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.
Kyuji and Ankh are going in a wild goose chase…searching for Shiho and finding Ankh's missing Core medal while the transport truck is about to leave after Kazari claimed that a Black Organization member is among the transport convoy and may use this to kill her.
So expect a wild ride and chase here as the suspense is nearing…
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As Kyuji called the Agasa house, he asks Professor Agasa if Shiho has returned home, which he said that she hasn't, and she didn't even answered her cellphone. There Kyuji and Ankh got their confirmation and asked Kazari what is he up to, which the feline Greed rebutted by stating that whether they take his word or not is entirely up to them before leaving the scene, though he gave them a hint that she may be hiding at the Kougami Foundation claiming that a member of the so-called Black Organization is waiting to take her.
"Hello…professor…?"
"Kyuji? What is it?"
"Have you seen Shiho…?"
"She left early today to buy some herbal ingredients…"
"Has she returned yet…?"
"No…not yet…"
"Did she bring her cellphone with her…?"
"Yes…but …"
"Try calling her…"
"Okay…wait a moment…"
"Well…?"
"No answer. Her cellphone is ringing…but no answer…"
"I see…thanks…!"
"Okay…"
Kyuji wasted no time as he boarded the Ride Vendor and heads straight for the Kougami Foundation before Ankh joins him, but after seeing the two leave, Kazari brought out his cellphone and contacted Maki, as he informs him that everything is working as planned, which Maki replied that the plan will now be carried out and tells the Greed to follow his as well.
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At the Kougami Foundation, where the scene shifts to the rear portion of the ground floor, several ushers are working with Shintaro Gotoh supervising, as you can see several crates are being loaded into a transport truck, which contained the 1,000 Cell Medals, thus confirming that Kougami has accepted Maki's request to send the Cell Medals to Maki's office at the Kougami Biotech laboratories, and the truck is scheduled to leave in five minutes.
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!
93: Medaru Sōdatsu to Yusōsha to Utsuwa part 2
In the next few minutes, Ran Mori passes by the Kogoro Mori Detective Agency office where Kogoro is working, and as the father and daughter meet, they discussed about what went on after the airship incident, which they noted that Sonoko had to calm her "raging" uncle from beating up Fujioka, Nishitani and Ishimoto for ruining his day.
"Hi, daddy…"
"Ah, Ran!"
"How are you today?"
"Feeling upbeat…as usual."
"Anything from the airship incident?"
"Fujioka and his stooges are about to go to court…and I'm betting they'll be spending the long time once the guilty verdict is handed down…how's Sonoko doing…?"
"Well…she had to constantly pacify her uncle after he failed to get the Phantom Thief Kid…"
"Well...there's always a next time…"
By then the phone called and Ran answered it, which she is surprised to hear that Kyuji is calling and asked her if he has seen Shiho around, which she said she hasn't, and even said she hasn't even called her. Seeing that Shiho isn't there, Kyuji thanked Ran as he cuts off the line, leaving her baffled and when Kogoro asked, she told him it was nothing, though Ran wondered if Kyuji took Ankh with him and hoped that the Greed won't go reckless with Shinichi's body.
"Kyuji…what's going on there…? And I hope Ankh doesn't do anything reckless with Shinichi's body…"
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Meanwhile, at the Kougami Foundation, several minutes later have passed, and the loading of the Cell Medals inside the transport truck is completed, thus everything is in place and with nothing more delaying them, they are now they are ready to go and head out. Gotoh assembled his assigned platoon who will form and act as the truck's convoy to protect the truck from falling to the wrong hands.
"Okay…we are going to have a long trip towards East Tokyo…so be aware and be on guard!"
"Yes, sir!"
"We are going to protect the truck from the Yummy and the Greed!"
"Yes, sir!"
"We will protect the truck with our lives!"
"Yes, sir!"
"And we will not let our enemies show our fear!"
"Yes, sir!"
"So we must defend the truck with our very lives until we reach our desitination!"
"Yes, sir!"
"So if you see an enemy coming..fire at will!"
"Yes, sir!"
"And we will show Kougami how proud he is in choosing us to protect this truck!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Now…we are leaving immediately!"
However, he felt that something is not right as he wondered all this time why Maki would want to request so many Cell Medals and why Kougami accepted it with ease and why at broad daylight as this would attract the Greed, as he felt that should the Greed find out about this they might attack his squadron and take off with the truck full of Cell Medals. He wondered if O's and Ankh are aware of this and pondered on whether to ask them for providing additional escorts or not.
"Is this really the right thing to do…? Shouldn't we be doing this at night…?"
With their schedule ready and are given the go-signal, Gotoh leads the convoy and the truck out of the gate of the Kougami Foundation, and towards the streets, but then Kyuji and Ankh arrived and blocked their path, surprising everyone, and before the platoon are about to raise their weapons at the two, Gotoh calls off his men and then asks Kyuji for his reason of action.
"Wait…Gotoh!"
"Kyuji Hino…halt…lower your weapons!"
"Sorry for the trouble but…"
"This better be good…why are you blocking our pat as we are on a delivery route today…"
"I need to inspect your truck…"
"Why…?"
"It's important…"
"Then tell me!"
"It's like this…"
Hearing Kyuji's explanation, Gotoh took the words seriously, after becoming O's ally and having heard from Erika Satonoka about Shinichi Kudo's run-in with the Black Organization, and allows Kyuji to inspect the truck's trailer and let him check to see if Shiho is inside, while Gotoh checks the driver to see if he is wearing a disguise or not, seeing that the driver is real, and even checked the faces of his platoon, which took about 20 minutes before concluding that neither of them is a BO member.
