Stay away from Conan.

"Why should I...believe you?"

With a slight frown, Nishikawa Taijo looked at the stranger dressed as a doctor in front of him. Her movements were very vigilant and discreet. She moved her hand to the alarm button by the bed, as if she was ready to press the alarm at any time. At the same time, she asked Gao Yuan with a serious expression.

However, it was clear that Nishikawa Taijo's actions did not escape Takato's notice, and Takato appeared quite calm, saying:
"If you want to call someone else via the alarm, you don't need to, because I've already ensured everything is safe since I got here this way. As for..."

"Your so-called 'belief'..."

"Well, it's actually quite simple, because..."

"Hanada Kochi, that's the name, right? The actress who left you back then? And what you left her was a blue diamond, wasn't it?"

In this way, Gao Yuan directly revealed the secret that he had spent a lot of effort to uncover back then. After hearing this, Nishikawa Taijo would probably believe that he was capable of helping him find his illegitimate child.

Of course, as for the alarm bell, given Takato's so-called "complete security," Nishikawa Taijo should be able to understand it. After all, having infiltrated this place, making the alarm bell ineffective is by no means difficult.

Upon hearing Gao Yuan mention the name and the blue diamond, Nishikawa Taijo was momentarily stunned. She was now certain that Gao Yuan truly knew what she was investigating, and that, most likely, he already knew something.

After all, she wasn't entirely sure if her illegitimate child existed; it was just a high-probability guess. But she remembered clearly that at the very beginning, the person in front of her explicitly used the term "illegitimate daughter," which meant...

Therefore, under these circumstances, Nishikawa Taijo seemed to have lost some of his confidence. His previously wary expression vanished, and he slumped against the hospital bed, sighed, and said:

“I understand… Someone like you certainly has the ability to solve my problem. But… what is your purpose? And someone like you is certainly not an unknown person, right? Can you tell me, who exactly are you?”

Even as Nishikawa Taijo continued speaking, he seemed somewhat persistent, still wanting to know who the person in front of him really was.

This was something he had anticipated. Gao Yuan slowly walked to the window of the ward. In the night sky, the moon could be seen hanging in the sky. Then, Gao Yuan slowly turned around, his back to the moonlight outside the window, and said to Nishikawa Taijo:

"I wonder if someone like you has ever heard of the title 'The Magician Under the Moonlight'?"

……

"Um……"

In the Shimada Law Firm in Osaka Prefecture, lawyer Shimada Kaoru looked at Takato sitting on the sofa in front of him with a slightly serious expression, then turned his gaze to the laptop screen in front of him—

On the computer screen, a video was playing, showing Nishikawa Taijo speaking inside the hospital. In the video, a newspaper from the previous night was placed in front of Nishikawa Taijo.

Therefore, based on these images, it can be concluded that the video was likely filmed last night. For Shimada Kaoru, the lawyer handling Nishikawa Taijo's case, after careful review, it was basically certain that the video was not fake, but…

Knowing about Nishikawa Taijo's current situation, Shimada Kaoru was still subconsciously surprised that the person in front of him could have met Nishikawa Taijo last night and recorded this video.

However, given the circumstances, and considering Nishikawa Taijo's words in the video, lawyer Shimada Kaoru, though somewhat puzzled, after a moment's thought, still said to Takato:

“I understand the general situation. In short, this... Mr. Takato? You are here to help Mr. Nishikawa find his illegitimate child, right?”
"In that case, according to Mr. Nishikawa's original agreement, once you retrieve the evidence that can prove that the child is indeed Mr. Nishikawa's illegitimate son, the condition will naturally be met."

Thus, for Shimada Kaoru, although there were many suspicious aspects such as Takato's identity and how he was able to obtain Nishikawa Taijo's video, as Nishikawa Taijo's lawyer, he naturally had to take Nishikawa Taijo's own thoughts as the most important consideration at the crucial moment. Therefore, he temporarily ignored all the problems. The most important purpose of the engagement agreement originally agreed upon with Nishikawa Taijo was to find Mr. Nishikawa's illegitimate son.

Therefore, in this situation, since the person in front of them already has a clue about that illegitimate child, everything should be prioritized for this purpose, and Gao Yuan should be the one to achieve this goal.

In response, Shimada Kaoru added:

“Originally, this matter should have involved signing an agreement with you, but since there is Mr. Nishikawa’s authorized video recording… well… as long as you retrieve the evidence as soon as possible, or simply bring that illegitimate child over, once his identity is confirmed, this commission will be considered complete.”

Having heard Shimada Kaoru's words, Takato had no objections, since this was precisely the purpose of his actions—

Make the most of the time before Qixi Festival and do as much as possible, and here is a great starting point.

After nodding in response to Shimada Kaoru, Takato left the law firm, bought a Shinkansen ticket to Tokyo, and prepared to head there…

……

Having arrived in Tokyo, relying on his memories of those past experiences, Takato walked towards Saeki Masashi's residence, pondering what kind of situation he would face when he encountered Saeki Masashi next—

After all, this time, unlike before, he didn't learn about the events through the coded message in the magazine before coming here to look for clues about the illegitimate child. Instead, he arrived here before the magazine was even published.

Originally, based on what he knew, the organization, in order to seize Mr. Nishikawa's inheritance, used the magazine code designed by Mr. Nishikawa. After confirming that someone had deciphered the code and accepted Mr. Nishikawa's commission, they would have Hanada Emi guard the final key point, namely Saeki Masaharu, waiting for the person who deciphered it to come to their door, so that people would discover Hanada Emi's existence.

Now that all his actions have been brought forward, he doesn't know if he will run into Hanada Emi at Saeki's place.

With this thought in mind, as Takato headed towards Saeki Masashi's residence, just as he was about to reach his destination, he was met by a woman with blonde hair—

Hanada Emi...(End of this chapter)