Stay away from Conan.

Before entering the core area of ​​this organization behind this door, all access control and authentication systems, including surveillance, are undoubtedly just security systems located within this local area network. However, what happens beyond that is completely unknown from the monitoring room, suggesting that it's beyond the reach of the security room outside.

It is very likely that after entering this door, the security system operating there is a separate system, and it may even be connected to the actual internal system of the organization.

Therefore, before entering this place, Gao Yuan was already mentally prepared and decided that the next action should be swift and decisive.

Therefore, with this in mind, after entering the door, as the door behind him closed automatically, Gao Yuan began to act as quickly as possible—

If you go straight ahead, there is only one road in front of you, so you can only move forward.

In this situation, after walking through this corridor and looking at the rooms on both sides, the security measures here are visibly different from the access control systems of the laboratories outside. Therefore, it will likely be much more difficult to bypass these access controls than before, but...

Without hesitation, Gao Yuan arrived at the door of a room, briefly observed it through the window, and after confirming that no one was in the room, he directly reached out and pressed his fingerprint on the device's fingerprint scanner, wanting to see if someone like him, who was neither a core member of the organization nor a researcher, could open the door.

As a result, it was obvious that the red warning message that popped up on the access control system directly indicated that this was clearly not a place that this person's identity had been transformed into.

Therefore, Gao Yuan also gained another piece of information—

I'm afraid that once I get here, I'd better not be seen by anyone, otherwise it will definitely arouse suspicion.

Ideally, they could change their attire...

So, Gao Yuan subconsciously thought this, and then directly switched to another finger, which had Vodka's fingerprint on it. The result was that the authentication was successful.

It seems that Vodka, with his codename, can indeed travel freely in many places.

Seeing that Vodka's fingerprint had opened the room directly, Gao Yuan was a little surprised. He had thought there would be other authentication methods such as a password, but it opened directly like this. It seemed that this room was obviously not the core location of this place. But since it was already open, he might as well go in and take a look.

And so, Gao Yuan entered the room and casually closed the door behind him...

……

Meanwhile, far away in Osaka, at the Shimada Law Firm—

As a receptionist at the firm, Yuki Furukawa was leaving get off work on time as usual. Since all the staff and the key figure, Attorney Kaoru Shimada, had already left, Yuki had nothing to do. She closed the firm door and headed to her residence.

However, just then, as Furukawa Shiki was walking back to her residence after finishing work, her phone suddenly rang.

I took out my phone and looked at the caller ID. The name on the contact was "Hirota Masami".

Upon hearing this, Yuki Furukawa was also delighted. Somewhat surprised, she answered the call and addressed the person on the other end, "Hirota Masami," who was also Akemi Miyano's public identity, as follows:

"Senior Yamei!"

Both graduates of Nanyang University and sharing similar backgrounds, Furukawa Yuki and Hirota Masami were very close as peripheral members of the organization. Although they worked for the organization, their roles were ultimately unimportant peripheral members, so this organizational affiliation didn't cause them much trouble in their daily lives.

At least that's the case on the surface.

Therefore, somewhat sharing a similar fate, Yuuki Furukawa and Akemi Miyano, despite their different jobs and locations after graduation, have maintained frequent contact. However, Yuuki was somewhat surprised by today's contact. After exchanging a few pleasantries with Akemi Miyano, Akemi suddenly asked Yuuki a question on the other end of the phone—

"Youji, have you received any missions lately?"

--really……

Upon hearing Miyano Akemi mention this on the other end of the phone, Furukawa Yuki immediately realized something—

After all, he had just received a task from the organization's higher-ups today, which happened to involve the law firm where he worked.

As it turned out, the target of the mission was still nowhere to be seen. She had just gotten off work, and normally her senior, Yami, wouldn't suddenly call at a time like this. The sudden contact gave Furukawa Yuuki a vague, uneasy feeling, and it turned out to be true...

As someone who has been in the organization longer than me, could it be that she has heard some news?

Thus, Furukawa Shiki, who already harbored some selfish motives, couldn't help but feel such doubts.

So, without denying it, Furukawa Yuki responded to Miyano Akemi's inquiry. After a moment of silence, Miyano Akemi, deliberately lowering her voice, said:
"Today, someone asked me to tell you, 'Opportunities that are begged for are never real opportunities. If you truly want to achieve your goal, acting before others realize what's happening is the wise thing to do'... Could it be that, Yuki, you really..."

Immediately upon hearing these words, a sense of dread washed over Furukawa Yuki.

Indeed, I had begged for this mission, hoping that after completing one last task for the organization, they would spare me and give me a chance to leave...

But now, Yami-senpai is telling me this, could it mean that—

Don't wait; if you want to leave, you have to do it before those people realize what's happening...

But how to do it?
Given his status, there must be people watching him from time to time, especially since he had just received a mission.

Moreover, to be honest, Furukawa Yuki was a little surprised by this task, because in reality, the task was very simple: to keep an eye out for anyone who would specifically seek out lawyer Shimada at the firm in the next few days, not to commission him, but to sign some kind of agreement with him. If such a person appeared, then just report it. The time limit was three days. If no such situation occurred within three days, then the task would be considered complete.

As a result, nothing has happened yet, and Yamei suddenly told me all this... What exactly is going on?

Although Furukawa Yuuki foresaw the potentially significant implications of this matter, and was prepared for the possibility of failure in achieving her goals, however…

To be suddenly exposed like that, this feeling...

Yuki Furukawa felt a surge of panic...

……

Emerging from the room behind the door of the pharmaceutical factory, Gao Yuan had changed out of his original black suit and sunglasses. He had just found a white lab coat in the room, put it on, and removed his sunglasses, making him look like an ordinary researcher.

This was one of the few things that Gao Yuan found that was of value to him at the moment after entering that room. After all, he wasn't familiar with the equipment in that room, or rather, the laboratory. However, some of the chemical reagents were worth mentioning.

Moreover, it must be said that this white coat can hold quite a lot of things... (End of Chapter)