You seem to equate knowing with hearing a code-name 2-3 times. They are not the same. He never knew about RUM when he was in FBI, he only heard the mention of the name when he was in BO. So FBI didn't know about Rum.k11chi wrote:No it's not, and Akai proves it. Akai knew of RUM but never mentioned about it, and KIR has less of a reason to give information as she's on thin ropes, following her father's footsteps. It's not stated anywhere. There's no written rule in the DC world because the characters now act on their own, look at Akai during Clash.Zerozaki4869 wrote:Uhh, yes. Jodie, Camel and Akai were handling the BO case under the supervision of James Black. It's a written rule for the intelligence agencies to give all possible information to the Infiltrator so that the infiltration procedure becomes smoother. Now if so that means if FBI had the information, they would have mentioned it to Akai for better performance but no such thing was stated to Akai or his team-mates. James Black is a big gun in FBI, so he must have equipped Akai with all possible inputs, but Rum doesn't appear in them.(Akai only heard the mention of the name 2-3 times in the BO.) So it's as good as explicitly stating that FBI had no prior info about Rum.Serinox wrote:Uhh, no, that's not stated anywhere in that chapter. Jodie and Camel haven't heard the name, but apart from that, we are not informed who knew about Rum beforehand. The FBI is a very big organization itself, you can't just say from Jodie and Camel not knowing that nobody in the FBI knows about Rum, especially if the FBI was really part of the case from 17 years, since there were other agents in charge back then.Zerozaki4869 wrote:A) Prolouge of the scarlet arc, file 898, It's explicitly stated that nobody in the FBI knew about Rum. Akai heard about the name 2-3 times during his infiltration stint.
It's a complicated situation but there's no such thing as as good as said about it rofl.
A can be explained away quite easily, or at least the way you put it can be. Tsutomu Akai would be "involved" in the case if his actions were why they killed Kohji in the first place. If Kohji was strongly connected to the Akais, Shuichi might've joined the FBI to investigate that, in tandem with the forced disappearance of his father. At this point, Kohji's murder may've been the only lead into the Tsutomu case, so investigating that was relevant to both.
B. It isn't just a question of medical assistance. APTX-4869 is an "untraceable" drug, meaning it's improbable the doctors would've been able to do anything for him, since its composition and effects were largely unknown. Assuming Kohji had some knowledge of this, he might've figured it was more worthwhile spending his last minutes trying to kill Rum rather than trying in vain to save his own life.
C. I already suggested that Rum and Kohji got into a fight, which would explain the wounds on Kohji's face and body. The question of Kohji's fingerprints, on the other hand, is an entirely different animal which I'll admit there wouldn't really be any explanation for. As for Amanda's death, one should note that the online poster might not have had all the information pertaining to the case but just a good bit of it, which would explain gaps like the cause of Amanda's death. However, it may be possible that he barged into her room, searched through her stuff, found some APTX in there, and forced it into her mouth, knowing that was the stuff used to poison him. She was a little old lady so I don't imagine there would've been much of a struggle.
D. Perhaps Rum expected the drug to kill him thoroughly and quickly, and he was surprised to find that Kohji was still up and about, after which he might've concluded that it didn't work.
E. I don't really see the difference. You don't have to grab scissors very hard to use them for cutting, so my guess is he just used them for stabbing the mirror, since he was clenching them.
F. Perhaps at the time Rum wasn't the second in command?
A) Akai only got interested in the case and joined because it involved his father, this was his only motivation. If his reason were like you stated(avenging both Haneda and his father as Haneda was close to them) then Haneda's name would also have been uttered by Akai during that pledge.
B) Who told you that Kohji knew about APTX? (17 years old version of APTX was classified, even for a person like Gin. That's why he said Sherry's version is new untracable poision, during the very beginning of the series.) So are you saying Kohji was related to the development of that APTX of 17 years ago or he was as influential in BO as Rum, back then??
C) Why didn't we see marks of strangulation in Amanda's body if Kohji really killed her? Why didn't we Kohji's fingerprints on her body? Are you suggesting also that Kohji was a high ranking BO operative also having an APTX dose with him and used it to kill Amanda?? Also why Amanda's room was so clean, if Kohji killed Amanda there would have been proof of some struggle? Are you saying Kohji had cleaned the room after all this despite being drugged with APTX?? We don't know whether APTX allows the victim this much of a stamina while at the same time sending symptoms that he's going to die?
D) Don't deal in perhaps, it proves your theory isn't fact based. Where is the proof, that Rum thrashed him after drugging him?
E) Have you ever used a pair scissors? Try this little experiment, hold the scissors for cutting something and try to stab the air in that pose, you'll understand the difference. BTW bruises often caused due to scissors on the base of thumb and index finger if someone extensively uses them like tailors, or someone who tries to cut very hard stuff with scissors.
F) Where is the proof that Haneda was linked to BO?
