clothes. Then she closed the closet door. But she had made a mistake. By locking the door, the intruders knew someone was home. Damn it! She had to get out and unlock it again. But it was too late. Someone was already making the first attempts to break open the door, and the problem was finally eliminated with one shot. Shiho winced, the noise loud and frightening. Someone searched the room, it was only a matter of time before they were found. But there was nothing she could do, just hide more and more. Then the closet door was pulled open and an icy hand reached out for her. She pressed herself to her mouth, the other clasped her small, shameful body and picked her up. She looked into the eyes of the man who had taken her sister and caused so much evil. Gin.

He glared greedily at her, as if he couldn't understand his luck to have finally found her. His face drew closer to hers and gave her a devilish grin.

"Finally I have you back. Sherry."
Haido, former office building of the Aonuma group - makeshift headquarters of the FBI in Japan
"Eisaku Tokiwa?" Conan asked incredulously. But Jodie confirmed it a second time.

"It makes sense if you think about it. Tokiwa has the resources and the necessary influence. His candidacy also fits the ambitions of the organization."

Conan fell back into his usual stupor. Hence the attack on Domon, which was the only serious opponent for Tokiwa's candidacy.

"How is the background analysis and keyword entry going?" James asked the analyst in front of him.

"A hit related to Kenzo Masuyama. Several donations and meetings were recorded."

Conan used his right hand to support his chin. Laboratories, access to a large number of computers. It all matched. There were still questions unanswered, but the shrunken detective was sure to have finally found the man he had been looking for for so long.James had started on the phone and looked extremely serious.

"Odagiri-san, we now know the location of the group, but we are dependent on the help of the Japanese police.", He informed him.

At the same time, Conan's phone rang. At first he didn't know which of the two it was, but when he looked at the display, it no longer mattered. It was the name of Professor Agasa and Conan wondered what he wanted from him right now. He accepted the call, but couldn't get a single word out of it.

"Shinichi! It's awful! I can't believe it!"

The old man's voice was haunted and panicked. Something terrible must have happened.

"Professor, calm down! Tell me everything from the beginning!" Conan pleaded most urgently.

But that was easier said than done. He had never heard such fear in his old friend's voice.

"Shinichi so listen! You have her! You have Ai-kun!"
Beika - 100 meters from Hiroshi Agasa's house
Chianti was chewing on a piece of chewing gum, gin had once held out a cigarette to her, but she had refused. She didn't think it would help her nervousness. It had been a euphoric feeling to shoot bourbon a hole in his head. Yes, he was one of them, but did that matter? Not for you. Damn she needed her next shot! Why wasn't she allowed to kill that agent in the house next door? She bit her lower lip and hoped at least to get something under the gun. And there he was already. Half a year ago she had it in the crosshairs of her AK-47, but then Shuichi Akai's action was ruined. The little boy should really be 17 or 18 years old? Inconceivably. But Gin had confirmed it to her. But one thing was extremely strange and it bothered her. Sherry, the traitor to the organization, had a similar experience, Chianti had seen for himself how gin and vodka had stunned the 8-year-old girl and put it on the back seat of the Porsche. And she thought she had noticed that Anokata needed them for special purposes. Had she misheard? If not, why had her gin ordered the young detective to be eliminated? Shouldn't he be captured too? Or was it again one of Gin's spontaneous decisions, like when he used Kir to order Shuichi Akai for the Raiha Pass? Or just a few days ago when he took sole responsibility and had bourbon eliminated. But Anokata had always agreed and Gin had kept her away from the consequences. So basically she didn't have to worry if one head rolled it was his. And if she was being honest ... she didn't want to think about it any longer.She wanted to kill, and it would not be long before her instincts were satisfied. And there he was!

The boy who was actually Shinichi Kudo used a skateboard to zoom down the street. He was too fast for Chianti to hit him, but now he stopped and a stout old man sprinted out of the house. Chianti had seen earlier how he ran through the house, completely distraught, looking for the little girl. She would have loved to have shot him there, but she needed him to lure the detective here. But now she held nothing. The little detective stood in front of the old man and talked wildly to him. The crosshairs kept changing back and forth between the two victims. Who should she kill first? The old man was clearly a better target, but the boy could try to escape. He was small and nimble. Still, she chose him as she still had Gin's orders to follow. Work before pleasure. She put her finger around the trigger and grinned mockingly.

