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

Although Ai Haibara's attitude wasn't great, Conan's happiness was genuine.

"Lan, did you hear that? The antidote is almost ready!"

Kazuma Kudo added helplessly, "It's just the first edition. But it's much faster than I expected... By the way, does Ai rarely participate in your Detective Boys' activities?"

Conan nodded: "Indeed, she often goes home to do research as soon as school is over."

Kazuma Kudo understood.

With more comprehensive information and the finished product A as a reference, and with Ai Haibara working even harder than before, it's only natural that the first version of the antidote would be produced earlier than before.

It's just a question of how long this version of the antidote will last.

Ran, standing to the side, was clearly not as excited as Conan. Instead, she frowned slightly and said, "Shinichi, you were silenced by that organization. If they find out you're still alive, wouldn't you be in great danger?"

Conan's excitement faltered instantly, and he instinctively looked at Ran.

Not only will he be in danger, but Ran will also be implicated, as will Kazuma and Uncle Mori; they are all likely to get into trouble...

Kazuma Kudo tilted his head.

His decision to reveal Conan's true identity as Shinichi Kudo to Ran was absolutely right. Aside from the unfortunate older brother missing out on undeserved perks and being more likely to get beaten up, everything else was very satisfying.

Such as now.

If it were the Conan from the original story, he probably wouldn't even think of such a thing. He would only tell the group of people at the scene not to reveal that he was there after solving the case and showing off.

Fortunately, he was the chosen one of this world, and those people were relatively trustworthy. Otherwise, if even a casual outsider had tried to find out more, the news would have leaked out like a sieve.

But the antidote is almost ready, so how can we not check its effectiveness?

Kudo Kazuma smiled and said to Ran, "Don't worry, when you need to interact with people, just say my brother is Edogawa Kazuma. Anyway, in most people's eyes, we look exactly alike."

Conan's eyes lit up: "That's right! I'll change my style of dress and speech, and pretend to be Isshin."

Xiaolan was a little troubled: "But what about Yizhen? We can't just hide at home, can we?"

If it weren't for the situation with the organization, Kudo Kazuma could have simply stayed home and lazed around forever while Kudo Shinichi was impersonating him.

Unfortunately, that won't work; he still has to keep an eye on things to some extent.

So Kudo Kazuma said without hesitation, "Then I'll paint my face black, draw my eyebrows thick, and pretend to be Hattori?"

Conan and Ran were both momentarily speechless. Finally, Conan asked, "Can you imitate his Osaka accent?"

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "Don't worry, I'll have a plan."

When the time comes, I can just impersonate Kaito Kuroba and see how things go.

In any case, to the people Douzi knew, he often disappeared without a trace.

Furthermore, Touko looks very similar to Shinichi Kudo, which is already known among Gin's core members, so it's not at all out of place.

Impersonating Kaito Kuroba would be much easier than impersonating Heiji Hattori, wouldn't it?

After dropping Ran and Conan off at the agency, Kudo Kazuma returned to his home in 4-chome.

As expected, besides the younger version of Morofushi Kagemitsu, Amuro Tooru was also waiting in the living room, looking like he wouldn't leave until he came back.

"Danpo!" Amuro Tooru's expression was grim when he saw Kudo Kazuma return. "What exactly happened with Representative Takada's death?"

"What? What happened?" Kudo Kazuma spread his hands. "The police haven't solved the case yet, and Uncle Mori and the others don't have any clues either. To be honest, I don't understand who did it either..."

Amuro Tooru frowned deeply: "You didn't do it?"

Kudo Kazuma was speechless: "Toru, you are a sacred and great undercover police officer, how can you be thinking such nonsense like those people in the organization? I am innocent, okay? Don't you feel any remorse for framing me like this?"

Toru Amuro: "..."

Do we need to have a conscience when talking to Danpo?

There's absolutely no need for that, right?

"After you returned to Japan, all the non-sniper missions you completed became almost typical examples. Which of those missions wasn't a case of using one enemy to devour another, or killing someone with a borrowed knife? Everyone with a bit of seniority in the organization knows that."

"You say you didn't kill Takada? Do you think I'd believe you?"

Kudo Kazuma nodded speechlessly: "Fine, so you'd rather believe a bunch of enemies in the Black Organization than your boss, right? Didn't you say you're a detective? Then why don't you come with me to solve a case tomorrow?"

Although he used Death's blade to kill his targets and accepted the mission rewards without hesitation every time, he really didn't do these things.

Nobody believes me, it's so lonely~

Just then, the phone rang.

After Kudo Kazuma answered the call, he realized it was Inspector Megure calling and immediately put it on speakerphone.

“Brother Edogawa, we’ve found the suspect you provided who disappeared from the banquet among our criminal records.”

"That guy's name is Hiraoka Shiro. He's the kind of guy who digs up secrets from big companies and then extorts huge sums of money from them. Rumor has it in the underworld that once he's got his hands on a company that can suck money out of him, he'll never let go. He's supposedly nicknamed 'Piranha Hiraoka'."

They even have nicknames?

Kazuma Kudo raised an eyebrow: "Did you inform Uncle Mori? What did he say?"

"I've already notified him."

"Based on our deduction, it is very likely that Hiraoka has some kind of leverage over President Ishimoto and is trying to blackmail him, but given President Ishimoto's personality, he obviously won't give in."

"In a fit of rage, Hiraoka tried to kill President Ishimoto, but accidentally killed Representative Takada instead."

After Inspector Megure finished explaining their reasoning, he asked Kazuma Kudo, "What's your opinion, Edogawa-kun?"

Kudo Kazuma tilted his head: "I can't say for sure, but I have a feeling things aren't that simple. Putting everything else aside, that Hiraoka is a repeat offender. Doesn't he know there's a big difference between extortion and murder?"

"Moreover, with the lights off in the venue at the time, hitting President Ishimoto would have been much more difficult than hitting Representative Takada... I suspect there was another culprit, and his target was likely Representative Takada. President Ishimoto was probably just a decoy."

He thinks this way, and it's not just Conan who hasn't come to a conclusion yet.

On the way back, he reviewed the question Conan had asked about locating the culprit—if the murderer was in the lighting control room, it would be much easier for him to hit Masao Takada, who was surrounded by lights, than to hit President Ishimoto.

Putting everything else aside, if Masao Takada hadn't walked past President Ishimoto, given the dark and chaotic venue at the time, it would have taken at least Gin or Shuichi Akai to accurately hit Ishimoto in the dark. Even Korn and Chianti might not have been able to do it!

"In that case, Brother Edogawa, what you said makes a lot of sense. It seems we'll have to gather those people back at the venue tomorrow and investigate thoroughly."

After arranging to meet Inspector Megure the next day, Kazuma Kudo hung up the phone and turned to Tooru Amuro: "Seriously, Amuro, how about you come and help analyze this?"