Multiple choice system: Conan World

After observing Chianti's body, Masumi Sera returned to Kosenan.

Then he saw Conan, who was sitting on the sofa in the lobby on the first floor and thinking deeply.

Conan, who was thinking with his head down, noticed someone coming in and immediately raised his head.

Then, after seeing Sera Masumi, he showed a look of surprise.

"Ms. Sera, why did you come back? Shouldn't you be receiving treatment in the hospital?"

"I'm fine. What happened? Why did Chianti die?"

Conan knew that Masumi Sera was just being brave. Given the extent of her poisoning, it was impossible for her to recover so quickly.

But he also knew that Sera Masumi was eager to solve the case.

In addition, he also had a lot of things he wanted to ask Sera Masumi,

so he told Sera Masumi that he noticed something strange about Sera Masumi's sudden change of the time and place of the handover, and that he ran into Vermouth and Chianti after returning.

"As expected, it wasn't the kid who made Vermouth and Chianti look like this."

"Vermouth really killed Chianti to prevent him from being caught."

After Sera Masumi confirmed the situation with Conan, he found that it was basically consistent with his own judgment.

"It seems that there is someone else who caused Vermouth and Chianti to fail in their mission and flee in a hurry."

Conan said.

Upon hearing this, Sera Masumi nodded, indicating that she agreed with Conan's judgment.

"Ms. Sera, have you seen that person?"

Conan looked at Sera Masumi and asked.

"No."

Sera Masumi shook his head.

At that time, she fainted due to hydrogen sulfide poisoning and had no idea what happened after she fainted.

She also fell into deep thought and began to wonder about the identity of the mysterious man.

"Due to the lack of surveillance footage, the identity of the mysterious man is almost impossible to trace."

"I also checked Kunio Koizumi's room, but I didn't find any clues to the identity of that mysterious man."

"Right now, the forensic police are searching Kunio Koizumi's room, but I don't think he would leave fingerprints."

"And the biggest question is how that mysterious person knew about the transaction between the organization and Kunio Koizumi."

"This is supposed to be a secret known only to you, me, and Mr. Koizumi."

"It's impossible for Mr. Koizumi to leak the secret, and it's impossible for you, Miss Sera, either. So I can only assume that the organization leaked the information."

"Since we can't infer the other party's identity from the substantive clues, I think we can only infer the identity of that person from his motives."

"It seems that the man has no interest in the trading software, so he should be here just for Vermouth and Chianti."

"But I think there are countless people in this world who hate members of the organization. Just based on this point is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Conan said this and let out a long sigh.

"Our original purpose this time was to capture members of the organization, but we failed."

"Although a core member of the organization with a code name died, Miss Sera also nearly died."

"Also, the more threatening Vermouth escaped."

"Ms. Sera, you have also exposed your appearance to the organization."

"We didn't get any useful intelligence. This mission can be said to be a complete failure."

Conan sighed.

Masumi Sera also felt a little regretful that Conan did not identify the identity of the mysterious person who saved her.

However, she is different from Conan, who holds a pessimistic attitude towards this matter.

Masumi Sera didn't think that their plan this time was in vain.

'At least the murderer of Akikawa's mother is dead.'

"But it's a pity that I was not able to find out why Chianti was chasing Akikawa Ryoko."

Masumi Sera was thinking about it, and suddenly his heart moved.

'etc.'

"Isn't there someone here who hates Chianti and has every intention of attacking Chianti?"

Akikawa Kyousuke.

—The artist who lost his mother to Chianti.

'Akikawa had planned his suicide four years ago. He had planned to commit suicide the day after the suicide compensation period of his life insurance expired, so that his mother could get the insurance money.'

'It can be seen that Akikawa Ryoko holds a very important place in Akikawa Kyousuke's heart, and Akikawa has long lost the will to continue living.'

'But the plan was disrupted by Chianti.'

'Akikawa, who was supposed to be dead, survived, but his mother was killed by Chianti.'

"Under normal circumstances, the death of his mother should have further destroyed Akikawa's will to continue living."

"In this situation, Akikawa is likely to commit suicide again."

Although at the time of the car accident, Masumi Sera didn't know the truth of the matter.

But when they discovered that Akikawa Kyousuke had taken an overdose of sleeping pills and attempted suicide, they had already judged that Akikawa Kyousuke might continue to commit suicide.

That's why the Metropolitan Police Department sent detective Takuto Nakajima to monitor Akikawa Kyousuke.

To prevent him from continuing to choose suicide in order to escape responsibility.

"I remember that Officer Nakajima said that after Akikawa Kyousuke woke up, he did not show any intention to commit suicide..."

"Not only did he not show any suicidal intentions, he even hid many things from the Metropolitan Police Department."

Masumi Sera was shocked by her own thoughts.

Although her emotions were screaming in her mind—

This kind of thing is simply impossible!

But Sera Masumi couldn't help but continue thinking according to his own idea.

At the same time, she found that if she thought according to her own assumptions, many doubts in her mind could be explained.

Why did Akikawa Kyousuke say that someone else fed him the sleeping pills when he clearly swallowed them himself?

Because he hated Chianti for killing his mother, so he wanted to use this to make Chianti's guilt worse.

Why did Akikawa Kyousuke, who should have lost the motivation to live further due to the death of his mother, who occupied a very important position in his heart, not show the slightest intention to commit suicide after waking up?

Because after his mother was killed, he had a new motivation to live——

To seek revenge on Chianti.

'Just looking at the bruises on Chianti's body, you can tell that the man hated Chianti very much.'

"Akikawa, that's exactly what this is."

Just when Masumi Sera was a little confused because of his own thoughts.

She then realized something extraordinary.

Sera Masumi quickly reached out and patted Conan beside him, and said anxiously:

"Boy, you just said that you realized something was wrong after talking to Vermouth, and then when you came back, you ran into Vermouth and Chianti who were about to escape from Kosenan, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Conan wondered.

"Did you get your bow-tie voice changer at that time?"

"No, isn't that the bow-tie voice changer you're holding, Miss Sera?"

Conan looked confused.

"Oh, come to think of it, I found my voice changer in the lobby on the first floor. Was it stolen and thrown away by Vermouth?"

Conan's words instantly caused a storm in Sera Masumi's mind.

"The kid got the voice changer after Vermouth escaped! ! "

"The person who pretended to be Kunio Koizumi and called the room at the beginning was not him! "

(End of this chapter)