Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 254, "Shimizu Takaho's Game Guide," The Mysterious Passenger
[Shimizu Takaho's Game Guide] 4 stars

Game City.

The big screen re-projected the motion-sensing fighting scene, and after two police officers actually experienced it, they confirmed that Shimizu Takaho's techniques could be completely replicated.

"Because it's a motion-sensing game, even the person being attacked will move accordingly, making it seem like they're still playing the game, but the victim might already be dead or incapacitated at that moment..."

Gao Mo was still explaining when Shi Shui Gao Bao across from him chewed gum expressionlessly, seemingly still putting on a brave face. However, the projected information appearing in front of Gao Mo's eyes showed that the man in front of him had already given up resisting.

"I'm such a failure," Shimizu Takaho said with a self-deprecating laugh as he slumped into the game console seat next to him. "I couldn't beat that guy in the game. He meticulously planned the murder, but the police suspected him from the very beginning..."

To be honest, I didn't play games much before. I only worked hard to improve my skills in order to beat him because he said he could only beat me once, and then he would break up with my sister.

He caught up so quickly; if he had a little more patience, he might have had a chance to surpass him. But I can't wait any longer...

My sister just had to fall for this jerk with blond hair. She's practically digging her own grave trying to help him pay off his massive debts from horse racing. She's so stupid! What can I, as her brother, do?

Shimizu Takaho looked regretfully at the fighting game screen on the big screen.

"I don't regret killing him, it's just a bit of a pity that I lost the chance to defeat Mikaela Caesar with my own hands, and all the game skills I worked so hard to improve will just be buried."

Gao Mo quietly watched the magazine writer fall silent.

Gaming ability is closely related to age, especially in competitive games where reaction speed plays a significant role. The peak is usually in one's teens or twenties. This magazine writer's ability to win a title in Beika Town at the age of 30 is truly remarkable.

Perhaps the "Game Guide" is quite valuable?
Unfortunately, he had no interest in playing games.

His reaction speed won't slow down with age. With this guy's gaming experience, dominating not only the city but the entire country will be a piece of cake...

Huh?
It's not that developing a profession for gamers is out of the question.

This profession seems easy to advance and achievements are easy to obtain. The only problem is that there doesn't seem to be e-sports in the current Conan world, and relying solely on street video games is obviously unreliable.

We need to wait for further developments, or for him to take the initiative to push it forward later.

"Matsuda?" Megure's voice woke Gao Mo. "What are you daydreaming about? We need to call it a day. We still have statements to take."

"Inspector Megure, taking the statement is fine, regarding the report..."

"Let me do it."

Megure twitched his beard in exasperation.

This subordinate is good in every way, except he doesn't like writing reports.

By the time we left the arcade, it was already getting dark outside, and the sky was ablaze with the colors of sunset.

Gao Mo then remembered Gao Mu's relationship crisis.

Takagi didn't call back after that, and we don't know what happened.

It should be fine, right?
He'd guided the conversation to that point, even revealing the suspect; there was no reason why Takagi couldn't solve the case.

"Teacher, we're going this way to go back." The children waved goodbye to Judy from the roadside.

"Goodbye."

"See you tomorrow," Judy blinked. "Remember not to tell anyone about this place. It would be terrible if people found out I come to the arcade all the time."

"Don't worry, teacher, the school doesn't really care about these things."

"That's good."

Judy watched the students leave with a smile before turning her gaze to the departing police car.

These police officers changed her impression; she had previously thought they were all idiots, and that the real elites were only in the public security department.

"Shinichi Matsuda? I've never heard of him before."

……

Kido Detective Agency.

Gao Mo received Gao Mu's call during his late-night snack time.

There seemed to be some unexpected events along the way, but Sato's blind date ultimately failed.

"You're welcome. Even without me, you should be able to find the robbers yourself."

Ai put down her drink and, listening to Gao Mo using the voice of "Shinichi Matsuda" on the phone, subconsciously rolled her eyes.

Although it wasn't the first time, she still wasn't quite used to Gao Mo's use of multiple accounts.

She has changed identities countless times by now, and inexplicably became a master of disguise, her skills probably no less than those of Vermouth.

While Conan next door still needs a voice changer, Gao Mo can speak fluently without any problems.

Once, she even used her older sister's voice to wake her up, which startled her.

"Kido," Ai said, pulling off her apron after Gao Mo ended the call, "you know everyone's going skiing this weekend, right? Do you have time then?"

He gave up being a good boss to become a policeman, and he's never home.

"I do not know either."

