Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 3: The Fate-Defying Person, Bronze Badge
"Don't blame me!" The fat man gritted his teeth and whispered, "It's your fault, you pretty boy, you saw something you shouldn't have seen... That woman is not a good person either, she flirts with people everywhere...

"Haha, that bitch didn't even recognize me after I gained weight...I was actually handsome before!"

"Well!"

Gao Mo clapped his fingers, scratched and struggled.

It's incomprehensible. What did he see?

If this goes on, even if someone hears the noise and comes out, they will not be able to save him.

Not anymore!
Gao Mo's forehead swelled, and while struggling, he grabbed the baseball bat in the corner and hit the fat man's temple with it with the same potential.

a bit!
Two times!!
Blood splattered.

"Cough cough!"

Taking advantage of the fat man's hands being slightly loose, Gao Mo opened his mouth and bit down fiercely.

Adrenaline rushes.

Under the repeated stimulation of near-death experience, Gao Mo seemed to turn into a devil, tearing his flesh and blood apart alive.

Go to hell!!
"what--!"

The fat man screamed and struggled to break free from the severe pain, but he stepped on empty air while feeling dizzy, and his fat body fell down the stairs before he could react.

When Gao Mo came to his senses, all that was left was his blood-stained broken glasses.

"call!"

My throat felt like it was burning, and exhaustion followed the outburst.

He endured the pain and struggled to stand up by holding the railing. With the help of the voice-controlled light, he stared at the fat man with an irregularly twisted neck at the bottom of the stairs.

The dizziness caused by lack of oxygen was swept away by the cold air that rushed to my head.

The fat man's head was still bleeding, but he was no longer moving, only twitching once or twice as if he was having a seizure.

It doesn't look like there's any hope of saving him.

Murder...

What is this thing called?

Gao Mo felt complicated and uncomfortable. He pressed his chest, which was still aching slightly, and had an indescribable feeling.

After resurrection, you may never be able to return to normal life.

"Hoohoo!"

The sound of heavy breathing echoed.

Suddenly, a series of data-like lights appeared in front of Gao Mo's eyes like a waterfall. The voice-controlled lights and the fat man's body seemed to have become an illusory background at this moment.

what?
A strange and mysterious bloody aura permeated the escape passage.

The sound of turning pages of a notebook could be heard.

A transparent bronze badge condensed in it and came into view.

[Book Badge, proof that those who defy fate are on the path to transcendence.]

[Current level: First Bronze, acquired ability: Eagle Vision.]

[Strengthen observation and dynamic vision. PS: Can be activated to obtain environmental details. Lasts for 5 seconds.]

[Default extraction task - "Catch the murderer", completed, rewards are being extracted...]

[Received 1 star for "Zero's Guide to Saving Money: How to Spend Two Salaries" and 3 stars for "The Career of a Former Idol." Received 2 additional stars.]

[Current occupation: Actor lv0, Supermarket Cashier lv0, Amateur level.]

[Currently 2 stars are available. Please absorb knowledge from books to gain star levels. Use star levels to upgrade your career level. Having a level 5 career allows you to enter the next level and delve deeper into the supernatural realm.]

[Upgrading to Actor level 1 requires 10 stars and an actor-related book. Upgrading to Supermarket Cashier level 1 requires 10 stars and one month of work experience.]

He is still...

……

"are you OK?"

The voice of the mixed-race youth from the neighborhood woke Gao Mo up.

"Should we call an ambulance?"

"No need, just call the police." Gao Mo took a deep breath and closed his eyes slightly as he looked at the fat man who died with his eyes open.

After being interrupted by the waterfall of text, he was not panicked at all. He was calmer than an ordinary person and even had a sense of relief as if he had truly been reborn.

But these text prompts...

Career system?

"Don't worry," the mixed-race young man also saw the situation and comforted him with a slight frown, "I roughly know what happened. I can testify for you later. It's self-defense and nothing will happen."

"Thank you."

Gao Mo had a good impression of this neighbor. He was a little darker, but as handsome as him. Most importantly, he had a good personality and did not give him a sense of imminent death.

"I'm Gao Mo Shiroto, who lives in Room 1604."

