Kaiya POV

"This is the bank Jodie-sensei and I were at when we saw someone that looked like you with a burn mark on the right cheek." I told Subaru as we stopped in front of Teito Bank. We went inside and took a look again. It seems like everything went back to normal after the heist.

"There doesn't seem to be anything of significance here." Subaru said finally after a while.

"Umm Subaru-san." I pointed out the window. "He's ..." We saw Scar Akai.

"He's heading to the department store nearby." Subaru observed.

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"Is that Jodie-sensei and Camel-san?" I whispered to Subaru from behind a clothes rack. Jodie-sensei asked the lady at the counter if a man with a scar on his cheek purchased anything. Soon, Conan, Ran, and Kogoro appeared also. "But why did Jodie-sensei come to this store?" I asked.

"Most likely she did some investigating and found out that the logo on my cap is this store's original design." Subaru explained.

"You don't mean to say that we are going to be following them?" I asked. "Like a stakeout?"

"It's a good skill to have." Subaru said. "Here put this on so you won't be recognized."

"Hey wait!" I fumbled with a cap that Subaru threw at me. "Will a cap really help disguise me?"

"Excuse me, may I ask you a few questions?" Subaru went up to the clerk when Ran and the others left.

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We saw Jodie and Camel eating at the cafe in the department store. Jodie kept picking at her food and didn't seem to have an appetite. "I feel bad for lying to Jodie-sensei." I admitted to Subaru. "She was devastated when she learned of your 'death', you know."

"I understand, but I want to keep her out of it as much as possible. Even still, Jodie is bound to figure it out sooner or later. She's got a sharp mind." Subaru replied.

"The person with the burn mark is at the department store. If she meets him..." I trailed off.

"I'll handle it." He went to Jodie's table and wrote something on the coaster for her drink before returning. "I'm not completely cruel. I've given her some hope with that message."



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(inside the department store)

"There's bombs on this floor?!" I exclaimed when a man suddenly opened up a vest with bombs. "Hmm maybe it has something to do with the case that a mysterious client sent Detective Mori."

"If that boy (Conan) is on this case, then there's no need to worry." Subaru said. We stood in the crowd for a while, and Subaru was about to text his deductions to Kogoro but decided not to. He motioned to his right and we saw Scar Akai.

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Subaru and I escaped from the crowd and went to a cafe on the same floor. We looked out the window to see Chianti and Korn. Gin's porsche was also parked outside.

"May I help you?" a waitress approached us with our coffee.

"Oh pardon us. We are actually leaving now." I told the waitress.

"But for those holding their breath, waiting impatiently for their prey in this heat, I'd like to treat them to some hot, bitter coffee." Subaru said mysteriously.

I looked at Subaru in confusion.

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"This is bad. Civilians could get injured." I told Subaru as we ran to the first floor of the department store.

"I trust you to come up with a solution. I have to find Jodie before she gets herself in danger." Subaru told me and went in another direction. Jeez, leaving me all alone like this! But I have to hurry. Shoppers were running out the department store into the line of fire of the snipers.

"Kaiya-neechan!" Conan bumped into me.

"Conan-kun we have to stop the shoppers from going outside." I told him.

"A gift certificate! That will make the customers run back inside." Conan said. "But we need a way to make sure the customers hear it."

"Your bowtie can function as a loudspeaker right?" I reminded Conan.

He quickly turned the dial on this bowtie and announced, "Attention! In light of recent events, we have decided to give the first 50 shoppers who come to register 12 each a free gift certificate worth 10,000 yen! It is a limited offer so hurry as fast as you can!"

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"I can't say it was a smart method, but in order to remove the customers from harm's way, you had no choice right?" Subaru approached us.

"Subaru-san? Did you come with Kaiya-neechan?" Conan asked.

"Yes, we went to Teito Bank earlier near this department store. We saw you guys and tried to catch up with you to greet you." Subaru explained.

"But Subaru-san, isn't Teito Bank far from where you live?" Ran asked.

"It is, but I had some unfinished business there. I saw a guy that I knew from the footage of the bombing incident that occurred recently, and I thought that he might use that bank again." Subaru told the half-truth.

"Who's Subaru-san?" Kogoro asked Ran.

"Well for starters, he's a graduate student whose apartment burned down, so he's currently residing in Shinichi's house." Ran replied. "But what did you mean about Conan-kun and Kaiya-chan removing the customers from harm's way?" she asked Subaru.

"Oh nothing worth asking." Subaru evaded her question. "Just a pack of wolves who lost their prey."

"Did you find who you were looking for?" Conan piped up.

"We did, at the department store earlier." I told Conan.

"But unfortunately he wasn't who I thought he was, so we didn't talk to him. I've known his face for a very long time. There's no way I could be mistaken." Subaru replied.

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(a few days later)

"Good afternoon Kaiya-chan!" Azusa greeted me as I entered Poirot Cafe.

"Afternoon, Azuza-san! Can I get some pasta to go? I'm grabbing lunch for Ran-chan and the others." I told Azuza.

"Would you like to try our newest item instead?" Azusa asked. "Amuro-san knows how to make some delicious ham sandwiches."

"Tooru Amuro at your service! I'm new here." a voice said behind me. I turned around to see a blond man and my eyes widened. "You must be Kaiya-san." Amuro said with a closed eye smile.

"Oh forgive me, I didn't expect to see a new waiter here at Poirot Cafe." I replied. "Uh I'll try some of those sandwiches then if it is not too much trouble!"

"Not at all. The sandwiches are fairly easy to make." Amuro reassured me.

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Amuro POV

She must be the girl Vermouth mentioned. But have we met before? She seemed to recognize me. **********

Kaiya POV

"Did you know there was a new waiter at Poirot Cafe?" I asked Ran as I bit into a sandwich. The sandwiches were surprisingly delicious! It was the right texture and the sauce gave it such a wonderful flavor.

"We met him at a dinner party a day ago. He is a private detective who now works part time at the cafe. Yesterday he asked to be my dad's apprentice!" Ran replied.

"I guess Mori-san is very popular." I laughed.

"I bet he's just another carefree detective like Ojisan." Conan sipped his juice. Oh Conan, Amuro's anything but carefree... you just don't know it yet.