Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 105 The Famous Detective from Tokyo

“Beep—!”

Another ship's whistle rang out across the dock.

Newly arrived tourists disembarked one after another. Among them, a couple who looked like high school students were particularly eye-catching, especially the dark-skinned boy wearing a baseball cap walking behind.

"I feel like a fool," Hattori Heiji wondered, watching his childhood friend eagerly board the island. "How could anyone pay for their own trip to help?"

"But that woman was crying on the phone," He Ye pouted, "saying she'd be killed by a mermaid... Aren't you worried?"

"Idiot, how could there be mermen in this world?"

"I think you just don't want to go out with me. You have to help others look after the house during your rare vacation."

"I'm not here to look after the house, I'm here to work." Hattori was a little worried about the office.

Although Toru Amuro said he would help look after the child, he always felt that the other party was a dangerous person and not very reliable.

I wanted to contact that Shiroto Gao Mo, but the person who answered the phone was a little girl from the office, who said that she would take care of everything herself.

Please, this isn't the "Hattori Detective Agency."

"Yes, yes, I know you are working," He Ye said with a smile as if to coax a child, "Aren't you working now too?"

"There's no commission fee, what kind of job is this?" Hattori became even more depressed.

The client this time is a friend of Sachiko Katsuragi.

Sachiko Katsuragi is the daughter in the last diplomat incident.

After waking up in the hospital, the mother, Mrs. Ikemura, claimed that it was the blood sugar-lowering medicine she had prepared. In the end, the police only arrested Mrs. Ikemura.

The client somehow contacted him through Katsuragi Sachiko and kept crying on the phone, but refused to mention the commission fee.

It just so happened that he met Kazuha who had fled to Tokyo and was kind enough to do so - of course, it could also be that she was deliberately finding an excuse to pull him out.

Although he was not short of money, but if Shiroto Gaomo knew about this, he would probably become a laughing stock in the detective circle.

"Really? I told you not to come to Tokyo to find me."

"I'm not the only one..."

"what?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing," He Ye grabbed Hattori and ran towards the tourist street.

Gift shop.

Gao Mo and Shimabukuro June quietly observed the tourists coming ashore. The moment they saw the Osaka black chicken, they quickly turned around, took a fox mask from the shelf and put it on.

"what happened?"

Shimabukuro Kimie had wiped away her tears and put on new makeup, and noticed Gao Mo's actions in confusion.

"It's okay. I don't want to be in trouble with Saori again." Gao Mo responded vaguely.

Is the famous detective that Kadowaki Saori is talking about Hattori Heiji?

They have nothing in common, how are they related?
The key point is that Hattori really came.

Is that cute girl next to him Toyama Kazuha?
"Saori...did she really find a famous detective?" Shimabukuro Kimie was still watching the tourists getting off the boat, her smile bitter and her self-deprecating expression even more intense.

Why do so many problems occur when she is seeking revenge?

It was obvious that Saori and the others easily burned their mother to death three years ago.

Is this God's will?
Why can the devil do evil as he pleases, but when it comes to the knights, there is divine punishment...

"I still hate that painting." Shimabukuro Kimie finally turned to Gao Mo.

"Jun Hui."

A short-haired woman working in the gift shop is carrying goods to the shelves.

"Shouldn't you be going to the shrine to prepare?"

"I'll go right away."

Shimabukuro Kimie looked at her childhood playmate in front of her with a complicated expression.

Who would have thought that these good friends were the ones who set fire to her mother three years ago?

Just because I wanted to try and see if the longevity lady was really immortal.

And until now, the three of them have not changed at all and have been coveting the so-called "Mermaid's Tomb".

"Jun Hui!"

The elderly people on the island who passed by greeted Shimabukuro Kimie.

"I'm going to trouble you again this year, so do your best!"

"I will."

Shimabukuro Kimie's face was filled with smiles again, and she responded politely to the islanders one by one, as if she had completely forgotten the unhappy things.

"Mr. Maru, I'm going to the shrine. What happened just now..." "Ms. Junhui." Gao Mo spoke softly.

"Ah? What's the matter?" Shimabukuro Kimie seemed to have turned back into the perfect shrine maiden she used to be.

"Nothing...I have something to tell you after the ceremony."

Gao Mo looked at Shimabukuro June's serious expression and swallowed the reminder that was about to come out of his mouth.

The information he collected was not just what he just mentioned.

The elderly people on this island should know that the Shimabukuro mother and daughter played the role of longevity goddess, but they may not have exposed it out of selfishness.

The mother and daughter's insistence on acting was a tragedy from the very beginning.

……

Kadowaki family.

After receiving a call from Hattori Heiji, Saori Kadowaki didn't know that she had escaped for the time being. She prepared lunch alone in the kitchen, wondering how to deal with the famous detective later.

The island gift shop didn't pay much, and she had a lousy dad, so she didn't want to pay anyway.

"It's all Goro's fault. Otherwise, why would I need to hire a detective?"

"what?"

Saori Kadowaki pulled the kitchen door, but suddenly found that it seemed stuck and could not be opened.

The kettle behind me was steaming and making a sharp sound, as if issuing some kind of warning.

"What are you doing?"

"boom--!"

Suddenly, a burst of explosions was heard from the residential area, and thick smoke could be seen from the dock.

The tourists and residents on the island were all startled, and their attention was focused on the residential area, and there was a burst of shouting.

"No! It's on fire!"

"Put out the fire!"

"It's the Kadowaki family!"

"Saori is still in the house!"

The villagers who were still busy preparing for the evening festival called each other and headed to the Kadowaki family.

In just a short while, the fire had engulfed the house.

"Where's Mr. Kadowaki?"

"Looks like he's still drinking outside..."

Shimabukuro Kimie, who had just arrived at the shrine, looked shocked and stared straight at the black smoke in the residential area amid the shouts of the islanders.

It was already afternoon by the time the fire was under control.

The islanders finally found a charred female body in the house.

Hattori and Kazuha, who had originally come to the island with the intention of traveling, stood silently by.

The identity of the deceased cannot be fully confirmed at the moment, but it seems unlikely to be anyone other than Saori Kadowaki.

The remaining clothes, glasses... all fit the image of Saori Kadowaki as described by the islanders.

Why is this happening?

The client died just after arriving...

There's a feeling of being provoked.

"It really happened," Kazuha fearfully grasped Hattori's arm tightly, "She said on the phone that she would be killed by the mermaid, and then..."

Hattori didn't say anything, but entered the fire scene after the islanders.

The fire started in the kitchen. It seemed that a violent explosion had occurred. The windows, doors, walls... were in a mess.

Accident?
"It must be a mermaid curse," Kazuha worriedly pulled Hattori, "Let's not worry about this kind of thing, okay? Maybe we will be cursed too."

Outside the Kadowaki family.

Gao Mo mingled with the crowd, still wearing a mask on his face - there were many masked tourists around him, so he was not too conspicuous.

Considering that he had interfered with the case, he did not come until the charred body was sent away.

only……

It seems the rules of death have been passed down to Hattori.

Just like the mustache boy back then, Hattori was also tainted with the aura of death, and no one knew when it would erupt.

Why is this guy here to join in the fun?
(End of this chapter)