Gao Mo responded with a wry smile.

He hasn't even finished the case that required him to be promoted three ranks.

There are still levels 4 and 5 to go, so it's definitely not going to be possible to give up the police uniform anytime soon.

"You're not afraid to go out without me, are you?" Gao Mo realized.

"How could that be?" Ai blushed, turned her head away, and left the study. "It's just that the professor wanted to invite those kids. I don't want to play with kids. Pretending to be a kid is tiring and embarrassing, and they always like to cause trouble."

"Those little guys are just a bit more lively."

"rustle!"

Near the office, Shuichi Akai frowned as he adjusted the surveillance equipment, but after squatting there for a long time, there was still no sound.

It seems that the eavesdropping has been blocked or disrupted.

The thought of Bourbon (Rei Furuya) working at the agency immediately eased Shuichi Akai's brow.

If it were that person, it would indeed be easy to detect eavesdropping.

However, this made his protection efforts difficult, and he really wanted to find out what was going on with Kido Takamori.

The information he had was very different from what he actually knew, and his understanding of the organization was also somewhat unclear.

Perhaps the real Kido Takamori is already dead, and the one we see now is just an imposter?

That doesn't make sense; there's nothing good about Kido Takamori to impersonate.

On the surface, he does take good care of Shiho Miyano, who has shrunk in size.

"Snapped!"

Shuichi Akai put down his monitoring headphones, his brows furrowing even more.

If this owner, Kido, isn't from the organization, why would Bourbon stay here?

And Shiho... why does she trust this man so much?
Given Shiho's personality, she shouldn't be involved with ordinary people, but now she has actually rejected the FBI's witness protection program and prefers to stay with Kido Takamori—it was this kid who took the initiative to contact him in the first place.

……

Police officers do not have weekends off; they have to work even on weekends.

Fortunately, Inspector Megure approved Gao Mo's leave, allowing him to temporarily put aside his work and go skiing with the professor and his group.

"Officer Matsuda, are you going on a blind date too?" Sato seemed to be in a good mood and even had the leisure to joke with Gao Mo. "How about considering our Yumi?"

"Ugh, Sato," Traffic Officer Yumi blushed and lightly slapped her best friend, "Are you really going to kick me to the curb so quickly? Don't forget, I'm the one who asked Officer Takagi to rescue you!"

"The rest of the work is up to you."

Gao Mo smiled and shook his head, then quickly left the Metropolitan Police Department after handing over his work.

None of the beauties in the Metropolitan Police Department are single, including Yumi, who loves gossip. After all, "Detective Conan" is also a "Romantic Tale of Metropolitan Police Detectives." They're all incredibly busy, but they haven't neglected their love lives at all. Even Chiba, the chubby guy who's with Takagi, has his childhood friend.

After a while, once he's established relationships with everyone, he might genuinely become a loner.

Before coming into this world, he actually watched "Detective Conan" as a romance anime, but after entering, he preferred dealing with mystery and crime-solving.

There's no way around it; once your abilities improve, solving puzzles really becomes a lot of fun.

The notebook itself is also more geared towards crime-solving and upgrading.

……

Mihana Park bus stop.

Because the doctor suddenly caught a cold, Gao Mo had to take a group of children to the ski resort by car.

Wearing a red hoodie, Ai sat down next to Gao Mo without any hesitation, crossed her arms, and closed her eyes: "Didn't you have work to do and couldn't come?"

"There was no way around it; the PhD student stayed up all night watching ski instruction videos and ended up catching a cold."

Gao Mo glanced at the back row of the bus out of the corner of his eye.

Shuichi Akai sat in the back wearing only a mask, his impressive eyes directly exposed.

It seems she really can't pretend.

That's true, not everyone can disguise themselves. This person is already being careful by wearing a mask.

He wasn't worried about Ai's safety at first, but he became worried after seeing this guy.

Is this protecting Ai or causing her trouble?
"So you weren't worried about me?" Ai opened one eye and glanced at Gao Mo.

"A little bit too." Gao Mo smiled wryly as he dealt with Xiao Ai's little tantrum.

I haven't taken Ai out for a long time recently, especially since I started my career as a detective, I've been coming home much less often.

"Cough cough!"

Akai Hideaki, who was pretending to be sick in the back row, twitched at the corner of his eye.

He had no right to decide Shiho Miyano's life; he was filled with guilt and wanted to do everything he could to make amends.

But what's with this feeling of having your sister stolen away?

