Detective Conan / Magic Kaito 1412: The Phantom Thief, Kaitou Siren!

Prologue Part 2

Base is Detective Conan episode 219, so make sure you watch that first to understand t his chapter. But skip about 30 minutes of the first half, since its sort of a review.

Conan's POV:

I jolted awake as the car fumbled around. It seemed we had a flat tire. "Che. Just my luck." Mouri mumbled as he opened the trunk only to find no spares. "Damn it!" He cursed. "Ne, Oji-san, their is gas station right over their" I said in my Conan voice. Mouri smiled gleefully, "Ooh~ Looks like my luck is changing for the better~" As he went skipping towards the gas station. I deadpanned. 'I'm the one that pointed it out, baka.' I thought.

After the tire was changed, we went off again, into a unstable forest path. It began to rain quite heavily. "Ne, Oto-san, are you sure this is the right way?" Ran asked, feeling uneasy, "Of course. That gasoline guy pointed it out for me after making me buy that damn map." Mouri answered. Finally they arrived on a normal road. "But he was right about it being a short cut." I pointed out as I narrowed my eyes slightly as I stared at the building quite close to a cliff. "See there it the castle that we're going to." Mouri looked briefly, "That place looks kind of creepy from here. It's more like Dracula's Manor then Sunset Mansion." Ran looked frightened, "Hey Dad, are we really going there? It's scary...." Annoyed slightly, he answered, "Fool, we can't refuse this offer even though it's strange. Whoever it was sent us two million yen." "But the letter was signed with a strange name..."

"Oh, 'the shadow child that God abandoned?' That's nothing to worry about." "I see..." Ran said trailing off still looking uneasy. I looked out the window at that creepy castle, 'the shadow child that God abandoned' kaa? Hm sounds interesting.' I smirked.

Suddenly some figure came into view. Mouri slammed his foot on the pedal as the car screeched to a stop. He looked up. "Monster?!" Turns out it was an old lady. Her car broke and since she is heading to the same place as us, we gave her a lift.

"I am Senma Furuyo, a detective like you, Mouri Kogoro-san." The old woman said after figuring out that we stopped by a gasoline station 10 km back and that Oji-san was a heavy smoker. "Senma Furuyo?!" Mouri said in slight shock and surprise. "You mean you're the one who can solve a case from her armchair just by hearing the details, the renowned..." "Now now, don't give me so much credit." Senma-san smiled. I stared at her, 'Eh, that's her?'

She then took the smoker tray from the front of the car. "And please don't smoke in front of me, I hate cigarette smoke." "Damn..." Mouri cursed silently as he drove a little bit faster, since the castle was just up ahead. I stared at her silently...

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We crossed the bridge between two deep cliffs. You really don't want to be the unlucky one to fall down their.... We finally arrived to the castle. As we parked besides the other cars. Ran ran off quickly to the bathroom while we walked more slowly down the path. "Wow, these cars are amazing!" I exclaimed still pretending to be a child. "Benz, Ferrari, Porsche.....Huh? Is this an Alfa Romero!?" Mouri exclaimed in surprise. He immediately started stroking the car, "This is great!" 

"Oi!" A voice interrupted his little moment.

A man around his 30's came out and opened his umbrella, "It took me five years to earn this car. So naturally, I don't want other men touching her with their dirty hands. Right, 'Small mustache'" 

"'Small mustache?" Mouri repeated in surprise. "It's been a long time, I'm surprised you were invited, Mogi." Senma-san said lifting her umbrella higher so that it would cover Mouri-ojisan. The man instantly seemed to brighten more. "Oh, Senma-obaasan. It's good to see you." He said with a small smile as he tossed his cigarette away.