Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 81: Nakamichi Kazushi's Judo Guide [First Order Request]

Room on the second floor of the hotel.

It was still drizzling outside. The police, who were supposed to arrive in 2 hours, delayed again, saying that there was a landslide and they might be even later.

This night may last until tomorrow morning.

Gao Mo sat opposite Maori Kogoro and helped pour a glass of wine, but the mustache-wearing man, who usually loved drinking, did not move for a long time.

Little Mustache is still troubled by the dilemma of the case.

He is about the same.

Not every case is easy to solve.

Sometimes collecting clues is more difficult than reasoning.

Make bricks without straw.

This time even Conan was helpless and couldn't find any new clues.

We can only wait for the local police to arrive and conduct a comprehensive investigation. On the one hand, we will track the source of the murder weapon, and on the other hand, we will send a large number of police forces to search the surrounding area to see if we can find any useful clues.

However, the murderer is a criminal police officer and is more familiar with the process than anyone else, so he may not leave any strong evidence.

"It wasn't suicide, and the murderer was definitely not an outsider!"

The man with the mustache suddenly punched the fireplace table hard, his face showing a mixture of anger, self-blame and pain.

"If she was committing suicide, how could she go to the open-air bath in her yukata? Someone must have called Yumi over and killed her! The murderer must be someone we know, one of my friends!"

"Calm down, Maori," Gao Mo picked up the teacup that had fallen to the ground, "Anger won't solve the problem."

"How can I stay calm?" The man with the mustache lowered his head. "Asshole! We've been friends for over a decade, yet he's so cruel! No matter what his reasons are, I can't accept it!"

After taking a long breath, the man with a mustache raised his head again, and there seemed to be a fire in his eyes.

"You warned me at that time, but I... Anyway, no matter what, I must find the murderer. I won't be able to rest in peace until I bring him to justice! Kido..."

"If you want to find the murderer, I know who it is." Gao Mo interrupted the man with a mustache.

Unlike Conan, his goal is not just to solve the case, so there is no need to work hard on it.

All we have to do is make Xiao Huzi believe that Zhongdao Hezhi is the murderer.

This is also the reason why he asked Xiao Huzi to come alone.

"They were very careful, almost all traces were removed in the bathtub... Don't you find it strange? What kind of murderer is so powerful? It's like they knew how the police would investigate.

"And the murder weapon. That gun is probably the missing gun from the robbery case in the news. Even if we fish it out of the bathhouse, we won't be able to trace it."

"You mean...Middle Way?"

The man with a mustache stared at Gao Mo, his mouth dry as he shook his head in denial.

"Impossible. Nakamichi is my best friend. He's not the kind of person who would go against police justice, and... and he has absolutely no motive to kill. You might not know that he was the one who broke up with Yumi. Why would he turn around and kill her?"

"Who knows? Maybe the boss's daughter is too jealous, maybe Zhongdao Hezhi himself has some difficulties that he can't get over, or maybe Miss Yumei is too entangled... These are not important. The truth is that he killed Miss Yumei." Gao Mo drank a cup of tea.

"Impossible!" The man with a moustache looked gloomy and still couldn't believe it.

"By the time you came back, Miss Yumi might have already died."

Gao Mo said calmly.

"It was most likely Nakamichi who made the loud noise in the room. He was rummaging through Ms. Yumi's luggage and was afraid you'd catch him. He tried to escape through the window but accidentally tripped over the table.

"The evidence is the wound on his calf. I just secretly took a photo with my phone. We can verify the wound later."

Zhongdao and Zhi didn't know that the fat man's legs and feet were also injured, so he could actually try to trick him.

Even if the person rummaging through your luggage is really a fat person, it's no big deal.

No matter how calm Zhongdao Hezhi was, he had just committed murder and was at his most nervous. He might be able to find some flaws.

Just like the fat man who was killed by him in the initial apartment case.

The criminals at the crime scene are extremely sensitive and can be stimulated by just one look.

Nakamichi and Zhi are not professional killers, and they might even be more sensitive than the fat man before.

"Believe it or not..."

Gao Mo's brows jumped, and he suddenly felt a burst of fierce malice.

nearby.

But it did not develop into a sense of death - probably because he carried the truth with him.

The corner of his eye inadvertently glanced at the door, and Eagle Eyes noticed a faint figure passing through the gap.

The murderer came looking for him.

The Death Mark amplifies malevolence, which is clearly a side effect, but it can actually help solve crimes...

Stable.

"Anyway, I already have a decisive piece of evidence," Gao Mo looked at the silent mustache, stood up and left, "As long as the police come and find those things, we should be able to convict Zhong Dao completely."

"evidence?"

"At that time, I was worried about you, so I went back to the hotel. Because I didn't come in, I happened to see a figure on the roof. Now that I think about it, it was probably Nakamichi."

Gao Mo felt the growing malice, and reached into his arms to grasp the silver pistol.

"It was too dark to see clearly, but if you ask Zhongdao to walk to the eaves again, you will know."

He didn't see anything because he didn't even get close to this side.

It is true that he briefly followed the mustache man out of the conference.

Whether there are dates or not, just give it a try first.

……

"Swish!"

As the night deepened, the rain outside continued to fall.

After simply placing Horikoshi Yumi's body, the group could no longer bear it and returned to their rooms.

Only hotel staff were on duty in the lobby.

After the suicide explanation didn't work, Zhongdao and Zhi determined that the case was caused by criminals from outside who came in to kill people. No matter how reluctant the employees were, they had no choice but to stay up late and wait for the police.

