Undercover || Detective Conan

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(13 years ago, New York)

A man in disguise called Rum got out of the hotel.

He was looking serious, walking away from the crime scene he just created.

It was a rainy night and everyone were running or pacing, trying to take shelter from the sudden downpour.

"You dirty brat! Watch where you're going!" The office man in front of him yelled to a small beggar child with short hair.

The child flinched, "I-I'm sorry.", and just ran away from him, the man dressed in his office attire clicked his tongue and walked away but Rum smirked.

He leaned to the left and deliberately bumped into the kid. He knew it, a little petty thief. The child was holding onto the long wallet that stuck out of her jacket pocket and that Rum was also trying to take.

"What do you think you're doing?" The child asked with a calm but dangerous tone.

A child this small to be able to give and look at someone with such murderous eyes. How fascinating.

The both of them were having a staring contest in the middle of the busy sidewalk.

"Let's play a game."

The child looked determined and Rum saw she clenched her jaw, trying to tell herself to stay calm.

"I'll give you twenty seconds to run, if I can catch you, I'll be taking you with me but if not, this is goodbye."

"We don't need to play that because I'll still disappear." With that she ran away clutching the long leather wallet. Rum just watched her turn to a small alley.

"Yes but not fast enough for me." He whispered and looked at his watch to see how many seconds had passed while texting his partner who was somewhere near him.

3...2...1

"Here I go." Rum hid his phone and ran to where the girl disappeared.

He was just following the muddy footsteps of the child until he reached a dead-end where there are piled garbage and the wall seems high enough for the child to get over.

Rum almost laughed when he saw those dirty, old shoes the child was wearing earlier. It was neatly placed at the end of the trail, facing the direction where he is, as if taunting him that he fell for her trick. So where did she go?

He opened his phone and called his partner. "Oghi, where is that child?"

"I never thought you'd fall for that trick, Rum." On the other line, another agent was on top of the building in front of the place where Rum saw the child.