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This video was inspired by Akakata-sama's Akako Koizomi - World is Mine This is my first ever video done before that ponytail video.. But because Movie Maker can't save it..I video it with my mobile..the pirated version of this vid..(uploaded January 2012) then school..now Vacation, got addicted to the song again so I try and try, remake it again and while saving this video I'm holding every breath I have because what if Movie Maker can't save it again? My Efforts will be wasted again.. I'm so happy! :'( That's why ..please notice it, watch T__T I will be happy! Please Don't hate Ran Thank You! here : Synchronized version ENJOY~!

I feel that it's fair to warn you that this is a Fem!Shinichi fanfiction. ~:~In the blink of an eye, the Detective of the East's life entered the grey area~:~ Kudou Yuusaku watched as his wife and daughter faced off inside their library, slightly amused. This would prove to be a very interesting ordeal. "What?" Kudou Yukiko was in absolute shock. Her daughter—her own flesh and blood—had just destroyed one of her many dreams. Why? What had she done wrong as a mother? Sure she was the one who had suggested the lessons in the first place, but that did mean her daughter had to outright reject her budding career! "I don't want to be a child actress," six year old Kudou Shinmi looked up from the rather thick book she was reading and said with words with finality, "or even an actress when I get older, for that matter." "B-but why not?" Yukiko whined. "My agent said you could be very successful! And it's a lot of fun too! You get to become different people and wear fun costumes, and—!" "I want to be a detective, Kaa-chan," Shinmi said, "like Sherlock Holmes." "A detective?" Yukiko looked back at Yuusaku, her eyes blaming him. It was his fault though; he would admit that. Yuusaku was the one who, instead of reading fairy tales to their daughter at her designated bed time, read Ellery Queen, Sherlock Holmes, and the even occasional Arsene Lupin novel to her. "Un," the young girl nodded. "I want to catch all kinds of criminals. I can be like Holmes, and Kaito can be my Watson." Her eyes became determined, "We can go against thieves like Kaitou KID just like Sholmes went against Lupin." She scoffed at her mother before continuing, "And the acting class I'm in right now is so boring. All the other students are terrible actors, and I can see through their disguises easily." Yukiko gaped at her daughter while Yuusaku chuckled, deciding to join the conversation. "Shinmi." "Yes, Tou-chan?" "Aside from being a master of observation, analytical reasoning, and deduction, do you know what else Sherlock Holmes was?" He watched as the gears turned inside his small daughter's brain, looking for the information he wanted. He masked his smirk easily when he saw his daughter frown up at him. "Sherlock Holmes is also a master of disguise," she replied bitingly. "I get what you're saying, Tou-chan, but couldn't I learn the art of disguise from someone else?" Yukiko's eyes sparkled with glee, "I know just the person…" ~:~ "Why are we doing this, Kaito?" Seven year old Kudou Shinmi gave her cousin a curious glance as they traded drawstring bags, each holding a separate pair of clothes. "Because," Kaito said, emptying the contents of his bag on his bedroom floor, "Tou-chan's testing your disguise skills, and I'm the only person you can easily disguise yourself as!" "But why are you being me?" Shinmi rectified her question, "Couldn't you just pretend to be a random boy?" "It's more fun this way; I get to dress up too!" Kaito explained, "If I pretend to be you, and you pretend to be me, it'll make it harder to notice, Shin-chan!" "Don't call me that," she commanded. "But I like calling Shin-chan Shin-chan!" Kaito attempted to pounce on his older cousin, but she jumped out of the way, heading for the door. Kaito sat up on the carpeted floor, confused. "Where are you going, Shin-chan?" "Kai, I love you, but you're not going to see me change," Shinmi said and left her cousin in his bedroom looking terribly confused. ~:~ "You got the part, Shin-chan!" Yukiko squealed with delight as she twirled her daughter around in the air. "Put me down right now!" Shinmi shrieked. When she got her release, she glared at her uncle, "You tricked me!" Shinmi was with her parents, aunt, and uncle inside her family's living room. Her mother had just received a call from her agent, claiming to be a bearer of good news, but all Shinmi saw was a damper in her plans. "I have no idea what you're talking about," Toichi's eyes twinkled with mischief as he innocently replied to his niece. "After I pretended to be Kaito, you made me pretend to be that Kaiyo girl, and you filmed me and gave it Kaa-san!" Shinmi accused, pointing her finger at the adult. "It was really for an audition, wasn't it?" "I don't know~" Toichi leaned back in his chair, smug satisfaction hiding behind an immaculate Poker Face. Shinmi stuck her tongue out