"So we're right about Kogoro Mouri!"

"Yep. There's definitely something fishy about his Sleeping Kogoro routine. Not saying that he doesn't has what it takes to become a detective, but he comes into conclusion so early, and so wrong. It's almost unbelievable that this is the same guy who managed to solve difficult cases so quickly and precisely!"

There i was. Talking with Dani. One of my friend back in my good old country.

Turned out that my OC here had a good life. A wife with two kids (although unlike Eri and Yukiko, she already gained weight and other aging signs), several close friends, and no black organizations threaten my peaceful life.

Of course, soon, when i involved even deeper, those things would be null and void.

"So...any suggestions who portrayed the sleeping slouth?"

"I suspected that it was someone who happened to be close to him. It's already happened too much to not be true." I stated simply as i looked at my pressure cooker. 10 more minutes until the meat is tenderized enough."Also, this man must be has the tool to mimick his voice, as well as the means to knock Kogoro everytime he solved the case."

"So this guy could be a magician? Those are the only guys who can do things so discreetly."

"Perhaps." I said as i finished my frappe. "But maybe that the guy's simply has connections with an inventor to do these things."

"So there's no concrete proof...what's next?"

I grinned as i already knew the next step i had to took. "Hey. Don't you know that crazy inventor in this city?"

"Agasa Hasake? You mean, that guy who once reviewed the dim sum from Tionghoa's New Year festival? And also created that massive steam pot? Crazy shit, man. That guy was disqualified for nearly blew up the whole complex, and won the contest the next year by the finalized product."

"Yeah. And guess what? It seemed like he also a friend with the Mouris."

"Yet another lead and trails. It's unusual for you to move this quick. First you solved the case in less than two days, and now you're already took several steps in finding the secrets of Kogoro Mouri?"

"Oh, but i think i just scraped the surface, Dan." I said as i turned off the pressure cooker. 10 more minutes until the pressure is off. "And as what you just said, there's no concrete proof. Except one."

"And what's that?"

"This case could be my biggest personal one."

--dd--

Ah...what a good meal. Took me at least two hours, but at least it'd be worth it.

So now i took a stroll into one of those cities that shall never sleep...even though it wasn't a sleep time to begin with. It was a beautiful day in Beika, almost as if God decided to give anyone a moment of serenity for themselves. Well, well. It was definitely a needed one for the many people here. Too many deaths, accidents and so, somehow usually happened nearby the body magnet of Conan Edogawa.

Or should we say, Shinichi Kudo, Detective?

--dd--

So this is Peirot Cafe? Nice name, nice place, and nice reference for that detective.

Wonder why Agatha grew to dislike the character...

Then again, Peyo also didn't like Smurfs that much.

"Your Coffee, Sir."

"Oh, yes."

So that's Azusa...nice girl.

Wait. How come there's no Rei here? Either i came from the earlier time, or this is a sign that this was an alternate dimension where several people were not (yet) exists. Now that you mention it, wasn't that Conan just referred to Ayumi as Amy? Still, it could be his futile to distract me. After all, Shinichi Kudo wasn't that good of an actor. But if it is, then...

I shook my head off soon. I definitely need to go to that lab soon.

Soon enough however, i also noticed the lacks of Sleeping Kogoro near the Cafe. With that, i decided that i need to drink it fast enough before anyone living there spotted me and...

Oh. Um.

This, is a delicious coffee.

Oh, well. I can wait.

Especially since there was a call for me.

"Yes, Inspector?"

--dd--

Just got a called from Megure Keibu. Need my assistance for my statements. Perhaps also looking into several cold cases. Also already sent my apology to Megure for that line earlier.

He accepted. But i still won't go to Tokyo Police Department now.

I already set my destination to Agasa's house, and i won't change it for now. Besides, i still have 3 hours left.

"Professor Agasa?"

I already knocked it several times. Still no replies.

But i knew you're here, Agasa. That iced chocolate still has the ice cubes un-melted. That could only meant someone was here recently. Unless a crazy jerk somehow decided to walk into this house's entrance, scraped the rug with whatever dirt was left on their shoes, and left the shake on the trash can.

Yep. Totally unbelievable.

Still, i need to get him out as soon as i could. Not only Conan and Ai would've out of school soon, but that appointment with Megure's still valid. I need to make useful of my time. But how to get him out not so forcefully...

I shrugged as i looked into the broken glass laid on the corner, which i assumed came from the broken window caused by Agasa's experiments. I took the one that has no sharp edge, shoved it into my mouth, and began to crunching it with my bare teeth.

Well, i'm a former Debus member here. And my specialty? Eating hard garbage.

"JESUS CHRIST!"

I heard him yell, and smirked as he opened the door, face still obviously disturbed by my action. I still munched the glass as he looked at me in disgust.

"I'm sorry for pretending to be not home, but um...security reason. My neighbor was missing, so i need to..." The hair scratching. Father always reprimanded me to not doing this because it made you look nervous. Haha. Looks like my father has some knowledge in doing poker face. "You must be..."

"Andy Gunawan." I told him as i offered a handshake.

"Nice to meet you. But, um...Could you spit out the glasses first, please?"

I simply threw up on the trash can.

--dd--

"Conan already told me that you might come here."

"Really?" I feigned a surprise.

"Yes. He said something about detective in his early 40s, 6'4 with large build, but he didn't say anything about his skill in circus act."

