Files 743-752 Discussion Thread

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How will Shinichi/Conan return to Japan? (stolen from baka1412)

Illegal ways (Document Forgery, "back-routes", bribing the officers, hijacking the plane, etc)
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Using his connection with the FBI's to sneak him out of the country.
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Agasa miraculously creates a Teleportation machine.
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Haibara send him another batch of antidote(s) (post/directly)
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Haibara entrusted back-up medicine to Jodie / Yukiko / FBI / she somehow got trustful friend out there (the mysterious lady on last file)
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Extra Terrestrial creatures help.
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He never returned to Japan again...
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He never returned to Conan again...
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He swim all the way across to Japan by sea..
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"Home Alone" reference; as a conan, he's tagging any unsuspecting adults during the last minutes before the plane take off, pretending to be their child.
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Asking for Japanese embassy help, hoping to get deported back to Japan..
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He'd get help from that pro tennis player eventually (for solving the case).. I don't know how she would pull some string though...
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Unexplainable Time Skip, the case finished, and we're suddenly back to Beika City the next day without explanation..
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14%
 
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Dus wrote: If I understood Ai correctly, then the antidote works for 24h, unless too little time has passed since he last took it.
That would be a departure from the past explanations that each subsequent antidote works for less time because of the buildup of resistance/antibodies to the antidote (DC science... <_<). I'm not saying you are wrong. I'm a bit confused by Haibara's wording myself.
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Chekhov MacGuffin wrote:
Dus wrote: If I understood Ai correctly, then the antidote works for 24h, unless too little time has passed since he last took it.
That would be a departure from the past explanations that each subsequent antidote works for less time because of the buildup of resistance/antibodies to the antidote (DC science... <_<). I'm not saying you are wrong. I'm a bit confused by Haibara's wording myself.
Actually, no. The first time he took the antidote, he shrunk after 24 hours. Second time as well. Then Ai give him a third pill in the lavatory and that one only worked for 12 hours.
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Chekhov MacGuffin wrote:
Dus wrote: If I understood Ai correctly, then the antidote works for 24h, unless too little time has passed since he last took it.
That would be a departure from the past explanations that each subsequent antidote works for less time because of the buildup of resistance/antibodies to the antidote (DC science... <_<). I'm not saying you are wrong. I'm a bit confused by Haibara's wording myself.
That's not really "DC science".  You build up immunities and resistances to any sort of drug the more you use it, be it medical or non-medical.  DC just has the resistance build-up act at light-speed.

I'm not 100% on Haibara's wording, but I think she might mean while the antidote is still in the system, taking another one reduces the effectiveness (think of it like ODing a bit).  How long it takes to leave one's system is unknown I guess.  Probably 4 days, like some other drugs.
Dus wrote: Actually, no. The first time he took the antidote, he shrunk after 24 hours. Second time as well. Then Ai give him a third pill in the lavatory and that one only worked for 12 hours.
First and second antidotes weren't the same antidote.
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Has it been mentioned how long they're planning to stay in England? Conan said he wanted to see Dartmoor and the Reichenbach Falls, and I was thinking that maybe he'd go there with the professor...
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I also hope she is Shiho
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Yes, they are somewhat similiar in profile. But I think that makes it more likely that she's Elena and not Shiho.
Still, Yukiko is the most probable I'd say.
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Dus wrote:
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Yes, they are somewhat similiar in profile. But I think that makes it more likely that she's Elena and not Shiho.
Still, Yukiko is the most probable I'd say.
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It would be interesting if Elena is still alive, at least Ai would have someone...
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Well, now we're sure that...
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probably every line of the riddle refers to some well known places or buildings in London. I thought it would be nice to collect most of your and my ideas (if that's okay with you, guys). Maybe then we will solve the riddle before Conan. ^_^

A rolling bell rises me - that's Big Ben, no comment
I'm a long nosed wizard in a castle -  The Victoria Tower, Buckingham Palace,
My portion is a chilled boiled egg like a corpse - St. Paul's Cathedral, London City Hall
I finish up with a whole pickle - Gherkin
Now I remember to ask a cake to cerebrate in advance - Baker Street, National Cafe (wild guess)
It rings again for my hatred - Big Ben again?
It tell me to finish everything piercing a white back with two swords - I thought about it, maybe it means about the crossing two swords X, I mean when we will figure out every place, we will get X on the map and the cut point will be the place we're searching.
I'm pretty sure that Chekhov was right - when we will find certain places on the map, we could get an answer for the riddle, a place where the murder was planned. If you want to add something to this, go ahead. The more ideas, the better. ^_^
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The most facepalm thing about this whole file is that Conan could have just not run, and stayed Conan.  If Ran found them at somewhere they weren't supposed to be, he and Agasa could just say that they took a cab there.  "Shinichi-niichan?  He's here?  Are you sure?"

Not to mention, I hope no one saw a 7-year old go into the telephone box, and a 17-year old come out of it.
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That can't be Shiho her nose is too long O_o
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Of course she isn't. How on Erth could she go outside Japan without the help of FBI/CIA/BO without valid passport?
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Who said she didn't have a passport?
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L- wrote: Who said she didn't have a passport?
I wouldn't wonder, if the BO took all of her documents and still have it. Due to her precipitate escape she hadn't the chance to get them back.
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As Ai Haibara? Certainly not. As Shiho? Unlikely. I stand by my theory that she spent the night at the Yoshidas' because she wanted to nick Ayumi's passport.
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Dus wrote: As Ai Haibara? Certainly not. As Shiho? Unlikely. I stand by my theory that she spent the night at the Yoshidas' because she wanted to nick Ayumi's passport.
That's assuming Ayumi has a passport.
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