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Chapter 280: Honesty (22)

"Sorry, I won't make a deal with you."

Kuroba Kaito immediately realized Akikawa Sousuke's purpose.

Although when Kuroba Kaito was Kaito Kid, the people he met were either fans or people who wanted to catch him.

But there are also people who have their eyes on Kuroba Kaito's abilities.

Some people tried to help Kuroba Kaito steal the gems, so as to reach a cooperative relationship with Kuroba Kaito and let Kuroba Kaito help steal other things.

When faced with such people, Kuroba Kaito basically refuses them all.

Even if he couldn't steal the gems, he didn't want to be coerced into helping some unknown people steal things with the gems.

"I didn't say I wanted your help."

"Are you my fan?"

Kuroba Kaito said sarcastically.

Akikawa Sosuke's words did not reduce the suspicion in Kuroba Kaito's heart.

He himself had no connection with Akikawa Sosuke, so he would not be naive enough to think that Akikawa Sosuke would come to help him, a phantom thief, for no reason.

"Tsukino Takashi is trying to seize the gems from the consortium through you."

"As long as you have stolen the gems, no one will believe you even if you later find out that the gems you have are fake."

"They'll just think you substituted fake gems for real ones."

"In this way, no one will think about coveting Tsukino Takashi anymore, and will turn their attention to you instead."

"Besides, I think you should have discovered it too."

"The security system of the Scarlet Heart display case is completely different from what Takashi Tsukino had advertised from the beginning."

"All this is just to make it easier for you to steal the fake gem."

Kuroba Kaito briefly digested Akikawa Sousuke's words and felt slightly surprised.

He originally thought that Takashi Tsukino replaced the real gems with fake ones just to be on the safe side, fearing that they might be stolen due to security problems.

In fact, he felt a little surprised when he found that he had cracked the security of the Scarlet Shadow Heart so easily.

Now after hearing Akikawa Sosuke's explanation, I finally understood Takayasu Tsukino's purpose.

"Could it be that the password [1412] was deliberately used by Tsukino Takashi to taunt me?"

This was the first time that Kuroba Kaito had encountered such an operation. The heir to the consortium actually wanted to use him to steal the gems in order to monopolize the gems from the consortium.

It's like they're using me to launder money.

Akikawa Sosuke's honesty slightly changed Kuroba Kaito's opinion of him.

"So, you want to stop Tsukino Takashi's actions and don't want him to monopolize the gems that belong to the Tsukino Group?"

"But you don't think that if I got the gem, I would return it to the Tsukino Group, right?"

Kuroba Kaito asked with a smile.

"What does it have to do with me what he's going to do?"

Kuroba Kaito: "?"

Kuroba Kaito was a little confused by what Akikawa Sousuke said.

"Then I don't understand, what exactly is your purpose?"

"What good will it do you have if you let me steal Tsukino Takashi's gem?"

For a moment just now, Kuroba Kaito even thought that Akikawa Sousuke was the type of person with an overflowing sense of justice.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

"You were sniped just now when you got the gem and were about to leave, right?"

"And the main reason why you were sniped was that someone else was also eyeing this gem."

"I guessed that. Do you know the other party's identity?"

Kuroba Kaito asked.

"It's just a rough idea." Akikawa Sosuke replied, "You still remember Amuro Toru, right?"

"Of course I remember." Kuroba Kaito had met fellow guest Toru Amuro when he was rehearsing at Tokyo Big Sight dressed as old professor Kenichi Matsumoto.

But at that time, Kuroba Kaito always thought that Amuro Toru was just an ordinary clerk in a luxury store.

I never expected that the other party was in cahoots with the police and detectives.

"That Amuro Toru could have snatched the gem from you, but he gave it to you on purpose."

"His original idea was to let everyone know that you stole the gem, so that the group that had set their sights on the gem would voluntarily withdraw."

"Unexpectedly, because you got the gem, you were sniped."

Kuroba Kaito fell silent after hearing this.

Now when I think about how I almost got sniped just now, I still feel a lingering fear.

If it weren't for Koizumi Hongzi's intervention, I'm afraid I would have been seriously injured.

But Kuroba Kaito doesn't think that it was Toru Amuro who harmed him.

Because the people who sniped him were at fault in this incident, and Toru Amuro also had good intentions.

"You came here for the Scarlet Shadow Heart. If you take the real thing away, the other party will probably leave."

"So you just don't want the other party to get the gem?"

"You can say that."

Akikawa Sosuke nodded slightly.

"Then why did you reveal that the original gem was fake? Wouldn't it be better to let the other party continue to misunderstand?"

"Because if that happens, Officer Nakamori, who got the fake gem, might suffer misfortune."

Akikawa Sosuke's words made Kuroba Kaito stunned for a moment.

If the other party could shoot at him without any scruples, then if he knew that the gem fell into Nakamori Ginzo's hands, he would probably shoot at Nakamori Ginzo as well.

Ginzo Nakamori is not like himself, who can dodge the gunfire.

Kuroba Kaito absolutely does not want to let Nakamori Ginzo get hurt again, nor does he want to see Nakamori Aoko's grief-stricken look again.

Now it seems that Akikawa Sosuke's exposure of the gem as a fake actually saved Nakamori Ginzo's life.

"So I think if it were you, you might be able to leave safely with the gem."

"This way, when the other party sees that you have taken the gem, he will probably give up and leave."

Akikawa Sosuke continued.

"Then aren't you worried that I'll be sniped?"

"Don't worry, because I just saw that you were hit by a sniper rifle, but you still survived."

Akikawa Sosuke said with a smile.

"If someone else had taken the gem, those people would definitely be keeping an eye on that person's life at all times."

"But you are different. When you were stealing gems everywhere, you should have accepted the risks of stealing precious gems."

Akikawa Sosuke said as he took out his phone and searched for the sound of a smoke alarm.

After clicking play, a shrill alarm immediately sounded in the monitoring room.

Akikawa Sosuke clicked the screen again and turned off the sound.

"Now Tsukino Takashi must think that you ruined his plan."

"This will further deepen his hatred for you."

"In order for his plan to be completed, he must deny what I just said."

"That means you have to get to his personal lounge before he leaves the room."

As Akikawa Sosuke said this, he opened the timer on his mobile phone and pressed the start button.

Kuroba Kaito saw that [2:59] was displayed on Akikawa Sosuke's phone.

"In 3 minutes, I will sound the alarm in Tsukino Takashi's room."

"When the time comes, you can use the excuse of a fire to pay attention to his subconscious reaction, and you will be able to find out where he has hidden the Scarlet Shadow Heart."

(End of this chapter)