Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 334 The Detectives' Requiem

Red House Hotel.

The squinty-eyed, bespectacled secretary stood in the empty banquet hall, looking like most refined office workers, but the smile on his face gave people a strange, fake feeling, as if he was wearing a mask.

"Shh!"

The hidden door opens, revealing a server room filled with computer equipment.

The well-dressed man sat in a wheelchair, not only with difficulty walking but also blind. He wore sunglasses, had a scruffy beard, and had to gasp for breath to speak.

"Can it succeed?"

“Of course,” the squinting secretary smiled as she walked to the man in the fine clothes and gently patted his shoulder. “Your life is almost over, so your last dance must be perfect, right?”

"Perfect……"

The man in fine clothes coughed, covering his mouth, and blood spurted from his palm.

“You’re right. I only have this one chance. I have to make those guys understand that I’m the murderer! My crime is not a joke!”

The squinting secretary pushed up his glasses, spotted Gao Mo through the surveillance footage, and turned to leave the server room.

"This guy probably won't live past tonight, before then..."

Entrance to Miracle Paradise.

Gao Mo abruptly stopped and turned to look at the smiling, bespectacled secretary across the crowd. His eyes saw through the disguise, and Gao Yuanyao's figure appeared in his mind's eye.

"call!"

The presence of passersby gradually faded away, and it felt as if only the two of them remained in the world.

A sense of unease crept into Gao Mo's heart, and he frowned.

Does this mean they already know he has bomb disposal skills?

Gao Mo's thinking is running at high speed.

The Hall of Thought and the Space of Story unfold together once again, and a large number of predictive images flash through my mind.

So that's how it is. This guy was disguised as the client's secretary. If he enters the park to defuse the bomb now, the client behind him might be pushed to detonate it.

Mechanics and gameplay?

Gao Mo felt a slight sense of relief.

At least they knew they couldn't kill him outright, so they still followed the rules.

Every rule has its weaknesses.

If you induce someone to kill, will you be able to eliminate Death?
Gao Mo pondered for a moment, then took a step back and contacted Professor Agasa.

In any case, let's prevent anything from happening to Xiaolan and her group in the park. If possible, it would be best to tell them the truth directly.

What kind of behavior is it to keep it a secret like this?

"Kido Takamori..."

The bespectacled youth looked rather grim. He hadn't expected that simply peeking out would arouse Gao Mo's vigilance, and it seemed that Gao Mo had discovered something.

Both their observational and reasoning abilities exceeded his judgment.

However, it's not a big problem. The wise Gao Yuanyao he chose is also quite good. He has already woven a perfect web, so it doesn't matter if he sees through it.

Narrowing his eyes again, the young man made a phone call: "Let's get started. Even if we can't kill those detectives, we need to find a way to stall them. Only then can you truly be free."

……

Gas station outside Miracle Park.

While refueling the little motorcycle, Gao Mo was creating an event file in his mind.

Ai just sent me a new message.

The case that the man with the mustache is investigating is related to Kidd.

"The key words are robbery and the client is also a related person," Ai glanced at Sonoko who went to the restroom, "That's all I can remember. After all, I was faking illness at the time. Although there are some other details, they may not be very reliable..."

"It's alright, as long as there are clues in the case."

Gao Mo ended the call and quickly searched for information on the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.

There are far too many robberies, but if it's related to Kid, it's most likely a robbery that occurred during Kid's time in the world.

Kid has indeed been very active lately, but in Kanagawa Prefecture, his activities are mainly concentrated in Yokohama.

Kidd's most recent heist was targeting a massive diamond on display at Yokohama Fukayama Trading Co., Ltd., which he later returned. But for some reason, Kidd has set his sights on Fukayama Trading Co., Ltd. again today.

Inspector Nakamori from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived in Yokohama early in the morning, and local detectives in Kanagawa Prefecture were also investigating because a group of assassins was hunting Kid. "They're really busy."

