Ow...My head...

Quarter past nine...

Whaa? I slept that long?

Damn you super intelligent pint-sized detective and damn your fellow shrunken underground scientist too. I need to rest my body that long, drank that god-awful herbal medicine, almost passed out from that smell alone, all because i got too close to your comfortable zone. And Ai already knew that i'm not from B.O.; She wouldn't even want to meet my gaze back then when that's the case. That girl must be doing it for her own amusement.

Once again, damn you shrunken geniuses.

"Detective Andy, open the door!"

Sato's voice...And the sound of my door about to bust out of its joint. No wonder those guys were terrified of-

Wait, what?

"Andy, this is urgent!"

Alright. Let's see if i can raise my voice. No need to worry about something that may happened here.

"Coming."

Ugh. So wobbly. A good thing here that i passed out in the couch. Otherwise i wouldn't even make it to the stair.

"Yes?" I said as i opened the door. I must be completely not presentable to my guests, judging by their widened eyes. I did not even remember what i wore before i went to sleep, but the wind told me that i must be only wearing my shorts.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, detective! We don't know that you're sick. We'll just pass you this file so you can rest and-"

"Nah, it's fine. I already feel better now." I assured her, before i looked at the nearly busted door frame. "However, i do believe that my door's used to be on a much better condition before."

"Ahaha...i was in such hurry that i knocked the door too hard." Said Miwako in embarrassment.

"What are you in hurry for, anyway?" I asked as i looked at the hickeys formed in her neck. "Don't tell me that you spent too much time making out with Takagi." I smirked.

Next thing i know, i blocked her kick that was aimed to my side. But due to my condition, it still felt hurt. "Ouch. Officer, is it your way to treat your unwell partners?"

"No, that's what i did for someone who came too close to my private life!"

"But i don't see you doing anything to Yumi for her gossiping about your love life..." I teased her.

"Uggh! Just read it, detective! And i'll wait for you at the park. If you think that this matter's not that urgent, just call."

And she just left like that.

Meh. I'll just read it on the way. Things tend to get more messed up than predicted here where everybody and their grandmother can create a near-impossible murder schemes. Better to make myself presentable too. Maybe i would even take my time. I still need to raise my power to even make it to the park.

Also, those hickeys were really new, you know...

-dc-

Well look what we got here.

I spent thirty minutes of dressing up, cleaned myself and everything, and these two're still immersed in their face-sucking.

Oh. And there were more hickeys too. And some were not on eithers neck. Although i did appreciate the smooth look of her shoulders, one of them were unobstructed by any bra string that Takagi just pulled earlier. And they did it in their police patrol car! Talk about inappropriate use of public taxes.

But still. We did not have much time left.

"Ehm."

Both were startled by my fake cough (and in usual Takagi's fashion, he now whined about her accidental bite that drew blood), and soon tried their best to get themselves looked acceptable.

"I knew i shouldn't take my time..."

Actually, that was the lie. I really, really should take my time. I was a young spirited, covert pervert man, trapped in the middle-aged man's body. Some sight of policewoman's most beautiful angels underwear and her flawless skin's definitely something i...appreciated. Like Venus statue.

Oh...i also appreciate my old self's ability to complement someone's beauty without sounded like a pervert and adulterer. The best excuse for anyone unfortunate enough to be a clumsy lucky studs. Surely i don't have the ability to accidentally slipped on their woman figures unlike them, but i'm on the roll here, baby!

"Well you should be! We got frustrated here so much that we...you know." Said Miwako as she eyed her partner. Both blushed as they realized the implications she just made.

Decided to not comment about the earlier stuff, especially things like the perpetrator, i decided to get into the topic. "Are you sure about this information? We could went to wild goose chase if..."

"Positive. That inmate you said we should give a slap to the wrist because he at least tried to stop the potential harms that could be done to Suzuki Sonoko? He's the one who spilled it too. Said something about hearing a scheduled meeting between some guys in the higher ups."

"And Takagi went to spied on them for some days at night, and then you guys managed to get this far. Perfect." I then asked something that i already noticed subconsciously once i get a clear view of the male officer, who was coincidentally "Is that why your wrist ended up being bruised, officer?"

"Um...this wound's actually caused by something else..."

"He slipped from his desk when i woke him up this afternoon." Sato said playfully. She should've received glare from her boyfriend had she did not have the status of the scariest officer around Tokyo.

