Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 370 Unlucky Hondo Eisuke

Kido Detective Agency.

Two days after returning from the music studio, Gao Mo has successfully registered his new profession: "musician".

To be precise, he should be called a composer, because he was only added to the profession after he absorbed Haga Kyosuke's profession book, raised his composing level to 4, and wrote a piece of music.

The piece is "If You Were Here," one of the theme songs for Detective Conan.

He planned to copy all the Conan songs he remembered that didn't exist in this world.

With his current abilities, he is already capable of replicating and completing the song, so it doesn't matter if he only remembers some melodic fragments.

It makes perfect sense to bring the Conan theme song into the Conan world.

This time, the divine eye was a great help, directly raising the composition level to level 4, which would have been almost impossible before, saving a lot of trouble.

After all, it involves an advanced profession, and time doesn't allow him to learn slowly.

However, a musician's pseudonym is still needed to release the song.

The office is on the second floor.

Gao Mo tapped his fingers on the table, a number of thoughts popping into his mind.

Creating a new account from scratch would be a waste of time, but he didn't want to use his original identity, so he still needed an alternate account.

It seems like we could pick up and use the currently unused "Domoto Ichi".

Fortunately, his manager, Eiichi Yamagishi, also has connections, which can help him make his path as a composer much easier.

Yoko Okino can even sing some of the songs, which might help her level up faster than a novelist.

It's a bit strange that a detective actor would switch careers to become a composer when he has no roles to play, but it's not a big deal.

He doesn't really want to develop these side jobs.

"that's it."

After making the decision, Gao Mo immediately sent a message to Yamagishi Eiichi using his backup phone, and at the same time took a picture of the sheet music and uploaded it.

Just as I was preparing to write more songs and register their copyrights, I suddenly heard a commotion downstairs.

"Bang!"

The familiar sound of a vase shattering made Gao Mo's face darken.

Needless to say, it must be Hondo Eisuke.

He rushes to the firm as soon as school is over, which should make him a decent guy, but this guy is an exception.

We need to find a way to get rid of this guy, at least to avoid causing him any trouble.

Should we pass it on to the mustachioed guy next door?
Considering the mustachioed man's prized teacup and his undisguised wariness of Hondo Eisuke, it's probably going to be difficult.

Heiji Hattori is in Osaka again.

We can't expect Nanatsuki Koshimizu to be with this kid all the time.

If it were Furuya Rei...

“No problem, let him work for me,” Furuya Rei said readily on the phone. “I think that kid is more like a wise fool, with a real talent for being a detective. Can he be my student?”

"as long as you are happy."

Gao Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It's alright to follow Rei Furuya; his safety is temporarily guaranteed, and he can take care of things for the time being, which is worthy of Rena Mizunashi's request.

Surely they wouldn't go so far as to recruit Hondo Eisuke into the Public Security Bureau?
This kind of bad luck might be okay as a detective, but it would be a disaster for a police officer.

"Is that Mr. Kindaichi's call?" Hondo Eisuke stumbled up to the second floor, breaking one of his glasses in the process.

“No, it’s another detective from the agency, Amuro Tooru,” Gao Mo hung up the phone. “From now on, you’ll be learning from him. He should contact you in the next couple of days, and you can do whatever he says after that…”

If he tries to get you to become a police officer, ignore him. I hope you'll focus on detective work and become an excellent private investigator.

Gao Mo patted Hondo Eisuke on the shoulder with an optimistic expression.

Ideally, he should become the firm's second Rei Furuya.

After all, Rei Furuya will leave sooner or later, and then a new firm will definitely be needed to take over.

Since Hattori Heiji was out of luck, he could only rely on Koshimizu Nanatsuki and Hondo Eisuke. "Okay!" Hondo Eisuke grinned foolishly.

Kindaichi is quite famous in the agency, but another detective, Amuro Tooru, seems to be very capable, though he is not well-known outside the agency.

"But why would Mr. Amuro make me a policeman?" Hondo Eisuke asked, puzzled.

If I go to police academy, won't I have to leave the agency?
He didn't quite understand.

"It's nothing, just consider it his little quirk, and don't tell anyone else." Gao Mo successfully dismissed Hondo Eisuke.

However, there has been no news from Gin these past two days, and there has been no word from Rena Mizunashi either.

According to the previous entrustment process, a report had to be given to the client at the end, but that doesn't seem to be appropriate now.

“Um,” Hondo Eisuke asked, scratching his head, “my sister…”

"She should be fine, but you should be more careful in the future." Gao Mo gestured for her to be quiet.

Vermouth seems to have gone out to meet with Rei Furuya today, but she usually spends most of her time at the agency.

“I know,” Hondo Eisuke said solemnly, then asked in a low voice as he left, “It’s that Saori-san-san who’s the problem, right? I think she made me act for her before. Who exactly is she?”

"I'll tell you when you're ready to become a detective on your own."

"Ding dong!"

Suddenly, a doorbell rang downstairs.

Takagi stood outside with a preoccupied look on her face until Gao Mo called out to her, at which point she looked up at the second-floor balcony.

"Why did you come here today?" Gao Mo asked curiously. "Could it be that you're slacking off?"

"how is this possible?"

Takagi got a little anxious, looked around, and hurriedly explained.

"Actually, there was a murder in the 4-chome area, between 7:00 and 7:30 in the morning. Someone saw a suspicious person at the scene, and because the description sounded like a high school student from here, I..."

When Takagi saw Hondo Eisuke walk up to Takamo, his brow twitched.

"That's right, it's him. Someone saw him coming out of the victim's room!"

"what?"

Hondo Eiyu stared blankly at Gao Mo, his hands and feet flailing in a panic.

"I did go to an apartment building in 4-chome this morning because a classmate lives there. I was planning to return some books there, but I went to the wrong room and got yelled at by the room owner."

"Is this the person?" Takagi held up a photograph.

Hondo Eisuke squinted hard to make out the two men in the photo: "Yes, it's the tall one. I think I saw the other one too, the one with the coral head in the photo..."

“How could you possibly have seen this coral head?” Takagi laughed helplessly. “His alibi is very strong. He was watching TV with Chiba from 7 to 8 in the morning. Even without rush hour, it would take more than half an hour to drive from their location to the crime scene.”

"Chiba?" Gao Mo asked in surprise.

"Yes, this person is the victim's friend. His ex-girlfriend is getting married to him recently. Because he might commit a crime, we went to see him. He is currently staying at Chiba's place."

Takagi sighed and turned to Hondo Eisuke for further questioning.

"His alibi is quite strong. Did you really see him?"

"Although he was wearing a coat, I didn't look too closely, but it should be him."

Hondo Eisuke felt so bad he wanted to cry.

He's always like this; everything he does is incredibly unlucky. He just went to the wrong door, yet he still managed to get involved in a murder case.

"Could that person have twins or something?"

"How is that possible?" Takagi's forehead was slightly sweaty, and he turned his questioning gaze to Gao Mo, "Could you have him come with me?"

“Okay,” Gao Mo said, glancing at Hondo Eisuke, who looked like he was about to cry. “But I’ll go too.”

Being easily drawn into incidents isn't necessarily bad luck for a detective.

He didn't think Hondo Eisuke would lie, so where did Coral Head get his alibi?

(End of this chapter)