Stay away from Conan.

Instinctively, Gin grabbed the hood of a car next to him to steady himself. Just as he was about to think about what to do next, suddenly—

With sharp eyes, he stared intently at the sinking golden building. As if realizing something, he suddenly looked up in the direction where the armed helicopter had just provided support, which was the direction of that cliff.

Clearly, these armed men must have discovered something to rush over there, even neglecting the nearby "Golden Villa." This suggests that something was amiss over there...

It's that madman!
Is it...

That guy, he even planned this out?
Was the collapse of the Twilight Villa also part of his plan?

Even Rum, who was some distance away, felt a clear tremor inside his car. Watching the screen transmit the image of the Twilight Villa sinking into the ground, his one eye widened, and for a moment he forgot to breathe—

That lord's villa!
That wealth was enough to rival that of a nation!

Is it really going to sink underground like this?

and……

The sound of such a submersion could be felt even from our side, so it must be...

What's happening here will soon attract the attention of those nearby; it's becoming increasingly difficult to conceal what's happening, and...

I looked up at the armed helicopters that were engaged in aerial combat.

Without a doubt, Rum knew very well that with that person taking action and deploying such a powerful weapon, once this matter was exposed, the commotion would be much harder to suppress than usual. Besides, that guy…

……

On the other side of the cliff, Gao Yuan, who was still giving orders, naturally felt the intense and unusual tremors coming from the ground.

Gao Yuan was taken aback at first, but then, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly turned his gaze toward the Twilight Villa, and sure enough, he saw the scene he wanted to see.

Thus, Gao Yuan's lips curled slightly, and he murmured to himself:

"Just as I expected... it happened exactly like in the original story!"

After all, Gao Yuan was very familiar with the plot of the original work, otherwise he would not have been able to set up this scheme with Twilight Villa as the core stage. Therefore, Gao Yuan also knew that in the original work, after the treasure of Twilight Villa was unlocked and the villa revealed its true "golden" appearance, it sank into the sea not long after.

Although the original work did not mention the aftermath of this incident, it remains unknown whether the entire Twilight Villa was made entirely of gold or only partially gilded. However, this does not prevent Takato from knowing that the villa, which once belonged to Karasuma Renya, sank afterward, causing a huge commotion.

And now, it's time for all of this to come true—

The commotion caused by the sinking of the Twilight Villa was truly enormous!

Camus and Hanada Emi, who were standing behind Gao Yuan at the moment, also felt this clearly. They were even a little unsteady on their feet due to the tremor and could only look in shock at the source of all this in the distance, the golden building that was slowly sinking into the ground!
Upon seeing this, the two even forgot their own predicament for a moment.

Meanwhile, the pilots aboard the two armed helicopters, "Raven II" and "Raven III," though airborne and not directly sensing the commotion from the ground, could not ignore the noise caused by the sinking of the annex. Even those in the midst of the fierce battle were stunned by this sudden geological upheaval.

In response, they had to shift some of their attention to the Twilight Villa to avoid the possibility that some highly destructive weapon had been activated, which could potentially affect their side.

In contrast to them, the drone swarm controlled by Gao Yuan, which was still in the air, was completely unaffected by this change under the control of the artificial intelligence program.

Driven by programmed commands, they focused solely on the battle. The commotion on the ground had no effect on them whatsoever. They maintained their lock on the remaining two attack helicopters and, taking advantage of a moment of distraction, launched a new round of harassing attacks…

……

Inside the room where the mysterious mastermind was observing the entire situation, alarms blared and urgent reports from all sides resounded—"Unexplained subsidence has occurred at Twilight Villa!"

"'Raven One' has been confirmed to have crashed; casualties are unknown!"

"'Raven No. 2 and No. 3' are being persistently harassed. We request clear instructions: Is the use of 'that' authorized?"

"Ground control forces report that people on the ground are panicking and the situation is about to spiral out of control!"

"The team tracking Sherry is confirmed to be under surveillance! The method of tracking them... cannot be confirmed!"

……

With so much conflicting information converging on the mysterious person behind the scenes, the situation has far exceeded initial expectations.

Who would have thought that, despite deploying almost all their resources to deal with this potential crisis that could lead to the organization's collapse, they ultimately gained nothing?

It seemed as if the opponent had calculated everything perfectly from the very beginning, and it was quite obvious—

This operation targeting organized groups is definitely not carried out by just one force!
The person who managed to abduct Sherry within Japan and then track down their own people could not possibly be a non-local force.

On the American side, the fact that Vermouth is temporarily delayed is due to the efforts of the United States.

In other words, now that we've seen more and more of what's happening, we've finally begun to understand how many people are working together and making moves in this game.

Now, the anomalies at Twilight Villa have completely exceeded expectations, Sherry's contact point is almost severed, a third of the deployed air force has been lost, the situation on the ground is delicate, and the culprit...

Although he appears to be seriously injured and threatened by two helicopters, the terrifying technological prowess displayed by the toys he controls suggests that the remaining armed forces would likely be unable to deal with him...

and so……

Why not just use missiles?

It might be possible to completely destroy him, but it could also completely enrage the unknown forces behind him and cause him to lose all intelligence.

Can we do without missiles?
Are we to let him continue to control these toys, and perhaps even escape or do something even crazier in the chaos?

As for whether to use Camus or Louis?

Time is tight and there are too many uncertainties.

Unable to make a decision, the person behind the scenes seemed to have an epiphany—

It seems there's no turning back, so there's only one option left.

Having realized this, the person behind the scenes finally conveyed a clear message to the armed personnel in the battle—

Allow the use of "that" to escape the battle, and eliminate everyone present, leaving no one alive!
Thus, as this message was sent, not far from the aerial battleground near the Twilight Villa, on the cliff where Gao Yuan was located—

"Finally...finally I've been tricked!"

The people on the armed helicopter remained unmoved, their actions unchanged, while Gao Yuan's face revealed a hint of madness... (End of Chapter)