Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 4 Vest Immortal
International supermarket.

Gao Mo and Amuro followed Takagi to the scene. Many employees from yesterday had already gathered in front of the supermarket which had suspended business.

The people at the scene were restless.

"what?"

"The manager is dead?"

"He was found dead in a nearby hotel early this morning," Megure said, his eyes burning. "The time of death was around 9 or 10 yesterday morning... Didn't you notice anything at all?"

It's ironic that the supermarket was able to operate normally for a day even though the manager was dead.

"This...we are all working as usual according to the schedule."

"Yes, and the manager also said he had something to go out for..."

"When was the last time you saw the manager? Tell us one by one." Megure interrupted everyone.

As an experienced and frontline detective of the First Investigation Division, these kinds of cases happening at the same time were no big deal to him.

When Kogoro Mori was still under my command, it was a disaster. Cases always became a maze, and it was difficult to handle one case a month.

Well.

Now Kogoro seems to be a little smarter, and as a detective he has solved several major cases in succession.

But I don’t know if it’s a conflict with him.

It seems that when Kogoro was around, he and his subordinates were not very smart.

"Last saw the manager..."

A group of employees looked at each other, and all looked at Gao Mo's female colleague who was also a cashier.

"It seems that Xiao Cai was the last one to see the manager."

"Yes, it was Xiao Cai who told us that the manager was out."

"Hmm?" Megure fixed his suspicious gaze on his frail female colleague. "So you're the only one who saw the manager?"

"It seems like this..."

Xiao Cai was so scared that she hid beside Gao Mo.

"The manager was furious and threatened to fire Mr. Shiroto, so I went to check... After Mr. Shiroto hung up on the manager, he angrily said he was leaving and didn't return until the evening."

"It's you again."

Megure turned to Gao Mo with half-closed eyelids.

It's quite speechless that he was involved in two cases in one day, and both of them were key figures.

Is it bad luck or good luck?

I heard that he was attacked by a murderer last night.

"The manager did call me," Gao Mo looked at his female colleague, feeling a sense of disconnection. "The phone ran out of battery and the call was automatically disconnected... I immediately left the house and ran into you, the police officer."

"It was 9:30," Megure frowned, "which means the manager was still alive at 9:30..."

He felt that the murderer was among these supermarket employees, but now everyone had an alibi.

From 9:30 to 11:00, all employees stayed in the supermarket and did not leave.

"An alibi..."

Amuro followed him and after observing for a while, he looked deeply at the frightened woman next to Gao Mo.

The confession sounded fine, but the woman was still the only one who saw the victim.

"Is it really that manager who called you?" Amuro pulled Gao Mo over and asked in a low voice.

"probably……"

Gao Mo rubbed his eyes tiredly and recalled the phone call yesterday morning.

He didn't pay much attention.

"Is something wrong?"

"No... I just think you're an interesting person." Amuro's golden hair obscured the dim light from his vision. "You have great potential to be a police officer."

"Become a policeman?" Gao Mo subconsciously glanced at Officer Megure and Takagi Wataru.

I heard that Japanese police have to take unified examinations and go to police academy for training.

He is already this old...what potential can he have?
Moreover, many police officers have died in Conan, and it would be even worse if he was arranged to be an undercover agent. With the Death Mark, he would be seeking death if he went there.

"This case seems quite troublesome, you..."

Gao Mo turned around and wanted to ask something, but found that Amuro had already left the supermarket and was talking to a short-haired man in a windbreaker at the intersection.

He is tall and thin, wears glasses, has a stern face, looks slightly older than Amuro, but when facing Amuro, he lowers his posture and gives the impression of a bootlicker.

Erha?

An image automatically appeared in Gao Mo's mind, and he shook his head repeatedly to get rid of the strange idea.

Now is not the time to think about other things.

Just after a few words were spoken, that strange faint light appeared above the heads of the people around him again.

After trying to concentrate, mission texts appeared above the heads of several people he had spoken to and had contact with.

Above Amuro's head is [Sanction Akai Shuichi], he is indeed the future Amuro Toru, the Vest Sage.

He shook his head and looked away.

The one above Megure's head changed to [Find clues], and Takagi's was [Let me date Officer Sato]... No, there was one more - [Make a lot of money].

