SailorStar9: With Chapter 51 uploaded, this is Chapter 52 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

Pairings: Established!Furuya Rei (Amuro Tooru)/Mizuno Ami

Disclaimers: I own absolutely nothing, except this plot and pairing.

Chapter 52: Conan Disappears Over a Cliff, Part Two

"Guys!" Ran and Kogoro arrived to the cliff in Professor Agasa's Beetle.

"Ran-nee-san!" Ayumi threw herself into the older female's arms and wept. "Conan-kun is..."

"It can't be true." Mitsuhiko insisted.

"But we all saw Conan fall from up there." Genta pointed out.

"You're right." Haibara agreed. "We all saw Edogawa-kun fall from the cliff."

"What happened, Inspector?" Kogoro asked, leaving Ran to comfort the distraught girl.

"It's Zorro." Inspector Megure admitted. "He did this."

"From the children's testimony, we were able to determine the man with Conan-kun as they were being pursued was Isehara Yuji." Takagi explained.

"But right after they fell from of the cliff, Zorro and his men disappeared." Chiba added.

"There must be discord among the group." Inspector Megure concluded. "And Conan-kun go caught in the crossfire."

"But what was the kid doing with Isehara?" Kogoro demanded.

"Don't ask me." Inspector Megure retorted. "In any case, we'll ask the Kanagawa Police to begin searching the ocean first thing in the morning."

At dawn the next morning...

"How is it going, Inspector?" Kogoro hurried up to Inspector Megure as he, Takagi and Chiba exited the Kanagawa Police Station's office.

"It's been three hours since the search started, but they still haven't found anything." Inspector Megure replied.

"According to the local police, the water below the cliff is deep and the currents there are fast." Takagi expressed. "Anyone who fell there would have been quickly washed out to sea."

"They rarely find bodies there." Chiba looked away.

"We're having them continue the search." Inspector Megure continued. "They'll call us immediately if they find anything."

Without the others knowing, Haibara pulled Fumio out of the police station and the pair started retracing Conan's steps.

In Ami's office...

Ami frowned when the tracking program she was using to track down Isehara's security disabling software started running on its own. Is someone running it? As the tracking program continued running, she pulled out a digital map and started narrowing down the location of the computer program.

In the forest...

Haibara and Fumio pushed through some bushes, following the GPS app Fumio had on his cellphone.

"We came as you instructed." Haibara declared, the pair entering the wooden shed.

"I thought it'd be broken after falling into the sea." Conan heaved in relief as he and Isehara climbed out of the stacks of hay they were hiding under. "I'm glad my message got through."

"More importantly, don't you have something to say?" Haibara glared, tossed a piece of shredded soccer ball cover.

"You're right." Conan agreed. "Sorry. I need them to think we're dead, or his family will be in danger."

"I don't mind." Haibara admitted. "But make sure you explain it to them later."

"I know." Conan winced. "So, did you bring what I asked for?"

"Yeah." Haibara took off the backpack she was carrying and pulled out the laptop she brought along. "Be careful with that." she warned, Isehara snatching the computer and Conan's cellphone. "I spent two months developing that."

"You even have these kind of programs." Isehara was impressed when he switched on the laptop after connecting the cellphone to the USB port. "Kids are amazing these days. I used to be like you." activating his disabling software, he entered the start item code and its password. "I knew it. They've already started working on disabling the target's security using my program."

"We need to stop Zorro's next robbery first." Conan voiced. "What's his target?"

"The Beika City Central Event Hall." Isehara replied.

"Let's call the police." Conan pulled Haibara and Fumio out.

"What?" Mizorogi Go, in a gas mask, stopped short when the tear gas from the gas cylinders dispelled to reveal an empty party hall.

"I've been waiting for you, Zorro-san." Conan removed his gas mask. "Unfortunately, tonight's party is canceled after we learned you were coming."

"That's impossible." the sunglasses thief retorted.

"We heard voices earlier." his shorted partner added.

"By voices, you mean these?" Fumio questioned, his own gas mask was already off as he played the recording from his cellphone.

"You can come in now." Conan gave Isehara a side look.

"I'll just kill him again!" Mizorogi prepared his crossbow.

"Zorro, also known as Mizorogi Go." Inspector Megure came out from behind the stage curtains. "You're under arrest for robbery, arson and murder."

"You're going down with him." Kogoro declared, cornering the three criminals with Takagi and Chiba. "Give yourselves up."

"Let's go, Isehara." Inspector Megure took Isehara into custody.

"I knew it." Conan muttered, seeing Isehara step on his supposed family's photo without a care.

"I'll get mom to check it out." Fumio supplied.

Later that night in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department headquarters...

"Mizuno-fukubuchō?" Inspector Megure took the call, Isehara was already in the interrogation room with Takagi. "We have Isehara in interrogation. Is there something else?"

"You have been a very busy man, Isehara-san." Ami tsked, meeting Isehara and Takagi in the hallway. "This isn't your wife and child." she showed the photograph she had claimed from Conan as evidence. "You modified the photo you found online to make them appear to be your family so Zorro and his men would believe you had a weakness. You were after the money he stole right from the beginning. After finding their bank account number, you ran from them. The children noticed. That password was for remotely transferring the money to your overseas account. You probably assumed you'd be released from prison before them."

"I expected nothing less from the Security Bureau's Cyber-Security Division's fukubuchō." Inspector Megure praised. "As per your orders, we had Interpol freeze the account. You won't be able to withdraw a cent of it, Isehara."

"And to think Ikari-buchō and myself actually thought he'd be a great addition to the Cyber-Security Division." Ami shook her head.

The camera now turned to Ami's work desk: a desk lamp had remained switched on, its spotlight laminating the red 'Rejected' stamp on Isehara's application.

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