Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 215 A Different Kind of Kido
living room.

"Seriously," Kenzaki Osamu sighed and turned off the TV, "nobody was even watching my performance properly."

Unlike the absolute protagonist in the play, he always seems to be a supporting character in real life. Even in this farcical engagement, the limelight was completely stolen by the Earth Ladies Team.

"Sorry, sorry," the mustachioed man finally noticed Kenzaki Osamu, "You can watch TV anytime, but the Earth Ladies' live performance might only happen once."

"That's what I said..."

“Alright,” Yoko Okino said, adjusting the player. “I’ve rewound the tape. Now we just need to wait for Kaoru to change her clothes so we can perform Earth Ladies’ debut song live.”

"You guys are really..." Kusano Kaoru said, moved. "Thank you, actually I..."

"It's not entirely for you. Hurry up and change your clothes."

Hoshino Terumi and Gao Mo returned to the living room together. Yue Yexue tidied up afterwards, but her eyes were still slightly red.

“And you,” Hoshino Terumi said with a puzzled expression, “just apologize properly later, and now let’s prepare for the performance.”

"what?"

Yoko Okino felt something was off.

"What's wrong with you all? Ah Xue..."

"It's nothing, she's just having some things on her mind." Hoshino Terumi glanced at Yueye Xue, but chose to keep it a secret.

Gao Mo's gaze fell on Kusano Kaoru.

I didn't feel anything... which means I'm not someone who's destined to die.

"Kido-kun," Yoko Okino said, handing a signed board to Gao Mo while Kaoru Kusano went to change her clothes. "Everyone has written their blessings, so you should write one too."

"I don't need it."

Gao Mo sat down next to Conan, only glancing briefly at the female celebrities' revealing outfits.

After all, it was her debut outfit, so wearing it now feels a bit out of place.

To be honest, it wasn't that revealing; it wasn't much different from Sailor Moon's style. The only thing that kept me glued to the mustache was...

"Kido-kun," Conan whispered, tugging at Gao Mo, "something must have happened just now, right?"

"Don't worry too much about children."

"hateful……"

"Waaah." The manager, still wearing an apron in the corner, took off her glasses and secretly shed tears. Only when she noticed Gao Mo's gaze did she hurriedly clear away the dishes and leave the living room.

Gao Mo stared at his agent's back for a while.

At first, he suspected this person, thinking it was another misunderstanding caused by love turning into hate—the same reason that once killed the popular singer Kimura Tatsu.

As a result, this guy did nothing but shed tears, turning himself into a waiter at a perfectly good party.

It seems that Kusano Kaoru was also angry because of this pathetic behavior.

I really don't understand matters of the heart.

Gao Mo scratched his head, too lazy to meddle in other people's business anymore.

“Speaking of which,” Kenzaki suddenly thought of something and stared at Gao Mo strangely, “Kido-senpai, haven’t we run into each other somewhere recently? It feels like this isn’t the first time we’ve met.”

"They might have mistaken you for someone else."

Gao Mo smiled politely and watched the Earth Ladies' Team's performance with the man with the mustache.

Because she was no longer a young girl, she seemed to have a faint sense of shame, but the man with the mustache was completely absorbed in it, always wearing a lecherous expression and cheering incessantly.

They are all popular stars. Apart from Yoko, the others have also developed their own careers and can be considered top-tier actors.

Not to mention the mustachioed boy, even Ran and Sonoko were screaming and cheering, acting like they were at a concert, and they asked for a bunch of autographs.

"One more song!"

Gao Mo was in a daze, and he recalled the time when he came into this world.

From a supermarket cashier struggling financially and almost having to sell his house, his life has been completely transformed, and he even has the power to change the lives of others...

This is what a true rebel against fate should be like, right?

Thinking about everything around him, Gao Mo picked up the iced cola on the table.

Ai Haibara, Professor Agasa, the Mori family, the Kudo family, the Hattori family, the Suzuki family, the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division, and these younger friends in the entertainment industry...

