Stay away from Conan.

After learning that Ireland had infiltrated the Mouri Detective Agency disguised as Gin and had a direct confrontation with Conan, Takato immediately began to keep a close eye on Conan's movements.

Thanks to the eavesdropping function of Conan's tracking glasses, Takato could directly use them to know what was happening around Conan. Therefore, the fact that Conan was taken from the detective agency to the Metropolitan Police Department, and Matsumoto Kiyonaga also arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department at the same time, was naturally under Takato's control.

At this point, Gao Yuan clearly understood what Matsumoto Kiyonaga, disguised as an Irishman, was doing at the Metropolitan Police Department at that time. That's why he deliberately called Inspector Megure at this particular time, revealing some information about the serial murder case.

After all, Gao Yuan, who knows the original plot, is very clear about Ireland's core purpose in infiltrating the police force by impersonating Matsumoto Kiyonaga. Therefore, once a clue that could lead to finding the murderer appears, Ireland will definitely take action.

Unfortunately, they were in the Metropolitan Police Department, and the members of the joint investigation team were also there. As clues emerged, it was impossible for Ireland, who was impersonating Matsumoto Kiyoshi, to act against his persona as a superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department. Therefore, it was impossible for Ireland to intentionally prevent the police from starting their operation at this time.

In addition, the situation was progressing at just the right time. According to the rules for where the murderer disposed of the body, there were still two remaining locations. Given that Ireland was alone and could not pinpoint the exact location, would he choose to take a gamble?

Or should we just let things have come to this point, and since we can't stop the police operation, should we just give up on this and focus on the operation against Conan?
In Gao Yuan's view, Ireland only has this one option left—

He was unlikely to gamble on an opportunity that might not immediately reveal the culprit, but the chance to seize Conan was right in front of him. In fact, his phone call conveniently allowed a large number of police officers on duty at the Metropolitan Police Department to leave, giving him the perfect opportunity to act.

Therefore, Gao Yuan could foresee that after the police went out to monitor those two areas tonight, Ireland would definitely inform the organization about the "Big Dipper" at the same time, so that Gin and his team could take action and consider how to seize the initiative under the noses of the police.

With the police and the organization hampered by the message he sent, Ireland will definitely launch his operation; otherwise, if his mission fails, he will have to find a way to make up for it elsewhere.

From his perspective, with the approximate location where the murderer might have disposed of the body revealed and the police already in action, if the organization were to intervene at this point, it might not be able to catch the murderer first. As a result, the memory card containing the organization's list of undercover agents would inevitably be discovered by the police, thus his mission would inevitably face the risk of failure, and he believed that this risk was unavoidable. Therefore, what he would do now was basically a foregone conclusion.

but……

Unfortunately, all of this was only from his perspective; after all, everything was currently under Gao Yuan's control.

The murderer could not possibly be in those two areas at this time, let alone dispose of the body there.

Gao Yuan knew very well that the murderer, Honjo, and Itsuki did indeed intend to kill two more people, but his final target, the man named Mizutani Kosuke, was someone the murderer would never target now.

Kosuke Mizutani was the source of this incident. According to the murderer, Kazuki Honjo, if Kosuke Mizutani had not eloped with his sister, Nanako Honjo, the fire that killed Nanako Honjo in Kyoto would not have happened.

Last year on Tanabata (the seventh day of the seventh lunar month), Nanako Honjo and Kosuke Mizutani, who had eloped, went on a trip to Kyoto. However, a fire broke out in the hotel they were staying at. When they tried to escape, the only elevator could only support the weight of seven people. As a result, there were a total of eight residents on the floor where the fire occurred, and someone had to stay behind to ensure the escape of the others.

As a result, Nanako Honjo chose to stay and ultimately perished in the fire, while Kosuke Mizutani barely escaped because he had gone outside when the fire broke out.

Because of Gao Yuan's previous dream replay, he had experienced this event firsthand, and combined with the known plot of the original work, he was clear about many details.

Therefore, the murderer, who is also Nanako Honjo's brother Kazuki Honjo, had a total of eight targets. Seven of them were the other seven residents on the same floor of the hotel as Nanako Honjo and the others, who were the seven who successfully escaped.

Six of them have now been murdered, leaving only Sumire Shindo.

The last remaining target is naturally Kosuke Mizutani. In Kazuki Honjo's view, if Kosuke Mizutani hadn't eloped with his sister, this whole thing wouldn't have happened. Therefore, Kazuki Honjo will definitely save Kosuke Mizutani for the final cleanup and won't make a move on him beforehand.

At least, Ben Shang and Shu won't make a move before the Qixi Festival arrives.

In other words, once Gao Yuan used his own methods to take control of Shindo Sumire's safety, he effectively prevented the murderer from continuing his plan. At this point, he was merely telling the police the murderer's logic for disposing of the body, which did not actually help the case's progress. This was because everyone believed that Shindo Sumire, who had been taken away by the murderer, was not in the murderer's hands at all, so there was no way the body could have been disposed of.

As for the other target, Kosuke Mizutani, the killer won't be active within the next two days, so there's no way the killer will appear at those two locations.

Based on this, the police and the organization were led astray by a correct but useless clue from Gao Yuan, which created an opportunity for the next operation.

For Gao Yuan, now that he has ensured the safety of Shindo Sumire and the murderer will not commit another crime in the short term, he should take advantage of the remaining time to do as much as possible.

After all, Takato wasn't sure if the murderer, unable to find Shindo Sumire on the actual Tanabata Festival, would simply skip Shindo Sumire and target Mizutani Kosuke instead in order to complete his revenge on that day. Therefore, the only timeframe was the period leading up to the Tanabata Festival.

And now-

As vehicles began to leave the Metropolitan Police Department, and the police were mobilized, there were vacancies in the department's personnel, and the organization's attention was no longer focused on this area. It was the perfect time!
At this moment, standing in a building not far from the Metropolitan Police Department, Takato thought to himself as he looked in that direction—

This may seem like Gao Yuan gave Ireland the opportunity to act, but it also presents Gao Yuan with a chance to make his move! (End of Chapter)