Phone

[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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[themissingdetective]

Wrong number. And anyway, it's six o'clock in the morning. What could possibly be that important?

[awhitehorse]

Kuroba-kun? Sorry, it looks like the numbers on my phone may have not transferred properly.

And if you must know, I was looking into the KID's very first appearance - care to talk about it~?

[themissingdetective]

Try Kudou, not Kuroba.

You mean the first appearance in Paris eighteen years ago? That couldn't wait?

[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. ]

[tuxedo_magician]

Why are you calling me?

[ He wants to sleep, dammit. He was having a nice dream. ]

[awhitehorse]

Kuroba-kun?

My apologies, it seems your number and the Inspectors have been mixed up on my phone. Although now that I have you, don't you think it is interesting that the Kaito KID has a ten year gap in his activities?

[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.

[hateskid]

[ It is still very early here in Japan so instead of bright and bubbly Aoko's voice is sleepy and groggy and probably not what Hakuba was expecting. ]

Wrong Nakamori.

[awhitehorse]

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

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

[awhitehorse]

Aoko-chan? Ah, forgive me. I was trying to reach your father. I've woken you, I see - sorry. I'll let you get back to bed.

[hateskid]

No, it's okay. Aoko needs to start waking up anyway. But you might want to try calling my dad a little later in the day-he got in late last night and has to be at work at ten.

[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?

[awhitehorse]

Ah, did he? KID, or another case? I will call him a little later then. Or well, perhaps tomorrow, as it is quite late here, now.

[tuxedo_magician]

[ Apologies. Scoff. Yeah. Right. ]

Maybe he got bored? It's like four in the morning, you ass.

[hateskid]

Then maybe Hakuba-kun should go to bed.

[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.

[awhitehorse]

[ can you not see his halo ]

Or he passed his job on to a successor, perhaps! Ah, did I disturb your beauty sleep?