Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 112 Hattori Heiji: What's wrong with being a little darker?
Kido Detective Agency.

Gao Mo went to the professor's house next door and took away a bunch of desserts. When he returned home, he saw Hattori Heiji going crazy in the living room.

"What on earth do you want to do, old lady? You actually came to where I work, and you want to find your first love..."

"I just want to get that photo of me when I was a kid back."

Hattori Shizuka picked up the teacup elegantly.

"By the way, let's see what you're doing in Tokyo."

"You're kidding me! You said before that you lost the photo to a first-grade girl and cried so hard that you didn't want to take it back."

Hattori Heiji was very upset.

"Also, I've already contacted them. We've already discussed this over the phone and already know their location. And yet they're still coming here to ask for a commission... Are you deliberately trying to make fun of me?"

"There's nothing we can do."

Hattori Shizuka, who had a calm expression the moment before, suddenly covered her face with her sleeves and her voice choked with sobs.

"My precious son came to Tokyo and refused to go back. I'm afraid he's been kidnapped by some bad guys. What's wrong with me coming here to check on him as a mother?"

"Stop it."

Hattori Heiji's eye twitched.

He finally figured it out.

"You just want to test Mr. Kido, right? I already told you that it's my own decision to stay here. I'll go back after the vacation."

He Ye, who was sitting obediently next to him, couldn't help but frown: He clearly said he would go back in a few days.

"Excuse me, Mr. Kido," Hattori Shizuka's expression changed quickly. Noticing Gao Mo coming back from outside, she stood up and bowed gently. "To express my apology and gratitude for your care for Heiji, please allow me to treat you to a meal."

Hattori Shizuka said, smiling and turning to Xiao Ai who was about to go back to her room: "Little friend, come along too."

Xiao Ai doesn't really want to go out.

The Kudo couple has already transferred the funds to Dr. Agasa, and she is also planning to safely obtain the drug information on the disk.

Although she had already gotten used to having a child's body in her previous life, she still wanted to develop an antidote as soon as possible.

"Mr. Kido is still unmarried, right?" Hattori Shizuka asked familiarly, "Would you like me to introduce you to some girls from Osaka?"

……

A newly opened restaurant in the shopping street.

Xiao Ai climbed up to the booth with drooping eyelids and sat down next to Gao Mo.

Across from her, Shizuka Hattori was flipping through the menu and trying to order, but she couldn't make a decision for a long time.

"After all, it's Tokyo... Next time you have the chance, Mr. Kido, you must come to our place and try authentic Osaka cuisine."

"I'll have some."

Hattori Heiji couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he snatched the menu and ordered a random set meal.

"What would you like to eat, Mr. Kido?"

"I don't seem to have much of an appetite, just a little snack will do..."

Gao Mo touched his stomach, which had long been filled by Xiao Ai, and suddenly felt a murderous gaze. He turned around and met the gaze of the chef in the open kitchen.

Although the other party lowered his head immediately, his murderous intent never dissipated.

"I'll have a set meal too."

The murderous intent dissipated as Gao Mo changed his words.

He came and went inexplicably.

"For Xiao Ai, give her a children's meal." Gao Mo ignored the chef.

After being reborn for so long, he has long been accustomed to it.

When malicious intent is magnified, even the most trivial matter can become a motive for murder.

"Hattori," Gao Mo turned to Osaka Black Chicken and asked, "Are you planning to go back to Osaka next?"

With both his girlfriend and mother coming to him, he probably couldn’t keep this employee.

"It's not time to go back yet."

Hattori Heiji seemed to be competing with someone, with a look of both depression and seriousness on his face.

"Actually, I've been looking for someone these days."

"Find someone?"

"It was the savior I met on Mermaid Island," Kazuha explained. "He saved me and Heiji, but he left without saying goodbye... He was a man named Maru Goro who wore a fox mask from the island."

"That's just a fake name," Hattori Heiji said absentmindedly, "It feels like it appeared out of thin air and disappeared without a trace... All the clues are gone. Now we only know that the other party might be from Kanto."

Xiao Ai subconsciously glanced at Gao Mo who was eating snacks with his head down.

"Don't you know what the other person looks like?" Hattori Shizuka asked curiously.

My son is actually stumped by such a thing.

"Because he's always wearing a fox mask, I never get a chance to see his true face," Hattori Heiji said, even more depressed. "How could such a strange guy appear?"

"If he doesn't have some quirk, then he's hiding from someone... he doesn't want to be recognized," Hattori Shizuka said with a smile, "Is that gentleman always wearing a mask?"

"No, I heard they weren't worn before the festival, but the islanders who saw them couldn't describe their characteristics."

Hattori Heiji supported his chin in thought.

"Is he afraid of being recognized by me? Even though he's wearing a mask, his skin is visible. It's about the same dark color as mine. I don't think he's the one I know..."

The dark-skinned face of Rei Furuya appeared in Hattori Heiji's mind.

Is that guy?

No, when he went to Mermaid Island, the mixed-race man was still in the office.

"That's right," Hattori Heiji suddenly realized, gnashing his teeth secretly, "It's not just a fox mask, that guy must be disguised himself! And he used my skin color as a reference... Because skin color alone can't deceive me, he wore a mask. It must be someone I have seen!"

