Detective Conan x OOO: Hunt For The Mystical Medals
This chapter marks the end of this arc as the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni comes through with a closure as the Hinamizawa Village's fate will be answered here, with dire results which would no doubt upset one of our protagonists, yet this is part of the story, since the visual novel and anime have very somber and depressing outcomes.
Speaking of outcomes, this chapter will answer the question as to what is going on with Shinichi Kudo's body as both Shinichi's consciousness and Ankh possessing it are shown in the previous chapters exchanging psyches on who is to control the body's actions. The answer below would no doubt shock you readers…
While all of the action took place here and from the mansion where the massacre happened, Vermouth is seen recording O's actions and even recorded several footages of Ankh in action, which also included him detaching from Shinichi Kudo's body and took Uva's Core Medal, and she smirked at what she has done so far, feeling that she has developed a liking for making recorded footages as she is doing this to study both O's and Ankh carefully.
"Looks like I'm having a field day here…but what should I do next…? I could show this to my comrades and the "boss"…but in doing so would mean revealing Shinichi…and that would mean Gin is going to try to finish him off…hmm…should I show this to him as well? Or maybe I should edit the footage first before I head back to HQ? guess I'll have to wait and see where this scene would go from here…"
She is hiding quite far from where the two men are standing as she wondered what they're going to do now that the Yummies have been taken cared off and felt that there's nothing more for her to record and is about to take her leave when she noticed someone from afar and opted to stay hidden as she intends to keep herself from being exposed to anyone given her code of secrecy she swore to the Black Organization before being fully inducted.
"Looks like someone is here…better hide or else I'd be exposed…and that would mean I get to be the hunted…"
She noticed that the one she saw from afar turn out to be Shintaro Gotoh as he changes his Ride Vendor into vending machine mode and is about to release some Candroids and there she guessed what he is about to do, and she felt a mock sympathy for Ankh as she realizes that the Greed and Gotoh appeared to be competing over the Cell Medals and she opted to stay hidden as she watches the scene in secret.
"Oh dear…looks like it's a tug-of-war of sorts…everyone is greedy in getting those silver coins…or Cell Medals if that's what you called them…"
Vermouth then continued to record the footages as she expects something good about to happen."
Anything Goes by Maki Oghuro
(Opening Song from Kamen Rider OOO)
(You count the medals 1,2 and 3
Life goes on Anything goes Coming up OOO)
ira nai mota nai yume mo mi nai
furii na joutai sore mo ii kedo
(kokkara hajimaru The show we're waiting for
Count the medals 1, 2 and 3 )
unmei wa kimi hanattoka nai
kekkyoku wa susumu shika nai
(michi naru tenkai Give me energy Count the medals 1, 2 and 3)
daijoubu. ashita wa itsu datte hakushi (Blank)
jibun no kachi wa jibun de kimeru mono sa
OOO! OOO! OOO! OOO! Come on!
Anything Goes! sono kokoro ga atsuku naru mono
mitasa reru mono o sagashi te
Life goes on! honki dashi te tatakau no nara
makeru ki shi nai hazu!
22: Kuraingu Higurashi no naku ,-mura no kurai himitsu, Fujun'na dōki part 12
After the Yummies (including the Semikuibachi Yummy) are taken cared off, a rainfall of Cell Medals fall onto the lake and Ankh detaches himself from Shinichi Kudo's body and absorbs a considerable portion of them and is pleased that this would help regain his vitality yet he begin to wonder why he is unable to regenerate his body yet he decided to keep absorbing the medals until he gets his entire body back to its full form.
"That's it…keep on raining…I'll absorb you until I have enough power to get my body back once I get my hands on my other Core Medals…huh?"
However, several Taka Candroids flew in and took more of the Cell Medals and took them away much to the Greed's irritation as his "meal" was interrupted and is unable to go after them given the winged mechas' speed and unwilling (at this point) to leave Shinichi Kudo's body behind, he is forced to let them go. O's then decided to go look around the town to see if there are any more survivors even though Ankh' berated him for being ignorant to what happened just now.
"Hey! Did you sent those Candroids to get my medals!"
"It wasn't me!"
"Then who sent them here?"
"Don't know!"
"Where are you going?"
"Looking around for survivors!"