In this world, the only person who can still be considered Shiho's family is her brother-in-law, right?
"But does Uncle Kido know how to ski?" the chubby boy Genta asked with a puzzled look.

“Call me brother,” Gao Mo suddenly found these children unlovable again. “I’m just your temporary guardian. Does it matter if I can’t ski or not?”

It's strange, really. After handling so many cases, how come I don't have many common skills?

He's been longing to try skiing, ice skating, swimming... and all the Hawaiian skills Conan has mastered.

He doesn't usually need skills like assassination or bomb disposal.

It feels less practical than driving a boat or flying a plane.

"She's here!"

Xiao Ai's fingers suddenly tightened, she lowered her head and grabbed Gao Mo firmly.

What happened? I forgot?

The pressure was bone-chilling, the sense of oppression terrifying.

She met that woman around this time in her past life.

We're still too lax.

Of all days, I had to come out today...

"fine."

Gao Mo whispered something and looked in that direction, only to see that the fake Shinichi was getting into the car with Ms. Judy.

"Dr. Shinichi!" a few children running around among the seats shouted excitedly. "Thank you so much for the internal medicine check-up the other day..."

"It's nothing." The fake Shinichi touched his hair, his smile slightly stiff.

She had a strong impression of these kids, and they almost caused him to give himself away.

"Alright, you kids, go back to your seats and sit down properly," Gao Mo called to the children who were running around.

These mischievous kids were quite obedient in front of him, and immediately returned to their respective seats, leaving the fake Shinichi speechless.

"Boss Kido, where are you going?" Shinichi asked curiously, because she had a deep impression of Gao Mo from the last Teitan High School school festival.

Bourbon also mentioned this owner, Kido, more than once.

However, she didn't pay much attention to the people Rum had abandoned.

"Hello," Jodie greeted warmly, following behind the fake Shinichi. Her gaze lingered briefly on Shuichi Akai in the back row before she affectionately hugged the fake Shinichi's arm. "I'm Jodie, the English teacher at Teitan High School. Today, I'm going on a date with Dr. Shinichi at the Ueno Art Museum."

“No, that’s not it,” Shinichi explained with a wry smile. “We just happened to run into... Ms. Judy. If rumors start circulating at school, we’ll be in big trouble.”

Judy covered her mouth: "Really?"

Gao Mo glanced at Ai, who was bending low beside him, and gently tightened his grip on her hand, signaling her not to be nervous.

Acting too strangely might actually attract attention.

Conan didn't use the temporary antidote to turn back into Shinichi Kudo and go off on his own. Vermouth probably still doesn't know if APTX4869 can shrink people. In the anime, Ai's true identity was only discovered later through wiretapping.

“We’re going skiing today,” Mitsuhiko asked, staring at Jodie. “Is big sister a foreigner?”

"Yes, I am American."

Judy sat with the fake Shinichi and noticed that the fake Shinichi had glanced at Gao Mo a few times earlier.

She already knew Gao Mo's identity, but she still asked with doubt, "Who is this...?"

“He’s the owner of Kido Detective Agency,” the fake Shinichi said, seemingly wary of Judy, the FBI agent. “He was a great help when you weren’t at the last school festival; his makeup skills are top-notch.”

"is it?"

Judy looked at Gao Mo again and suddenly felt that the way she was looking at her was somewhat familiar.

"Excuse me, haven't we met somewhere before?"

"Maybe it's on TV?" Gao Mo said casually. "I used to be an actor."

……

at the same time.

Metropolitan Police Department First Investigation Division.

Megure walked into the office with a serious expression.

Cases in Tokyo continue to occur one after another, not just murders, but also a constant stream of robberies.

"What's wrong, officer?" Sato noticed Megure's expression.

"Remember the jewelry store robbery last month?" Inspector Megure said in a deep voice, "There are still three accomplices who haven't been found. Because the mastermind who was arrested was a jewelry broker, the jewelry was probably hidden by him awaiting disposal, which is why there's been no news about it."
The higher-ups said those guys might risk their lives to rescue the main culprit… The biggest problem is we only managed to seize a portion of the bombs they made.”

"A bomber?"

Everyone present felt uneasy, especially Sato, who couldn't help but recall some unpleasant memories.

These bombers pose a far greater threat than ordinary criminals and can easily cause numerous casualties.

"In short, we need to increase patrols for the next period of time, and everyone needs to be on high alert," Inspector Megure emphasized.

"Should we call Matsuda back?" Sato asked.

"No need. He's only solved a few cases, and it's rare for him to have a day off. Just let him know."

(End of this chapter)