Conan: Death is Watching Me

Chapter 93 Worker +1
"Detective Kindaichi called just now."

Gao Mo did not give a direct answer to Hattori Heiji.

"After I told him what happened on the scene, he completely denied your reasoning."

"What?" Hattori Heiji gritted his teeth and said, "He wasn't at the scene and didn't see my reasoning! I just rehearsed it myself, and the old man himself admitted that he was the murderer..."

"Just because you admit it, does that mean you're definitely the murderer? You're going in the wrong direction. No matter how hard you try, it's all in vain. You're just reasoning according to the criminal's plan."

Gao Mo dug out a roll of fishing line from the trash can in the living room.

"You found the fishing line in the living room, right? Actually, there's fishing line in all the rooms where the old man might go, not just the living room."

"how come?"

Hattori Heiji ran through several rooms in disbelief. When he returned to the living room, he was shocked and his face turned extremely ugly.

"How could this happen? There's no reason why the old man wouldn't do this...but who else could it be but the old man?"

"Don't you understand yet?" Gao Mo leaned his head against the sofa, "There is no secret room at all. The whole thing was planned by the murderer. He actually killed Mr. Chicun right in front of you.

"The opera is meant to distract you, and the books on the table are there to block your view... The study is just a psychological sanctuary."

"Psychological Chamber?" Hattori Heiji stared at Gao Mo, "Where's the evidence? If according to what you said, the murderer is Mrs. Ikemura, but there is no evidence, right?"

"The evidence is the police's business. What does it have to do with me?" Gao Mo spread his hands and said, "I'm just telling you on behalf of Kindaichi that your reasoning is wrong..."

"At least the chamber of closure technique worked!"

"Did you really succeed? Remember that the key was neatly placed when it fell out of the victim's pocket."

Gao Mo glanced at Hattori Heiji who was still trying to explain.

"You'll understand after seeing the furnishings in the room. Mr. or Mrs. Ikemura likes to keep things neatly arranged, so they subconsciously did so even when setting up the scene."

"key……"

Hattori Heiji's forehead was covered with sweat and he could no longer speak.

If you use fishing line, it is impossible to keep the keys and keychain intact in the pocket compartment.

"Besides, even with fishing line, it would be difficult to get the key into the mezzanine if the victim is sitting down," Gao Mo added. "The victim is fatter than Officer Megure, so the key probably can't be pulled in if the victim is sitting down."

Hattori Heiji was completely stunned, even a little frightened, and couldn't help but ask, "How did Kindaichi know everything? Just by listening to you?"

I have indeed heard of examples of famous detectives solving cases remotely, but this time he became a background figure.

The gap is so big.

"That guy must have been to the scene before? How did he come to suspect Mrs. Ikemura?"

"How should I know? I'm not Kindaichi," Gao Mo said calmly, "Maybe it's because I wasn't there that I wasn't misled?"

Hattori Heiji still didn't want to admit that the gap was so huge: "Damn it, if I wasn't so anxious to solve the case..."

"If I were you," Gao Mo looked at Megure and his group who were about to pack up outside, and added faintly, "It's better to stop Officer Megure quickly, otherwise the Hattori of Kansai will become a joke..."

"Oops!"

Without waiting for Gao Mo to finish speaking, Hattori Heiji rushed out with a bitter face.

After this guy came to his senses, he actually figured out the psychological tricks of this case right away, but he was a little stubborn and didn't want to admit defeat easily.

"Wait," Hattori Heiji paused, "You still haven't told me what happened just now? What did you say to Mrs. Ikemura?"

"I just analyzed her motives according to Kindaichi's instructions."

"You even know the motive for the crime?" Hattori's eyes twitched.

What kind of fairy detective?
Is Kudo Shinichi on par with this kind of person?

Is that brat from the Maori Detective Agency playing a trick on him?
"It's nothing, actually." Gao Mo picked up the photo from the trash can. "This is a photo of Mrs. Chicun from 20 years ago. You will understand after seeing it that Mrs. Chicun and Miss Sachiko are probably mother and daughter."

