Stay away from Conan.

"New Tang Jin!"

As Takato recounted the story, and after Ogino Ayami confirmed the fact through technical means, Inspector Megure, who was basically certain that his conjecture was correct, suddenly blurted out this name—

"Shindou Sumire's body has not yet been found! If this pattern holds true, she should correspond to..."

"The remaining positions."

Gao Yuan, on the other end of the phone, naturally replied:

"That is, one of the remaining two positions of the Big Dipper—"

"One of them is probably near Ayase Sports Park in Kanagawa Prefecture, and the other is near Shiba Park in Minato Ward, Tokyo."

"found it!"

At the same time, Ayami Ogino also suddenly spoke up, tapping her finger on the screen:
"Indeed, based on the layout of the Big Dipper, the remaining positions are located near these two areas!"

Immediately, as this information was obtained, the conference room fell into a brief silence once again.

Then came the sound of hands slamming on the table—

"Then what are we waiting for?"

Yokomizo Shigego, having placed both hands on the table and stood up, said earnestly:
"Send men to search these two places immediately!"

"Um……"

At this point, with the information disclosed to this extent, even the "Matsumoto Kiyonaga" posing in Ireland had no choice but to believe this conjecture.

I never understood why the mahjong tiles left at the scene by the murderer were divided into seven of bamboo and one of bamboo, and the one of bamboo only appeared once, while all the others were seven of bamboo. This is because the one of bamboo corresponds to the North Star, while the other positions are the Big Dipper.

Furthermore, upon closer examination, the murderer's insistence on disposing of the bodies at these specific locations was to form the pattern of the Big Dipper. Therefore, the act of arresting Shindo Sumire who reported the incident during the daytime, instead of killing her on the spot in her apartment, must have been intended to dispose of her body in one of the remaining two locations to achieve the murderer's goal.

Now, including Shindo Sumire, there are a total of seven victims, but according to the Big Dipper and Polaris, there should be at least one more dead.

So, the problem we face now is—

"The murderer will definitely dispose of the body at those two locations!"

With a solemn command, Matsumoto Kiyonaga no longer hesitated and set the tone.

Everyone present agreed on this point. After all, since Shindo Sumire had been missing all day and her body had not yet been found, it was clear that the other party, for some unknown reason, would definitely dispose of the body in the near future. Therefore, now was an excellent opportunity!

Although many questions remain unanswered about this case, such as the connections between the targets chosen by the killer and the reasons behind the killer's actions, etc.

But now that things have come to this, there's no time to worry about that. If we can catch the culprit while waiting for him to come to us, then everything else will be much easier.

Therefore, at this point, Matsumoto Kiyonaga was in a bit of a predicament—

At this moment, Ireland knew very well that once the order was given to send police officers to immediately investigate and stake out the target area, it would be almost impossible for him to relay the intelligence back to the organization and try to get the organization to get there first.

Because, not to mention that there are only two approximate locations and no clear target, once the operation begins, the police will definitely mobilize a large number of personnel for investigation and surveillance. Under such circumstances, even if the target appears, can the organization forcibly take the person away in front of the police? Therefore, it is extremely difficult for the organization to act before the police this time. Moreover, it is not something that the organization can do in broad daylight to conduct a large-scale search of the target area and find an uncertain target.

Therefore, Ireland was well aware that once he issued the orders under the identity of "Matsumoto Kiyonaga," he would have difficulty explaining himself to the organization. If the murderer was caught and the police discovered the memory card that the murderer had taken before he intervened, his mission would fail.

But does that mean that now that things have come to this point, I can just suppress the matter and let the police stand by and do nothing?
There's no way!

Or perhaps it was just a coincidence. If I hadn't arrived and heard the news directly from Akechi Takato, but instead Inspector Megure and the others had learned of the news first and made a decision immediately before informing me, then I really wouldn't have had any time to make any arrangements.

hateful……

Why now of all times...?

While these thoughts flashed through his mind, Matsumoto Kiyonaga, outwardly feigning seriousness, still proceeded with his arrangements as usual.

"Yokomizo, you're in charge of the Kanagawa Prefecture area. Mobilize police forces to deploy within a one-kilometer radius of the Ayase Sports Park in the target area... no, at least five kilometers. If anyone suspected of being the murderer comes to dump the body or takes the target hostage, do not let them get away with it!"

Facing Yokomizo Shigeo, the police inspector from Kanagawa Prefecture, it was quite natural that the area in Kanagawa Prefecture was handed over to him by Matsumoto Kiyona.

"As for Shiba Park in Minato Ward... Megure, you are in full charge! You are also in charge of deploying the police forces from various locations!"

Immediately afterwards, "Matsumoto Kiyonaga" also made arrangements for Inspector Megure and the others.

"Yes!"

Immediately, everyone agreed earnestly and then prepared to take action. Among them, Yokomizo Shigego immediately went to the side to call the Kanagawa Prefecture police and asked them to start making deployments immediately.

As for Inspector Megure, he could only temporarily put aside the follow-up investigation of the detective agency incident. He simply told Kogoro Mouri to stay at the Metropolitan Police Department for the night with Ran and Conan, and then Inspector Megure immediately held an emergency meeting with the other officers present to make arrangements and discuss the situation.

At this point, "Matsumoto Kiyonaga" watched the police officers take action, his gaze shifting to the still-connected cell phone. He tentatively asked Takato on the other end of the line:

"So, Mr. Akechi, do you have any other ideas?"

Since Gao Yuan finished explaining the clue about the "Big Dipper" on the phone, he hadn't said anything more. It seemed that the information he could provide was limited to this point. However, out of politeness, Matsumoto Kiyonaga still asked a follow-up question.

In response, Gao Yuan on the other end of the phone could only reply helplessly:
"That's all I can think of for now, I'm so sorry... I haven't figured out the killer's motives yet."

"It's alright, this gives our police enough direction for the investigation. Thank you for your help."

With that, "Matsumoto Kiyonaga" hung up the phone, placed the cell phone belonging to Inspector Megure on the table, and then looked around—

Given the current situation, since only the target location is known, deploying a large number of police officers is necessary, which would naturally lead to a relaxation of security within the Metropolitan Police Department.

Glancing at Conan, Matsumoto Kiyonaga knew that he could no longer get involved with the culprit. There were two target locations, and he wanted to be there in person to take action as soon as possible, but if he chose the wrong place, all his efforts would be in vain.

Therefore, instead of gambling on an uncertain opportunity, it's better to set your sights on something achievable right now.

Take that brat Conan away!
—And this was Gao Yuan's only option for Ireland! (End of Chapter)