Chapter 9: Sunflowers Of Inferno III [Suspicions]

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The Rangers, Kogoro, Nina, Ryu, the Samurai, Amuro, Jirokichi, Ginzo, and Sonoko were present outside a hospital room. All were standing but Ginzo was sitting on a chair, his face buried in his hands.

They were all waiting for the doctor to leave Aoko's room and tell them her condition.

"So Charlie was actually a criminal?", Jirokichi asked Dan in disbelief.

"Yeah, he was a hunted criminal back in New York 10 years ago. Bastard had plastic surgery, changed his whole identity with papers and all, and became a police officer.", Dan explained.

Jirokichi then turned to Ginzo and bowed. "This is all my fault, Nakamori-", He started to say, feeling guilty.

"You wouldn't have known.", Ginzo interrupted, his voice emotionless.

Dan had told Kogoro, Ginzo, Kid, and the Rangers to never mention anything about Charlie being named Cognac or transforming into a Lion, explaining that he must have been a lab rat to an illegal research lab, and those do exist, and he had encountered them before while working with the police.

"To think that a guy who is supposed to be the one capturing the bad guys, is actually a bad guy.", Sonoko mumbled in disbelief.

"Gin-chan!". Ginzo winced before he raised his head slowly to face his wife, who came running at him, her face filled with worry and panic.

"What happened to Aoko?!", Nakamori Midoriko cried, "I received your text message at work and I instantly came here!".

Ginzo found himself unable to explain. That Snake guy had clearly said why he did this to Aoko, to push him to kill Kaitou Kid, so he felt responsible for what happened to his daughter.

"Nakamori-san, let me explain.", Dan said and he explained what happened briefly to Midoriko. The woman gasped as covered her mouth with her hand before she sat on the chair next to Ginzo, crying silently. The police officer just put an arm around her, refusing to look at her.

"Nakamori-Keibu! Nakamori-san!". Ginzo raised his head to see Kaito, now wearing casual clothes, running towards him.

"I came as soon as Hakuba told me.", Kaito panted.

"Aren't you sick with a cold? You should be home in bed.", Ginzo said, also concerned that the boy he treated like a son came while he was sick.

"I took my medications before coming.", Kaito said, "I couldn't just sit around after knowing what happened to Aoko.".

Ginzo said nothing and looked ahead.

Kaito looked at the two parents who were nearly broken from what happened to their daughter, and he remembered what happened to Aoko. All of that wouldn't have happened if Ginzo was interested in Kid, if Kid didn't exist.

If he hadn't become Kaitou Kid.

Kaito's thoughts were interrupted by Nina pulling him into a hug.

"It's not your fault.", She said sternly. Kaito said nothing and remained silent before he returned the hug.

"She'll be okay, I promise.", Nina said before her eyes narrowed as she thought, 'And every single Black Organization member will pay for all that they've done....'.

"I hope so.", Kaito mumbled before Nina let go of him.

"Who is that?", Makoto asked making Kaito look behind him and frown. Akako was walking towards them.

"I came as soon as I heard, is Nakamori-san okay?", Akako asked.

"Like you actually care.", Kaito mumbled bitterly making Akako glance at him. She then looked at Saguru, and she did her best not to look sad, since Saguru refused to look at her, and he didn't even comment on her arrival.

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