Ah yeah. Classic Takagi. The butt of all jokes in this murder-filled world. Usually ended up tangled in the rope of crime demonstration or things like that. "Yeah. I should've recognize it sooner if it was injuries from your scuffles. So...everything's basically verified here. Although i still wonder how a fresh gang member who's notcan somehow get an information with such importance."

"Actually, he got it from someone else." Takagi Just before 'that night', he got ."

That perked me up. I rubbed my chin as my interest spiked up. "I take it that the figure's anonymous and still not completely identified, right?"

"Yeah, but he recognized the face of the figure, and we noticed that he's either a Malaysian or Indonesian."

I got a shock jolt into my system. What on earth is going on... "So i take it that you guys wanted me to identify this guy, right?"

"Yeah. We have no rights to access their database, but our guys recognize that at the very least, the man has same ethnicity with you. If you ended up don't know anything about this man, then we have no idea what's actually this mysterious figure want to do here."

I stared at them before i spoke what i needed shortly. "Give me the sketch."

Soon enough my face became disgusted by what was represented by this paper. I did not care at all about the startled yell of both officer in front of me as i tore up that paper. "He's my closest cousin. I just talked with him this morning about my sickness. Landline number from Indonesia. It was from my contact."

"...What? Are you telling me that out of nowhere, someone decided to disguise as your family member to cause disruption?" Takagi asked in disbelief.

I muttered, "We're dealing with master of disguise here. Someone who somehow already know that i'm here, and also collected many things regarding my personal informations." I simply said what made me so concerned.

"Could it be...Kaitou?"

I shook my head in disapproval regarding the suggestion. "Why would he? I do not have any big gems and jewelry, and i came here officially to visit schools around Tokyo City to talk with some of their best students." Not to mention that Kaito himself was seemingly so unprepared when we met for the first time. In fact, i didn't even think that Aoko already told him about our involvement with Jirokichi...

"So your involvement with us and Suzuki-san is..."

"I have the 'blank check' to step into every case i want to help, regardless if they are officials or just civilians. They gave it to me because for some reasons, i often ended up facing some incredibly impossible cases."

The two just laughed slightly at my remarks. "Looks like you have more something common with Detective Kogoro, after all."

"Meh." I sniffed at that remark. Just like how i got mad in spite that close relative is not actually even a distant one, i couldn't help myself acting like how an upset Andy would act. "That guy's the real-life equivalent of Clouseau and Jones from Sign of the Four. Jumping at the simplest conclusions, get himself tricked by the guilty party and being a goofball before he magically showed his much more competent sleeping persona. Honestly, i'm still kinda mad at him for wanted to expose me because sometimes i just simply solve the case by implicating the more guilty ones and keeping them on check, even when i haven't fully solved the cases."

Yeah. That so-called expose was how i got into this rivalry in the first place.

"I guess the fame really went over his head." Said Miwako.

"Wasn't that he used to be a police before? He should've know better about how you can convicted someone just with sufficients, not all evidences."

"And i absolutely hate it whenever the clues were obtained from harassments. Not only they wronged the suspects that could be innocents, they also made it possible that they collected false statements. So, whatever his idea of exposes me, it has no merits."

"It's a good thing that you managed to talk him out of it by challenging him to wit contest instead." The male officer said, before he coined his question. "Do you think he has a chance against you?"

I shook. "The only way for him to beat me is if somehow i had this idea of pretending to kidnap his wife, daughter and Conan, all so i could coerced the Great Kogoro into challenging this inferior detective, who oh so wanted his spotlight again. That way, he would put his head out of his own ass and started to actually think like a true detective."

Both homicide detectives only blinked as they realized what i just said. "You really hate him, don't you Andy?"

"Nah. I hate stupidity, and without his sleeping persona god know how many cases he disabled because either he'll ruled it out as suicide, or captured the wrong suspect." I ranted, and took a breath before i got into another one. "It's a fun game to watch how an idiot work until he actually caused mayhem without losing an ounce of his confidence. I learned it from Sign of the Four in my teenager years and my own experience, had to do everything i could to get the poor woman's name and jobs back, all while that jackass officer and judge did not even tried to say sorry once for imprisoned her for nothing a whole month."

Takagi only looked at me at disbelief. "No wonder you hate idiocy so much." He then looked at me worriedly. "Does that mean you hate me?"

