Stay away from Conan.

In Tokyo, on an elevated highway, Gin's beloved black Porsche 356A was driving.

At that moment, inside the car, Gin and Vodka seemed to have received some news and were heading to a certain place, but just then, Gin's phone rang.

Looking at the caller ID, Gin answered the call expressionlessly and said coldly:
"What is it, Vermouth?"

“Just now, we received new information from Ireland that someone in Hachioji City knows the truth. However, we've already been mobilized for the previous mission and can't attend to this matter, so…”

On the other end of the phone, Vermouth briefly explained the situation, and Gin immediately understood what she meant.

"Understood. I'll get the information out of that person before the police get there!"

Thus, Gin's expression finally changed slightly, as if he had been waiting for a long time and was finally satisfied with the progress, revealing a sly, cold smile—

"but……"

But then, Gin changed the subject:

"There was no progress for several days in a row, and now two have suddenly appeared..."

His tone was slightly serious, as if Gin felt there was something strange about the matter.

But Vermouth, on the other end of the phone, remained calm and said:

"Perhaps this is what they call 'when things reach their lowest point, they begin to turn around'."

And so the call ended. Vodka, who had overheard the conversation, didn't seem to care about Gin's earlier question after learning the situation. He simply couldn't help but raise a question based on the current circumstances—

"Big brother, you want us to go to Hachioji City now? If we're in this position, I'm afraid..."

"Hmph, that's not a problem."

Gin remained calm in the face of Vodka's question. After hanging up his call with Vermouth, he immediately took out his phone and started making another call.

After responding to Vodka's question, Gin immediately spoke to the person on the other end of the phone:

"it's me……"

……

Meanwhile, as Gin was on his way to Hachioji City after receiving a message from Vermouth, the police, thanks to information provided by Yamato Kansuke, had already quietly arrived at a large shopping mall in Beika Town and laid an ambush based on the whereabouts of the wanted man, Fukase Minoru, and his girlfriend.

However, due to the presence of police, although the police did not drive a police car or turn on their sirens before entering the mall to avoid alerting others, they could not escape the attention of those with ulterior motives.

For example, Conan, on his way home from school, happened to see the vehicles carrying the joint investigation team officers driving into the shopping mall.

This naturally caught Conan's attention—

Even without any other sources of information, the fact that almost all the police officers from various regions whom he had met at the first Metropolitan Police Department meeting had quietly arrived here meant that something related to the serial killings must have happened in this shopping mall.

Therefore, Conan quietly entered the mall. His small size made him inconspicuous, and while the police were lying in ambush, Conan was already positioned on higher ground, observing their deployment, the positions of their teams, and their areas of focus.

Clearly, they were tailing someone.

This was Conan's immediate judgment. After all, the police deployment was centered around a specific location, and their attention was frequently drawn to that spot, indicating the target was likely there. However, Conan wasn't sure which person the police were specifically targeting. But soon, Conan realized who the police's target was…

—Everything unfolded exactly as it did in the original work.

Through the mall's surveillance footage, Gao Yuan, who was in a secluded location, naturally witnessed everything that happened during the arrest of Fukase Minoru inside the mall.

Just after Minoru Fukase met his girlfriend, the police began their operation. However, due to Misao Yamamura's hasty actions, he tripped and fell, allowing Fukase to notice the anomaly before the police could surround him. He then grabbed a passerby as a hostage, forcing the police to back off.

Finally, after Conan ambushed Minoru Fukase with a soccer ball from a distance, the police successfully apprehended him. However, seeing Fukase being arrested, his girlfriend attempted to resist, and the incident only ended after Inspector Megure blocked her knife with his own body.

Seeing that the situation was almost identical to the original work was a bit of a surprise to Gao Yuan, but it was precisely because of this that his next actions would be meaningful.

Sure enough, things unfolded exactly as they did in the original story—

After ambushing Minoru Fukase, Conan noticed something amiss with the hostage. Based on the fact that Fukase had accidentally scratched the hostage's face but he hadn't bled, Conan deduced the true nature of the hostage. So, while the police were arresting Fukase, Conan quietly followed the hostage as he left the crowd and arrived at the underground parking lot.

"Is it alright to just leave like this? Didn't you want to take that man away from the police? Vermouth?"

In the underground parking lot, just as the "hostage" was about to get into the car and leave, Conan's voice stopped him and directly revealed his identity—

Vermouth.

Thus, with her identity revealed, Vermouth stopped pretending and started chatting casually with Conan.

Based on the situation they had just witnessed, the two concluded that Fukase Minoru was definitely not the perpetrator of the serial murders. Conan then got straight to the point, asking about the key issue—

"Why exactly did your organization get involved in this incident?"

Vermouth then bluntly revealed the crucial information: a memory card containing a list of the organization's undercover agents. Conan also learned the name of the organization's mole within the police force—

Ireland.

"Who is it? Whose identity did they impersonate? Is that police officer still alive?"

At this moment, Conan realized the crucial issue involving the life and death of the police officer. However, Vermouth said no more, merely diverting Conan's attention for a brief moment before seizing the opportunity to get into the car, start it, and quickly drive away.

Good luck!

After saying that to Conan, Vermouth drove off, heading towards the exit of the underground parking lot.

"That's really surprising!"

However, just as Vermouth was driving her car out of the underground parking lot, a voice came from the back seat of her car, almost causing her heart to stop!
Surprised, Vermouth glanced in the rearview mirror and saw the person who had gotten up from the back seat—

A lone figure!
"Such crucial clues concerning your organization's operation, and you just tell Conan like that... What exactly is your purpose, Vermouth?"

With a knowing look on his face, Gao Yuan, who had somehow already hidden himself in the car, asked in return with a slight smile, and—

"Oh, perfect timing... let's settle the bill for the Lookout Restaurant too!" (End of Chapter)