In Conan, people have a brain option system.

Chapter 211 That's All (Two Chapters in One)

When Masumi Sera realized that the person who saved him was Akikawa Sousuke,
I have already realized that Akikawa Sosuke possesses an extraordinary mind and observation ability.

However, she believes that Akikawa Sosuke can gain an advantage in the confrontation with Chianti and Vermouth.

Or it was because Akikawa Sosuke learned through some special channels that Vermouth and others were coming to Kosenan to conduct a transaction.

She hopes to gain Akikawa Sosuke's trust while also knowing the channels through which Akikawa Sosuke obtains internal information of the organization.

And use this to gain an advantage in their future confrontation with the organization.

However, she finally understood after hearing Akikawa Sosuke's explanation.

The information Akikawa Sosuke possessed was not much less than that of himself and others.

He was able to determine the identity of the murderer.
And be able to prepare in advance for trading in the early hours of the morning,
All of these were judged based on his extremely keen observation skills and terrifying intelligence analysis ability.

That means.

My beautiful idea of ​​wanting to obtain information from Akikawa Sosuke was just wishful thinking.

However, Sera Masumi did not feel disappointed at all.

Rather.

After she discovered that Akikawa Sosuke's personal abilities were actually much better than she had expected,

Instead, what emerged in my heart was a feeling of surprise and joy, as if I had won the lottery.

"I thought I had expected Akikawa to be high enough, but I didn't expect that I still underestimated his ability."

"Akikawa is willing to tell these things without reservation. Does this mean that I have gained his trust?"

Sera Masumi tried hard to suppress the excitement in her chest, and then she heard Akikawa Sosuke say:
"How much do you know about the woman who can change her appearance?"

Upon hearing this, Sera Masumi shared his personal experience of fighting Vermouth.

And he told Akikawa Sousuke the information he learned about Vermouth from Conan.

Originally, this information should not be disclosed to outsiders casually.

But Akikawa Sosuke's mother was also killed by the organization.

And it is obvious that Akikawa Sosuke has no good feelings towards the people in the organization.

Therefore, Masumi Sera also trusts Akikawa Sousuke very much.

"Can you tell me about that organization?"

Akikawa Sosuke continued to ask.

“I don’t know much about this.”

Masumi Sera considered his words in his mind, and then told Akikawa Sousuke the information that did not involve the privacy of himself, Conan and others.

Of course, after removing these contents, there is not much information left about the organization that Masumi Sera knows.

"That's all I know and can reveal to Mr. Akikawa.

"Excuse me, Mr. Akikawa, do you have anything else you want to ask?"

Masumi Sera looked at Akikawa Sousuke with a smile and asked softly.

She was trying her best to show her sincerity to Akikawa Sosuke.

"No thanks."

"There's nothing to thank me for. Mr. Qiuchuan helped me a lot this time, and this is the gift I should give in return."

Sera Masumi said with a smile, then slowly put away the smile and asked again without leaving any trace:
"Mr. Akikawa, will you continue to fight against the organization?"

"maybe."

Akikawa Sosuke looked down at the coffee cup in his hand and responded softly.

After hearing Akikawa Sosuke's answer, Sera Masumi couldn't help but get excited again.

"It seems that my judgment is correct. The fact that Qiuchuan and his mother have been hunted by the organization for so long shows that his mother's identity must be extraordinary."

"Perhaps Akikawa's mother is a defector from the organization."

"Based on Chianti's level, she is at most a killer who was ordered to kill Akikawa Ryoko."

"Just because we have dealt with Chianti doesn't mean that Akikawa's actions will stop here."

"Since Akikawa still wants to continue fighting against the organization"

Masumi Sera realized that Akikawa Sousuke might still have the idea of ​​continuing to fight against the organization.

She felt that the time had come.

"Mr. Akikawa, are you willing to cooperate with 'us'?"

"We also have important people who have been harmed by the organization, and in order to prevent the organization from continuing to harm others, we will continue to fight against the organization in the future."

"I believe that with your help, Mr. Akikawa, our efficiency in fighting the organization will be greatly improved."

Masumi Sera made an invitation to Akikawa Sosuke with a sincere face.

She believed that Akikawa Sosuke would not refuse her proposal.

