Stay away from Conan.

If Gao Yuan can somehow learn about every action the organization takes, then this incident could have a profound impact on the organization, potentially overturning its current operational framework.

After all, you don't even know what the other party did, so how could such information about the organization be leaked so accurately?

If it were just that Gao Yuan had figured out the details of the organization's undercover agent's death, it wouldn't be too worrying. After all, knowing that one of the victims was an undercover agent of the organization, it wouldn't be surprising if Gao Yuan, with his understanding of the organization, could guess some things by analyzing the identities and professions of those victims.

Then, regarding the matter of Ireland, it wasn't too hard to guess that Ireland had taken over the position of the Metropolitan Police Department's superintendent.

but……

Kusuda Rikudo?

How did he know that name?
"Kusuda Rikumichi had a brother named Kusuda Rikuyu. In an incident, Kusuda Rikuyu was murdered, and Kiri Mizunashi Rena was present at the time..."

Just as Vermouth was filled with such confusion, Gao Yuan slowly spoke up and said something that made Vermouth frown slightly—

What about Kusuda Rikumichi's brother, Kusuda Rikuyu?

I roughly understand what happened. During a certain mission, Kusuda Riku was killed by the target instead. Kir went to the scene to cooperate with the operation, but things ended up like that...

So, what Takato meant was that based on that incident, after he learned that Mizunashi Rena was Kir, a member of the organization, he knew that the deceased Kusuda Rikuo was probably also a member of the organization. Following this logic, Kusuda Rikudo's identity...

This guy already knew the actual location where the missing Gil was hiding, and it was thanks to him that I realized the approximate area of ​​the FBI's hideout. Therefore, if everything had gone as he expected, it would be only natural to conduct a search at the hospital where Gil was hiding to prevent his own people from investigating.

In this situation, it's only natural to identify someone whose organizational affiliation has already been exposed...

Having analyzed her thoughts to this point, Vermouth suddenly realized something—

What are you and the FBI planning?

As far as Gao Yuan is concerned, with Sherry as her "Achilles' heel," Vermouth doesn't feel that she will be completely controlled by the other party. On the contrary, she has enough means to counterattack. Especially now that she doesn't even have to worry about the trouble that Sherry's childlike appearance might cause, and having confirmed that the antidote she stole from Sherry is effective, she can restore Sherry to her original appearance at any time, thus reporting back to the organization.

But now, if the FBI also gets involved, or even has already taken the initiative, things will become complicated, especially if the undercover agent they sent out has already entered FBI territory but hasn't yet investigated the situation, and their identity has already been exposed. What kind of subsequent impact could this have...?

"Don't worry, the FBI is completely unaware of these circumstances, but they might be preparing to move Rena Mizunashi away in a few days. Maybe in a day or two, three or four days, or maybe... immediately!"

At the opportune moment, seeing Vermouth's furrowed brow, Gao Yuan said these words:

"Oh, right! Gin and the others are heading to Hachioji City, right?"

Just as Vermouth was feeling troubled by the implications of this matter, Gao Yuan's next words finally gave her a clue—

In other words, does Gao Yuan mean that he is planning to threaten me with the matter of Mizunashi Rena?
If the FBI realizes the situation and that their exposure is imminent, and is preparing to act immediately, at this point in time, with themselves here and Gin and his team on their way to Hachioji City to deal with another person who might know the truth about this incident, they simply don't have the time to spare to deal with the FBI's actions.

Therefore, if what he said is true, he could indeed use this method to ruin the organization's search for Rena Mizunashi's whereabouts.

This price...

Vermouth's brow furrowed even more as she pondered this—to be honest, it wasn't unacceptable to her, but it was still unsettling...

He threw out this chip...

"Oh? Since you already know that Gin and the others rushed to Hachioji City, why are you still wasting your time here with me? Aren't you worried about the situation there?"

Instead of responding further, Vermouth followed up on Takato's earlier statement about "Hachioji City" by asking follow-up questions—

After all, he knew about Hachioji City, so he must know what Gin and his group were up to.

Isn't he worried about this?
Or does he actually know more, so he's not worried at all?

Faced with Vermouth's reaction, Gao Yuan was well aware that she was still trying to test him, but he didn't care and simply said:

"It doesn't matter, it's too late to go now anyway... Neither the police nor you will get what you want..."

……

Just as Gao Yuan was telling Vermouth that he no longer cared about Hachioji City, Gin's snipers, Korn and Chianti, arrived as planned to block the police's way to Hachioji City.

Just like in the original story, by using a sniper rifle to puncture the tires of the police vehicles, preventing the police from reaching their destination smoothly, Gin and his team gained enough time to arrive at their destination ahead of schedule.

At Sumire Shindo's apartment in Hachioji City, when Gin and his group found the room and entered, they were met with a scene of utter chaos, as if a fight had taken place. Their target was nowhere to be found.

"Big brother!"

Looking at the mess in the room, even Vodka could tell what was going on, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Gin's expression turned serious in response:

"Looks like we're too late... This place is no longer safe!"

Realizing that their target, Sumire Shindo, had likely been forcibly abducted shortly before their arrival, Gin and his group left the scene without lingering...

……

Doesn't matter?
Back in Vermouth's car, Vermouth couldn't help but have some wild thoughts after hearing Gao Yuan's response, "Whatever." She wondered what Gao Yuan's reason for saying that.

But before Vermouth could think too much about it, her phone rang, interrupting her train of thought.

"—Not answering the phone? I think... it must be Gin calling back to tell you the results on his end."

Just as Vermouth was wondering whether she should answer the unexpected phone call in front of Gao Yuan, she heard Gao Yuan say something from behind her, which startled Vermouth.

Something's not right... (End of Chapter)