Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 325 Captain Kido
Haneda Airport.

Rei Furuya secretly arrived at the airport dispatch room amidst the torrential rain.

The passengers who were temporarily detained were very agitated, constantly saying that something was going to happen to the plane, and they described the details in great detail, as if they had really been on flight 865.

"You said that the flight attendants would call for a doctor among the passengers after the plane drops sharply, and that the captain would lose consciousness and in the end the passengers would have to fly the plane."

Rei Furuya confronted the unruly passenger with bloodshot eyes.

"But the problem is that everything is normal for Flight 865 right now, and it's about to arrive in Hakodate. None of the things you mentioned have happened."

"Impossible!" the passengers reacted vehemently. "How could nothing have happened? There's absolutely no mistake, it's Flight 865..."

“I have no reason to lie to you about this,” Rei Furuya shook his head. “Could you tell me more about what happened?”

He came here because similar things had happened abroad, and apart from a few people who got off the plane, everyone else exploded along with the plane.

Afterwards, the people who got off the plane also died mysteriously one after another.

But now it seems there's a problem.

There were passengers who foresaw the crisis, but the plane was perfectly fine, which didn't match what the passengers said.

"Mr. Kido... I hope you're alright."

After leaving the interrogation room, Rei Furuya was filled with a mix of unease and worry.

The passengers who caused the disturbance did not provide any useful clues in the end, only saying that they had dreamed of some fragments of the future.

I had already rehearsed the Hakodate weather forecast, boarding instructions, and other passengers I encountered while boarding... all in my dreams.

In particular, the passengers who caused the disturbance were deeply impressed by the owner of the shop and Kogoro Mouri's group, and repeatedly emphasized that they had experienced the same scene in their dreams.

After discovering that two police officers had also appeared as if in a premonition while boarding the plane, the troublemaking passenger finally broke down and believed that he was not dreaming.

Judging from the reactions of the unruly passengers, it's really hard to say whether it's a mental illness or a recurrence of an air crash.

“Mr. Furuya,” Kazami Yuya said closely, “I have already contacted Hakodate. Flight 865 is currently operating normally and will be preparing to land soon.”

"what--!"

Screams suddenly erupted in the airport terminal. The troublemaking passenger, who was supposed to be taken to the hospital, seemed to have triggered some kind of mechanism and fell headfirst down the stairs without warning. Before the guards could help him, he broke his neck on the ground.

Rei Furuya, who witnessed this scene in the dark, suddenly had his pupils shrink.

What expansion is this?

The people on the plane were fine, but those who disembarked early died mysteriously.

“Mr. Furuya…” Kazami Yuya’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

His colleagues always say he's superstitious, but there are some things he can't help but believe in.

Is the current situation normal?
“It’s not convenient for me to get involved here,” Rei Furuya instructed in a deep voice. “You take charge of this.”

"what?"

……

Hokkaido.

Hakodate Airport Control Tower.

After contacting SKJ865 again, the staff took a sip of hot tea and looked up at the torrential rain outside.

It's been raining for days on end, it's really awful.

"Another call from Tokyo?" a colleague asked curiously. "What happened?"

"Who knows? Maybe they were worried about SKJ865 landing in the rain. There must be some important people on board."

“SKJ865…I remember it was Captain Ōgaku’s flight, right? Captain Ōgaku is a senior officer, this little bit of rain is no problem for him.”

"That's what I think too, but they are indeed in a hurry over there, so let's keep in touch."

"call!"

Like the Hakodate control tower, the two captains on Flight 865 also felt something was amiss.

"They told us to be careful."

"Because of that passenger who disembarked early?"

"It's really weird..."

"Crack!"

Captain Daigoku was still wearing a helpless smile when he suddenly heard a strange noise.

As the plane descended into the clouds, raindrops began to condense outside the window, and the aircraft started to shake. This should have been a normal phenomenon, but now the windshield, which has a very strong pressure resistance, had cracked open.

Starting from the outer glass, the cracks continued to spread until they reached their limit in the blink of an eye.

"How is this possible? It's impossible!" Even the experienced captain of the Daigoku pilot couldn't help but exclaim in horror.

The windshield has a special structure and is designed with multiple layers of strict specifications, making the chance of an accident on this route almost zero.

"boom--!"

Before Captain Dai Viet could figure out why, or even contact the airport, the windshield shattered. Even though he was wearing a seatbelt, he was suddenly sucked up and his head slammed hard against the overhead machine.

"captain!!"

First class.

Everyone fastened their seatbelts again.

After entering the cumulonimbus clouds, the aircraft became increasingly turbulent, and just now it even shook violently.

Gao Mo observed the situation outside through the side window, and suddenly a chaotic scene of the cockpit flashed into his mind.

"Everyone, don't panic. This is normal turbulence. Fasten your seatbelts..."

"Shh!"