Perhaps Akikawa Sosuke has good brain power, but his power is ultimately limited.

In addition, Akikawa Sosuke is too thin and frail, so his actual combat power should not be strong.

Therefore, if Akikawa Sorasuke wants to continue fighting against the organization and avenge her mother, she will definitely need teammates.

Today, Akikawa Sosuke and I exchanged information with each other, and a bridge of trust should have been established between the two of us.

Therefore, Sera Masazumi's heart was full of confidence.

However, it is counterproductive.

"That's not necessary."

Masumi Sera heard that Akikawa Sosuke rejected his proposal without any hesitation.

"Eh?"

Her expectations were dashed, and Sera Masumi was stunned for a moment.

She never expected that Akikawa Sosuke would reject her so decisively.

"Why?"

"Aren't you also fighting against the organization, Mr. Akikawa? If so, we should have the same goal."

However, before Sera Masumi could finish her words, she was interrupted by Akikawa Sosuke.

"Mr. Sera, you seem to have misunderstood something."

"Just because I am an enemy of that organization doesn't mean I am in the same group with you."

"Whether you want to fight against the organization or not, what does it have to do with me?"

"I don't have the same high moral standards as you detectives. I still want to help others when the power of both sides is extremely unequal."

Masumi Sera never expected that she would get such a reply.

Moreover, Akikawa Sosuke's last sentence was clearly a satire on himself and Conan and others' attempt to interfere with the software transaction.

She looked at Akikawa Sosuke's attitude, which seemed to have never changed from the beginning to the end, and suddenly felt that
The so-called bridge of trust that he had established between himself and Akikawa Sosuke was nothing but his own wishful thinking.

She thought about it carefully, whether it was the Nishihara Koichi frame-up case that happened at the Imperial Theater,

The case of Takao Ohkawa being injected with drugs happened at the film festival.

And then there was the case of Kyoushi Toda.

Although Akikawa Sosuke fights back as a victim most of the time.

But what he did could definitely not be called "self-defense."

Instead, it seems more like "revenge".

Even from a legal perspective, Akikawa Sosuke's actions in those three cases were completely illegal.

This style of behavior is indeed very different from himself, Conan and others.

"Mr. Akikawa, you are limited on your own."

"Also, your style of doing things may be a little too extreme sometimes."

"Whether it's the treatment of Chianti or the treatment of Koichi Nishihara and Takao Ohkawa before."

Masumi Sera remembered the deep indentation on Chianti's carotid artery.

And the truth behind several cases that Kyouji Toda had revealed to him before he was arrested.

Although Masumi Sera's elder brother and mother were also persecuted by the organization, her experience was different from that of Akikawa Sosuke after all.

Therefore, Masumi Sera also believes that he is not qualified to stand on the moral high ground to criticize Akikawa Sousuke's behavior.

But she still found it difficult to accept Akikawa Sosuke's previous behavior.

If Akikawa Sosuke continues to maintain his own style of doing things, it is hard to say that there will be no risk of being exposed in the future.

After all, he is not the only one in Japan who possesses the ability to reason.

At least it would be difficult for Conan to accept Akikawa Sorasuke's behavior.

Besides, using illegal means is wrong in itself.

Therefore, Sera Masumi also gave a subtle reminder.

"I'm sure you are already very clear about the circumstances of the previous cases, Mr. Shiliang, so I don't want to elaborate on them."

"I will show no mercy to anyone who harbors ill will towards me."

When Masumi Sera heard Akikawa Sosuke say this, she also saw the artist opposite her slightly raised his lips:
"Also, what is the relationship between Nishihara Koichi, Ohkawa Takao and me?"

"Mr. Sera, you said that my behavior in these cases was a bit extreme. Do you have any evidence?"

Sera Masumi: "!!!"

Masumi Sera stared in amazement at Akikawa Sousuke, who smiled for the first time during their conversation today.

It seemed as if he couldn't believe that such a criminal's words would come from the mouth of Akikawa Sorasuke.

To know.

Anyone who has said this to me before was sent to the police station by me without exception!

However, even if Akikawa Sorasuke's words and actions were basically equivalent to tacit approval of his previous behavior.

