Stay away from Conan.

"Why would you think that? In broad daylight, isn't it possible that a shooting was a random act?"

Ai couldn't help but ask with some doubt about Gao Yuan's judgment.

In response to Ai's suggestion, Gao Yuan gave a brief explanation:

"The fact that the killer so precisely shot a police officer in the rain doesn't seem like a random killing. Perhaps it was a murder specifically targeting the police."

"Anyway, I think I should contact Inspector Megure about this and share my thoughts, and see if I can find out the specifics. Hopefully, nothing else will go wrong..."

Having said that, Gao Yuan thought that since he knew the possible future developments, he should at least do something. Although he couldn't start a detailed investigation directly, since he couldn't remember most of the names of the murderers and other people involved in the case, he only knew a few names roughly.

For example, the murdered police officer was a detective who had worked with Miwako Sato, and Miwako Sato was also one of the killer's targets.

Then, the murderer was a psychologist. He was supposed to be a surgeon, but during a surgery, another doctor deliberately injured his hand, forcing him to leave surgery and become a psychologist instead. The other doctor was also Officer Shiratori's therapist.

Then, it seems this incident also involves the son of the head of the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division...

That's roughly Gao Yuan's impression of the incident, and he really doesn't know where to find the relevant people.

However, it was clear that Gao Yuan felt that with this basic information, it was not impossible to find out the identities of all the relevant people. Therefore, he decided to investigate first, at least to see if it was really the original incident he knew about.

Thinking this through, Ai saw that Gao Yuan seemed genuinely interested in the incident, so she didn't ask any further questions. However, her intuition told her that Gao Yuan's interest must have some other reason, perhaps he had guessed something about the situation. But since he wasn't going to say anything, she decided not to ask.

After all, if it were something truly important that he needed to know, he wouldn't hide it from me.

After finishing their dinner, Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai cleaned up the dishes and returned to the basement, resuming their daily routine of conducting their own research and investigations.

After all, Ai is now preparing to research a new drug that will quickly render the antidote ineffective, while Gao Yuan is planning to conduct an investigation first to see if he can identify some relevant clues based on some online information before he can further investigate the incident.

And so it went. The night passed, and Gao Yuan, having gathered some information, was preparing to conduct an on-site investigation the following morning when the news reports appeared, leaving him momentarily stunned—

The second victim appeared last night!
According to news reports early the next morning, last night, in the underground parking lot of an apartment building, a woman driving home saw a man lying dead in the parking lot after getting out of her car. It was confirmed that the deceased was also a criminal police officer.

Since a shooting occurred in Beika Town yesterday afternoon, and now another similar incident happened in the evening, the news media reporters have begun to report on the matter extensively. These reporters have also questioned the police about whether the two incidents are related.

However, the police declined to be interviewed by reporters, citing that the case was under investigation and it was inconvenient to disclose more information.

Upon reading these reports, Gao Yuan's thoughts grew heavy.

If this is indeed the incident from the original work, then the deceased this time is another detective?
Are these two incidents really that close together?
that……

Who is the killer's next target?
"...Inspector Megure, I'd like to ask you for details about last night's case!"

Meanwhile, at the same moment that Takato saw the news report about the new case that happened last night, Kogoro Mouri, who was at the Mouri Detective Agency, also saw the news report about the new shooting that happened last night through the newspaper he received this morning.

Similarly, Kogoro Mouri also felt that there might be a connection between the two shootings that occurred on the same day. Therefore, he called the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division to inquire with Inspector Megure, wondering if he could help them investigate the incident.

After all, no matter what, the occurrence of two shootings at once is something that cannot be ignored.

What should we do if the murderer commits another crime?

As a result, after hearing Kogoro Mouri's request, Inspector Megure on the other end of the phone seemed rather busy and casually replied:

"Sorry, Mori-kun, I'm busy right now. Let's keep in touch later!"

After saying that, Inspector Megure hung up the phone immediately.

"Hey, hey, hey... Inspector Megure!"

Sensing that Inspector Megure didn't want to say anything more, Kogoro Mouri was a little surprised and wanted to say something more, but it was too late; the other end of the call had already ended.

Faced with this situation, and after his anxious calls proved useless, Kogoro Mouri, looking somewhat helpless, could only hang up the phone.

"what happened?"

Seeing this, Ran couldn't help but ask with some surprise. After all, when she talked to Inspector Megure and the others about the murder of Inspector Narasawa yesterday, Inspector Megure agreed that Kogoro Mouri could come to help at any time, but now it seems that this is not the case.

He said he was busy.

Kogoro Mouri responded to Ran in this way, to which Ran couldn't help but say:
"With two detectives killed at once, it's normal that Inspector Megure and the others are busy."

"But... Inspector Megure's attitude... is completely different from usual..."

Thus, although Kogoro Mouri could understand the pressure the police were under in this situation, intuitively, he could also sense that Inspector Megure's attitude was clearly perfunctory and that he didn't want to talk to him much.

As Kogoro Mouri was saying this, Conan, standing nearby, looked at the news report in front of him again and again, his expression becoming very serious.

It seems this matter is far from over; it's only just beginning... (End of Chapter)