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

The next day, on the way to the meeting place, Xiaolan took the initiative to approach her.

"Ichima, Sonoko wants to add your Bond as a friend, so she asked me to tell you."

"Add me?" He certainly didn't mind this future heir of the Suzuki family. "Don't you already have me as a friend? Just give her my Bond account. Is there something you need?"

Xiaolan nodded: "It seems to be about chat rooms, but I don't know the specifics."

Okay, then I'll just ask Sonoko when the time comes.

Kudo Kazuma didn't seem to care much and let Ran give his account to Sonoko.

Sonoko didn't reply to Ran's message, nor did she reply to Kudo Kazuma, probably because she hadn't seen the message. Kudo Kazuma didn't seem to care much, and instead asked about the actor he was supposed to meet today.

It turned out that the person they were supposed to meet was Hijikata Kozaburo, an actor who mainly acted in period dramas.

He recently took on a detective role in a modern drama, so he specifically sought out Kogoro Mouri and Kazuma Kudo as references for his role as a detective.

Kazuma Kudo shrugged.

This previously unheard-of period drama actor is probably either there to give Kogoro Mouri an alibi, or he'll be killed on the spot, and Conan will have to find out who the murderer is.

In this situation, all we can say is that death is at the door, and life or death is up to the individual.

Kosaburo Hijikata had recently been embroiled in divorce rumors, so after meeting them at the coffee shop, he took them to his home to avoid paparazzi taking photos.

After sneaking through the back door of the apartment building like a thief to the elevator, Hijikata Kosaburo finally breathed a sigh of relief and pressed the elevator button.

"There's nothing I can do. The divorce turmoil hasn't subsided yet. If those uncrowned kings see me with a detective, who knows what kind of reports they'll make."

"That's right..."

The elevator doors opened, and there was another person inside.

Hijikata Kosaburo's expression changed slightly, but Ran, who recognized all the celebrities, stepped forward and asked, "Are you the famous actor, Mr. Okita Hajime?"

Kazuma Kudo leans back tactically.

One is a mound, the other a field; they truly deserve to be called actors in period dramas.

Okita smiled and nodded to the group.

Hijikata Kosaburo then helped explain, "Actually, he lives next door to me."

"So, where are you going?"

Okita waved his hand: "Go to the convenience store. Don't worry, I'll be waiting for you in the room on time."

Through Kogoro Mouri's introduction, they learned that Okita Hajime was the person Hijikata's wife was having an affair with, which explained why they had arranged to have a serious talk.

After entering the elevator, Hijikata Kosaburo pressed the floor button and then turned to the group, saying, "Oh, right, I don't think I've given you my business cards yet..."

After he finished speaking, he handed out a card to each of them, not even ignoring Conan, who was now in elementary school.

Kogoro Mouri looked at the business card and said, "I didn't know you owned so many houses. The entire sixth floor is yours."

"Yes, I used to convert the sixth floor into an office and rent it out, but no one rented it anymore. Now we're going to the fifth floor where we currently live..."

Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but take another look at this guy.

Would a normal person keep insisting on whether it's the sixth floor or the fifth floor?

And this person seems to be intentionally or unintentionally blocking the elevator buttons with their body...

"arrive……"

After Hijikata Kosaburo led the group down the elevator, Conan, who was walking at the back, asked Kudo Kazuma curiously, "What were you looking at just now?"

Kudo Kazuma quietly voiced his doubts, and Conan immediately frowned—yes, Hijikata's behavior was indeed quite deliberate…

"What are you saying?" Kogoro Mouri called out to the two of them. "Aren't you going to hurry up and follow us?"

Kazuma Kudo casually waved the business card in his hand: "I'm discussing with Conan whether we should make a batch of business cards too."

In fact, he never intended to make business cards, nor did he ever make them.

After all, making business cards inevitably involves listing his title as "President of Kurosawa Software," which he doesn't want.

Hijikata Kosaburo's wife, Nagakura Yumi, opened the door for them, and then the couple put on a sweet and loving act, each relying on their acting skills to perform a scene of a loving couple.

After welcoming the four people into the living room, the couple claimed they had something to do and left.

After waiting in the living room for almost half an hour, all four of them were getting a little bored.

Kudo Kazuma sat on the sofa and started playing on his phone.

Seeing that the homeowner hadn't arrived yet, Conan, still preoccupied with his previous suspicions, began to observe the house for any problems. Ran, seeing this, curiously followed him.

Bored, Kogoro Mouri decided to smoke, but he didn't bring a lighter. He found a pistol-shaped lighter in the room and tried to light it, but unfortunately, he couldn't get it to light after pulling the trigger several times. Instead, he pulled too hard and broke the pistol-shaped lighter...

"Dad?" Xiao Lan was both amused and exasperated.

How did you manage to break it?

Just then, Hijikata Kosaburo came in with a cup of freshly brewed tea, and Kogoro Mori could only hurriedly stuff the broken pistol-shaped lighter into his pants pocket.

"I'm sorry, this kind of thing is usually left to my wife. I'm a bit slow when I make tea myself, so I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

"And what about your wife?"

"She has something to do and is going to a friend's house."

Kosaburo Hijikata put down the tea tray and looked around the television twice, apparently looking for the prop gun he would use when playing a detective.

Now, Kazuma Kudo, Conan, and Ran unconsciously turned their attention to Kogoro Mouri—wasn't it supposed to be a pistol-shaped lighter? No wonder it wouldn't light; it was clearly a prop pistol!

When Hijikata Kosaburo mentioned that the prop gun was quite expensive, Mori Kogoro quickly explained that detectives these days don't use guns, and that they could keep that in mind during filming.

Kazuma Kudo nodded in agreement.

That's right, nowadays detectives use tranquilizer darts and incredible soccer balls.

"There's nothing we can do. The director said the first shot of this movie is the detective and the murderer shooting at each other by the river..." Hijikata Kosaburo pointed towards the balcony, "It's that river over there."

As he spoke, he walked toward the balcony, and the others subconsciously followed. Only Kogoro Mouri took the opportunity to fall behind and quickly stuffed the prop gun he had broken under the sofa.

When the group arrived at the riverside balcony, they found that the view was indeed expansive and the scenery was quite nice.

While we were chatting, we heard the phone ringing from the Okita family next door.

The phone kept ringing, so everyone looked over and saw the body of Hijikata Kosaburo's wife, Nagakura Yumi, lying on the balcony next door...

Upon seeing this, Hijikata Kosaburo was overcome with grief and cried out that he wanted to jump directly onto the balcony. Fortunately, Mouri Kogoro caught him, and Ran kept reminding him that it was the fifth floor and that jumping over there could easily cause an accident, which calmed him down.

Hijikata Kosaburo seemed to suddenly realize something and hurriedly ran to the next room, with Mori Kogoro following closely behind.

Conan, however, stood there, frowning, and said, "Strange... Mrs. Hijikata might have just fainted. He doesn't even know anything about her condition. Why is she so grief-stricken?"

Kazuma Kudo followed behind and shrugged.

Yumi Nagakura is already dead; she was killed by Kosaburo Hijikata.

All I can say is that Hijikata Kosaburo was quite successful as an actor; his performances were very moving.

But he really had no experience as a murderer; even Conan spotted his flaws...