Child's Play

Gosho Aoyama respectively owns Detective Conan.

AN: I am so sorry for the delay! Please forgive this poor soul! Thank you so much to the people following me and supporting from the background (Like dedicated little stalkers ). On that note, I hope you enjoy the newest chapter of Deal Breaker.

(Shinichi)

"Oh! Hello Shinichi, Ran-kun. What do I owe this pleasant surprise?" Agasa smiled down on the two children, giving off that warm, grandfatherly feeling.

"We're looking for a com—" Ran started before Shinichi interjected, "—Puter game to play!" Ran glared at him mouthing something along the lines of "That's lying!" Agasa welcomed the children into his home, saying of course they could play on the computer.

"We're really bored," Shinichi continued. Agasa gave him a knowing look, "Mom and Dad are talking and made us stay in my room. I want to do something fun."

"Alright, now what are you really up to." Said Agasa, watching Ran and Shinichi as they made their way towards his little computer. Shinichi just smiled up at him, "We just want to play a game."

"Shinichi, you don't like computer games," Agasa said, matter-of-factly, " And neither does Ran-kun. You don't have to hide anything from me."

Shinichi shrugged in a 'fine you caught me' sort of way, "Some bad men want my father to kill a business owner from another company. Ran and I are searching for said company and the target's company."

"And what are you planning on doing when you find them? You could get into serious trouble!"

"I just want more information on them. Then, we could get the police and have them deal with the bad people. Killing people is wrong. They were going to kill Mom and me to get what they wanted. People like that shouldn't be allowed to roam free." Agasa just frowned, shaking his head.

"Maybe we should tell—"

"You can't tell Mom and Dad. If you tell them, we won't be able to help. I know Dad will be using his smarts to try and get out, but that organization will probably be making him do bad stuff until then. We have to stop them before it's too late!"

"You're just children! You're six!"

"But he's Shinichi's dad!" Cried Ran, "And they're going to make him do bad things or else Shinichi and his mom will get hurt! We have to do something."

"Then, let the police handle it." Agasa tried to reason.

"The police can't do anything without solid evidence." Said Shinichi, trying to hold back his frustration. How come the doctor wasn't getting the whole picture? It wasn't as simple as it seemed on TV.

"And how are you going to get evidence?" Retorted the elderly professor, obviously finding flaws in Shinichi's plan. Shinichi sighed, angrily.

"By looking them up! We need to get background information on them. Then, we give the information to the police and have them check it out! We can also tell Dad (after we've looked) and have him look for evidence on the inside! Do you want the business owner guy to die?"

"No, Shinichi, I would rather no one died. But this is too dangerous for you and Ran."

"Then who else is gonna do it?"

"Your parents. Or me. Or an adult. Please, don't endanger yourselves!" Shinichi's shoulders slumped, defeated.

"Can we at least look them up? Please?"

"Oh, all right. You can look them up. That's it. Then, I want to show you a new computer game I just made. And when you return the Eavesbutton, put it in the drawer in the computer desk." He smiled genuinely, and then went off to the couch to watch TV. Shinichi rolled his eyes, making his way to the computer and guiding Ran along. Ran set the 'Eavesbutton' in the computer drawer, while Shinichi booted it up.

He started typing logos for companies that had a large orange 'T'.

Two hours later…

"I GOT IT!" Shinichi cried, making Ran jump and Agasa snap out of his slumber.

"Got what?" She squeaked, shivering with excitement. Agasa looked back at the children, a look of confusion and curiosity etched across his face.

"Well, not really 'got it', but I've narrowed it down to three companies with an Orihojo-san in their top numbers."

"Well, spit it out! I'm not a character in your detective book. We don't need suspense. You're dad is probably already with them! There's no time!" Said Ran. Shinichi sighed with exasperation.

"Fine. The companies are Tsukino, Teriyaki Bigs, and Tora-Takara. Tsukino is a clothing store franchise that spreads of in many different regions, it looks. It could be a good company for many smaller organizations to do their dirty work. Teriyaki Bigs, is only one I've chosen because it's a good cover up. They also have many rival restaurants and that means lots of competition. They may want to kill the opposing company's manager to get more profit for their finally, Tora-Takara is a jewelry industry that works in collecting vintage accessories to pawn them off. A manager from another company is trying to get them to sell it to them. If this manager dies, it means only they get the money from jewelry they sell and don't have to share it with the other company. It's a very expensive store that only people like the Suzuki's would buy from, so that's a lot of money they'll be splitting.

"Any thoughts on how to narrow it down?" Agasa and Ran could only stare.

"Maybe you could tell your dad?" Suggested Ran. Shinichi rolled his eyes.

"Dad already knows which one they are. He's working for them, remember? We have to figure it out on our own, without Dad knowing, so we can tell the police so he doesn't get in trouble for spilling."

"I think it's the restaurant. They have a good motive for wanting the other restaurants gone. The other ones seem silly." Said Agasa.

"Agasa, don't think with your stomach. Think with your head." Said Shinichi. He really hadn't wanted to include the restaurant, but he knew all clues were important, no matter how insignificant they seemed. He only put Teriyaki Bigs on the list because it was one of three companies with an important Orihojo figure and one of the surrounding companies had a manager named Kachibano Sanjiko.

"I was thinking we go to all the places I mentioned and look for the people that cornered Dad. It's the only thing I could come up with. If we find those three, we can get Megure-keibu and Ran's dad to watch them! Then, we can catch them in the act and get them!"

"Shinichi," Ran started.

"Yeah?"

"Um, we were supposed to go back for lunch an hour ago. We should probably go back before your mom freaks out."

"Oh, yeah…" Shinichi hopped off the computer chair and stared up at Agasa.

"Can you please drive us to the three companies tomorrow? After this, Mom probably isn't going to let us out of the house."

"Yes, but I'm telling your mother where we're going."

"But—"

"No buts. I want to keep you safe is all. And your mother is scary when she's mad."

AN: That took longer to write than I thought it would… Sorry again for the wait. And for the lack of action in this chapter. I really want to do a ten year time skip at some point, I just don't know how to add that in somehow...Whelp! Until next time!
Nobody out.