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The Facts: The next movie is set to feature Amuro. The Movie 21 teaser was seven-segment electronic display counting down from 5 with a metropolis in the background, and Amuro spoke the final countdown number Zero, a reference to the PSB. My Speculation: We will see the logical followup of the anime/movie introduced character development from Movie 20 that Rei Furuya knew Matsuda Jinpei from police academy, and learned bomb defusal from him. Someone who likes setting bombs with mysterious clues is gonna go nuts, most likely in Tokyo since that is PSB territory, and Conan, Amuro, and whatever characters of the day are being served will go put a stop it. The seven-segment display countdown is a reference to a bomb countdown display like most DC bombs use. If this is the case, I'd expect new character Hyoue Kuroda to take a front-seat role in the movie replacing Matsumoto as the shouty police pusher..

Eeey @Aries Bless I had a similar thought to your second point! It's a little different but kind of also adds on to your speculation Well, here's my thought: (could be completely wrong but I thought there'd be no harm in mentioning it anyway :P) IF Asaka = RUM, then it could explain why Amanda was killed as if nothing had happened because Asaka was Amanda's bodyguard and so, if Amanda didn't know Asaka was Rum, she would've nonchalantly let Asaka inside. Then Asaka could've drugged her or killed her in whatever subtle way, and as she was dying revealed his/her real identity. Maybe, for some reason (maybe Kohji was visiting and happened to be in the washroom when Asaka came) Kohji was in the washroom and overheard the conversation and realized that Asaka = RUM and hid in the washroom until Asaka/Rum left. Even if he did not know anything about the BO, he could've been able to tell that Asaka/Rum was a bad person by the conversation and chosen to hide. In the washroom, he might've tried to think about a way to leave a message to anybody out there (perhaps for the FBI/CIA since he knew that Amanda had those connections, and so they may see his message if they were to investigate her death) about Asaka/Rum. Noticing Amanda's mirror (her own mirror - or (if the manga mentioned it was the same hand mirror that Asaka was seen with) one that was given to her by Asaka? or Kohji's own mirror that he had on him), he has his idea on cutting it to make his message. After Asaka/Rum left, he opened the door to see Amanda dead (confirming the Asaka/Rum = bad person thoughts), and quickly started on the message by turning the tap on. However, as he started to make his message, Asaka/Rum came back and heard the water running (or he heard the water running and came back), and Kohji was so scared/startled that he quickly fled the scene without turning the tap off (as he was in such a hurried/terrified state). However, Asaka/Rum saw him running and followed him back to his room. Maybe the reason why Kohji still had time to leave his message is that he locked his door when he got to his room and finished his message in the washroom while Asaka/Rum was delayed in barging the door open. Then when Asaka/Rum barged in, Kohji fought hard and violently to leave the room in a mess to make his message blend in. Not wanting to leave behind any more traces, Asaka/Rum drugged Kohji with APTX. After that, maybe Asaka/Rum didn't have time to be all careful and check the scenes (Amanda's for her washroom/tap or notice the broken mirror in Kohji's room) because Kohji told Asaka/Rum that he had already called the police and that they're on his way, so Asaka/Rum had to escape quickly. That's my main thought But I have some secondary thoughts that could be possible, but I'm not sure either: If the message was in tended for the FBI/CIA, Tsutomu-san could've been associated with the investigation if we assume that he had some connections to FBI (otherwise, why would Shuichi specifically join the FBI?). In his investigation he would've been the target of the BO (the "really bad people" that he warned his family about) and maybe it's because of them that he went into hiding. I think it's a possibility that he may be the uploader of the details on the internet, because he knows that the FBI doesn't have any further leads and so he's uploading them to see if anyone else out there could help solve the case. Maybe his involvement led to his family knowing the Haneda family (if he ever went to ask about Kohji) and that's how Shukichi got to know them, or maybe the Akai family and the Haneda family kind of knew each other beforehand (or maybe just Shukichi and Kohji? From chess?) and because of that, Tsutomu-san was interested in the case and involved in the investigation? Either way, Tsutomu realized the danger upon him and his family, went into hiding, and now is passively still trying to solve the case. I have another thought that maybe Tsutomu is still alive and Mary is aware that Tsutomu isn't dead because of the site/case uploads, as if the uploads are a way for Tsutomu to tell her that he's still alive and/but still on that case. And she just keeps it to herself because telling her children will only harm them and put them more in danger. Or....maybe - IF Mary knows that Tsutomu is alive but in hiding somewhere - she could've told him about Conan and the case details uploaded because Tsutomu knows that Conan would likely see it? As if he's uploading them 'for' Conan as a last chance to solve the case? I'm thinking about this because we don't know when the case details have started to become uploaded. If it's been consistently uploaded for the past 17 years (that's a lot of dedication! lol) then obviously my speculation doesn't make sense, but if it's been uploaded recently, it's a bit coincidental as Mary has also recently been aware of Conan / that Conan = the "Wizard". I've also been reading some DCWiki and came across the theory that Tsutomu could be Kuroda (the "Fan Speculation" in http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Tsutomu_Akai), and maybe that's the reason why Kuroda also knows about/has access to the website. Even if my speculation about Mary knowing Tsutomu is alive is completely wrong, it's still possible that Kuroda is uploading the case details just for more brainpower. Maybe Kuroda's thoughts about Wasaka Rumi going camping 'not like that person at all' could refer to the fact that he's suspecting Wasaka Rumi to be somebody (for example, Asaka/Rum), and based on his knowledge of Asaka/Rum from his investigation back then, he/she didn't seem like the type to go camping with children. Hmm, another thought. (Wow, so many haha) In regards to the "mistake" that Rum had made, there could be many possibilities. (1) They didn't check Amanda's washroom for the running water and didn't turn it off (he could've done so without traces if he used gloves), failing to hide a hint towards the mirror shard message. (2) They let Kohji witness Amanda's murder and escape, and had to deal with it by forceful means (out of the BO's neat/tidy M.O). (3) Something else...maybe to do with the case being able to resurface, or the pictures, or something about Tsutomu (him escaping them?). ------- That was a lot of speculation and lots of 'maybe's that are just wandering inside my brain It may be confusing since there were a lot of alternate ideas going on, so let me know if anything needs clarification! Feel free to disagree, add to it, or point out my mistakes - I tried to remember everything that happened but I'm not perfect Also, I may not have answers to your questions since I'm still thinking about it myself! So I may just admit that it was a faulty idea, hahaha...