Tangze: When It Comes to Filling in the Blanks, You're Still the Best, Conan

"...That's an interesting question." Tangze raised an eyebrow, leaned against the wall beside him, and asked with evident interest, "What makes you think that?"

"After leaving the building yesterday and learning what had happened outside, I couldn't stop wondering when exactly you went to Moriyama Teiji's place and installed the cameras."

With his arms folded, Conan stared at the man before him, whose relaxed expression was just irritating enough to make him want to punch him, and began listing the details one by one.

"Then I realized that when the few of us went to visit Moriyama Teiji's exhibition room, we were away from the garden for over half an hour. During that time, Yusuke Kitagawa was introduced by Sonoko to several sponsors. Since one of them agreed to the sponsorship terms on the spot, they temporarily borrowed Moriyama Teiji's study. That meant he was out of everyone's sight..." Thinking of Yusuke Kitagawa, Conan could not help shaking his head. "Moriyama Teiji really couldn't have noticed."

Even Sonoko Suzuki, who had spent the entire event hovering around Yusuke Kitagawa, had failed to notice the brief gap created by his movements through the estate. Moriyama Teiji, whose attention had been entirely focused on Ran Mouri at the time, would have had an even harder time noticing.

"Also, those first few bombs yesterday. You noticed Moriyama Teiji and interfered with his actions, which means you wanted to get involved and stop the destruction. But that contradicts your initial attitude yesterday. Unless... you actually knew everything about what I was doing."

Thinking about the circumstances in which he had met Yusuke Kitagawa yesterday, Conan felt speechless.

If part of Joker's intelligence-gathering ability came from his excellent acting skills, then Yusuke Kitagawa probably relied on that utterly natural, offbeat aura of his.

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