Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 156 The Magic Eye
a few days later.

Tokyo.

After his daily training, Gao Mo took a shower, put on a bathrobe, and turned on the TV.

Ai went to the professor's basement to conduct experiments, leaving only the black cat in the living room.

Compared to the beginning, the black cat's eyes are more lively, but its sillyness is still there. Seeing Gao Mo looking like he wanted to meow but didn't dare to, it stretched out its paws to approach several times, but quickly withdrew them.

Gao Mo ignored the silly cat, watched the TV report for a while, and then started looking up news reports.

Tanaka Takahisa's story ended with her turning herself in.

Interestingly, because Kaito Kid attracted most of the attention, the case itself did not receive much attention, and the relationship between Tanaka Takahisa and Harui Fuden was not made public.

"Meow~"

The black cat circled around again, looking rather angry but unable to speak out.

Gao Mo then realized that he seemed to be sitting in the spot where the silly cat usually slept.

"come over."

Trying to catch the black cat, it nimbly jumped away.

The black cat flicked its tail, its gaze filled with disdain.

It’s against Tiangang!
Gao Mo pounced again, but couldn't even touch the tail.

"You think I can't handle you?"

"Wow!"

The notebook projector turned on, and Gao Mo stepped forward, easily picking up the black cat that was frozen in place like a wooden block.

That's right.

I held it in my arms and touched it; it felt very hard, and I didn't feel anything special about it.

Who is this guy?
I still don't understand it after all this time.

Despite being described as a supernatural being, it was pitifully weak except for being able to see evil spirits.

It's described as an ordinary cat... but it's clearly not.

She always seems like a human female.

A human-cat?

Gao Mo continued to stroke the cat's head.

He got up, put away the notebook projection, and the next moment the black cat in his hand shot out like an arrow, only daring to protest with its fur standing on end from a great distance.

Not very smart.

It's he who thinks too much.

Ignoring the black cat, Gao Mo occupied the sofa alone and turned on the notebook projector again.

He received an excellent rating for his professional performance this time, and on the day he returned home, he chose to upgrade to actor.

Finally, the actor was bound to a "mimicry" talent at level 4.

It seems to originate from Kaito Kuroba, and is able to completely imitate a character's speech and behavior with sufficient data support.

Turning talent into ability requires specialized training, but since he is an actor himself, it comes directly to him.

[Book Abilities: Voice Changing LV4, Acting LV4...]

Both his voice change and acting skills improved by one level, officially entering the top level.

In addition, the magician was also successfully recorded in the notes, and started directly at level 1.

As for the corresponding magical talent, it is "Magic Eye" following Magic Hand, but its effect is not as powerful as Magic Hand.

It simply made him more adept at observing and deciphering magic tricks and mechanisms.

It doesn't seem like a talent for magic; it's more like a branch of detective talent.

Then there's the fact that after reading "Kaito Kuroba's Treasure Appraisal Guide" these past few days, the "Treasure Appraisal" ability he entered was directly boosted to level 2, making it incredibly easy to level up—there probably isn't anyone in this world with a better eye than him.

Once you've memorized enough data and information, and gained some practical experience, you can become a master appraiser.

Even if you don't rely on this to make a living, it's always good to have an extra skill.

Death Note, Rebel Tier 2

[Extraordinary Ability: Eagle Vision, Seeing Through the World]

[Professional Talents: Quick to get into character, enduring strength with age, expert in disguise, leader of children, photographic memory, logical reasoning, flashes of inspiration, human voice changer, special effects makeup, mental fortitude, magic hand, magic eye, mimicry]

[Book Abilities: Reasoning lv4, Makeup lv4, Shooting lv4, Voice Changing lv4, Acting lv4, Medicine lv2, Magic lv3, Treasure Appraisal lv2, Gourmet lv1, Cooking lv0]

剑术lv0（lv4），空手道lv0（lv2），柔道lv0（lv1）】

[Storage Pool: 16 Stars]

[Occupations: Detective lv5, Actor lv4, Magician lv1, Librarian lv1...]

[Book: Kaito Kuroba's Guide to Appraising Treasures (4 stars)...]

……

[Detective Lv6 Upgrade: 100 Stars, World-Renowned] [Actor Lv5 Upgrade: 50 Stars, A Perfect Performance]

[Magician Level 2 Upgrade: 20 Stars, Solved Two Magic Crimes (1/2)]

……

The panels are getting more and more luxurious.

