LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 274: Chapter 274: Deception
Location B, Control Room
Through the surveillance monitors in the control room, Akikawa Kyousuke watched as Conan and Toru Amuro moved from Hall C to Hall D.
'It seems Toru Amuro already knows the gem is fake.'
Akikawa Kyousuke made this judgment in his mind.
Earlier, when Sera Masumi had asked Akikawa Kyousuke if he had found any leads, he learned that Sera Masumi planned to head to Location D to handle the explosion that might occur there.
However, through the surveillance footage, Kyousuke discovered that Sera Masumi didn't actually go to Location D but remained at Location C instead.
At the same time, the people heading to Location D changed from Sera Masumi to Conan and Toru Amuro.
This allowed Akikawa Kyousuke to confirm that the information he had revealed to Sera Masumi had reached Toru Amuro's ears.
And this was exactly what Akikawa Kyousuke had anticipated from the beginning.
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Since the matter of the gem was related to the heist and Kaitou Kid, Akikawa Kyousuke knew that Sera Masumi would share information with Conan.
Once Conan learned that the gem was fake, he would likely tell Toru Amuro.
From Toru Amuro's previous evaluations of Kaitou Kid, Akikawa Kyousuke had gathered that the public security officer did not approve of Kaitou Kid's actions.
But when compared to letting members of the organization take the gem freely, it seemed Toru Amuro had decided to let Kaitou Kid take the gem instead.
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In this case, once Toru Amuro realized that the gem everyone was fighting over was fake, he would naturally think of handing the fake gem over to the organization.
This would be the most optimal solution in the current situation.
As such, there was a high probability that this task would fall on Sera Masumi, who had been accompanying Nakamori Ginzo throughout the case and had earned a certain level of trust.
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As for why there was no explosion in Arena D, it was because the two explosions had been irregular from the start.
It was only Akikawa Kyousuke who had made Conan and the others mistakenly believe that the two explosions were precisely timed during his broadcasts.
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The announcements Akikawa Kyousuke made about the explosions in the collection rooms were actual broadcasts.
However, in reality, the second explosion had occurred much earlier than the timing Akikawa Kyousuke reported.
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Akikawa Kyousuke noticed that the explosion in the Scarlet Shadow Heart collection room occurred at 2:30 p.m.
The second explosion happened in the Yuehua collection room at around 2:54 p.m.
The two explosions were evidently irregular.
However, Akikawa Kyousuke deliberately delayed reporting the time until two minutes past 3:00 p.m.
This way, Conan and Sera Masumi would think that the interval between the two explosions was exactly thirty minutes.
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Moreover, they would assume the two explosions were occurring on the hour.
Thus, they would take it for granted that the third explosion would happen in Area D-2 at 3:30 p.m.
In this situation, the police at the scene, along with Conan and the others, would head to Area D-2.
As for Hall B, where Akikawa Kyousuke was currently located, in the opposite direction from Hall D, no one would come.
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The only exception was the mastermind behind the Tokyo International Showcase incident: Takashi Tsukino.
Tsukino Takashi needed Kaitou Kid to steal the gem.
Only then would everyone believe that the Tsukino Consortium no longer had the gem, allowing him to keep the real gem in his possession forever.
Unfortunately, Conan and the others had retrieved the fake gem, which had fallen into the hands of the Second Investigative Division of the police.
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Now, Tsukino Takashi was undoubtedly worried that the fake gem would be exposed.
The control room that could have provided Tsukino Takashi with information had also been occupied by Kaitou Kid earlier.
And now, it was once again in Akikawa Kyousuke's hands.
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Naturally, Tsukino Takashi would realize that someone else was now in the monitoring room.
However, Akikawa Kyousuke speculated that, even so, Tsukino Takashi would not act rashly.
Therefore, more information needed to be added to further derail Tsukino Takashi's plans, forcing him out of hiding.
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Akikawa Kyousuke looked at Toru Amuro and Conan, who had returned to Hall C from Hall D, and once again brought his mouth close to the microphone.
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Meanwhile, in Arena D, Conan and Toru Amuro had waited for over ten minutes without any signs of an explosion.
Both felt that something was off.
"Did I guess wrong? Were the timings of the two previous explosions just a coincidence? Could it be that there won't be any explosion in the Dreamweaver collection room?"
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"Then why did Location C-2 explode?"
As the events deviated from his expectations, Conan's thoughts began to grow muddled.
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"Conan-kun, what's going on?"
Amuro asked loudly, looking at him.
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"The timing of the first two explosions was exactly thirty minutes apart, and both occurred on the hour," Conan explained.
"So, based on that pattern, there's a high possibility the Dreamweaver collection room will explode at 3:30."
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"Even though it's good that there hasn't been an explosion, the deviation from my expectations makes me feel uneasy," Conan added.
At the same time, he began glancing outside the location from time to time.
"Why haven't reinforcements from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived yet? In this situation, we can't just head to the display cabinet to investigate."
Conan couldn't help but complain.
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"I'll head back to Hall C as well," Amuro said, alert after Conan's reminder.
With more police arriving at the scene, it would become increasingly difficult to act independently.
His top priority now was to quickly retrieve the fake gem and deliver it to Vodka and Korn.
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(Chapter ends.)