"Bye bye, little detective.", She whispered until she heard a noise behind her.

It was the unlocking of a gun. She used the side mirror of her AK-47 to see what was going on behind her back. Then she recognized them.

The blonde woman who was responsible for the deaths of two people who had meant a lot to her. And now ... for hers too?

"Bye bye.", Said Vermouth and then pulled the trigger. The bullet penetrated Chianti's head and dropped her lifelessly to the ground.

Then Wermut put the gun back in his pocket and looked over at the two supposed victims.

"I think ... I won't be able to protect you for long, cool guy. It's time ... you grew up yourself."
Beika - House of Hiroshi Agasa
"You shouldn't come out! That could be a trap!" Conan snapped at the professor.

He raised his head and let his gaze wander. Maybe there was a hidden agent or sniper lurking somewhere.

What was that sound in the distance? A shot? Or just a blown tire? Damn it, he couldn't drive himself crazy now, he had to think clearly! Together with Agasa he entered the house and evaluated the traces. There had been two, one broke the front door, one the back door. He found a cigarette on the terrace, but Agasa would never touch such a thing. Vodka! It couldn't be otherwise. Gin also smoked, but he would never be so forgetful and would leave a cigarette with his DNA behind. Conan remembered his phone call to Professor Hirota, or when Vodka almost left his fingerprints on the remains of Itakura's CD, which would have helped him. Yes, vodka made mistakes, but gin was always there to iron out. Here, however, everything went very quickly. The door to Shiho's room had also been broken, so she was kidnapped from here.Darn it, her detective badge was on her bed. So he couldn't find her like that either.

"Shinichi, we have to find her!" Said Agasa unnecessarily, as if the shrunken detective hadn't known that himself.

Then a phone call. It didn't come from one of his cell phones, but from the professor's house phone. He hurried downstairs and answered immediately.

Silence for a short time, apparently the call was waiting for Conan to answer first.

"You are ... one of you, right?" He asked sharply.

A hoarse and arrogant laugh was the result.

"I announced my revenge to you, Shinichi Kudo."

Conan swallowed. The voice was no stranger to him, no, he had heard it before this morning. It was number two in the organization, Scotch.

"You ... you have Haibara, right? I mean ... Shiho Miyano!" He yelled into the phone.

The laughter didn't want to end.

"Do you want her back? Please tell yourself where you can pick her up.", Offered the unscrupulous criminal.

Conan clenched a fist in his left hand.

"Where ?!", his anger didn't let up.

Scotch clicked his tongue.

"I knew you were a good boy. Haido, industrial district, warehouse 76R." In an hour. "said Scotch seriously, then hung up.

Agasa had overheard everything and stared doubtfully at his longtime friend.

"You ... don't want to go there, do you? It's definitely a trap!"

Conan, however, shook his head vehemently.

"No, it's obviously a trap. And I also doubt Haibara is there. But Scotch does, and he's the only one who knows where to find it. I have to go there!"

Agasa grabbed his shoulders and shook him violently.

"How do you imagine that? They are after you, you would run right into their arms!" He warned him.

However, Conan had found his way back to his cool.

"You are right. Conan Edogawa's appearance there would be pure suicide. But I know another person who Scotch certainly does not expect," he said conspiratorially.
Beika - Mori Detective Agency
"You are from the FBI? Could it be ... that you met someone here?" Sonoko asked with a flushed face.

Ran remembered that moment well. It was the morning after the kidnapping. First she thought Jodie-sensei was the perpetrator after she discovered pictures of Conan, Ai and Shinichi in her apartment. On the contrary, she had been a police officer, more than that, she was from the FBI. Like the black-clad man she'd seen first in New York, then in front of this phone booth, and finally on the street earlier. An accident? Two FBI agents in Japan? She didn't know the man's motives, Jodie-sensei wanted to go on vacation here, but how did you come up with the idea of ​​teaching at a high school at the same time? Was it that easy? Or did someone intervene?When she visited her teacher in the hospital with Sonoko, she said she wanted to leave, but she had lied. Ran knew this consciously when she met the nice American girl again in the shopping center.