Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 19 Are you a detective?! [Seeking follow-up reading]

"Calm down, don't move!"

Shoji Uzumoto shouted and took the initiative to protect the front in the darkness.

"The power supply room is over there in the computer room. I'll go check it out!"

Gao Mo's heart was completely lifted: "Xiao Lan!"

"call!"

A slight sound of wind blew by, and a dark shadow appeared at the corner of the aisle. Perhaps due to a miscalculation, the sharp blade that was supposed to stab Xia Jiang went straight for Gao Mo's neck.

again!

Gao Mo's pupils dilated.

The feeling of death instantly reached its peak.

Humans will experience temporary "blindness" when they go from a bright place into a dark place, especially when there is an unexpected power outage or lights out.

However, Gao Mo's Eagle Eye Vision was not affected too much.

"Xiaolan, in front, knife!"

"Yes!"

Xiaolan shouted softly and lowered her center of gravity. The high school girl's body was tense as a bowstring, and she attacked swiftly almost at the moment when the sound of the blade approached. Gao Mo broke out in a cold sweat.

Time seemed to slow down a lot, as if returning to the world of death between death and rebirth.

Although you can see everything with dynamic vision, your body does not have time to react.

Fortunately, the bodyguard Xiaolan is very capable.

At the same time as pushing away the black shadow's knife-wielding arm, Xiaolan kicked up with her knee, hitting the black shadow's abdomen hard.

"boom!"

The black shadow lost his grip on the sharp blade due to the severe pain, and before he could react, Xiaolan jumped up and kicked him away.

Amazing……

Gao Mo was a little stunned.

Only a vague outline could be seen in the darkness, but he could still feel Xiaolan's sharp skills, and her petite body burst out with completely disproportionate strength.

If he was not blind, he would probably be able to knock out the attacker with one move.

If this fighting power were placed on him...

"Don't run!"

Xiaolan's shouting brought Gao Mo back to his senses, but it turned out to be a black shadow that got up and ran down the stairs from the other side.

"Second Young Master Xiang," Gao Mo called calmly towards the stairs, "Where are you going?"

"what?"

As Kogoro Mouri turned on the power switch in the power room, the corridor lights came on again.

The tall figure of Shoji Yasumoto entered Gao Mo's sight from the corner of the stairs.

"I heard some noise and came back to see what happened to you guys?" Shoji Uzumoto said, wiping his sweat. "I don't know who bumped into me just now... Could it be Ichiro? Did Ichiro attack you?"

"You should have looked at the wound on your chin before you said that."

Gao Mo stood behind Xiaolan and laughed.

When Conan said there were multiple murderers, he was a little suspicious of this guy who followed him, but he didn't expect him to cause a power outage.

"Wound?" Shoji Uzumoto touched his chin and his expression suddenly changed.

Xiaolan's kick just now cut his chin and blood began to seep out.

"I just bumped into you accidentally... Butler Kindaichi, you didn't think I attacked you, did you? Haha, I was with you the whole time, so I didn't have the chance to lose power..."

"Then how do you know it was me who was attacked?" Gao Mo's expression remained unchanged. "It doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it. No normal person would think that an outsider like me was attacked."

"This... Ichiro likes Xia Jiang so much, he definitely won't..."

"Then why me? I've always been with Xiaolan, so why do you think it was me? Unless you were just here."

Gao Mo saw the embarrassed expression of Shoji Osamumoto.

This fellow with thick eyebrows and big eyes could hardly conceal his murderous intent.

"When did you start to doubt?" Shoji Uzumoto's smile faded and his eyes became gloomy.

Originally, he planned to do it in the computer room, but the outsourced housekeeper seemed to have discovered something.

When he saw Gao Mo pulling Xia Jiang away, he immediately realized something was wrong.

There should be a better time!

"I shouldn't have revealed any flaws. It was indeed Ichiro who killed my father and Akie," Shoji Uzumoto frowned in confusion, "How did you..."

"You hid it very well, but you hid it too well," Gao Mo said with a slightly complicated expression. "If you were really Miss Xia Jiang's good uncle, Master Hao Zang wouldn't have completely excluded you from the inheritance. The behavior of your sister, Qiu Jiang, and Long Nan is a normal reaction."

He hadn't noticed the problem before...

This guy's acting skills are actually better than his, and he completely fooled everyone.

Even he didn't think much of it at first.

