straight and long. Wait a second... there is something about her neck.

Conan looked down and examined it, since there wasn't anyone in the Mirror House anymore except him, Robert, Isamu and Akane, whom he told to stay since the police would be there soon. It was the cut on her neck. The cut was just on the front part of her neck. There weren't any cuts on the sides of her neck. Why would that be? She looked like she got cut from the front. But there weren't anything sharp enough around that you could cut your neck just by turning around.

There could be only one explanation. This woman was murdered. I don't know how but it was definitely from the front.

Suddenly two hands wrapped around him and Conan tried to free himself in panic till he realized it was Ran.

"Conan-kun! I heard what happened from the people outside. Are you okay? This is so horrible.."

"Yes, Ran-neechan."

The police swarmed the hall full of mirrors closely following Takagi and Sato. Inspector Megure walked rapidly behind them. He blinked when he saw Conan.

"What are YOU doing here?"

"I just happen to be on a trip with Ran-neechan." he said.

"Well, go outside! Do you want another psycho trying to kill you just because you helped solve the case? NOW!"

"I don't care."

"Conan-kun!" Ran said as she tried to pull him away.

"But I do! There's lot of people who care about you! So you better go outside! HURRY UP!"

Conan frowned. Just great. Maybe if I...

"One more thing, Kaori-san was murdered, you could tell that by looking at the cut on her neck. There aren't any cuts on the sides of her neck which means she got cut from the front. Oh and also, the light went out about a minute before the murder and a I heard a mirror shatter." He showed the debris of broken glass on the floor. "It's far away from her though. So the broken pieces couldn't have hit her. That would be impossible anyway. Also look," he pointed to a piece of the broken mirror sitting on the floor near the victim. It was covered in blood. "That's probably the murder weapon."

"It's exactly as he says." said Takagi who kneeled down to look at everything Conan just described. Once again, Conan felt eyes on him and he turned around to face the three suspects.

"It can't be anyone but one of these three, because no one in the tunnel went this far except us. Kaori-san was with Robert-san at the time of murder."

Megure sighed. "Conan-kun, GO OUTSIDE! NOW!"

"Hai.." he said and ran to Takagi before he followed Ran out the door. Conan gave him a pat on the back holding the listening device on his palm. "I'm counting on you, Takagi-keiji." But Conan dropped it on the floor as Takagi stepped on it due to Ran pulling his arm from behind.

"NO!" he said.

"Conan-kun! We're going outside! No excuses!"

Damn it. Now what? Good job, Shinichi.

Conan eyed the building looking around for anything that might help him. What he saw brought back memories of him meeting Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta at the Mystery Coaster when he was Kudo Shinichi. They were sneaking in... Conan focused on one thing as Ran slowly dragged him outside.

There's still a way.. through the air duct.

Takagi turned around in wonder as he saw Conan follow Ran out the door with a sneaky smile on his face.

A/N: I already said what Conan was gonna do before, so you guys should figure it out. Hehehee... Conan's so sneaky, no wonder he keeps getting in trouble. I need to think of a way to distract Ran so she's not constantly on Conan's back. Any ideas? Kay so... Tune in for the next chapter! Love you guys!