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.

Last chapter, which ends the recent arc, left you in a cliffhanger as to whether Teiji Moriya is behind the bombings or not, but it did introduce an enigmatic character that would affect the story as well as to see which side he is on since he was only observing the chain of events but his "end of the world" tag seems that his allegiance may be more than ambiguous...

But this arc will FINALLY answer everything about this fanfic adaptation of Time-Bomb Skyscraper.

In the previous arc, three things have happened:

O – As everyone at the Agasa house are serving luch and drinks to visitors during Halloween, a series of explosions rocked their neighborhood and Kyuji is reninded of a tragic past. He made it personal that he will find out who set the bombings in key areas.

O – As Metropolitan Police, along with Kogoro Mori and Heiji Hattori, are scrambing to find out if Teiji Moriya is behind the bombings, which letters addressed to Shinichi Kudo were sent, Kyuji and Ankh encountered a swarm of Same Yummies and suspected them of being connected to the bombings, which claimed many lives.

O – As O's reaches one of the Yummies, Mexeru and Gameru joined in on the fight. Despite Ankh's warning, O's did a risky move in using three of Kazari's Core Medals and assumed a new combo, which destroyed the Same Yummy and enabled Ankh to steal three of Mezuru's Core Medals, but encountered an observer, who would later be revealed to be one of the Kougami Foundation's top scientists.

The next day, things are peaceful for now as no bombings are reported and at the Agasa house, Ran, Shiho and Hiroshi glances at the table where the Lion, Tora, and Cheetah Medals are displayed, and after being told by Ankh about what happened, Ran wondered what kind of people the Kougami Foundation have, seeing that its head, Kousei Kougami, appeared to have some knowledge about the Yummies and the medals while Shiho wants to see this new combo form Kyuji acquired despite Ankh stating that combos are dangerous to normal people.

By then Heiji Hattori bursts in which causes Kyuji to be startled and quickly hides the three Core Medals but Ankh took them so that he would hold them and try not to give Kyuji something to do act recklessly. By then Heiji came and is panting hard, his face had a look of worry and there he told them the reason he came here.

"Teiji Moriya...he's behind the bombings...and he's the one who has been sending letters to Shinichi Kudo...!"

Everyone, save for Ankh, stared wide-eyed at hearing this and now they have a reason to be worried as things are clear to them as to who is responsible for the bombings and who has been sending letters to Kyuji. Now they await what information Heiji is about to share with them and hoped that they might get a lead to where Teiji is, assuming that he is still in jail or nearby.

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!

Now readers...count the medals! The Core medals that O's and Ankh have right now are:

Set 1:

- Taka Medal

- Misago Medal!

Set 2:

- Lion Medal

- Tora Medal

- Cheetah Medal

- Ocelot Medal

- Sabaru Medal

Set 3:

- Kuwagata Medal

- Kamakiri Medal

- Batta Medal

Set 4:

- Shumokuzame Medal

- Mofu Medal

- Ika Medal

Chō kōsō biru, jikken, shinpei-ki part 1

After Ran gave Heiji a glass of water, he began to tell everyone why he came here and that his suspicion is indeed true as Teiji Moriya has indeed escaped prison and is now seeking revenge against Shinichi for ruining his plans several months ago. Agasa commented that with security being tight, he finds it hard to believe that Teiji is able to sneak out of prison and asked Heiji how the architect-turned bomber is able to achieve that.

"He sneaked his way out..."

"But how can he? Given his built and age, and not to mention how tight the security is...there's no way he can just walk out free...!"

"If I may ask...did he have an accomplice that would warrant his way to escape undetected?"

"Ran...Mr. Agasa...let me explain how this happened..."

Heiji then answered Ran and Agasa's questions and began to explain how they confirmed Teiji's escape, which he told them that he and Kogoro went to the MPD so they can interrogate Teiji if he has some conspirator who carried out the bombing since they believe that Teiji couldn't pull off the bombings behind bars, but after a few minutes the warden who is sent to fetch Teiji, came back and said that Teiji is not moving.

As Kogoro and Heiji went to his cell an hour ago, they checked on him and there they accidentally discovered that it was not him, but an innocent guard, who is revealed to have been drugged, and there they deduced that when the guard is inside Teiji's cell, Teiji may have brought out a hidden syringe with a needle and uses the contents to tranquilize the guard and then exchanged clothes, with Teiji dresed as the guard and had the fallen guard dressed in a prison suit and uses an improvised disguise so that the guard would look like Teiji. The disguised Teiji then proceeds to sneak out undetected and thus, gained his illegal freedom. Kogoro and Heiji deduced that the guard is too grogy to realized his situation and managed to eat the food while trying to call for help yet the other guards ignored him as they think that Teiji is trying something to escape.

