Stay away from Conan.

"At the drug lab, someone has accessed the organization's internal database beyond normal limits. We contacted the security personnel stationed at the pharmaceutical company, but there was no response..."

"Something must have happened."

Sitting in that black Porsche 356A, after receiving the news, Gin's face was expressionless as he coldly uttered this sentence.

Upon hearing this, Vodka paused for a moment, then exclaimed in horror:

"What? But...didn't we just leave from there not long ago?"

Clearly, Vodka felt fear regarding the situation Gin described.

After all, someone illegally accessed the organization's database using the organization's computers, which means that the other party has infiltrated the core area of ​​the organization, which is not something that ordinary people can enter!
Furthermore, there has been no response from the personnel stationed there, which suggests...

Has that area already fallen?

This situation was unimaginable to Vodka, especially since he and Gin had just left that area not long ago and hadn't noticed anything unusual, but...

"Hmm... we can't rule out the possibility that our people over there have been completely captured."

In response to Vodka's reaction, Gin remained frighteningly calm, a cold smile playing on his lips. It seemed that Gin was secretly itching to act, perhaps because he hadn't encountered such a challenging situation in a long time.

After all, such a thing happened at the pharmaceutical factory after I left, and even the people who stayed behind should have been killed. What kind of person could do such a thing?
"In order to prevent the people who were accessing the organization's database from noticing anything unusual, the database side did not take immediate action, so we have to act quickly... All the personnel in this area will be coming to support us one after another."

Gin explained the situation, and it was clear that, given the circumstances, the organization's upper echelons, including Gin, had made a decision to trap the suspected infiltrator inside the pharmaceutical factory and prevent him from escaping.

Vodka didn't think too much about it. Things had come to this point, and he should prepare for battle. He would just follow his boss's orders.

And so, as Vodka drove quickly back to the pharmaceutical factory, Gin's phone rang again. Gin immediately pressed the call button and put the call on speakerphone, the sound coming through the speakerphone so clearly that even Vodka could hear it clearly.

"Hey, Gin, what's going on?"

A woman's voice, tinged with a hint of madness, came from the phone. You could almost immediately recognize who it was—Chianti. It seemed that Chianti and Cohen had been mobilized because of this.

Thinking this through, Vodka felt a little relieved. After all, a pharmaceutical factory that might be completely overrun was a source of anxiety for him and his older brother if they didn't have any other help.

In response to this question, Gin replied to Chianti:

"The specific situation is still unclear, but the security forces guarding the pharmaceutical factory are missing, which means they have been eliminated. The news from the outer perimeter guards indicates that everything appears normal from the outside. It is unlikely that the factory was forcibly breached by a large force. It is possible that some people have infiltrated the factory and found the location of the internal laboratory."

"Huh? Is that so?"

Listening to Gin's analysis, Chianti seemed a little disappointed—

"For something like this, sending a few teams in would suffice. Is it really necessary for us to all go?"

"To have someone infiltrate the internal laboratory without causing any external disturbances, and to have all internal security compromised, is something that a few mice couldn't accomplish. Taking rash action against such a creature would only alert them. If we don't succeed in one strike, we might completely lose the opportunity to track them down afterwards. So we must succeed in one blow!"

At this point, a look of fanatical obsession appeared on Gin's face:

"I'm really curious, who would infiltrate such a place at a time like this... Information from inside the pharmaceutical factory shouldn't be leaked!"

At this point, Vodka, standing to the side, nodded in agreement.

Indeed, the pharmaceutical laboratory is a secret location within the organization. Even those with codenames rarely know its location. Even when he and his brother went there, they didn't use the normal external access routes. It's hard to imagine what could have happened if someone had managed to find such a place. Even spies who might know of the organization's existence wouldn't know about the pharmaceutical factory, a place that appears completely unrelated to the organization. If even such a laboratory facility has been discovered, it's difficult to imagine what could have led to such a leak of secrets.

Therefore, those who infiltrated the pharmaceutical factory must be captured alive.

Hearing this, Chianti on the other end of the phone was also helpless:
"How boring. So... we still can't kill them, right?"

"Unless the guy is dead, his identity can still be confirmed."

"That's how it is," Gin replied, and the brief communication ended. They would have to wait for the pharmaceutical company to gather before discussing anything further...

……

For the same reason, not only Gin and Chianti, but also Hanada Emi naturally received the news.

Having just finished a phone call with Camus, Hanada Emi was immediately taken aback when she received this call, as she thought of the person she had fought earlier that day—

He knew about the organization, and he had Kyosuke Mitarai's face, and Sherry should have been nearby at the time...

Could it be that guy?

This prompted Hanada Emi to ponder further. After all, through her contact with Camus, she had confirmed that Camus's scheme had only just begun and no outsiders had yet entered the game. In other words, no one had yet appeared to join the game through a deliberately leaked tip. This meant that the information the guy she had fought today hadn't come from there.

In that case, the clues didn't lead to me from deliberately leaked information, but rather from other sources...

It seems that what that person said is very likely true.

In that case, the pharmaceutical company...

With these thoughts lingering, and some questions remaining, Hanada Emi had no choice but to set off...

……

"The list of perimeter security personnel... is too long to record."

"List of peripheral personnel... There are too many people to remember, so we'll skip it..."

"The list of units to which personnel have been deployed... This is somewhat valuable. Let me take a look... Hmm... Most of them are news media organizations, as expected..."

"A list of accessible legislators? Excellent, that's the most valuable thing right now!"

Meanwhile, inside the pharmaceutical factory's laboratory, Gao Yuan, having entered through a broken window, browsed the organization's database on the un-shutdown internal computer. He quickly searched for anything of value among the information he found.

Just as I had found what I considered the most valuable list so far, and was about to open it, I suddenly heard a voice coming from the window—

"Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

Shiho Miyano?

Upon hearing the sound, Gao Yuan pulled his thoughts from the computer screen and turned to look out the window… (End of Chapter)