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 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.