Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 56 Young Detective, Group
"I'll go down and take a look too!"

Conan acted as if a switch had been triggered, and he ran out of the library following the director. The three little ones who were lying by the window also rushed out to chase him.

The children's area returned to peace again.

Gao Mo was the only one left slacking off at work.

"..."

Does Conan learn his lesson or not?

It was as if his genes were activated when he saw the police car, and he never thought about putting the other children in danger.

I really think of myself as a member of the Junior Detective League...

Gao Mo was full of questions. He looked through the glass door and saw a group of children who had to turn to the stairs because the elevator was overloaded.

The group walked hurriedly, and under Conan's leadership, they looked like a detective team busy solving a case.

Or did this guy just not take everyday cases seriously?

Gao Mo narrowed his eyes even tighter.

The equipment that Dr. Agasa specially made for Conan's self-defense is indeed very powerful against ordinary criminals.

But has this guy forgotten that the three little ones are all children?

If you keep covering up the problem, the children will only become more and more interested and find it more and more fun, and they will completely lose respect for the case.

This is a fatal realization.

"Wow!"

Gao Mo turned around and activated Eagle Eye Vision, and the world appeared in his field of vision like a digital image, including the details of Director Jinchuan's nervous yet calm face before the elevator door completely closed.

It seems that Jinchuan is very confident about the location of the hidden body.

Is it a children's area with few people?
Thinking of Jinchuan's emphasis on the children's area, Gao Mo incorporated all the details of the library before the 5 seconds were up.

The drugs must be hidden here, and as for the body...

The glimmer in Gao Mo's eyes faded as he noticed the unevenly placed books on the bookshelf.

Normally, bookshelves have two rows of books, front and back, but one of the shelves on this shelf seems to have three rows—with an additional row mixed in the middle.

No wonder he was told not to touch the books.

When he was getting the information, he asked the front desk, and he learned that Mr. Yutian, who was most likely killed, didn't really care about this place and his main job was in the warehouse.

It was said that he stayed overtime with the director the night before yesterday, and then disappeared...

Director Jinchuan was keeping a close eye on the case, but he didn't know what went wrong and had to silence him.

……

"This is the situation. Mr. Yutian and Nan haven't come home since the night before yesterday. He calls home every day before get off work, but he didn't do that the night before yesterday..."

1st floor lobby.

After questioning Director Tsukawa, Megure led the team to search warehouses, toilets and other places that were easy to hide and not very noticeable.

Takagi took several police officers to the children's area on the third floor to check.

"Mr. Yutian is tall. If he was murdered and hidden in the museum, he should be easy to find."

Gao Mu showed his ID and walked towards Gao Mo: "Are you a colleague of Mr. Yutian and Nan? When was the last time you saw him?"

"I just started working part-time today," Gao Mo responded with narrowed eyes, "but everyone said that Mr. Yutian stayed to work overtime with the director that day."

Just as I was thinking about whether I should tell Takagi about the drugs first, I suddenly saw a familiar string of task text - [Date with Officer Sato].

There is also another one which is [Find the missing Kazuo Tamada].

This kid...

"Not here either."

The two police officers searched around.

The innermost hand-cranked movable bookshelf was also moved away for inspection, and no abnormality with the books on the side shelves was noticed at all.

Gao Mo hesitated slightly, but still didn't speak directly.

At least wait until the task is drawn.

……

"I can't find it anywhere."

The police continued searching the library for several hours but still found nothing, not even a clue.

"Could he have been kidnapped?"

Megure came to the children's area on the third floor with a bulging belly, and was quite annoyed at the wasted time.

"Let's go back to the police station first..."

Gao Mo turned his gaze to the hat welded to Megure's head: "Have you really looked everywhere?"

"Of course," Megure said in a bad mood, "Even if you were dismembered, you should have left clues... Hmm? Have I seen you before?"

"The officer is joking."

Gao Mo lit up the Megure mission.

As simple as ever - [Find Tamada Kazuo]

The Junior Detectives followed the police back to the children's area, and glowing words appeared in Gao Mo's eyes.

Conan——[Found the Body]

This guy just admitted that Yutian Kazuo was murdered?
Ayumi: [The Junior Detective Team is praised again]

Mitsuhiko: [Overshadowing Conan]

The Last Genta: [I Really Want to Eat Eel Rice] and [Library Exploration]

……

Children are indeed children.

If it weren't for Conan, these children would actually be just normal elementary school students, at most a little playful and a little clever.

Gao Mo narrowed his eyes to confirm the task extraction.

The glowing words twisted and hid, leaving only Takagi's "Find the missing Kazuo Tamada." It had unexpectedly landed on Takagi, though luckily he wasn't dating Sato.

