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

After hesitating for a moment, Kudo Kazuma began to seek help from the system.

[Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue, the puppet's body looks like this... Um, can you change the hair and eye color?]

This puppet body is at least based on his alternate account—the face of Kurosawa Hidden, and it looks about 70-80% like him. Isn't it too conspicuous to have white hair and red eyes?

If we were to actually release the puppet to do something, it would easily attract attention.

Yes, the system shop offers a puppet disguise tool, costing 10 points per use. It allows you to modify a puppet's face, height, build, or age once.

Kudo Kazuma browsed through the system shop and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there were puppet disguise tools available.

You can buy it whenever you need it.

As for now?

Is it too much for him to admire the beautiful young man with white hair and red eyes a few more times?

After putting away the puppet's body, Kudo Kazuma decided to take a good rest.

He's been really busy at work lately, and hasn't been able to sleep in for days. He needs to take a few days off to relax.

The imagination is wonderful, but reality is hard to achieve.

As Kudo Kazuma was sleeping, he suddenly noticed that his right arm was a little sore.

Although the pain wasn't severe at all, in his light sleep, those slight aches were amplified infinitely, their presence too strong, making it impossible for him to sleep well...

After tossing and turning for a while, Kudo Kazuma suddenly realized a problem—could it be that something happened to his smaller-sized older brother?

What could be the outcome of Conan + a mountain villa + an overnight stay?

We've definitely encountered the "locked room mystery" scenario.

He tried dialing Conan's number, but as expected, the call didn't go through...

Around 3 a.m., the faint pain gradually disappeared, and Kudo Kazuma finally fell asleep. Unfortunately, around 8 a.m., he was woken up by a phone call from Mouri Kogoro.

"What? Conan is injured?"

Kudo Kazuma quickly washed up and drove straight to the hospital.

Now he knew why his arm had been hurting in the middle of the night.

However, to be fair, the connection between the two of them wasn't this strong before; it was just the subtle connection between ordinary twins, not even as obvious as the connection between Conan and Ran, who seemed like a typical couple.

and so……

Could this be a chain reaction triggered by my brother shrinking?

When Conan evolved into Shinichi Kudo, he was wondering if it was due to taking Drug A and its antidote, but now it seems it's not that simple...

[This possibility cannot be ruled out.]

The system's Moon Fox voice echoed in my mind.

In a sense, your body forcibly borrowed a portion of the destiny of the chosen one to appear in this world. Therefore, the bond between you is closer than that of ordinary twins.

In other words, in the eyes of the world's will, although your soul is an absolute anomaly, your body is equivalent to half a chosen one of destiny.

I understand...

Kudo Kazuma was helpless.

[So, after my unlucky brother shrunk, in a way, I became Shinichi Kudo's substitute in the eyes of the world's will, right? And because my soul is an anomaly, all the good things go to my brother, while I have to share the bad things with him?]

[There are also advantages—as a half-chosen one, you are almost like the chosen one in this world; your identity won't be discovered by anyone who could threaten your safety, and there's no risk of being killed.]

The system, Moon Fox, attempted to offer comfort, but Kudo Kazuma stated that he was not comforted at all.

His own strength is not bad, and his speed is even faster than Gin's. In addition, he has so many cheat codes, so he is not easy to kill.

As for the risk of being exposed, he doesn't care about what he can guess, and he has no chance to guess what he can't guess—wait, so is this the result of the influence of the world's will?

Kazuma Kudo rolled his eyes.

This is clearly the result of his hard work plus the system giving him a cheat code, okay?

……

Forget it.

The system using cheat codes is cheating, and the world's will using cheat codes is also cheating.

Anyway, he got the benefit, so what difference does it make who uses the cheat?

Kazuma Kudo has been to Beika General Hospital countless times lately—come to think of it, it seems like the two brothers have been taking turns being hospitalized lately…

While sighing, Kudo Kazuma entered Conan's hospital room and saw Conan sitting on the hospital bed reading detective comics with a bandage on his arm, while Ran sat beside him helping him peel an apple.

In addition, the ward was crammed with a bunch of people.

Kogoro Mouri, Professor Agasa, Sonoko Suzuki, and the three little detectives...

"Huh?" Seeing that his older brother wasn't seriously injured, Kudo Kazuma's attention immediately shifted elsewhere. "Doctor, isn't Ai here?"

Dr. Agasa: "Ai has been a bit busy lately, so she only asked me to deliver the gifts."

He picked up a small chocolate cake from a nearby table: "She made it herself."

"Ah..." Mitsuhiko's face involuntarily scrunched up. "Haibara-san is too nice to Conan, isn't she?"

Genta pouted, then said expectantly, "I really want to get hurt too..."

Only Conan, who was reading a detective comic, couldn't help but give a half-moon look.

Ha ha.

He doesn't like eating this stuff.

There was clearly someone else present who liked chocolate cake, right?

That woman from the black-clad organization could simply choose not to send any gifts if she didn't want to...

Watching his bratty younger brother say, "Perfect timing, I haven't had breakfast yet," while his hand naturally unwrapped the cake, Conan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Then he sighed again.

Forget it, I haven't even had breakfast yet. That woman probably planned this all along. Why should I bother arguing with them?

"Here, Conan~" Ran carefully used the tip of her knife to bring a slice of peeled apple to his mouth. "Eat apple."

Conan immediately beamed and obediently said, "Thank you, Ran-neechan~"

Kudo Kazuma, who was eating chocolate cake, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Goodness, this unlucky guy's soft voice is sweeter than chocolate.

He's so happy about getting injured, huh?

Fortunately, I didn't feel any pain even though I was so close to him, and judging from how much he enjoyed it, the injury probably wasn't too serious—so did this unlucky guy actually win?

Watching the two figures, one big and one small, feeding each other and completely oblivious to everyone else, Kudo Kazuma was utterly speechless...

A short while later, Sonoko left first, followed by the others, leaving only Kazuma Kudo and Ran with Conan.

Having finished his chocolate cake, Kudo Kazuma, who was munching on an apple, noticed that only the three of them were left in the room. Curious, he asked, "What happened? How did you get injured after going out to play?"

It's not that Conan can't get injured, but in the early and middle stages of the story, Conan doesn't seem to have been injured in any places where Sonoko was involved, right?

Did he remember it wrong?

Conan frowned and gave Kudo Kazuma a brief account of their experience. After listening, Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but sigh.

Okay, looks like it's the butterfly effect...