However, after Nishihara Koichi and Ohkawa Takao were subdued by Toda Kyoushi for assaulting a police officer,

In addition, Takuto Nakajima was thrown into jail for forging evidence, and Kyoji Toda was already dead.

There are no longer any clues or evidence to prove what Akikawa Sosuke had done before.

Criminal genius.

——Toda Kyoushi’s evaluation of Akikawa Sousuke suddenly popped up in Sera Masumi’s mind.

In an instant, the image of Akikawa Sousuke became much worse in Sera Masumi's mind.

"Mr. Akikawa."

"Which side are you on?"

Sera Masumi's voice was no longer kind, but he asked seriously.

"I'm neither."

"I should have died on August 8 last year from taking sleeping pills so that my mother could get compensation from my insurance."

"But that Chianti ruined my three-year plan, so she had to die."

"Kyoji Toda and Takuto Nakajima tried to make me a criminal through illegal means, so they are also an eyesore to me."

"I don't like anyone to have bad intentions towards me, and I need to take precautions when necessary."

"That's all."

Akikawa Sosuke replied as he gently stirred the half-full coffee in the cup with a straw.

Although Akikawa Sosuke said this, Sera Masumi could not see the emotions in Akikawa Sosuke's heart.

But she still felt Akikawa Sosuke's deep hatred for the organization through his words.

Simultaneously.

She also completely understood Akikawa Sosuke's code of conduct.

——As long as others don’t provoke Akikawa Sousuke, Akikawa Sousuke will not take action.

As long as he notices the slightest clue, he will attack the other party without any hesitation.

The people in the organization killed Akikawa Sorasuke's mother, so Akikawa Sorasuke will not hesitate to take revenge on them in the future.

Crime has never been Akikawa Sorasuke's purpose, it is just a means for Akikawa Sorasuke to achieve his goal.

It is precisely because Akikawa Sosuke is absolutely confident that what he does is perfect,
He would tell the truth in front of him without any scruples.

Akikawa Sosuke obviously didn't think he could find evidence against him.

'That's too conceited.'

Masumi Sera even felt that his identity as a detective was challenged.

She suppressed the emotions rising in her chest and continued to persuade:

"No, Mr. Akikawa, I think what you are doing is wrong."

"I will no longer force you to help others."

"But at least, please don't continue your current behavior. After all, many of your actions are already suspected of..."

Sera Masumi was halfway through her words when she was interrupted again by Akikawa Sousuke.

"If I were really like what you said, then Mr. Sera would have died long ago."

Akikawa Sousuke's words immediately made Sera Masumi shut up.

If it weren't for Akikawa Sosuke creating hydrogen sulfide to attack Chianti and Vermouth, he would have died long ago.

"Also, Mr. Sera, you should not stay out of this. If you had been serious enough in the car accident last year, how could Nakajima Takuto and Toda Kyoushi have ended up like this?"

Akikawa Sosuke's words immediately made Sera Masumi feel extremely absurd.

It can be said that what happened to Takuto Nakajima and Kyoji Toda was entirely their own fault, but how come Akikawa Sorasuke said it was also related to themselves?
Just as Sera Masumi was confused and was about to continue arguing with Akikawa Sousuke,
But he saw that Akikawa Sosuke had stood up, walked in front of him and leaned down.

The whisper that followed in Sera Masumi's ears was like a bolt of lightning to her:

"I'll tell you another secret. I took the sleeping pills long before the car accident that day, not after the accident."

After Akikawa Sosuke finished speaking, he gently patted Sera Masumi's shoulder and walked out of the coffee shop.

Only Masumi Sera was left, petrified in his seat.

"Akikawa took the sleeping pills before the car accident?!"

'And it was long before the accident?!'

'How can this be? ! '

"If that's the case, then Akikawa wouldn't have been able to attack Akikawa Ryoko from the beginning!"

The detectives and criminal police in the car accident case suspected that Akikawa Sosuke killed his mother and then committed suicide.
Nakajima Takuto's coercion and forced confession of Akikawa Sorasuke,

Even later on, Toda Kyouji targeted Akikawa Sorasuke.

All of this is based on the premise that Akikawa Sosuke took sleeping pills after the car accident.

