Hunt For The Mystical Medals
Disclaimer:
Detective Conan is owned by Gosho Aoyama
Kamen Rider OOO is owned by Ishimori Productions
The various guest characters appearing in every arc are owned by their respective owners.
Welcome to a new story arc, where you'll once again be treated to another detective plot, which this time the caper would involve human trafficking. In this case…babies are the main focal point of this arc, and lastly, a new combo will be introduced…which you'll soon find out towards the end of this arc, as O's and Ankh will battle a Greed who is holding three Core Medals that would comprise a water-related combo.
In the previous arc, a few things happened:
O – The parents of Shinichi Kudo unexpectedly returns to Japan to see how their son is doing, only to discover what has befallen him;
O – Shiho and the gang gets in to a situation when a Black Organization member finds them and is ready to kill them;
O – And, Ankh saved the night and is discovered that it was just a cannon fodder, with Irish behind the scenario, and the Kudo parents resigned to the fact that Ankh is the only one who can keep Shinichi alive.
At a wharf near Tokyo Bay, a woman of South American descent is waiting while hiding behind a hug boat that is docked, and is carrying a large sack, looking around while waiting for the right time to come out. She looked to be restless as she can't afford to reveal herself as she appeared to have come to Tokyo illegally and is waiting for the sailors and other workers to leave, so that she can set out to do what appeared to be a personal mission.
However, a trio of goons appeared to have noticed her but they too are not doing anything until no one else is around, so they waited until the right time comes.
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!
Count the medals! The medals that O's currently have are:
Set 1:
Taka + Kujaku + Condor
Misago + _ + _
Set 2:
_ + Tora + _
Set 3:
Kuwagata + Kamakiri + Batta
Set 4:
_ + Gorilla + _
Bison + _ + Gaur
_ + Kuma + _
Set 5:
_ + Kani + Akaei
119:Imin, Akachan, Umi no Konbo part 1
Several minutes later, the time now is 12 midnight, and everyone at the wharf is mostly empty, and there the South American woman emerged from her hiding place, seeing that the coast is clear and now she can start moving around and about. carrying a bag-like sack, she slowly looked around so as to navigate her way to where she could find someone who could understand her, but she didn't realize that she is being tailed by hoodlums who have their eye on her for the past several minutes, taking interest in the sack she is carrying, deducing it would be worth a lot of money.
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Nearby, Ai Haibara and Ankh are passing by the area after doing an errand for Hiroshi Agasa, and though the Greed is hesitant at first, he agreed to come along after the promise of being treated for an ice cream bar, and there they did the errand with Ankh "rewarded", and when they are passing the area to leave, they overheard a loud commotion and they slowly peeked behind a large trailer where they witnesses the fracas, and realized that some hoodlums are harassing a foreigner. They even confirmed it after hearing the conversation taking place, and the language barrier is not helping matters.
"Can I see your identification?"
"Por favor, no ayudes!
"Okay...How about something else...?"
"Si, senor..."
"How about this...you got a passport...?"
"Por favor, no ayudes!"
"Green card?"
"No comprende! Por Favor...!"
"Geez...I can't tell what's she's saying!"
"Couldn't even speak English or Japanese...guys...what do you think...?"
"I think...you're an illegal immigrant...and as Tokyo's "illegal welcoming committee"...we'll take that!"
Ai stared wide-eyed as one of the hoodlums took the sack that the woman is carrying and it shows that it contained money...and its currency is in the form of American Dollars, which is more than a lot to make the hoodlums think that they acquired a sack-ful of loot, while the others held the woman who is pleading at them to give it back...in Latin words.
"Whoa! Check it out!"
"Looks like we hit the jackpot!"
"We're rich!"
"Enough to go to a casino!"
"No, es mio!"
"Shut up, you Latin loser! Everybody comes here has to pay!"
"Zip it...she can't even understand what we're saying!"
"How about we give her a Latin welcoming ritual...if you guys are thinking what I'm thinking..."
"Sounds good!"
