Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 39 Fengyu Villa Mode Activated
"Quack!"

To the right of the entrance is the kitchen and warehouse, and to the left is the two-story dining room.

Outside the corridor on the second floor of the restaurant, a few crows suddenly landed on the balcony railing, and their hoarse cries made Conan feel uncomfortable.

Perhaps because of the last Anxi case, he has been particularly sensitive to crows recently.

He couldn't help but think of bad things - anyway, he absolutely didn't believe in the existence of the god of death.

"What's wrong, Conan?" Xiaolan asked with concern.

"fine……"

Conan looked up and watched Gao Mo going up the stairs, his face feeling a little strange.

He also heard the conversation between Gao Mo and Suzuki Ayako just now.

Do actors have this kind of quirk?
Not only does she dress weirdly, but she also deliberately lowers her voice when she speaks. It feels like her voice...

"By the way, Ran," Sonoko said, livening up the atmosphere, "let me formally introduce you. This handsome man playing the leading role is Mr. Ota, currently an imported car salesman..."

"I'm Takahashi, in charge of props," the fat man shyly introduced himself to Xiaolan, "Hello... I work at a food company, and I'm the worst off among all of them."

"Haha, no wonder you're so fat, Takahashi. You're almost 100 kilograms, right?"

"It's already exceeded..."

The man with the middle part of his hair holding the camera captured Xiaolan and the others in the frame: "I'm Hiroki Kakutani, the photographer. Like Takahashi, I'm 25 years old this year and currently an editor for a film magazine."

As he said this, the guy with the middle part turned the camera to several other classmates.

"Ayako is in charge of costume design... She's also considered the producer today. Next up is this—our beautiful screenwriter Chikako."

"I know I know!"

Xiaolan has been interested in Chikako Ikeda since a while ago.

"You're the screenwriter of the hit movie 'Cyan Kingdom', right? I just went to the cinema to see it two days ago!"

"'Blue Kingdom' is just Chikako's masterpiece from her university days," the middle-parted man pointed his camera at the screenwriter. "How's it going? Has the great screenwriter finished writing her next work?"

"Come on, Kakutani," the screenwriter said stiffly, turning away the camera. "Instead of worrying about my next project, think about your career dreams. If you really love photography that much, don't just stay at a small magazine as an editor."

The middle-parted man's smile froze: "I..."

"My lovely lady," the long-haired handsome boy Ota came up to Xiaolan at some point, and pressed himself against the wall with one hand, "Would you be so kind as to accompany me for a walk before dinner?"

"Ah?" Xiaolan stiffened her body, laughed dryly and avoided Ota, "But it seems like it's going to rain outside..."

"Walking in the rain is more romantic."

"Don't bully little girls, Ota. If you want to pick up women, go back and pick them up."

The female screenwriter seemed to hate the smell of cigarettes. She waved her hand in disgust and reminded Xiaolan with a chuckle.

"Little girl, be careful with men like this out there. They're not good people. I don't know how many girls he's gotten pregnant with..."

"Hey, Chikako, what do you mean?" The long-haired handsome guy gritted his teeth with a gloomy face. "How long ago were those things?"

"I just don't want to make things difficult for Ayako. After all, he is Ayako's guest."

"Tsk! Famous people are just different. Don't think I don't know what that masterpiece is about. Are you a good person? Dunzi was actually killed by you, wasn't he?"

"enough!"

The female screenwriter slammed the table and stood up.

"What does Dunzi's suicide have to do with me?"

……

"Boom!"

There was another burst of thunder outside the villa, and in a blink of an eye, it began to drizzle, and several flashes of lightning illuminated the guest room.

Gao Mo sat on the bed and looked through the projection of "Makeup Guide". The noise downstairs suddenly died down.

From the window, you can see the man with a middle-parted hairstyle chasing the female screenwriter into the side.

"Chikako, it's raining. Where are you going? At least bring an umbrella! It's dangerous in the woods..."

"Clap!"

Gao Mo put down the carrier reference book on the bedside table, walked to the floor-to-ceiling door and window on the balcony, and watched the two figures disappear.