Almost wasted an opportunity.

Gao Mo glanced at Megure and the others.

The mission of finding corpses is fine, as the other people are also looking for corpses.

Decide whether to re-draw based on the situation.

……

As the workday neared its end in the evening, the police finally chose to pack up and leave.

Director Jinchuan wiped the sweat off his forehead and returned to the third floor, glancing at the bookshelf with a vague look.

"Thank you for your hard work, Hiiragi. You should go back early today. I'll take care of the rest... Those policemen are really stupid. They actually thought that Tamada died in the museum."

"Ah."

Gao Mo pretended not to see it and walked out of the library, pausing briefly before entering the elevator.

Conan and his friends hid in the toilet nearby, apparently waiting to find the body after everyone left.

This guy definitely won't give up easily.

However, Conan and those experienced detectives couldn't find the body for a while, which made him both relieved and worried.

I am glad that I have the opportunity to complete the task, but my headache is how to complete it.

As physical fitness improves, the impact of unlocking extraordinary abilities is greatly reduced.

He would feel dizzy when he first used Eagle Vision, but now he can activate it multiple times in a short period of time - but this does not mean that he can use Eagle Vision unlimitedly and rely on Eagle Vision to search the library thoroughly.

Because the shorter the usage interval, the greater the burden of extraordinary abilities.

The best way to find the body is to start with Director Jinchuan.

"clatter!"

The elevator stopped on the first floor. Gao Mo wandered around and found a place to hide.

Jinchuan himself was also in a hurry to deal with the body. Knowing this, there was no need for him to search foolishly. He could just keep an eye on Jinchuan.

The library closes at 7pm.

At this time, the sun had already set, and the setting sun in the sky was like blood.

The museum was silent for a long time, when suddenly the sound of leather shoes' footsteps echoed at the stairs - Director Jinchuan came down to the first floor like a ghost, looking around and checking everywhere suspiciously.

Gao Mo, who was about to take action, had to retreat to the toilet.

"Strange, where did those little ghosts go?"

In the dim light, Jinchuan's face looked as thin as a ghost, with a mixture of panic and ferocity, as if he had been caught doing something bad.

"Did I hear wrongly?"

Jinchuan stood in the lobby mechanically for a while. When he heard no further movement, he swallowed his saliva, looked at the elevator parked on the first floor, took a deep breath, locked the door, and left the library with his briefcase.

Gao Mo hid patiently in the bathroom and only carefully peeked out after confirming that Jinchuan had locked the door and gone out.

Through the gap in the hall window, one could see the back of Jinchuan in a suit as he walked almost to the side of the road.

It seemed like this guy was looking at the elevator just now?
Gao Mo walked to the place where Jinchuan had just stopped.

At this moment, the outside of the library, which had already become dark, was suddenly illuminated by lights - someone upstairs turned on the library lights. Jinchuan, who had already walked to the street, suddenly stopped, stared with eyes wide open and looked back in fright.

"Fool!"

In the children's library on the third floor, Conan was also startled and looked at the three little ones who turned on the lights in surprise.

"Who told you to turn on the lights?!"

"But it's very dark!"

"What if the curator finds out?"

"He must have gone back!"

"If I really go back, everything will be fine..."

Conan turned off the lights again, climbed onto the windowsill and looked out. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw nothing.

"Anyway, don't turn on the lights. It will be troublesome if you are discovered."

……

"Crack!"

1st floor of the library.

Gao Mo hid back in the toilet. Judging from the footsteps, Director Jinchuan seemed to have hidden in the cubicle as well.

Those kids...

Conan can't even control a few children now.

It's just that the body has become smaller, but the IQ hasn't changed.

Is this guy really the Heisei Holmes, high school detective Kudo Shinichi?
"We're going to report it anyway," several children's voices echoed from the hall, "we might as well find the body too!"

"I agree, this way our contribution will be even greater!"

"I think it must have been dismembered..."

"Conan, where are you talking about?"

"If we really can't do anything with you, then let's start from the first floor and work our way up," Conan sighed, folding his hands and leading the way. "The library has four floors, so the body must be hidden somewhere... Let's focus on checking the bookshelves first."

"Oh, yeah. It seems the police didn't check the bookshelves during the day, so they didn't find the drugs..."

"call!"

Gao Mo heard the heavier breathing from the next room.

Director Jinchuan seemed to take off his shoes, walked slowly to the corridor, and took a rope from somewhere in his hand.

Ayumi, one of the three little ones, ran to the restroom alone and was standing on tiptoe to wash her hands in the women's restroom.

The sound of water splashing.

(End of this chapter)