Shuichi Akai, standing opposite Matsuda Jinpei, wore an equally bewildered expression.
The two silently stared at each other. They had clearly recognized one another and were both struggling to keep their faces composed, each feeling a subtle sense of awkwardness.
Shuichi Akai being here really was a coincidence.
On the day of Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato's staged wedding, Conan had worked out the rough outline of a plan and separately told Shuichi Akai, who had already moved into his home, and Rena Mizunashi, who had begun making the requested arrangements.
Rena Mizunashi was a television host, which was an exceptionally useful identity.
Meanwhile, Shuichi Akai was still living in Japan, waiting for an opportunity to act. Gin had already learned that intelligence after the incident at the Twin Tower Skyscraper.
On the side of events Tangze had not noticed, where the story had never extended, Shuichi Akai had begun sabotaging many of the Organization's plans almost as soon as he defected, carrying with him a vast amount of intelligence about them.
As a longtime member of their operations unit, he knew quite a few of the Organization's arms supply channels, the conditions of their safehouses, information on their bases, and which companies were actually Organization fronts.
In the past, even with that knowledge, Shuichi Akai had not dared to use it rashly out of concern for his own safety. After defecting, with those concerns gone and Tangze still serving as eyes inside the Organization, Shuichi Akai naturally began dealing with those matters.
Combining those two pieces of intelligence, Conan believed it would be appropriate for Rena Mizunashi to use the convenience of her work to happen upon a public incident where Shuichi Akai exposed his identity.
It would be best if the scene could be recorded on camera, giving