Hattori Heiji was silent for a moment, then asked suspiciously, "Did Kanedaichi figure this out too? How did he know about this photo?"

Gao Mo shook his head: "That's not the case. It's just my guess. I don't have any advantages, but I have a good eye and am good at collecting clues."

"Oh?" Hattori Heiji felt much better. "So I lost to you two..."

"If you lose, you lose. All the clues are in the study." Gao Mo rolled his eyes. "Kindaichi isn't even at the scene yet."

"Right."

Hattori Heiji wilted again and took a deep breath to regain his spirits.

"I mean what I said. I can help you with your work in the future... Of course, if I have the time, you can't always make me come to Tokyo."

"There's no need to be nervous. I'm not some ruthless boss. If you want to take the firm's cases, you can take them. If you don't want to, that's fine too. We're partners..."

Gao Mo was checking the projection of his notes.

The case has not been closed yet, and we probably have to wait for the results from the hospital. Although there is such a strange note that likes murder cases, he does not want Ikemura Kimie to die.

It has a bit of the meaning of reversing Tiangang.

but……

What choice he makes is his own business.

"Is what you just said true?"

After Hattori Heiji ran out the door, Katsuragi Sachiko walked out of the corner of the corridor with a trembling voice.

"You just said...she is my mother?"

"I'm not sure either," Gao Mo looked up at the beautiful woman, "but she seems to think so."

"But she...why would she hinder my happiness?" Katsuragi Sachiko looked at the photo on the sofa in disbelief. "Every time we meet..."

"The real obstacle to you might be Mr. Ikemura. Otherwise, she would have attacked your boyfriend... If you're interested, you can ask her in person."

Gao Mo thought about the content of Ikemura Gongjiang's commission.

That commission might be true.

The victim may have recognized her future daughter-in-law as the daughter of her wife and deceased ex-husband, which is why she wanted to investigate.

As for what Kimie Ikemura was thinking...

"Repeat the same mistakes" could mean that she doesn't want her daughter to marry her enemy's son, or she could mean that she doesn't want Mr. Ikemura to hinder her happiness...

He doesn't understand much about emotional matters.

But it’s harmless.

"What have I done?" Sachiko Katsuragi knelt on the ground, leaning against the wall with her face covered.

"I'm not a policeman. I'm not interested in your mother and daughter's affairs." Gao Mo glanced at the beautiful woman who was crying and regretting. "Maybe it's still too late to go to the hospital now."

I don’t know if she was crying for real or fake.

He's not the kind of detective who wants to find out everything.

It's not even for the purpose of solving the case.

The rest of the work is left to Osaka Black Chicken...to finish it off.

……

The sky darkened unnoticed.

Hattori Heiji went to the police station, so Gao Mo had to take a taxi home alone.

This time, even the deposit was not collected - because the real client was not met at all.

I feel so bad.

I hope I can make up for it from Hattori Heiji.

【Case settlement: 1 star】.

better than nothing.

It seems that Kimie Ikemura survived in the end.

These people's family affairs are also quite messy.

The mother married the enemy who killed her ex-husband, and the daughter also wanted to marry the enemy's son...

Since he came into this world, murders have never caused him any mental burden. Even tragic cases like dismemberment and beheading can be used as a snack.

But it gave him quite a shock in terms of his worldview.

This is probably why he prefers to hang out with the protagonists, as only these people are still so pure.

"Meow!"

Return to the office residence.

Gao Mo suddenly saw a wild cat walking out of the alley and met him face to face.

The black cat's face showed a human-like expression of shock under the streetlight.

It was the stray cat from a few days ago.

The only stupid cat that doesn't run away when it sees him, but just stands there in a daze.

The wide-open cat eyes and a few messy white beards make him look very distinctive.

(End of this chapter)