at him, "Well, I'm not doing—!" "Shin-chan, are you gonna be in a movie?" Kaito came into the room, holding one of his father's doves. He was grinning excitedly, "That's really cool!" "I'm not, Kaito," she said, stubbornly crossing her arms. Kaito frowned, "Why not? You're really good at acting!" "Well, I can't be an actress and a detective!" she said as if it were obvious, the 'duh' in her voice flowing out like a rain gutter after an April shower. "You can still be a magician and my Watson, but I don't think I can do both." "Well, I bet youcould, Shin-chan!" Kaito nodded, completely sure of his words. "Will you try?" "Kaito…" Shinmi frowned. Kaito was making this harder than it was supposed to be. On the one hand, she really wanted to be a detective with nothing standing in her way, but on the other hand, she didn't like disappointing Kaito. And maybe being forced to stay in character would help with her disguise skills? She sighed, "Fine, Kaito, I'll do it. But if it messes up my detective work, I'm quitting, okay?" ~:~ "Kaito, why are we doing this?" Fourteen year old Kudou Shinmi asked she buttoned the top buttons of her white dress shirt. She slid on her black jacket and gave one last glance into the backstage mirror, straightening her red bow tie with one hand and holding the cell phone she was listening to in the other. She turned to face Kaito. Shaking her head, she leaned forward and straightened his tie which was adorably skewed. "Why shouldn't we be doing this?" Kaito asked in return. He put on his own jacket, "We're awesome, so we should show off our awesomeness!" "Let it never be said that you're a logical person," Shinmi replied dryly. She went back to the phone, and her voice changed slightly, "Yes, Keibu, I'm still here. Go to the bedroom. You said it was a Western styled house, did you not?" "Gods forbid," Kaito grinned cheekily and patted down hidden pockets in his jacket. "Filp over the mattress, there should be a blood stain there," Shinmi said into the phone, "The murder weapon should also be strapped there with the waterproof athletic tape." She then spoke to Kaito, "Seriously though, why did I agree to this?" Shinmi asked. "We've only ever done this in your living room!" "And we've totally rocked my living room!" Kaito said, "I don't get why you're worried." "If anyone finds out who I am, I lose one of the most important parts of my life to the press," she said. "I really don't want that." She then went back to the phone, "Yes, you're welcome Megure-keibu, and no, I'm not telling you who I am." She flipped the phone shut and set it down on the table. "I'm flattered," Kaito wiggled his eyebrows, and Shinmi snorted. "You're using a fake name," he pointed out. "No one's going to suspect that the mystery-loving actress Kudou Shinmi puts on magic shows with her cousin in her spare time." "And despite that name, I'll probably be recognized," she frowned, "and that's the last thing I want. I don't need to get a second disguise." She then looked around the vicinity, eyes searching for something. When she found nothing, she frowned. "Where are Sheri and Adler?" She looked at her cousin, "Kaito, I've told you a million times, they are not like the doves you use for magic shows!" "I didn't take them!" Kaito said, "I know better than that!" "Really? Because I don't think that you do!" she shot back. "I'm already nervous enough without having to look for two doves that are a lot smarter than they look." As if on cue, two doves came flying towards them. One was an Oriental Turtle dove, Adler, and the other one was a White-Winged Collared dove, Sheri. The two landed on Shinmi's shoulders as if they had never left. "Please keep your birds in check," A woman wearing a headset walked over to them, "You'll be on in five minutes." "Right, thanks," Kaito nodded to her, "We'll be ready." He then looked to his cousin, "Shinmi, I believe you are forgetting one of Tou-san's and Ba-chan's greatest lessons." "I know, I know," she took a deep breath and let it out with a sigh. She then set a soft smile onto her face, "The illustrious Poker Face and Muse's Mask." "Exactly~" Kaito wore a grin. "'Sometimes a trick may fail, but you mustn't bring it to the audience's attention. Always keep your cards hidden and always keep a good poker face, "'Sometimes a line may be forgotten, but you mustn't let it be known to the audience,'" she spoke the words of her mother, "'Adopt the ways of Thalia and Melpomene and wear a mask that fits the stage'," Shinmi finished with a grin. "Okay, I'm done with being nervous." "Good," Kaito nudged her lightly, "I almost got worried for a second." "Almost?" Shinmi faked her hurt, pouting. "So mean, Kaito…" Kaito rolled his eyes, "You've got the blood of Japan's greatest actress flowing through your veins. You could have been faking." "I am nothing like my mother!" She hit his shoulder playfully, a mock glare on her face. "You always say that line she told you," Kaito pointed out. "And you're one of our rising stars anyway. You're