It took me a moment before i digested it, and soon i howled in laughter together with Sato. "Officer Takagi," I said as i put my hand on his shoulder, "You maybe a clumsy oaf, but you're a good clumsy oaf. I'm talking about egotists who have no regrets for every ego trips of their. You're fine in my book."

He only rubbed the back of his head in embarassment, unable to string any speech.

"Anyway," I said as i tried to get back on track, "I think this plan could've worked, although i'd prefer more stationed officers in case that you guys wanted to capture the...big bosses. Don't want any casualties or escapees in case that they brought their biggest guns to protect themselves."

"How about the man who disguised himself as your cousin?"

"I suppose he, or SHE wanted to cause chaos and expose the gangsters. We don't know the motive, or even if this figure's a vigilante, or a mole from other gang or even crime syndicate. All i know is that this figure's just too good for a gang who just began to grow in member."

"So...what should we do if it's proven that we can't handle it?"

"The smartest minds that you could find." I said with hardened voice. "Bring the Hattori family, the Kudos, and even Suzuki. This stuff maybe could become our first steps in uncovered a very large crime organization in Japan, maybe even world."

--dc--

"So you agreed to take part in my miniseries that would've ended with the mega-release of my blockbuster biography?"

"Yes, Jirokichi-san. You have my permission to make my documentary, with some informations provided by myself."

"Bwahahaha! Excellent! I thought it would be hard to convince you, but it seems that i underestimated myself!"

Why would i deny him? Some bad guys, possibly the crows already knew about my arrival here in Japan. This series could be used to create confussions, primarily because some informations that public knew about me were...lacking any details.

Details that could change public's polarized perceptions about me.

"Is it okay to put some positive things about me, though? I always wanted to fix some false rumors about me. Also, i want to feel some... gushing by foreign public. Haven't enjoyed such a thing since my visit to Ireland."

"Of course! Of course! Even sugarcoating some events would be okay as long as you get the details right! It will not worked without your cooperation after all."

"Good to hear that. See you later."

And with that, the call with one of the most awesome grandpa (and by default, such an awesome thing also equal of awesome ego as well) in this city ended.

Now, i needed to get ready for my visit to Teitan's High School.

--dc

Well, my paper's done, and as i suspected, i got to enter Ran's class.

Even without Shinichi attended the class regularly, it's still the most talented class in the school by far.

So like usual, we're going to have a two-way conversation about detective work and-

Huh?

Is that...Sonoko? Running to the class.

Well, i'd better get going. With my debus preparations of course. It's Sonoko, after all.

And without even had a chance to greet the class, i had my head smashed through the concrete wall soon as i took a step inside, completely buried beneath the still standing wall.

It was official: Sonoko wanted to pull a mean prank on me.

And it somehow involved an enraged Ran superkicked me to the wall.

Without even flashed her panties. What a cruel prank and day.

--dc--

"You have the right to stay silence, freak!"

"Eh...don't you girls went too overboard here?"

Sonoko, you should know that when your best friend can crack utility post with her bare hand, not to mention a rather quick temper, every pranks involved her being enraged tempted to be wayyy overboard.

"Sonoko, we don't have the time to be polite here."

"Yeah. Wasn't you complain about stalkers to us before?"

Is that why Sera's tying my arms and legs? Also, way to go to thanks your savior who saved you from those stalkers, Miss Suzuki!

"B-But..."

"Maybe i can have the right here to talk without incriminating myself?"

If there's something equal with Fifth Amandement here in Japan..

"Eh? I think i heard that voice before..."

"Speak, vermint! Explains yourself!"

"Me?" I said as i took my head off the wall, almost lost my balance to my tied legs "I'm just a man who love to solve cases."

"EH???"

"Andy, that great detective from Indonesia?"

While the three top 10 most popular girl in Teitan High School apologized to me, all i wanted here's to check about any possible seizure from such a vicious kick by Ran Mouri.

Damn. I hope her pocket money at least could pay for the wall.

--dc--

So what happened next? What stuffs i will talk to the class? Will i fill lawsuits against Sonoko and Ran for almost cracked my head? Find out next, on Case Solved!

Also sorry for not updating for a month, but stuffs happened. Also i lost a bit interest due to the more modern cases feel less energetic. It's just not the same with Sleeping Kogoro appeared much less frequent.