"Seriously…the Black Organization infiltrating the Kougami Foundation…? Well…that's a possibility…I hope that won't happen here…considering how reclusive and enigmatic this organization is…"
Kyuji emerged from the truck and tells him that he couldn't find her, but said he would like to provide escort so that once the truck reached his destination he would like to see the contents of the crates so that he wouldn't delay the delivery. Gotoh accepted and lets Kyuji and Ankh join them and so the convoy and the truck leaves as scheduled, and withi minutes the vehicles are now traveling on the main road, with Kyuji and Ankh tagging along for the ride.
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The scene then shifts at the Kougami Foundation's 50th floor, where Kougami's office is located, and it shows that Kougami is baking another cake for another client, with the radio singing "happy birthday" much to his listening pleasure, but then Erika Satonaka came and tells him that Ankh and Kyuji are joining the convoy which Kougami is not bothered as he expected this to happen after seeing the Taka Candroid leaving after his conversation with Maki earlier.
"President Kougami…the convoy is leaving..Kyuji Hino and Ankh are tagging along…"
"I see…all the better…it is a splendid scenario should the Greed find out about the delivery of the 1,000 Cell Medals…and imagine…a fight for the Cell Medals…"
"So you knew this would happen…?"
"OF COURSE! IT IS A SPLENDID SCENARIO…IS IT NOT? HA-HA-HA!"
Erika then prepares to leave Kougami's room when she glances at the laptop on his table, where the map of Japan is shown, where several markers are blinking which she asks him what are these for seeing the markers moving at several directions. There Kougami laughed incredulously as he once more outwitted the Greed, including Ankh as he reveals that while Maki's action may benefit in keeping the other Greed from attaining their power, he simply can't let Ankh achieve his Greed form just yet, showing that he sent HIS Taka Candroids towards the airship and took the red Core Medals and sent them to several parts within Japan.
"So you intend to keep Ankh under your work for now…?"
"Of course…because now is not the right time yet…"
"But what if…"
"If that comes to that…so be it! All for my very delicious desire to have everything come into light!"
Although he wanted to keep Ankh under tabs for now, he also has plans for him and for Kyuji as he sensed a desirable future that would satiate his own desire. Satonaka sighed and leaves, and not noticing a recording bug is attached under a table where the laptop is placed. Also, a hidden camera is also seen above the ceiling where it is taking footage of the laptop's screen where the markers are seen.
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Several blocks away from the Kougami Biotech Laboratories, inside a van, Vermouth is sitting on the driver's seat, holding a laptop of her own, and is smiling devilishly, having heard the conversation between Kougami and Erika, while taking and recording the footage of where the markers are seen and where the red Core Medals are being sent. Now she can come up with an excuse to take a leave of absence to go find where the Core Medals are being taken.
"Looks like I can come up with an excuse to take a leave…"
As she prepare to head back to the Kougami Biotech Laboratories, a thought hit her as she opened a folder of her own personal files and there she checked it out, and realized that she may not have to take a leave of absence as she can simply have someone do it for her. Because of the recent events that led "Anokata" to assign the Black Organization agents into "sub-groups", Vermouth is assigned to the "Fortified Wine" group and became its team leader.
"I guess being a team leader has some advantage…especially with a lot of "manpower" given to me…"
With Port, Marsala and Visanto (all female) serving her, she can give them direct orders to retrieve the red Core Medals as she can give them devices that enable them to detect the medals, as well as they can take several foot soldiers with them if needed. Moreover, during the airship incident, "Anokata" recruited more members and passed the initiation and tests, assigning them to Vermouth's group and in no time they got along with its existing members and now Vermouth has more reason to be pleased with the "female manpower" in her disposal, and retrieving the red Core Medals will be much easier to pull off and will use it to blackmail Ankh into doing something that involves Shinichi Kudo's comatose body he is currently inhabiting.
"So, Ankh…what would you do if I give you an offer that even you might find it hard to resist…?"
The file shows that aside from Port, Marsala and Visanto, new members have just been added. The following new recruits are:
- Madeira (from Madeira Islands, Portugal)
- Vins Doux (from Southern France)
- Cisco (from the Unites States)
- Ripple (from the Unites States)
- Night Train (from the Unites States)
- Thunderbird (a female Native American from the Unites States)
- Buckfast (from England)
- Ginger Wine (from United Kingdom)
- Scotsmac (from the United Kingdom)
- Solntsedar (from Russia)
- 777 (from Russia)
Not wasting time, she contacted her 14 "subordinates" and gave each of them instructions on what to do from now and delicately instructed them not to let the other groups know of their secret mission which they replied their response with a "yes".
"Good…now I guess I can relax for a while…"
Seeing that things are good, Vermouth heads back to the Kougami Biotech Laboratories to continue her work and to see what else she can sneak out secrets from the Kougami Foundation.
"I guess "Lady Luck" is on my side this time…"
To Be Continued…
While Kyuji and Ankh haven't found Shiho, they nevertheless decided to tag along with the convoy so that they might have more time finding her so as not to delay the delivery…
Looks like Kougami is much shrewder that you expected, as it turn out he was the one who kept the other Core Medals away from Ankh as he has "better plans" for our favorite Greed…
And surprise! Vermouth has new recruits to her group…and she is also aware of what Kougami is doing and is sending her subordinates to go and retrieve the red Core Medals. What a woman she is…
Preview:
The next chapter shows a "road block" up ahead, as someone attempts to stop the transport truck and attack out heroes. The first battle for this arc, so expect a lot of action here…
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: The Lost Ship In the Sky (movie)
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