Backdated to Catfish 15

[deductiongeek]

Who: Conan and Kaito, possibly others later
What: The case of the missing self-appointed best friend.
Where: Sleeper Cabins
When: Afternoon of Catfish 15

Hattori was missing. He'd been missing for hours. 

And Conan wasn't about to let this go on any longer.

He goes in search of a certain thief.

Comments

[stealsyourheart]

Kaito slips gloves on as well, but he hangs back to let the Detective taking the lead.

"Covers aren't disturbed. They look identical to this morning, when he wasn't there when I got up."

He reports, eyeing the room layout.

"Everyone else's things are in their place too."

[deductiongeek]

"I don't see anything here," Conan says after a few minutes of searching. "Do you see his hat anywhere? If he left a message anywhere, it would be that."

[stealsyourheart]

Kaito purses his lips.

"It isn't on his bed. Try under?"

[deductiongeek]

Conan vanishes into the shadows under the bed, emerging a few seconds later with Heiji's replacement hat in his hand. He inspects it closely, paying careful attention to a few loose threads on the brim.

[stealsyourheart]

Kaito comes over, eyeing it.

"Anything?"

[deductiongeek]

Conan frowns down at the hat, turning the pattern around in his mind. A few seconds, and the hidden meaning is revealed.

"He left a code," Conan says. "The threads are referencing police radio codes. Caution, Meet a Citizen, and Investigating Suspicious Vehicle. Taken together, I have to assume that he has gone to meet the conductor,"

[stealsyourheart]

Kaito hms thoughtfully.

"It does sound like it. I guess that means he'll return to us intact. Or I hope so, anyway. Reigen-san and Curufin-san did."

[deductiongeek]

"He better."

If Hattori managed to get himself hurt doing this Conan silently resolves to never let him live it down. Especially since several others had already returned safely.

[stealsyourheart]

He chuckles.

"I'm sure tantei-han would not be foolish enough to risk your wrath, should he return damaged!"

But he takes another look around, just in case.

"I don't think he went with a fight though. So he's probably fine."

[deductiongeek]

"That I won't believe until he gets back here."

Hattori had a history, after all.

[stealsyourheart]

"Such little trust?" Kaito teases.