Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 54 Swordsmanship Level 0
"Take them with you."

Gao Mo looked unhappy and picked up Conan who was trying to escape, then turned to face the naughty kids who were looking for treasure in the apartment.

"Conan said he wants to invite you to his house for dinner, who wants to go?"

"I!"

"me!"

Hearing that there was something to eat, the fat boy with rice ball hair, Genta, was the first to jump out, followed by Ayumi and Mitsuhiko who also gathered around Conan.

"Can we really go?"

"That Maori Detective Agency...can our Junior Detective Team be recognized?"

"Great!"

Conan gritted his teeth and led the team out of the apartment amid the chattering questions of several little kids. His last look at Gao Mo was full of resentment.

Damn Kido...

If I bring these guys back to the detective agency, I don’t know how angry the uncle will be.

"Be careful on the road!" Gao Mo reminded with a smile.

After all, they are all children, so it’s easy to deal with them.

"Goodbye uncle!"

"..."

……

After sending the children away, Gao Mo suddenly lost his sleepiness and couldn't concentrate on reading a few books.

I looked at the time and it wasn’t too late.

I simply took the spare key and went to Beika 2-chome again.

Kudo's residence.

The Kudo couple stayed in Japan for only two days before flying out.

Perhaps because no one has taken care of it for a long time, this old two-story Western-style house looks a bit like a haunted house from the outside.

There was a rare explosion at Dr. Agasa's house next door. The door was locked and it seemed that he was not at home.

Gao Mo no longer had any intention of visiting, and with a hint of excitement he took out the spare key and opened the door.

I was here a few days ago, but it felt completely different.

This time he rented the place, so I didn't feel the restraint of staying at someone else's house - although the procedures still needed some time.

"Squeak!"

Gao Mo walked around with his hands behind his back, including the library and the bedrooms of the Kudo couple and Kudo Shinichi on the second floor. He almost toured the entire house.

In the dining room on the left side of the entrance and the spacious living room on the right side, you can see European-style sofas and fireplaces.

Walking into the hall, there is a bathroom and toilet on the left, and stairs leading to the second floor.

The right side looks like a hotel.

There are several empty guest rooms that can be used for accommodation after being cleaned up.

Hiring employees in the future will be considered a benefit.

but……

Gao Mo thought of Shuichi Akai who would later disguise himself as a graduate student and come here to stay.

He seemed to have occupied the opponent's stronghold in advance.

Forget it, I can’t care less.

It’s not like there aren’t other houses nearby.

As he walked to the library, Gao Mo's breathing became much heavier.

The most important place in this house is also his future office——

A two-story circular study room like a library.

The spherical dome illuminates the desk, which is surrounded by bookshelves on the wall. There are pens in the pen holder, a small desk lamp, a phone, and piles of documents...

It completely satisfied his fantasy from his previous life.

For a house like this, a 5% discount on rent is not a small amount.

It hurts a bit.

But he can't use it for free to open a detective agency, otherwise he will always feel inferior to Conan.

I can only try to make as much money as possible.

Gao Mo sat at his desk, his mind wandering.

He was not very clear about the other treasures in "Detective Conan", he only remembered the Twilight Villa of the Karasuma family - a super treasure made of gold.

Trying to scrape together the money to buy it in advance?

That villa is enough to make him a wealthy man in this world, but he has to consider how to deal with the Black Organization and handle the massive amount of malice brought by wealth.

My impression is that the boss of the Black Organization is Karasuma Renya, the original owner of the annex.

If the treasure of the annex is exposed, the Black Organization will be the biggest enemy——

Thinking about it this way, it seemed necessary for him to kill the Black Organization.

Gao Mo shook his head repeatedly to get rid of this dangerous idea.

He is too weak now.

……

Rice flower training hall.

After leaving Kudo's residence, Gao Mo did not go home, but went to the public area of ​​the training hall to continue practicing kendo.

Even without spending any money to find a sparring partner, he could already feel the difficulty from just the basic exercises.

He had been through a lot of torture when he came here in the morning, and now he has only just managed to practice the basic movements to a decent level, and he can't even fully control the bamboo sword.

This was after he had read Suwa Yuji's "Kendo Guide" several times.

It feels like the mind is disconnected from the body.

Without the blessing of talent, the effort he needs to put in seems to have increased several times.

The only gain was that I successfully recorded my swordsmanship level 0 in my notebook, and my body became a little stronger - kendo practice replaced running and became my new body-strengthening exercise.

His swordsmanship hasn't improved much, but his strength seems to be getting stronger.

It cannot be said that he has no talent, it's just that his talent is not suitable for him.

"Practice."

Gao Mo gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Become stronger!

He couldn't always pester Kogoro Mori with judo, and now he had finally gotten a kendo book from a top master. Even if it took time, he would make a career out of it.

When the time comes, use the profession upgrade to bind the kendo talent.

"Kirouto?"

As time went on and the number of people in the training hall decreased, Gao Mo's sweaty figure caught the eye of the mustache-faced man who was also training opposite him.

After panting for a while, the man with a mustache looked at Gao Mo blankly: "Didn't you say you don't know the way of the sword? No, how could you know the way of the sword?"

He didn't know much about kendo. Although Gao Mo's movements were awkward, each and every one of them had traces of famous schools, and it didn't seem like he was practicing blindly by himself.

He even vaguely felt as if Suwa Yuji was swinging a sword.

"Are you kidding me?" The man with a mustache doubted his life.

"I found a great teacher." Gao Mo took a towel to wipe the sweat off his face.

Compared to the half-dead state at the beginning, his physical fitness has improved visibly, and he even has abdominal muscles.

"What teacher is so powerful?"

The man with a mustache was a little unconvinced.

He had personally experienced Gao Mo's poor talent in judo.

"Are you talented in kendo?" The man with a mustache made an excuse, and his peripheral vision suddenly noticed the firm muscles exposed between Gao Mo's training suit.

Just the right intensity, the same as when he was young.

Long-lost memories.

"I really want to see Coach Kageyama who helped you recover. The results are amazing! Who would have thought you looked like that a while ago?"

"You want to see Kageyama?"

Gao Mo felt the determination of the mustache boy to pick up the pieces.

Usually at this time of day, the mustache guys would be drunk and would never come to a place like this.

It seems like she was really stimulated by Suwa Yuji.

"He opened a gym in Go-chome and is currently in need of students. I can just introduce you there."

"Is it okay?" Kogoro Mouri looked excited.

It's too painful to recover bit by bit, so he needs a reliable coach like this.

I thought Gao Mo was hiding it and refused to say...

"Of course, the tuition is not very expensive."

Gao Mo prepared to go home.

"By the way, uncle, I'm planning to open my own detective agency, and I'd like you to help me with the relevant paperwork... The office is located at the Kudo family's house in 2-chome."

"what?"

The mustache man pointed at himself.

This was the first time he had encountered such a commission.

"You mean... let me help you with the detective agency paperwork?"

Gao Mo: "The commission fee is 30."

"Absolutely no problem!" The man with the mustache patted his chest and promised, "You've found the right person. No one knows more about this than me. I'll help you prepare the information when we get back!"

(End of this chapter)