InspectorMegure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBjf-N4e_jU
InspectorMegure: LAST TIME, ON DETECTIVE CONAN!
InspectorMegure: Conan and company finished up their business in
InspectorMegure: Fortunately, they've caught a flight home. You can imagine how disappointed Genta was that he missed out on the action.
InspectorMegure: That said, it looks like today is going to be a completely normal, peaceful day for Conan, Ran, and Kogoro.
InspectorMegure: Nothing could go wrong.
InspectorMegure: CUE TITLE!
{The Jewelry Shop Murder, part 1}
InspectorMegure: CUE SCENE!
{At a local multi-level shopping mall}
EdogawaConan: Ne, Ran-neechan...did we have to come to the mall today??
MouriRan: Gomen ne, Conan-kun...! *smiles slightly, feeling guilty, but happy at the same time*
MouriKogoro: *grumbles under his breath* Why is heI'm the one stuck with carrying all their junk...!
EdogawaConan: But...we just got back!
* EdogawaConan is pretending not to have heard occhan.
MouriRan: I'm almost done... don’t start complaining, riiiiiight? *raises her fist, smiling* Right?
EdogawaConan: Ah...no...not complaining...but...um....can we...maybe get a snack, please? *sweatdropp*
* SuzukiSonoko is looking at jewelry, spots Ran-tachi
SuzukiSonoko: Are? Ran? Hey! *waves like a maniac* When did you guys get back?
MouriRan: Of course, Conan-kun! Lets-- Uh? Sonoko?
EdogawaConan: \Oh, no...not Sonoko....\
MouriRan: Today! We just got back! *smiles*
EdogawaConan: Ah...Sonoko-neechan!
EdogawaConan: Hi....
* SuzukiSonoko fake smiles at Conan
SuzukiSonoko: *To Ran*
SuzukiSonoko: So how was it? Tell me everything!
MouriRan: Well---- Actually I--- *stares at the floor, asking herself if Sonoko has to know* ... I--- I enjoyed the trip, a lot!
Jeweler: Miss-- Are you done looking at my wares?
Jeweler: It's nothing much, but I'd like to clear the counter... there are other customers...
EdogawaConan: Ah...we had a small case, Sonoko-neechan...but it wasn't much, really.
SuzukiSonoko: Eh? Oh sure, I'm done for now
Jeweler: Thanks kindly. Please come again soon!
MouriRan: Wow! That's cute! *pointing at a necklace*
SuzukiSonoko: A case? *frowns* Not surprising with you around *to Conan*
* EdogawaConan looks at the necklace Ran is eying.
EdogawaConan: Ah...yeah....*decides she doesn't really need to know anything*
SuzukiSonoko: Isn't it? I was thinking of getting it, but maybe it would look better on you. *smiles*
MouriRan: O-- On me? *blushes* N-- No! I can’t afford something like that! *still eying at the necklace*
* EdogawaConan makes note of this...
MouriKogoro: *talking to himself* Aaaaaa~, now we'll be here even longer. What kind of trip is it when you have to take a break right when you get back, anyway? Mattaku...
SuzukiSonoko: hmm...well, then I should just get it for you
EdogawaConan: But we went there for a case, ojisan!
MouriRan: No-- No, Sonoko, really! Don't!
EdogawaConan: \No, Sonoko, don't get it for her....\
EdogawaConan: \Let me...or rather let Shinichi....\
SuzukiSonoko: *sighs* I bet if Shinichi-kun got it for you, you'd accept it
* SuzukiSonoko puts on a pouty face
EdogawaConan: Ran-neechan? Can we go get a snack?
MouriRan: S-- Sonoko!! *blushes*
MouriRan: Y-- Yes, Conan-kun! *grabs Conan's hand, walking*
SuzukiSonoko: *smirks* See, I was right!
EdogawaConan: Ah! Ran-neechan! *rushing to keep up*
MouriRan: J-- Jeez! That--- Sonoko--!
MouriKogoro: Ah! Ran, slow down! *runs after Ran, his pace a little slow and his footing a little precarious from trying to balance the shopping bags*
EdogawaConan: Ran-neechan....?
