Detective Conan - The Fire Dancer

Killer in Tokyo

Akemi : "yawn" ....... Morning..... Huh?

Akemi walked towards the sofa and gasped. Conan was already there still holding some papers, but he was sleeping.
Akemi : S... Shinichi!
Conan : Zzzzz.......
Akemi : "giggle" He's so cute when he's asleep.
Conan : Zzzz.... Huh? "Yawn"....
Akemi : Hey sleepyhead.
Conan : Woah! Ouch!
Akemi : Are you okay?
Conan : Ow... Why did you do that?!
Akemi : No reason.😛
Conan : 😒......
Akemi : Shinichi, about last night.... I'm sorry for yelling at you.
Conan : It's okay, I'm also sorry for talking badly about your dad.
Akemi : It's okay. 😊
Conan : I already checked more files.... Can you help me find some more?
Akemi : Is it related with dad?
Conan : Yeah.
Akemi : Okay, but who and why?
Conan : Well there are still a few more files besides the ones that I told you....

File 006 :
Name : Akiba Samo
Job : Cashier
Age : 38
Cause of death : Car crash.
Things founded : 5 dot marks on his right palm.
Summary : Akiba Samo lives with his mother, wife, and 2 kids. The only one who has a motive is his youngest child and wife. His wife and him are going to be divorced soon, even though his wife, Akiba
Chinatsu, still wants to be with him. His son, Akiba Daichi, who is 17, is having a debt with his school friends and kept asking for money from his father. Akiba Samo was killed by a car crash when he was going to work. One of the witnesses of the car crash is Kogoro's friend.

File 007 :
Name :  Kohaku Nobi
Job : Bartender
Age : 38
Cause of death : Stabbed in the lungs.
Things founded 3 dot marks on his left palm.
Summary : Kohaku Nobi lives with his mother and wife. None of them have motives. Kohaku was killed because he was stabbed in the heart. He was found lying on his own pool of blood a few hours after being killed. The victim's wallet was gone, so it looks like the robber is responsible for this.

Conan : Today your dad is going to go again and get the biography of all the witnesses and suspects, also some more files about this case.
Akemi : Shinichi, there were 9 people killed. Can one person even do that?!
Conan : I'm thinking that someone was the mastermind behind all of this and worked together with other people to kill them.
Akemi : Are there any chances they were all killed by the same person?
Conan : There is... But not much... Because there wasn't anyone that was a witness for all 9 murdered people.
Akemi : Maybe one of them is the culprit?
Conan : Maybe..... But I have a doubt that he is a crazy stranger.
Akemi : What?
Conan : He knows who are uncle's friends and acquaintances are. He knows about you. It's either he is related to uncle or he has a deep grudge on him and his friends.
Akemi : I guess you have a point.
Conan : But my main concern is why the culprit hasn't killed you yet.
Akemi : Excuse me?!! Are you hoping me to die??!
Conan : Ei?! N... No! That's not what I meant! Usually culprits that have targets kill them immediately right?
Akemi : Hmph.... Yeah.... I guess....
Conan : And he isn't targeting your dad... But you. All the other people who were killed were adults... But now.... He's targeting you, a kid.
Akemi : You don't think he knows I'm Ran... Do you?
Conan : No.... He left fingerprints which the Black Organization would never want to. The crimes are too simple and clumsy. Not that extreme.
Akemi : Well, it's true. But......

"Bam"

Conan : Ow!! What was that for?!
Akemi : If you call the case simple and clumsy, I suppose you can already deduce the culprit in 1 second Mr. Arrogant Detective.
Conan : That's not it Ran! I meant the way of killing is different. They usually shoot the victim or maybe explode them with bombs.
Akemi : Hmph..... Just don't call it simple and clumsy. Killing is something way more than simple.
Conan : Fine fine....
Akemi : How many suspects are there anyways?
Conan : Well.... Excluded as the people who founded the body, they're Yuzo Mitsuko, 2 people who bumped with the delivery man, Hirota Sora and Nagima, Akiba Chinatsu and Daichi, and the robber. The robber could also be the culprit....

"Beep" "beep"

Akemi : I'll get it!
Conan : Ok.
Akemi : Hello? Oh dad! Hm... Hm... WHAT?!
Conan : What'e wrong?
Akemi : The police found the robber. He asked you to protect... Um.... Me....
Conan : I'm going there! Lock the doors okay?
Akemi : W.. Wait!
Conan : Bye!
Akemi : ...... 😔😔😔

At the police station
Yutou : I'm telling you!! I was hired by someone to rob him and place for marks on his palm!! I found him already on the ground!
Megure : Then why didn't you tell the police?! A man was killed!
Yutou : I.... I'm a robber, idiot!! If I tell the police, I would've been caught in a second!
Megure : A person can still survive for 30 minutes even though his lungs were shot. You could've saved a life! Do you think money is more worth than a man's life?!!
Yutou : I..... I.....
Megure : Who was the one who hired you?
Yutou : I don't know!
Megure : ........

Outside of the interrogation room
Kogoro : So..... Is he lying?
Takagi : There's a chance he's not... But it's pretty risky of being hired without knowing who hired you.
Conan : Maybe he was given a mail filled with money or threats.
Kogoro : Yeah.... Huh? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!!
Conan : Hehe....
Officer : He said that he had something very important to tell you Mouri san, so I let him go here.
Kogoro : And what exactly do you have??
Conan : I wanted to tell you something about the robber.
Kogoro : Wait... Did you?!
Conan whispering : I looked through your files, I'm Shinichi Kudo after all!
Kogoro whispering : 😠😠😠...... What is it about.....
Conan whispering : I think he was really hired by someone.
Kogoro whispering : What?
Conan whispering : The culprit can't kill 9 people in a short amount of time. Their locations are very far. Every murder occurs in every 2 weeks. A person can't know the maps of all the locations accurately. Example, Takahiro Suzume rarely orders fast food. She only orders that like, when she's feeling like it. The culprit needed to watch them, and take the opportunity, he also needs to track them down one by one. It would take like..... Well... 2 days and it's about luck. The culprit needed team mates, to stalk them I guess. But, Kohaku Nobi lives in Tokyo right? The others live far away like Osaka and more cities. And the only place where the culprit showed himself and actually killed him before the hired man even assassinated the victim. That means the mastermind lives in Tokyo, and the rest of the people who were hired live in the other cities.
Kogoro : Inspector!! I know where the mastermind of this case is!
Megure : Really?!
Kogoro : He lives here, in Tokyo, and that robber was really hired.
Megure : I see... But Yutou will still be prisoned for robbery. Not to mention he let someone die.
Conan : The culprit either knows uncle or has a deep grudge on him. Maybe we should investigate his friends who has motives.
Megure : Conan kun?! Mouri.... Don't tell me you let him.... Read everything.......
Kogoro : I.... Did not..... He.....
Megure : You are really a "great" influence for children, Mouri kun....
Kogoro : 😅😅😅 In... Inspector! Don't be mistaken...
Conan : Haha...... Uncle I'm going back now! I want to play with Akemi chan!
Megure : At least your "influence" didn't stop him from making friends. Go along now Conan kun.
Conan : Thank you Inspector!
Conan thinking : Being a child sure is hard sometimes.....

Author : I know I promised raining chapters but clearly, this is the only chapter that is finally finished. I hesitate about updating chapters since some of them will determine how fast this story is going to end. I would Like to ask you all of you if you would like the story to end faster or slower. And I'm sorry I haven't updated stories for awhile.