Everyone at the Agasa house now realized that Teiji Moriya is behind the bombings and the letter-sending all this time and Heiji took his leae telling them that he is now going to the post office to ask the staf to help him in pinpointing the the leters' point of origin in hopes of tracking his hideout.

-x-

At the Kougami Biotech Laboratories, expressing his dismay that Kougami is celebrating the lab's 10th year, Maki learns that his superior sees Kamen Rider OOO to be well suited in his plans to utilize the Medals' power for an unlimited energy source. As Erika Satonoaka came carrying a tablet where Kougami appeared via internet, he asked Maki what are his latest creation, in which he showed it to him.

"Don't you think you're making a big deal out of this? Going all the trouble for this just because 10 years have passed since you founded this company..."

"Of course...it is a big deal! Ten years have passed...a decade of fruition of our efforts...splendid indeed! The event of a birth cannot be over-celebrated, Doctor Maki! Moreover, a genius like you gave me your approval...it's a magnificent day to celebrate a decade of our company thriving at its finest best!"

"..."

"Now then...here is my plan...gather the medals...create the power that would exceed infinity..."that will be our goal from this day on...!

"Very well..."

As Maki get the idea, Kougami made his next point which Maki responded in a deadpanned manner.

"But then...what can hold that enormous power...? What will we do about a container? That's our obstacle right now."

"..."

"Well, Doctor...? We still haven't agreed on a solution."

"It's because, Mr. President...there are many possibilities. One of the Greeds is one thing...but...if we create a system that can control the medals...be it Core or Cell Medals...even a human can use it."

At the Kougami Foundation, where the feed is connected, both Kougami and Gotoh heard Maki's theory and are interested, but Kougami himself stood up as a thought hit him.

"O's! I have decided on O's, Doctor!"

"Are you sure, Mr. President?"

"You heard me! No Greeds or humans! I want to use O's as a container for the medals! Be it the Cell Medals or the Core Medals!"

Maki was silent for several seconds as he seemed to be hesitant to Kougami's words, but composes himself and reluctantly agreed to his wishes.

"Of course I approve…in fact I came up with a new creation. I wanted O's to try this new Candroid I developed…especially when it is designed to interact with one of his combo forms whenever he uses one of them…"

"Excellent. Doctor Maki! Excellent! Once again we are headed to a new beginning!"

After presenting a newly made Candroid before Satonaka leaves, Maki enters his lab where he resumes his observation of a lab technician, although he noices a male and female employee are also working yet he ignore them and resumes his work after glancing at the lab technician.

"Beginnings...bah. I rather see the end...and I rather that endings are the events that should be celebrated...conclusions to everything. Now then...let's continue the observation..."

What Maki doesn't know that the male and female employees who are there are actually the disguised Bourbon and Vermouth, who seem to be glancing at the lab technician before leaving the area.

-x-

Back at the Agasa house, the scene shifts to the bedroom upstairs, where Ankh scolds Kyuji for being reckless in using a Combo, which Kyuji is able to rebut and his quick thinking puts the Greed, who is still possessing Shinichi Kudo's body, at ease, much to Shiho and Ran's dismay at Ankh's lack of concern for Kyuji's well-being, seeing that he is only concerned about the Core Medals than anything else.

"...and that's why I told you not to be reckless in using combos..."

"Yeah, yeah...but in doing so I chased those two Greeds away...and got three of her Core Medals...and I even got you Cell Medals..."

"Don't change the subject!"

"Fine...then give me Core Medals that don't form a combo..."

"Grr...fine..."

By then, Kyuji and Ankh sees the Taka Candroid that the teen vagabond sent, which he revealed that he sent the Candroid to follow Maki, as he is sure that he may know something about the bombings, and now it has returned with the Maki's whereabouts, so he can go there to see if Maki knows about the bomber's whereabouts since he stated that Maki appeared whenever the bombings took place.

"Good...at least it would give us a lead to where the bomber is...Teiji Moriya, is it...?"

"Yes...the architect-turned bomber..."

