Leaving aside how Shining and Cobra were engaged in a protracted back-and-forth conversation, his instructions were simply to stall for time as much as possible.
According to the directives given to him by Eleco, this conversation had to be dragged out until the very moment Stephie appeared in the newspapers once again.
Although Shining had no idea why such an arrangement had been made, since it was an order issued by a Celestial Dragon, he would execute it without hesitation and with absolute loyalty.
Chapter 19