Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 279 Hattori Heiji: Kindaichi's Master!

"Wow!"

The day after Halloween, it rained in Mihua, and there was thunder in the morning. Commuters complained on the way, but Gao Mo enjoyed the sound of the thunder and rain and slept in late, which was rare for him.

However, this period of comfort did not last long.

"Did Master really solve yesterday's Shibuya case?" Hattori Heiji's loud voice bombarded Gao Mo's ears through the phone. "I heard he even fought the criminal on the rooftop and shot down a helicopter!"

"What master?" Gao Mo's ears were ringing, and he had to hold his phone away.

"It's Kindaichi's master!"

Heiji Hattori was so excited he couldn't stop.

"I'm going to Tokyo today, so I absolutely must meet with my master!"

"You're coming to Tokyo?" Gao Mo became a little more sober.

"We'll arrive around 10 o'clock, but we need to go to a place first," Hattori Heiji said with a troubled expression. "Kazuha's father had a former subordinate who works at the Beika Detective Agency in Tokyo. I think his name was something like Kusukawa. He sent a letter asking for help, but then we lost contact with him."

Uncle Yuanshan asked me to go and check on the situation while I was there.

"so……"

"That's right, Kazuha, come with me. Anyway, make sure Master waits for me!"

Gao Mo's eye twitched.

What master...

"You should just focus on your own work. Kindaichi isn't at the office, and in the Shibuya case, the police are mainly arresting the criminals. Kindaichi is just assisting in the investigation. It's not as exaggerated as people are saying."

"No!" Hattori Heiji grabbed his phone anxiously. "Please, Kido-kun, I really want to become your apprentice. I was even planning to go to a TV event with you!"

"What the heck is this TV event?" Gao Mo was no longer sleepy, so he got up to wash up.

The familiar aroma of fried eggs wafted from the kitchen.

Ai Haibara is still as good at timing things as ever.

"Didn't you know?" Hattori said smugly, "Yomiuri TV is going to do a mystery-solving event about the Ryukyu Islands. I've already signed our agency up. Not only will we get a free trip, but we'll also be able to solve cases on a deserted island."

"A crime-solving TV program?"

Gao Mo remembered that there was a case involving a high school detective competition, but it differed from what Hattori Heiji said.

"Actually, the town mayor wanted to boost popularity and specifically sought cooperation with the TV station. It sounds very interesting," Hattori Heiji said with bright eyes. "My intuition tells me that there might really be some strange case there, and it might even be related to treasure!"

Treasure.

Gao Mo was tempted.

When he was short of money, he longed for the treasures in Detective Conan.

Even though we're rich now, who can resist the allure of treasure?
The problem is that crime-solving TV programs are a bit unreliable.

"It seems the production team also invited the uncle from next door. I might not be able to compete with him by myself," Hattori said quietly. "Kido-san probably doesn't want our agency to lose to him, right?"

"..."

Gao Mo lowered his eyelids.

Whether there's treasure or not is unknown, but the case is definitely under investigation.

But something about Hattori Heiji's words sounds a bit strange.

"Let's talk about it when you get here," Gao Mo said, putting his phone on speakerphone and letting himself cool off with water. "By the way, does the production team have any restrictions on the number of participants?"

"I don't think so? They were probably worried we wouldn't participate, so they said we could bring family members, and that it was all free."

"That's good."

Gao Mo glanced at Ai, who was peeking into the restaurant, and understood why the mustachioed guy next door would be interested in traveling all the way to Ryukyu.

He couldn't even refuse a free trip.

"Furthermore, there's a 500 million yen reward if the mystery of the corpse is solved," Hattori Heiji added.

"When are you coming to the firm?" Gao Mo asked sharply.

"I can't say for sure, but they should be there by 1 p.m. at the latest."

"Are we going to Ryukyu? To that deserted island where a murder happened?" Ai asked as she came out wearing a bear apron after the call ended.

"Let's just lay low for a while." Gao Mo started brushing his teeth.

