Stay away from Conan.

In order to ensure that he could appear at the Metropolitan Police Department meeting, there had to be someone named "Takato" present. After careful consideration, he decided that he still had to deal with Shindo Sumire's matter first, so the only solution he could think of was for someone to impersonate him and appear at the Metropolitan Police Department.

And there aren't many people I can ask for help with this kind of thing, so Akemi Miyano is the most suitable candidate.

So, after Miyano Akemi agreed to the plan, she disguised herself using her disguise skills, and naturally carried a miniature eavesdropping device, a communication device, and a speaker that could respond when necessary.

Therefore, when Akemi Miyano, disguised as herself, spoke alone with "Kiyonaga Matsumoto," the words that clearly hinted at the possible relationship between "Shinichi Kudo" and "Conan Edogawa" were actually spoken by Takato himself, amplified through the speaker device on Akemi Miyano's body.

For Gao Yuan himself, this was a decision he had carefully considered.

"Matsumoto Kiyonaga," or rather, Ireland of the organization, should have known about Shinichi Kudo's survival after the first Metropolitan Police Department meeting, and he likely also had some suspicions about Conan.

Therefore, since things have already come to this point, and everything seems to be proceeding as originally planned, it's better not to try to suppress the other party's suspicions, but rather to follow their line of thinking and point them in the right direction. This way, their next actions will be easier to predict. After all, Gao Yuan himself is very familiar with the original plot and knows what Ireland's true intentions are in this incident.

Because of Pisco, Ireland has a lot of grievances against Gin. If "Shinichi Kudo," who should have been killed by Gin, is still alive, then Ireland will definitely try to find out this and target Gin.

Therefore, now that I have clearly hinted to the other party how to confirm that Shinichi Kudo is still alive, the other party will definitely try to verify the fact that "Shinichi Kudo and Conan Edogawa are the same person," which should happen according to the original story.

However, the current reality is that Takato is somewhat curious about how the other party will obtain information about Shinichi Kudo. After all, in the original work, Ireland learned that Shinichi Kudo had appeared at the Teitan High School festival and left his fingerprints on the props, but this did not happen in reality...

Or, would he consider sneaking into the Kudo residence directly?
Ok……

Having reached this point in his thoughts, Gao Yuan shook his head for the time being.

In short, now that the trap has been set and the bait has been laid, let's just wait and see!
……

The next day passed, and the joint police investigation team continued its search for the victims and related clues, but no progress was made in the two consecutive Metropolitan Police Department meetings.

Meanwhile, Takato learned from Ai that Conan had taken leave from school the next day and that Professor Agasa was also not at home. It was likely that Professor Agasa had taken Conan to investigate various crime scenes.

After all, the bodies were found in different places in the six cases that have already occurred, and the areas involved are very wide. Conan can only make time by taking leave like this to make a complete trip. Therefore, it seems that Conan is indeed very concerned about this case.

Gao Yuan didn't care much about this. In any case, the six locations were not the primary crime scenes, and the core connection between them was not in the scenes themselves. So even if Conan and Professor Agasa went through all that trouble, they wouldn't be able to find many clues.

Therefore, seeing that Takato seemed almost indifferent to Conan's actions, Ai didn't pay much attention, as it seemed that everything was still within Takato's expectations.

As a result, with almost no progress in the police investigation over the past few days, the internal police discussion meetings that were originally held every day and attended by Takato and Kogoro Mouri were no longer actively invited to the two detectives on the fourth day. After all, no more information had emerged, and it would be futile to bother the outside detectives so frequently.

However, on this fourth day, during a meeting without Takato and the other two, while the police were racking their brains over various irrelevant clues, Yamato Kansuke from Nagano Prefecture received a phone call and quickly reported a situation to everyone present—

A man who could be a suspect in this series of murders may soon appear in Beika Town. This news immediately excited everyone present—

"What did you say!"

Inspector Megure hurriedly pressed Yamato Kansuke for the source of the information.

Yamato Kansuke didn't hold back and gave a direct report at the meeting—

"Minoru Fukase, 27 years old, had a grudge against Shuhei Jinno, who was murdered in Nagano in this incident. It is understood that Fukase seriously injured Jinno with a knife a year ago, and Fukase has been wanted by the police ever since."

"Therefore, after investigating the past of the deceased Jinno, I suspected that Fukase was a suspect, so recently I had my subordinates in Nagano follow this lead."

“According to my subordinates’ intelligence, Fukase has a girlfriend. Just now, his girlfriend suddenly came from Nagano to Beikacho, Tokyo. This is very unusual, so I suspect that she may have come to meet Fukase!”

Thus, after listening to Yamato Kansuke's brief account, although there was no more concrete evidence, it was still a clue nonetheless. After Matsumoto Kiyonaga inquired about the specific details of the incident a year ago, he immediately issued a deployment order, instructing the officers present to quickly move out. If they could really catch Fukase Minoru by following this lead, then at least the case would make further progress.

So, the officers of the joint investigation team at the Metropolitan Police Department, led by Inspector Megure, set off together, leaving only Kiyonaga Matsumoto behind at the Metropolitan Police Department to oversee the overall situation.

And so, after all the other police officers had left the conference room, leaving only Matsumoto Kiyonaga, he casually took out his phone, quickly composed a text message, and sent it out—

Although the news came somewhat suddenly, there's still some time. Now, let's see what happens on their end…

Just as Matsumoto Kiyoshi was pressing the send button on the text message and thinking this, the meeting room door was suddenly pushed open and someone barged in.

This sudden turn of events caused Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who was holding his phone, to reveal a cold glint in his eyes. However, upon seeing who had entered, he quickly composed himself, casually placing his phone face down on the table and demanding in a serious tone:
"Chiba? What's wrong in such a hurry?"

"Manager Matsumoto! Just now, someone called to report that she knows what's going on in this serial murder case we're investigating, but she'll only talk if we protect her first!"

Officer Chiba, who had suddenly burst in, hurriedly reported.

"what!"

Upon hearing this, Matsumoto Kiyonaga's tone immediately rose, and he stood up, clearly unable to remain seated.

Someone called the police directly, saying they knew what had happened.

Of all times? (End of Chapter)