Shinichi is Challenged part 2

[Rukia Kurosaki 357]

Once Conan caught up with Kogoro, he was filled in on what had happened. (Only because he was whining about where 'Ran-neechan' was.) Mouri-san sighed, then began to speak in a determined voice. "Ran went to the mall with her friend, Suzuki-san. They went to get a parfait, and Ran looked distracted. She said she was just worried about that detective brat Kudo. Later she was looking at a Holmes book he'd told her about, and Suzuki went to the toilet. When she returned, Ran wasn't there, and the bookstore owner said she'd walked out with a man in a winter coat. Ran wasn't anywhere in the mall after that, and the girl called me when she couldn't find her.

"She's not answering her cell phone either," he added as Conan began to ask. The two then ran silently to the detective agency, hoping that maybe she had returned home. "She's not here either," Conan announced as he finished searching the second floor. Afterwards he put his coat back on and jogged to Teitan High School to see if she had come by, but none of the karate club members or other students had seen her since class. As he searched the entire area for clues as to her location, Conan decided that perhaps the note he'd recieved wasn't a hoax. "The time limit bfore I destroy it is 9:00," the second letter had said. Feeling the tingling sensation of being watched, he surveyed his surroundings, but there was nowhere a person could hide, and he leaned against the wall he stood beside, sighing. Conan began to list in his mind the possible people with grudges against him. There were all the people he'd sent to jail before being shrunk, girls he'd ignored, and people like Ran's father who disliked him on principle, but no one he could see threatening Ran's life. Especially the ones who actually had a reason to hate him, as they were all imprisoned. Even so, Conan went to the nearest library and looked up all the news stories within the past three weeks, and found that not a single inmate had escaped or been released.

Why did Ran willingly leave with the man? he asked himself. Was she kidnapped by him, or did something else happen? And if she's alright, then why wouldn't she answer her phone? Deep in thought, Conan walked along the sidewalk, headed to the mall where Ran was last seen to search for clues. In fact, he was so busy with the case that he didn't notice three people following him closely until two warm hands clamped over his eyes.

[Lupin of the Heisei Era 248]

nice!

I'm curious the next part.