Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 119 The Assembled Famous Detectives

time flies.

On the 19th, the cruise ship Elizabeth departed from Yokohama Port. During the three-hour sea voyage before arriving at Tokyo Port, the Suzuki Foundation's 60th anniversary banquet was held as scheduled.

The media's attention was also largely drawn to it.

Meanwhile, at the same time that Phantom Thief Kid was stirring up trouble, Gao Mo was also fully committed to his acting career.

Suburban film set.

To accommodate Yoko Okino's schedule, the filming of the female lead's scenes is currently underway. As a private detective, Gao Mo bravely fights to uncover the villain's conspiracy and successfully rescues Yoko from the explosion and flames.

"Very good, prepare for the next scene!"

"You acted well, Domoto!"

Gondo was all smiles.

The filming went relatively smoothly overall, and it is estimated that the entire movie will be completed in about a month.

Plus, it will definitely make it into the summer movie season.

That's it.

"boom--!"

The burning car rolled over and crashed into the highway guardrail.

Gao Mo carried Yangzi, panting slightly, as they ran out of the fire. Suddenly, a warning signal came to his mind, and he saw himself being engulfed by the explosion and flames.

A rule of death?!
"call!"

Before the director could yell "cut," Gao Mo suddenly accelerated and sprinted forward in a moment of intense danger, tightly hugging Yoko as he leaped off the road and tumbled down the grassy slope.

The next moment, a series of explosions erupted in the fire, and several gasoline barrels were thrown high into the air, turning into a ball of fire that crashed down on Gao Mo's original landing spot.

One of the fireballs grazed Gao Mo and rolled straight into the river beside the road, hissing and emitting a large amount of smoke.

"boom!"

"Domoto! Yoko!"

Gondo shuddered in fright; all he could see on the monitor was a massive fire erupting.

"Help! Help!"

It’s over.

The movie ended, and so did his life.

"They're alright! Director, they're all alright!"

"fine?"

With some skepticism, Gondo approached the scene and indeed saw Gao Mo and Okino Yoko greeting each other from below the road.

Although they looked disheveled, thankfully they were all alright.

"Where's the doctor? Call him over quickly!"

"Domoto!"

Yoko Okino was quite frightened. When she came to her senses, she pulled Gao Mo aside and pointed blankly at the burn marks on Gao Mo's face, where a small hole had been burned into the disguise mask.

"your face……"

"It's just a disguise, nothing to worry about." Gao Mo snapped out of his dwindling sense of danger and covered his face with his hands.

Danger can strike at any time.

He cannot live a normal life until the matter of the Death Mark is resolved.

"Are you sure it's a disguise tool?" Yoko Okino was still dumbfounded.

The character in the movie is indeed a master of disguise, but in the actual performance, other actors were used.

In other words... the protagonist's face is fake?
"You in the end..."

"Shh!" Gao Mo, his head aching, switched back to his true voice and explained, "It's me, Kido. Please keep this a secret!"

"senior?"

Yoko Okino recognized Gao Mo's voice, and her eyes widened even more.

Is this some kind of reality show?
What's the point of casting newcomers in movies?
And this ability to disguise himself is also...

"and many more!"

Yoko Okino ran onto the road first, asked her assistant for a band-aid, and secretly applied it to the burn scar on Gao Mo's face.

"How is it?" While the rest of the crew was busy dealing with the explosion site, only Director Gondo and a few others gathered around with concern.

"Are you hurt?"

"It's just a scratch," Gao Mo said, covering it with a band-aid, "but we probably can't continue filming today."

"It's good that everyone's alright," Quan Tou almost cried, clasping his hands together as if he had survived a disaster. "I might have some bad luck this year, but once the movie is released smoothly, I'll definitely give everyone a big red envelope..."

"Domoto, you and Yoko go to the hospital for another check-up. Let's stop filming here for today, there's no rush."

"Thank you, director."

Gao Mo didn't want to admit that the accident was his fault, so he could only accept the director's kind offer. "I'll just go back and rest."

