Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 43 Kudo Shinichi's Reasoning Guide

"You are...you are Shiroto Gao Mo?!"

The long-haired handsome guy was the first to recognize Gao Mo, and Gao Qiao's eyes narrowed immediately afterwards.

"How, how could it be...how could you be Shiroto Gao Mo?" Takahashi spoke incoherently with a hint of anger.

I feel like I've been cheated and played.

He clearly suggested to Ayako to find an unknown little actor, so why did he invite Gao Mo Shiroto?

They just happened to be some acquaintances that Xiaolan knew.

Given this guy's former fame, even if the frame-up was successful, it would easily turn into a sensational public opinion event and would definitely lead to a further investigation by the police.

And it would be fine if it was just Shiroto Gao Mo, but why was he hiding it so well?
Why do you dress up like a weirdo?

Asking you to play a weirdo doesn’t mean you should be a weirdo directly!

If he had known earlier, he would have carried out the second plan...

"Is it really Shiroto Gao Mo?"

Yuanzi peeked out from behind Xiaolan and observed her. There were no tears in her wide eyes. She stared at Gao Mo with a red face.

It seems that Gao Mo Shiroto was not so handsome before.

It's like a super combination of a famous detective and an idol.

He protected her secretly, and suddenly made a stunning appearance to reverse his image as a murderer... It was even more perfect than she had imagined.

In an instant she thought of the name of her future child.

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"Oh, sister, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I don't know either," Suzuki Ayako squinted her eyes blankly. "Someone asked to recommend an actor for me... I didn't expect it would be Mr. Kido."

Gao Mo looked over the silly Sonoko and observed Suzuki Ayako to confirm that there was nothing unusual.

It seems that the only danger is when there is a possibility of exposing the existence of the system...

"It turned out to be a misunderstanding," Takahashi said with a stiff face, a dry laugh, and a scratch on the back of his head. "I'm sorry, just now I..."

"You just wanted to silence me, didn't you?"

Gao Mo turned around and was not polite to this guy at all.

"You didn't want anyone to know about your frame-up against me. You wanted to take this opportunity to kill me so there would be no evidence against me."

"Huh?" Takahashi looked confused. "What are you talking about, Mr. Kido? I really just..."

"When we first met at the entrance, everyone else looked at me twice in surprise, but you weren't surprised at all... This means you had already seen me before."

Gao Mo interrupted the fake fat man's acting.

These prisoners are also very powerful, and their acting skills are so good that they don’t seem like ordinary people.

"The only person who had seen me before was another weirdo wrapped in bandages. When you said you saw a weirdo, you weren't talking about the weirdo, but me, right?"

"No," Takahashi continued to argue, "I saw you from the second-floor window, and the bandaged man and I..."

"Different body types?"

Gao Mo's eyes were sharp.

"Then can you lift up your clothes and let everyone see your belly? Let's see if you are really that fat?"

Gao Qiao's face suddenly changed. He lowered his head and broke out in a cold sweat. He opened his mouth but could hardly speak.

"Why are you looking at his belly?" The long-haired young man nervously glanced at Gao Mo, who had suddenly changed, and urged the fake fat man, "What's going on? Gao Qiao, tell me quickly, are you really fat?"

"Stop struggling."

Gao Mo signaled Xiaolan with his eyes to be on guard against the fake fat man's counterattack.

"Although I didn't see the trick you played at the villa, I happened to find the dismemberment scene in the forest. Ikeda Chikako's head wasn't in the woods at that time. Now..."

Gaoqiao's brows twitched secretly - he thought Gao Mo didn't go at all.

"When we went there, the head and torso were together," Conan looked at the silent Takahashi and realized, "So he pretended to be fat on purpose to make it easier to carry the body?"

He just didn't think that Gao Qiao was a fake fat man for a moment. After Gao Mo's reminder, he immediately understood the whole picture of the case.

That's what happened.

I was totally deceived...

"Just need to move one head."

Gao Mo felt the magical charm of reasoning.

It was even more intense than the last time he investigated this case - this time he had connected the clues in advance.

The feeling of solving a difficult mystery was truly fascinating, especially for a half-baked detective like him with only observational skills.

"If nothing unexpected happens, that blood-stained bandaged monster jacket is on you right now... Or you can wait for the police to come and investigate tomorrow. It's impossible to kill someone without leaving any traces.

You must understand this, so you want to find a scapegoat, right? Deliberately create the image of a murderer..."

"I remember now!" Xiaolan exclaimed belatedly, "When I first came to the villa, I accidentally opened his door. I didn't see clearly, but he seemed to be changing clothes at the time... Is that why he attacked me?"

Conan then glared at the fake fat man.

This guy actually wanted to kill Xiaolan just because of the possibility of exposure that Xiaolan didn't even notice.

“I can’t help it…”

Takahashi suddenly wiped his tears and laughed out loud.

"That Chikako deserves to die. I just want to avenge Dunzi, who was killed by her. What's wrong with that? It's all your fault. How can you just open the door without knocking?

And you, Shiroto Gaomo... everything should be going smoothly... why did you come here to mess things up?! Even if you just revealed your identity directly..."

