Stay away from Conan.

Chapter 2548 Everyone Takes Their Place

"Brother, something seems off?"

Outside the Eiffel Tower in the East, as Gin and his team arrived in armed helicopters to support Ireland, Vodka, the helicopter's pilot, noticed something unusual through the helicopter's window—

Inside the observation deck of the East Tower, a flickering light appeared and disappeared, and the light flashed rapidly.

Vodka seemed to have guessed something from this, and immediately reported it to Gin.

Obviously, there was no need for Vodka to remind him; Gin, who was also looking out the window, had already noticed the strange occurrence on the East Tower observation deck.

Therefore, Gin naturally gave the order:

"Let's go closer and see what's going on inside."

After saying this, Vodka acknowledged the order and piloted the armed helicopter down to a lower altitude, allowing them to get closer to the East Capital Iron Tower observation deck and observe what was happening inside.

Using the searchlight beam from the armed helicopter, Gin peered through binoculars into the watchtower. After glancing around, he immediately spotted Judy, who was holding a gun and confronting Ireland inside.

Therefore, after Gin put down his binoculars, a cold smile crept onto his lips:

"Oh, FBI..."

Since Judy's FBI identity had already been exposed to the organization, Gin was naturally aware of this FBI agent who had previously clashed with the organization in Japan and might even be related to Gil's disappearance.

Therefore, the current situation, with FBI agents appearing here and even confronting the Irish with guns, is hardly a coincidence.

After all, anyone appearing at the East Tower at this time of day, besides those of us who received a message from Ireland and learned that the serial killer who murdered a member of the organization would be here to meet us, would be more or less involved in this incident.

Normally, Ireland would have dealt with the police and investigators who were following the incident beforehand, but now...

The fact that FBI agents are here can only mean one thing—

Ireland, he's been exposed!

"What? The FBI?"

At that moment, upon hearing Gin utter the word, Vodka, who was piloting the helicopter, couldn't help but shout out in shock. Especially since the mission was supposed to be just to provide support to Ireland, but now an FBI agent had suddenly appeared. Would this directly affect the operation?

Gin gave Vodka little time to think before immediately issuing the order:

"Heh... No need to worry about it, just use that to get rid of the troublesome guy!"

……

"This location..."

At roughly the same time, while a sudden change was taking place atop the Tokyo Tower, on the other side, on the rooftop of a building some distance from the Tokyo Tower, Shuichi Akai was standing with a gun holster on his back, one foot on the edge of the rooftop, gazing into the distance towards the Tokyo Tower.

The reason why Shuichi Akai would appear here at this time is that not long ago, the mysterious person related to "Sherry" suddenly sent a message, asking him to take people he could trust to the Tokyo Tower and this place respectively.

In response, the mysterious figure stated that as long as his side complied, once everything was completed, he would not only witness some interesting events but also receive some news related to the organization that he would find very interesting.

Therefore, Shuichi Akai considered the matter briefly but ultimately chose to believe the other party, or rather, the offer was indeed tempting. At the same time, the time between receiving the message and arriving at the location was extremely tight, leaving him little room for further thought. He had to make a decision immediately to reach both locations before the scheduled time. Therefore, having chosen to believe the message, Shuichi Akai had no reason to doubt it, nor did he have time for further consideration; he immediately made his decision and headed to the location.

Furthermore, according to the other party's requirements, the person who comes to this location must be himself.

Therefore, now that Shuichi Akai had actually stood in this position, especially after Jodie had arrived at the Tokyo Tower, he couldn't help but begin to ponder the meaning behind the other party's arrangement—

"About... 800 yards?"

Almost immediately, after Shuichi Akai found himself in the area and subconsciously made a quick visual estimation of the distance to the Tokyo Tower, another location, he reached a conclusion—

He was about 800 yards away from Judy.

And this distance...

Thinking of this, Shuichi Akai couldn't help but frown—

Because this distance is almost the limit of my ability to snipe accurately!

Did the other party send me here so that I could snipe the East Tower?

So, what exactly happened at the East Tower? Why did they insist on separating me from them and bringing me here?

Just then, as Shuichi Akai was deep in thought, the silhouette of an armed helicopter began to appear faintly above the Tokyo Tower—

"Wait, that thing..."

……

"what?"

Meanwhile, inside the observation deck of the East Tower, after Judy's firepower forced Ireland back, Takato, who was temporarily safe, had already stepped forward and pulled Ran and Shinichi away from the battlefield, hiding them behind a corner of an inner corridor.

And so, when Judy cornered Ireland at the lookout window, the light from the armed helicopter that suddenly appeared outside the window only illuminated Judy's silhouette.

Thus, Judy, who had initially gained the upper hand, suddenly sensed danger upon seeing the armed helicopter outside the window and, in surprise, immediately reacted—

Just then, Judy reacted quickly. Almost the instant she acted, a series of bullets from the armed helicopter outside the window pierced through the glass windows of the East Tower observation deck and headed towards her position.

But that's not enough!

As Judy dodged, the armed helicopter outside the window followed closely, circling the observation deck of the East Tower, chasing after Judy's trail, with the sole purpose of eliminating her there.

Seeing this, and witnessing the FBI agent who had just been suppressing him being overwhelmed by the organization's offensive, Ireland finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that everything was temporarily over, but...

Looking towards the spot where Shinichi Kudo used to be, he was no longer there, which filled Ireland with regret, but...

Now that things have come to this point, with the organization's support arriving, my plans can no longer be forced to proceed. I should just leave first.

So, quickly seizing the opportunity, Ireland turned to look out the broken window, towards the direction of the attack helicopter… (End of Chapter)