Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 346 Driving Level 5
"squeak--!"

On the winding mountain road shrouded in thick fog, a yellow Volkswagen Beetle was driving smoothly when suddenly a screeching sound of tires screeching came from behind, along with a faint engine whine, which together sounded like a woman's scream.

Gao Mo perked up and saw the outline of a speeding car in the fog in the rearview mirror, its two headlights swaying like the eyes of a demon.

"It's a witch!" Ayumi cried, tears welling up in her eyes. "Kido-nii, a witch has appeared!"

"It's just an ordinary FD."

Gao Mo saw the car speeding up from behind.

The silver-white FD RX-7 sped along the right lane and was in front of the Beetle sedan in an instant.

A pale arm adorned with blood-red fake nails leaned out of the car window, waving its wrist and giving a provocative thumbs-up with its bracelet pointing downwards.

"It's the witch's hand!"

"The witch has really appeared!"

The three little ones cried out in terror at the same time, while Gao Mo's eyes twitched repeatedly.

What witch?
The car is on the right, but the other person reached out from the left, indicating that they were sitting in the passenger seat and that someone else was driving.

Moreover, even though the time was short, his eyes still caught sight of the two people inside the car.

There are no women at all.

These grown men deliberately transformed their arms into women's hands to provoke a high-speed chase, no wonder there have been so many car accidents here lately.

Who can bear this?

"Sit down."

Gao Mo couldn't resist either. Abandoning his usual steady driving style, the Beetle, which had been crawling along like a tortoise, released the handbrake after a brief low engine hum and shot off like a wild horse.

Even in the thick fog, one could barely see the guardrail and the taillights of the car in front. Even with eagle-eye vision, one could not see through it. However, Gao Mo automatically generated a map of the Fumina Mountain road in his mind, turning the entire mountain area into a 3D structure.

"Buzz!"

As we approached the bend, another sharp whistle pierced the air as the car drifted and its taillights left afterimages as it moved to the left.

Gao Mo's gaze narrowed slightly, but instead of turning left, he sharply turned the steering wheel and quickly turned right.

In Gao Mo's hands, the mediocre Beetle became agile and aggressive, quickly catching up with the FD that was taunting them from the front.

Through the fog, one could see the taillights that the other party had hastily put away, which they had made from their fishing rod.

"What's going on?" Mitsuhiko's eyes widened. "I clearly saw that car turn left just now!"

"It's just a trick to fool people. They don't use their turn signals, and if they use the handbrake to turn, the taillights won't come on. Then they use a fishing rod to pull the taillights up to the left... That's the reason for the recent car accidents."

Gao Mo gripped the handbrake and spun again on the second series of bends. The Beetle sedan seemed to take off, making a beautiful overtake over the FD.

"Are you kidding me?"

A blond man with a pointed face and monkey-like features was sitting in the FD, while the driver was a short-haired, bearded man. Both of them were startled by the sudden overtaking maneuver.

"This guy didn't fall for it!"

"Who is this guy? Daring to drift continuously with this kind of car! Hurry, he's overtaken!"

"Don't be afraid, this is a four-hairpin bend, I'll shake him off right away!"

The bearded man driving gritted his teeth, staring intently at the Beetle sedan driving alongside him, and slammed on the gas pedal regardless of the danger.

He was a former professional race car driver, and he was never afraid of racing.

Besides, I've driven this road countless times.

"Brother Kido!" Mitsuhiko and the others noticed the bearded man's fierce eyes and cried out in fright.

"fine."

Gao Mo chuckled and accelerated again before the third bend.

He could actually push the other person off the guardrail, but it's not to that extent for racing.

"squeak!"

Gao Mo's eyes flashed, and before FD could continue accelerating, he completely blocked its path, swaying left and right to force it to stop.

"You're the racers who've been causing trouble by impersonating witches lately, right?"

After Xiao Ai called the police, Gao Mo got out of the car and went to find the two people in the back who were cursing.

The modified Mazda subconsciously reminded him of Rei Furuya's beloved car.

“We’re not a street racer gang,” the blond-haired man said, somewhat frightened. “We just want to drive all the street racers off this mountain.”

