| Volume 12 � File 7: Reunion in Mycroft Page 1 Voice: Wow!! So your favourite Conan Doyle story is �A Study in Scarlet�? [Car sticker: Sherlock Holmes Fan Club] Woman:Yes� Guy with moustache: Of course! It�s in this great story where Holmes appears for the first time Young man: I like �The redhaired�s club� (sorry, I don�t know the exact name) Guy with moustache: Ah, you like this one too? Kogoro: How boring Kogoro: Wat the hell am I doing travelling with these crazy fans? Ran: It�s Conan� Conan: Me, me!! Page 2 Conan: My favourite is �the sign of the 4� (sorry, also unexact name) Young man: Oh, that�s a famous one� Guy with moustache: Oh, boy, can you already read all the kanji? Conan: Yups! Ran: We�re here because Conan took part in the contest� Ran: � and, unfortunately, he won Young man (name: Ikuo Kawatsu �25- PE teacher): Which one�s your favourite? Kogoro: Eh? Me? Kogoro: Well� Kogoro: I prefer �All dead�� All: Eh? Page 3 Guy with moustache (name: Toshiaki Fujisawa �47- ): I think you�ve got the title wrong. It�s �Dissapeared�� Woman (name: Nanako Shimuzu �24-): And it�s from Agatha Christie Shimuzu: It�s not from Conan Doyle! I�m a fan of this writer� Kawatsu: Oh, it seems that a perfect ignorant of Doyle�s work has joines this trip� Kawatsu: he spoils the level of knowledge� Kogoro: How unpleasant Kogoro: Hey, and this trip is going to last for 3 days? I don�t think I can resist it� Driver (name: Hitomi Iwai �24- house employee): You�re not the only guests�the house owner has picked up another group to take them there� Kogoro: I see� Conan: It�s better if we�re more people, isn�t it? Kogoro: Maybe for you!! Conan: Ouch!! Page 4 Ran: Wow!! Ran: How beautiful!! Ran: come on, Conan, quickly! Conan: Yeah! Conan: What? Fat woman: � Conan: but, lady� Fat woman: � boy� you� Page 5 Fat woman (name: Maria toda �43- fortune-teller): � you hide a terrible secret! Conan: Eehhhh? Toda: bad marks in the last exam, isn�t it? Conan: yeah� more or less� Ran: What are you doing? Conan: Excuse me, they�re waiting for me� Toda: ho, ho, take care, boy Toda: If you don�t, somebody can spread your secret!! Conan: Eehh?? Ran: Who�s that woman? Conan: She says she�s a fortune-teller� Conan: (what secret is she talking about?) Ran: Uhm Conan: (could it be?�) Conan: (�no, it can�t be) Page 6 Dressed man (name: Hiroyuki Kanaya -51- mansion�s owner): Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Mycroft Mansion� Owner: I�m the organizer of this trip� Owner: �and owner of this mansion. My name is Kanaya Owner: All the people here have been carefully chosen among all Sherlock Holmes fans� Owner: I hope you enjoy yourselves Fujisawa:Carefully chosen, but� we�ve seen one of us doesn�t know anything about Holmes� Toda: Really? Kawatsu: Yeah, that man with a moustache Kogoro: � Kogoro: � I�m leaving Owner: Wait a moment!! Owner: I�ve invited this man� Owner: because he�s a famous detective, like Holmes was. Page 7 Man with glasses: You�re Kogoro Mouri, aren�t you? Kogoro & owner: Eh? Man w. glasses: I�ve seen you in newspapers and in TV� Man w. glasses (name: Kento Toganou �22-member of a university Detective Club): I honestly think you have a great brain, but not as great as Holmes. I could get to the same conclusions Woman (name: Ayako Ooki �21- member of the same club): I think so, too. You�re nothing compared to Holmes! Kogoro: Shit, they has to talk� Conan: Hey, your rival is actually Sherlock Holmes! Kogoro: And what if it is!! Kogoro: I don�t want to be compared with a fictional character Kogoro: Bah� Kogoro: It�s all your falt!! For joining this trip!! Ran: Conan!! All: Conan? Page 8: Kawatsu: Oohhh, so your name�s Conan!! Fujisawa: Really?? Toda: Cool� Conan: yeah, my dad was a great admirer of Conan Doyle� Conan: And I am too!! I love my name!! All: Great!! Ran: I was a bit worried for Conan� Kogoro: What? Ran: it�s because he sometimes doesn�t behave like a children� Ran: � but when I see him like this, I calm down: those eyes are ones of a true children� Ran: Although sharing with him his love for Holmes� Kogoro: him? Ran: yeah, that boy� Ran: �so sure of himself� Cap boy (wonder who he