Just gonna SHOVE some Ai-chan backstory in the middle of this unrelated mystery here!

@hyudha
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@Ovdose
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@pengwing
Yes, sera is the youngest sister of akai. She also has another brother, who is a shogi player and also boyfriend to yumi the police traffic officer.

@fennec
Thank you for the response... I only come once every few months to see the last chapter and see if anything interesting happened. So I didn't know about this. And saw a young female, assumed to be adult, which Sera asked about Haibra immediately after. And was in half shock if Haibara gave birth to someone and forgot about it XD (now that I think about it more, she is Sera's age so that was a ridiculous thought)

I vaguely remember Sera being Akai's relatives, is that correct?

@pengwing That actually hasn't been shown yet. We've seen Sera's mother (Mary) as a child, but we haven't gotten any hints to *how* she ended up like that just yet. It's a bit odd to see a brief flashback with narrative referencing it so bluntly, I feel like Aoyama usually has full-fledged flashbacks that span at LEAST one chapter, rather than have a brief but VERY revealing reference in the middle of a case.

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Can someone tell me what chapter Seira met her mother? and was that Haibara (who seira said was her mother in child form? )

@Ovdose

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@doradora

You realize Heiji did the same thing, too, right? He didn't have any motive grander than curiosity like Sera does, but he did everything in his power to make Conan confess to being Shinichi and learn as much as he could.

@Wabewalker

I'm assuming, it was a back-up plan. Since the victim used the butterfly previously, the killer had to be mindful that the victim might not freak out and fall upon seeing it. In which case, he needed an alternative.

As I typed this out, I hope I'm not right about this being a Plan B. Otherwise, there are too many similarities to Holmes Freak (Chapters 117-121).

So is the little hidden clue in the recording is:
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yeah i definitely think it would be better for shinichi to just tell sera, it would be better if she can keep quiet and they can work together. Is he’s afraid that by telling Sera, he’s dragging her into his problems?

Also, why does the killer even have poison? Ostensibly, the poisoning was only planned after second victim noticed something and started threatening the killer.

@Xelda
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@Ovdose

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At this point I think it would be in Shinichi's best interest to let Sera know who he is. Unlike Ran she's clearly not buying his stories and won't give up. Similar to when Heiji found out, I think it's time he lets her know and asks her to keep it a secret - I guess he might still not entirely be sure which side she's on though, plus he's also got Ai's identity to keep hidden, too.

@doradora - I wouldn't exactly call simply asking questions 'underhanded'. She tried asking him directly and he denied it, so she has no choice at this point. She's asking Ran questions to get more information so she can work a different angle, as well as putting pressure on Shinichi so he either fesses up or panics and slips up.

God that Sera is such a pushover idiot. Why would she resorts to such underhanded tactics to reveal Conan's secret, if she is smart wouldn't she know that Conan isn't related to the MIB except that he is a victim.

A lot of hints in this chapter so I think I know what happened.
Spoilered my theory so don't click on that if you're still thinking.
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