MouriRan: Y-- Yes, Conan-kun? *slows down, waiting for her father*
SuzukiSonoko: Oi! Wait up! *runs after the,*
EdogawaConan: D-did you really want that necklace, Ran-neechan?
EdogawaConan: It'd look really
MouriRan: Do you think so...? *blushes, unconsciously touching her neck, picturing herself with the necklace*
EdogawaConan: Yeah!
MouriKogoro: *Finally catches up, too out of breath to say anything*
* SuzukiSonoko lost them in the crowds
MouriRan: You're slow, Otou-san. *stares at him, avoiding the necklace topic*
EdogawaConan: *glances around* Sonoko-neechan?
MouriKogoro: \A little annoyed... but I'm still glad she's back and I can eat something besides instant ramen for dinner, so I'll ignore it. I dunno how much more of this I can take, though...\
EdogawaConan: Ah...I guess she got distracted...
MouriRan: *blinks* Y-- you're right... Sonoko! Sonoko!
* SuzukiSonoko was distracted by a huge sale on shoes, will catch up later
MouriRan: *stares at the floor* A cute tanned boy, or a shoes sale. That makes Sonoko disappear.
EdogawaConan: Sonoko-neechan can take care of herself...let's go get lunch and maybe we'll see her later...right, Ran-neechan?
* SuzukiSonoko was even more distracted by the cute tan boy near the shoes
MouriRan: Yes, you're right... *smiles* And dad is paying, after all!
EdogawaConan: \If he doesn't get distracted by a pachinko parlor or something....\
MouriKogoro: H... Hai... *sighs*
EdogawaConan: I'll go find us a table! *takes off into the main food court to find an empty table with 4 chairs*
MouriRan: Go sit with Conan-kun, otou-san! *grabs Kogoro's wallet (his hands are full XD) and winks* I'll buy us something to eat!
MouriKogoro: Ah! Don't spend all of it! I need some for the races! And for mahjong! And... and... *but she is already too far away*
MouriKogoro: Tch! *tries to look for Conan*
EdogawaConan: *standing on a chair and waving* Ojisan!! Over here!!
RandomCuteGirl: ...! Y-- You! *points at Kogoro*
RandomCuteGirl: You're the famous detective Mouri Kogoro, right?!
MouriKogoro: Eh? *points at himself*
MouriKogoro: *clears his throat* Why, yes! I am none other than the famous Mouri Kogoro!
RandomCuteGirl: W-- wow!
RandomCuteGirl: P-- Please, can I have your autograph?
* InnocentBystander screams.
RandomCuteGirl: I didn't knew you had a little son
MouriRan: Eh?
* InnocentBystander flees from a location north along the corridor, along with several other screaming people.
* MouriRan runs because she heard the scream and she's closer to it
MouriKogoro: N-No, he's not my- *stops at the scream* what?!
InnocentBystander: SOMEONE'S BEEN MURDERED!
InnocentBystander: CALL THE POLICE!
* MouriRan stops
EdogawaConan: Ah...ojisan....
* EdogawaConan hops off the chair and runs toward the scream
* SuzukiSonoko from store hears the scream
SuzukiSonoko: Nani?
MouriKogoro: Ngh! *drops the bags and runs through the crowd, girl forgotten* \Why is it... every time I go out...?\
* EdogawaConan arrives at the scene and looks around...
* Jeweler is very dead, with a bullet through the chest. It was probably instant death.
* SuzukiSonoko runs towards scream
* MouriKogoro arrives, taking in the scene.
StoreWorker: We've been robbed, and the manager is dead!
MouriRan: ... \T-- there’s a lot of people here! I cant-- I can’t get closer--- Guess I'll just wait here.\ *sighs*
SuzukiSonoko: Ran, what happened?!
* EdogawaConan has snuck through the crowd to get a good look at the scene.
MouriKogoro: Everyone stay back! No one touch anything until the police arrive!
MouriRan: Sonoko?
MouriRan: S-- Someone was murdered...