Gao Mo pulled up the sunshade curtain, unbuckled his seatbelt, stood up, and without paying attention to the flight attendant who was still comforting the passengers, he suddenly took a step and rushed towards the cockpit.

"Open the door immediately! This isn't normal flight! The plane is veering off course!"

"what?"

With her back pressed against the cabin, the flight attendant struggled to pick up the microphone and contact the cockpit. After calling out repeatedly without response, she finally realized something was wrong and, with Gao Mo's help, rushed to the cockpit and used the code to open the cabin door in an emergency.

"Wait!" Gao Mo grabbed the flight attendant at the last moment. "Notify everyone of the emergency and have them prepare to evacuate!"

"boom--!"

As the cabin door opened, the air in the cabin was sucked back in. Even though Gao Mo was prepared, he was almost sucked out. The passengers in the cabin also rushed forward, and all the seat belts were tightened.

"Put on your oxygen masks!"

"Don't panic, everyone!"

The flight attendant gripped the walkie-talkie tightly, looking desperately into the cockpit as the plane tilted repeatedly from side to side.

The captain had half his body sticking out of the windshield, and autopilot had been disengaged, leaving the co-pilot to barely maintain the aircraft's balance.

"Lower the altitude immediately!"

"Pull down your oxygen mask and keep breathing oxygen!"

Gao Mo gripped the cabin door tightly with his knuckles, forcefully pushed the flight attendant back into the cabin, glanced back, and then steadily rushed into the cockpit.

That damned Grim Reaper has no sense of honor.

Even if there are no surprises, create them.

"Damn it!"

Kaito Kuroba peered into the cockpit and, amidst the chaos, saw Gao Mo putting an oxygen mask on the co-pilot. Boss Kido seemed to know something about passenger planes; although the plane was still shaking, it was out of control.

As the aircraft continued to descend and depressurize, the airflow changed from inhalation to inflow, and the captain finally managed to return to the cockpit.

Looking out from the cabin, one could vaguely see that there was a lot of blood.

The captain fell into a coma.

"What's the situation behind us?" Kaito Kuroba called out to the passengers behind him.

"It's alright, we're all alright!"

Sonoko and Ran held hands and protected Ai.

"Someone's hurt! My mom, she..."

Xiao Lan suddenly cried out, as she was hit by a mouthful of rainwater from the airflow.

The man with the mustache, who had been arguing with her, stayed close to Eri, who had been knocked unconscious by the impact, and put an oxygen mask on his wife despite the biting cold wind.

"What happened?" "I know a little about flying! I'll go help!"

Despite the flight attendant's attempts to stop him, Kaito Kuroba walked step by step towards the cockpit amidst the turbulence, and finally worked with the flight attendant to close the cockpit door.

"boom!"

Once the convection subsided, things returned to normal in the passenger cabin, but the cockpit remained battered by the wind and rain.

Fortunately, the aircraft successfully broke free of the cumulonimbus clouds and now has a relatively clear field of vision.

Hakodate was brightly lit under the night sky, a picture of tranquility, as if separated from Flight 865 by two different worlds.

"Mr. Kido!" After checking on the two captains, Kaito Kuroba helped move the cockpit aside to make room for Gao Mo to operate the controls.

To his surprise, Gao Mo, despite being just a detective agency owner, operated with extreme professionalism and handled the emergency without the slightest mistake.

They are no different from professional pilots.

No, it's even more terrifying than a pilot.

What just happened could be said to have exceeded the limits of human endurance, but Gao Mo, who was at the forefront, seemed to be unaffected and was able to stabilize the plane that was about to crash.

The shattered windshield in front of the driver's seat was terrifying to look at, and the passenger next to him almost lost half his life.

Gao Mo took a deep breath, activated autopilot mode, removed his mask, and glanced back at Kuroba Kaito, whose disguise mask was now damaged: "How's the situation behind us?"

"The passengers are fine, but it seems like one of the right engines has a problem!"

Kaito Kuroba noticed the situation on his face and decided to stop hiding it. He tore off his mask and used sign language to make Gao Mo understand his meaning in the cold wind.

"know."

Gao Mo gave an OK sign, and his mental processing system activated, analyzing all possible dangerous situations.

Hakodate Airport is already visible through the observation window; the most important thing now is to land.

Theoretically speaking, there's no problem. The flight vehicle piloting skills he learned from Furuya Rei are very comprehensive, and combined with his own extraordinary abilities, he might not be worse than a professional captain.

The control tower can also provide assistance.

but……

The opponent is an unreasonable guy.

If it weren't for him, the one who defied fate, being on the plane, he wouldn't have been surprised if the plane had exploded.

"call!"

Gao Mo observed his surroundings under the humid airflow, analyzing a large amount of data in his mind, as if he had become one with the entire aircraft, taking into account the overall environment of Hakodate.

