Taku Itakura's real diary, written for himself, was completely different in nature from the diary he had deliberately left behind for others to find.
The former might truly have been some kind of emotional outlet, while the latter very likely contained information he believed was too dangerous to leave on paper, things no one else knew about but that he had been unwilling to let vanish completely.
He did not know whether it included what had happened when Tequila met with him two years ago, but it was still far better than being completely in the dark.
With that in mind, Conan crept closer to the bag containing the floppy disks, patiently waiting for the other three adults to move before using the distraction to slip one into his hand.
There was a hidden camera in this room. Judging from its placement, it was very likely intended for defense—in other words, Itakura had sensed danger and installed it in advance.
But Conan could not gamble on that one-in-a-hundred, one-in-ten-thousand chance that the victim had been hacked, or that the camera had actually been installed by the perpetrator and was the real reason Mr. Itakura had been forced to lock himself inside the room...
In short, he could not become the unusual one in the camera's footage. He had to make the case look as ordinary as possible, so it would not draw too much police attention.
The location was so close to the city center, and Ran Mouri had used Mori Kogoro's direct private line to report the case, so Juzo Megure arrived with astonishing speed.
"Mr. Itakura is still receiving treatment at the hospital. His current condition remains unclear." Temporarily declining to reveal Taku Itakura's condition to those present, Juzo Megure turned to look at Kazunobu Chiba, who had