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

After deciding to attend the celebration, Kudo Kazuma had a new question.

[By the way, wasn't that celebration you mentioned a sumo wrestling match? Why did you guys go? Is Uncle Mori interested in sumo? Or is Ran interested? It couldn't be you, could it?]

Conan sent a helpless emoji, and then gave a brief explanation.

It turns out that a couple of days ago, Kogoro Mouri helped someone resolve a case, but the client was unable to pay the commission due to company bankruptcy, so they gave him a few invitations to a celebration party as a substitute...

Wow, that's really outrageous... It's so great that the uncle doesn't mind at all.

Kazuma Kudo could really understand Conan's helplessness.

However, while chatting with Conan, he quickly looked it up and found that this sumo tournament was quite prestigious, a completely national-level event.

That's why many business leaders participated in the victory celebration at Iwakaze Room, and that's why Takada Masao, the target of this mission, was involved.

However, major brands like Suzuki, Nagato, and Tomizawa, as well as large corporations like Mantek and Pisco's Balin Motors, did not attend.

By analogy, this Representative Takada doesn't seem to carry much weight.

In other words, does this mean that the organization doesn't have particularly strong political influence?

So it seems like it would be easier for him to dismantle the organization...

The next evening, the group arrived at the celebration venue.

In truth, Kazuma Kudo didn't particularly like the bustling crowds.

However, the middle-class entrepreneurs and families here were even more enthusiastic than during the Suzuki Group's 60th anniversary celebration. Many people from the software, computer, and gaming industries came to get to know Kazuma Kudo, the young president of the software company, and exchange a few words with him.

After dealing with so many gatherings, Kudo Kazuma realized that the Suzuki Group's parties were much better. They were all high-society events, and hardly anyone bothered to chat with him, the president of a small company. It was much quieter.

During this time, Kazuma Kudo also noticed that Conan and Ran were eating and drinking while trying to figure out the identities of the people around them.

"...Isn't that the president of the silk dyeing and fabric company?"

"That guy looks like a high-ranking executive at a company involved in foreign trade..."

"This must be some politician's secretary, right? Wait... what did he drop?"

Kudo Kazuma was speechless. Good heavens, is the Grim Reaper calling roll?

This is seriously going to be the death of me.

In comparison, Kogoro Mouri, who is trying his best to eat in order to recoup his losses, is much cuter.

Thinking this, he also focused his gaze on the politician's secretary Conan had mentioned—a young man in a suit who was picking something up from under the table and putting it back in his pocket.

He had seen the man's photo; it was in the mission files.

Takada Masao's secretary, Niikura Tsuneaki.

So, Masao Takada really did show up?

However, usually, the Grim Reaper Elementary School Student wants to kill the club president, and there are a bunch of club presidents at the scene...

It seems the best approach for me is to wait until one of the company presidents is sacrificed, then release my clones amidst the chaos to finish off that Representative Takada.

Just as they were pondering this, a woman in work clothes walked up to Kogoro Mouri and Kazuma Kudo and said, "You must be the famous detective Kogoro Mouri, right? And your disciple, the detective of the heart, Kazuma Edogawa, and your well-trained daughter, Miss Mouri."

Kudo Kazuma was speechless. He didn't know when it started, but people had assumed he was Kogoro Mouri's disciple. Couldn't he learn from Conan and see through his true nature, which wasn't deduction?

Upon seeing that the visitor was a young and beautiful lady, Kogoro Mouri immediately abandoned his unseemly eating habits and looked at her warmly: "It's me, I am Kogoro Mouri."

"These three are my disciple Kazuma Edogawa, my daughter Ran Mouri, and Conan Edogawa, who just loafs around at my house."

Conan was speechless.

It seems I haven't been getting enough anesthetic injections lately... If you don't know how to introduce it, you don't have to.

"Excuse me, my name is Sachiko Tanaka. Could I possibly take up a little of your time?"

"Of course, I can give you all my time, no problem!"

Upon being invited by a beautiful woman, Kogoro Mouri immediately became excited.

Unfortunately, the beauty wasn't buying it. Instead, she invited them to a quieter spot nearby to discuss serious matters.

It turns out that Sachiko Tanaka is the secretary of Seiji Ishimoto, the president of a precision machinery manufacturer. She came to see Kogoro Mouri because Seiji Ishimoto received a threatening letter from an unknown source, and they wanted to ask Kogoro Mouri to catch the person who sent the threatening letter.

After some questioning, Kogoro Mouri, wanting to get closer to Sachiko Tanaka, decisively accepted the request.

Kudo Kazuma and his two companions, seeing that he claimed to be protecting Ishimoto Seiji but was actually constantly circling around Tanaka Sachiko, couldn't stand it any longer and made an excuse to go and check for clues in the surrounding area to get away from them.

"Look at that guy!" Conan pointed discreetly at a man wearing sunglasses leaning against the wall. "I've been watching him for a while now. That guy keeps coldly observing everyone like that, he doesn't seem like he's going to enjoy this celebration at all..."

Ran whispered, "It is a bit suspicious. Conan, do you suspect him?"

Kudo Kazuma squatted down beside him, a half-smile on his face, and said, "The person you described, who has been coldly observing everyone, doesn't seem like someone who wants to enjoy this celebration at all... Is that really not you?"

Upon hearing this, Conan's eyes widened in surprise.

We were clearly talking about serious business, and that brat of a brother came to make sarcastic remarks about him?

Just then, a staff member in the venue asked them if they wanted to take a picture. Conan immediately abandoned his little brother, grabbed Ran, and posed for a photo with the suspicious man in the background.

After receiving the photos, he was about to study them carefully when the entire venue suddenly went dark, all the lights went out, and only the stage had a relatively bright light shining down.

The host smiled and said, "Today, we have a special guest to say a few words to everyone. Please welcome Mr. Masao Takada, a member of the House of Representatives, to the stage!"

With a "snap," a bright spotlight shone on the head of a man with only a small tuft of hair, making his scalp gleam in the dimly lit hall.

"This way, Congressman."

Tsuneaki Niikura led Masao Takada around most of the venue, walking slowly towards the podium.

Kudo Kazuma finally understood—so this Representative Takada came here to win over those middle-class families and businessmen, tsk tsk tsk tsk…

All the spotlights were focused on him, but in the world of Detective Conan, someone who attracts everyone's attention like that is likely to get struck by lightning for showing off...

"President Ishimoto, excuse me."

Just as Masao Takada was passing by Seiji Ishimoto, an accident occurred!

A gunshot!

The bullet grazed Seiji Ishimoto's shoulder and went straight into Masao Takada's heart!

Kudo Kazuma's eyes lit up. Thank you, Grim Reaper! You saved me the trouble of doing it myself!

If Masao Takada had taken a straightforward approach, he would have already taken the stage and started speaking this morning. Would he still have been implicated by Seiji Ishimoto?

Now that’s great, you got struck by lightning for pretending to be cool, right?