"Since it's revenge, why involve other people?"

Gao Mo remained unmoved.

"You're putting the blame on someone else for the crime, is this just for the sake of the guy you mentioned? Not to mention you even want to kill Xiaolan and me."

Takahashi scratched his fingers, and finally untied the abdominal mechanism under the watchful gaze of Xiaolan beside him - "Puff!"

As the airbags on both sides deflated, the bandaged monster costume and corresponding props were all shaken to the ground.

"There's one thing I can't figure out," Gao Qiao wiped away the tears that kept flowing, and looked up at Gao Mo unwillingly, "Since you went to the woods at that time, why didn't we run into you when we passed by?" "Maybe it's because I ran faster?"

Gao Mo didn't want to continue talking to this guy.

These prisoners in the world of science can easily torture normal people to insanity.

He now finds it difficult to trust anyone except Conan and his group.

……

The long night of wind and rain ended in the morning light of the rising sun.

In the second half of the night, no one went to sleep, but stayed in the restaurant all night to watch over Takahashi, who had a sad face.

Even after killing Chikako, Takahashi still couldn't resolve the grief in his heart. He cried and talked about many past events, especially the good memories with Dunzi, a classmate who committed suicide two years ago.

It is said that Chikako Ikeda's famous work, which was made into a movie, was actually plagiarized from a manuscript written by Dunzi during his university years.

"Ms. Ayako."

Before going down the mountain, Gao Mo found Suzuki Ayako, who was in a slightly depressed mood.

"Can you help hide my existence this time? Otherwise, I don't know how those reporters will report it."

"Ah?" Yuanzi, who had been secretly watching Gao Mo, said in surprise, "If this gets reported, you might become as famous as Xiaolan's father and become popular again..."

"I just don't want to be famous," Gao Mo shook his head. "I didn't want to be involved in any more troubles, so I dressed like that in the beginning... and if this incident really gets out, it won't be a good thing for you."

Gao Mo's last sentence was actually directed at the long-haired young man and the middle-parted man who had different expressions on their faces.

Especially men with middle part.

This guy filmed almost the entire process except for the last scene where he was in a hurry and didn't take his camera.

"I understand." Suzuki Ayako still squinted her eyes blankly, but she also knew the possible impact of this incident.

Takami Kido, once a popular idol comparable to Yoko Okino, suddenly makes a comeback as a famous detective... I wonder how big the pace will be.

After all, the source of this incident was that she organized a party, which took place in her own villa, and eventually public opinion would also have an impact on the Suzuki Group.

"I'll let my family handle this matter."

"Thank you for your help." Gao Mo was finally relieved.

His handling of this case was too rough and he lacked experience. He made many mistakes from the very beginning.

Although some of this was coincidence and accidental, I had no idea it was the "Villa Bandage Murder Case" before I came here...

It would be best to use the Suzuki family's power to deal with the aftermath.

Otherwise, he would most likely have to go abroad and wait until the heat has died down before returning to Japan.

"Ran," Sonoko's face flushed like an apple beside Ran, her heat almost burning, "Do you think Mr. Kido likes me? He risked his life to protect me last night, and now he's thinking about our family...isn't it a bit too soon?"

"..."

Xiaolan wanted to say something but stopped herself, not knowing how to correct Yuanzi's delusion.

My best friend is usually like a master of emotions and is very knowledgeable when it comes to gossip, so why does she become like a fool now?
……

"Kirouto-nii is amazing."

Conan followed Gao Mo with his hands in his pockets, smiling as if he had caught Gao Mo's little braid.

Including their first meeting in the original case, this was the second time he lost to Gao Mo in solving a case.

Thinking of how Gao Mo had casually dismissed him last time and pretended to be a half-baked intuitive person like Uncle Maori, Conan suddenly felt depressed.

He is too naive.

Without strong enough logical ability, there would be no reasoning show like that.

Gao Mo simply didn't want to pay attention to him last time.

"You actually saw through Takahashi's trick from the beginning, right?" Conan speculated, "You knew long ago that Takahashi wanted to use the invited actors?"

"Uh."

Gao Mo felt that this boy was being sarcastic.

"I was just lucky and happened to discover the problem."

"Tsk." Conan couldn't believe it.

He could see that Gao Mo just liked to hide his shortcomings.

Overly cautious and low-key.

"Ugh——!"

The sound of sirens at the foot of the mountain startled the mountain birds.

It was several other people who called the police from a nearby villa.

At this time, the glowing text in Gao Mo's vision was finally settled.

[Mission completed, rewards being drawn...]

[Received "Kudo Shinichi's Mystery Guide", 4 stars]

【Good performance, reward 2 stars】

[Death participation level 1, additional reward 1 star]

【Roleplay Mission: 4/4】

……

Acting well?

Gao Mo was slightly stunned.

Yes, he is just an actor this time, so there is no way he can fail.

Gao Mo: Regarding the fact that the author cannot write about love and intends to keep me single for the rest of my life, I would like to seek some opinions from outside the forum.

ps: The previous "Furuya Rei" was corrected to "Amuro Toru".

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(End of this chapter)