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

Kazuma Kudo has a fever.

He hadn't received any spirit souls for two days in a row, and he kept hanging out with Conan.

Most importantly, using [Two Elements Clone Technique] first and then [Sword Control Technique] to bring a living person back to shore from the sea is extremely taxing on his mental strength.

So Yang's clone managed to throw Kuroba Kaito onto the nearest shore before disappearing, while his real body nearly fainted...

In the private lounge of the garden, Kudo Kazuma was half-lying on the table, holding a cup and drinking hot water one cup after another.

Sonoko sat beside him, resting her chin on her hand: "I didn't believe them when they said you were a bit weak. Who would have thought that you could get a fever just from catching a gust of sea breeze when you went to capture Kid? Sigh..."

She sighed dramatically, then turned to look at Kudo Kazuma: "Hey you three, you went to capture Lord Kid and didn't even take me with you? That's just too much!"

Kudo Kazuma put down his cup, curled up in the soft sofa, and mumbled dismissively, "Next time, next time, definitely..."

"And that brat Conan, isn't he your younger brother? You're sick here, and he actually ran off? You could have let Ran go and inform Chairman Masuyama herself."

Kazuma Kudo: "...I can't explain this to you because I'm just an ordinary patient."

He felt better when Conan was far away. He couldn't explain these scientifically-based things to others, except for his parents and Ran, who knew a little about them.

As for asking Conan to help notify Pisco so that Pisco could take him back to the organization's base after the ship docks...

Chun Chun was just a product of his impulsive decision after he had a fever.

Not long after, Kenzo Masuyama indeed came with Conan and Ran.

After the ship docked, Kenzo Masuyama took Kazuma Kudo away and personally saw him off.

Kudo Kazuma was already exhausted. After getting into the car, he used [Sound Bewitchment] to emphasize again that he must be safely delivered to Base 4 and that no one should take him away. Then he fell into a deep sleep in the car.

...He was awakened by a gunshot.

The moment he woke up, Kudo Kazuma realized that he was being held hostage and instinctively took out a dagger and a gun from his system space.

When he opened his eyes and saw everything in front of him, he was already prepared with a dagger in his left hand and a pistol in his right.

"Uh...Big brother?"

Once his mind cleared, Kudo Kazuma realized that the one who had "kidnapped" him... no, the one who was carrying him on his shoulder was Gin?

While no one was paying attention, he quietly put the dagger back into his system space.

What's happening here?

The person Gin was pointing a gun at was none other than Kenzo Masuyama, codenamed Pisco.

Beside Kenzo Masuyama lay a man in black, his head blown off and blood staining the ground. This man was Kenzo Masuyama's driver and, theoretically, a peripheral member of the organization.

"Big Brother!" He endured the headache and rolled off Gin, raising his gun and pointing it at Masuyama Kenzo, whose face was extremely pale. "What's going on? Is this old guy a rat?"

Kenzo Masuyama: "?"

He felt like he was suffocating.

"You...you master and disciple are utterly inhuman! Danpo, have you forgotten what you said before you fell asleep?"

Listening to Masuyama Kenzo's tearful accusations, Kudo Kazuma looked blankly at Gin beside him... Vodka on the other side: "What's going on, little Vodka?"

Gin's mouthpiece spoke up for Vodka, sounding somewhat embarrassed: "When Pisco brought you back, you looked terrible and very weak. We couldn't wake you up no matter how much we called you, and that old man Pisco wouldn't let us take you down..."

He let out a helpless sigh: "So my older brother got into a conflict with this guy."

Kazuma Kudo: "..."

Awkward, isn't it?

He had previously used the word "sound" to emphasize to Pisco that no one should be allowed to take him away, referring to anyone other than Gin.

But when he was delirious with fever, he didn't even think to mention it—Gin was the unspoken exception to him, but that might not be the case with others, so he really overlooked it...

"Um, brother, it's actually just a misunderstanding..."

He put away his gun, coughed a few times, and said, "Pisco and I just happened to meet at the Suzuki family's 60th anniversary celebration. Weren't we burned too badly before? So I just had him take me back to base."

However, he unexpectedly gained a spirit essence, so this round wasn't a loss—at least he wasn't a loss.

Gin also put away his gun, gave a cold snort, and asked, "Why not just go to the hospital?"

Kazuma Kudo: "Uh..."

"I was so confused by the burning that I forgot," is that a valid excuse?

Gin didn't care whether he would answer or not, and told Vodka to "take care of things here," before dragging Kudo Kazuma into the base's medical room.

"Huh?" Kudo Kazuma, feeling much better after absorbing the spiritual essence, asked curiously, "Am I really delirious from the fever? I remember this place wasn't like this before."

Didn't we just tidy up an empty room and use it as a temporary medical room?

When did a fully equipped medical room appear here? It even has a rest room... Has he not been back to base for a long time?

It shouldn't be...

After receiving an injection and being given fever-reducing medication, Kudo Kazuma slumped on the sofa, groaning and muttering to himself. He kept repeating the same thing over and over again—he wanted to slack off!

Aside from sniping missions, he doesn't want to do any missions right now.

He didn't want to do many sniper missions either.

He's not feeling well right now; he needs to rest more!

"The second young lady of the Suzu family invited us to go to the beach in Izu tomorrow. After that, I also have to work on the promotion of Bond. I need to rest and recuperate whenever I have a little time. I simply don't have time to do any missions."

"Brother, just give me a few non-urgent sniping missions as a token gesture."

Gin glanced at him disdainfully: "Is this what you meant by needing more rest?"

He took a stack of mission documents from the medical room and tossed them to Kudo Kazuma: "They're all sniper missions, choose one yourself."

Kazuma Kudo: "Wait a minute? Who keeps mission data in the medical room?"

Gin ignored him, so Kudo Kazuma started picking and choosing his favorites—specifically, sniper missions that were close to home and the organization, easy to carry out, and especially didn't require getting up early in the morning.

He still needs to carry out sniping missions, since he can't stick to Death Brother every day, but he still needs his soul every day.

"Your only task right now is to cooperate with Vermouth. As for what to do, go ask her."

Kudo Kazuma paused slightly as he organized the documents: "Okay, I understand."

Now he truly believed that Gin wasn't planning to assign him any missions for the time being—what was Vermouth's greatest strength?

Slacking off!

She might drag out a task that an ordinary person could complete in three days to three months. By following her on tasks, you can have plenty of free time to do other things.

Gin paused for a moment, then asked again, "Bourbon has been in contact with you, hasn't he? Be careful."

"I understand~" Kudo Kazuma put away the mission documents he had chosen with satisfaction. "Don't worry, big brother, I'll eventually get Bourbon to call me big brother~"

Gin: "..."

Others in the organization might not understand the hidden meaning behind Danpo's words, but he could.

This brat clearly had something in mind—he meant that he wanted to pull Bourbon to his side.

That's quite an ambition...

"Hmph! As long as you're not afraid of Rum causing trouble, do as you please!"

Kudo Kazuma's fever isn't too high right now, and he understands Gin's words: "Anyway, he's Rum's man, so it's up to you."

"Hey, don't worry, bro, there won't be any problems!"