already filming a movie for that drama you're in, aren't you? Isn't it also in its second year?" "Not the time or the place," Shinmi said, "and isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?" "By the way, was it the butler?" Kaito asked with a grin. "The nanny, actually," Shinmi said as she set Sheri and Adler on perches, "Now, both of you two need to stay put during the show, but you can watch from here. Adler, keep an eye on Sheri." Adler cooed to show his understanding of his mission "I find it amusing that you named a female dove after Sherlock Holmes and a male dove after Irene Adler," Kaito said. "They must have some messed up gender identities." "Which is why I call them Sheri and Adler," Shinmi replied. They listened to their act being announced with identical grins. "And now, our newest act!" "Sometimes a trick may fail, but you mustn't bring it to the audience's attention," Kaito began, and he straightened out his sleeve. "Always keep your cards hidden." "Two promising young magicians!" "Sometimes a line may be forgotten, but you mustn't let it be known to the audience," Shinmi repeated her mother's words as she flattened out any bumps in her hidden pockets, "Adopt the ways of Thalia and Melpomene." "Presenting Kuroba Kaito and Kuroba Keiko!" "Always keep a good poker face…," Kaito started. "… and wear a mask that fits the stage," Shinmi finished. ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: So, what do you all think of it? It's my first DC/MK fic, and it's a Fem!fic in my usual style. FanFiction.Net link

Hi, Since DCW's watch section has been down for such a long time, I think it's time we changed the content of this section a little bit. On youtube, there're hundreds of fan-made videos featuring Conan, many of which are awesome like the two down here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7ZZwxMJ7E&list=PL17A576C434718812&index=30&feature=plpp_video So why don't we collect all these wonderful videos and store them in the watch section - Fan-made videos? I think not all of us, the DC's fans, can find these videos. We should subscribe to the videos makers or somehow we contact them to make this a project. DCWorld is one of the best DC's site I've ever seen so that I think this would add much to the diversity of the website. I really hope that you'd consider that. Thank you

Lol, heyyy~ I saw this on DA. *o*// Genderbending like a boss, I see? xDD Pretty interesting design for them. *3*;; (I dislike drawing girls so I draw so few of them, aha;;; ) But it's awesome anyhoos~

+1! <333333

I read this wrong. Very wrong. Ahem...I'll leave now.

So here are my thoughts on 818. No spoilers for 819 were used for this. (As in I have not looked at them nor have any idea what they are.) Index - not a spoiler People to look for Assumptions about disguises: Rules 2 and 3 are based on the Vermouth arc. 1: The usual theories: Okiya is Akai, Scar Akai is Amuro. 2: Characters who have been disguising as someone will be using the same disguise as they were previously because it would be confusing to switch it up at the end. (I am a bit hesitant about all the theories where people are disguised as characters other than the usual ones they've been doing the whole time because it breaks the pattern Gosho has been setting up.) 3: Extra people disguising are OK as long as it is not the predetermined ones changing. It would be unusual and confusing for characters to be disguising as people they weren’t. Definitely on the train because the plot demands it Sera: seen in 8B with Sonoko, Ran, and Kogoro. Scar Akai: Seen leaving a D room in an upper level cabin. Amuro: Presumably as Scar Akai. He may show up as himself later. Guest is possible, but staff also works because of Amuro’s past in being staff. Also Amuro shows up on the poster. Okiya: Not seen yet. I have a feeling he might turn up in the next chapter or two because it wasn’t necessary to cram him in 818. If Okiya doesn't turn up in the next two chaps, then I will start wondering if he is in disguise. Also he shows up on the poster. Maybe on the train Okiya’s lady: the woman who was at Shinichi’s house who left a hair tie and some lipstick is possibly on the train. We don’t have enough clues who she is and Gosho would not have had her appear if she wasn’t relevant. Because we haven’t seen anything of her until now, this is the last chance she has to be relevant. Theories for her identity as far as I am concerned are Yukiko, Fusae Campbell Kinoshita (Agasa’s love – see Chek’s theories or her wiki page), Kir. Other theories worth mentioning that I have less confidence in are Akai/Sera’s mom, Jodie, or a third party. Possibly on the train Vermouth: If Vermouth does Scar Akai’s makeup, then she may be on train to help. She could have also been at the station. Other Black Organization agents: It would make sense for the Organization to consider sending other agents besides Bourbon and maybe Vermouth as contingency and/or in preparation for whatever plan they intends