Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 326 The Man Who Defeated Death

"Kirouto-nii!"

"Kirouto!"

Mustache and Sonoko rushed to the cockpit, and even Sato and Takagi from the first floor ran up.

When they discovered that Gao Mo had replaced the captain, everyone was stunned.

"What's going on?"

"Shiro, Shiroto, you can fly a plane?"

Unlike the dumbfounded mustachioed men, Sato noticed the windshield window through which cold air was constantly pouring in, and his gaze narrowed sharply.

Do you want to be so exaggerated?
Sato looked worriedly at Gao Mo, whose hair was wet with rain.

"There's nothing wrong here. Please help the flight attendants calm the passengers down and prevent any accidents from happening."

Putting aside the external situation, the passengers inside are also in great danger.

There are too many oddballs in this world.

“Everyone has moved to the first floor, and the cabin is relatively normal now,” Sato nodded, “but everyone is worried about the landing.”

"Hakodate Control Tower told us to wait for the airport to be cleared, but..."

Gao Mo tried to recall the map of Hokkaido, along with the corresponding weather map.

"We'd better find somewhere else to land. There is New Chitose Airport nearby, but it's also pouring rain there."

"Sakimori Wharf! Sakimori Wharf in Muroran!"

Ai suddenly followed, holding onto the cabin door, and coughed a few times, panting.

"That's a place where we can land!"

"Are you crazy? Why would you land at the pier? It's not like we're running out of fuel and need to make an emergency landing," the co-pilot exclaimed in shock. "Besides, that pier is at most 1400 meters long and only about 30 meters wide. There's no way we can land there..."

"Boom!"

Another rumble of thunder echoed over Hakodate, but the fire on the runway showed no signs of abating, with large amounts of debris burning on the surface.

A plane that was refueling on the side of the runway was unfortunately detonated along with the refueling truck, causing the scene to exceed the airport's handling capacity and making it impossible to clear the runway in a short time.

Gao Mo turned his head and met Xiao Ai's calm eyes.

Sakimori Wharf is probably the place where Flight 865 landed during Ai's world, where the survivors made their final escape.

Will this become a flaw in the rules of death?

Gao Mo remained silent and directly maneuvered the plane to turn around and head towards the target dock.

"What are you doing?" the co-pilot snapped out of his daze. "You really want to land at the pier? We can still go to another airport! We just need to contact the control tower..."

"Buzz!" The communication was filled with static. "Can you hear me? Flight 865...now..."

Gao Mo smiled and glanced at the co-pilot, who was stuck in his throat.

Surprising, isn't it? Communication can also have problems.

"Strange," Conan looked around, "Where's Mr. Shinjo? Didn't he come to help?"

"Ah huh."

Gao Mo had no time to worry about Kuroba Kaito. He turned off the noisy communications and focused on thinking about a landing plan.

The situation isn't actually that bad.

But he worried that Death would disrupt other engines through a chain reaction, and who knew what trouble that would cause.

Landing at the pier might not be the best option, but since Ai is so sure, he figured he might as well trust her this once.

He had done his best by this point.

At the very last moment, he would empty the storage pool to save those guys, like Little Mustache.

That would undoubtedly be the worst possible outcome.

It's possible that Death is trying to delay his advancement by doing this.

“You guys go out first,” Gao Mo interrupted the argument behind him. “No matter what happens next, don’t go into the cockpit. I won’t risk my life. I will make sure you get back to the ground alive.”

Conan, upon hearing this, squeezed forward: "I'll stay, Kido-nii, maybe I can be of help..."

"What are you doing, brat?" The mustachioed man grabbed Conan and pulled him out of the cockpit.

Sonoko and Ran held hands, glanced worriedly at Gao Mo who was piloting the plane, and then left with Ai.

The flight attendants quickly closed the cabin door again, leaving only the sound of the wind in the cockpit.

"Can you hold on?" Gao Mo asked the co-pilot again.

In the current situation, it would be too dangerous for him to be alone; he needs the co-pilot to help him identify and fill any gaps in his knowledge.

Even though the co-pilot looked very young and was greatly traumatized, he was still a professional.

“No problem,” the co-pilot gave an OK sign and tried to persuade him, “Sakimori Wharf really isn’t suitable for landing. Even if one wing could extend out of the sea, it wouldn’t be long enough. This plane’s landing distance exceeds 2000 meters, and there’s also the issue of ground strength…”

“I will release the fuel before that,” Gomer thought, his mind working like a supercomputer. “And the dock is oriented east-west, and there will be strong westerly winds tonight. Going against the wind will shorten the landing distance.”

"That's still too crazy!"

"Not crazy."

Gao Mo not only believed in Ai, but also in himself.

Before boarding the plane, he was prepared to fight against death.

Now we have a general idea of ​​the enemy's situation.