"I think the murderer is one of their own. Isn't that what they always see on TV?"

"When will the police arrive?"

"Maybe until morning."

2nd floor guest room.

A dark shadow was listening to the noise while moving his feet on the eaves.

After arriving outside Gao Mo's room, he carefully pried open the window, quietly reached in with his wet legs, stepped on the tatami and looked around, his eyes locked on the tenant sleeping on the floor in the corner.

Walking around the stove and table in the dark, the black shadow approached the bedding with a cruel grin on its face. He didn't use a knife for fear of getting it stained with blood, so he took out a wet towel and rushed forward.

dead!
"boom--!"

Suddenly there was a loud bang of something heavy hitting the room, and the whole hotel seemed to shake.

The lights turned on, and Kogoro Mouri grabbed Nakamichi Kazushi's shoulders with a stern face, and threw him to the ground.

"Mao, Maori?"

Nakamichi and Zhi lost their ability to fight in an instant. He looked up in pain and was shocked to find that it was the man with a mustache.

"why you?!"

"I was a detective too, how could I not know about witness protection? Besides, Kido is my..."

The man with a small mustache pulled out the small knife that Nakamichi Kazushi always carried with him. His movements were very skillful, as if he had returned to the time when he was a policeman.

But his expression was extremely heavy.

"Zhongdao, are you worthy of your identity as a criminal police officer? I tried to believe you until the very end, but I didn't expect you to be the murderer!"

"I just……"

"Still want to quibble?!"

“I can’t help it… Maori, I can’t let Yumi ruin the rest of my life. It’s been 18 years, we’ve been dating for 18 years and she still hasn’t agreed to my proposal!

Now that I'm getting married, she comes out again and threatens me with those old photos!"

Zhongdao and Zhi turned their heads away under the angry glare of the mustache man, resigned themselves to their fate and gave up struggling, too embarrassed to face their old friend.

"Maori, you haven't changed...your skills are still as amazing..."

"I just picked it up recently. You've just gotten weaker," the mustache-faced man looked down at his old classmate gasping for breath on the ground. "Where are the photos?"

"I hid it under the tatami in the room. I thought it was perfect. As long as it didn't arouse the police's suspicion..."

It took Zhongdao and Zhi a while to recover from the fall. They vaguely realized that they had been tricked. They looked bitterly at Gao Mo who walked out of the door and was protected by a man with a mustache behind him.

"I don't quite understand. How did you suspect me? Was it just because of my calf injury? Don't even mention seeing me climbing the eaves... I was just panicking for a moment. Now that I think about it, if I really saw something, I should be more suspicious of outsiders, right?"

"what happens?"

The people outside who were alarmed gathered in the corridor.

"What was that sound just now?"

"father!"

"Kirouto-nii-san!"

"Forget it." Unable to get a response from Gao Mo, Zhongdao Hezhi closed his eyes tiredly, "Yumei, that devil, really ruined me this time!"

"Who is the devil?"

The mustache man couldn't suppress his anger.

"No matter what your reasons were, it was a joke from the moment you attacked Yumi! What 18-year relationship?... I can't see any affection for Yumi in your eyes. You're selfish and cold-blooded. You're the devil!"

"Not to mention you were trying to attack Kido just now! You're not the same Nakamichi anymore!"

"I……"

Nakamichi and Zhi opened their mouths, but were silenced by the man with the mustache's words.

"Maybe... Back then, we both said we wanted to be big names in the police force, but all these years have passed, you've switched careers to become a detective, and I've always just been a small-time detective..."

Sighs echoed in the room.

Everyone outside the door also fell silent, except for the fat man with glasses who knelt down by the wall and cried bitterly.

……

Early in the morning, the county police finally arrived at the hotel.

There wasn't much evidence in the case, so it ended with Nakamichi Kazushi surrendering himself.

The drizzle outside the window not only did not stop, but also tended to get heavier.

Gao Mo looked at the projection of the notes in front of him, and he couldn't tell whether he felt good or bad.

The quest reward is "Nakamichi Kazushi's Judo Guide", 4 stars.

There is also an extra 1 star reward for death.

I feel like I might become Wang Yuyan in the Conan world.

He has no energy to learn judo now.

And it’s not judo with a mustache, it always feels a little lacking.

But this time I was just traveling...

perhaps.

Gao Mo watched the police car downstairs disappear into the rain, then turned to look at the man with a mustache who was drinking silently.

It is indeed not a pleasant experience when a case happens to you.

Such a tragedy happened between friends...

The only good news is probably that it did not turn into a killing spree like the one that happened to the Yamoto family.

From this point of view, Xiao Huzi's efforts were not in vain.

"Maoli, look at it more positively," Gao Mo said as he sat down. "People change, and it's been so many years. It's impossible for it to always be like college..."

"You little brat, I'm much older than you. Why do I need you to remind me?"

The man with a mustache raised his glass, slightly tipsy.

"Come, let's have a drink together!"

"drink."

Gao Mo drank for the first time.

Very choking.

Ice Coke is more comfortable.

"Is uncle okay?" Conan and Xiaolan returned to the second floor from the hall. As soon as they went up the stairs, they heard the drunken shouting of the man with a mustache.

"Brother Shiroto is here with us, so let them have a good drink today." Xiaolan smiled with relief.

She was more afraid of her father not saying a word than his drunken appearance.

(End of this chapter)