At the same time, he focused all his efforts on analyzing and deducing the rules of death, and all his contacts with the rules surfaced in his mind, combined with the fragments of the future he had seen.

The true Grim Reaper artifact is on him.

The problem now is that the other party may have removed certain restrictions through an agent.

"SKJ865, this is Hakodate Control Tower, please respond!"

Suddenly, a call came through the communication channel.

"SKJ865, what just happened? *zzzz*..."

"This is SKJ865," the co-pilot said, wincing as he grabbed the microphone. "The windshield is shattered, and the captain's condition is currently unknown. The passengers have helped stabilize the situation... Requesting assistance with landing..."

"Received. Hakodate control tower is now in control. Please tune the frequency to 118.35..."

Seeing that the co-pilot had successfully communicated with the control tower, Kaito Kuroba breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, you discovered the situation in time."

Under the control tower's instructions, the co-pilot began adjusting the aircraft. No one noticed that the overhead instruments had been altered due to the earlier impact, the fuel valves were open, and all the fuel tanks were connected together.

Meanwhile, the damaged engine started leaking oil at some point.

"Ok?"

Gao Mo's brow twitched, and he abruptly turned to look at the switch panel above, then stood up and promptly turned off the fuel valve switch.

If the fuel valve is opened, the previously separate fuel tanks will become a single unit, and if there is a leak in one place, all the fuel in the other places will also leak out.

"Crack!"

Just as the plane was about to enter the landing procedure, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck the aircraft, and the cockpit instrument panel instantly went black.

Gao Mo's expression changed as he was still thinking about whether there were any oversights.

Damn it, is there no reasoning with him?
He had considered the possibility of problems related to the damaged engine and fuel leaks, but instead he was struck by lightning.

While it's not impossible, this is just too far-fetched.

"This is Flight 865," the co-pilot said, recovering slightly as he reached for the control panel and turned the knob to restart it, his face covered in sweat. "The autopilot light isn't on, cough cough..."

"Abort landing! Pull up the control stick!"

"call!"

The co-pilot gritted his teeth and lifted the nose of the plane, but a gust of wind blew from the side, and the plane lost its balance again, like a leaf being swept to one side in a storm.

"The plane is out of control! This is Flight 865..."

"calm down!"

Gao Mo regained control of the pilot, constantly adjusting the aircraft amidst the fierce winds, battling the air currents like a surfer.

"Help the captain out first, and help me fasten my seatbelt."

"Uh, okay."

Kaito Kuroba helped adjust the seat, and amidst the turbulence, he called the flight attendant to lead the captain out of the cockpit. Before that, he hesitated and glanced back at Gao Mo.

He didn't quite understand it, but he always felt that Gao Mo was fighting against some kind of invisible force.

"come on."

"Sir," the co-pilot said, also surprised, feeling that the passenger was far more knowledgeable than himself, "who exactly are you?"

"Focus your attention on observing the situation."

Gao Mo still dared not relax.

With the plane about to land, Death Rules was clearly getting anxious and began to resort to any means necessary, frequently using external forces.

Fortunately, he was also half a Grim Reaper.

"call!"

Under Gao Mo's control, the aircraft barely grazed the control tower and began to climb after a wave of airflow interference.

However, through the observation window, Gao Mo saw that the previously damaged engine suddenly detached and crashed onto the runway along with its fuel, causing continuous explosions. The entire runway caught fire, and the flames illuminated one side of the fuselage in a crimson glow.

"boom--!"

Great, now they won't be able to land here anytime soon.

"SKJ865, this is the control tower. Take off to 4500 feet and hover in a horizontal flight, awaiting runway clearance."

"Autopilot still hasn't been restored..."

The co-pilot covered his injured ear, feeling a sense of despair.

Will it really be able to land smoothly?
It was rare to encounter a pilot among the passengers, and we thought everything would be fine, but then a series of major problems occurred, as if some force was preventing the plane from landing.

"Are you alright?" Gao Mo asked the co-pilot.

A windshield shattering at high altitude is no small matter. The co-pilot's injuries did not appear as severe as the captain's, but judging from his frequent panting, it was definitely not a minor incident.

"N-nothing," the co-pilot said, taking another breath of oxygen from his mask. "What do we do now? What if something else goes wrong..."

"..."

Gao remained silent.

This guy is really panicking. Does he really think he's the captain?

However, his worries were justified; seeing the continuous flashes of lightning in the clouds, he was also quite apprehensive.

An airplane can't just be landed by anyone, let alone in such a complicated situation.

His piloting level is only Level 3, and he has never actually practiced flying.

This is the first time.

"We can't wait here any longer."

A jumble of chaotic images flashed through Gao Mo's mind, and his expression turned serious.

You must leave the thunderstorm area.

But are there any alternative landing sites available now?
What if something happens at other airports too?
(End of this chapter)