SailorStar9: So with Chapter 79 uploaded, we hit Chapter 80 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 80: The Man Crushed by a Dinosaur
"Welcome to the Beika Dinosaur Museum show." Naito Tatsuki addressed the audience. "Today's performance features two stars from the Cretaceous era: Tyrannosaurs and Triceratops. Enjoy the show, everyone."
"Here you go." Shida Nobuhisa held out a palm to reveal a handful of shell fossils. "We give these out to everyone who attends the show. It's only once a day, so enjoy yourselves."
"That was intense." Genta remarked, the group walked out of the theater after the show was over.
"It was very exciting." Mitsuhiko agreed.
"It was scary, though." Ayumi added.
"Anyway, those were rather realistic dinosaurs." Professor Agasa pointed out.
"What was that?" Genta asked when a crash was heard.
"It sounded like something rather large collapsing." Mitsuhiko noted.
"What should I do?" Katsuragawa Yua muttered, after letting out a scream
"Onee-san, what happened?" Conan hurried to the scene with the Detective Boys in tow.
"The dinosaur fossils inside..." Katsuragawa pointed.
"The dinosaur bones fell apart." Genta gasped.
"Get the director!" one of the maintenance staff ordered.
"I don't believe it." Kuchiki Yoshito stammered. "My Brachiosaurus."
"There is a person." one of the maintenance staff voiced. "There's someone crushed underneath it."
"That's the director." Katsuragawa recognized the ring on the victim's finger.
"He was crushed by a dinosaur." Mitsuhiko breathed in disbelief after Shida was sent to hospital. "Detective Takagi, is this an accident?" he asked.
"Actually, we don't know anything yet." Takagi admitted as the group watched Inspector Megure interrogate the related staff.
"The dinosaur show was really fun." Conan spoke, Genta having found the evidence linking Naito the crime. "You were onstage the whole time."
"Yeah." Naito replied.
"But you were only seen onstage for a few seconds, right?" Conan pointed out.
"Naito was first seen at the start of the show." Professor Agasa took over. "What if he had exited the stage immediately afterwards and gone to the director's office?"
"You mean you think I did it?" Naito chuckled. "But I was commenting the whole time."
"Your headset is wireless." Professor Agasa stated. "You could've gone to the director's office while speaking."
"Please, I didn't go to the director's office." Naito protested.
"Isn't there only one show a day?" Haibara reminded. "There was a lot of confetti. We found one piece in the hallway in front of the director's office. Maybe it fell while getting stuck to you."
"You returned to the stage shortly afterwards." Professor Agasa continued. "By briefly showing yourself, you gave the audience the impression that you were onstage the whole time. You disappeared in the smoke and exited the stage once again. This time, you went outside and headed of the rear entrance of Exhibition Hall Two where the fossils were kept. You used the sound effects of the dinosaur show to mask the sound of the falling fossil. After spilling the coating agent on the floor, you returned to the stage and ended the show."
"You're making it up." Naito objected.
"There were pieces of fossil near the rear entrance of the exhibition hall." Professor Agasa stated. "They must have been stuck to the bottom of your shoe when you stepped on them before falling there."
"You're the one who used my dinosaurs to kill the director?" Kuchiki glared.
"I didn't do it." Naito insisted. "The fossils collapsed after the show ended."
"But isn't this your show costume?" Fumio brought out the coat. "There was also a sound system remote in the pocket." he pulled out the recorder. "You used this to play the sound of it falling after the show ended to make us think the fossil had fallen at that moment."
"I see." Inspector Megure nodded. "Call forensics." he told Takagi. "Have them examine the director's office and the rear entrance of the exhibition hall. Naito, we are going to examine the bottoms of your shoes."
"It was perfect." Naito sank to his knees. "Perfect. Why?"
"Because you were acting a little weird." Conan expressed. "You suddenly defended the clerk and explained Kuchiki's actions. It's because you were eager to frame Kuchiki according to your plan, right? One other thing, there's a stain on your costume's pocket. You kept the coating agent in your pocket. For whatever reason, it leaked. When you helped Ayumi up during the show, you created a stain on her clothes, too."
"I see." Naito chuckled. "So that's how it is. Director Shida was going to kill me." he spat. "Shida and I were actually working together. I used the money I had used to help us acquire this museum. But once he became the director, he said he won't pay me back. On top of that, he tried to run me over."
"You hurt your right arm, then." Conan concluded.
"Yeah." Naito hissed. "So, I killed him before he could kill me. Then, this museum would be mine."
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted, by the way. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.