In Conan, people have a brain option system.

Chapter 87 Making a choice
'The personal lounge is some distance away from the screening room. If you fire a gun here, it is highly unlikely that the sound of the gunshot will be heard in the screening room, but visitors staying in the exhibition hall will definitely hear it.'

"Since the audience members who just came out of the theater didn't show any signs of being startled, that means the gun was equipped with a silencer, right?"

After determining the weapon that Ohkawa Takao used to kill Sogabe Ryo, Akikawa Sosuke felt a little sad in his heart.

"This is outrageous. Doesn't Japan strictly restrict the ownership and use of guns? How come even a doctor can get a pistol? And it's a model with a silencer."

'But considering the business he does "under the table", it doesn't seem difficult for him to get a gun.'

Akikawa Sosuke left Sogabe Ryo's personal lounge.

Instead of returning to the screening room, he went straight back to Sogabe Ryo's personal exhibition room through the corridor.

"In order to completely erase his own 'evidence', Ohkawa Takao would definitely not just kill Sogabe Ryo."

"Soma Miho will probably be his target as well."

Akikawa Sosuke took out his cell phone and glanced at the time.

【11: 44】

'Oda Ema's movie ended at 10:30, and then Ms. Itakura and I ran into Ohkawa Takao at the entrance of the screening room.'

'After that, I chatted with Takao Ohkawa and Ms. Suzuki for about ten minutes, and then headed to Hall B-2.'

"If Ohkawa Takao went directly to Sogabe Ryo's personal lounge and killed him after parting with me, then he should have committed the crime after 10:50."

'At most 54 minutes have passed since Sogabe Ryo was killed, which is enough time for him to kill Soma Miho again.'

Akikawa Sosuke thought to himself, logged into the film festival's homepage, and checked the screening time of Soma Miho's film.

[First session: 9:00~10:15]

[Second session: 10:30~11:45]

[Third session: 12:00~13:15]

"If my judgment is correct, Soma Miho has also been killed now."

'And her body will probably be found around the start of the third movie.'

"That is to say, in 10 minutes at the earliest and 25 minutes at the slowest, it will be discovered that Soma Miho was shot."

'Takao Ohkawa chose to meet me at Yoshitoki Horita's personal exhibition hall at 13:00.'

'Then his purpose couldn't be to get me to create an alibi for him.'

'It's unrealistic to put the blame on me because I have no connection with them and I don't have the ability to commit the crime in front of outsiders.'

"Then the only reason I can think of is that Ohkawa Takao wants to use the fact that I have no connection with these people to cover up his real purpose of committing the crime."

'Because if the police found three bodies with the same cause of death on the same day, they would definitely look for a connection between the three victims.'

'In this way, my presence can disrupt the direction of the police and detectives' investigation.'

"To cover up his own secret by committing a more heinous crime, this is the purpose of Taikawa Takao."

This kind of thing might seem illogical to other people.

But Akikawa Sosuke has already determined that Ohkawa Takao is a person who is willing to kill even his own "good friends" in order to cover up his own "secrets".

In this case, killing a complete stranger like himself would not seem to be a psychological burden for him.

"This is the top student from the University of Tokyo School of Medicine. He had planned all this just by chance when we met in the morning."

Akikawa Sosuke couldn't help but sigh, but he felt extremely ridiculous in his heart.

"But Mr. Ohkawa seems to have underestimated the detectives' abilities. Do you think this method can fool the two detectives?"

Akikawa Sosuke knew that he could reach a conclusion earlier than Sera Masumi and Conan.

It's not because he is smarter than the two detectives.

But they themselves have more information.

That is, he had seen Tsunekazu Kousaka, Ryo Sogabe, and Miho Soma when they let down their guard before they died.

*bite*
The long-lost mechanical sound rang in his mind. Azure blue semi-transparent font appeared in front of Akikawa Sosuke.

[Tsunekazu Kosaka's cause of death is unknown, Ryo Sogabe was shot to death, and Miho Soma's life and death are unknown. 】

[Faced with the death invitation of the suspected murderer, Takao Ohkawa, what choice will you make? 】

[1. Give up the invitation, do nothing, and wait for the detective to find out the truth]

[Reward: Recovery Card x1]

[2. Give up the invitation, give the detective tips, and help the detective solve the case]

[Reward: Constitution +3, Temporary Attribute Card x1]

[3. Take the initiative to come forward and tell the truth of the case in person to solve the case]

[Reward: Skill Card x1, Feature Card x1]

【4. Accept the invitation】

[Reward: Agility +3, Temporary Skill Card x1]

[5. Punish the real culprit]

[Reward: Specific card x1 (When using a temporary skill card or temporary feature card, you can specifically specify the skills or features of a certain unlocked character in the illustration)]

"Is this system triggered only when I have to make a major decision that will affect my life?"

Faced with the system prompt that suddenly popped up, Akikawa Sosuke couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

It is absolutely impossible to solve the case personally.

This is equivalent to telling everyone clearly that he is not as childish as he appears to be.

For Akikawa Sosuke, as long as his own interests are not threatened, he will not get involved in such matters.

Moreover, Akikawa Sosuke never thought that the detectives in this world would reach the point where they needed a layman like him to give hints.

Even though Masumi Sera and Conan are currently unable to uncover the truth of the case due to lack of information.

Then wait until the results of the autopsy come out.

They can also identify the real murderer.

The only difference is the time.

As for options four and five, they are even more outrageous.

Would a normal person put himself in danger when he knows that the other person has murderous intentions towards him and has a gun in his hand?
'Under normal circumstances, I would definitely choose the first option without hesitation.'

Akikawa Sosuke looked at the system prompt in front of him and thought to himself.

"But, that Ohkawa Takao actually wanted to kill me."

'Even though I had no connection with him, he wanted to kill an innocent person just to complete his flawed plan.'

"I originally thought that it was outrageous enough that I was blamed for the murder just because of jealousy at the Imperial Theater last time."

"I didn't expect the reason this time would be even more exaggerated."

"Are the people here all a little bit mentally ill?"

Under normal circumstances, Akikawa Sosuke would definitely not be hostile to someone for no reason.

But when he realized that someone had malicious intentions towards him, or even murderous intentions,
That situation is a different matter.

'Come to think of it, I'm a little curious, too.'

'If I complete both options at the same time, how will the reward be calculated?'

Akikawa Sosuke thought to himself, and the corners of his mouth once again raised a deep arc.

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