It's really weird that he dares to go into the woods when it's raining and thundering.

The deceased is probably one of these two people.

It’s most likely the short-haired woman mentioned earlier - I don’t know the original plot, but it feels very obvious on the scene.

It’s best to stay away from such people, otherwise he doubts he will be struck by lightning. “Huh!”

Gao Mo glanced towards the cliff.

The suspension bridge swayed in the wind and rain, and the diffuse mist completely obscured the other side.

It does have a bit of a "Blizzard Hill" vibe, with murders taking place in a naturally isolated secret room.

I wonder if the murderer would risk being discovered and cut down the suspension bridge...

That would be troublesome. If we don’t go through the suspension bridge, we can only go out through the valley on the villa side and then cross a mountain.

"Teacher Ren Saburo!"

Fatty Takahashi was knocking on the door and shouting outside.

"May I come inside?"

"Crack!"

Gao Mo suddenly opened the door, and a man with a smiling white mask appeared like a ghost on the other side of the door.

"Well," Takahashi wiped the sweat off his face and handed over a stack of manuscript paper, saying, "I brought you the script, take a look..."

Gao Mo took the script, pointed to his throat, took a pen and paper from the side and wrote: My throat is uncomfortable and I may not be able to speak.

"It's okay," Takahashi said, stunned for a moment before laughing. "The monsters don't have any lines anyway, so all you have to do is act it out. The more realistic and terrifying the better."

Gao Qiao glanced at the white mask on Gao Mo's face and said, "Teacher Ren Sanlang, do you think... would it be more appropriate to use a bandage? There is actually a legend about the bandaged monster that has been circulating in this area. If it's like what happened just now..."

Gao Mo looked up calmly, but before he could respond, he saw the fat man continuing to wipe his sweat.

"Of course, I'm not doubting you. It could be that Ota was playing a prank and deliberately scaring the girls...

If you like masks, that's fine too," Takahashi said, laughing dryly as he stepped back. "Ayako's still preparing dinner, so it'll probably take quite a while. Do you want me to bring you some dessert first?"

Gao Mo continued writing on the paper: Okay, if possible, bring two more bottles of ice cola.

"Good, good."

Takahashi scratched the back of his head and went downstairs.

"I'll call you when the filming officially starts..."

……

restaurant.

Xiaolan and Sonoko helped Suzuki Ayako go to the kitchen to prepare dinner. The handsome guy with long hair also went to the woods outside with an umbrella, saying that he wanted to find the other two people.

Conan was the only one left, lying on the chair bored, fiddling with the camera left by the middle-parted man.

The scene happened to be playing at the time when Gao Mo was being filmed just now. I turned around and found that the fat man Gao Qiao was coming upstairs with some snacks and two bottles of Coke.

"Brother Takahashi," Conan called out curiously, "Is Mr. Ren Saburo really not coming down?"

"Yes, the teacher said that he wanted to rest quietly by himself and asked us not to disturb him," Takahashi instructed, "Little brother, if you want to rest, you can go to my room first."

"Oh."

Conan curled his lips and wanted to complain.

I didn't know who it was, so I called for the teacher.

He had never heard of a famous actor named "Ren Sanlang".

"By the way," Takahashi suddenly asked when he saw Xiaolan and Sonoko coming out of the kitchen to help, "I still have to repair the roof later. Could you please go outside and check, Miss Xiaolan? I'm worried that the props set up in the woods will be damaged by the rain."

"Now?" Xiaolan looked outside hesitantly.

She is most afraid of thunder.

"Yeah," Takahashi said worriedly, "I don't know where those Ota guys are. None of them are reliable."

"It's okay, Xiaolan, just think of it as a walk in the rain," Sonoko said with a wicked smile, hugging Xiaolan's arm. "Since that bastard Shinichi doesn't want you, then let's become a couple."

"What nonsense are you talking about, Sonoko?"

"Alas, I originally wanted to have a romantic love story amidst the beauty of nature, but it turns out that none of my classmates are very reliable, so I only have you, Xiaolan..."

"hehe!"

Conan followed the two with a twitch of his lips.

When did he stop wanting Xiaolan?

(End of this chapter)