Stay away from Conan.

"Brother, there is no such person!"

That night, at Beika Pharmacist Hospital, Gin and Vodka, who had come here after learning about Kyosuke Kazato's experience, were looking for the cleaning staff who had made the whole thing so confusing. Vodka was the one who tried to enter the hospital and checked on the cleaning staff who were currently there, but they found that the cleaning staff were nowhere to be found.

Therefore, after informing Gin of the investigation results, Vodka couldn't help but feel a little nervous, unsure of what to do next.

Gin, however, clearly knew that Vodka's search would be fruitless, so after Vodka's response, Gin naturally said:
“I know… after all, they can’t be stupid enough to stay here—”

"Whether it's us or the police, once that doctor tells us what happened to him, we will definitely try to figure out the problem. Therefore, it's impossible for that person to still be here."

"If that's the case, brother... why should we still..."

Having understood Gin's explanation, Vodka couldn't help but seem puzzled and asked in return—

After all, if they knew from the beginning that the other party couldn't possibly still be here, then what was their purpose in coming here?

In response, Gin said:
"Of course we need to retrieve the security footage here and find that guy's image!"

As he spoke, Gin was already holding a hard drive in his hand—

"Big brother!"

Upon seeing this, Vodka naturally understood that while he was trying to find the cleaning staff member at the hospital, Gin had already gone to the surveillance room and obtained the necessary surveillance footage. Therefore, Vodka couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, realizing that his older brother truly lived up to his reputation—his actions were indeed efficient.

"Of course, this is all the surveillance data we need. Those police officers won't be able to find this footage anymore. Now... let me see that person..."

So, as Gin was saying this, inside the car, Vodka took out his laptop, inserted the hard drive Gin had taken into the computer's optical drive, and opened the surveillance footage that Gin had stolen from the hospital's monitoring room—

Based on the testimony obtained from Kyosuke Kazeto during his interrogation in Ireland, they learned a clue as to when the cleaning staff member had appeared in the hospital's psychological counseling room, and began searching for corresponding surveillance footage.

As a result, after several searches, Gin and Vodka stared at the screen on the computer, but still couldn't find the image they were looking for.

Furthermore, based on Kyosuke Kazato's testimony and the time he left the counseling room, Gin and Vodka compared the footage with the surveillance footage from that period, and the results they obtained were surprising—

According to the surveillance footage, the footage at the hospital's main entrance shows Kyosuke Kazato leaving the hospital during that time period. However, the footage from several corridors inside the hospital does not show Kyosuke Kazato at all.

Seemingly realizing something, Gin compared several scenes, and a sinister smile crept across his lips. After several comparisons, it was clear that—

There are several surveillance footage clips that clearly do not match the other surveillance footage!

A figure that should have walked past a surveillance camera to the next intersection was missing in one segment of the footage, but then reappeared in a later segment!

Therefore, it is quite clear that Gin has already determined one thing—

That is, the hospital's surveillance footage has been tampered with!
Several key surveillance footage segments had been replaced, making it impossible to find the footage I was looking for.

Vodka, observing Gin's actions, quickly realized the problem after a few observations, and couldn't help but nervously ask Gin:
"Big brother, this..."

“Crude methods…”

With a cold laugh, Gin said with a murderous expression, "But... it seems like a provocation! The method appears crude, merely altering a few surveillance shots, causing crucial footage to be lost..."

"But, since they were able to do this much, they were perfectly capable of changing all the surveillance footage, yet they deliberately left this flaw for others to discover!"

"That guy is provoking us!"

Gin immediately realized that the person who altered the surveillance footage must have fully anticipated that he might be able to access it, so he deliberately changed the footage to ensure that even if he investigated later, he would not be able to find out what the target looked like.

Upon hearing this, Vodka couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:
"Then, brother... what about us..."

"Humph!"

Now that things had come to this, Gin knew that since the other party had gone this far, there was no point in staying any longer. So he said to Vodka:
"Go to the cleaning company!"

—Although going to the cleaning company now probably won't solve anything, we have to rule out all possibilities at this point, so we still have to go to the cleaning company.

"Should we go directly to the cleaning company to find that person?"

Upon hearing Gin's instructions, Vodka couldn't help but ask with concern:
"But what if that person isn't even from the cleaning company? And even if she got the job to target us, how are we supposed to find her?"

"The doctor confessed that the cleaning staff's name tag had a name on it! Let's start the investigation from that name!"

Gin muttered to himself, beginning to recall the name of the cleaning staff member in the message he had received—

"Modobell..."

After reciting the name, Gin suddenly realized something and sneered:

"Should we reverse the two syllables of 'Vermouth'?"

As he spoke, clearly realizing that the name was definitely a pseudonym, Gin said to Vodka:
"Go to the cleaning company!"

Having given the clear instructions, Vodka agreed and began driving towards the cleaning company's location, while Gin took out his phone to call Vermouth.

Clearly, at this point, regardless of the cleaning staff's identity, it's enough to prove one thing: the person even knows Vermouth's name, and is obviously not someone who only has a slight understanding of the organization.

Therefore, since the other party deliberately used Vermouth's name as a pseudonym, regardless of the reason, Vermouth must undergo interrogation on our side!
……

"So, according to Kyosuke Kazato's testimony, there was a group of unknown people threatening him..."

"And now it seems that they even destroyed the hospital's surveillance footage, making it impossible for us to find the only person who had contact with him. It seems that what he said was true..."

"However, according to Kyosuke Kazato, those people should be very dangerous, but..."

"Why did the outcome lead us, the police, to arrest Kyosuke Kazato?"

Meanwhile, the police also located the hospital, only to find that the hospital's surveillance footage had been destroyed. Therefore, when this information was relayed to the Metropolitan Police Department, Inspector Megure and his team couldn't help but feel puzzled… (End of Chapter)