do to get Sherry later if Bourbon (and Vermouth) fail to capture her later. No evidence for being on the train, but may show up later FBI: As far as we know they don’t know about the video so wouldn’t know to board. On the other hand, there is the possibility Kir could have tipped them off somehow. Gin and Vodka: Based on what Gin said, it sounds like they will not be on the train, but they may show up later. Nagoya where the disembarking will take place is a good guess because they want to entrap Sherry. Recurring Character Observations and Evaluations Assumptions: 1: The usual theories: Okiya is Akai, Scar Akai is Amuro is Bourbon, Sera is a good guy and Akai’s sister. Characters Kogoro 8B – first class car Physical appearance: grey tie suit Personal effects: lighter, cigarettes, no visible luggage Ring: Ring on right hand ring finger. Kogoro is someone in disguise? No clear support for this theory so far. Handedness is okay it seems: pulls cigarette using left hand (happens offhand in prior instances), light with lighter in right. Not seen later on train in 818. Where is he? He probably wanted to smoke, and there may be a designated spot on the train for that. He may go off to smoke later if he isn’t doing it now. The other option is the bar car for booze and ladies. Ran 8B – first class car Physical appearance: Striped blouse and short skirt Personal effects: No visible luggage Ring: right hand ring finger Ran is someone in disguise? No clear support for this theory so far. In 8B room with Sera and Sonoko, having tea. Sonoko 8B – first class car Physical appearance: grey dress, headband, high socks Personal effects: No visible luggage Ring: right hand ring or index finger I think Sonoko is someone in disguise? No clear support for this theory so far. She wants to hide a letter for Kaito Kid in cabin 8. She is currently in 8B room with Ran and Sera, having tea. Agasa 6D – “normal” car Physical appearance: Jacket, collared shirt, pants. Initially wearing hat on platform but removed later. Personal effects: duffel bag, snacks for the DB Ring: Not visible Agasa is someone in disguise? No clear support for this theory so far. Sera ?? - In 8B room with Ran and Sonoko, but from the way she talked about visiting on page 15, it sounds like she might be in another room… Physical appearance: fuzzy collar jacket, over shirt, pants. Initially wearing usual brim hat on platform but removed later in room. Personal effects: no luggage visible. Ring: Not visible, not able to make call on right hand On platform Ai does not give the patented BO reaction but does react to Sera by putting up hood. In Mouri’s room, she is looking at a card, presumably for the mystery? If so, then Kogoro’s room or Sera’s may have been given a fake card as well for some reason. Scar Akai ?? – seen leaving a D cabin in a carriage frontwards of 7 or 8 Physical appearance: Fedora, some sort of unusually buttoned high collar suit, slacks. No gloves it seems. The hat is noticeably different; a fedora. Probably changed from cap to fedora because of train’s semiformal dresscode – a cap wouldn’t cut it. Same goes for Scar Akai’s normal jacket. Personal effects: none visible, no known luggage Ring: Not visible Is heading in the direction of the front of the train. Regarding Scar Akai's scar looking different, Gosho is not very consistent in drawing it, even within a single case. Conan 6D – “normal” car Physical appearance: The usual bowtie suit Personal effects: Assume full compliment of gadgets, no known luggage Ring: not visible on either hand while running on train Haibara 6D – “normal” car Physical appearance: jacket with hood Personal effects: sick mask (is it the voice changing one?) Ring: Right hand ring finger, not visible on right hand while running later on train Ayumi 6D – “normal” car Physical appearance: frilly dress, headband Personal effects: no known luggage Ring: not visible on right hand when running on train Genta 6D – “normal” car Physical appearance: overalls? Personal effects: no known luggage Ring: not visible on left hand while running on train Mitsuhiko 6D – “normal” car Physical appearance: collared shirt and pants Personal effects: no known luggage Ring: not visible on train General comments It seems most people took the rings off when they got on the train… ------ Not sure if involved yet…. Kaitou Kid Not likely to show up this case; it would be too complicated. Also the target is a month out. The Mystery of the Blue Train / Death on the Nile anyone? Vermouth If Vermouth does makeup for Bourbon, then she may be on train or elsewhere. She probably will need to be in disguise in this case, and may share a room with Bourbon. Gin and Vodka Nothing out of ordinary here for them. I don’t think they are going to be on the train although they should show up in the end. More on them later in the Black org section… Suspect Observations and Evaluations General Notes and Literary References This case is an obvious homage to Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and