He brought all his disguise tools to the hotel where the film crew was staying, so he could just go back and change into a spare mask.

However, it must be said that disguise and makeup are ultimately not extraordinary abilities, and even with elements of science fiction, they still have huge limitations.

Even someone as strong as Kidd isn't much better off.

"Beep!"

Hotel suite.

Gao Mo tore off the damaged mask, took a shower, and then put on the spare mask.

When I opened my main computer to check my emails, a phone call suddenly came in.

It was Ai Haibara calling.

This one actually managed to catch up on time.

How did you do it?
Gao Mo answered the phone with a puzzled look: "What's wrong? Is it something urgent?"

"Hattori acted strangely ever since he came back from the Elizabeth. He locked himself in his room for a whole day and wouldn't say a word when asked," Ai explained. "The neighbors said that Kaito Kid was disguised as Kazuha and wasn't discovered until the very end."

"Heiji!"

You can hear Kazuha banging on the door urgently on the other end of the phone.

"What happened, Heiji? I just fell asleep in the ship's toilet..."

"..."

Gao Mo faintly heard Hattori Heiji's laughter: If he really disguised himself as Kazuha, I would have seen through him immediately!
I already reminded Osaka Kuroki...

So what exactly happened?
"It's alright, they should be going back to school in Osaka soon anyway, it's not a big problem."

“There’s one more thing,” Ai glanced at Kazuha, who was calling for help with concern, and went back into her room to pick up an invitation. “Someone sent a letter with a 200 million yen fee, inviting Kindaichi to the Twilight Mansion…”

A black envelope.

The invitation was signed: "I have long admired your wisdom, and hope you can spare some time to come and share dinner with me—the forsaken son of God, the phantom."

It also came with a two million yen check.

"I think... it's best not to go." Ai's eyes were slightly unfocused, as if she was lost in memories.

The Twilight Mansion is a huge pitfall; whether or not you find treasure, there's absolutely no need to get involved.

If you can't find the treasure, going there will only cause trouble for yourself. If you do find the treasure... there's no benefit either. Not to mention whether you can actually take the treasure, just being targeted by the organization will bring endless trouble.

In my memory, many of those who dabbled in the Twilight Mansion were subsequently purged.

"So fast?"

Gao Mo's expression tightened slightly as he looked at the picture Xiao Ai sent him, and he sighed inwardly.

That fat bastard Da Shang is like he's possessed. Despite his severe debt crisis, he doesn't seem to have any intention of giving up. Instead, he even has money to hire other detectives for help.

Otherwise, he could have raised the funds to take over; if the treasure hadn't been made public, the Suzuki Foundation could have actually acquired it.

pity……

"The envelope gives a specific date, the 3rd of next month," Ai glanced at the black envelope and continued, "I know what the treasure is, I know the code and the answer to the mystery, and I know what dangers this treasure will bring..."

"So, what's your decision?"

"I'm afraid I still have to make the trip."

Gao Mo quickly composed himself and fell into deep thought as he looked at the complete information Xiao Ai had sent him.

His understanding of the Twilight Mansion was not much different from his own.

Two million... that's practically the money to buy your life.

In the end, all the invited detectives will die.

Because there was no extra information on the envelope—the person who invited them was also afraid of revealing their identity.

However, he certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity.

Compared to the tricky Twilight Mansion, the invited master detectives are the real treasure.

It was the opportunity for him to complete the advancement task and obtain his first level 5 profession.

“The organization isn’t as scary as you think, Ai,” Gao Mo vaguely sensed the disappointment on the other end of the phone. “You can keep a low profile, but you can’t be afraid… I’m not after that gold, but something more important.”

"Dong dong!"

There was a knock on the suite door.

“Domoto,” Yoko Okino called out, “may I come in?”

"..."

Ai's eyelids drooped.

The image of Gao Mo enjoying the company of beautiful women was instantly conjured up in my mind, followed by the future of Gao Mo becoming Kogoro Mouri.

(End of this chapter)