Stay away from Conan.

Upon hearing Vermouth's words, Gin's heart immediately stirred with murderous intent—

Has Vermouth already obtained the memory card?

That means that regardless of the process, Vermouth knew the truth long before Ireland and intercepted the memory card before Ireland.

So what are we doing now?
Even though the mission was already completed, why did we have to risk our lives to fly this armed helicopter here to pick up Ireland?

What exactly is Vermouth trying to do?!
In an instant, all sorts of possibilities arose in Gin's mind, and killing intent naturally followed.

Upon hearing Gin's instinctive response, Vermouth remained calm and composed, saying indifferently:

"Isn't this perfect? ​​The mission is complete... As for Ireland..."

"If you didn't do that, you wouldn't have had the chance to take action against him, would you?"
"After he approached me and asked me to impersonate you, you should be able to guess what his purpose is, right?"

Vermouth, in her final words, made a meaningful allusion to Gin.

Upon hearing this, Gin frowned slightly. While he couldn't say Vermouth was wrong, the feeling that he had been tricked was undeniable. However, at this moment, further investigation seemed pointless. Nevertheless, Gin calmly replied:
"Yeah... But I'm curious, what exactly was that guy trying to do when he disguised himself as me?"

Therefore, the question he posed to Vermouth seemed to have a probing connotation.

Vermouth, however, sighed helplessly:

"I'm not sure about that... He couldn't hide the disguise from me, but his whereabouts afterward are impossible to trace. Besides, he already used the mission as an excuse to impersonate that identity, so I have no way to investigate his attempts to cover up his tracks..."

"After all, he is a capable member of the organization! Otherwise, why would they have sent him on this mission?"

Vermouth's response to this was one thing—

She had no idea what Ireland planned to do after posing as Gin.

Gin remained silent in response, refusing to press further.

Vermouth then asked:

"So, what are you going to do now?"

"It's nothing, just a small matter."

In Gin's view, the helicopter's loss of control was not the end of the road; it was just a matter of a damaged tail rotor, not an imminent crash, and there was still time.

Therefore, after saying that, feeling there was no need to continue the charade with Vermouth, he hung up the phone and, inside the now uncontrollable helicopter cabin, Gin dodged the sniper rifle from Cohen's hand behind him, crouched down, and, through the sniper rifle's scope, seized the window of opportunity that appeared as the helicopter circled, aimed at the location of Akai Shuichi, whom he had just seen—

Seize the opportunity, fire!
Meanwhile, atop that building, watching the armed helicopter begin to circle uncontrollably, Shuichi Akai suddenly heard a muffled thud as if struck by something, echoing abruptly from in front of him, below him, and against the building's wall. Akai glanced briefly at the sound, then turned back to the sky above the Tokyo Tower, towards the armed helicopter, a chilling smile playing on his lips.

Although the accuracy of shooting this far from that helicopter under those circumstances was indeed quite good, it ultimately missed...

Gin!

Thus, Shuichi Akai had a basic guess in his mind: Gin must be among the people on board that armed helicopter. Therefore, a sense of excitement and hope inevitably welled up within Shuichi Akai.

If we could capture Gin, that would be truly significant. The information about that mysterious man is indeed valuable, but unfortunately...

Shuichi Akai knew perfectly well that this whole affair would ultimately amount to nothing more than a lot of noise and little action. He figured with Gin around, the crisis wouldn't leave Gin helpless. Therefore, Shuichi Akai ultimately felt regretful, believing that he had been used as a pawn by that mysterious man.

Even though Shuichi Akai didn't think the information the other party had was accurate enough to know that the organization would send Gin this time, Shuichi Akai was at least aware that the other party's information should not be limited to this, and that the other party was still hiding something.

Watching the armed helicopter circling in the distance, its trajectory growing increasingly out of control, Shuichi Akai could only watch helplessly; at such a distance, he couldn't intervene. But suddenly, Akai had a vague feeling—

If the other side has calculated things to this extent, and still wants me to stay in this position, then where exactly is the other side watching this situation from?

perhaps……

Gazing at the distant Tokyo Tower, Akai Shuichi subconsciously felt that the other person might be there, at the center of that incident...

Suddenly, Shuichi Akai sensed something, and quickly raised his sniper rifle again, scanning his surroundings through the scope—

You can see the Tokyo Tower, and at the same time, you can see your own side...

The approximate location is...

Within the extremely narrow field of view of the scope, it quickly swept across the top floors of various buildings, finally settling on the rooftop of a particular building—

"Around 1200 yards..."

As he estimated the distance, Shuichi Akai's lips curled into a slight smile—

My current position is about 800 yards from the East Tower. I've calculated that this is roughly the limit of my sniping range, enough to influence the battle situation on the East Tower. 1200 yards is enough to leave a safe distance so that I have absolutely no chance of threatening that position.

Ha, they're really cautious...

In fact, they know themselves a little too well...

Or rather, it was given too much importance.

Thus, the reason why Shuichi Akai thought this way was simply because, on the roof of that building, he saw through his scope that there was indeed a figure standing there, seemingly looking in his direction.

Now that he had confirmed that the location was no threat to him at all, Shuichi Akai simply put down his sniper rifle and took out a high-powered telescope to look in that direction, wanting to see if it really was that mysterious person—

As a result, after seeing the figure in that direction clearly through the high-powered telescope, Shuichi Akai couldn't help but show a look of understanding on his face.

really……

It turned out that there wasn't just one figure standing there, but two...

One was wearing a black hooded cloak, completely hidden inside, making it difficult to see clearly; the other…

"Sherry"...

It really was them...

Recalling how he had been ambushed by them during the "ghost ship" incident, Shuichi Akai naturally recognized the outfit and "Sherry" herself.

Clearly, his actions tonight were indeed under the watchful eyes of the other party.

Just as Shuichi Akai was feeling rather helpless, the hooded figure seemed to notice that they were being looked at, and consciously lifted the edge of the hood, vaguely revealing the outline of a face...

Immediately, Shuichi Akai felt a shiver run through his body—

Mingmei...(End of this chapter)