SuzukiSonoko: Eh? That nice jeweler woman? Why? *just heard what the employee said*
MouriRan: The jeweler!?
StoreWorker: Is anyone here a doctor? She looks so bad... there's so much blood on the ground!
EdogawaConan: \Shot...probably instant death, definitely murder...great, where's Occhan?\
SuzukiSonoko: Well, I go here a lot, so I knew she was the manager
* InspectorMegure arrives on the scene, police in tow.
InspectorMegure: Everyone out of my way!
InspectorMegure: Who saw what happened here?!
MouriRan: I'm sure my father and Conan-kun--- Ah, there's Megure-keibu!
StoreWorker: Keibu! The manager is dead!
MouriRan: W-- Well... I don't want to interfere with the case...
* EdogawaConan goes to find Kogoro
* InspectorMegure makes his way to the store.
MouriKogoro: Ah, Keibu-dono. Wish we could stop meeting like this...
InspectorMegure: ...
InspectorMegure: Mouri-san... I should've expected.
* EdogawaConan finds Kogoro and stays close so he can listen in on the police investigation and help.
InspectorMegure: Were there any witnesses that you know of, Mouri-san?
* InspectorMegure nods at the forensics team to move in.
SuzukiSonoko: Well, that's not stopping him *pointing to Conan pushing through the crowd*
EdogawaConan: We were over at the food court....Ran-neechan went to get lunch and I went to find a seat...
* WataruTakagi pushes through the crowd.
MouriKogoro: This shop worker may have seen what happened... it was a busy crowd, too, but most of the customers must have run away already...
WataruTakagi: A- Ah. Sorry... Excuse me...
* SatouMiwako is also pushing through the crowd with Takagi
* WataruTakagi gets to the body
SatouMiwako: Pardon...police....*shoves through*
InspectorMegure: Well, we have some information already.
InspectorMegure: From what I gathered on the phone...
InspectorMegure: The victim is Kimura Keiko, a forty year old jewelry store manager.
InspectorMegure: Apparently she was shot only minutes ago, but at the time everyone was fleeing the scene, so it's likely the culprit fled with the crowd.
* SatouMiwako nods
SatouMiwako: So we'll have to catch our suspects then...
WataruTakagi: Right.
InspectorMegure: As per obvious reasons, we've locked down the shopping center with the help of the local guards.
InspectorMegure: The chances that anyone was able to leave the mall are slim, and we're already verifying alibis to determine who was off this floor at the time.
InspectorMegure: But let's look at the body.
* EdogawaConan goes to look at the body and the rest of the scene
* SatouMiwako follows keibu
* MouriKogoro nods, leans toward the body for a closer look.
* InspectorMegure walks into the back, behind the smashed counter.
InspectorMegure: What've you got for me?
* WataruTakagi follows Satou-san
ForensicsInvestigator: Well... the scene is uncanny.
* EdogawaConan is listening closely as he looks about for clues
ForensicsInvestigator: It looks like the manager was alone, and about to go off shift.
InspectorMegure: Confirm that with any workers at the store.
* SatouMiwako nods and goes to do so.
ForensicsInvestigator: The more interesting thing is the body.
ForensicsInvestigator: We're not clear exactly what happened...
ForensicsInvestigator: You see, the bullet pierced the chest, but we can't find it.
InspectorMegure: I see. So the bullet must have gone out the window behind the victim, but it was open at the time, so the culprit closed it to confuse us.
EdogawaConan: \Did it go through? But, wait....\
InspectorMegure: That explains why the window is not broken, and the bullet can't be found.
* MouriKogoro nods in agreement, but notices Conan in the corner of his eye.
InspectorMegure: You see, the back room that the victim is in is separated from the store by this wooden door.
* InspectorMegure indicates the door itself.
InspectorMegure: Most likely, the perp came in, thinking the shop was closed for lunch.
InspectorMegure: The manager walks out, and kaboom.
EdogawaConan: \But the blood is wrong...the bullet should be somewhere in the shop...\
* EdogawaConan goes into the shop to look for the bullet.
InspectorMegure: Well, have you found any other evidence?
ForensicsInvestigator: We've only just started, but we looked around and haven't found unusual prints.