"Don't leave me here! I want my medals back!"
"You already absorbed enough! I got my hands full here!"
"Blast you! I'll scratch off your behind, you absent-minded idiot!"
"I did my part! Just come and help me look around here!"
"Grr…I can't believe I wasted my efforts on an idiot to become O's…"
As the two stopped bickering, O's continues to search the village and called out anyone as he hoped that there are survivors while the Greed reattaches itself on Shinichi Kudo's body and joins O's in the search, and Ankh's "monster hand" materializes as he is getting ready for anything in case a sneak attack occurs as he is unsure if there are any survivors here who are not afflicted by the Hinamizawa Syndrome, as getting infected is not what he has in mind even though a human disease has no effect on the Greed yet he has to be on the defensive.
While the two venture the village in separate directions, both noted that the entire area outside their houses, right onto their paths, are littered with disemboweled corpses and a pool of blood, and O's could only look away while Ankh is ignorant of the sight in front of him. He just passed by them as if he didn't see anything and continue to move about, hoping that their trip here would end.
"Get over it, Kyuji…there is always death in its path…"
"You don't seem to care about lives…"
"Of course not…all I care about are the medals…"
O's, on the other hand, searched every house he came in, and saw only bloodied corpses and broken doors and windows. He is saddened that he was too late in saving the village yet he knew this would happen since the villagers here were already under the influence of the LV 4 Hinamizawa Syndrome hence this would have likely impeded them from making a rational escape from the Yummies.
"Guess it's over…this village is already gone…"
However, a beam of hope hits him as he saw several "wooden doors" on the ground near the houses slowly opened and several survivors emerged, and they appeared not to be infected with the Hinamizawa Syndrome. As more survivors came out, some of them told O's that they hid themselves inside the basement of their houses after noticing that some of the villagers began to act violently, and they remained there after the Yummies made landfall and attacked those who are still under the spell of the Hinamizawa Syndrome.
"When our fellow villagers slowly went insane, we hid ourselves and remained there until we are sure we could come out…"
"But then cicada-like monsters came from the skies and attacked them…we decided to stay hidden even though there's a chance that they might find us…"
"it was chaos…screams and roaring are heard…blood is spilling…we could hear the bodies being ripped apart…"
"But when you came…we realized that you came to rescue us…"
After hearing the survivors about their ordeals O's sadly told them that the villagers who ran amuck before getting killed are due to the drug that Takano injected and slowly revealed to them her true motive behind the incident and even told them that she herself succumb to her own drug as someone has injected her with the same drug.
"No…it can't be…"
"Dr. Takano…she is behind this all along…?"
"How could she…"
"Well…what's done is done…you should all get back to your feet…start all over again…"
As he attempted to help the surviving villagers get back on their feet a Taka Candroid came and is holding a radio which O's took and there Shiho Miyano's voice spoke to her and told her to leave the village at once, which he is baffled as to why the sudden departure, but the following conversation soon make things clear to him.
"Kyuji…are you there…?"
"Shiho…?"
"Thank goodness…you and Ankh…better get out of there…"
"But why…? These villagers need help…I've got to help them…"
"Rescue workers and the military are heading there…they'll take over from here…you'd better not get seen, or else they'll detain you as they might think you caught the Hinamizawa Syndrome…"
"I see…okay, we'll leave at once…Ankh!"
Calling Ankh, O's told his "reluctant ally" that they'll be leaving at once which the Greed is relieved to hear and both boarded their Ride Vendors and sneaked out of the village via a secret alternate route. They have left the village just as police, rescue workers and military soldiers arrived and told the villagers that the soldiers are here to help them and things appeared to be peaceful again as several "red cross" volunteers arrived to check on the survivors and the corpses are being loaded inside the military trucks.
-x-
As the night went on, Kyuji and Ankh are nearing the Tokyo border as the moon shone brightly as the vagabond teen is feeling peaceful that he managed to save some lives while Ankh, still possessing Shinichi's body, has mixed reactions; while he still hasn't found any of his Core Medals, he is still pleased to have absorbed a lot of Cell Medals while acquiring Uva's Kabuto Medal yet he is wondering who else are after the medals after several Taka Candroids made off with the Cell Medals.
"Again…someone took off with the Cell Medals…who is behind this…? Is there anyone after them besides the other Greed and myself…?"
