Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 327, Rank 4, Divine Eye
"Kimoto Takamori".

The dock lights flickered.

Dressed as a firefighter, Gao Yuanyao watched Gao Mo leave with a mixture of anger and sneer on his face. He was not the Gao Yuanyao of the past at all, but more like a puppet.

Gao Mo's mind was touched, and he turned around and made eye contact with the firefighter across the distance.

Although it was through Takato Yoichi as the medium, this was his first real encounter with the rules of the Shinigami.

From the hardships of his initial arrival in this world, through hiding and struggling, he can now finally stand upright before death.

"Who is he?" Conan, who was walking next to Gao Mo, stopped and looked at the firefighter in the crowd with a puzzled expression.

Before Gao Mo could respond, Xiao Ai's expression changed, her gaze shifting back and forth between Gao Mo and the firefighter.

The firefighters reminded her of the same feeling she had back in Izu.

grim Reaper?!
How can it be?

Does Death have a physical form?

"Don't worry about him."

Gao Mo only looked away with mixed feelings after the firefighters disappeared into the night.

I never expected a character like Takato Yoichi to end up like this.

Unlike him, the other party, having been resurrected from the dead, also became a vessel for the rules of death, and was no longer the same Gao Yuanyao.

To be honest, although Gao Yuanyao was a criminal, he didn't really dislike that guy, especially during the time the guy had spent in the Kido Magic Troupe.

He has maintained contact with the Magic Company.

Takato Yoichi is indeed a genius, extremely talented in both crime and magic, and his IQ is probably much higher than Conan's.

……

It was two days later when I returned to Tokyo.

The man with the mustache, who had developed a phobia of airplanes, refused to fly again, so the others had no choice but to take the train.

It is worth mentioning that on the way back, Maki, a member of the theater troupe, drove her car off the bridge and was found dead.

Along with this, another troublesome passenger who died at Haneda Airport was also discussed.

The fact that the only two passengers who died on SKJ865 did not die in the plane crash has also been met with disbelief on online forums.

Kido Detective Agency.

While Gao Mo and Xiao Ai were having dinner together, Professor Agasa brought over the black cat. Surprisingly, instead of mooching off the meal as usual, he went back to work on his inventions.

"SKJ Airlines has sent over the thank-you fee, although it's only 500 million."

Xiao Ai took a sip of soup and chatted with Gao Mo over the same time.

"And that Sakai Natsuki, are you really comfortable letting her be Yoko Okino's makeup artist? Maki Juri may not be a good person, but how good can someone who almost poisoned someone with cosmetics be?"

“Everyone in this world is pretty much the same, and at least she’s quite good in other ways,” Gomer paused, putting down his chopsticks. “I don’t think she’s a bad person.”

"whatever."

Ai lowered her eyelids.

This wasn't the first time Gao Mo had helped a beautiful woman.

I don't know who said they had a phobia of beautiful women.

"Also, the editorial department said there's been a change in this year's Naoki Prize; the judging has been moved up, and the results will be announced tonight. Remember to watch TV..."

Gao Mo no longer cared about the Naoki Prize. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "Just keep an eye on these things for me. I have other plans for tonight."

When he was in Muroran, he originally wanted to advance directly to the 4th rank, but the 4th rank required a second confirmation, and with Gao Yuanyao appearing around, he temporarily put it off.

He's been holding it in for the past few days.

Now that I'm finally back at the firm, I don't want to wait any longer.

How could the Naoki Prize possibly be more important than advancing in rank?
It was 7:2 p.m., in the studio on the second floor.

Gao Mo took a shower, changed into clean pajamas, tossed the black cat to Xiao Ai, and locked the door after making sure no one would disturb him.

During my last rank-up, I absorbed a lot of evil spirits in Karuizawa.

This time, choosing rice cakes shouldn't be too bad, right?

Gao Mo walked to the window, drew the curtains, took a deep breath, and lay down on the bed.

[Upgrade Confirmed]

The familiar sound of notebook pages turning rang out. Just like last time, Gao Mo's consciousness left his body and immediately rose above Mihua. His perception range continued to expand, and soon the FBI and the people from the distillery appeared in his field of vision.

