#kohji case

Hello ^^

Indeed, Muga's face would be his true face underneath the old man (Rum) face. The conclusion I've come to based on the new information regarding Rum is that the father whose codename he inherited (that he revealed to Amanda in File 1107) is actually the identity of the old man that Muga has been impersonating since at least 17 years back.

So in other words, the old man appearance is not simply a random disguise he created for himself, but an especially created one with Vermouth's help to impersonate his own father (who was the previous Rum that Amanda met when he was a kid 67 years ago during Renya's party). So, Muga needs to uphold that old man face around his colleagues and subordinates in order to remain in control and power as the "old head no.2 of the BO" (the reputation that his father has already built up), and he would basically be doing the reverse of Vermouth with her Chris cover (where she is an older woman impersonating as her own daughter). I think the name-drop of Rum's father is building towards this major twist, similarly to Vermouth.

File 1103-1109 Predictions

I think it will be the latter; a plot progressing/setup case leading up to the climax. It is also timely to reveal what happened between Rum and Tsutomu 17 years ago (after the Kohji case incident), that lead to Rum losing his left eye. That's what I'm currently expecting the promotional video for File 1103 is hinting to with "There is the untold tale..."

We have after all had Gosho teasing it beforehand, starting with the OdaxAoyama interview.

And then in in File 1099 & 1100, through Wakasa's memory and Rum's thoughts.

Since it will be a Chess tournament case that is 7 chapters long (according to magazine preview and animal crossing hints) , I'm also expecting Kohji case deduction progression from Conan, where he will be reminded of the chess tournament Kohji went to the US for the day he died. I think we will finally get a the reveal of the relevance to the second object in Wakasa's pocket in File 989 (potential knight piece), and that a chessboard was also a relevant evidence in Kohji's crime scene together with the Bishop shogi piece charm and hand-mirror, forming Rum's true identity ("CARASUMA MUGA").

We can't tell what the uploader knows just from sharing what was likely crime scene case reports from the US (not including Haneda testimony from Japan). While it's possible, the uploader could have also simply not found the shogi piece being missing to be relevant enough to be worth mentioning to the random public, and only decided to share what was reported from the US side. Keep in mind that there is a bias involved with the uploader, where they are only sharing to the public the things that they are interested to get more details on (like the most relevant topic: missing prime suspect Asaka).

Public Security has however shared all of the information from the Kohji case to their police students (including all the testimonies that was taken from Japan's own investigation), so it's not surprising that Rei is showing that he knows details that hasn't been shared by the unknown uploader.

Probably because Kohji wasn't someone that was affiliated with the BO to begin with (where he could have shared dangerous information to his family). He was collateral damage from the murder of Amanda Hughes (File 948). They don’t have any reason to suspect that Kohji knew anything before the day that he was killed about the BO that he could've passed along to his family, unlike Pisco's and Nomiguchi's, so the family are not potential threats that needed to get eliminated.

However, it is very likely that the Haneda family are being surveillanced by the BO/Rum in case they make suspicious moves in response to Kohji's hidden dying message.

I personally suspect that Rum (as Iori) is using his Ōoka affiliation to keep tabs on the Ōoka's close friends, the Haneda family (File 1042).