In any case, coming to this Conan world wasn't a loss. As for the Grim Reaper... he believed he could solve this big problem sooner or later.

……

The party ended close to midnight.

The man with the mustache, who had originally planned to continue dealing with the voyeurism incident, never received any follow-up and remained confused until he was rejected.

In the end, Yoko Okino and a few others stayed overnight at the apartment, while only Terumi Hoshino and Osamu Kenzaki left with Gao Mo and his group.

“Kimi,” Kenzaki Shu opened the car door, “shall I take you home?”

"No need, I drove here myself."

Hoshino Terumi waved the key in her hand, then suddenly turned to Gao Mo and the others behind her.

"Kido-senpai, Mori-san, the TV series I'm currently filming should be airing soon. It's about a professional female Go player. If you have time, please give me some feedback."

Why did she suddenly bring this up?

The man with the mustache was completely bewildered, staring blankly as Hoshino Terumi drove away.

"As for female chess players, I, as a detective, can't offer any advice."

“You wouldn’t believe it,” Kenzaki Osamu said with a wry smile, his face drooping, “Kemi played the female chess player like a detective, and the director actually really liked it…”

Kenzaki Osamu said somewhat uncertainly, "Do I really have no hope? Samonji is handsome too, he just looks a bit older on TV. I'm still very young, right?"

The reason he agreed to this engagement farce was actually partly to test Hoshino Terumi's intentions.

As a result, Kusano Kaoru's manager cried, but Hoshino Terumi didn't react at all. He felt like he'd been cheated, as if Hoshino Terumi was getting further away from him.

"Domoto Hajime is a complete womanizer in 'City Detective,' does Terumi like that kind of role? Should I take on a similar role too?"

"Uh."

The man with the mustache didn't know how to answer.

What does this have to do with the characters in the play?

"as long as you are happy."

The man with the mustache silently abandoned Kenzaki Osamu.

Young people's love is always so innocent, even big stars are no exception.

“However,” the man with the mustache sighed as he looked back at the luxury apartment, “if Hoshino Terumi hadn’t fallen out with Kusano Kaoru back then, and the Earth Ladies Team hadn’t disbanded, I wonder what it would be like now.”

"It's definitely not going to be any better; it might just be washed up by the end."

Gao Mo seemed to be deep in thought.

"Back then, the development of Earth Ladies was already at a bottleneck. Relying on the girl group's halo to debut was too limiting. I think they deliberately caused a rift and disbanded the group."

"Huh?" The man with the mustache was dumbfounded. "Was that on purpose?"

"Haven't you noticed? If it were a conflict that could really lead to the disbandment of the group, things would be far too peaceful today."

Images flashed through Gao Mo's mind as he recalled his brief encounter with Hoshino Terumi.

This woman not only likes detectives, but also has some detective skills herself. She not only discovered the engagement farce, but also probably noticed Yue Yexue's strange behavior.

"They must have a good relationship in private; their hostility is all an act."

"How do you even know this?" the mustachioed man asked suspiciously. "You seemed to have spent some time alone with Hoshino Terumi today, could it be..."

Sonoko, who had been listening intently, suddenly realized: "Could it be... what could it be?"

"What could it be?" Gao Mo got into the car first. "Let's go, I'm very sleepy."

Outside the parking lot, Hoshino Terumi didn't drive away. She lit a cigarette and quietly watched Kenzaki Osamu and the man with the mustache drive off one after the other.

Unlocking his phone, he looked at Kido Takamori's interview about retiring from the entertainment industry, his eyes filled with increasing confusion.

Which one is the real Kido Takamori?

When they met again this time, she couldn't understand it at all.

Actor? Detective? Boss?

This senior, Kido, seems to have changed so much, as if he were a completely different person, but you can still see traces of his former self in the subtle details, such as his continued obliviousness to emotions.

(End of this chapter)