Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 89 High School Detective

Tokyo.

Kido Detective Agency.

After returning from Izu, Gao Mo returned to his busy daily pace.

The vast amount of books in the study, kendo training, shooting... and advanced training with Kageyama—

Unlike judo, which focuses more on skills, karate pays much more attention to strength, and the basic part includes various training methods to strengthen strength.

If it's just strength training, Kageyama can be of great help.

After making little progress in his skills, he planned to further improve his physical strength and defeat the opponent with force.

Just return to your original intention and become stronger.

It is worth mentioning that the mustache guy introduced many clients to Kageyama, and the trend of meat modification started blowing again on the banks of the Tsutsu River.

There have also been a lot more requests to find cats and dogs.

but……

"Tell me quickly, where is Kudo Shinichi?"

In the backyard, Osaka Black Chicken Hattori Heiji kept calling out to Gao Mo who was practicing kendo.

Conan was indeed not exposed, and it turned out that the trouble was pushed onto him.

"Don't play dumb, you must have been in contact with that guy, otherwise how could you rent this place?"

Hattori Heiji stood by with his hands in his pockets, staring directly at Gao Mo who was swinging his bamboo sword back and forth. After being ignored for a long time, he finally couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

"I say... can you please stop wasting your energy? If you keep practicing like this, no matter how hard you try, it'll all be in vain. You won't even be able to exert enough force... Give up. You're not cut out for kendo!"

Gao Mo stopped practicing: "It was the Kudo couple who asked the neighbor next door to rent this place to me... Don't say I don't know where Kudo Shinichi is. Even if I knew, why would I tell you?"

"because I……"

Hattori Heiji was stuck for words.

"Isn't this a detective agency? I can just pay for it, right?"

"No."

Gao Mo wiped the sweat off his forehead, packed up and returned to the main house.

"If you want to find it, go find it yourself."

In the original work, Hattori Heiji is also one of the protagonists and a close friend of Conan.

But it has nothing to do with him.

The reason why Conan's identity was revealed earlier was because we didn't want Conan to commit suicide and get into trouble.

Hattori Heiji's words...

Gao Mo suddenly stopped and looked at the Osaka Black Chicken who was pestering him again.

This guy is also a famous detective.

Although he is a high school detective, he has reached the level of a famous detective in terms of both strength and fame, and his reasoning skills are only slightly inferior to Kudo Shinichi.

"what?"

Hattori Heiji raised his thick black eyebrows, and even though he didn't think Gao Mo could threaten him, he subconsciously took a step back.

"You don't have to tell me. How about calling out your detective Kindaichi? The kid next door said his strength is as good as Kudo Shinichi. If you can't find Kudo Shinichi, you can let him compete with me!"

"Are you going to challenge the club?"

"How can a detective's business be called a challenge? It's just a duel of reasoning."

Hattori Heiji confidently took off his baseball cap, revealing his dark face.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Hattori Heiji, and I'm a high school detective who's as famous as Kudo Shinichi. People often talk about the Hattori of the West and the Kudo of the East... The Hattori of the West is me!"

"It's 'Kudo of the East, Hattori of the West', right?"

"It's all the same! Anyway, think about it. If you beat me, I can help you introduce business in Osaka."

"We don't lack business." Gao Mo complained secretly.

There are so many cases in Tokyo, how can I have the time to develop in Osaka?
"Where's your fame?" Hattori Heiji asked anxiously, "If you beat me..."

"What kind of fame can you gain by defeating a high school detective?" Gao Mo walked back to his study and continued reading. "Winning is no good, but losing is a lot of trouble."

"This……"

Hattori Heiji couldn't refute it.

He did become famous as a high school detective and was always looked down upon in his circle.

Angry.

"So that's why I asked you to tell me where Kudo Shinichi is? I..."

"You're not just trying to reverse 'Kudo in the East, Hattori in the West', are you?" Gao Mo hit the nail on the head. "Haha," Hattori Heiji looked around the study, pretending not to hear, "It's really worthy of being the Kudo family, they have so many books."

"Kirouto."

Haibara Ai came to the study with a cup of tea and then looked at Hattori Heiji.

She was a little distressed, not knowing whether she should tell Gao Mo the secret that she was a reborn person.

Maybe we can put it another way and say that we have gained some memories of the future?

Now she doesn't want to be involved in the past anymore and just hopes to start over.

"Ok?"

Hattori Heiji noticed Haibara Ai's gaze, but didn't pay much attention to it. Instead, he leaned on the desk and looked down at Gao Mo provocatively.

"I actually just wanted to test my skills... How about this, we don't have a public duel. If I lose, I'll join your firm. I'm pretty good at making money."

"you sure?"

Gao Mo put down the book and continued to examine the Osaka Black Chicken.

Considering my chances of winning against this guy...

Although the high school detectives in this world are often treated as children and played detective games, their actual abilities are quite advanced.

Similar to karate and kendo, top high school detectives are better than many adult detectives... except that high school students are better at saving the world.

To be honest, he wasn't very sure either.

In any case, his reasoning ability is only level 3 now.
One shortcoming can easily lead to a barrel effect.

In addition, his experience may not be as rich as Osaka Black Chicken - this guy's father is the head of the Osaka Prefectural Police, and he has been exposed to various cases since he was a child.

And now he seems to be just a numerical weird.

I haven’t yet fully grasped the knowledge of the Kudo family’s collection of books, and I’m still a long way from finishing reading them.

"Of course," Hattori Heiji said with a triumphant smile, noticing that Gao Mo's interest had been aroused. "If I win, you have to tell me where Kudo Shinichi is!"

"make a deal."

Gao Mo stood up to accept the challenge.

"I promise you on behalf of Detective Kindaichi."

"Ah sneeze——!"

Maori Detective Agency.

Conan, who was curled up in bed with a bad cold, suddenly sneezed and almost knocked his mask off. Xiaolan, who was wiping the sweat off his face, became flustered.

"Why is it serious again?"

"Sister Xiaolan," Conan said worriedly, "Did that high school detective from Osaka... go to Brother Kido's place?"

"If you're this sick, don't think about anything else."

……

Kido Detective Agency.

Gao Mo originally thought that he could prepare well and find a case that would be beneficial to him, but when he turned around, he saw that Hattori Heiji had already made a phone call.

As expected of the son of the Osaka Prefectural Police Chief, he has connections even in Tokyo.

"It's done," Hattori Heiji said with a bright look, "The Metropolitan Police Department just happens to have an idle case, we..."

"Ding dong!"

Gao Mo was just racking his brains over what case Hattori Heiji was looking for when the doorbell rang from outside.

After a while, Xiao Ai came in with a cold-faced woman wearing sunglasses.

Although he was over 40 years old, his face, even with exquisite makeup, could not hide the wrinkles. As soon as he entered the study, he took off his sunglasses and looked around with a scrutinizing gaze.

"It's quite a large study... Is this really a detective agency? I need a detective to come to my house... My husband is a diplomat, so it's not convenient for him to come."

As she spoke, the woman's eyes fell warily on Hattori Heiji.

"Who is this?"

"He's a high school detective from Osaka..."

"A high school detective?" The woman raised an eyebrow. "Then it's him. It's not a big deal anyway..."

"I?"

Hattori Heiji pointed at himself in a daze.

When I wanted to explain, the woman impatiently took out a file bag.

"Is that okay? I'm in a hurry and can't stay here any longer. If you don't answer, I'll find someone else."

(End of this chapter)