Gao Mo made a sarcastic remark about Kidd, then turned around and began investigating Deep Mountain Trading.

President Soichiro Fukayama likes to display his collection of gems on the rooftop of his museum. Because Kid had previously visited the site, he recently upgraded the security system.

"Ok?"

Gao Mo suddenly noticed a line in the document.

"Graduated from Yokohama University of Marine Science and Technology, and was a member of the university's Crime Research Club."

Criminal research...

He also noticed the group that was chasing Kid. They had nothing to do with the middle-aged Spider-Man, nor were they bounty hunters. In addition, Kid returned to Yokohama... because he discovered some secret of the Fukayama Trading Company, and someone wanted to silence him?
What does this have to do with what the mustachioed man is investigating?
Gao Mo first marked the president of the deep mountain trading company as a key figure, and then turned his thoughts to the man with the mustache.

The client provided two different hints to both the man with the mustache and Hattori Heiji.

“TAKA 3-8” and “Open-air café at night”.

Leaving the former aside, the latter, "The Night Café Terrace," is a painting by Van Gogh from 1888. It depicts a carriage slowly emerging from the depths of an open-air café illuminated by gaslight.

One of Yokohama's more famous attractions is the horse-drawn carriage road where Japan's first gas lamp was installed.

Gao Mo walks between data that exists between illusion and reality.

Horse-drawn carriageway...

According to police records, a robbery occurred on the carriage road, in which an armored truck was robbed and a security guard was shot and killed.

Shortly afterward, one of the robbers was shot and killed by a sniper in the office, and a plan to rob an armored truck was found at the scene.

The deceased was named Shoji Nishio, the head of the sales department at Far East Investment Consulting.

The person who wrote the proposal was Suehiko Ito, the owner of the consulting firm, who was a college classmate of Nishio.

Both graduated from Yokohama Marine University and were also members of the Crime Research Society, with Suehiko Ito serving as the club president back then.

interesting.

Gao Mo's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Following the incident, Suehiko Ito was wanted by the police, and at the same time, another female employee of the consulting firm was also subjected to intense interrogation.

Shimizu Reiko, like Ito, was a member of the Crime Research Society back then.

During the pursuit of Ito, the police discovered a special mascara used by Shimizu Reiko on the scope of a sniper rifle, leading them to suspect that Shimizu Reiko was a member of the robbers and used a sniper rifle to kill her accomplice, Nishio.

Unfortunately, Shimizu Reiko was later witnessed committing suicide by jumping into the sea, and the police had no choice but to drop the case.

Currently, only Ito, one of the three robbers, is missing. However, it is said that he was involved in a serious car accident while being pursued by the police, and that he escaped while hospitalized with serious injuries.

"Yokohama Marine University, Crime Research Association"

Gao Mo pushed his little motorcycle away from the gas station.

The clues, after going around in circles, all turned out to be connected.

If Ito was indeed the client of the man with the mustache, then the president of Fukayama Trading Company was probably his accomplice behind the scenes; otherwise, a seriously injured wanted criminal would have been unable to move an inch.

The issue is……

What does Ito want the detective to investigate this time?

Gomer reviews the recording Conan sent him.

If the goal is to prove that Shimizu Reiko is the murderer, there is no need for a detective; the police already suspected Shimizu Reiko.

wrong.

Perhaps that guy wanted to prove that Shimizu Reiko wasn't the murderer.

Thinking of the case involving those university students in Gunma Prefecture, a bright idea flashed through Gao Mo's mind.

Cases involving love and romance often defy logic, but that's reality; not everything is logical, or rather, human nature itself is a part of logic.

Ito's real goal was to make the detective overturn the police's judgment and confirm that he was the murderer.

Gao Mo turned back to the Red House Hotel and quickly began profiling the criminal.

But why?

He seemed to resent the police for their misjudgment that led to Shimizu Reiko's death, but his behavior was somewhat different from that of the college student in the snow mountain.

(End of this chapter)