Death is not a complete death; it cannot create an absolute death situation. Although it seems terrifying, it contains many opportunities for life.

And he just happens to be good at seizing opportunities.

Compared to other options, landing at the dock was the least threatening one for him.

“Muroran is right on the Hakodate-Sapporo route,” the co-pilot said, feeling like he was going crazy, but still obediently flipping through the map. “There are mountains in between, we need to climb to over 5000 feet…”

"I know."

Gao Mo is more proficient in operation.

After this, his driving ability will probably be upgraded to level 4.

After all, they've flown such large aircraft, so there's not much else to it.

"call!"

After a brief period of turbulence, the plane finally escaped the thunderstorm, and the surrounding night view became clearer.

The co-pilot calmed down considerably, but he still felt crazy for being willing to have an affair with a passenger.

Perhaps it's because of the other person's strong self-confidence?

"I see Muroran!"

Large lights appeared in the darkness, and the co-pilot quickly located the target dock, but his face turned pale the next moment.

"It's too dark, we can't see anything at all, how are we going to land?"

"We can land now. Begin releasing fuel to reduce weight."

Gao Mo remained completely unmoved.

He had already considered this.

With these extraordinary eyes, the presence or absence of lights is irrelevant.

"Strange," the co-pilot exclaimed softly, "someone opened the first-class cabin door!"

"fine."

Gao Mo steadied the aircraft, catching a glimpse of white out of the corner of his eye.

Kidd...

Kaito Kuroba probably also considered the lighting issue; it's unclear what his plans are.

Performing magic?
He can't wait for this guy.

Ignoring Kidd's unauthorized actions, Gao Mo continued to reduce weight while maneuvering the plane to the east of the dock.

"That's about enough, prepare for landing."

"Huh?" The co-pilot, momentarily channeling Officer Chiba, stared blankly at Gao Mo, who spoke with certainty. "Now? Just like that?"

"Now is the best opportunity."

Gao Mo was worried that if he continued to drag things out, it would cause obstacles from the rules of death. He wanted to land as soon as possible before the other party could make any moves.

"Passengers," the co-pilot hurriedly grabbed the walkie-talkie, "this aircraft is about to make an emergency landing. Please fasten your seatbelts, follow the instructions of the flight attendants, and prepare for a collision!"

Is it about to land?

Sonoko and Ran hugged each other, while Ai looked out the window with a furrowed brow.

The parents of this world left her the organization's research data on the Grim Reaper. To deal with the Grim Reaper, one must be driven to the brink of death and find the possible in the impossible.

This is something most people couldn't do, whether it was a parent or a sister...

But the situation is different for the castle dwellers.

Kido, as if forgotten by death, truly turned the impossible into the possible.

"Please, Kido-nii," Ai prayed, closing her eyes.

She couldn't stop Gao Mo from boarding the plane, so she could only provide as much information as possible.

At least in my past life, Flight 865 landed safely in Muroran, although there were too many coincidences and inconsistencies in the story.

"Lower landing gear, pull up flaps!" "Altitude 700 feet, speed 140 knots..."

In the cockpit, Gao Mo and the co-pilot worked together seamlessly.

There was no turning back at this point, because with the massive release of fuel, there was no chance to start over.

"Wow!"

Slowly raising the nose of the aircraft, Gao Mo entered a state of complete focus before the landing gear made contact with the dock ground.

With extraordinary power unleashed, wind direction, aircraft movement, ground dynamics... the mind palace is closely integrated with the plot space, allowing for the prediction of possible situations one step ahead.

If the Mind Palace is suitable for analyzing and simulating the past, then the Story Space is more suitable for simulating the future.

At this moment, Gao Mo seemed to have entered a state of omniscience belonging to the realm of gods.

"boom!"

As the aircraft successfully touched down on the dock, its nose dropped, and the engines began to inject reverse thrust, causing the aircraft, which was in a taxiing state, to gradually decelerate.

Gao Mo narrowed his eyes, raised the spoiler, and simultaneously stepped on the brake pedal to manually brake.

"squeak--!"

The screeching sound of brakes echoed across the dock, and the plane's wheels kicked up a shower of sparks.

At the same time, screams erupted from the first-floor cabin due to the impact, and everyone covered their heads tightly as the flight attendants shouted for them to do so.

"God! Protect us!"

"Help!"

"stop!"

Gao Mo's eyes were sharp and piercing.

I initially thought the reverse propagation system would fail, but it's still working normally.

It seems this dock is indeed a route for escape.

The only problem is that there are still cranes left over from construction in front of the dock, but it doesn't have a big impact.

never mind.

Gao Mo smoothly maneuvered the steering wheel, and under the co-pilot's startled gaze, performed a beautiful drift, coming to an incredible stop in front of the crane.

The distance was only a few centimeters.