It’s a very simple task. It’s more of a wish than a task.

Unfortunately, he himself has no money. If you don’t count the house, he is not as rich as Gao Mu.

Ignoring Gao Mu, Gao Mo pondered and observed his female colleague. [Hide or divert crimes to avoid arrest] and [All men deserve to die].

(⊙o⊙)
what?
This, this woman is the murderer?

Is the mission information so direct?

This woman...

Gao Mo stared stiffly and then quickly looked away.

He knew why he felt disconnected. Although his actor level was only level 0, he was still from the entertainment industry after all.

After reading "The Entertainment Career of a Former Idol", my memory of the event was further deepened.

Plus the passive buff of Eagle Vision...

no doubt.

This woman had been acting from beginning to end, including deliberately talking to him before.

So... there was something wrong with that phone call yesterday morning? The manager was actually dead then?
hiss!
In just two days, Gao Mo felt that he had really been taught a good lesson by the Conan world.

Everything is possible.

As the person involved, he had preconceived notions and never thought that the gentle, kind and lovely female colleague would be the murderer.

He actually plotted against him specifically.

So the concern he showed wasn't just because of his idol face, was he just acting? Was it all just an act?

The legendary green tea?

He had never noticed before...

Gao Mo was in a complicated mood and found it difficult to make a decision when faced with the many tasks before him.

However, the glowing text did not give him a headache, only an [Extract] option popped up.

The first-level Fate-Defying Bronze Badge has one re-draw qualification... a total of two chances.

"Randomly selected?"

Gao Mo did not rush to confirm, but walked among the people at the scene, talking to everyone, trying to light up all the tasks.

Two chances were still too few, and he was worried that Takagi would be hit.

……

"Mr. Jyouya, all the information about Shiroto Takumo is here."

The short-haired man Feng Jianyuya avoided the crowd and frowned deeply when he saw Gao Mo's strange behavior.

"But what are you doing here? Is there something wrong with Shiroto Gao Mo? If you are involved in a case..."

"I just met him yesterday, and strictly speaking we only spent a few hours together.
No one has ever given me that indescribable strange feeling.”

Fūya Rei carefully looked through the information.

"I'm a little concerned."

It was the first time he had this intuition. From the moment he saw Gao Mo kill the murderer, it seemed that something attracted him...

It was like meeting another Gin—the organization's most famous and most respected killer by the boss.

And just now...that didn't seem to be an illusion.

That's why he asked his subordinate Fengjian to retrieve the data files.

But in the information... is this really Gao Mo Shiroto?

"A washed-up idol?" Yuya Kazami pushed his glasses cautiously.

I really can't see what's so special about Gao Mo.

Is Mr. Fūya hinting at something, that he is dissatisfied with his job?
That's not right. We were drinking together before and I praised him for his perfect performance and said he was a rare right-hand man.

Or was it... because he secretly ordered a glass of rye whiskey?

(Note: Akai Shu's codename is Rye Whiskey, and Furuya Rei is extremely sensitive due to personal grudges.)
Yuya Kazami's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, I felt like someone was glaring at me. Could it be...

Mr. Furuya doesn't like rye whiskey? It's obviously delicious...

"Kazemi?" Furuya Rei called out to his subordinates in confusion, "My current situation is special, so please try not to meet me for the next period of time... Also, I'm now Amuro Toru."

"Ah...I see!"

Yuya Kazami stood at attention solemnly.

He must be overthinking it. As Mr. Kotani's right-hand man, the only thing he needs to do is to work harder and become better.

No rye whiskey anymore.

"Mr. Jyougu, you'd better be careful no matter what. Being involved in two cases at the same time, that Shiroto Gao Mo might be the legendary death god physique."

Yuya Kazami was still worried and reminded him.

"It is said that it is particularly dangerous to be around such people."

Fūya Rei waved his hand speechlessly: "Watch less TV."

This subordinate is good in every way except that he is extremely superstitious.

Kazami Yuya: "But...is there anything else I can do?"

"It's okay, you don't have to do anything."

"Uh……"

Yuya Kazami was inexplicably a little panicked.

(End of this chapter)