there are many parallels between the case and suspects and this novel. The name puns listed are courtesy of HADAA. In light of the novel and its conclusion, it would be wise to suspect that multiple suspects that seem unconnected could be culprits, especially because the unusually large number of them. Also, the staff should not be exempt from suspicions. Virtually all the suspects in the novel lied about their identities and roles, so this should be taken into consideration. All the suspects seem to do this every year and so know each other well enough. Most of the suspects reacted to Kogoro announcing himself. Usually cases with this are ones where all the suspects have something to hide, although they may not necessarily be the murderer. Suspects Murobashi Etsuto HADAA says: Monsieur Bouc (not a suspect)? + Rachett (victim) (rachietto→etto→etsuto→etsuto) 39 ♂– dead??? Cabin 7B (his usual cabin is 8B) Physical description: a grouchy and fat man, one of the taller of the suspects, light skin, with a high collared outfit. Appears to have removed his jacket when we was shot. Personal Effects: A light colored briefcase with pockets Ring: Can’t tell about ring, the picture unclear but doesn’t seem to be on right hand initially. In murder pictures, it doesn’t seem to be on right hand or the thumb-middle of left hand either. Reacts strongly to Kogoro announcing. Apparently dies in what Conan thinks is 7B. Noto Taisaku Colonel Arbuthnot (Colonel=taisa) 52 ♂ Cabin 8A - first class car Physical description: A big man, with broad face and cheekbones. He has a diagonal scar on his right cheek. Tallest of the suspects. Light skin. He has a beard and mustache. He had thin lines under his eyes. Suit. Personal Effects: Long, skinny bag over right shoulder with strap on right shoulder. Ring: not visible in 818 Reacts strongly to Kogoro announcing 8B is Kogoro Andou Satoru Count Andrenyi 41 ♂ Cabin 8C - first class car Physical description: A greasy, slim man with a thin face. Fairly short. Glasses and “Hitler mustache”. Light skin. Tie suit with high collar. Personal Effects: Very large black briefcase over left shoulder, smaller one over right. A person could almost fit in that big briefcase, although it could not be carried over his shoulder like that. He says it is very heavy and has a large “solid gold” frame inside. It seems like such a thing would be very difficult to carry over one’s shoulder. He seems to be related to art appraisers as he had a painting someone else determined to be a forgery that he was returning to his client. Ring: Don’t see ring on left hand. Reacts strongly to Kogoro announcing. Komino Natsue Natalia Dragomiroff. 75 ♀ Cabin 8D - first class car Physical description: A very skinny, old wheelchair bound woman with light wrinkled skin, a hat with feather, and veil. Looks like mourning clothes. Has a chain of pearls with ornate clasp? Personal Effects: A wheelchair that does not seem to have much space for hiding large things. I don’t see anything unusual about the wheelchair. No visible luggage. Ring: On right hand ring finger. Relations: Sumitomo Hiruka is her assistant or is she something else? They share the same room. Reacts strongly to Kogoro announcing Sumitomo Hiruka Hildegarde Schmidt 37 ♀ Cabin 8D - first class car Physical description: A severe looking woman who is medium tall? Broad shoulders? She has tweaked hair like Rena on sides and curls in back that fall to upper neck. Plain jacket suit. Personal Effects: No visible luggage. Ring: Don’t see ring on either hand, but hard to make out Relations: She is the wheelchair pusher for 75 year old lady from the same room. Is she more to Komino Natsue? Reacts to Kogoro announcing Idenami Mari Mary Debenham 33 ♀ Cabin 8E - first class car Physical description: A lady-type who seems to be the shortest of the suspects excluding the old lady. She has long curly hair. She is wearing a light colored wide hat, large hoop earrings, a necklace, and a suit. Personal Effects: No visible luggage. Ring: not visible in 818 Reacts strongly to Kogoro announcing Bushy brows conductor ♂ Physical description: Left hand watch, super thick eyebrows, hat and suit. Fairly tall seeming. Gestures with left hand Personal Effects: Ring: N/A Relations: Knows the suspects fairly well since they ride the train every year. He calls them mystery connoisseurs. If the conductor is the same one, he was seen nearby Scar Akai. Murderer Physical description: Black pants, grey hoodie over hat, sunglasses and sick mask, gloves, and shoots right handed. He doesn’t look very thin or fat. Does look like has dark skin, but could be from shade of hood. No reaction from Ai. His physical appearance might be said to mirror Christie character’s description of Ratchett’s attacker (who was incidentally a fabrication) as a small man, with dark skin and a womanish voice. Capable of running and losing the detective boys in the train so he must know the place or have a hiding spot set up. Personal Effects: Gun, silencer