In Conan, people have a brain option system.

Chapter 39 Sera’s pure suspicion

In the blink of an eye, it was February 2th, the day when the stage play "The Lost City Detective, The Voice of the Dead" was performed to the public for the first time.

The famous detective Maori Kogoro, with his daughter Maori Ran,
And Conan Edogawa, who was staying at his house, took a taxi to the Imperial Theater in Chiyoda Ward.

After the three of them met up with two of Mouri Ran's classmates, Sera Masumi and Suzuki Sonoko, they walked towards the Imperial Theater together.

Arrived at the ticket check point,

Kogoro Maori took a look at the huge queue at the door and couldn't help but show impatience on his face.

"I told you, we should have come earlier. It will take at least ten minutes to queue up for ticket inspection, right?"

"Dad, even if you came earlier, you wouldn't be able to see Miss Yoko."

Mao Lilan ruthlessly guessed her father's thoughts.

"Who said that? Yoko-chan really admires me, the famous detective - Maori Kogoro!"

"Besides, it was the organizer who took the initiative to invite me this time. It's easy for me to meet Yoko-chan!"

Kogoro Maori said loudly with great pride.

Conan, who was standing aside with his hands in his pockets, felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.

On the day that Kogoro Mori received the invitation, he went home and boasted about how famous he was all night long.

Even through his "excellent" reasoning ability,

I figured out that it must be Yoko Okino who wanted to invite me to watch, but because I was embarrassed,
That's why I asked the organizer to invite me on their behalf.

And today is the first day of the stage play's public performance.

As expected, Kogoro Maori found the right opportunity and showed off in front of his daughter's two classmates again.

"Boy, are you looking forward to it? Seeing your dad's novel being adapted into a stage play, and starring a famous actress."

Masumi Sera came to Conan, leaned down and teased in his ear.

"It's okay actually. After all, I've already seen the ending."

“But I think this novel is still very interesting.”

"Although I don't know how the stage play will do yet, I think the tricks in this novel should also allow Miss Sera to fully enjoy the fun of reasoning. She can compete with Miss Quinn to see who can find the truth faster."

Quinn is the heroine of the "Lost City" series and the detective in the novel.

"Since you said so, kid, I'm looking forward to it."

"After all, there aren't many opportunities to enjoy pure reasoning."

Upon hearing this, Masumi Sera also became interested.

While waiting in line for ticket checking, I turned around and looked at the promotional poster of the stage play.

"The Lost City Girls, Voices of the Dead" is a best-selling book worldwide.

Masumi Sera had heard of it a long time ago, but had never seen it.

suddenly.

Sera Masumi's deep green eyes moved, and then he gently kicked Conan beside him.

"Hey, kid, look at that."

"Poster, what's wrong?"

Conan was puzzled.

"Look at the actor who plays the high school student Sae Kotani."

Upon hearing this, Conan looked towards the poster and saw a familiar name.

"Akikawa.Kousuke?!"

Although nearly half a year has passed, Conan still remembers this name clearly.

After all, this was one of the few cases in which he failed to find the real murderer and wrongly accused an innocent person.

If it were anyone else, Conan might not care.

However, Akikawa Sosuke's extremely special experience seems quite inconsistent with the profession of an artist.

"Is it really possible for a person who has been under house arrest for more than half of his life to become an artist after his mother died?"

Sera Masumi said softly.

"It's not impossible. After all, Qiuchuan is pretty good-looking." "With his lack of social experience, if he were spotted by a scout on the street and fooled around a bit, he would most likely be signed to an artist company."

"After all, the greatest quality of an artist is 'being very popular', which should be of great appeal to Akikawa who has always been eager to communicate with people."

Conan said.

"If it's just being an artist, I can understand."

Sera Masatsune frowned.

"But Qiuchuan is covered in injuries. It will take at least one or two months for him to recover."

"Is he really capable of getting a role in a stage play in such a short time?"

"It's your father's role in a stage play adapted from a global bestseller."

"And I saw that the character's introduction above is a sophomore boy, and that Akikawa hasn't even been to junior high school, so how did he play the role?"

"Just because you haven't been to high school doesn't mean you can play a high school student. After all, Officer Takagi also said that Akikawa's family has a lot of rented DVDs. He can probably imagine what high school students look like by watching movies."

"As for what you said, Sera, whether Akikawa can get a role in the short term depends entirely on personal talent."

"Maybe he is a genius at acting."

Conan's words were not groundless, because her mother, Kudo Yukiko, was such a person.

However, Conan's words failed to completely convince Sera Masumi.

"You and I have both seen what Qiu Chuan looked like in the ward before. Not to mention his acting skills, he was just like a little child."

"Any emotion in my heart is almost instantly revealed on my face."

"If you say that Qiuchuan can be considered to have excellent acting talent, I cannot accept it."

Sera Masumi retorted.

"So, Ms. Sera, what you're trying to say is that Akikawa is actually a very good actor. Even when he was facing the detective and us in the ward, he was just acting?"

Conan glanced sideways at Sera Masumi.

Then I saw Sera Masumi nodded solemnly.

"The real culprit of the car accident half a year ago has not been found yet."

"And you also said at the time, kid, that besides the real murderer being someone else, there is another possibility—"

"In fact, Qiuchuan is the murderer. Everything that happened in the ward was acted out by him."

"In reality, he is very good at observation, intelligence, and acting."

"Ms. Sera, you want to use the fact that Akikawa has been under house arrest by his mother for many years and cannot have acting talent to prove that he is an excellent actor."

After hearing what Conan said, Sera Masumi nodded again.

"But have you ever thought that if the situation you described is true, then it must be that Akikawa who was under house arrest by his mother for more than ten years, and developed superb acting skills and criminal abilities that could deceive even detectives and criminal police."

"Isn't this situation even more unlikely than the possibility that Akikawa simply has an acting talent that has not yet been discovered?"

Upon hearing this, Sera Masumi was stunned.

Then Conan continued:
"Let's take a step back and assume that Akikawa really has acting skills, insight, and analytical abilities, and is able to cover up the truth of the crime to the point where you and I don't even notice it."

"Then why did he become an artist when he knew that the police couldn't find the murderer and there was no way to close the case?"

"Isn't this equivalent to announcing to the whole of Japan that my acting skills are excellent and do not match the image I had when I was interrogated that day?"

"This kind of thing is inconsistent with the image we have inferred that he is smart and shrewd."

Conan handed the ticket to the ticket inspector and entered the venue.

Then he heard the muffled voice of Masahiro Shira behind him.

"That Qiuchuan dared to be so unscrupulous, I think there is another possibility."

"That is, Akikawa is actually extremely conceited."

"He doesn't think from the bottom of his heart that you, me, and the Metropolitan Police Department can discover the truth."

"Even if he exposed the fact that he was an excellent actor to everyone."

When Conan heard this, his legs suddenly felt as if they were filled with lead and he froze in place.

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