"An Shi in Room 1602 just moved in yesterday," the mixed-race youth nodded with a smile, "You should be more careful in the future. Criminals will be particularly sensitive for a short period of time after committing a crime. You may have accidentally stimulated him." Gao Mo looked at the young man a few more times after hearing this.

Amuro, and "Zero's Money Saving Guide: How to Spend Two Salaries"... Could this guy be the multiple identities of Rei Furuya in the original work?

Before his rebirth, he was quite familiar with the characters in "Detective Conan" and had supported many CPs with various secondary creations. However, he paid little attention to the specific detective stories in the original work and only remembered the murderers of a few cases in the early days.

Of course, he is no stranger to popular characters like Rei Furuya.

He was born in the Public Security Bureau and worked undercover in the Black Organization with the code name "Bourbon". Later, he received a mission from the organization and became a disciple of Kogoro Mori under the identity of "Toru Amuro". He worked at the Poirot Coffee Shop... He was an all-round talent who was in charge of several jobs at the same time.

Is he also carrying out organizational tasks at this time?
Gao Mo did not continue to communicate with the mixed-race youth.

He doesn't really want to have anything to do with the Black Organization right now.

……

Due to the special nature of the case, the police took Gao Mo and Amuro to the police station together.

Recording the statement and waiting will take at least until the next day.

Gao Mo took advantage of this time to carefully study the book badge that only he could see.

The bronze level only provides "Eagle Vision", but I can clearly feel that my eyesight has improved a lot, and I can notice more details, including the behavior of pedestrians that I would not normally think about.

I haven't tried the active ability at the police station, but initially it seems this ability is very suitable for professions like detectives or snipers.

When the book badge is unfolded, luminous text will appear on nearby walls, newspapers, or books.

I can't see much for the time being. I only know that what I saw above the heads of Inspector Megure and others before was all the pre-selected mission information.

This time, perhaps because he was passively involved in the case, he was automatically assigned Megure's "case-solving" mission.

The settlement was made the moment the fat murderer was dealt with.

As for rewards…

Gao Mo picked up a magazine in the lounge, and the two books currently stored immediately appeared in his field of vision.

"Zero's Guide to Saving Money: How to Spend Two Salaries" and "The Acting Career of a Former Idol".

The two books rewarded for completing the task seem to earn stars after reading, and like the extra stars, they can be used to upgrade career levels.

I don't know if it has any other effects...

He couldn't calm down and finish reading it.

However, there was one thing that bothered him. After all, he had been in the entertainment industry before, but his acting career was only at the amateur level.

Is the standard a bit high?

……

The case progressed much faster than expected, and police officers informed us of the results just after dawn.

At this time, Gao Mo also finished reading two star-rated books in succession under Amuro's confused gaze.

"Zero's Guide to Saving Money" is okay, just a funny book.

How to spend two salaries?

This guy has never been short of money, and he usually uses public funds.

The second book made him a little sad.

9% of the money earned by the predecessor was taken away by the vampire company, so after being abandoned, all he was left with was the house.

The good news is that this book meets the upgrade requirements and is now only 10 stars away from Actor Level 1... No, it should be only 4 stars away.

Including the 1 plus 3 stars for finishing the book, I already have 6 stars.

I don't know what effect the upgrade will have.

He seemed to have no other choice but to upgrade to a supermarket cashier.

"Are you really okay?" Amuro and Gao Mo walked out of the police station together, unable to help but ask suspiciously.

Gao Mo stared at the magazine and flipped through it over and over again for the past few hours, but his eyes were not focused on the text at all.

Empty reading?

Could it be that this neighbor was stimulated by the accidental murder and developed some mental disorder?
But it doesn't seem like it... If there's anything wrong, it probably doesn't fit the normal reaction of most people.

Amuro glanced at Gao Mo inadvertently, and suddenly his eyes narrowed.

It was like an illusion, as if something was strangling my throat, and countless terrifying feelings of being on the verge of death suddenly erupted...

This is?

"Mr. Kido! Wait a minute!"

Outside, Patrol Chief Takagi was chasing after them, panting.

"There's another case. A murder occurred in the supermarket where you work!"

"what?"

新书期每天两章，后续尽量安排在中午12:01与晚上18:01到20:01。

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(End of this chapter)