Ring: unsure Runs towards front of train. Case Evaluation What’s going on? Someone’s room is wrong For full analysis with pretty useful pictures please refer to this handy-dandy personal page on the wiki: http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/User:Chekhov_MacGuffin/Latest_case Somehow in the course of things, Agasa and Kogoro wound up in cars that were next to each other rather than with one in between them. This means that someone boarded the wrong cabin, or while the cabin was vacant, a culprit moved their stuff to an adjacent car. It is unclear whether Kogoro or Agasa is the one in wrong cabin. There are four general possibilities... Agasa's cabin was relocated from 6D to 7D After the kids were lured from the cabin by the letter, Agasa was lured out as well afterwards and everything was moved from cabin 6D to cabin 7D. Agasa returned, and thought 7D was really 6D. Conan misjudged the cabins and went to Kogoro's 8B by accident, and then saw Agasa coming out of 7D and became confused. Pros: Cons: This does not mesh with Conan's evaluation that he went back the right number of rooms to what he thought 7B was. The DB plunked down a bunch of snacks which would be hard to properly cleanup and move to exact spots. Agasa was tricked in boarding 7D instead of 6D Agasa and entourage were tricked into boarding 7D instead of 6D. Since the numbers are on the outside of the carriages, they would have to be distracted somehow or mixed up inside the train before getting to their room. No one visited each other's cabins and noticed the mixup. Kogoro and entourage were lured out. The victim went into 8B and met with the suspect. The detective boys were called. Because the detective boys were supposed to be in 6D, they thought carriage 7 was next to them, which was really carriage 8, and so went to 8B thinking it was 7B. The murder was thus in 8B, Kogoro's room, and not 7B like they thought. The body was then removed after the detective boys left, possibly to the real 7B or 6B (Agasa's intended cabin), and things were cleaned up before Kogoro and entourage returned. Pros: Conan’s room count would be correct. Cons: Conan would be unlikely to be taken in by the necessary distraction. A distraction or confusing move was not mentioned or implied either. Kogoro was tricked into boarding 7B instead of 8B Kogoro and entourage were tricked into boarding 7B instead of 8B. Since the numbers are on the outside of the carriages, they would have to be distracted somehow or mixed up inside the train before getting to their room. Kogoro, Sonoko, and Ran were lured out of the cabin, leaving it empty. The victim and a culprit came into the cabin before Conan and the detective boys arrived, and the shooting and chase ensued. Ran and Sonoko then returned to their cabin. Conan then barged in and was mistakenly told he was in 8B. Pros: Conan’s room count would be correct. Cons: A distraction or mixing up was not mentioned. Kogoro's taking over room 8B from the victim was unannounced to the potential culprit, so they would have insider info or be very fast on their feet to pull off a workable distraction ploy especially if the victim was not explicitly cooperating because the victim may attempt to go to 7B too. Also outsiders think Kogoro is intelligent which would make them more wary of failing. Kogoro's cabin was relocated from 8B to 7B This version is a bit more complex because there are several possibilities. I strongly recommend referring to the personal wiki page mentioned above (http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/User:Chekhov_MacGuffin/Latest_case). 1. The murder happened before the room switch. Kogoro and entourage could be lured out of their 8B cabin before or after the murder. The contents of Kogoro's cabin were then relocated to 7B. The victim's things and body(?) were relocated to another room, possibly the now empty 8B. 2a. The murder happened in the middle of the room switch. Kogoro and entourage were lured into leaving their 8B cabin. A suspect grabbed Kogoro's luggage and took it to 7B and met the victim. A suspect put the luggage in the victim's room. The detective boys arrived and the murder took place. After the detective boys left, a suspect finished the switch by relocating the victim's luggage and the body(?) to another room, possibly the now empty 8B. 2b. The murder happened in the middle of the room switch. Kogoro and entourage were lured into leaving their 8B cabin. The victim who desired 8B instead of 7B perpetrated or helped perpetrate the switching. The victim grabbed Kogoro's luggage and took it to 7B. A suspect helped and then tricked him or took advantage of the situation. The detective boys arrived and the murder took place. After the detective boys left, a suspect finished the switch by relocating the victim's luggage and the body(?) to another room, possibly the now empty 8B. 3a. The murder happened after the room switch. Kogoro and entourage were lured into leaving their 8B cabin. The victim was lured