Stay away from Conan.

From the very beginning, Gao Yuan knew very well that once he had almost completely cut off Ireland's access to any other means of obtaining evidence that Conan and Shinichi Kudo were the same person, then the only method Ireland would inevitably take in order to obtain this clue that was enough to prove that Gin had made a major mistake would be to target Conan himself.

However, Ireland unexpectedly chose the path that surprised everyone the most—

After all, Ireland wanted to test Conan by impersonating Gin, so this step of impersonating Gin would inevitably rely on Vermouth's abilities, and therefore Vermouth would inevitably know about it.

This directly confirms what Vermouth had told her before: Ireland might discover Conan's identity.

Therefore, if Vermouth didn't want Conan's identity to be exposed, Ireland's fate was already sealed. She didn't even need to do anything herself; if she just told Gin about impersonating him, Gin, with his suspicious nature, would surely doubt Ireland's motives.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Ireland's fate is sealed.

So, now that things have come to this, what about our side...?

How should we guide the subsequent development of events?

……

"Why--

"hateful!"

Seeing the sign for the Mori Detective Agency, with its row of broken windows—the window corresponding to the word "Mouri" shattered, leaving only the three characters for "Agency"—Kogoro Mori, who had been woken up, was instantly furious and shouted:
"Damn thief! He actually dared to steal from me, the famous detective Kogoro Mouri! He's courting death! Inspector Megure—"

With such resentment, Kogoro Mouri then looked at Inspector Megure, who was handling the situation at the scene, and shouted at him.

Thus, Inspector Megure's expression turned grave as he looked at his former colleague, who was clearly still not fully sober, especially after finding the handgun at the scene.

Looking at the handgun handed over by the police officers at the scene of the investigation, Inspector Megure couldn't help but ponder, thinking to himself that this matter was definitely not as simple as a common burglary.

The fact that the man was able to bring a gun into Mori's detective agency made Inspector Megure almost instinctively assume that he was there for revenge.

Therefore, Inspector Megure was more focused on Ran and Conan, who were confronting the intruder, than on Kogoro Mouri, who had been drunk the night before and had only just been woken up.

"So, Conan was the first to hear the noise downstairs, went down to check, and encountered the man in black? Then, Ran followed Conan, heard him coming downstairs, and when she arrived at the second-floor office, she noticed something amiss inside, which led to her confrontation with the man?"

At this moment, Miwako Sato is taking statements from Conan and Ran to understand what happened.

At present, based on what the two said, all we know is that the intruder went directly to the second-floor office at the beginning, and the lights in the office were already off and there was no one there. Therefore, it can be seen that the intruder's initial purpose was to try to find something in the office.

As a result, the noise they made attracted Conan, and when the other party tried to subdue Conan, Ran followed closely behind. The situation inside the room alerted Ran, who decisively responded and engaged the other party in combat, ultimately forcing them to retreat…

Hearing this description, Sato Miwako frowned, sensing that the situation was extremely troublesome.

"So, did you get a good look at each other's faces?"

Conan shook his head helplessly at this, and Ran also said:
"All I could see was that the person had what appeared to be long, silver hair and was very tall, but I couldn't really make out their face at the time."

Faced with such a description, Sato Miwako was also helpless—

While long silver hair is a very noticeable physical characteristic, the fact that a silver wig was found at the scene clearly indicates that the person was disguised. This makes identifying the intruder based on this extremely difficult. "Anyway... Mori, Ran, and Conan, let's go back to the Metropolitan Police Department with us tonight. We still need to conduct further investigations at the scene."

Faced with the current situation, Inspector Megure could only helplessly say this—

After all, the other party was an armed criminal. For safety reasons, it was best to take the three people involved back to the Metropolitan Police Department to ensure their safety.

Kogoro Mouri, cursing and swearing, demanded that Inspector Megure catch the thief quickly so that the thief could compensate his agency for its losses. Conan and Ran outwardly agreed, but each had their own thoughts.

For Conan, this trip back to the Metropolitan Police Department is also a good opportunity to find out who Ireland, the organization member who may have infiltrated the department, really is. Now that Ireland has confirmed that he is Shinichi Kudo, he will definitely not let this go.

Therefore, if any officer on the joint investigation team behaves strangely after they arrive at the Metropolitan Police Department, it's almost certain they can confirm the other person's identity.

Although this choice is extremely dangerous, things have come to this point, and I'm already in the most dangerous situation. At least within the Metropolitan Police Department, if I can expose the other person's disguise in public, the other police officers present can at least become my help...

Besides, I can't possibly run away alone now...

As for Ran, after explaining the situation to the police officers, she kept glancing at Conan's reaction—

After all, while Ran didn't fully understand what had happened, she could vaguely guess what was going on from Conan's pensive expression. However…

Even though she was very worried, Xiaolan ultimately couldn't bring herself to ask directly...

……

Everyone at the Mori Detective Agency was taken back to the Metropolitan Police Department?

When Ireland received the news, he immediately began to think about whether he could take Conan away directly from the Metropolitan Police Department. After all, Ireland was very confident that his disguised identity in the Metropolitan Police Department would not be discovered, and this identity was extremely useful. Generally, the police officers would not question his behavior in person.

Therefore, Ireland, who had just left the Mori Detective Agency and removed his Gin disguise, immediately prepared to change into the "Matsumoto Kiyonaga" makeup and head to the Metropolitan Police Department—

After all, Inspector Megure's report that "the killer was armed" was something he was willing to personally investigate.

Moreover, because of the firearms issue, he would inevitably have to deal with the aftermath.

The fact that the organization's service weapon had fallen into police hands was a serious matter. If the police traced the weapon back to something, he would be in deep trouble. Therefore, before the organization discovered this, he could use his position to deal with the problem.

For example, you could simply switch to that gun.

With that in mind, Ireland didn't hesitate and set off immediately, heading to the Metropolitan Police Department after changing clothes...

……

However, to everyone's surprise, when everyone gathered at the Metropolitan Police Department, a phone call from Gao Yuan completely disrupted everyone's original plans—

"Inspector Megure, I understand now. What's the killer's logic in choosing the location to dump the body?" (End of Chapter)