Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 335 The Detectives' Requiem 2 [The 5th Detective]

Yokohama Marine University.

The man with the mustache and his group finally found the school in the afternoon, following new clues provided by their client.

They found the place where the robbers changed cars to escape, and also discovered the tools they used to commit the crime.

Unlike Gao Mo, who solved the case on the spot, the group ran around and got exhausted. They also received a bomb warning from their client—a doll at the location of the clue was about to explode, almost killing a child on the roadside.

"That guy is a real bastard, but is there really a clue here?"

The man with the mustache glanced at the Osaka black chicken he was investigating alongside in front of the school bulletin board.

Gao Mo asked this Osaka boy to assist him in the investigation, but he seemed unreliable no matter how you looked at it.

"What kind of look is that?" Hattori Heiji's lips twitched speechlessly.

He's the one who's suffering, isn't he?

This middle-aged man doesn't know anything. He was only a big help when the doll exploded; otherwise, it was all thanks to this high school student...

wrong.

Heiji Hattori looked at Conan, who was deep in thought, with a puzzled expression.

And this little brat.

This kid seems a little off.

Their seemingly childish behavior always hits the nail on the head, as if they were pretending to be children to give hints.

Moreover, that look in their eyes, as if everyone else is an idiot, is really annoying.

What a strange guy.

"The question now is, what exactly does CRY mean? Does it mean crying? The clue is YOU CRY, where YOU refers to the abbreviation of Yokohama Marine University. Could CRY be an abbreviation for a course?"

The man with the mustache stroked his chin and suddenly saw a brown-haired boy walking towards him, as if he had stepped out of a novel.

"You're... the son of the Superintendent General of Police, Hakuba Saguru?"

The last time we met was at the Twilight Mansion, which left a deep impression on the mustachioed man.

"How will you be here?"

“Of course, I’ll be the same as you guys,” Hakuba Saguru said, showing off the same ID in his hand. “I know what CRY means. It’s the Yokohama Crime Research Association CRY, a club at this school. How about we go check it out together?”

“Of course.” The man with the mustache’s eyes narrowed sharply when he saw the Miracle Paradise ID.

Unexpectedly, even the son of the Superintendent General of Police was threatened.

But something feels off.

The son of the Metropolitan Police Department's Superintendent General, the son of the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief... Has that client gone mad?
Osaka is quite far from Yokohama, but the Metropolitan Police Department is right next door.

"Hurry up," Hakuba Saguru said, leading the way. "We can talk about any problems later. If we keep wasting time, we might really end up crying."

……

Red House Hotel.

The man in fine clothes, Ito Suehiko, listened to the voice prompts in the server room and knew that the man with the mustache and his group had reached the location of the clue. He tapped his fingers on the keyboard to establish a call.

"You guys are more capable than I thought; you were actually able to decipher the meaning of YOU CRY."

“I’m telling you,” Hattori Heiji replied irritably on the other end of the phone, “if you’re so eager for us to solve the case, why don’t you make the clues simpler, or just tell us what case you want to investigate? This is just a waste of time!”

“Heh, if I could solve a case in no time, it wouldn’t be fun for me at all,” Ito Suehiko chuckled, his voice distorted. “Besides, I’m also testing whether your investigative abilities are up to par for solving cases.”

"If you're going to play tricks, then at least don't restrict the investigation from happening today!"

"That's it, there are no more hints after that. I'm looking forward to seeing how the detectives perform."

Ito Suehiko didn't give Hattori Heiji a chance to get any information out of him; he hung up the phone immediately and continued monitoring using the voice system.

At the same time, a sports car stopped outside Ocean University. The dashing Shimizu Reiko leaned against the car window, took off her sunglasses, tossed aside her phone, and chuckled as she looked at the dilapidated food delivery truck parked at the intersection with the mustache.

Two heavily armored motorcyclists beside him braked sharply and swerved; their matte gray-black armor made them look like special forces soldiers. These professional assassins, former mercenaries, unlike typical assassins who prefer to conceal themselves, exuded a murderous aura.

"How's it going?" Shimizu Reiko asked from inside the sports car, her voice uniquely husky, like a bossy older sister. "There's one more person, a confused old man, two high school detectives, and a kid. Can you handle it?"

"of course."

The long-haired assassin coldly surveyed the nearly deserted entrance to Ocean University from beneath his helmet.

"However, the school isn't a suitable place. Let's wait until they come out."

"Whatever makes you happy."

Shimizu Reiko, dressed in a red leather outfit, with blonde hair and bright red lips, was sexy yet possessed an outstanding and delicate temperament, comparable to the former superstar Yukiko Tengfeng. The two assassins were itching to look at her, but dared not linger.

"Please."

Leaving two assassins to continue the surveillance, Shimizu Reiko started her sports car and sped away.

"Delaying time? It's pointless. I'd rather kill Ito than these detectives. What love for me? If you love me, you should die. In the end, I'll be the only one who survives."

Thinking of Ito, her secretary with whom she had been in secret contact, Shimizu Reiko sneered and stepped on the gas.

Thanks to that idiot, she found a perfect opportunity to get rid of Ito.

"I can't keep the senior from the deep mountains either, so that all those undisclosed treasures can belong to me."

"Buzz!"

The sports car's exhaust note was deafening.

This scene was witnessed by Gao Mo, who arrived in a taxi.

His casually disguised ordinary passerby went unnoticed, and the sports car swerved past him with a beautiful drift.

"Reiko Shimizu..."

Gao Mo turned and watched the sports car drive away, his expression unchanged as he continued walking towards Yokohama Marine University.

He went to great lengths to handle the bombs at the amusement park without Death's knowledge. Only after confirming that Death was merely monitoring him through surveillance cameras did he change his identity and enter the amusement park. He even went so far as to ask the park management for an anonymous pass ID.

The Grim Reaper seems to have only possessed the body and intelligence of Takato Yoichi; in other aspects, he is at most equivalent to Takato Yoichi in his second-tier phase.

Even so, they were still difficult to deal with, so he could only approach Xiaolan and her group by using various coincidences and changing his identity.

Moreover, each ID needs to destroy the detonation device in a very short time.

Ran, Kazuha, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Genta... It took him nearly 6 hours to deal with these 5 IDs, so much so that it was almost dusk when he arrived here, and he didn't even have time to eat dinner.

I'm so exhausted.

He's probably the only one in the whole world who could accomplish something like this.
If it were anyone else, let alone defusing a bomb, it would be a miracle if they could even escape the eyes of death.

However, the IDs on Little Mustache's side are in trouble; Death is definitely keeping a close eye on them.

No rush, there are only 3 left, we can deal with the rest at any time.

Now he should be thinking about how to turn the tables and get rid of Death.

Looking at the two assassins lurking at the university gate, Gao Mo felt heavy-hearted.

If we miss this opportunity, who knows when we'll get another chance, and the other party might even advance to a higher rank.

But how do we get that guy to break the rules and kill someone?

Hypnosis?
He tried hypnosis at Miracle Park, but it didn't seem to work.

I don't know if it's because the other party kept their eyes half-closed, or if Takato Yoichi was just a puppet and it was actually Takato Yoichi who was being hypnotized, so it was useless against the Grim Reaper.

Gao Mo was slightly distracted.

He still knew too little about Death, and much of the information he had was still based on deduction, while the other party seemed to know him very well, even knowing that he could use stars to protect those around him.

(End of this chapter)