The sun was now setting, and now it was time for the criminals to come out to play. But not this time because they were bloody, bruised, and all locked up. Well, all the ones that were able to escape made it away.

The Joker had been beaten to the end of a punchline that he did not even know of or understand to begin with. I neither dare nor want to understand what was supposed to be funny to begin with. And the others were too scared to run away and just gave up and surrendered to someone else. Anyone else.

The search party that was digging around the remains of the former mall was not going well at all. Some people had been dug out alive, and some of them were not. But a certain teen sleuth was missing in action and did not leave a trace behind. It was as if she had vanished into thin air.

Now only if she remembered to tell anyone that she had left.

It was being reported (again) that Shinichi Kudo was likely dead as a door nail all across Japan, as some people would mourn their fallen friend. Well, the ones that did not know her, because most did not believe that she was dead, as it would take far more than a burning building falling on top of her to kill her. But they did not know the full story of what happened and were just guessing away. As it was, there were a bunch of teen Gotham fans who had reported the news on several websites.

No, she was not dead at all because she was not even in Gotham anymore.

People were seeing Batman during the day, and that was a shock to all their systems. Especially as he just stood there, unmoving and unyielding, scaring everyone that dared to walk by him.

Criminals were begging to be locked up rather than being free, as it was safer to be locked up.

Another day later

Kaito was having some fun. Strolling around, having fun, and looking for a new and accessible target. A lot of new jewels had been brought to Metropolis, and he was seeing what was up for surprise.

Lex Luthor had a lot of jewels flowing in, and he just knew that the bug guy must have so many of them locked up away in a secret. And he was in for a ride to get what he could get for his.

THUD

"Gomen," he said.

"Sorry," he said again.

He was so caught up in his thoughts that he did not realise that he had walked into someone. In fact...

"TANTEI-KUN!" he said as his jaw dropped.

He did not even realise that he had scooped her into the air, as she was kicking him, and he was not going to let her go anytime soon.

"Oi!" he said to her, annoyed.

He did not even realise how stupid he was being right now.

"Hey? Where are your glasses?" He said it out of curiosity.