Seeing that M10-inspired fanart earlier made me remember my little aftermath of that movie fic (I got some brainworms the first time I watched this movie that kept pulling me in different directions lol)
This was a more straightforward opportunity than he'd probably ever get out of Vermouth or anyone from the BO that had let him get away.
But is this alright? Letting down his walls for someone he couldn't see his face properly was irrational.
"What do you gain by saving me?"
"Gain?" KID laughed like it was the most amusing question in the world. “My, my, Great Detective. Is every act of goodwill, a transaction to you?”
"There isn't any logical reason not to save someone."
His own words from when he was still Shinichi came back to bite him with a vengeance.
Conan sighed. “I’d be a hypocrite if I said that, so no. But I don’t expect criminals to hold that sort of selfless sentiment.”
“Selfless, huh?” Kaitou KID stepped down from the ledge.
This simple action somehow activated Conan’s fight response. He squared his shoulders as much as it was possible while balancing on his crutches.
“Relax,” KID said, raising his hands placatingly until Conan backed down. “I don’t believe things are that simple. There are truly evil people in the world, yes. And the same can be said for the good ones. But most people you might meet are somewhere in between. Humans are walking, talking contradictions. You can reason some of their actions with logic, but not everything. After all, I’m an example of that contradiction: a gentleman thief.”
“Yeah, right.” Conan scoffed. “There is no honor among thieves. So what’s in it for you?”
KID set his hand over his heart. “You wound me, Detective. I’ll be the first to admit that keeping you alive has its use, but that’s only part of the answer. Before being a thief I am, foremost, an entertainer. My job is to capture people’s hearts, not stomp on them.”
“Get to the point.”
“I don’t like people dying on my watch if I can help it," the thief added with a hearty grin. "Simple as that."

