Gao Mo ignored these guys and instead began to observe the Tokyo night view from a unique perspective.

I thought Tokyo should have a huge number of undead, but after the storage pool was upgraded to 2000, there was no further activity. In total, it only increased by about 1300.

Gao Mo couldn't care less about his disappointment at this moment, because the ascension of his soul had begun. At this moment, he seemed to have become a god, clearly seeing the lifespans of pedestrians on the ground, and even trying to control their fate of death.

This is probably the perspective of the rules of death.

Unfortunately, they are not gods after all, so they cannot see the whole picture clearly, and their perspective is relatively fixed. They are not truly omniscient and omnipotent.

"The Naoki Prize winner is... Aoyama-sensei, for 'The Devotion of Suspect X'!"

At the Mori Detective Agency, the man with the mustache didn't even watch his favorite TV series; he was glued to the poll results on television.

When I saw Gao Mo win the award, the idea of ​​writing a novel came back to mind, but then I felt my mind was blank and I didn't have much knowledge.

"Forget it, I'll just have Kido treat us. He absolutely has to!"

This guy……

Gao Mo shifted his gaze and discovered that Gin and many other members of the organization were gathered in a specially modified building.

Two snipers are conducting sniping training in a panoramic virtual reality training field.

The venue perfectly simulates a real-life sniping environment, almost exactly like reality.

The winery's technology is really that amazing?
"Ok?"

Gin was about to call out two snipers when his expression suddenly changed drastically as he felt a terrifying sense of suffocation looming over him.

"Who?!"

"call!"

A new pulling sensation appeared, and Gao Mo was pulled out of the observer state before he could even properly experience it.

"finished?"

Gao Mo sat up, looked around the unchanged room, turned on the notebook projector, and a massive amount of information instantly flooded in.

However, this time it was much better than before. I was just a little mentally exhausted, but I didn't experience the kind of exhaustion that people might mistake for physical collapse.

[New Extraordinary Ability: Divine Eye]

The fourth-tier superpower, "Divine Eye," grants the abilities to perceive, copy, and hypnotize.

Gao Mo's expression was strange.

This function looks like a basic ability of the Sharingan?

The ability to see through and understand the world is somewhat similar, except that it mainly enhances dynamic vision and does not involve controlling one's own abilities. In addition, it allows one to see through and resist illusions, and even interfere with them.

Copying involves observing and replicating a target skill, such as cooking, painting, or playing a musical instrument. Essentially, it's learning on the spot, but the specific effects are unknown.

The final hypnosis was quite interesting, similar to the spider's ability, but he could cast visual illusions simply by making eye contact.

Could these abilities be used to fight Death?
Gao Mo wasn't quite sure.

But dealing with Death Agent should be no problem.

In particular, the final hypnosis can directly influence Death Agent, preventing him from passively resisting as before.

"It's called Divine Eye, so it can't be too bad, right?"

As Gao Mo was pondering who to test his divine eye on, the previously calm projection suddenly twisted and shrank, eventually condensing into a physical notebook in mid-air accompanied by bursts of unknown murmurs.

It's the notebook I saw back then!

Gao Mo couldn't look away, and his body moved forward uncontrollably. He only snapped out of his daze after taking the notebook.

Another wave of information flooded my mind.

Holding the notebook allows you to specify the death target. The default death method is myocardial infarction, and custom methods require investing 10 stars.

……

The Witch's Villa.

Koizumi Akako stepped out of the taxi, looking travel-worn, and headed straight for the underground altar without even saying goodbye.

"Miss, you must have collected quite a few spirits this time?" The butler sensed his mistress's happiness.

"Of course, I finally managed to dig up an ancient tomb."

Koizumi Akako smiled, revealing her little tiger teeth, and walked into the basement alone. She magically produced a mini crystal ball that stored the dead, but before she could enjoy the joy for more than a few seconds, her smile froze on her face.

Her once gleaming red crystal ball, teeming with the dead, is now nothing but cracks.

It's completely empty.

"I must be dreaming, yes, dreaming."

Koizumi Akako chuckled, then suddenly her body stiffened and she fell backward like a log.

(End of this chapter)