-x-
About a few days later, which is almost a week after saving Hinamizawa Village, Shiho Miyano came out of the lab room of Professor Agasa's house and there Kyuji stood up, anxious to hear what her findings are after he and Ankh gave her their blood samples and is hoping that he doesn't get the Hinamizawa Syndrome while fighting the townsfolk who are under the LV 4 and 5 of the said syndrome.
"Okay, you two…feel relaxed…you're both cleared…"
"Thank goodness…"
"Still it's a waste of time for me…human diseases cannot harm me…"
"But the body you're inhabiting might be infected…so it's for the best to check it out so as to know what to do in case it gets infected…remember…if anything were to happen to Shinichi's body…then it's a problem to us…and you."
"Are you looking down at me?"
"Got a problem…?"
"Everyone…!"
"Professor Agasa…? What's wrong?"
"Come check out the news! It's about the village you visited!"
The argument between Shiho and Ankh came to a halt when Agasa came from the living room and told them that he happened to get the news about Hinamizawa Village, which Kyuji appeared to be surprised and went there just as the newsflash on TV shows that the footage is live in which he is shocked to see that Hinamizawa Village has been reduced to ashes while the camera zooms in on several military soldiers carrying many, many corpses of the villagers while the reporter told viewers that everyone at the village have been massacred and there are no survivors.
"No…why is this happening? Kyuji…I thought you said the village is saved…"
"I did! All of "Tokyo" and the "Yamainu" members are killed by the Yummies…"
"Then perhaps there are other members of "Tokyo" who are behind this…probably other secret members operating within the society of this current era. It's no surprise that among the humans living among us…there are those whose desires is to create destruction to their fellow kind."
"Ankh…"
"You seem calm about this…since you're not too human to begin with…"
"Of course…I'm a Greed, remember?"
"Goodness…how did you know that there are other members of "Tokyo" still existing?"
"I read the mind of this Tomitake when I possessed his body, old man…and there I learned that there are other members who are currently running this country…"
Shiho, Agasa and Kyuji stared at Ankh after commenting that the culprits behind the massacre may have been masterminded by other secret members of "Tokyo" after telling them that he has read Tomitake's memories and that the "secret members" are members of this era's Diet members and politicians. As Kyuji slumped on the chair, Shiho glances at Ankh, feeling uneasy when told by Kyuji about the Greed and Shinichi switching between psyches on one body an she wondered if Shinichi is conscious or not.
-x-
Somewhere in Tokyo, at a secret hideout, which houses top officials of "Tokyo", Nomura and Okonogi are discussing with other top members as they finally obtained the CCTV footages of what happened at the mansion and how Takano died, but also saw Uva, Ankh and O's, yet Okonogi is concerned about Ankh, especially went they saw him resembling Shinichi Kudo, especially after the "monster hand" detaches itself from the teen detective's body.
"That…that's Shinichi Kudo! But how…?"
"It looks like we got ourselves a new problem…while Hinamizawa Village is taken cared off…we got something new to focus with…"
"But those monsters…how were they…"
"We will eventually figure that out…for now we lie low…"
-x-
A few nights later, about 2 am, Shiho came out of the bathroom after urinating and is heading back towards her room when she saw the light from the living room and peeked against the corner, surprised to see Shinichi standing before the mirror, and his hair color is back to his original color and he appeared to be healed, which she looked relieved yet she wasn't sure of this and opted to wait a little more before talking to him.
However, she is able to see his reflection on the mirror and saw him smirking while raising his right hand, which materializes into Ankh's "right hand" and Shinichi's hair "spikes up" and she realizes that Ankh is still in control of the detective's body but she became even alarmed when Ankh spoke to himself while facing the mirror.
"Well now…I did what you asked me to…I let you take control of your body and solved the mystery of Hinamizawa Village…but I'm guessing you're irritated that the other members of "Tokyo" are behind the extermination of that village…but there's nothing you can do…you got what you wanted…now it's your turn to carry your end of the bargain…stay still while I control your body…you're still in no condition to move…and while I will fulfill my promise to heal and nourish your body…I intend to get my Core Medals back…and once I get them back and regain my original body…I'll think about what to do with your body…"
Through careful deduction, she realizes that Shinichi's consciousness appeared to be active and is able to persuade Ankh to follow the detective's request in exchange for letting the Greed take control of the body so that he could "solve the mystery" of Hinamizawa Village. She is even alarmed to hear Ankh telling him that he has "done his part" and now he can take control of the body to collect more medals. Shiho decided to stay hidden from Ankh's view as he went to the rooftop to toggle with the I-Phone to get more information.