"Kaka!"

A chilling creaking sound echoed through the night, but nothing more happened.

Flight SKJ865 has successfully landed at Sakimori Wharf!
"I'm alive!"

The co-pilot's heart nearly jumped out of his chest. He looked at the crane that had almost collided with the wing to the side, and after a long while, he breathed heavily and gave Gao Mo a thumbs up.

That's truly amazing, a genius.

No normal person could do something so outrageous.

Above the dock, Phantom Thief Kid almost lost control of his hang glider and plunged into the sea.

"What's going on? It just landed like that? Really... was Boss Kido this amazing?"

Inside the aircraft.

Cheers from survivors echoed throughout the cabin.

The distant sound of sirens, combined with the background music, created a sense of security that I had never felt before.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Gao Mo moved his seat back, got up and left the pilot's seat. Before the co-pilot could speak, he waved and left the cockpit.

He doesn't want to be in the limelight and doesn't want his real face to appear on the news headlines tomorrow.

If it weren't so sudden, he would have used an alternate account.

"Please pin this on Kaito Kid. After all, he did act a bit recklessly just now, and I don't want to be followed by reporters."

"what?"

The co-pilot was stunned again, but quickly called out to the captain.

"I still don't know who you are..."

"Just a detective agency owner, nothing special."

After meeting up with the group led by the man with the mustache, police cars arrived at the dock, and the local fire department also received the news.

Passengers left the cabin one after another with the assistance of firefighters.

Gao Mo walked behind, and then, as if struck by a thought, took a picture of the plane and then of the passengers shivering in the cold wind.

Even the departing figure of Kidd in the night wind was not spared.

I was just thinking about where there might be big news, and this time I immediately got the material.

We need to send it out quickly.

This time he plans to post it directly online, since he doesn't intend to make money from it anyway, and the sooner it's posted, the greater the impact.

It remains to be seen whether the 865 flight incident will satisfy the desire of freelance journalists to upgrade their skills.

Gao Mo was somewhat uneasy.

He's only one level away from advancing to Rank 4. If he were Rank 4 in this incident, dealing with the rules of the Grim Reaper would definitely be much easier.

The extraordinary abilities are alright, but the most important thing is the authority that comes with being at the fourth rank.

"What's wrong, hero?" Xiao Ai, wrapped in a blanket given to her by the firefighter, returned to Gao Mo's side. "Now you know what fear is?"

"afraid of what?"

Gao Mo's eyelids twitched.

"It looks like your cold is completely gone."

"How could it be so fast?" Ai coughed a few times, looking at the passengers chatting with each other on the dock, her expression quite wistful. "But I still don't understand, why is it that only you can defeat Death?"

"Maybe it's because I slipped through the net?"

"Kirouto-nii!"

After explaining the situation to the police, Sonoko and Mustache's group returned to Gao Mo's side.

Unlike the others who were still shaken, Sonoko was more excited than anyone else: "It was so exciting! It felt like we were filming a movie!"

This girl is still so oblivious.

Anyone who didn't know better would think they were incredibly brave.

"Mr. Kido..."

Sakai Natsuki passed by and saw Gao Mo hesitate, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

She seemed to see a shadow of "Domoto Ichi" in Gao Mo, and although she wanted to ask, she swallowed it back.

"I'm planning to go abroad to look for opportunities."

"If you're considering staying in the country, I can recommend you to Yoko Okino."

Gao Mo's gaze swept to the other side.

Maki is completely unaware that she was almost poisoned. Right now, she's throwing a tantrum over the blanket issue, still behaving like a self-centered queen.

However, one thing is certain: this woman has not escaped her fate of death, and it feels like a new death mechanism will be triggered within a week.

"Boss Kido!"

Sato and Takagi came looking for them.

"Do you really not want everyone to know the truth? After all, you saved everyone in place of the captain, and this could bring you a lot of fame."

"I'm not interested in fame."

Gao Mo remained calm, but mentally added a comment.

He was very interested in money.

If possible, he still hopes to receive a generous thank-you fee from the airline.

“Kido,” the man with the mustache’s eye twitched, “it’s getting late, let’s find a place to stay first.”

What, not interested in fame...

If he hadn't known that Kindaichi was this kid, he almost would have believed it.

"Okay."

Gao Mo responded and was about to follow the mustachioed man when a projection of notes suddenly appeared in front of him.

[Freelance journalist level 5]

[New Talent: Intelligence Analysis]

[Can be promoted to 4th rank]

Gao Mo paused.

Unexpectedly, this air disaster has such a significant impact; the news has already elevated freelance journalists to level 5 as soon as it was released.

The new talent seems a bit ordinary, but it's enough. When it comes to advancing to the next level, talents are no longer important.

What changes will occur at the 4th order?

(End of this chapter)