As the hoodlums are celebrating, they are also planning to do something perverted to the woman, and Ai is pleading to Ankh to do something, which the Greed is reluctant, and hesitant to do, since it offers nothing and doesn't want to get involved, which a heated exchange of words ensued as Ai is unwilling to let the hoodlums have their way with the foreign woman who is alone and helpless.
"Ankh! Go help her!"
"Why would I? That has got nothing to do with me!"
"Yes it is!"
"Look, you wench! I...now what?"
"Huh?"
"Not you too! Why would I...?"
"Huh? Ankh's talking to...wait..is he talking to Shinichi by telepathy...?"
"Oh, alright! I'll do it...just stop bugging me!"
Ai's persistence seemed to pay off as something else prodded Ankh to go and help the woman, so Ankh detaches himself from Shinichi's body and flew towards the goons, and started to scare them out of their wits, which the hoodlums at first thought it was a prank, but after seeing that it wasn't a toy, and after ripping the pants of the leader, they slowly got terrified and gave the sack back to the foreign woman and started to ran away.
"Hey, you!"
"What the...?"
"Wait...is it a toy..I bet someone's playing a prank on us..."
"Got him...wait...it's not a toy!"
"What?"
"How about you play with me...?"
"Eh?"
"Hey! It ripped my pants!"
"Nice...now I can "play" with your "birdie"..."
"WWWAAAH! A MONSTER!"
"You...can I caress your balls? I can turn you into a priest..."
"GGGYYYAAAHHH! I DON'T WANT TO BE CASTRATED!"
However, Ankh's "monster hand" pursues them, seeing that he is enjoying scaring the hoodlums and managed to trap them, scaring them out of their skins while forcing them to vow that never come back here, which they promised before they are being scared again which one of them urinated on his pants before escaping, and there things went calm for now. Ankh attaches himself to Shinichi's body which the foreign woman witnessed, and she approached him to give her thanks, just as Kyuji Hino arrived after hearing and seeing the ruckus that Ankh made.
"Gra-gracias a usted, criatura de la noche!" (Th-thank you, creature of the night!)
"Huh?"
"Estoy muy agradecido! Me salvaste de esos matones!" (I'm very grateful to you! You saved me from those hoodlums!)
"Fine, whatever...Just go home, already."
"Espere por favor ... ayúdame ... No sé a dónde ir en este país de los suyos ..." (Wait...please help me...I don't know where to go in this country of yours...)
"Look, you wench...I don't care who you are or where you came from...just leave me alone and do what you want!"
"Por favor, escúchame! Te lo suplico!" (Please hear me out! I beg you!)
"THAT'S IT! I'M GOING TO EAT YOU ALIVE!"
Ankh was getting annoyed because the woman is speaking to him in Spanish, which the Greed couldn't understand, and Ai tries to talk to the woman in English, but she too is having problems, realizing that the woman couldn't even speak or understand English as well.
"Wait, calm down, Ankh! She can't understand what you're saying! Let me try...Excuse me, miss..."
"Por favor ... debes ayudarme!" (Please...you must help me!)
"Let's calm down...can you speak English?"
"Lo siento ... No sé su idioma ..." (I'm sorry...I don't know your language...)
"This is not good...if she can't understand English...then she can't understand Japanese..."
"Necesito su ayuda! Debo saber qua parte del pais I debería irme ...!" (I need your help! I must know which place I should go...!)
"I sure wish someone can translate what's she's saying...!"
"Por favor ... sólo escucha lo que te digo!" (Please...just listen to what I say!)
By then Kyuji interjected and tries to talk to the woman, and there Ai and Ankh are rather astounded that he can speak Spanish fluently and the vagabond and the woman began to converse.
"Sorry about that...my friends couldn't speak Spanish..."
"But you can!"
"Uh..yes, I do..."
"Thank goodness! I'm glad someone can understand me!"
"So...why did you come here?"
"I'm on a mission...a personal mission..."
"What kind of mission...?"
"To buy back my baby!"
Kyuji then tells Ai and Ankh about the conversation hew has with the woman, and told them that she came to Tokyo to find her baby son, which perplexed the trio, and Ai went still for a moment, as she too recalled that she was estranged from her parents before learning that they perished, which leaves Akemi as her only family before she got killed by Gin. Nevertheless, she and Ankh waited as Kyuji talked to the woman, and then he shifts his attention to the two and told them what he finds out.
