Options system in my brain: Detective Conan

After listening to Sera Masumi's explanation, Conan's doubts didn't decrease but instead grew stronger.

Because based on the information Sera Masumi had just revealed, it was still far from clear how Kaitou Kid managed to steal the gems.

The process and method of committing the crime were largely clarified, but how Kaitou Kid managed to bridge the information gap and pinpoint the location of Tsukino Takashi and the gems remained unknown.

Conan grew increasingly anxious and asked again, "Is there anything else?"

"No more."

Conan had gradually worn down Sera Masumi's patience. She didn't know where Kaitou Kid's information came from and no longer wanted to waste time explaining things to Conan in detail.

Sera Masumi had already guessed where Conan learned about Kaitou Kid stealing the gems.

Undoubtedly, the source of the information was Toru Amuro, who had taken the fake gems to strike a deal with the organization.

Since Kaitou Kid escaped from the roof of the venue, it meant that he had definitely been seen by the organization's sniper lying in wait in the distance.

It was likely at that moment that the organization realized Kaitou Kid had also stolen the gems.

Kaitou Kid's ability to identify genuine gems was well-known to everyone.

Upon seeing Kaitou Kid with the same gem, the organization certainly wouldn't believe that the gem in Toru Amuro's possession was authentic.

In this way, Toru Amuro's strange attempt to deceive the organization failed.

After all, if Toru Amuro's undercover identity was exposed, it would undoubtedly deliver a significant blow to Conan's opposition against the organization.

For this reason, Conan was visibly panicking at this moment.

Sera Masumi understood the urgency of the situation and therefore did not withhold this kind of information.

However, after receiving the information from her, Conan still tried to brush her off superficially and then turned around and ran off.

This left Sera Masumi feeling increasingly dissatisfied.

Sera Masumi had no affection for Toru Amuro and had always been suspicious of him.

When Conan was unwilling to share information with her at all, Sera Masumi found it impossible to willingly help Toru Amuro.

Moreover, Sera Masumi increasingly felt that sharing information with Conan was a waste of time.

This time, Sera Masumi only provided the bare minimum answer to Conan's questions.

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Just now, Sera Masumi had learned something important through her investigation.

Tsukino Takashi seemed genuinely confused about the final transmission. He had once claimed that he didn't hear the last broadcast at all.

At the time, Sera Masumi and the police at the scene thought Tsukino Takashi was lying.

However, out of caution, Sera Masumi went to ask the security staff who had seen Kaitou Kid break the glass roof and escape.

The security personnel, stationed in Area B, confirmed that they also hadn't heard the final transmission.

In other words, the transmission Sera Masumi and others heard in Hall C, which clarified that the gem was fake, was only broadcasted in Hall C.

This meant that the sender of the transmission could only have been Kaitou Kid, who was capable of changing his voice.

Sera Masumi pondered for a long time but still couldn't understand why Kaitou Kid sent that transmission to Hall C.

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'What's the point of Kaitou Kid denying his final transmission?

Could it be that he wanted to mimic Tsukino Takashi's actions after obtaining the real Scarlet Shadow Heart?

To make the police in Hall C lower their guard and not stop him from leaving with the real gem?'

The more Sera Masumi thought about it, the stranger it seemed.

She felt that all her reasoning was highly far-fetched and that many aspects were logically nonsensical.

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'But judging by the results, Toru Amuro took the fake gems to the organization precisely because he heard the final transmission.

If not for that transmission, the organization wouldn't have discovered he was deceiving them.

Could the purpose of that transmission have been to expose Toru Amuro's deceit to the organization?'

Sera Masumi considered the situation from a reverse perspective, thinking about the results, and suddenly had this idea.

But it seemed too absurd.

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On the surface, only Conan and Toru Amuro knew about this matter.

Others had no way of executing such a plan.

"This doesn't seem like the right approach," she muttered.

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Suddenly, a figure appeared in Sera Masumi's mind.

It was Akikawa Kyousuke, who had attended the exhibition as a guest.

Through previous interactions with Akikawa Kyousuke, Sera Masumi knew that he had exposed the true situation to Toru Amuro.

Toru Amuro already knew that Akikawa Kyousuke was the mysterious man who had defeated Vermouth and others at the hot spring hotel.

Was it possible that, since Akikawa Kyousuke had exposed his identity to Toru Amuro, he had orchestrated a plan for Toru Amuro to expose his identity to the organization as well?

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Sera Masumi suddenly recalled that when she had called Akikawa Kyousuke several times, the surroundings were very quiet.

This meant that Akikawa Kyousuke couldn't have been wandering around the exhibition venue.

Additionally, Sera Masumi had entered the monitoring room earlier and noted that it wasn't as noisy as the exhibition floor.

This matched the quiet environment Akikawa Kyousuke had been in.

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'It's impossible for Kaitou Kid to know the truth about Tsukino Takashi's case.

It's even less likely for him to know that the gem was in the venue because Tsukino Takashi had handed it over to the detective from the First Investigative Division.

But what if it's Akikawa?'

Masumi Sera had shared many details of the case with Akikawa Kyousuke.

The idea that the gems were fake had been first proposed by Akikawa Kyousuke.

Information that Kaitou Kid couldn't have known was clearly within Akikawa Kyousuke's grasp.

Sera Masumi suddenly shuddered, shocked by her own thoughts.

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'Could it be that Kaitou Kid helped Akikawa send the transmission?

That's impossible.

Even if Akikawa had guessed that the organization was present, how could he have known that Toru Amuro planned to use fake gems to deceive them?

Moreover, if Akikawa had been hiding in the control room, then the earlier transmission couldn't have been made by Kaitou Kid under Akikawa's direction, right?

How could Kaitou Kid cooperate with someone like Akikawa, a complete stranger?'

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Various irrational points made Sera Masumi dismiss her idea.

But she still couldn't figure out how Kaitou Kid had stolen the gems.

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(End of the Chapter)