Stay away from Conan.

The organization had been secretly conducting numerous operations in Japan, but the local police had never detected anything unusual. Previously, Ireland attributed this to the organization's covert operations, but now…

After he came into contact with the Japanese police force as a superintendent of the Metropolitan Police Department, Ireland couldn't help but wonder if the organization had remained hidden because the Japanese police themselves were limited in their capabilities.

Otherwise, why would the Japanese police need to hire detectives to assist in the investigation?
Moreover, Kogoro Mouri, despite his renowned reputation, is completely unworthy of it. Even if Akechi Takatomo were capable, his abilities would ultimately be limited.

Therefore, under these circumstances, it's hard for Ireland not to suspect that Gin had a lot of contact with the Japanese police and was well aware of their capabilities, so he anticipated that even if he infiltrated the police force, he wouldn't be able to catch the guy who took the memory card.

After all, even the organization couldn't find any clues about this incident.

Therefore, it is very likely that Gin realized that this matter might be left unresolved, so he specifically targeted him, making him an undercover agent infiltrating the police force. He claimed that he wanted to use the police's resources to investigate, but in reality, he knew the police's capabilities very well. In the end, his disguised identity as a supervisor might actually put him in a dilemma.

Thinking about this, Ireland felt extremely agitated.

What should I do if I really can't find the guy who took the memory card?
Are they really going to disregard Gin's spies and forcibly take that brat away?
……

Meanwhile, in Kanagawa Prefecture, at Ayase Sports Park—

Yokomizo Shigego stood on the park's observation deck, looking down over the entire area.

In the morning light, the running track, courts, and green spaces of the sports park are all in sight, and occasionally citizens jog by for their morning exercise. Everything looks so peaceful.

"Police department."

A plainclothes police officer ran up the watchtower, approached Yokomizo Shigeo, and reported to his superior:

"The police force we can mobilize has been monitoring this park since last night, but so far, we haven't found anything. Now... the park is getting more and more crowded, which... is not conducive to our surveillance..."

As daylight approached, the morale of the police officers involved in the operation was inevitably dampened, and everyone felt uncertain about whether this stakeout operation, which had no clear objective, could actually yield results.

"Um……"

Listening to his subordinate's report, Yokomizo Shigego pondered for a moment with a stern face, then took out his phone to check the time, before putting it back in his pocket and turning his gaze back to the distance—

It's been all night.

No matter how careful the murderer was, there should have been some trace left.

Is it...

Was there a problem with that detective's reasoning?

"Leave two groups to continue the stakeout, and the rest of you will dig deeper into the circumstances surrounding the previous victims."

Thus, Yokomizo Shigego realized that continuing to stake out like this was not a solution. Since the culprit was unlikely to appear so easily, and staying here was not a viable option, he should think of another way to break through...

……

"The Big Dipper?"

While police in both locations and Ireland were conducting searches based on Gao Yuan's analysis from the previous night but finding nothing, Vermouth, in a room somewhere else, received an email with the following message.

The seemingly random message puzzled Vermouth, but since the email address was only there to call someone, she quickly decided to act. After disguising herself, she left the room and quietly went to a public phone booth to dial the number attached to the email—"What do you want to say? What does the Big Dipper refer to?"

Vermouth then questioned the person on the other end of the phone.

"This is the killer's logic for disposing of the body."

After Vermouth finished asking her questions, a clearly altered electronic voice came from the other end of the phone.

Vermouth wasn't surprised by this situation. After all, if the other party didn't even have this much vigilance, then he wouldn't be the wise and far-sighted person that even she couldn't figure out.

However, what Vermouth cared about more than this was the so-called "logic of disposing of the body".

"Ok?"

Curious, Vermouth pressed for details, and after a brief silence, the electronic voice on the other end of the phone began explaining the so-called connection between the locations where the bodies of the six victims were found.

At this moment, on the other end of the phone, the person conveying the message using a synthesized voice was naturally Gao Yuan himself—

Since Gao Yuan impersonated Gin and launched his operation against Ireland last night, he has waited until now to take further action, which, naturally, requires the help of Vermouth.

Of course, the reason why Gao Yuan didn't immediately take the step of relaying the information about the "Big Dipper" to Vermouth after informing the police last night was simply because...

The deliberate delay until now was part of Gao Yuan's grand plan.

Because of what happened last night, the police and Ireland already know the logic behind the murderer's disposal of the body, and the police have already taken action. Therefore, in theory, after the matter has been developing overnight, the organization monitoring this matter should also know about it.

but……

Clearly, Vermouth's reaction to the term "Big Dipper" indicates that she is unaware of its meaning, meaning she is unaware of what happened at the police station last night.

In other words, Ireland did not pass this message on to the organization...

This wasn't surprising to Gao Yuan. After all, Ireland believed that the organization had already been informed of his impersonation of Gin last night, so it was understandable that they wouldn't relay the information again.

But more importantly, Gao Yuan confirmed one thing with this—

Within the police force, apart from the Irish informant, the organization didn't actually have any other informants keeping an eye on things!

From this perspective, is it a case of organizational overconfidence, or a lack of manpower?

However, this was good news for Gao Yuan. After confirming that there were no other organizations with informants within the police force besides Ireland, many things became much easier to do.

After briefly explaining the so-called "logic of the body disposal location," Vermouth on the other end of the phone couldn't help but let out a cold laugh—

"Is that all there is to the conclusion? You don't expect to find the killer within such a large area when everything is still unclear, do you?"

Clearly, this information alone did not satisfy Vermouth, but the message relayed by the synthesized voice from Gao Yuan's side immediately surprised her—

"Of course, that's not all. I've determined the time and place where the culprit will finally appear! Moreover, the whole thing stemmed from a fire that occurred in Kyoto..." (End of Chapter)