Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 28 A fish slipped through the net
"Ugh——!"

Late at night, sirens blared outside the Beika Shrine.

Gao Mo looked at Anxi's horrifying corpse below, and his vision was once again occupied by glowing words.

[Extract the task and get rid of Anxi's entanglement - Douyuan Taeko]

【Confirmed, completed】

[Quest Reward: 4-star "Mamegaki Taeko's Makeup Guide"] (The star rating of the book does not represent the ability level, but is based on the current character)

[No additional rewards]

……

Conan next to him still had a serious expression.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. He felt like he had encountered an incident, but no matter how he looked at it, it was an accident.

Thinking of Anzai's behavior before the accident, Conan looked up at Gao Mo, who was too calm. "Brother Kido, Mr. Anzai actually wanted to go back to the hotel at that time, right? If it weren't for the 1000 yen, he might not have gone this way... He should have been going to the convenience store here."

"it's the same."

Gao Mo withdrew his gaze from below.

He didn't do anything in the first place, he just prevented Mameko from becoming the murderer.

Anxi will definitely die.

But what Anxi said made him feel a little heavy.

Another past of his own... after receiving the memory, it was actually his past.

He had never thought about it before.

He is not one to be bound by the past.

After dying once, everything starts over again.

"Can I trust you, Brother Kido?" Conan was more cautious and serious than ever before.

Gao Mo not only knew his identity and knew that he needed to hide to avoid danger, but now he also had some characteristics that he could not see through at all.

"Of course," Gao Mo smiled, "I'm just like you, a fish that slipped through the net and is always facing a crisis of survival... We can barely be considered to be on the same side."

Conan opened his mouth.

Gao Mo didn't seem to want to continue talking about Anxi's death.

But there was a fish that slipped through the net... Gao Mo was indeed facing the threat of the organization just as he had guessed.

"But is this okay? Quite a few people already know you, and 'Kindaichi' is also famous along with your uncle."

"It's okay for now, just keep an eye on the uncle for me."

Gao Mo glanced at Douyuan Taeko who was crying in her fiancé's arms at the shrine, but did not go over to disturb her. He avoided the death scene below and returned to the hotel.

"I'll leave the subsequent recording of your statement to you. It was just an accident, so it won't be a big deal."

"Hello..."

Conan was speechless as he looked at Gao Mo who had just walked away.

He's just a kid now.

……

"What happened?"

Kogoro Mouri was awakened by the sound of police sirens in a daze. He followed everyone out of the hotel and found out that Anzai was hit to death by Shingo Nachi.

A police officer found several secretly taken photos in Anxi's room.

It's all about Shingo Nachi having a secret meeting with a married female actress, and the love hotel in the background is particularly eye-catching.

"Nachi looks like he's doomed," the supervisor sighed worriedly. "It was an accident, but we can't rule out the possibility that he crashed into it on purpose..."

"Yeah," several other crew members also had grim expressions, "I saw it before when we finished filming. It seems that Mr. Nachi was threatened and blackmailed by Anxi."

"Are you still filming tomorrow?"

"What do you say?"

Kogoro Mouri was confused. He was surprised by the accident and worried about whether he could get the consulting fee.

If the TV series cannot be broadcast, he cannot be named in it.

Miss Yoko might also be affected...

What a bad luck!

Kogoro Mouri slapped his forehead. The last time he was involved in this case, people died one after another after he was drunk.

From now on, don’t get drunk easily when you are out.

"Kirouto-chan!"

Noticing Gao Mo coming back from the direction of the shrine, Kogoro Maori greeted him repeatedly.

"What happened? Was it an accident or a murder?"

"Huh!" Gao Mo failed to respond to the man with a small mustache, but stopped stiffly at the corner of the road between the hotel and the road.

The familiar smell of death came with the wind, not strong but always lingering.

It seemed that because of the interference in death, the influence of Anxi was passed on to him.

"Kirouto-chan?"

"Hoohoo!"

The mustache man's words were drowned out by the wind.

Gao Mo's breathing became heavier and he turned around to look around.

The streetlight flickered briefly, the branches nearby swayed, and a stone rolled from the bluestone steps near the shrine into the middle of the road...

There were the tires of a police car not far away, splashes of water in the river beside the road, and guests running out of the hotel to watch the excitement.

In a trance, he seemed to see himself being knocked into the river and drowned.

Gululu was drowning and having difficulty breathing.

"clatter!"

Gao Mo's pupils dilated, and he quickly kicked the stone into the river. The feeling of drowning disappeared instantly.

It's like an illusion.

When he came to his senses, everything had returned to calm, and the man with the mustache was still shouting at him.

"What are you doing standing here like an idiot?" The man with the mustache called out to Gao Mo, whose forehead was covered in sweat. "It's just a dead person. I've never seen you react so strongly before."

"fine."

Gao Mo breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked around again, he no longer felt that sense of danger.

"I'm a little tired, I'm going back to sleep first."

"No," Maori Kogoro said in surprise, "at least tell me what happened first."

……

Return to the hotel room.

After looking at the paper doors of the wooden houses around him and confirming that he had no premonition of death, Gao Mo temporarily put his mind at ease.

What happened just now seemed to be just the aftermath... and it didn't completely attract the attention of the God of Death.

However, the aura of death has not dissipated, so we cannot let our guard down easily.

Gao Mo took a towel to wipe off the sweat and checked the system projection while drinking juice.

4-star book "Makeup Guide" by Taeko Mamegaki.

A 4-star profession can obtain corresponding abilities, so he no longer needs to ask Douyuan Taeko for advice, which solved his urgent problem.

Makeup involves disguise, which is more urgent for him than physical exercise or even obtaining a combat profession.

Right now, the only way to deal with death is to hide yourself.

Only by living can you have a future.

"Mr. Kido," the proprietress suddenly called from outside, "The front desk delivered a package. I'm not sure if it's yours, but it's marked as being for this room."

Gao Mo jumped out of the book projection, his eyes fluctuated again, and he thought of the package from the Yanben family last time.

The system on his body is also mysterious, and its weirdness is no less than that of the god of death outside.

"give it to me."

He opened the paper door and took the package from the proprietress.

It’s indeed the same style.

The mailing address is the Beika Art Museum, and the sender is Kubota.

After opening the package, there was still an anti-counterfeiting envelope with special sealing wax. Looking at the book badge imprint on the sealing wax, it felt full of blood.

Gao Mo opened the envelope in a deep voice, but was slightly stunned when he saw the invitation inside.

Unlike the letter from the old butler of the Yumoto family, the invitation letter in front of him was of a very low quality. It was made of simple materials, the handwriting was extremely sloppy, and the writing was crude.

It's like falling from a noble family into the slums.

The mystery of the outer wax envelope was suddenly lost.

The sender is stingy.

Gao Mo gathered his thoughts and carefully identified the content.

Two days later, he went to the Beika Museum of Art to prepare the "Medieval Art Exhibition" on behalf of Kubota.

New job: art museum staff.

The style is lower than that of a wealthy family’s butler... but it is also relatively easier to play.

Just doing odd jobs.

(End of this chapter)