There's something strange about it, like everything about it could be related to detectives.

It seems like he's developing into an all-around detective.

Even the magician's advancement is related to crime—

He actually managed to crack two magic crimes.

He's still figuring out how to perfectly portray a level 5 actor. Next, he needs to raise his magician level and find similar cases.

The murder of a magic enthusiast was a coincidence.

He had less contact with the magic world than Sonoko.

"Kido-kun".

Conan, who had been killing time at Dr. Agasa's house, returned home, glanced at the black cat strangely, and listlessly lay down on the sofa.

"Recently, Xiaolan seems to have started to suspect me. She avoids me when she takes a shower, and she doesn't even take me with her when she goes out. The way she looks at me is getting more and more frightening."

"Who told you to always solve cases in front of her?" Gao Mo buried himself in searching for information related to magic. "I think you should just tell her your identity directly."

"Can not be done."

Conan shuddered and shrank his neck.

"And also, I don't want her to know about the Black Organization, I don't want her to live in fear and get involved in this mess..."

"Ah."

Gao Mo declined to comment.

If you don't know, you won't get involved, right?

From the moment this guy chose to hide in the Mori Detective Agency, he had already dragged the Mori father and daughter into the mess.

Yusaku Kudo also told this guy to leave Japan first, but Shinichi Kudo himself refused and insisted on staying with the Mori father and daughter to investigate.

"Hey, what's with that expression?" Conan said sullenly. "You don't have a girlfriend, so of course you don't understand how I feel. This is the only way I can stay by her side. If I keep it from her, at most it'll just make her suspicious..."

If I tell her my identity, how am I supposed to get along with her? What's the point besides making her suffer along with me?

"Sorry, I don't have a girlfriend." Gao Mo felt stung.

Got it. He didn't really care about the dangers of the Black Organization; his real goal was to stay by Ran's side.

“She saw me when I was about to use the tranquilizer watch last time,” Conan continued, lying on the sofa, his chin propped up in worry. “Yesterday during my afternoon nap, she actually took my glasses, and it seems she even looked through my childhood photos…”

"Calling her with my old voice doesn't work very well anymore..."

"So?" Gao Mo raised an eyebrow. "You want me to help you out of this predicament?"

So that's where he was waiting.

After going through various roundabout ways, I finally got him to help me.

"Please!" Conan awkwardly clasped his hands together. "Just this once, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to disguise yourself as me, right?"

"What do you mean 'easy'? Do you think disguise is omnipotent?" Gao Mo said irritably. "I only know how to do simple makeup. How am I supposed to disguise myself as a high school student? If I were to actually impersonate you, Xiao Lan would see right through me..."

"You're kidding me?" Conan said skeptically. "Kuroba Rokuro is actually you, isn't he? And Marugoro, Hiiragi Shiro, Ninzaburo... I know all of that. It's one thing to fool others, but to fool me too?"

"..."

Gao Mo rubbed his brows.

There are countless similar names, yet this guy manages to string together his alternate names accurately.

"At first I didn't realize it either," Conan said with a little pride, "but I know it's you, Ninzaburo and Hiiragi Shiro, Marugoro found that Osaka kid in one go, and Kindaichi is you too."

"Also, what a coincidence that you just happened to be passing by and dropping Xiaolan and the others off at the party? And given your personality, since you've already dropped them off nearby, you should at least go back to the villa to double-check... How could you just leave without a second thought?"
"There's only one truth: you were going to the villa yourself, which is why you didn't ask anything!"

It's reassuring. Gao Mo exposed the identity of the Tuo family member that time, which made him worry for quite a while.

Now it was finally his turn.

“Of course, the most important point,” Conan said with certainty, “Kaito Kid is definitely not a detective. Someone is using him to solve cases…that’s exactly your style!”

"What's all this talk about conduct?" Gao Mo lay back down. "So what if I'm Kuroba Rokuro?"

"It's obvious, your disguise skills have been improving. You're probably comparable to Kid now, right?" Conan stepped forward to massage Gao Mo's shoulders. "Kid can even disguise himself as a girl. Is it really that hard for you to disguise yourself as a high school student?"

"..."

Is this a provocation tactic?

Gao Mo shifted to a more comfortable position.

"Let me think about it... left shoulder, put more pressure on it."

"hateful……"

(End of this chapter)