"Since that guy we saw at each bombings saying that he is not the bomber...but he said that he wanted to see the "end"...then it means he knows something about the bomber's whereabouts..."

By then Shiho approached Ankh and showed him the letters from Teiji and asked him if he is familiar. Though he read it, Ankh rebukes it as he is not interested in such "trivialities".

"Ankh...take a look. Since you saw some of Shinichi's memories...you might find a lead..."

"Hmm...well...it's not my concern...I only go after medals..."

"Are Core Medals all that matter to you?"

"Of course! I'm a Greed!"

"A Greed using Shinichi Kudo's body...so he can move around unnoticed..and want to get his hand on ice cream..."

"What was that?"

By then, Kyuji leaves the Agasa house to follow the Taka Candroid much to Ran's dismay as Ankh scoffs at his "pawn's" intent, however, he clutched his head as Shiichi Kudo's consciousness began to mentally talk to Ankh and the two had a mental argument about the situation, much to Shiho, Hiroashi, and Ran's surprises.

"What the...? What do you want this time? I did what you requested me to! Stop pestering me and stay there...!"

"I would...but I can't stay ignorant...The bomber behind the bombings is the work of Teiji Moriya...and though I want to...I can't do anything, and you're the only one I can count on..."

"Why me?"

"Because you can control my body...but you lacked the brain power...but if you want...I'll let you control my body while I give you the hints in where to find him...after that...you'r free to gobble up the ice creams at Agasa's refrigerator..."

"Grr...fine!"

As Ran is rather spooked by the scene in front of her, she wondered what is happening to Ankh and Shinichi's body, but Shiho smirked as she see what is happening and knew that Shinichi is mentally speaking to the Greed asking himto do another "favor" and then she assured to Ran that things are going fine as Ankh leaves and follows Kyuji by boarding a Ride Vendor.

"Are you sure, Shiho?"

"Yes...Shinichi's still there...so there's no need to worry..."

-x-

Ankh is now at the streets riding the Ride Vendor and is following Kyuji through the Taka Candroid's signal, however, he passed by a newspaper stand where the pictures show Maki in front of the Kougami Biotech Laboratories and there he decided to head there as he believed that Kyuji is heading there as well. By then Shinichi's consciousness spoke to him.

"Head to the location that I'm going to provide you...I believe that Doctor Kiyoto Maki may have a hand in knowing Teiji's location..."

"Why are you...?"

"Since Maki showed up after the bombings two days ago...and after acknowledging that he is not behind the bombing yet he acted as if he doesn't care...and the discusion you have with Hino about the bombings are connected to the Yummies...maybe he may know something...just trust me on this, Ankh..."

"Fine..."

Shinichi then directed Ankh to sense the Yummy's presence as he tells the Greed that Maki might know Teiji's whereabouts given that the scientist appeared after the bombings and claiming he knows the bomber. However, as they are cruising, two Same Yummies show up and in turn Ankh decided to face them by activating the Ride Vendor in "vending machine" mode, and after inserting 20 Cell medals, he unleashed 10 Taka and 10 Tako Candroids, putting the two Yummies at bay, then he detaches himself from Shinichi and his monster hand stabbed eacho f them on their chests, slowly killing them and there he collected the Cell Medals from the destroyed Yummies before reattaching himself onto Shinichi's body and leaves the scene.

To Be Continued…

Well, this shows that Teiji Moriya has indeed escaped from prison and now is going to make life for Shinichi Kudo miserable by bombing areas anew, while two of the Black Organization's vital members are at the Kougami Foundation, seemingly aware about what is happening and they seem to have a keen interest in the lab technician, though their motives are unknown for now.

Shinichi Kudo once again coaxes Ankh to do the "work" for him as he will be the "brains" and the Greed to be the "brawns", while Kyuji goes to find the connection between Maki and Teiji.

Ankh taking down two Yummies, which is rare, considering that he is no match for a fellow Greed given his "condition".

Preview:

The location of the bombs, and its maker, Teiji Moriya, will be revealed, and it will be revealed what he is doing after escaping prison, while the host of the Same Yummies will also be revealed and who the host is and why Mezeru chose that particular person to create her "nest".

And Ai Haibara goes into action...

Characters appearing in this arc:

Now then…a modified list of characters that appear in every arc of this fic so that you'll know which series (or in this case, film) they came from…

Detective Conan

- Kogoro Mori

- Heiji Hattori

Detective Conan: The Time-Bomb Skyscraper

- Teiji Moriya