These are all professionals, dressing as Akai isn't going to be a problem for FBI/CIA/magician. Though, I do think that lack of speaking is significant. I also think the scar is significant. Why would someone dressing up as Akai put a scar on their face? Wouldn't that make them less recognizable (to Jodie)? Are they assuming that Jodie (or whoever they are looking for) has seen Akai alive with the scar (which would mean they have also)?
Jodie is an FBI agent, if Akai's car was involved in an explosion and he was confirmed dead, it would be extremely weird if he just surfaced without a scratch and this is Kir's mindset. She needs to lure Jodie away from the rest of the FBI because she can't be certain that one of them isn't a BO mole.
Kir would have to be in on any fake death plan. She's too intelligent not to be. Kir, knowing the BO, would be a fool to run around as someone who she killed for the BO to get in touch with the FBI. She may as well go as herself. If the meeting is discovered, then either way she is dead.
No, she doesn't. I theorize that this plan was thought up by Conan and Akai while Kir was still in the hospital as Akai knows Gin and knew that Gin wouldn't just take Kir back with open arms(not matter how genuine her escape looked). Reason why Kir was keep out of the loop was to give her denial-ability. If Gin approached Kir with the plan and she acted without any hesitation or faked hesitation, Gin would assume something is up.
Reason why Kir can't go herself is because she's a BO member which the FBI suspect of killing Akai. You really think she can just walk up to Jodie and say "hi lets talk" without Jodie thinking it's a set-up, even if she flashed her magical CIA bandage. This would just make Jodie take precautions which could lead to more FBI agents getting involved which could lead to the BO taking notice. It's just easier to lure her into a deserted alley dressed as Akai. I agree that it is a risky move doing this but if Kir really does think Akai is dead, that probably plays a part in it.
Or maybe there are only a handful of people that know about Akai's scar so as to impersonate him.
If Akai is alive, it means he had a plan to get out of the explosion with minimal damage. There isn't any gray areas where he magically survived a bullet to the face by luck and in the last few seconds jumped out of the explosion, so I doubt he has any scars.
I don't think anyone is being sloppy, I think we've got a giant chess match. I like your idea that Jodie is being set up. It seems someone else knows that Jodie is being set up. I still contend that Kir would be suicidal to dress up as Akai.
For a BO plan(sending out scar Akai to go fishing) would be a sloppy move which is why I think Conan is surprised and Okiya is looking for his fake. The BO wouldn't just send an Akai to roam the streets when he's been confirmed dead. The most they can get out of that move is Jodie and if they wanted an FBI agent to extract information from, they would aim higher and probably in America. So the other move must be to set up a mole but that also doesn't work as the FBI would run checks on scar Akai to see if he's genuine and even then would isolate him for a period of time. Then there's the fact that Gin isn't aware of this plan, why would you keep out the person that knows Akai the best out of this sort of plan? That's why I think it would be a sloppy plan if it indeed it was officially BO, and Conan could be thinking the same thing.
It's would be risky plan by Kir but not suicidal. First person to know if they are aware of scar Akai would be her as she was giving the task of killing Akai. Gin would question her(he probably is in the next few chapters) or change his behavior around her, so it's not like she can get blindsided. She may also have the ability to sense other members(not sure if they all can do it), so her being ambushed while in disguise wouldn't be a factor.
Man, right or wrong 701 is going to be awesome..