By then she opens her sack and showed them the American money and told Kyuji that she is willing to pay any amount just to help her get her son back, and the vagabond is in a fix as this is something that he might have difficulty in helping since this is different from any situation he got into. Ait and Ankh blinked their eyes seeing that they are about to get embroiled in to a situation that may be out of their hands.
A flashback scene shows that the woman is named Rosemarie, who came from a South American country, where she, her husband and four children (aged 7, 5, 3 and a six-month old) live a poor life as the country is being run by a guillera army, but despite this they lived a simple, yet happy life. Her husband was just a farmer and despite this it didn't hinder their hope for a better life.
Rosemarie's husband was able to teach his eldest child how to read and write, and the child picked up well, but it also shows that despite a good harvesting, the guillera soldiers would always come to Rosemarie's farm every three months to take the vegetables as "payment" to the army, and even though Rosemarie resented this, her husband told her to let it go for as long as they have enough to eat, everything would be alright.
However, one day, the guillera army soldiers came and took Rosemarie's husband and a few male farmers away, arresting them on charges of sedition and other crimes that would subvert the state, and even held the women back at gunpoint so as they won't resist. In the days that passed, Rosemarie got desperate to free him from the guillera's hands, and there two Latin-Asian people approached her, having heard of her plight and told her that they have a way to get her husband out.
"We heard of your plight..."
"We can help you..."
"R-really...?"
The two persons, a medium-built male and an obese woman, advised Rosemarie to sell her youngest son so that she can get the money to bail her husband out, but she was conflicted yet the two persons used "gentle words" to tempt her into accepting the "deal", which seemingly worked as desperation overrides her reason and she reluctantly gave her youngest child to the two persons and she received the payment, which deep inside, she is ashamed and guilt-ridden.
"I...I don't know if this is right...!"
"You made a bargain, Rosemarie...you cannot go back on it now!"
"Think about it...it's better this way...your child will have a better life...rich parents...a fine house...better education...while here there is only poverty and disease! And what better way to help aleviate that problem of your children when your husband is locked away and you have no one to support your family..."
"But...where will you take him...?"
The two persons claimed that her baby will be taken to North America so he would be adopted and be given a better life, and even assured that they will give her access to get there should she wanted to visit him in the future years to come. After that, Rosemarie went to the Guillera army camp to bail her husband out, but to her utter shock, a guard greeted her through the door of the heavily-guarded gate, informing her that her husband was killed when he "attempted to escape", and gave her a "certificate" which shows that he has been buried to a cemetery which she has no idea where it is located.
In reality, Rosemarie's husband was tortured to death and dumped him to a nearby killing field and has no intention of returning his corpse to his family, as if nothing has ever happened.
Rosemarie cried bitterly and decided to get her child back, but an hour later, her eldest child came to her and told her that the two persons lied and that the baby is taken to Tokyo, Japan where he would be sold to wealthy childless couples, and there Rosemarie realized that she has been deceived, but her neighbors encouraged her to go to Tokyo and get her baby back while promising to look after her children.
Strengthened by this resolve, Rosemarie then boarded a boat that would take her to Asia and spent countless days to get to Japan, vowing to use any means to get her child back.
Kyuji and Ai sympathizes with Rosemarie on her plight and decided to help her in finding her child, while Ankh gets another mental prodding, possibly from Shinichi Kudo's consciousness, and decided to help Kyuji and Ai for now, even if it doesn't result in getting either a Cell Medal or a Core Medal.
To Be Continued…
Quite a drama for an opening chapter of this new arc, but this is definitely a good story as this involves finding a baby. Expect some detective elements to pop up as out trio heroes are going to "cook" up something to get clues on where to find "Rosemarie's baby", even if it means Kyuji would resort in becoming O's just to get the job done.
Preview:
Kyuji, Ai and Ankh get to work as they used their resources to get clues to find where Rosemarie's baby is located, and who the trafficking ring leader and members are. They would soon find out that a "doctor" is involved in this "scam" so expect some detective moments to appear.