is� ^__~): an inconditional fan of Holmes� deductions� a big admiror of that detective� Cap boy: and the one who defeated me last time, running away without letting me talk to him� Page 9: Cap boy (yeah! Heiji!!): you were talking about Shinichi Kudo, right?Ran: oh� hi, Hattori. Conan: Eh? Ran: You�re also a fan of Holmes? Heiji: no way, but I thought I could find Kudo in this trip� Heiji: I prefer Ellery Queen. Heiji: But I think Doyle is better� Owner: Fine, let me explain you the plan for these small holidays� Owner: today, as it�s kinda late, you can go and have a rest. Breakfast will be served at 9, lunch at 1, and dinner at 8. After dinner� �the next morning, the deduction contest I organise every year will start. As you know, the difficulty level is very high� Owner: the one who answers without any mistakes all the questions� Page 10: Owner: �will win this first edition of the first novel� Owner: �where Sherlock Holmes appears for the first time, �A Study in Scarlet� All: Oohhhhh!!! Owner: but before, you must prove your knowledge about Holmes� world! Ooki: knowledge? This lady will give a 1000 questions� exam Toda: 1000 questions!! Owner: you can gieve them back tomorrow, until dinner time. Owner: and those who answer more than 990 questions, will be allowed to take part in the last row, after dinner. Fujisawa: and those who don�t? Owner: ha ha, then� Page 11 Owner: they will be sent off the mansi�n!! Owner: They don�t deserve to be here!! All: What?! Owner: Please give the girl all the cell phones, and books or documents� Owner: �related to Sherlock Holes. It�s forbidden to ask someone from the outside, or copy. Owner: you can�t hide cell phones nor books, for there are a lot of hidden cameras all over the place, and we also have listening devices� Owner: if someone breaks the rules, he/she will be punished with immediate expulsion. Do you agree with the rules? Kogoro: Hey, do I have to take this exam too? Owner: no, you�re a special guest. But� I would appreciate your final opinion. Conan: And I? Can I join the contest if I get more than 990? Owner: Of course Conan: Hummm Page 12 Ran:Conan, you�re still awake? It�s already 4am� Conan: Hmmm� What day did Holmes and Proffesor Moriarty fall off the cliff? Conan: 4th of March, 1891 Conan: this one is very easy Conan: the next one� describe the hints given in �the dancing figures�. Kogoro: Shit, there�s no phone� no newspaper, no TV Kogoro: and, being so hot, the air conditioned doesn�t work Kogoro: only that security camera� Kogoro: it�s like a prison Conan: it�s great Page 13 Kogoro: I�m full!! Fujisawa: how strange, the owner still hasn�t appeared� Ooki: Please call him,I want to give him my exam Iwai: but� he told me to stay with you, until he arrives� Kawatsu: maybe he�ll appear suddenly to frighten us� Shimuzu: � Toda: Cool!! Heiji: Kudo doesn�t come� I think I�ve made a mistake, by coming here� Fujisawa: Hey!! I�m tired of waiting!!! Fujisawa: I�m going to my room!! Page 14 Fujisawa: I�ve lost all the day doing this silly exam!! Iwai: sir� Toda: then what they said is true� Toda: this man isn�t going to give anyone that first edition� every year he finds some way to avoid all the questions to be answered� Toda: what he wants is to show that book to the fans of Holmes Toda: But disappearing now is exaggerated. I�m also going to sleep Kawatsu: Me too Kogoro: what a stupid thing. Good night!! Ran: and you, Conan? Conan: I�ll stay a bit more. Heiji: I�m so sleepy� Ooki: come on, Kento, let�s go to sleep Toganou: Wait, in this occasions, the first who makes a move loses. Toganou: Humm? Page 15 Toganou: Oh, that�s the car we came with� Ooki: who�s driving at this time? Voice: the owner! Voice! The owner is driving! Toganou: as I imagined! The contest begins now!! Heiji & Conan: � All: Ehh? Ooki: wait a moment� Toganou: there�s a cliff that way!! Conan & Heiji: !? Page 16 Heiji: No!! He�s accelerating!! Conan: Hey, man!! What are you thinking!? Heiji: stop the car!! You�re going to fall off!! Conan: Ah, the�s a cloth on the dashboard� Conan: and that isn�t � the noise from the engine C & H: Sir, sir!! C & H: Sir!! Page 17 Heiji: Ah� |