Stay away from Conan.

Upon seeing Kyosuke Kazato suddenly ask her such a serious question, the cleaning staff member calmly looked at Kyosuke Kazato.

Looking into her eyes, Kyosuke Kazato felt a sudden, inexplicable fear. It was as if the cleaning lady's gaze and her face were on different levels; it was a jarring smile that sent chills down Kyosuke's spine, making him feel suffocated.

Perhaps this is a lingering effect of that phone call.

Just as Kazato Kyosuke was feeling a bit scared, he heard the other person speak first:

Are you sure you want to talk with the door open like this?

Instantly, hearing the commanding tone, Kazato Kyosuke calmed down. After casually closing the door, and with only the two of them remaining, he continued to ask:
"What exactly do you want?"

"Didn't we just contact you? Just prepare that thing and hand it over to us. You don't need to handle the rest."

Thus, the cleaning staff clearly stated the same thing as the person on the other end of the phone, which made Kyosuke Kazato very serious, and he couldn't help but ask:

"Are you spying on me?"

"Ah--"

However, after Kyosuke Kazato asked this question, the cleaning staff replied very calmly:

"Surveillance? No, it's just that you didn't do things cleanly enough, and we found out. Otherwise, why do you think we would know what happened at that hospital you used to work at today?"

Hearing what the other party said, Kazato Kyosuke was deeply troubled, but for a moment he was at a loss for words, as the details revealed by the other party seemed to imply that everything that happened in the two hospitals he was in was under the watchful eyes of these people.

Before Kyosuke Kazato could respond, the cleaning staff member continued:
"Anyway, Dr. Kazato, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

As she said this, the cleaning staff packed up her cleaning tools and walked towards the door where Kazato Kyosuke was. Just as she brushed past him, the cleaning staff said meaningfully:
"Of course, if you're ready to hand that over, do it tonight. Just put it in the hospital parking lot, on the rear tire of the white car on the far west side."

Thus, after saying these words, Kyosuke Kazato's thoughts were in complete disarray. He watched helplessly as the other person pushed open the door of the counseling room and left.

After standing there stunned for a long time, Kyosuke Kazato finally came to his senses and recalled that there seemed to be a white car parked at the westernmost part of the hospital parking lot for quite some time.

After a moment's thought, he realized that all his actions, and even his entire resume at the two hospitals, might be under their surveillance. Therefore, facing such a terrifying group of people, Kyosuke Kazato knew that, given what he had already done, it was impossible to handle this matter peacefully. He could only go along with their ideas and deal with the trouble at hand first.

Therefore, having reached this point in his thinking, Kyosuke Kazato had already made a decision regarding the next course of action—

At least, let's confirm that Yu Chengzhen's crime first.

Although simply handing them the handgun wouldn't completely frame someone, the thought of how they had easily thwarted the police's trap the previous night, allowing him to escape unscathed, gave Kazato Kyosuke the confidence to believe they had the capability. Therefore, without lingering in the counseling room, Kazato Kyosuke immediately left, intending to dispose of the handgun as quickly as possible.

And so, after Kazato Kyosuke left, the cleaning staff member in the Beika Yakushino Hospital, who had just spoken with Kazato Kyosuke and whose name tag read "Modobell," watched from afar as Kazato Kyosuke indeed left the hospital, and then turned and went into the hospital's changing room.

A moment later, a figure emerged from the locker room, but it was not the same person who had entered earlier; instead, it was "Hiriko Mitani"—

This refers to the identity that Takato prepared for Miyano Akemi after she awakened...

……

That night, in the parking lot of the Beika Pharmacist Hospital, near the west side, there was a car that had never left since it entered the area, and had remained parked there ever since.

Therefore, Kazato Kyosuke had heard about the existence of this vehicle. So when the medical staff member who was obviously with those people told him to put things in this vehicle if he wanted to give them anything, Kazato Kyosuke couldn't help but feel that the existence of this vehicle might also be related to those guys.

So, knowing that the police had already investigated the Tokyo University Hospital seven years ago and that he was running out of time, Kyosuke Kazato had no choice but to do as they wished. He had to quickly and secretly bring the handgun that had killed two detectives. Under the cover of night, wearing a coat to conceal his figure, he looked around and, seeing no one nearby, immediately approached the car, remaining tense and vigilant.

At the last moment, after checking that no one was around, he finally put his hand in his coat pocket, took out a pistol, and placed it on the rear wheel of the car.

And then, at that very moment—

"Dr. Kazato! What are you doing here so late?"

Suddenly, as Officer Shiratori's voice came from behind him, Kyosuke Kazato's heart tightened. He was a little flustered, but instinctively he put his hand back on the pistol he had just put down. As if he had realized something, he was preparing to make a last-ditch effort.

However, before he could have any chance, a car door suddenly opened, and Officer Sato rushed out, knocking the still confused Kyosuke Kazato aside. Then, Officer Takagi followed closely behind, getting out of his car and pinning Kyosuke Kazato to the ground.

Then, Officer Sato walked to the white car, used his gloved hand to remove the handgun that Kyosuke Kazato had lowered from the wheel, checked the model of the handgun to confirm that the bullets used were the same type used in the two shootings, and then, without saying a word, looked at the already subdued Kyosuke Kazato—

"Looks like there's no point in wasting time. Let's take him away and talk slowly!"

At this point, Officer Shiratori and the other two were basically certain of what had happened, so they took the subdued Kyosuke Kazato away.

Meanwhile, in a nearby car, a woman with long blonde hair—

Wearing sunglasses, Vermouth witnessed everything that happened in the parking lot. Her gaze then shifted to her phone, where an email from Gao Yuan and his team was displayed. A slight smile involuntarily appeared on her face… (End of Chapter)