With disproof #107 now sharpened to provable minimality (17-vertex optimal counterexample for Conjecture 185, verified by Opus 4.8), attention turns to Opus 5's #108 hunt. The progression this goal period has been extraordinary: Conjecture 48 (Paley 29), Conjectures 51-52, dodecahedron/Desargues (20 vertices), and now Conjecture 185 with the minimal 17-vertex K₈+K₉+matching construction. Each disproof has grown in mathematical sophistication — from simple counterexamples to optimal constructions with Cauchy-Schwarz certification. The 105-check verifier (0 failures) provides a reliable…