Conan and Gin are both my brothers, what's wrong with meeting them once?

Oto Kaito's motives for murder are not only purported to be those of a detective.

His method of killing was also very similar to Ke Xue's.

Based on his brief account, and with Conan's later speculation, Kudo Kazuma roughly summarized it.

It was nothing more than that Oto Kaito, taking advantage of his familiarity with Yoshida Kohei, put sleeping pills in Yoshida's daily tea to put him to sleep beforehand, and then arranged him in a position suitable for being stabbed.

Then, he made a small mechanism on the inside handle of Yoshida Kohei's office door that would be activated when the door was opened, and secretly hid a small megaphone in the office.

When Masato Mashima went to deliver the suggestion materials, Kaito Oto used the small loudspeaker to play the audio he had previously recorded for Kohei Yoshida, allowing Masato Mashima to place the suggestion materials outside.

Masato Mashima naturally had no idea that Kohei Yoshida was in a coma at this time.

As for the end, Yoshida Kohei never came out. Someone would always go to call him. As soon as that person opened the door, a small mechanism installed on the door would launch a poisoned needle that would pierce behind Yoshida Kohei's ear and kill him.

Even without this last step, when Masato Mashima opened the door to put out the suggestion documents, he would still have triggered the mechanism and killed Kohei Yoshida.

The small mechanisms and megaphones were already well hidden. As long as Oto Kaito showed excessive concern for Yoshida Kohei and then took the opportunity to hide those mechanisms, he would have a sufficient alibi—after all, he had been following the president all along.

And that's exactly what he did. He was the first to rush in and decisively hid the evidence. He just didn't expect that Masato Mashima would drag him down with him, causing the president to suspect him...

If Kudo Kazuma knew these thoughts, he would definitely tell him: You're too naive. It's already been confirmed that Yoshida Kohei was killed by a poison needle. As long as the police launch a massive manpower search and conduct a thorough investigation, supplemented by questioning everyone, they will find out sooner or later.

Otherwise, if Conan is given a little more time, he'll be able to expose the culprit from head to toe.

To put it bluntly, it's just that the detectives in the Detective Conan world are so overpowered that the Metropolitan Police Department seems rather incompetent.

what?

You'd say he's a detective in the Detective Conan world?

That's fine.

No matter which company it is, a murder like this happening so close to the launch of a new product or project is a scandal.

No one cares whether Oto Kaito killed Yoshida Kohei for revenge or because of relationship issues; all they know is that a murder occurred at Kurosawa Software Company.

For this reason, Kudo Kazuma used the [Sound Bewitching] technique on a group of people for the first time.

"Everyone's probably been affected by this incident, so let's call it a day and have everyone take three days of paid leave! However..."

Kazuma Kudo narrowed his eyes as he looked at the assembled company employees: "Our Bond is about to be released, and if this kind of thing gets out, it will affect the company's reputation. So, I hope everyone will keep this matter absolutely confidential and not tell anyone."

In that instant, he could sense that everyone, including Conan and his group of men, women, and children, as well as the company's employees, had a slightly blank expression.

Immediately afterwards, everyone echoed, showing no signs that their souls had been affected.

He then looked at the group of people from the Metropolitan Police Department and expressed his hope that they would not tell anyone about this except for making a case report and notifying both families.

The effect of [Sound Bewitching] did not fail even when there were too many opponents.

This is some really good news for Kazuma Kudo.

After giving all employees a holiday, he called Tsugami Yuki aside and asked him to prepare some intellectual property-related materials so that he could accompany him to see Eri Kisaki.

He then invited Yuki Tsugami to join him and Conan for a dinner party, but Yuki Tsugami politely declined—he had just witnessed his colleague being murdered and then immediately went to a dinner party; he wasn't that careless!

Compared to Yuuki Tsugami, the Mori family and the Detective Boys, who were used to murder cases, didn't care about such things at all and still went to the restaurant that Kazuma Kudo had booked in advance.

During the meal, Conan nudged his younger brother with his elbow and whispered, "Now that you've been busy for the past few days, do you have some time?"

"Yuanzi's sister is having a party at their family's villa tomorrow. Yuanzi asked Xiaolan to ask you if you wanted to come. I didn't ask you the other day because you were too busy. Now that you're done with your work today, would you like to come along tomorrow?"

Kudo Kazuma smirked, "No, I have important business to attend to with your mother-in-law tomorrow. Do you think everyone is a good-for-nothing elementary school student like you?"

"Hehe..." Conan glanced at his bratty younger brother, but in the end, he didn't refute his "mother-in-law".

After the meal, Kazuma Kudo specifically mentioned that he was going to see Eri Kisaki the next day.

With a mischievous smile, he said to Kogoro Mouri, who had just had a drink, "Uncle Mouri, what should we do? We haven't made an appointment yet. How about... you do us a favor?"

Under Ran Mouri's almost scorching gaze, Kogoro Mouri impatiently dialed Eri Kisaki's number.

"Why did you think of calling me?" Eri's voice on the other end of the line was both puzzled and gentle. "Is there something you need?"

"Ah, of course I wouldn't call you if there was nothing wrong!" Kogoro Mouri said, sticking his neck out. "It's just that Kazuma's company needs a lawyer, and Ran insisted on recommending you..."

As soon as he said that, Ran looked at him with such disappointment, and Kudo Kazuma and Conan also looked at him with mixed feelings.

Does this guy even know how to talk?

Is he deliberately trying to upset Aunt Eri?

The voice on the other end of the phone immediately turned colder: "Oh, really? Then give the phone to Edogawa-kun."

Kudo Kazuma reluctantly took the phone: "Aunt Eri, this is Edogawa Kazuma..."

After a brief explanation of the company's situation and business needs, the two agreed to meet at Fei Law Firm at 10:30 a.m. the next day.

At 10:20 the next day, Kazuma Kudo and Yuuki Tsugami arrived at Eri Kisaki's office.

At 11:15, after finishing her business, Eri Kisaki, in the name of Ran's mother, invited her daughter Kazuma Kudo, a friend, out to dinner, and Yuuki Tsugami left on his own.

At 11:40, the two sat down in a private room at a restaurant. Kudo Kazuma breathed a huge sigh of relief—it was great that Eri Kisaki wasn't cooking herself.

Seeing Kudo Kazuma's relieved expression, Eri Kisaki smiled faintly: "Feeling relieved to be out eating? It seems you heard Ran and the others mention something."

Kazuma Kudo was a little embarrassed.

Eri nodded slightly: "Your relationship with Ran is closer than I imagined. In other words... your relationship with that Kudo kid is closer than I imagined, is that right?"

Kazuma Kudo: "..."

Eri Kisaki must have guessed something!

Or perhaps she already knew something!