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[awhitehorse]

Hello? Inspector Nakamori? Hakuba Saguru here. I was just wondering if I could have a look at that case file again, there is something about it that is bothering me...

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[awhitehorse]

Kudou? Not Shinichi Kudou? You've been missing for months, what happened?

[themissingdetective]

Make a deduction.

[awhitehorse]

Well the obvious deduction was that you were dead, but since that is clearly not the case... you cannot be in witness protection, or Father would have mentioned it, and you are clearly not kidnapped or I would not be able to speak to you.

You'll have to explain what happened yourself, I think, as I hardly have enough clues to make a logical deduction.

[themissingdetective]

[ SIGH. ]

I've been working on a very important case. Please don't mention to anyone that that you talked to me.

[awhitehorse]

Of course. Although that does not explain how I mysteriously have your number instead of the Inspector's.

Is there anything that a second set of eyes might be able to help with?

[themissingdetective]

It seems to be happening a lot lately. Phones aren't correctly.

[ Nope. Not dragging anyone else into this horrendous mess. ]

Thank you for the offer, but I have it under control

[ Lie of the century right there. ]

[awhitehorse]

Hm, how strange. A global network disruption of some sort?

Very well - but as you know, my family are... highly placed. And I do not mind pulling some strings for you, as it were. Holmes fans ought to stick together. Might I add, I was very impressed by your work on the Clock case.

[themissingdetective]

[ Yawn. He's never going back sleep now. ]

Something like that.

[ Clock case? Which one? There's only one Kudou Shinichi is associated with. ]

Thanks, although I didn't exactly catch him.

[awhitehorse]

I had not heard about anything of the sort, which is strange - almost targeted.

You came closer than many, excepting myself, of course!

[themissingdetective]

I looked into it a little bit but the cell phone company said it was the first they heard of it. They requested I check my contacts like I hadn't already done that. [ The nerve of some people ]

[ Wait a minute. It's not really that he cares but last he checked the one credited with being the closest to catching Kid was Conan-which he is Conan. ]

Except for Conan.

[awhitehorse]

Hm. Very odd. I will look into it as well, perhaps Interpol or the FBI might have heard more.

Who is Conan?

[themissingdetective]

[ Either this guy is trying to insinuate he has connections in Interpol and the FBI or he's mocking him. ]

Conan-kun. The kid that stays at the Mouri Detective Agency and occasionally matches wits against KID.

[awhitehorse]

[ .......both? ]

The name isn't familiar, sorry - I was not aware that KID had had any encounters with a Mouri Detective Agency, or a kid named Conan.

[themissingdetective]

Sounds like you've been out of Japan for too long then. A seven year old is about to take your job.

[awhitehorse]

I did not think it was THAT long - but I suppose a lot can change in a year.

I did not think the police were accepting seven-year olds as consultants!

[themissingdetective]

Their not. It's Suzuki Jirokichi-out of curiosity-have you been to the sunset manor yet?

[awhitehorse]

The head of the Suzuki Zaibatsu? Well, the rich can be eccentric, at times. [ Says he with a pet hawk and a butler... ]

Sunset Manor? No - why do you ask?

[themissingdetective]

No reason, just curious.

[awhitehorse]

A case of yours? I regret to say I've never looked into anything to do with it. Should I be?

[themissingdetective]

I don't generally discuss my cases with just anyone.

[awhitehorse]

I will point out that you were the one who brought it up in the first place. As a fellow dectective, surely you can understand the resultant curiosity.

[themissingdetective]

The sunset Manor isn't my case but it was the site of a mass murder about fifty years ago.

Anyways, I have somewhere to be in a few hours [ Elementary School ] So, I'm going back to bed.

Good luck with the Kid case.

[awhitehorse]

I think I remember hearing about that. Is it relevant to something in particular?

[ Is this some random clue you are throwing at him... ]

Ah, well in that case, rest well. Thank you, and good luck with your own case.