"Shinichi…what should I do…? I can't let that Greed abandon your body…"
To Be Continued…
This puts an end to this arc yet it ended in a tragic way…
Looks like you finally figured out why Shinichi and Ankh exchanged psyches during this arc's run…but will this continue beyond this point?
Preview:
We shift back to Tokyo as the Black Organization shows up and you'll get to see what they're doing while our heroes are busy with the Hinamizawa affair…
And another Greed shows up to cause trouble to our heroes…and conflict between Kyuji and Ankh arises…
Bonus:
As a bonus for you readers for tuning in to this fic, here is a load of "freebies" that will help you out while awaiting for the next arc:
1) Yummies:
A) Unagi Yummy – an eel-type Yummy that is spawned from the desire of Shion Sonozaki. It can levitate in the air and moves as if it is swimming underwater. It can discharge strong blasts of electricity that can electrocute a victim to death.
B) Hirenamazu Yummy – a Yummy modeled after a walking catfish, spawned from the desire of Rena Ryugu. Despite resembling a catfish, it possesses a pair of forearms of a cat and has claws enough to rip its prey apart.
C) Candiru Yummy – a Yummy taken after a candiru after being spawned by Keiichi Maebara's desire, but this one is as big as a human child, and like its animal counterpart, it can slip into any opening and disembowel the victim's "inside" and slowly kills the body off and then emerges from the body and will do the same pattern to another victim.
D) Higurashi Yummy – a cicada-type Yummy born from Miyo Takano's desires, which also resulted in Uva creating a swarm of these Yummies. Like the cicada, they can fly and leap very high.
E) Semikuibaci Yummy – a cicada killer-type Yummy also born from Miyo Takano's desire. It is physically stronger than the Higurashi Yummy and like its insect namesake it feeds on the Higurashi Yummies thus powering it considerably. Both the Semikuibachi and the swarm of Higurashi Yummies are defeated by O's.
2) Core Medals:
Here is the list of Core Medals that O's is currently using. More of these types will be revealed in the upcoming chapters.
A) Taka Medal - Ankh's red-colored Core Medal, which arms O's with the Taka Head, allowing him to see far distances and execute accurate attacks. Modeled after a hawk.
B) Misago Medal – another of Ankh's Core Medal which also acts as the head attribute for O's. It possesses the attributes of an osprey, in which this bird has vision that is well adapted to detecting underwater objects from the air. Target is first sighted when the Osprey is 10–40 metres (32–130 ft) above the water.
C) Kabuto Medal: belonging to Uva, this Core Medal arms O's with the Kabuto Head, allowing him to create mild lightning attacks. Modeled after a beetle.
D) Tora Medal: A yellow-colored Core Medal that belonged to Kazari, arms O's with the Tora Arms, arming him with the Tora Claw gauntlets, which resembles the claws of a tiger. They encompasses the arm slot of O's.
E) Kamakiri Medal: Another of Uva's Core Medal, it arms O's with the Kamakiri Arms, arming him with arm blades called the Kamakiri Swords, which resembles the "arms" of a mantis.
Notes:
Okay…here is the list of characters of the three series involved, so you'll know…
Detective Conan
- Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa
- Shiho Miyano/Ai Haibara
- Hiroshi Agase
Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
- Keiichi Maebara
- Rena Ryugu
- Shion Sonozaki
- Miyo Takano
- Kyosuke Irie
- Jirou Tomitake
- Hifumi Takano
- Okonogi
- Nomura
Kamen Rider OOO
- Kousei Kougami
- Erika Satonaka
- Shintaro Gotoh
- Ankh
- Uva
- Mezuru
- Gameru
- Kazari
Announcement:
This will be my last chapter to upload for this month. Chapter 23 to onwards will be posted on June 4, 2011 to give me time to work on the next arcs.
Many thanks for tuning in and you will be excited once the next arcs come in.