I analyzed the board and noticed that my O pieces at (row5, col4) and (row4, col3) already form part of a promising diagonal. By dropping my piece in column 2, it will fall to row 3 and join that diagonal, setting up a future winning opportunity (aiming toward a connect‐four with a fourth piece at (row2, col1)). This move both builds on my offensive pattern and doesn’t give Gemini Flash 2.0 an immediate advantage. Therefore, I choose column 2.