The Shibuya case has greatly increased Kindaichi's fame, and his agency has also received significantly more attention. It would be better to let things cool down for a while.

Too much attention isn't necessarily a good thing; it can easily attract malicious attention.

It's fine if he's famous through his alternate account, but don't let the fire spread to his real identity.

"If I'm going, I'll pack my luggage." Ai thought of her swimsuit that she hadn't used in a long time.

"You're going too?" Gao Mo realized.

"What? Can't I go?" Ai asked warily, as if protecting her food.

"I can go, but I was just discharged from the hospital, and the doctor said I need to rest..."

Seeing Ai's eyes starting to well up with tears, Gao Mo gradually stopped talking, his face full of black lines.

I don't know when this guy learned to fake cry and act cute in front of him.

How could this possibly work on him?

unless……

"What's wrong with Ai?" Professor Agasa stood dumbfounded at the door. "Amo, Ai was just discharged from the hospital. How can you let her make breakfast?"

"..."

Gao Mo's desire to find a wife for the doctor became even stronger, so that he wouldn't have to keep bringing Xiao Ai over here like a granddaughter every day.

……

The weather in Mihua didn't improve until noon, with several intermittent rain showers.

In the middle of the night, Yuanzi came over and said that she had found a French cooking class and that she would become a chef after she learned it.

Gao Mo didn't take it to heart and continued studying the two professional books that had been revealed yesterday.

There's not much to say about "Prumia's Assassin's Guide," as he's already at Assassin's Mastery Level 5, so absorbing it is a breeze for him.

What's particularly frustrating is that both of the professional book killers I encountered were women, and they had a lot of strange knowledge in their heads.

However, compared to Scrooge, Pramia was undoubtedly much stronger.

Scrooge is primarily known for his excellent marksmanship, while Pramia is powerful in every aspect, almost like a specially trained special agent. No wonder even the elite public security officer, Furuya Rei, suffered repeated setbacks.

The most valuable part of the guide is probably the Pramia's bombing techniques, and the vast amount of killer experience surrounding bombs.

With his current abilities, could he become an enhanced version of Pramia?

Gao Mo turned the pages of the second projected book amidst the sound of wind and rain.

Perhaps due to the fact that Furuya had no deep involvement, another professional book has been released.

He happened to be missing a guide to flying vehicles, and it was delivered right to his doorstep.

Flying vehicles are not limited to helicopters; Furuya Rei is almost omnipotent, even possessing some fighter jet-related skills—I wonder where this guy learned that; the police probably wouldn't teach him these things.

Land, sea, and air...

There's still a gap in water vehicles, and I don't know if there'll be a chance to fill it.

……

London, England.

Yusaku Kudo, who was invited to be a game consultant, is currently exploring the "Holmes neighborhood" and learning about 19th-century London culture.

I was surprised to find a report about Pramie in the newspaper shortly after checking into the hotel.

“The famous detective Kindaichi,” Kudo Yusaku pushed up his glasses and smiled at his beautifully dressed wife, “Shinichi said that Amor’s other identity has even spread to England. I think he will become a world-class detective sooner or later.”

“It’s just a bomber’s case, and Amo is only assisting in the investigation,” Yukiko said, fed up with detective and crime topics. “Besides, Shinichi told me that Amo seems to want to be a novelist, and he might compete with you for a living in the future.”

“There are so many novelists, how can they compete for a living?” Kudo Yusaku sighed and took the manuscript sent by Gao Mo to examine it. “Compared to detective work, his talent for novels is still far too low. I don’t think it will be easy for him to make a name for himself. He should focus on being a detective.”

"You think you're so talented? Didn't you start by solving cases?" Yukiko rolled her eyes. "I wonder who wrote their first novel and nobody wanted it. At least Amor's debut work is being serialized."

Yusaku Kudo retorted, embarrassed and annoyed: "Because I was still in elementary school when I first wrote a novel, it doesn't count as my debut work at all!"

(End of this chapter)