into leaving his 7B cabin. A suspect switched the contents of 7B and 8B. The victim was called back in time for the murder. The detective boys arrived and the murder took place. The victim's body(?) was relocated to another room, possibly the now empty 8B. 3b. The murder happened after the room switch. Kogoro and entourage were lured into leaving their 8B cabin. The victim who desired 8B instead of 7B perpetrated or helped perpetrate the switching of 7B to 8B. A suspect helped and then tricked him or took advantage of the situation. The detective boys arrived and the murder took place. The victim's body(?) was relocated to another room, possibly the now empty 8B. Pros: Conan’s room count would be correct. Explains the victim's reaction to the detective boys tromping in. Cons: The train is intentionally set up to make carriage confusion and cabin switching easy. The only way to tell which carriage you are in is to look from the outside, making the cars ambiguous. This is likely plot intentional to make the trick work. About the train See the personal wiki page for a diagram of the train: http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/User:Chekhov_MacGuffin/Latest_case They are modeled off of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express: http://www.orient-express.com/web/vsoe/the_train.jsp The Bell Tree mystery train is a nonstop luxury express from Tokyo to an unknown destination, in this case Nagano, with a mystery feature for the passengers. It runs once a year and has been running for many years. It is owned by Suzuki conglomerate. There are an unknown number of carriages, but there are at least 8. Each carriage is marked with a number on the side, but not on the inside, so it is unclear which carriage one is in without asking. Each has 5 rooms lettered A to E with E being more towards the front of the train and A towards the back (right to left ordering). Cabin 8 is a luxury first class car, but 6 and 7 seem not to be although they are “comparable”. Doors to each cabin feature a key, and chain lock, and a letter plate. The plate could possibly be switched, but I see no evidence for it. The things above door in the hallway are possibly a light for room service? People’s movements 818 Conan and the DB go from 6D to 7B per the request of the letter Conan and the DB chase the suspect from 7B towards the front of a train to an unknown carriage. After talking to the conductor, Conan takes off towards 7B and winds up going to 8B by mistake. Somewhere between a front carriage and 7B, the DB pass scar Akai leaving a D room. Scar Akai heads towards the front of the train. Conan and the DB leave 8B and go back towards where 7B should be but are cut off by Agasa leaving 6D. The Agasa cabin letter The fake letter sent to room 6D suggests that someone wanted witnesses to see the murder in 7B. The murder waiting for them to enter adds to this hypothesis. It is unclear whether the DB were targeted randomly or specifically; Ran only mentioned they were in car 6 where the suspects could overhear. Kids are easy to dupe which may explain them being targeted. The time was carefully specified at 10 minutes from the drop so the arrival of the children could be controlled if other specifically parts of the trick were delicately timed. The murder in “Cabin 7B” Not too many details of 7B room are clear. The door wasn’t chained. The victim yells at the detective boys not to enter. This is strange because he has a pretty bad personality, so warning people seems unexpected when they have the chance to distract his would be murderer. It could be that the victim didn’t know he was going to be shot right then because he knew the covered murderer and didn’t realize he was in a plot. It could also be that the victim didn’t want the DB to see into the room. Finally, the murderer could have told him he will be killed when people come in, but why wouldn’t the victim attempt to fight back and save himself? I assume the victim actually died from the gunshots, but until we re-find the body I will reserve judgment because of other Christie novels like Death on the Nile where faked death tricks occurred. Fake gunshots could happen especially since we might see a reference back to Akai’s faked death in this case. The chase and aftermath The murderer made the DB run around towards the front of the train and presumably get thoroughly disoriented with their cars. Conan seemed to keep track of how many they had been down however, so he thought he returned to the right 7B room. I am going to guess Conan is likely right. It is likely that the murderer was not counting on Conan being that perceptive so the DB would not be able to identify the room later. The second letter Sera is looking at a card in the Mouri room, presumably for the mystery? If so, then Kogoro’s room or Sera’s may have been given a fake card as well for some reason as part of the plan. I am guessing it will be Mouri’s room. If their room was switched, luring them out is necessary and this letter