SailorStar9: With Chapter 52 uploaded, this is Chapter 53 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 53: The Nobunaga 450 Case

Time passes...

The Detective Boys, along with Professor Agasa were on a commemoration sightseeing trip in the Gifu Prefecture.

"This is where we are staying tonight. "Professor Agasa led the kids to the hotel he had reserved beforehand. "Tobayama-san." he greeted their host. "Kids, this is my old friend and the man who invited us, cormorant fisherman, Tobayama-san."

"Where should we go next?" Professor Agasa inquired, the group having returned to the riverbank after witnessing Tobayama catch fish using the herd of cormorants.

"In that case, there's somewhere I'd like to go." Mitsuhiko voiced.

"A local hero show, huh?" Conan noted, the group had sat down to watch the Nobuna Gaizer stage performance.

"Nobu... Naza..." Genta blinked. "What are they called?"

"The Nobuna Gaizers." Haibara supplied. "They're heroes modeled after Oda Nobunaga.

"They're cool." Ayumi gushed.

"Aren't they?" Mitsuhiko was in total fanboy mode. "I actually came here for this." he took out his 'Local Hero Album' scrapbook. "Bu going on trips and looking online, I've gathered data on local heroes across the country. That was their signature move, the Gaizer Triple Decker Knock Down." he declared, taking photos.

"Let's head back to the hotel, kids." Professor Agasa stated after the performance was over.

"What's wrong, Mitsuhiko?" Ayumi asked, the group hearing Mitsuhiko's shocked exclaimed once they descended from the bridge.

"I forgot to ask them to sign my album." Mitsuhiko recalled.

"Mitsuhiko, are you sure you want to give up so easily?" Conan teased.

"We'll wait for you." Haibara voiced.

"Thank you." Mitsuhiko hurried back.

"Mitsuhiko sure is taking quite a while." Fumio looked at his watch as the group hurried back to the performance stage.

"It's quiet." Ayumi noted, the group arrived at the backstage tent.

"Let's try calling him." Genta took out his phone.

"That's..." Fumio hurried into the tent, hearing Mitsuhiko's ringtone. "Mitsuhiko's backpack."

"What's going on?" Conan wondered.

"Huh?" two hours later, Detective Matsushiro Tamekichi arrived to the hotel where the group had gathered. "You kids seem familiar."

"I remember now." Genta recalled.

"We met during the world heritage site Onizawa Village case." Ayumi reminded.

"Detective Matsushiro, right?" Haibara stated.

"Is Mouri-san not here today?" Detective Matsushiro inquired.

"He isn't here." Fumio shook his head. "Professor Agasa came with us instead."

"Could you give me details of the case again?" Detective Matsushiro pulled out his notebook.

"The Nobuna Gaizers are missing, too?" Conan echoed, after Detective Matsushiro returned to the hotel the next morning to update them on the case.

"We wanted to question them, too." Detective Matsushiro admitted. "But we still haven't been able to get in touch with them."

Later that day...

"The objects that were stolen include a miniature solid gold Oda Nobunaga statute and a golden tile." Detective Matsushiro showed the Detective Boys the photos of the two items that had been stolen from the city's museum. "They also took some ancient manuscripts with historical value. They're all treasures of Gifu."

"If we don't hurry, they'll be sold on the black market and be sent overseas." Haibara voiced.

"Uh, could we see the security camera footage?" Professor Agasa requested, taking the cue from Conan.

"These guys..." Genta blinked, the group were going through the security footage in the security office. "

"They're the Nobuna Gaizers." Ayumi recognized.

"You found the Nobuna Gaizers' car?" Detective Matsushiro echoed upon hearing a report from one of the policemen.

"What's that?" Ayumi gasped, after Detective Matsushiro pulled the van's door open and the group discovered the discarded costumes.

"It's a Nobunaga badge." Genta exclaimed, seeing the tiny square badge Conan had picked up with a handkerchief. "Was he in this car?"

"Did they take him hostage?" Detective Matsushiro wondered.

"Look." Haibara's focus on the metal ring on Nobuna Gaizer Red's right glove.

"We noticed." Fumio nodded. "And look at the front wheels, too."

"Is that?" Haibara gasped, Conan swiping a sample with his finger.

"It's asphalt tar." Conan confirmed.

"Wait, Nobuna Gaizer Red was left-handed, right?" Fumio frowned, his eyes caught the glitter of Oyabu Kimifusa's ring as the events promoter walked past them, the group having left the forensics team to clear the scene.

"But he was right-handed at the crime scene." Haibara remarked. "Blue and Green switched their signature poses, too."

"What does that mean?" Genta asked.

"They're impostors?" Professor Agasa gasped.

"That's exactly right." Conan grinned. "They kidnapped the real Nobuna Gaizers, stole their costumes, and committed the robbery while wearing them."

"But who would do this?" Ayumi asked.

"You two already know, don't you?" Haibara guessed. "Should we confirm your suspicions?"

"Professor, call Detective Matsushiro." Conan instructed.

"What's a success?" Haibara questioned, the group having cornered the real culprit.

"You mean your evil plan?" Conan asked. "Your plan to frame the Nobuna Gaizers for a robbery." using his voice-changing bow-tie, he used Professor Agasa's voice to present the case's solution. "Hero show promoter, Oyabu Kimifusa-san."

"Who are you?" the revealed Oyabu demanded.

"Where's Mitsuhiko-kun?" Ayumi glared.

"What are you talking about?" Oyabu played innocent. "I don't know anything."

"Don't bother playing dumb." Haibara retorted. "We have evidence."

"Nobuna Gaizer Red is left-handed." Ayumi added. "Blue and Green's positions are switched, too."

"You should've done more research if you wanted to frame them." Genta chided.

"They just happened to be different." Oyabu argued.

"Then, there's another piece of damning evidence." Conan continued. "Your ring."

"You should've taken it off." Haibara smirked. "Heroes don't wear rings."

"You hit the security guard at the crime scene." Conan commented. "Your ring tore off the glove when you did. It should match the cut on the victim, too."

"We checked the costumes again after Agasa-san called." at this point, Detective Matsushiro entered the scene. "The costume's glove was torn. We'll have to examine that ring thoroughly."

"I didn't have a choice." Oyabu confessed. "My company was going under. I was being threatened by loan sharks."

"Were the other impostors employees of that loan company?" Conan inquired.

"I was forced to help them." Oyabu defended.

"This isn't over yet." Fumio voiced. "Where's Mitsuhiko? And the real Nobuna Gaizers?"

"I don't know." Oyabu admitted. "They told me they'd handle the rest."

"What does it mean?" Ayumi was confused.

"It means if we don't hurry, they'll be silenced forever." Haibara summarized. "The heroes and Tsuburaya-kun."

"Find them!" Detective Matsushiro ordered.

"That's..." climbing the Gifu Castle, Conan used his Telescopic Lens to scan the area and eventually focused on the paper planes Mitsuhiko had thrown out of the paper manufacturing factory window.

"Conan, the door is locked." Mitsuhiko shouted from the window with smoke billowing out.

"Got it." Conan shouted back.

Moments later, with the fire put out, the original Nobuna Gaizers and Mitsuhiko were rescued.

SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted, by the way. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.