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

Seeing Gin and Kurosawa leave, Conan chased after them.

Just as he was wondering whether to secretly follow them or act cute and pretend to be interested in going together, his arm was suddenly grabbed.

"Conan, come quick! I'll take you to a really fun place!"

Kudo Kazuma turned his head and saw Conan staring longingly in their direction while trying to break free from Mikami Suzurin's hand.

He chuckled. "Little Conan, you don't actually want to come with us to that navy cave, do you? You should go play with the little girl instead. It's quite dangerous inside if there really are navy ghosts."

Conan paused, then quickly seized the opportunity: "But I'm curious too..."

“No problem~” Kudo Kazuma gave him an OK sign. “If we check and there’s no danger, I’ll come and take you with me.”

After Gin and "Kurosawa" walked away, Conan, with mixed feelings, didn't bother to break free from Mikami Suzurin's hand.

He guessed what I was thinking... Could it be that I just alerted him?

[Damn it! If we don't follow them, we'll have no idea what those two are up to!]

"I have a very strong sense of curiosity."

On the way to the naval cave, Gin, who had been silent all along, suddenly gave a comment.

Kazuma Kudo gave him a thumbs up: "Big brother is right. Conan is influenced by Uncle Mori and wants to be a detective. He has a lot of curiosity!"

If he weren't so curious, he would be Shinichi Kudo now instead of Conan Edogawa.

"They look quite alike."

"Yes, yes." Kudo Kazuma nodded repeatedly, "It was because we shared the same surname and looked alike that we began to suspect we might be related..."

He was spouting nonsense while secretly cursing in his heart.

So Conan's Conan glasses are really amazing. If Conan didn't have those glasses, Gin would definitely be able to tell at a glance that Conan looks exactly like him when he was a child, and he might even become suspicious.

While chatting occasionally, Kudo Kazuma and Gin quickly arrived outside the naval cave.

Looking into the deep cave, Gin frowned: "Do you think the gold nuggets are here?"

He knows Danpo all too well.

Danpo said he might believe in the power of spirits, but it's impossible that he would make this kid travel such a long way just for those supernatural things!

That leaves only one reason: the possibility of gaining benefits.

Kudo Kazuma chuckled: "According to the laws of science fiction, if there is any treasure, it is most likely in these kinds of mysterious and ghostly places that no one dares to go. Moreover, there are no gods or ghosts in these places at all; it is just a rumor spread by people."

Gin: "...Scientific laws?"

How come he didn't know that such science existed?

Oh well, it's not like we'll be walking far once we go in. It's an investigation, so what difference does it make where we go?

The two entered the naval cave one after the other. The place was not big, and they reached the end in just a few steps.

At the end of the cave is the shrine that the village has placed for the spirits of the fallen naval soldiers.

The light inside the cave wasn't strong, but it wasn't particularly dark either. Gin's gaze swept across the entire shallow cave in a casual glance.

"Gold nuggets? Are you sure?"

Kudo Kazuma rubbed his hands together and pointed to the shrine where the deity's tablet was placed: "This cave isn't big, yet there's still wind blowing in. I'm certain there's a secret passage here!"

As he spoke, he stepped forward and pushed the shrine open with a little force.

Seeing the dark, gaping entrance to the secret passage behind him, Gin chuckled, "Is this also a scientific law?"

“No, that’s not it.” Kudo Kazuma pulled out a powerful flashlight and went inside first. “This is based on my experience reading novels and watching TV.”

In the martial arts novels of his previous life, whenever there was a secret passage or secret room, it was usually behind a Buddha statue, portrait, or deity statue... Didn't he guess it right?

It was a secret passage leading downwards. The steps underfoot were loose and unstable, covered with moss, making them wobbly and slippery to walk on...

He remembered!

The BRICS are right at our feet!

"found it!"

Kudo Kazuma was a little excited and stomped hard on the loose step.

He knew something was wrong the moment he stomped his foot, so he quickly jumped away. Gin, who was walking behind him, turned pale...

That brat Danpo! He stomped the entire staircase down!

If he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have fallen flat on his backside and been hit by that pile of gold bricks...

Seeing Gin exuding a chilling aura, Kudo Kazuma quickly said, "Big brother, let's contact the organization's ship as soon as possible and get these gold bars away!"

If Gin hadn't been there, he would have just installed the system space directly, instead of going through all this trouble.

Thinking this, he casually put the two gold bricks into his system space.

Since Kudo Kazuma found the gold nuggets, Gin snorted and didn't hold it against him for collapsing the steps.

After Gin arranged for the organized ship to land on the island in the middle of the night, he took Kudo Kazuma back to the village.

As soon as they returned to their temporary hotel, they saw Xiaolan bring out a doctor in a white coat.

Kudo Kazuma asked curiously, "Huh? Ms. Mori, is someone injured?"

He didn't feel any discomfort, so it shouldn't be Conan who was injured.

So, it's Kogoro Mouri?

Xiaolan nodded: "When Dad was pulling the confetti before the speech started, the confetti suddenly caught fire and burned him."

Was this part of the original story?

Kazuma Kudo said to Gin, "I'll go check it out."

Gin nodded and went back to their room at the hotel.

Kazuma Kudo followed Ran to their room.

As soon as he entered, he saw Kogoro Mouri lying face down on the bed, his butt sticking out in a very ungraceful position. Conan was trying to figure out how to attach an ice pack to his butt.

"Ah, this..."

Kazuma Kudo was a little embarrassed.

I wish I hadn't come.

"Mr. Mori, are you... alright?"

Conan looked up abruptly upon hearing his voice, his expression somewhat grim.

Although he already had a suspect in mind, could the ignition device inside the colored ball have been placed by these two people?

No, that's not right. It should be Hamada... If those two were also after the rumored gold nuggets, they shouldn't have plotted against my uncle and aroused suspicion...

When Kazuma Kudo saw Conan staring intently at him, he coughed loudly and said, "Little Conan, what are you looking at me for?"

"Oh, right! About the naval cave, right?" He feigned sudden realization. "We went in and looked. It was just a shallow cave, nothing there. If you want to see it, I can take you there later?"

Anyway, since Kogoro Mouri is injured, Conan won't run around today. After the gold brick is taken away overnight, Conan can go wherever he wants tomorrow, right?

Conan shook his head: "It's not convenient today, let's do it tomorrow."

As he spoke, he breathed a slight sigh of relief; it seemed that Kurosawa had no suspicions about him.

Come to think of it, how many people would believe that a seventeen-year-old high school student could regress into an elementary school student? He acted so naturally, Kurosawa must have been treating him like a child.

He was trying to figure out if he could get some information out of Kurosawa when the door to the room was suddenly pushed open...