The gathering of the evidence and with the people working the case started to go into sunset. It was still not solved and she did not get enough information to solve the case or even see the evidence that was crucial to the case.

"The deceased is Tsujimura Isao-san, fifty-four years old" said Megure.

"He was a diplomat" said Megure sternly.

Megure did not look to happy to see them or rather Mouri Kogoro.

"And by chance, the Detective that happened to be at scene of the crime

And Kogoro was oblivious to this.

"It's me, Mouri Kogoro " said Kogoro saluting and happily.

"So, it is another murder, Detective" said Kogoro sarcastically and annoyed.

Apologetically he was saying "Nope. He has no external wounds, so it could be…" but he was interrupted.

"Look Closer at the body" said Christie the loudest she could.

She was able to get their attention.

She pointed at the deceased "That's probably a murder…."

" By poisoning" said Hattori finishing her sentence before she could even say it.

She nodded to the response.

"That's right. Murder by posi….huh ?" said Christie.

She looked up to see that Hattori was standing right beside her with Megure, both looking at the body. She had not seen them coming or even heard them coming right beside her and she was rather surprised by this. Before this she would have known that they were there when she was Shinichi, she would have known before they even made it to her side.

"This old man was poisoned by someone" said Hattori.

He then went into more detail.

"There's a red dot at the edge of his hair, and a needle that was next to the body that might be the murder weapon" said Hattori explained.

He then smiled.

"This old man died sitting at the desk, but he was probably palced there like that after the poisoning" said Hattori.

"But it could be suicide…." Said Kogoro suggesting.

Hattori was surprised by this response.

"Can't you tell ? Look at the body" said Hattori.

And they all looked back to the body.

"His fingers and lips have started to turn purple while the veins in his eyelids started to bleed internally. This is evidence that it was death from asphyxiation. Despite this, there's no evidence that he was strangled, drowned or that even struggled. The only remaining possibility or that his nerves were paralyzed, which made him suffocate. It was an especially virulent poison made to kill him instantly. Adding to the fact that the body is still warm and neither rigor mortis nor lividity have set in yet, means he was killed before he had entered the study. " said Hattori.

And then Hattori looked over to his shoulder to everyone else looking at them as suspects in this murder case.

"He was killed by someone in this room!" said Hattori smirking.

And there was a moment of silence as everyone was in the spotlight and they were all suspects knowing that it was true and there was a murderer under the same roof as them.

"Mouri, who is this teenager ?" demanded Megure.

"Hattori Heiji, a snotty nosed teenage punk detective" said Kogoro annoyed.

"Hattori Heiji?" said Megure to him questioning himself.

And then turned around to look at Hattori to inspect him and work out where he had heard that name before.

"Oh, it you " Megure said loudly and shocked.

"You're the son of Hattori Heizo, Chief of the Osaka Police Department" said Megure.

"Osaka Police Department ?" questioned Kogoro.

Ran was thinking that something about Hattori was reminding her of Shinichi. And then Christie sneezed interrupting her train of thought.

"You ok?" said Ran concerned.

Her cold was getting worse.

Megure began to think his thoughts aloud and walkthrough the case as he could come to the best conclusion that he possibly could.

"Hmm, all the windows are locked from the inside "

"You can't get in from the outside"

And then started to walk, he did this all while having his hand on his chin thinking

"The only possibly way to get in the door is using a key to get into the room"

He then stopped at Kimie Tsujimura and Kogoro.

"Madam, do you have copies of this room ?" asked Megure.

She went into her purse while saying "No, only two "

And then she showed Megure the key with the keychain attached to it to the room.

"The first one is this one that I have and the other belongs to my husband. He keeps them in his trouser pockets" said Kimie Tsujimura.

"Let me take a look" said Megure.

He went to the deceased struggling to take the key out of the pocket because of the deceased weight and figure it would be hard to take them out. Then he pulled the inner of the pocket for the key to fall out from an inner pocket that the key was in.

The key had fallen pretty folded out.

They were shocked to see that it was there, all expect for Mouri Kogoro.

"T-that can't be! Said a shocked Megure.

"What can't be ?" said a confused Kogoro.

"Can't you work it out ?" said an irritated and rather loud Hattori.

Kogoro just looked more confused than ever, a looking that she was getting way too used to seeing everyday and especially on cases. This was a look that showed that he was not going to figure out the case for himself and even if she gave him hints (but was something that she could not do) he would not figure it out.

Right now she would not be able to use her tranquilizer gun right now. Not with another Detective here that was on high alert at all times and was suspicious of what was going on right now. Not to mention that she was unwell and was not able to focus on her own position right now so she could indefinitely dart the wrong person or lose the dart and someone could think of it as evidence.

"This study was locked when we came in !"said Hattori as if he was talking to an idiot.

An idiot that he would have to point things out to and explain everything that was happening in vivid detail to what was happening so that he would understand what was happening. It was clear that Hattori was not impressed by The Sleeping Kogoro. This was not good for her.

"This means the murderer locked the room after leaving the scene of the crime" said Hattori seriously.

He lowered his head as he was starting to picture the evidence in his head.

"The fact that one of the key was in the wife's possession when we came in, and the other in the victims pocket means that this is an impossible crime " said Hattori.