"Are you kidding me?"

"It's true. My friend died in a car accident while racing, but those guys just kept provoking us to race as if nothing had happened. That's why I pretended to be that legendary witch from four years ago to scare them."

The bearded man chuckled sullenly.

"This can be considered a form of social reform. Thanks to us, there are very few street racers left on this mountain..."

"Yes, yes, please let us go."

“Tell the police that. Do you know I have a child in my car? Have you thought about the consequences if I had turned left? And I heard you were racing an old lady earlier, so stop pretending to be innocent.”

Gao Mo stared intently at the bearded man. "You're still on parole for intentional assault, aren't you? I don't see how socially responsible you are."

The bearded man was startled: "Who...who are you? How did you know..."

"Don't worry about it."

Gao Mo patted the roof of the car.

"What was that sound just now? Your car's speed and condition don't seem like they could make that kind of sound."

“That was a voice I recorded before,” the bearded man’s Adam’s apple bobbed. “Unfortunately, no matter what I do, I can’t recreate the witch’s howl from four years ago.”

"Is it possible that the sound was made by a person?"

Gao Mo recalled Sato's character design.

Sato was also a skilled racer; it is said that when he was chasing criminals, he would make a loud noise when he drifted around corners as long as he didn't pull the handbrake.

It's quite normal that this only happened once in four years.

The so-called witch may have just happened to pass by once, and became a legend because she unintentionally defeated the racing gang at the time.

She would stop and ask the skidding vehicle if it was alright, and she was also a very beautiful woman.

Sato was able to match them all.

"A human voice?" The bearded man laughed loudly. "Who would scream while turning? Let alone the legendary witch, who has conquered all the racers in the racing world!"

"It's nice to meet you again, Mr. Kido!"

Yamamura Misao followed the traffic police from behind.

"When I heard someone had captured the witch, I guessed it might be you. You're amazing! No wonder you're Mr. Mori's disciple!"

“I am a friend of the Maori, not a disciple. Stop talking nonsense.”

Gao Mo was speechless when he saw this guy.

It's not surprising that this guy was isolated by the other detectives in Gunma Prefecture.

"Huh? These are the ones racing my grandma?" Yamamura Misao asked疑惑地, "And they're not the witch either?"

"Ask them yourself."

Gao Mo returned to his car.

"By the way, tell your grandma that what she saw that day was probably just a mirage, and what was actually standing on the thick fog was your grandma's shadow."

The three little ones who were initially terrified suddenly looked disappointed: "What? It turns out it was all just these two guys playing tricks."

"I thought there really was a witch."

"But wasn't the witch from four years ago the real one?"

"He's just a great driver."

"I really want to see what she looks like, whether she's really a stunning beauty..."

"Alright, we need to get to the hotel quickly."

Gao Mo interrupted the three chattering little ones.

"Genta, aren't you hungry?"

"Yes," Empress Dowager Yuan belatedly realized, "I'm so hungry!"

"..." Ayumi and the others were speechless at the same time, not knowing whether the little fat boy was really hungry or pretending.

Even Ai Haibara, who had always maintained a distant attitude, couldn't help but smile, leaving the sharp-eyed Ayumi stunned.

"So you can smile," Ayumi said as if she had discovered a new continent. "Um, little... can I call you Ai-chan?"

"No," Ai said, her face hardening again. "You'll die if you get too close to me."

"what?"

"But...but Kido-nii didn't seem to be in any danger, did he?"

"He's different."

Gao Mo shook his head, ignoring the children, and continued driving through the thick fog of Dongming Mountain.

Speaking of which, his driving skill level had unknowingly increased to level 5.

While not all-around capable, he has basically caught up with or even surpassed Furuya Rei. He originally planned to rent a car and come to Mount Fuyuna to watch the street racers when he had time.

The panel has a bunch of level 5 abilities, but many of them are never used, which is a waste.

Why would the notebook choose someone like him?
If we're talking about needing a puppet, he's clearly not the right person to be chosen.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, an image of a comet flashed through Gao Mo's mind, as if he were seeing a purple, glowing comet with a long tail approaching Earth.

Again.

Is there something wrong with this comet?

(End of this chapter)