Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 150 The Death Magician

"Boom!"

into the night.

A sudden downpour began outside the Suzuki family villa.

Gao Mo lay on his side scrolling through his phone, his extraordinary eyesight unaffected by any potential damage.

It's still a chat room for magic enthusiasts, but this time I'm logged in with Sonoko's account.

He still didn't agree to go with Sonoko, but only borrowed her account to view the chat room's historical conversations.

A person codenamed "Shadow Mage" appeared after Harui Fuden's death, accusing the old magician of being involved in the chat room's death and claiming that they were responsible for Harui Fuden's demise.

[Shadow Mage: This great magician will die, all because of you!]

[Escape King: What do you mean by that? What does it have to do with us if he dies while performing a magic trick?]

[The Vanished Pani: Yeah, it's not like we asked him to perform. He's so old, doesn't he know whether he can still perform escape magic?]

……

They had a huge argument about this in the chat room.

I finally found my old chat history by checking my account.

Prior to the incident, there had been a heated discussion in the chat room about escape magic tricks, and Harui Fuden, known as the "King of Escape in Japan," was mentioned.

The matter indeed originated from the death of magician Harui Fuden.

"boom--!"

Lightning flashed outside, illuminating the earth.

Rain pattered against the windowpane, leaving streaks of water on its surface.

The sea was pitch black at night, and it had returned to its terrifying appearance.

Gao Mo took a screenshot of the chat history and looked thoughtful.

This "Shadow Mage" joined the chat room after him, so how did he know about previous conversations?

Either you saw it through someone else's account history, just like he did, or someone in the chat room switched to a different account.

Was this gathering actually a call to action to gather relevant personnel?

So his comment when he took over the account, "a very interesting way to die," seems to make sense now.

Originally, it had nothing to do with him as a newcomer, and theoretically he wouldn't have been invited. However, after provoking a potential murderer, he easily obtained a spot.

However, this also indirectly shows that the perpetrator was very murderous.

Gao Mo smiled helplessly.

Having been in the world of Detective Conan for so long, I've unknowingly become accustomed to malicious killing intent, and now I even use the role-playing system as a tool.

……

Next door bedroom.

Ai and Sonoko slept in the same room. Ai stood by the window with her hands behind her back, glanced back at Sonoko who had fallen asleep in a second, and looked out the window with a slightly complicated expression.

The small face was reflected in the windowpane, and a sense of lonely fear arose spontaneously.

After her rebirth, she actually considered whether to take the shrinking drug again to escape the organization.

To survive taking this drug is, in a sense, escaping the Grim Reaper's list.

But at the time she had no other choice.

There is no better way to escape than this, and if they don't shrink, they might be found and captured by the organization before they get very far.

"Is it really possible to develop a real antidote?" Ai murmured to herself, touching her cheek.

If I take the antidote and turn back to normal, will I be placed on the Grim Reaper's list?
"sure!"

Behind him, Yuanzi lay sprawled out, talking in his sleep. He didn't know what he was dreaming about, but his face was flushed.

"Kito-san..."

"Boom!"

The thunder did not wake the garden.

Instead, they took him back to the Bandaged Monster Manor in his sleep.

The bandaged monster, wielding a sharp axe, swung at Sonoko Suzuki. At the critical moment, a mysterious figure emerged with the fluttering curtains, easily snatched the axe, and kicked the monster away.

In the midst of the thunderstorm, the mysterious man turned around, removed his hood, and took off his white smiling mask, revealing the face of a handsome young man with slightly pale, tousled hair, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"It's all alright now, beautiful lady."

The young man, like a gentleman, reached out and pulled the dazed Suzuki Sonoko to her feet, radiating a captivating charm like a prince on a white horse. In the flash of lightning, he swept her into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her…

Huh?
Sonoko's brows were furrowed as she slept soundly.

Why a third-person perspective?
Why can I see myself?

"call!"

The white cloak billowed in the wind, and the "Suzuki Sonoko" in the young man's arms had somehow changed into a suit with the Kid logo.

Wait... Kidd?!

No, that's not me, Kido-kun!
don't want--!
"Aaaaaah! That damned Phantom Thief Kid!!" Sonoko jumped out of bed, panting heavily. She looked around the bedroom in a daze and then turned to meet Ai's stunned gaze.

"..."

"Are you guys okay?"

Gao Mo was completely bewildered by the shouts coming from the neighboring garden.

Where is this Phantom Thief Kid?

……

the next day.

Yuanzi didn't dare look at Gao Mo since she got up in the morning. She would glance at him and then run away in a hurry, finally burrowing back into bed.

"What's wrong with her?" Gao Mo asked, completely puzzled. "Is it because I didn't agree to let her attend the party?"

Even now that he's a top detective, he still finds it hard to understand the thoughts of these young girls.

"Who knows?" Ai said with a smile.

She caught me doing something wrong.

Although I don't know what Sonoko dreamed about, the content of the dream is no longer important.

"Ayako!"

When Tomizawa Yuzo came to visit again, he saw Suzuki Ayako preparing breakfast, and his drowsiness immediately vanished, and he became radiant and full of energy.

"I'm thinking of finding an opportunity to introduce you to my family, and we could all have a family dinner together. What do you think?"

"Sure," Ayako Suzuki replied gently, as always.

“Great, this month,” Tomizawa Yuzo breathed a sigh of relief. “When you meet my older brothers, you’ll be very surprised.”

Then he turned to Gao Mo and asked, "Mr. Kido, what are your plans for today? How about I take you for some aerobic scuba diving?"

“I can’t swim.” Gao Mo calmly looked at Tomizawa Yuzo.

Within this month...

"What does it matter if you can't swim? You're carrying oxygen anyway," Tomizawa Yuzo said with a smile, nudging Gao Mo on the shoulder.

"Brother Xiong, you just spend the day with your older sister," Sonoko said, peeking out from upstairs. "We're going to visit some friends today."

"Friends?" Gao Mo looked up in surprise.

"It's Xiaolan. I just called her. She's at the hospital right now. Apparently, someone was bitten by a poisonous snake at the beach."

Yuanzi was still shaken.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any venomous snakes in this area.

"Anyway, I'm too scared to go into the water... Xiaolan and I made plans to have a seafood feast."

……

In a dimly lit room.

The figure in black sat in front of the computer, clutching a dagger in his hand. As if lost in thought, tears streamed down his face.

After a while, he stared fiercely at the chat history on the computer and forcefully stabbed the dagger into the desktop.

"We can't find you online, but this time... you have nowhere to escape!"

[The Escape King: He probably wouldn't be happy to die on stage, would he? (laughs)]

[The Vanished Pani: Tsk tsk, dying in icy water is the old man's destiny]

[The Shadow of Death: A Very Interesting Way to Die]

An identity document on the desktop is covered in knife marks.

Nishiyama Tsutomu, 41 years old, currently residing in Beika Town... the "Escape King," the host of a chat room for magic enthusiasts...

"Not a single one will escape!"

(End of this chapter)