The Black Fox (Shinichi X Reader)

He Sure Loves to Show Off.

With elements taken from Episode 49

Showtime. You thought to yourself with a grin. Mcguire stormed into the apartment, Takagi and Sato right behind him. "What's going on in here?" He shouted, his face red, as usual.

"Inspector Mcguire?!" Kogoro looked at the Inspector, confused.

"What brings you here Mcguire?" Heiji asked.

"I was told to come here." Mcguire growled.

"By who?" Heiji inquired.

"It doesn't matter who!" Mcguire fumed.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Inspector." Someone said through heavy breaths.

Mcguire turned around to see Shinichi Kudo standing in the doorway. "Kudo!?"

"Shinichi?" Ran whispered.

"I thought you were too scared to show your face, Kudo." Heiji jabbed.

"Sorry it took me so long to get here, I got held up. Conan and Rin told me all the details of the case, and I've solved it."

"No way!" Heiji half growled.

"Tell us what happened!" Mcguire shouted over Heiji.

"Mr.Todo didn't kill himself, he was murdered."

"By who?" Mcguire asked, completely caught up.

"His neighbor." Shinichi stated.

"Impossible, Martin was Trent's best friend!" Melinda protested.

"His name's Martin?" You asked.

"Y-yes, Martin Strand. He's been friends with my brother since college." Melinda continued.

"Martin was engaged to be married. The proof can be seen in the photo album on the shelf. He proposed, and was going to marry the girl, but Trent got in the way. You can also see this in the photo album. The photo album appears to be in chronological order, and the photos after Martin's engagement were of Trent with Martin's fiance." Shinichi explained.

"How does this prove he murdered his friend?" Mcguire asked.

"I'll get to that. First the how. Trent was poisoned."

"Poisoned, by what?" Heiji shouted.

"Curare. It's a vine found in Central and South America that, when prepared properly, becomes one of the most gruesome poisons. Martin prepared the curare and laced the tip of one of Trent's syringes with it. Anyone who knew Trent knew he had to have weekly injections due to his disease. After that, all Martin had to do was remove the syringe, and force some pills down Trent's throat."

"Where's your proof?" Heiji protested.

"All it will take is a blood test. Curare isn't something that is looked for in a toxicology report. As for how I know it was Martin, that just took a quick talk with the building manager. Martin has a bit of a green thumb, so he runs the greenhouse on the roof. The manager has a log off all deliveries to the building, and all packages go through him first. The log will show that Martin received a package from South America five days ago. The proof is right upstairs in his greenhouse." Shinichi managed to choke out the words. He was starting to look even more pale again.

I guess time's up. You locked eyes with Shinichi, and silent understanding passing between the two of you. He was changing back. He looked just like he had when he'd first been given the poison that shrunk him.

"I leave the rest to you inspector." Shinichi said, as he turned to leave.

"Hold it, Kudo!" Heiji shouted, surging forward.