"Well, i just met Mouri several nights before, so..." I took a sit to the seat that Agasa already mentioned me to. "We barely know each others. I only happened to met him and the Mouris at a case, where Kogoro wanted to make a fool out of me."

"Ah, yes. Kogoro Mouri. Great detective. He just turned his life upside down recently. His cases brought him fame, and Conan's parents gave him tons of money for taking care of him while they're gone."

"Looks like luck was something that all Mouri possessed, after all." I mumbled quietly, but still barely enough for Agasa to hear it.

"So," Agasa said as he left into the kitchen, "I don't want to sound rude, but what actually brought you here?" Said Agasa as he returned from the kitchen with some mineral water. I don't know if Ai was secretly here and already gave some powder into this thing, but i decided to drank it since Agasa also drank it.

"Several reasons, actually." I said as i already drank all of if. "First of all, i'm a man who has good deal of interest in technology. And as a man who just moved out into Beika for a while, i just decided that i'm going to kill some time by visiting you."

"But i'm just a bumbling inventor who barely managed to create useful stuffs. You must be mistaken me for other inventor. You can visit Doctor Tenma, or-"

"No, Mr. Agasa. I believe that i came to the right person."

Jeez. Were the smug detectives sucked their companion's self-esteem? This man already created impossible things like voice modulator, and yet he sold himself so poorly? And i thought it was just their not-girlfriends who became their vampirism victim!

"Ah?" He began to sweated a lot. I need to fend off some of the newly risen suspicions.

"You're the one who came into Indonesia some time ago, and created some gigantic dim sum steam pot that was used to win the contest. So, as a man with another interest in eastern cuisine, it just gave me another reason to be here; to look directly at the man who has hands in both cuisine and science."

"...Oh, yeah! Yeah! That steam pot! Ahaha...it's been a long time since i created that thing."

"You still have that machine?"

"No." He shook his head. "It broke several years ago. And even if i could recreate it, Ai won't allow me. Stupid cholesterol and big belly..."

"Ai?" I said as i feigned interests. "Is she happened to be Conan's friend?"

"H...how did you know?"

"Well," I decided to begin my simple deduction. "For a busy scientist, you're living in a rather clean place. Not something to be expected from an inventor who also admitted to be rather bumbling."

"Well, i could've hired a weekly maid or something."

"That's true. However, that little dress, " I pointed at the pretty violet dress that was hung in the hanger at the door, "Gave away everything. Or should i mention the little shoes behind me?"

"W...wow..."

"I also expected that Ai is someone that's both smart and adult enough to help you living your life here; since you didn't brought me any sugary thing, i assumed that you have some health issues, and i knew how some people are too busy at even taking regular shower. The fact that you later said that Ai is someone who took care of your health only confirmed my suspicion. And the Conan thing? Since Conan's also a smart kid, and also lives somewhere near here with the Mouri, i simply assumed that he became fast friend with this Ai girl, being similar in intelligence and so. Did i miss something?"

Agasa simply shook his head, and wiped his forehead. He looked relieved now, either because i missed some of the marks or something.

"Well, i haven't meet anyone else who did this Sherlock scanning since a while."

"Are we talking about Kudo Shinichi? Some people said that he was a detective with very bright future who also obsessed with Sherlock Holmes."

"Well, yeah. He's on...some very tough cases. At least...I think so. People said that he was missing..."

"I see." I said as i took my drink. "You know, for parents with missing child, the Kudos are awfully calm and cheerful, right?"

"You...How you..."

"Calm down, Agasa. I'm not some kind of secret agent from underground organization or something." I said cheerfully...which seemed like it doesn't help the sweating inventor. I'm really terrible at my subtleness, didn't i?. "Everyone who has interest in sleuth and investigation are already wondering about where did Shinichi Kudo go, and yet, " I further explained to him as logically as possible, "Yuusaku and Yukiko Kudo were looked so calm when he received that lifetime award lifetime. That means they already knew the truth about their missing child, who's as of last month, was still alive, kicking and healthy wherever he was."

"I...guess so..."

Both of us drank the water again. Right now, Agasa's hand was trembling greatly. Even with me assuming that he already did not suspected me too much, he'd definitely still at the shock and hasn't recovered from it yet.

--dd--

"See you later, Agasa!"

"Y...yeah. I'll see what i can do with that caramel adder machine...if i can get my permission at that girl."

"Haha. Don't worry too much! Just call me when she denied my request, okay? But i don't think she would, especially since she allowed you to have that chocolate."

"Actually...that was her drink. She sometimes likes to make fun of me, drinking stuffs like that in front of me."

"...I see."

I didn't press the issue this time. I already knew that either Agasa lied about the drink, or Ai was here, hid herself and listened to our conversation. But either way, i believe that i managed to make them even more suspicious, which was what i need.

"Okay. See you later too."

And so, the door was locked.

Okay, so i already dumped new information into Agasa, and so far, my detective work's went kinda smooth.

If it keep going like this, looks like i won't need this screenshots of Detective Conan World Wiki again.

--dd

So now we knew the mystery behind Andy's unusual durability and strength! Would Conan and Agasa went down his trails? Would Haibara got early heart attack from the paranoia caused by all the teases? And would i met Kogoro again soon? Find out next, on Case Solved!

Looks like i would make the story more serious at this rate...