could be the lure. My current thoughts More than one person may be involved in this plot, especially if one culprit was running around leading the DB while the other was cleaning up the body. The large number of suspects supports this idea as long as there isn’t a serial murder. At this stage, I think it is likely Mouri’s room is the one that is wrong, with later switching rather than wrong boarding topping the list. Conan feels he didn’t miscount cars, so it would seem he ran back to the room he originally thought was 7B which is the one with Ran, Sonoko, and Sera in it now. Other factors in support for Kogoro’s room being the messed up one are: 1) The suspects are also closer to Kogoro’s room and more familiar with it because they have been riding that carriage for years running. 2) The Mouris’ movements are less certain than the DB’s. 3) Kogoro is not in the room, so either he got distracted or left which may indicate some meddling. The second letter Sera has may also be important in this. Kogoro probably wanted to smoke, and there may be a designated spot on the train for that. He may go off to smoke later if he isn’t doing it now. The other option is the bar car for booze and ladies. If the victim wanted to reclaim his 8B room, he may have been helping his own will-be-murderer with the cabin switch, explaining why he yelled at the detective boys because he was in the middle of doing it and didn’t want them to notice. Ran and Sonoko had a teaset. Either they room serviced or left to get some. Sera came by later as well so there is also something to look into there. Kogoro taking over the 8B cabin was unexpected, so the murderer’s plan would have to be adapted on the fly unless the victim agreed to help somehow. Case Resolution Sonoko’s hidden letter for Kaitou Kid is likely to be vital to the case because of the room mixup. She wanted to hide it in the first class car 8 for Kid to find. If it isn’t where she expected it will be clear Kogoro’s room was moved. Black Organization What do Gin and Vermouth mean? Gin: Yeah... if we can just stop her getting off en route, it’s a jail of moving steel. Just like hunting down deer, if we get her to flee in fear, she will likely expose herself to the barrel of the gun. Vermouth: You know why I deliberately leaked this information to you, right? Gin: You don’t want me to interfere until that metal snake has returned to its burrowing hole, right? Vermouth is asking Gin to delay any attack made on Sherry. This means there is something or someone aboard the train that is important or should not be interfered with. Bourbon is likely, as it would be bad if Gin attempted something like bombs while Bourbon was on board doing his thing. Also because Vermouth made the request, Bourbon is even more likely as he seems to be in cahoots with her and not at all with Gin who needs informing. What is Scar Akai up to? He was heading towards the front of the train from an unknown D room. This is the direction away from the action so far, so his goal isn’t clear unless he is looking for someone or checking the place out. This doesn’t necessarily mean the D room was Scar Akai’s. For all we know, he not-so-accidentally barged into someone else’s room to investigate. Agasa is in a D room, although I would think Haibara would notice after the turnaround Scar Akai came out of the room Agasa was in even if she was confused about the rooms. Sera’s room is also unknown at this point, and a possibility. How is Bourbon going to be caught? Conan and Haibara are not aware of the Shiho video being sent or seen so everything that will happen is going to mostly be a surprise to them. It is possible Amuro will get hoisted on his own unique cap, which Conan does know about in connection to Scar Akai. Amuro would have to show up in person or this to work, either as a guest or staff. Also Okiya has yet to make a move. Ideas for the climax at the end. Bombs are classic BO technique although they have been done before with the Shinkansen case. If we look at what Gin said literally about hunting techniques, they might try to prevent Shiho from leaving the train and then look for her. This would work by loading the Nagano platform with disguised Black Org agents of any level, or setting up snipers, or something like that, whose aura will terrify Shiho into staying on the train. Then the Black Org will send people aboard to check every room until they find her, just like hunters flushing animals from the underbrush. This would make for some pretty sweet drama like the locker scene. Ai is sick so another antidote may be in the works….

*Conia reads a complete 58 pages thread with 50 pages worth of pure spam and offtopicness* Wow, someone mentioned me \o/ As for the people I'd like to meet, pretty much my family (Misaki, Chelsea, IU, Kaoko) and some good friends (Moho, AiSu, Cindy, Dorothy) and before anyone mentions this, I'm only mentioning people that are more identificated with DCW than any other place (And I probably missed people too )