And turned around facing them to say "This is a locked room murder" said Hattori.

"That can't be !" said Kogoro.

"It's on Kudo Shinichi' thought Hattori excitedly.

She was starting to feel sicker and even her ears were starting to ring. She had to solve this case as quick as she possibly could so that she could go back to bed.

She gave the other Detective an annoyed look.

Megure and Kogoro were discussing and going over the case.

"What are you guys doing ?" asked Hattori.

"The crime occurred between 15:30 and 16:00. Shouldn't you be questioning the suspects and getting their alibis

"T-that's true " said Megure embarrassed.

From what she could see it was clear that Megure did not like this Hattori Heiji.

And the alibis were told.

By the Alibi's there were three suspects.

The Father

The Son

The Son's Fiancée

Megure was looking around "There's sure a lot of CDs" said Megure interested.

"Yes the Master always listens to classical music" said the Butler.

The Butler had still not taken it in that the man was dead and would take some more time to take it all in.

Classical Music ?

I thought I remember Opera music playing when we found the body.

She could see that this was a clue and crucial evidence to solving the case.

Megure was looking at pictures and picked up one that caught his attention. This also caught her attention.

"Madam, what's this picture ?" asked Megure.

She saw the picture immediately and was able to put the pieces together to solved the case. But in this moment it was going horribly wrong for her because she was in pain and was about to black out, she could feel it and the pain was getting worse as she began to blackout.

She had to tell them the truth of who the murderer was and why as fast as she possibly could.

"Please don't mind those picture those are twenty years old" said a concerned Kimie Tsujimura.

Christie rubbed her eyes as they were starting to get blurry and was getting hard to see anything at all.

She knew this feeling before and it was something that she would never be able to forget in her life. This was the feeling and was like the experience that she went through went she/Shinichi lost her eyesight. She was not going to be able to see again because it was clear to her that she was going blind again in that moment and there was nothing that she could do about it.

But then it was coming back again.

Maybe it really was just a bad flu after all.

The police were talking and she heard something about books.

That's right.

There was a pile of books in front of the body in for no rhyme or no reason.

She then looked at the bookshelf.

It's as if a whole stack of them were just pulled from the bookshelf. There was no thought to selection or thought they were just taken for convenient reason for display.

The police were going through the office for evidence and the evidence that had already been collected for clues.

"Inspector, we found something strange with the keychain the victim had" said the policeman.

"What ?" said Megure.

"The key holder splits open and inside " said the policeman.

And it was opened to reveal what was on the inside.

"Cello tape" said Megure.

Hattori leaned in looking closer.

"What is this skinny opening in the middle ?" said Hattori assessing aloud.

Christie walked over the best she could to see what they were looking at.

"L-let me see too" she said.

And then it was sudden.

BEAT

It was strong and pain. And it was her hearting beating with one strike of pain and no more because it felt like her heart had stopped beating in that moment. It was being ripped apart and as her heart had been crushed from the inside and the outside at the same time.

IF I don't hurry and solve his mystery….

Only Ran was paying attention to Christie, while the others were too busy concentrating on the case being solved.

"Are you feeling tired it ?" said Megure to Kogoro.

"Er no" said Kogoro.

Hattori was talking to himself and then ran out the room as fast as he could go for the lead that he believed that would lead to the case to being solved.

The strange stack of books in front of the body, the opera music playing at the scene of the crime…..

Hattori was looking underneath the doorframe.

And then it clicked in her head.

THE OPERA !

'That's it. I've figured out the trick to the locked room' both teen detectives thought at the same time.

But both of them had different ideas.

The murderer is….

And then Christie collapsed on the ground before she could finish her thought and finish off solving the case.

"Christie"

"Christie what is wrong"

Ran was worried and looking at Christie in the ground.

"Hey get a Doctor" ordered Megure.

Christie as visibly sweating and was heavily breathing at the same time.

"Where's Hattori ?" asked Megure.

He was told that he was in Tatami room and had disappeared to in that direction.

"Excuse me. Is there somewhere she can lie down" asked Ran.

Ran was holding onto Christie in her arms closely and protectively cradling her while she saw how sick the girl really was.

And she was pointed into a direction where Christie could lie down.

"Hattori ?" said Ran.

"I've figured it out. The trick to the locked room and who the murderer is" said Hattori boasting.

Everyone was shocked "What ?" echoed in the room as they said it at the same time.

Ran was carrying Christie out of the room when she noticed it.

String ?

Shinichi knew what the other teen detective was thinking and what he was looking for in that room. What Hattori did not know that his deduction was wrong and that he was mistaken in the conclusion that he had come to. Putting the he had done in the room and coming to conclusion that he had come to there was no mistake that he thought this.

The last thing she heard before she was fully taken away from the study was Hattori asking Megure to act as the deceased so that he could go over the trick and show everyone how it really happened.

Christie was lying on the bed when….

I'm hot.

My heart feels like it is going to burst.

The doorbell rang and Ran went to the door knowing that it would be the doctor.

A-am I going to die?

She has had this thought before and she could feel that she had it several times before. It was a feeling and thought that was all to familiar. It was déjà vu all over again.

Am I gonna die like this?

This was not how she thought she would die and did not see it this way because she thought that she would die….

"ARGHH"

She screamed aloud in pain.