In this model the laptop has one connected LAN, its ordinary connected route and a default gateway, with no extra routes. Compare the destination with the laptop's block using its prefix. Send locally for a host inside that block; otherwise use the nearby gateway interface. Correct route selection alone does not establish service availability, delivery or security.
Worked example
Separate example: a laptop at 192.0.2.90/26 belongs to 64-127. Host .110 is local. Host .40 is outside, so the next hop is the nearby gateway .65, not a router interface on the far LAN.
Lower workshop LAN / fictional route records
All addresses begin with 192.0.2. The actual workshop LAN is 0/25. Its laptop is .30/25, nearby gateway .1 and Archive .90. Observatory .200 is on the separate 128/25 LAN, where the router's other interface is .129. Links, onward and return routes work. No extra routes apply. For one question, only the laptop is mistakenly set to /26; physical connections and other settings do not change. Do not contact or configure real devices.