Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 331 15 Billion Bounty

Hotel cafeteria.

After finishing the case, Yamamura Misao found a spot to eat curry rice, looking at his idol Kogoro Mouri with a slightly resentful expression.

"Although the case is solved, the fact that the patient didn't fall into a deep sleep this time feels a bit off... Mr. Mori, how about we go through the reasoning again?"

"What a joke!" the man with the mustache roared angrily.

This rookie is nothing like a policeman; he's muddle-headed and more likely to cause trouble than get anything done.

It's said that this guy initially took the police exam because he looked cool in TV dramas.

Moreover, their investigations are quite superstitious, always using their grandmothers from the countryside as examples, which is truly saddening for Gunma Prefecture.

"But Mr. Mori is really amazing; he saw through the murderer's method in no time."

"Well, this..."

The man with the mustache loosened his collar and felt his face flush.

How could he have figured it out? It was Gao Mo who reminded him.

Gao Mo is the most impressive.

However, if your partner is good, then he is good too, no doubt about it.

The man with the mustache coughed a few times to regain his composure. He lost interest in listening to Shan Cun Cao's flattery and instead began to curiously search for Gao Mo's whereabouts.

He thought he saw Gao Mo rent a ski and go out.

"Kido kid probably can't ski like me, right? There's no need to show off in a place like this, even if you can't ski..."

"So Kido-san can ski?"

The exclamations from the people in the garden outside cut off the words the man with the mustache was about to say.

Damn it.

I thought no one else knew how to ski, but it turns out I was the only one who really couldn't.

He ran outside the hotel and watched Gao Mo's effortless and professional skiing movements, and the man with the mustache's eyes twitched incessantly.

He really can't do that.

"There's no reason for that. When did you learn to ski?"

The man with the mustache was having some existential questions.

Flying airplanes was impressive enough, but now he can even learn to ski in seconds?
After a moment of change in expression, the man with the mustache regained his calm demeanor.

I lay down.

As long as he can lie flat enough, nothing can agitate him.

Why do detectives necessarily need to know how to ski?

"call--!"

Gao Mo enjoyed the pleasure of gliding on the snow, and his skills became more and more proficient. He went from being only level 0 skier to level 2 in the blink of an eye.

This wasn't his limit; rather, it reflected the fact that the college student at that time was only at an average professional level.
Of course, if you use the Transparent World, your level will increase to lv4, but it's not very meaningful, as the difference is hardly noticeable in regular skiing.

He's incredibly strong now.

With this ability to learn skills, perhaps the four level 5 professions required for rank 5 aren't so far away after all.

It is best to choose a profession that requires high professional skills but has low restrictions in other aspects.

"Cough cough!"

Conan, who was waiting to see Gao Mo make a fool of himself, accidentally ate a mouthful of splattered snowflakes, and felt terrible, especially when he saw Ayumi turn around to go and give Gao Mo a lesson.

The most painful thing is watching others shine, even if that person is Kido-san, rather than not being able to stand out.

"Hehe," Professor Agasa chuckled, "Shinichi, your little girlfriend is gone."

"Doctor, don't talk nonsense. What little girlfriend?"

Conan raised an eyebrow, and only breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that Ran was not there.

As night fell, the snowstorm intensified again, and the murder case at the hotel came to a complete end, with even discussions about it decreasing significantly.

Ultimately, there are far too many murders in this world, but they only attract attention because they happen to happen around us and the victim is a female college student.

However, the hot spring pond was eventually sealed off, and no one mentioned it again.

Despite the high number of murders, it still bothers me.

The snowman standing outside in the blizzard was completely abandoned, except for Ayumi and a few others who still remembered it. The night passed, and the next day, light snow continued to fall.

The planned two-day trip ended early. After saying goodbye to the editorial staff, Gao Mo and his group left the hotel in two separate cars.

"So both of them like Miss Ma Hua?"

On the way, Xiaolan and her friends discussed the follow-up to the case and asked the man with the mustache who had been to the police station for details.

“That’s right,” the man with the mustache replied as he drove. “It seems that the deceased Ms. Sakuko had a crush on another boy, and out of jealousy, she deliberately caused Ms. Maya to break her leg while skiing.”

As he spoke, the man with the mustache sighed and shook his head.

"Those two seem to know everything, but the long-haired boy knows more and acts faster, saying, 'I don't want to give you the idiotic role of eliminating Ma Hua's enemy and being blamed'..."

Young people these days, I really don't understand them. They probably think they can't compete with another guy; it's really stupid.

"Mmm!" Sonoko nodded vigorously. "I can understand, but wouldn't that just give Ms. Maka away to someone else for nothing?"

"That guy said that loving someone doesn't necessarily mean being together; occupying an important place in the other person's heart is also a form of love."

What are Miss Ma Hua's thoughts?

"Who knows? Anyway, I don't think Miss Ma Hua would like this kind of person."

Gao Mo sat in the passenger seat, propping his chin up as he watched the mountains gradually recede into outline behind the car. He didn't see Gao Yuanyao again, but he did unexpectedly see a white hang glider sweep across the sky.

Kidd?

"that is……"

The man with the mustache and his companions also noticed the hang glider flying away from the side. Before they could figure out what was going on, several cars passed by the intersection, chasing after the hang glider.

Through the car window, I could only see some fierce-looking guys.

“These guys look like bounty hunters,” the mustachioed man recognized one of them. “What are they doing here?”

“It’s probably because of Kidd,” Gao Mo glanced at it casually. “I heard that a lot of people want to catch Kidd now, and the online bounty has been raised to fifteen million US dollars.”

"Kidd has such a high bounty? Did this guy offend someone?"

The man with the mustache gasped.

The 15 billion yen bounty was an astronomical sum for him.

"Kidd's bounty isn't that high, of course, but..."

Gao Mo's mental network was activated, and he sensed that there were many powerful auras within the pursuit convoy.

It was just the death of a professional assassin, yet it felt like stirring up a hornet's nest.

I wonder if the person behind him would believe him if he came forward to say that the spider committed suicide... I doubt it.

Fortunately, judging from Kidd's appearance, he doesn't seem to be in any serious condition for the time being.

Otherwise, they could simply hide and not show up.

"Ok?"

Another car passed by, and the back window rolled down, revealing a blond middle-aged man with a spider tattoo on his face looking coldly out.

The aura was far stronger than that of a spider. Just one eye contact made Gao Mo feel as if he was being hypnotized. However, before his divine eye could take effect, the other party turned away again.

Kidd seems to be in real trouble.

Can Kaito Kuroba fight against an old man who can induce hypnosis with the naked eye?
Gao Mo wanted to get off the bus, but after looking at the people around him, he suppressed the urge.

Even if we were to take action, we must not have any interaction with his side.

Given their relentless attitude, I'm not afraid of running into them again.

“I almost forgot, Kido,” the man with the mustache suddenly remembered, “I took on a big case last night. The client invited me and my family to Miracle Park. Would you like to come?”

"Miracle Park?" Sonoko asked in surprise. "Is that the amusement park that's been as popular as Tropical Park lately? Our family has invested in it, and my sister and brother Xiong San said they'd invite us to go."

"I'm not going."

Gao Mo shook his head slightly.

He has no interest in going to the amusement park right now, even if there's a chance of encountering a murder.

Not only do we need to figure out the Grim Reaper's weaknesses as soon as possible, but we also need Kid to clean up the mess.

Whether or not he killed the spider, he's destined to be branded with this mess.

He felt a little guilty about making Kidd take the blame.

(End of this chapter)