ForensicsInvestigator: The cases were bashed in by hand, but for whatever reason, the alarms didn't go off.
EdogawaConan: \Inside job....someone who works here, and knows how to disarm the alarms...\
ForensicsInvestigator: They might have been wearing gloves, because there is no blood around here.
InspectorMegure: Sounds like an inside job to me.
InspectorMegure: They might've expected the manager was already at lunch.
InspectorMegure: After all, who else would know how to turn off the case?
WataruTakagi: Who worked here today?
InspectorMegure: Why are you asking me that?
InspectorMegure: You go confirm that, Takagi-kun!
WataruTakagi: Ha- hai!
* WataruTakagi goes off to get the people who worked in the shop
SatouMiwako: Keibu!
InspectorMegure: Yes, Satou-kun?
SatouMiwako: The manager was about to go to lunch, just as reported.
* EdogawaConan is still wandering around investigating.
InspectorMegure: I see. Looks like this case is pretty open and shut. By the books, if you will. We won't be needing any hot shot detectives to help us today.
InspectorMegure: Takagi-kun will bring back the workers, and we'll have this case in the bag.
* EdogawaConan is currently looking at something on the back room's door.
* SatouMiwako nods, and goes to help Takagi get the workers
* MouriKogoro starts looking around.
* SuzukiSonoko stands awkwardly, trying not to get in the way
MouriKogoro: \Usually that brat is poking around where he doesn't belong by now... I don't see him. That can't be good...\
EdogawaConan: Ne...Megure-keibu...this door is weird....
InspectorMegure: Hm?
EdogawaConan: This cut on it looks new...
* EdogawaConan indicates a chip in the door
InspectorMegure: That's a little bit strange, but it's probably a coincidence.
ForensicsInvestigator: Inspector!
InspectorMegure: Eh, what is it?
MouriKogoro: *picks up Conan by the back of his shirt* With people going in and out all the time, of course things would get chipped somewhere! Stay out of the policeman's way, for once!
EdogawaConan: Waah!! *picked up* B-but ojiisan....it's weird! What if the mark was made by the gun??
* InspectorMegure stops a moment to address Conan.
InspectorMegure: Conan-kun, if a gun shot a door, the velocity would make a much deeper mark than that.
InspectorMegure: In fact, it would probably get lodged in there.
MouriKogoro: Besides, if it was made by the gun, the bullet would be around here.
EdogawaConan: But what if it'd hit something else first?
InspectorMegure: ... I suppose it's possible.
InspectorMegure: If it ricocheted, or went through something, it would make a smaller mark.
InspectorMegure: But it's most likely unrelated.
MouriKogoro: Bah, enough out of you! Go find Ran and stop bothering the police!
EdogawaConan: B-but..!
* MouriKogoro throws Conan out the door.
EdogawaConan: Waah! *crashes into an undamaged case* Ow...~_~*
InspectorMegure: Careful!
* EdogawaConan gets up, rubbing the back of his head where he hit and grumbling about ojisan, but quietly enough not to be understandable
* WataruTakagi comes back with the suspects
SuzukiSonoko: *To Conan* What the heck is going on in there?
EdogawaConan: *to Sonoko* Murder case. The manager was killed--bullet through the chest, probably died instantly...
ForensicsInvestigator: Can I speak now...?
InspectorMegure: Oh, of course!
ForensicsInvestigator: We found the bullet.
* EdogawaConan makes his way back inside
InspectorMegure: Great!
ForensicsInvestigator: Not so great.
InspectorMegure: Why not so great?
ForensicsInvestigator: This isn't the bullet that killed the victim.
InspectorMegure: ...
InspectorMegure: What do you mean this isn't the bullet that killed the victim?
EdogawaConan: \So where did you find that bullet?\
SuzukiSonoko: So it was the manager...*sigh* there go my personal special deals...
ForensicsInvestigator: I mean there's no blood on the bullet.
ForensicsInvestigator: It's also lodged into this wall.
* ForensicsInvestigator indicates the wall next to the door to the back room.
