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

"Mr. Mori! I'm so sorry!"

The village chief of Shikishima, Takeo Mikami, who entered the village, immediately bowed deeply to Kogoro Mouri.

Kudo Kazuma thought to himself, "Fine, don't go, let's watch the show."

"We are so sorry that Mr. Mori was accidentally injured due to our negligence! Please forgive us!"

"It wasn't an accident at all!" Conan said irritably. "Someone clearly planted gasoline and an ignition device to deliberately ambush Uncle!"

"That's not how it happened," the village chief said earnestly. "It was because gasoline accidentally got mixed in when we were setting up the colorful balloons, and then there was an unexpected electrical leak, which caused this accident..."

Conan frowned: "But..."

"No buts. I've already explained. This was absolutely an accident!" The village chief suddenly became much more assertive, staring intently at Conan, clearly disagreeing with his statement.

Lying on the bed, Kogoro Mouri asked, "Don't you want the police involved?"

Kudo Kazuma, who had been watching the drama unfold, chimed in, "I see~ If you find the gold nuggets, you're planning to keep them all for yourself, right? If the police come, your plan will be ruined..."

His words made the other three people look at Takeo Mikami.

Mikami Takeo, looking ready to throw caution to the wind, revealed a slightly sinister smile and said, "Mr. Mori, all you need to do is quietly help us find the gold nuggets. You'd better not ask any other questions..."

"If you go against my wishes, I can't guarantee you'll leave here safely..."

Kudo Kazuma's eyes widened considerably.

Good grief, this guy is threatening death, plague, and luck. Will he not survive tonight?

Kogoro Mouri asked incredulously, "You're threatening me?"

"Hmph~ I didn't mean to threaten you," Mikami Takeo sneered. "It's just that without my permission, the contact ship won't set sail, and you can forget about leaving this island! You'd better think it over tonight..."

After Mikami Takeo left, Kudo Kazuma, who had been watching the drama unfold from the corner, asked, "Mr. Mori, considering we've known each other, do you need my help?"

Ran asked instinctively, "Mr. Kurosawa, do you have a boat?"

Kazuma Kudo smiled slightly at her: "I have fighting skills."

Seeing this, Conan pouted, somewhat displeased: "Ran-neechan has that too, you don't need to help!"

"Oh, really? You seem jealous, little Conan~ So you really do like what that village chief's daughter said, you like older men, only, much older men~"

Upon hearing this, Ran quickly interjected, "No...no way! Mr. Kurosawa, you must be joking!"

Conan waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "Hahaha, what are you saying, Kurosawa-nii-san? I'm still a kid, I don't understand!"

"It's alright, as long as Miss Mori can understand. Since you don't need any help, I'll be leaving. We live next door, so feel free to call me if anything happens~"

Kudo Kazuma teased his miniature brother, then turned and left.

Conan was left glaring at his retreating figure with annoyance.

[Whose legitimate Black Organization member behaves like this?!]

And... is it just my imagination?

Why did he feel that Kurosawa's style of speaking and acting was somewhat familiar?

As night deepened, Gin left the inn and headed in the dark towards the naval cave to guide the organization's ships to collect the gold bricks.

After the organization's ship arrived, he returned to the hotel and saw that Kudo Kazuma, who had been sleeping, was now playing on his phone in bed.

Facing Gin's murderous expression, Kudo Kazuma quickly smiled apologetically and whispered, "Big brother, I accidentally fell asleep, and I only realized you weren't here when I got up to use the night shift, really."

Gin didn't even bother to look at him, took off his trench coat, and planned to continue sleeping—this brat! If he's going to pretend to be asleep to be lazy, why not just go all the way? Why did he have to deliberately let him see this guy playing on his phone?

That was too light a beating!

Gin had just lain down when the two heard Kogoro Mouri's exclamation from the next room.

Kudo Kazuma immediately put away his phone, got up, and went out, with Gin following behind.

As soon as the two arrived at the door of the next room, they saw a man dressed in naval samurai armor chasing and slashing at Kogoro Mouri, who was only wearing pajamas and scrambling to avoid them.

Xiaolan heard the noise and opened the door to the cubicle: "Dad, what's wrong?"

Seeing the scene in the room and remembering the rumors of the navy ghosts, Xiaolan's breathing became much more rapid, and she stood there, afraid to move.

Could it be... could it be that what's before us is a spirit of the dead?

"Xiaolan, don't come any closer! Get out of here!"

Kogoro Mouri's command woke Ran up instead.

Staring intently at the "naval ghost" that terrified her, Ran suddenly remembered the advice that Kazuma Kudo had given her.

To eliminate weaknesses, the most important thing is to first confront them.

Instead, imagine them as things you're not afraid of, and then just take action.

For example, imagine them as my brother.

Remembering the incident with the strapped-up man, when Conan, with his small frame, was injured protecting her, Ran's eyes narrowed...

Despite her fear, she rushed to the back of the "naval ghost" who was trying to escape and kicked it.

"boom--"

The samurai posing as a naval ghost was kicked away and crashed heavily to the ground.

The samurai struggled for a few moments, but seeing Kogoro Mori about to rush up and hold him down, he struggled to his feet and staggered forward.

Kazuma Kudo gave Ran a thumbs up: "Miss Mori is indeed quite strong!"

Xiaolan was a little embarrassed: "I was too scared, I couldn't kick with my full strength..."

Gin, standing to the side, raised an eyebrow. Not at full strength? What would happen if this girl kicked with all her might?

Kazuma Kudo planned to drag Gin along to help (and cause some trouble), but Ran noticed Conan was missing and went to look for him first.

By the time Kudo Kazuma and Gin chased after them, they could no longer find any trace of Kogoro Mouri and the samurai.

"In the time it takes to say a few words, the two injured men have vanished. Did they use Flash?"

Suddenly, a bell rang, startling many villagers awake in the middle of the night, who all gathered in the direction of the ghost ship.

Kudo Kazuma's eyes lit up: "Let's go take a look too!"

Gin had no choice but to follow.

Someone dragged Kogoro Mouri out of the ship, and someone else shouted that the detective Mouri had killed Hamada, the lighthouse keeper...

Is there such a good thing?

Kudo Kazuma immediately crawled into the ship, absorbed the soul of the deceased, and took the opportunity to look at the scene.

Gin, who was following behind, spoke up: "It's a frame-up. Someone else killed him."

Kudo Kazuma, who was examining the corpse inside the samurai armor, turned to look at him upon hearing this, his eyes shining brightly.

"Why don't you solve this case, brother?"

"Hmph! Have you gone mad from following them in this detective game?"

Even so, Gin still went up to examine the body before turning around and walking away.

Kudo Kazuma followed with a cheerful grin—it seems his older brother has finally gotten results. Come on, let's give Conan a shock from the Black Organization!