Stay away from Conan.

While Conan and Hondo Eisuke were at the Metropolitan Police Department, they unexpectedly heard a cell phone keypad tone that, combined with the sound, resembled the nursery rhyme "Seven Children." Meanwhile, on the other side, Takato calmly walked towards the conference room.

After all, Gao Yuan already had a general idea of ​​what might happen next.

Not to mention that, thanks to Inspector Megure's contact and the information he received, Takato already knew what was happening and could basically understand what he was likely to see next.

Furthermore, as for Takato, because of what Ai had told him, after analyzing the situation with Miyano Akemi last night, she sent an email to Vermouth to test her. Judging from Vermouth's reply, it was completely certain that there were indeed organized undercover members in the Metropolitan Police Department at this time.

Therefore, at least one thing Takato could be certain of was that Matsumoto Kiyonaga, the superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department at this moment, was most likely no longer the real person, because the matter he was about to face was probably the same one from the original work—

The matter concerns a memory card containing a list of organization members, which was taken by the perpetrator of this new incident.

The organization must be taking this matter very seriously, because if the police find the murderer before the organization's personnel do, and find the memory card among the murderer's belongings and examine it, the police may discover the existence of the list. In that case, all the undercover members that the organization has planted in various industries will be exposed.

Therefore, in order to find the murderer before the police, the organization chose to take a risky approach and directly replaced the police's top officials, just to be the first to know the progress of the police investigation, so as to maximize the chances of the organization's members acting before the police to recover the memory card.

Thinking about it this way, if the police force, including the supervising officers, has already been replaced by members of the organization, then this could provide a reasonable explanation for what happened yesterday.

So, if everything goes as I expect, what should I do...?

Thinking this, Gao Yuan walked to the door of the conference room, pushed it open, and went inside. He saw that the conference room was already filled with many familiar faces and other unfamiliar police officers.

Near the entrance, Inspector Megure was standing, surveying the crowd. A little further in, Kogoro Mouri was chatting with Sango Yokomizo, the Shizuoka Prefectural Police Inspector with the coral-haired hair, and his younger brother, Shigeo Yokomizo, the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Inspector with a stern face.

Yokomizo Sango was clearly very happy about Kogoro Mouri's arrival, and thus took the initiative to chat with him. As for Yokomizo Shigeo, he seemed to have to stand aside because he was with Yokomizo Sango, occasionally interjecting a few words.

Besides these, there were many unfamiliar faces in the meeting room, presumably police officers from other counties who had come to assist with the investigation, but...

After a cursory glance, Takato was somewhat surprised to find that the Gunma Prefectural Police Chief Yamamura Misao and the Nagano Prefectural Police Chief Yamato Kansuke, whom he had expected to see here but who, although he didn't recognize them now, should be easy to identify according to the original description, were not present.

Therefore, as Gao Yuan made this observation after entering the conference room, everyone in the conference room also turned their attention to the doorway because of Gao Yuan's arrival.

Thus, Inspector Megure was the first to respond. Upon seeing Takato arrive, he immediately greeted him with a smile and struck up a conversation:
"Oh my! Brother Akechi, you've arrived pretty quickly!" After a brief response from Takato, the Yokomizo brothers, who were also acquainted with him, exchanged a few words with him. The others present, who seemed to have at least heard of Takato's reputation, were somewhat surprised that a detective had been invited to this case analysis meeting after Kogoro Mouri, and began to whisper among themselves.

In response to the questions raised by many present, Inspector Megure provided a unified explanation—

"In response to this sudden incident, in order to solve the case as soon as possible and reduce public panic, as Matsumoto instructed, we should increase our efforts and pool our wisdom and resources. Therefore, we invited two detectives, Mori and Akechi, who have worked closely with our police, to participate in the discussion as special advisors."

Thus, Inspector Megure answered the questions of the officers present, but for Takato, the person involved, a different thought inevitably arose in his mind at that moment—

Did they specifically call me and Kogoro Mouri together to solve the case as quickly as possible? Is that really the truth?
Obviously, for Gao Yuan, who knows more about the situation, he couldn't simply consider it as just this.

If this explanation were plausible within the original work—since the organization ultimately needs to find the culprit as soon as possible to recover the memory card—then involving Kogoro Mouri, with his high crime-solving rate, in the investigation would be a reasonable justification. However, given the current situation and the many events that have unfolded, it's only natural that Takato would suspect the organization's motives.

After all, according to the original work, the person Matsumoto Kiyonaga at this moment is not the real person, so his remarks, which involve himself and Kogoro Mouri, are naturally required by the organization.

And coincidentally, not long ago, Shiho Miyano's appearance caused the organization to suffer heavy losses, and at this moment, the organization has not yet found the missing Rena Mizunashi...

Connecting these events, the fact that she and Kogoro Mouri had appeared at the scene of several incidents when Shiho Miyano appeared, as well as the fact that Rena Mizunashi had contact with Kogoro Mouri before her disappearance, might make them the targets of the organization's suspicion and probing.

Therefore, is it possible that the imposter Matsumoto Kiyonaga had him and Kogoro Mouri participate in the incident together in order to further test whether he and Kogoro Mouri were related to Sherry?

After all, this was just a piece of cake for the organization, because they must have thought that having someone directly replace the Metropolitan Police Department's superintendent was a brilliant move that went unnoticed!

So, if we think about it this way, who is the person we're about to face, the person behind all this who's directing everything?

Has Rum already left the game, or has Gin returned to Japan to take charge?
After all, Bourbon would obviously not do such a thing. Vermouth was at most an executor of the plan, and she even revealed the details to her own side. This behavior basically shows that she was not the one in charge of this matter.

Therefore, unless another member of the organization whose existence is unknown to them suddenly appears, there are actually only two people left who are capable of leading such a plan...

That makes me a little curious. Will the organization, like in the original story, straf the Tokyo Tower with helicopters at the end...? (End of Chapter)