Also, when the Metropolitan Police Department initially searched Akikawa Sosuke's home, they did not find the three insurance contracts in which Akikawa Sosuke himself was the insured.

Therefore, no one ever considered that Akikawa Sousuke was not the murderer.

If this is true, then Akikawa Sosuke was targeted by Nakajima Takuto and Toda Kyoushi, and he is indeed responsible on his side.

'Where? What went wrong?!'

"We determined that Akikawa took sleeping pills after the car accident, mainly based on the diagnosis report given by the hospital doctor at the time."

"The doctor tested the concentration of triazolam in Akikawa's body and determined that Akikawa had taken sleeping pills after the car accident."

Sera Masumi fell into deep thought.

'As long as you are an ordinary person, the rate at which you metabolize triazolam is basically the same.'

"So the doctor's estimate of the time when Akikawa took triazolam based on the concentration of triazolam detected in Akikawa's body should not be too far off from the actual situation."

Triazolam is primarily metabolized in the human liver.

In addition, triazolam has a short half-life, so as long as the concentration of triazolam in the human body is tested, it is possible to clearly know the time when the patient took triazolam.

Sera Masumi was thinking.

Suddenly I heard the voice of a customer behind me ordering food:

"One piece of cheesecake, please."

And from the voice of the customer behind him, Sera Masumi suddenly recalled that Akikawa Sousuke refused to drop the cake when ordering food.

Her wide-open eyes began to tremble at this moment.

"Yes, Akikawa is not an ordinary person!"

"He has been suffering from liver failure, and the symptoms are so severe that he cannot eat without taking medication."

'If the patient suffers from liver insufficiency, the metabolism rate of triazolam in his body will be slowed down, resulting in a longer half-life.'

'So we can't calculate the time it took Akikawa to take triazolam based on the rate at which normal people metabolize triazolam!'

'We all overlooked this!'

"Regardless of the motive, Akikawa had no possibility of committing the crime from the beginning?!"

Realizing this, Masumi Sera suddenly stood up amid the surprised gazes of the guests and waiters.

'Akikawa Sosuke, who clearly possesses abilities far beyond those of ordinary people, is willing to give up his young life full of a bright future in order to allow his mother to obtain insurance compensation.'

'He swallowed the sleeping pills but survived, only to find that his mother was dead and all his three years of preparation had gone to waste.'

'That's why he used that silly artist image to protect himself, becoming like a hedgehog. He looks harmless on weekdays, but once someone tries to touch him, they will be stabbed and bleed.'

'But even so, after using hydrogen sulfide in Kosenan, he took the initiative to expel the hydrogen sulfide in the room.'

'Not only did he save me, he also saved the guys who might come later, the police, and everyone in the lobby on the first floor.'

"How can someone like Akikawa be a bad person?"

'He just behaved a little bit extreme, but he never hurt innocent people.'

'It is precisely because he has long lost the will to live that he does not care about the means to achieve his goals.'

"If Akikawa achieves his goal, he might choose to commit suicide again!"

"If I can change Akikawa's mind, I might be able to avoid this outcome."

'At the same time, we also need to prevent him from being caught by the kid or someone else and being sent to the police in the future.'

Masumi Sera thought to himself, then after slapping a few bills on the counter, he chased after him.

"Mr. Akikawa, wait a minute!"

Masumi Sera called out to Akikawa Sosuke who was walking forward, and then ran over under the other's slightly surprised gaze.

"Mr. Akikawa, if you need anything in the future, or if anything happens, please feel free to come to me."

"I will definitely come to help you."

Masumi Sera placed his right hand on his chest and spoke to Akikawa Sousuke.

"Akikawa, you saved me, so I want to save you too."

"I don't want you to continue going in the wrong direction after losing your mother."

Akikawa Sosuke looked at the "handsome" detective in front of him with surprise, who suddenly ran up to him and said he wanted to help him, and a faint curve appeared at the corner of his mouth again.

"it is good."

I am very sorry for the late update. This chapter has 5400 words, which is equivalent to 2.5 chapters in one.

The volume introduction has been updated:

【Volume 5 Savior】

"Akikawa, you saved me, so I want to save you too." - Masumi Sera

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