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

Kazuma Kudo immediately noticed that Conan was acting strangely.

Then, following his gaze, I noticed Gin scrutinizing me.

"Cough..." He tugged at Gin's sleeve. "Big brother, why are you staring at a little kid like that? Be careful not to scare him with your stern face."

He believed that Gin definitely hadn't realized that Conan was Shinichi Kudo, and that the Conan glasses were still incredibly effective on Conan.

As for why he was staring at Conan...

Just kidding, Edogawa Conan is now Edogawa Kazuma's younger brother. It's a rare encounter, so Gin is bound to take a few extra glances and be curious.

Haven't you noticed that he's already readily accepted this advice and shifted his focus to Kogoro Mouri?

“Little Conan.” Kudo Kazuma squatted down next to Conan. “Don’t let my older brother’s cold appearance fool you. He doesn’t have any bad intentions. That’s just his personality. You’ll get used to it.”

Conan nodded obediently: "I understand~"

[Ha! Gin doesn't have any bad intentions? Are you kidding me?]

[Also, who wants to get used to Gin?!]

He didn't notice it last time, but this time when he saw Gin and "Kurosawa" at the same time, Conan realized that Kurosawa looked about 70-80% like Gin, except that he didn't have that cold aura.

Could it be that these two are brothers?

Is it because of their different temperaments that he didn't notice last time?

However, Gin seemed much gentler this time than before. Could it be because he brought his family with him?

[No, no! What am I thinking? I need to find a way to plant a listening device on them; maybe we can hear something...]

Kazuma Kudo could tell what Conan was thinking just by looking down at him.

He smiled and said to Ran, "Miss Mori, this ship will take almost three more hours to reach Shiki Island. Would you like to sit here for a while? I'll give you my deck chair. It's quite comfortable to sunbathe here."

Conan, who was pondering how to plant a bug, suddenly snapped back to reality upon hearing "Ms. Mori."

No, we can't plant listening devices now, at least not now.

If the bugging device is discovered, Xiaolan and everyone on the ship will likely suffer a terrible fate.

"No need, Brother Kurosawa, Ran and I will go back to the cabin in a little while."

After Conan politely declined on Ran's behalf, he turned to Goro Kinoshita and asked, "Uncle, who was that man in sunglasses just now?"

“He is an employee of a Tokyo travel agency. He came here to investigate whether ghost ship-related tourism projects can be developed. They are interested in cooperating with us and sending a tour group to Kumishiki Island.”

Ran was happy for them: "So, Mr. Kurosawa and his group coming here proves that this idea is very suitable! That's great! Maybe you can develop your business through tourism!"

Conan couldn't help but give a half-moon look.

[Ha! Two members of the Black Organization coming here to hang out? Are you kidding me?]

Because Gin and Kurosawa were sunbathing on the bow deck, Conan tricked Ran and Kogoro Mouri into going back to the cabin lounge.

Three hours later, we finally arrived at Shikishima.

Upon seeing the banner welcoming Kogoro Mouri from afar, the cautious Gin immediately stopped Kazuma Kudo, who was about to get up and disembark: "Wait a minute."

Kazuma Kudo nodded, but still removed Gin's hand: "I'll just watch the show."

He simply stood up, and then saw Kogoro Mouri, Ran, and Conan disembark together.

After disembarking, the village chief of Shikishima, Takeo Mikami, came to greet them.

While Takeo Mikami and Kogoro Mouri were exchanging pleasantries, a little girl behind him suddenly spoke up: "This uncle doesn't look that great. Is he really that famous? I thought a famous detective would be a handsome uncle~"

"..."

There was a moment of silence. Kogoro Mouri stared at the little girl with a grim expression: "What did you say?"

The village chief feigned anger: "Ring! It's so rude of you to treat Dad's guests like that!"

Kogoro Mouri's expression changed, but he smiled and patted the little girl's head: "So you're your daughter. What a lovely child!"

Kudo Kazuma chuckled and turned to Gin, saying, "Big brother, let's go downstairs."

After the two disembarked, they saw the village chief's daughter, Mikami Suzurin, with her arm around Conan's, smiling and saying, "It's very fashionable to date someone younger than yourself these days~"

Kudo Kazuma's lips couldn't help but curl up in a smile again.

Ran squatted down beside her and smiled gently at Suzuka Mikami, saying, "Little sister, Conan is a bit older than you, you two aren't a good match."

"Really?" Mikami Suzuru looked at Conan with a conflicted expression, then suddenly laughed. "It's okay! I don't mind! It doesn't matter if you're older than me!"

Conan pulled his arm away and backed away, saying, "No, I have someone I like!"

Suzuka Mikami was momentarily disappointed and wanted to hug Conan's arm, but Yasuo Uehara, who was coming off the ship, suddenly walked between them, separating the two and giving Conan a push.

"Make way! Where's the ghost ship? I need to go check it out!"

Kudo Kazuma shrugged as he watched Uehara Yasuo's departing figure.

Although you helped Death out of a predicament, you pushed Death away...

How could this possibly end well?

Knowing there wasn't much on the ship, Kazuma Kudo said directly to Gin, "Brother, shall we wander around the island? The scenery here is quite nice."

Gin nodded and followed Kudo Kazuma's steps.

Conan originally wanted to sneak up and follow them, but the village chief invited Kogoro Mouri to a welcome banquet, and Conan, who hadn't left yet, was picked up by Kogoro Mouri and taken to eat.

A small island, a shipwreck that suddenly appears, gold nuggets...

Connecting these keywords, Kudo Kazuma couldn't recall any of the original plot details. He only vaguely remembered that the gold nugget was real, and it seemed to be in a cave by the sea. But the island wasn't that big, nor that small, and it would be too difficult to find without any clues.

After wandering around the island for a while, looking at the scenery but finding nothing of interest, he and Gin decided to go to the village to take a look.

Before long, the two arrived at the naval memorial on the island, where they happened to hear Goro Kinoshita telling Conan a story.

"...This is a precious cultural treasure of our island."

Upon seeing Gin and Kazuma Kudo enter, Goro Kinoshita nodded to them, while Conan subconsciously took a step back.

Kinoshita Goro patted Conan's head and continued, "About four hundred years ago, a defeated navy was stranded on Shiki Island. The island's inhabitants relentlessly hunted down these wounded navy soldiers for the enemy's bounty."

"Finally, these navy men were forced into a cave on the side of the island and were all killed there. Since then, strange things have been happening one after another on the island."

Looks like this is it!

Kudo Kazuma's eyes lit up, and he asked with feigned interest, "Could it be the ghosts of the Navy causing trouble?"

"Well, that's why we set up a shrine in the cave, hoping to appease the spirits of those fallen navy soldiers..."

Before Conan could say anything, Kudo Kazuma said to Gin, "Big brother, let's go check it out! A cave with Marine ghosts in it would be really fun!"

Gin raised an eyebrow slightly: "You believe this?"

Kazuma Kudo nodded: "Since it's free, I might as well believe it a little!"

He can see the souls of the dead, so what's wrong with believing in spirits?