* EdogawaConan continues looking around for anything unusual
* EdogawaConan goes up to one of the forensics officers (not the one talking to Megure)
EdogawaConan: Ne, keiji-san....
ForensicsInvestigator: Yes?
EdogawaConan: What was the time of death?
ForensicsInvestigator: Probably when the gunshot went off.
ForensicsInvestigator: So only minutes before we arrived.
EdogawaConan: But did you check the rigor mortis?
ForensicsInvestigator: Actually, I think someone did.
EdogawaConan: Can you tell me? Mouri-ojisan sent me to ask...
ForensicsInvestigator: Oh, alright.
ForensicsInvestigator: Let's see...
* ForensicsInvestigator speaks with one of the other investigators and returns.
ForensicsInvestigator: The time of death based on rigor mortis was comparable with the time provided by witnesses.
EdogawaConan: Comparable? But not exact?
ForensicsInvestigator: Well, rigor mortis is only sort of a guideline, you see.
ForensicsInvestigator: Allow me to explain.
EdogawaConan: Uh-huh? *listening with apparent interest to the investigator*
ForensicsInvestigator: You see, rigor mortis is actually caused by a chemical change in the muscles.
ForensicsInvestigator: You might know from Kogoro-san that it makes the muscles stiff.
ForensicsInvestigator: The depletion of oxygen, which is needed to make something called "ATP”, causes the stiffness.
ForensicsInvestigator: It makes the muscles contract.
ForensicsInvestigator: As such, it's hard to verify just exactly when it happened.
ForensicsInvestigator: We know it was in the last thirty minutes, though.
ForensicsInvestigator: The rigor mortis would suggest that witnesses were correct about the time of death.
* EdogawaConan nods.
EdogawaConan: Thanks, keiji-san! I'll tell ojisan!
ForensicsInvestigator: Right...
* WataruTakagi walks over to Megure Keibu
WataruTakagi: I've got the suspects
WataruTakagi: Their names are -
InspectorMegure: Wait, wait.
* EdogawaConan goes over to listen in
InspectorMegure: You're not about to list us an entire floor's worth of people, are you?
InspectorMegure: Just give us the names of the workers here this afternoon.
WataruTakagi: Uh. Right. Kubota Kaoru, Katou Sumiko, and Yamamoto Seiji.
InspectorMegure: I see.
InspectorMegure: Alright, bring them in.
InspectorMegure: Mouri-san, you're uncharacteristically quiet.
MouriKogoro: Like you said, there's no need for a great detective on this case.
WataruTakagi: Ah, first is Kubota Kaoru.
* EdogawaConan is investigating the wall next to the door while he listens in.
InspectorMegure: Right, right. You're usually just pretty intrusive up until you fall asleep and solve a case...
* WataruTakagi signals her into the room.
KubotaKaoru: ...Ah...
KubotaKaoru: Oh my--
* KubotaKaoru averts her eyes.
KubotaKaoru: Can you-- close that door?
* KubotaKaoru points vaguely in the direction of the back room, head turned away
WataruTakagi: Ah, sorry...
* ForensicsInvestigator nods and shuts the door from the inside.
* WataruTakagi closes the door.
* EdogawaConan goes to look at the door
KubotaKaoru: Ah-- w-what did you want from me?
InspectorMegure: We just have a few questions.
KubotaKaoru: You think I did this?
InspectorMegure: No, no. We just want to ask you a few questions.
WataruTakagi: Where were you at the time of the shooting?
KubotaKaoru: Ah- I was at lunch. I-I'm a worker on the cash register...
KubotaKaoru: I was working with Kimura-san, but she said I could go early...
WataruTakagi: Ah, do you two know each other very well then?
KubotaKaoru: Well, we were coworkers...
MouriKogoro: Hmph... there's no need for any more questions, Keibu-dono! The answer is obvious.
InspectorMegure: ...Oh?
EdogawaConan: \Really? Now what?\
MouriKogoro: Yeah. The culprit...
* MouriKogoro points dramatically.
MouriKogoro: ... is YOU!!!!
ForensicsInvestigator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDN_9V71reQ
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