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Anyone excited about the next B.O. arc? Any theories?I for one am pumped and will be waiting impatiently for one manga.com to update. rofl

I don't have any particular theory but i really can't wait for this arc. i like the other chapters but i feel they are just fillers(which they are, though they are really good fillers) so i can't wait for this arc!

I changed my theories by the way! xD

First - Okiya is Bourbon and Akai is out in the open. For some reason Akai is showing himself off so foolishly after Kir had spared his life so graciously. Most likely this situation had been planned before hand between the two of them and kept secret from even Conan in order to make things seem more real. It would be hard to trick Jodie, after all, if Conan knew of Shuu's condition. This is also the reason why Conan is so surprised by Shuu's 'reappearance' as he had believed Okiya to be safe, and, most likely, by the clues shot at him, he had believed Okiya to be Shuuichi Akai.

Shuuichi received the burn as he attempted to escape the bomb left in the car. Kir had set him enough time to slip out of his seat. He wasn't quick enough, though, and received a good shot to the right cheek from the fire blast; though he was able to shield the rest of his face. He had smoothly escaped by rolling down the hill and hiding in the greenery nearby until things had cooled down before making a stealthy escape. Of course, his 'corpse' had been replaced with that of the man from the bomb threat in the hospital during Kir's capture.

Perhaps Shuu only came out into the open when Jodie was about to get in trouble? He loves the woman, after all, and he had seen her in a bad condition before when Vermouth shot her. (When Vermouth was first revealed to Conan)

Second - Okiya is indeed Shuuichi Akai. Shuu had been able to stealthily escape the bomb Kir had left by his head and replace the body within the ten seconds she had left him. The body was already in the car; prepped and ready, after all. He had simply covered it with a black cloth in order to disguise it. Do you think it's a coincidence that Kir's vision had been blacked of the doorway as she escaped? She probably left the door open in order to hide Shuu's escape from Gin and Vodka; just as a precaution. (Though, the camera WAS on the front of her body, and not the back. She didn't look back on the scene either.) It would be easy to pull a corpse that was hidden under the car seat and plop it down where he had been laying, leave behind a cellphone, and rush off. Bombs ruined all evidence of who it was that had been killed, after all. (No DNA!)

Well, he had given Conan the appropriate clues in order to figure him out, and in turn, received a very nice accommodation. Because Conan knew of his true identity, Conan ccalmed Haibara down who seemed to freak out about the man. She had hardly ever met Shuuichi Akai; if at all. Shuu had even said himself that 'it was not the time to meet'. We do not know how Haibara reacts to Shuu, but we do know that Okiya has a bad vibe. Since Shuu was once a part of the Black Organization as a spy, Haibara can 'smell' the evil on him. Though she is mistaken. Okiya is nothing more than an FBI agent searching to destroy the ones that killed one of his loves, and almost killed another.

He bugged Agasa's house in order to stay connected to the mission at hand against the B.O. and possibly even place himself conveniently into some situations. He probably heard about this mystery through some sort of bug. He understood the true meaning of the 13 red shirts and decided to go in order to make sure things would stay safe. The reason behind his asking the clerk about Jodie's ramblings had to be because he was worried for her. After all, she was asking if anyone had seen HIM; only with a scar and no voice. In all truth, he had no scar and he could speak just fine. He left Jodie that message, having known of the situation already and hoping she could escape in time with Camel.

The one playing Shuuichi this whole time could be one of three people in my eyes. Vermouth, seeing as she IS the mistress of disguise. Kir, for whatever reason. Perhaps she was trying to pull the Organizations eyes off from something. They do look similar if you look between the two images. Cut the lipstick from Kir, throw a fake scar on and hide her hair under a hat and you'd be golden. And last, Bourbon. No one knows what this man looks like, yet. He could have asked Vermouth to disguise his face for him so that he could do his own bit of investigation. He wanted to see the reactions of several people and see if he could hear anything interesting while disguised as Shuuichi, Akai. Of course, he wasn't expecting to have been caught on film and noticed by Gin or Vodka, but who cares about them? He worked alone in his investigation.

The second time he showed up, he had set up the bombing. He had set Conan and everyone up at a sports store as a certain time in which, coincidentally, two others had been at; Jodie and Camel. He had planned it this way. He wanted the image of Shuuichi being him to be trapped in their heads. At the same time, though, he had never risked dressing up at Shuuichi in order to purchase a new outfit. This would be why the shop keep had not recognized a mute man with a nasty looked scar. That could work for Bourbon, Vermouth, and Kir. What is off, though, is the fact that Shuu doesn't speak anymore. If it were Kir or Bourbon, it'd be understandable. Jodie would know the voice change easily. Vermouth, though, would be able to disguise her voice and act as Shuuichi was ease.



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I shoot for my second idea, with Bourbon dressed as Akai Shuuichi. =D