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Chapter 270 Chess Piece (22)

Venue B, inside the monitoring room.

In this room that has both monitoring and broadcasting functions,

Akikawa Sosuke was supporting his cheek with one hand and tapping lightly on the keyboard with the other, watching a clip over and over again.

On the screen, Kaito Kidd, who was hit in the head by a sniper rifle, fell straight to the ground.

Then, his entire body disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Although Akikawa Sosuke also realized that there were some things in this world that were not scientific enough.

For example, the handsome detective's kick can knock down a metal door.

For example, the football of the Death God Elementary School Student is comparable to an electromagnetic cannon.

But as long as Akikawa Sosuke accepts that there are a few people in this world whose physical fitness is different from that of ordinary people, it is not unacceptable.

But the scene of Kaito Kidd's disappearance really made Akikawa Sousuke feel extremely surprised.

If you get shot in the head with a sniper rifle, you can not only survive, but you can also disappear instantly.

This is no longer something that can be explained by science.

It's really magical.

After watching it over and over again, Akikawa Sosuke still couldn't figure out any clues.

But it was precisely because of this that Akikawa Sosuke yearned for this ability even more.

A few moments.

Akikawa Sosuke continued to look at the surveillance video of venue B.

As early as when he heard the broadcast saying that Kaito Kidd was trying to steal the Scarlet Shadow Heart, he guessed that the broadcast was made by Kaito Kidd.

Since there was no staff in charge of broadcasting to correct the broadcast, it means that the broadcasting room has been empty for a long time.

Originally, Akikawa Sosuke had no interest in the cat-and-mouse game between the detective and the thief.

But the appearance of Toru Amuro changed Akikawa Sorasuke's mind.

So he chose to go to the empty broadcasting room and watch the situation in the venue through the surveillance.

Not long ago, after temporarily dispelling Amuro Toru's suspicion, Akikawa Sosuke noticed that Amuro Toru avoided him and answered a phone call.

Therefore, Akikawa Sosuke guessed that the identity of the person who called might not be ordinary.

Through the phone call from Masumi Sera, Akikawa Sosuke learned that Toru Amuro appeared in the collection room of Scarlet Heart after parting with him.

Toru Amuro's public security identity should be extremely secretive.

There was no need for him to help the police from Investigation Section 2 to catch the thief.

Therefore, Akikawa Sosuke guessed that Amuro Toru might have a reason to go to the Scarlet Heart Collection Room -

It was because of that phone call that the organization assigned Toru Amuro the task of stealing the gems.

Later, after seeing how Toru Amuro deliberately let Kaito Kuroba snatch the jewel, Akikawa Sosuke was completely confirmed that his idea was correct.

After knowing that Toru Amuro's real identity is actually a public security policeman, it is easy to understand why he did this.

Most likely he didn't want the gem to fall into the hands of the organization's members, but he couldn't blatantly disobey the organization's orders.

That's why Toru Amuro chose to let it go and gave the gem to Kaito Kid, whom he didn't like.

"The organization has sent at least one sniper here, and his goal is the same as Kaito Kidd's, which is to steal the ruby."

"However, it seems that no one except Kaito Kidd noticed that the gem was a fake."

Akikawa Sosuke thought to himself as he watched Conan slowly picking up the gem in the surveillance video.

He had never seen a real Scarlet Shadow Heart, not even a fake one.

But Akikawa Sosuke still knew from the beginning that the gems in the safe were fake.

The reason was that after Sera Masumi called just now, he revealed a piece of information -

"The Scarlet Heart was placed in the display cabinet by a detective from the First Investigation Division. Mr. Tsukino never touched the gem."

Generally speaking, after a valuable treasure is stolen, the owner will definitely go and personally confirm whether it has been swapped.

But Tsukino Takashi never touched the Scarlet Shadow Heart with his own hands from beginning to end. This scene was clearly seen by Masumi Sera, Ginzo Nakamori and others.

As for why Takashi Tsukino did this?
Akikawa Sosuke believed that this was done intentionally to give the detectives and police the impression that he had not touched the gem.

After being authenticated by him, the "Heart of Scarlet Shadow" became a "real thing" after being placed in the display cabinet.

In itself, there are many suspicious points in the incident where Takashi Tsukino was kidnapped by his younger brother, was given sleeping pills and had his jewels stolen.

One question is, why did Takashi Tsukino's brother know the password to the display cabinet?

Another suspicious point is that Masayuki Tsukino stole the jewels in the early morning and was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department at noon.

Was this a bit too thoughtless for an executive who holds a high position within the consortium?

Just by hearing Sera Masumi's description, Akikawa Sosuke realized that many clues in the first theft case were too obvious.

Although all of this was deduced by the detectives.

But the only suspect pointed to by these clues is Takashi Tsukino's younger brother, Masayuki Tsukino.

Akikawa Sosuke didn't believe that Tsukino Masayuki would be so stupid as to drug his brother and steal the jewels, and then naively think that the police and detectives would suspect him.

Since Masayuki Tsukino did not take any action to evade the search, he also did not prepare any means of self-protection.

And he was caught so easily by the Metropolitan Police Department, and the jewel was returned before noon.

Then Akikawa Sosuke felt that the first case was most likely a performance planned by the two brothers Takashi Tsukino and Masayuki Tsukino from the beginning.

The two of them worked together to stage a play, allowing the fake Scarlet Heart to fall into the hands of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Later, when Tsukino Takashi returned the jewel through the detective of the First Investigation Division, he deliberately did not touch the jewel in front of Masumi Sera and Ginzo Nakamori.

This eliminated the possibility that he had swapped the gems himself.

The gem had been authenticated by Takashi Tsukino himself and confirmed to be genuine.

Because of the fact that Masayuki Tsukino gave Tsukino Takashi sleeping pills and tied him up, the conflict between the two brothers over the inheritance rights of the Tsukino Group became deeply rooted in people's minds.

Because Takashi Tsukino had no reason to help his brother who had evil intentions towards him to lie.

Naturally, no one would doubt Takashi Tsukino's appraisal results on the Scarlet Shadow Heart.

Akikawa Sosuke describes Tsukino Takashi's strange behavior through Sera Masumi.

The two cases were linked together and it was determined that the gems in the display cabinet were fake.

But fakes are just fakes after all.

There is one more step to turn fake gems into real gems.

That is to make everyone think that the real gem was swapped by someone else.

The most suitable scapegoat is naturally Kaito Kid who sent out the notice.

As long as Kaito Kidd gets the gem, even if the police successfully recover the gem later, they will find that the gem is actually a fake.

The first reaction is definitely that the real thing was replaced by Kaito Kid.

But they would never have thought that the gem was fake from the beginning.

This step is similar to evading taxes by faking a kidnapping.

The latter is to evade taxes by handing over the ransom to the kidnappers under the guise of kidnapping, thereby circumventing government taxes.

The former is to let Kaito Kid steal the gems, making everyone think that the real gems fell into Kaito Kid's hands.

Thus, he could take the real Scarlet Shadow Heart for himself.

To achieve this goal, a very important step is required.

That is to ensure that Kaito Kidd can get the gem.

Naturally, the unlocking method of the Scarlet Heart display cabinet would not be too difficult.

This is also the reason why Akikawa Sosuke guessed that Kaito Kid was able to get the gem after hearing Sera Masumi's description.

Whether it's the police, detectives, or Kaito Kid.

They are all just pawns used by Tsukino Takashi to monopolize the gems from the consortium.

(End of this chapter)