"..."

Gao Mo's forehead was slightly sweaty. After exchanging glances with Xiao Ai, he said, "Could it be Detective Kindaichi? He prefers to disguise his identity when investigating cases. He seemed to have mentioned before that he would go to Mermaid Island... Maybe it's not as complicated as you think. We just ran into each other?" "Detective Kindaichi?"

Hattori Heiji thought of the last diplomat incident and quickly stopped talking about Mermaid Island.

"By the way, Mr. Kido, when can I meet with Detective Kindaichi?"

"I don't know either. Detective Kindaichi doesn't usually go back to the office," Gao Mo said with a blink. "Don't think too much. Regardless of whether the person you met was Detective Kindaichi or not, since the other person disguised himself specifically because he didn't want to reveal his identity, why do you have to find him?"

"I……"

Hattori Heiji was stunned with his mouth open.

"It's nothing, actually... Besides wanting to thank him, I still have a lot of things I want to ask."

He now wants to meet Kindaichi more and more.

"Kirouto-nii?!"

Yuanzi, who was shopping with Xiaolan, suddenly noticed the restaurant. At first, she didn't see Osaka Black Chicken and thought Gao Mo was on a blind date and had already reached the stage of meeting his parents.

Both mother and daughter are so beautiful.

Do not--!
Can't we wait until she grows up?

It was like a bolt from the blue. Yuanzi's face turned pale in an instant and he walked into the restaurant like a zombie. After hearing the conversation clearly, the light in his eyes lit up again.

"Garden?" Gao Mo felt uneasy when he was stared at by this woman.

"We just came back from Shibuya and were going to look for Kido-san," Xiaolan explained while pulling Sonoko aside, "What are you doing..."

"So you're Mr. Kido's friend. Please sit down and have dinner together," Hattori Shizuka greeted warmly. "If Heiji behaves in a disrespectful manner in the future, please forgive me."

Xiaolan looked at the Hattori mother and son in surprise: "Could you be..."

"She is my mother." Hattori Heiji covered his face helplessly.

Now he just wants his mother to go back soon, otherwise he always feels like a mama's boy who never grows up.

"How could it be?" Xiaolan was shocked. "Your mother is so white..."

"I inherited my dad's skin color."

Hattori Heiji curled his lips. He was always asked this question.

What's wrong with being a little darker?
"You just said you were looking for Mr. Kido?"

The technique of changing the subject.

"Oh, that's right," Xiaolan nudged her dazed best friend with her elbow, "Sonoko, didn't you say you had something you wanted to ask Kido-san?"

Sonoko snapped out of her trance and hurriedly found a crumpled piece of paper. "There's a world-renowned jewelry exhibition at the Beika Museum this month, and my family heirlooms will also be on display. And then, all of a sudden, I was targeted by Kaito Kid!"

"Phantom Thief...Kid?" Hattori Heiji raised his eyebrows.

What kind of thief? Just a thief.

"That's Phantom Thief No. 1412, the international thief who plays with the world at his fingertips and specializes in stealing art and jewelry!"

Yuanzi explained nervously.

"I heard that neither the FBI, the CIA, nor Interpol can do anything to him!"

"I know him, too."

He Ye said excitedly.

"Although he's a middle-aged man in his forties, he's become incredibly popular among young girls lately, and there's even a fan club online!"

"He's just a thief," Hattori Heiji snorted, "You even have a fan club? I'll take this commission... Is that okay, Mr. Kido?"

The last sentence is directed to Gao Mo.

"Of course it's fine if you want." Gao Mo wasn't very interested.

Kaito Kidd reappears after 8 years, and it seems that he has already made several small actions before his rebirth.

However, 8 years ago it was Kuroba Toichi, and now it is his only son Kuroba Kaito, a high school student with a face like Kudo Shinichi.

That guy wasn't stealing so much as playing games, as if he was looking for some special existence.

Basically, no murders will happen.

"By the way," Sonoko observed Kazuha and found that he was about the same age as her, "who are you?"

"I'm Toyama Kazuha, Heiji's childhood friend." Kazuha hugged Hattori Heiji's arm tightly, and was a little nervous about the two cute girls who suddenly appeared, with a defensive look on her face.

This action made Yuanzi breathe a sigh of relief.

Not an enemy.

At this time, Hattori Heiji was studying the paper that Sonoko took out.

Not only was it wrinkled, it also looked like it had been torn, as if the pieces had been glued together afterwards, making it so tattered that it was difficult to see clearly.

"On April Fool's Day, when the moon separates us, I will pursue the name of the Dark Night Star and follow the invitation of the waves... to collect..."

"What is this? A code?"

"It's a notice. I heard that Kaito Kidd used to send out notices before every action... I'm wondering if you can do it?"

Sonoko stared at Hattori Heiji fiercely.

She doesn't care about whether he is a phantom thief or not.

My father has already called the police, and it is enough to have the police take charge.

What she really wanted was to entrust Gao Mo.

It's so hard to get this opportunity...

"I just need a little time. Anyway, I just need to help you keep the Dark Star, right?" Hattori Heiji gritted his teeth and put away the notice letter.

I couldn't understand what it meant for a while.

But it’s still early for April Fool’s Day, so I don’t believe it can’t be solved.

(End of this chapter)