I thought this guy really just wanted to borrow money and wasn't as ugly as the others.

"Is that why?"

Shoji Uemoto's brows furrowed even more. He didn't quite understand why he had even gotten Kogoro Mori drunk in order to make his plan go smoothly.

Because the famous detective who inexplicably got on board might be a hindrance - although he doesn't seem as reliable as reported.

I didn't expect that all my plans would be seen through by the temporary housekeeper...

"Of course it's more than that. You treasure your kitchen utensils so much that you wouldn't let anyone else touch them, yet you keep losing your kitchen knife. I find it hard to believe you didn't do it on purpose," Gao Mo said casually, unable to explain why he felt murderous intent. "Even the matter of the will was something you said on purpose, right?"

"You're a detective too? A detective specially hired by the master?!" Uzumoto Shoji came back to his senses in shock, and laughed at himself with a look of relief, "So that's how it is...

I was wondering why old Suzuki suddenly hired an external housekeeper. Was this all Dad's plan? Or did he lose to that old guy... Those who say they hate detectives are lying!

"I am indeed a housekeeper."

Gao Mo didn't intend to delve into the other aspects of the case, but just asked out of curiosity.

"There's one thing I don't quite understand. Why did you specifically kill Qiu Jiang and Ichi Lang? It wasn't to keep the property for yourself, was it?"

"I didn't kill Qiu Jiang," said Uzumoto Shoji with a smile. "To be honest, I should have avenged my father and Qiu Jiang..."

"What revenge? You're going too far!"

Xiaolan angrily interrupted Shoji Yasumoto's self-defense.

"The person you wanted to kill just now was actually Miss Xia Jiang, right? How could you have the heart to do that?!"

"Is everyone okay? There's an automatic power-off mechanism in the power room..."

Kogoro Mouri came up from the restaurant downstairs to check the situation. Before he could ask what was going on, a black shadow suddenly flashed before his eyes.

However, Shoji Tsurumoto's face turned grim, and he wanted to take the man with a mustache as a hostage.

"boom--!"

A loud bang echoed throughout the corridor. Shoji Osamu, who had already been hit hard by Xiaolan, was hit again. He fell into the air due to Xiaomoustache's conditioned reflex of throwing from his back, and immediately fainted with foam at the mouth.

"What's going on?" The man with a small mustache grabbed Shoji Omoto in confusion, still a little confused about the situation.

He was really scared by Shoji Tsumoto's expression just now.

I thought I was going to kill him.

"This guy……"

"It's nothing, Dad," Xiaolan said happily, "You caught the real criminal! He was the one who planned the case!"

"is it?"

The man with a mustache was stunned for a moment, no longer caring about the details, and proudly straightened his waist and laughed out loud.

"I knew the criminal was this guy!"

"..."

Gao Mo ignored the complacent little mustache and turned around to find a towel to deal with the weapon that fell to the ground.

The knife was stained with blood, and it seemed to be the kitchen knife that killed old man Hao Zang.

Anyway, he had completed most of his mission.

There was only half a day left before arriving in Tokyo. One of the murderers was dead and one was knocked unconscious, and the only remaining threat was the three people in the restaurant.

However, the aura of death that had always lingered on the ship seemed to have completely disappeared.

The fierce-looking dragon man actually had no intention of killing. Instead, he burst into tears after learning the truth.

……

"Moo-!"

At dawn, the cruise ship sounded its horn to remind people that they were about to arrive in Tokyo.

After holding on for the whole night, Gao Mo felt a little exhausted and could only go to the viewing platform to enjoy the sea breeze.

"Brother Kido," Conan leaned over and asked quietly, "How did you know that Ichiro was killed by Mr. Shoji?"

"He probably didn't lie about one thing."

Gao Mo felt a little sleepy and replied with a yawn.

"Qiu Jiang might have been killed by Ichiro, and then he knocked Ichiro unconscious and pushed him into the sea..."

"Really?" Conan looked suspicious. "Why do you infer that?"

"Why so many whys? I think it's just like this." Gao Mo dismissed it casually.

He is not a detective now, so there is no need to investigate the inside story.

Don't expect too much from a former idol who works part-time as a housekeeper.

“Heh, heh.”

Conan's mouth stiffened.

He was also wondering how Gao Mo could solve cases so well.

It turns out that it was just like my uncle, a blind cat catching a dead mouse.

It is true that birds of a feather flock together.

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(End of this chapter)