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

Having perhaps gotten somewhat used to the Grim Reaper's coquettish antics, Kudo Kazuma gasped in surprise, yet still managed to snap a photo.

I didn't have a chance to take pictures before, so I can't miss this one!

While Kudo Kazuma was taking pictures, Ran, somewhat amused and exasperated, picked up Conan.

She didn't think much of it before, but ever since she found out that Conan is Shinichi, she always thinks Shinichi is quite cute when Conan acts cute and adorable.

Yeah, she's way cuter than when she was a kid, all cocky and arrogant!

Ran, seeing Conan's slightly blushing face, smiled and said, "Why don't you try putting on makeup? Conan might look quite cute in it!"

Kazuma Kudo and Sonoko Suzuki smiled and agreed together: "Agreed!"

The children cheered in unison, "Yay!"

Conan was immediately filled with confusion: "Huh?"

No?

It's one thing for a few kids to be ignorant, and it's another for that brat and Sonoko to be so awful, but why does Ran have to have such a twisted sense of humor?

He doesn't want to dress up as that little girl!

Even if you want to dress up as a little girl, why not just do it at home? Why do you have to let other people see it?!

While Conan was on the verge of tears, the three little ones had already put on wigs with the help of Ito Megumi.

Ayumi is admiring her own cuteness.

Mitsuhiko was looking in the mirror, trying to apply lipstick to himself.

Genta was the most exaggerated, using his chubby body to try and strike an elegant pose, and speaking in a high-pitched voice, "Ah~ I am the princess~"

The three kids seemed to be having a lot of fun, but Conan looked completely resistant. When he saw Ito Megumi coming over with a wig, he hugged Ran and tried his best to act cute.

"Sister Xiaolan~ Let's go back quickly, okay? Oh right, aren't you supposed to be handing out flyers? Let's hurry up and go help them~"

Ran smiled and handed Conan to Ito Megumi: "Since you're a kid, you should experience everything~ Just try it on, and I'll do your makeup later, I promise it'll be super cute!"

"No, no~ I don't want to~"

Megumi Ito put the wig on Conan's head. Conan struggled desperately and tried to back away, but he was in a child's body and Ran was holding him tightly, so he couldn't break free.

Kudo Kazuma laughed so hard he almost fell over, and couldn't help but think of a solution for his unlucky older brother: at this point, apart from a murder case, probably no one could "save" Conan...

Just as the scene was chaotic and amusing, a shout suddenly drew everyone's attention.

Now nobody thought about putting a wig on Conan anymore. Everyone ran outside, only to see Ito Tamanosuke being kicked out of a room...

"What's wrong, Commander?"

Muraki Ryuichi rushed over to protect Ito Tamanosuke, glaring at the middle-aged man in the room and demanding, "Chikaishi! What do you mean by this!"

"Nothing much?" The middle-aged man leaned against the doorframe, speaking nonchalantly, "Just a slight disagreement about the script..."

As the troupe members arrived one after another, the middle-aged man smoked his pipe and explained, "I had already finished writing the script and was just about to print it out when this brat asked me to rewrite the ending, so I just scared him a little."

At this point, he said with a hint of disdain, "If a person can't understand the structure of society when he's young, he can't possibly get ahead, right, Mr. Tajima?"

As he spoke, he pointed with his pipe at the middle-aged actor Kenzo Tajima standing to the side: "I've run out of cigarettes, Mr. Tajima, could you please buy me some?"

Tajima stormed off to buy tobacco, and the others in the troupe didn't seem too happy either. Kudo Kazuma tilted his head in disapproval.

This screenwriter, Chikaishi, looks like he's about to die...

Ito Tamanosuke checked with Chikaishi again and, after confirming that he was unwilling to change the ending, told everyone to rehearse according to Chikaishi's instructions. He, however, felt unwell after being kicked and went back to his room to rest.

With things having escalated to this point, Ran and the others couldn't stay any longer. They immediately took a large stack of flyers from Ogihara Ikee and left the Beika Theater with a few children, intending to hand out the flyers at Beika Station.

However, once the worry that "the handsome guy will seduce Ran" was gone, Conan began to focus on the incident again—according to his deduction, there must be something wrong with this troupe, so why should he leave?

So, under the pretense of helping Ran and the others hand out flyers, Conan and the three kids casually disposed of the flyers and then slipped back home.

Kudo Kazuma had noticed their actions long ago.

He hadn't originally planned to help hand out flyers, but of course he went back now.

Ito Megumi, having changed into her costume, was overjoyed to see Conan return.

Kudo Kazuma said apologetically to Ito Tamanosuke, "I'm sorry to have bothered you, but the others still wanted to come back to watch your rehearsal."

He was being polite, but in his heart he couldn't help but complain: This is the saying "it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away." There wasn't a single dead person, so how could the god of death possibly leave?

Ito Tamanosuke didn't seem to mind: "It's fine, it's good to have a lively atmosphere. We still need to prepare. You guys go to the front audience seats, you'll be able to see the rehearsal soon."

To get from backstage to the audience seats, you need to pass the stage.

As Ayumi passed by the stage, she almost fell into the pool of the stage lift, but luckily Conan and Mitsuhiko caught her.

It is said that they were testing the time it takes for the lifting platform to rise.

Kudo Kazuma wasn't very interested, so he sat down in the audience and started playing on his phone.

As for the rehearsals that began on stage, Kudo Kazuma would only catch a glimpse of them occasionally.

It is said that this new drama is based on the recent famous phantom thief "Edo Kid".

As Conan explained the Edo period to the younger children, Kazuma Kudo couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

As expected of the Detective Conan world, besides having many detectives, there are also many phantom thieves.

What puzzled them was that after chasing the Edo boy for so long, it turned out that the real Edo boy was actually the twin brother of the person being investigated. This was a strange turn of events, which explained why Ito Tamanosuke wanted Chikaishi to change the ending.

After the rehearsal, Ito Tamanosuke felt that the script still needed some polishing, so he asked his sister, Ito Megumi, to invite screenwriter Chikaishi over.

As a result, a terrified scream came from backstage.

Everyone rushed backstage and found screenwriter Chikaishi lying on the ground, while Ito Megumi was kneeling beside him, wailing loudly.

After reporting the incident to the police, Kudo Kazuma went to examine the body with Conan and, incidentally, absorb some of the spirit's essence.

Looking at Ito Megumi, who was wailing and clearly frightened, and then at the three little ones who were frowning and following behind Conan, seemingly examining the corpse, Kudo Kazuma could only shake his head repeatedly.

Look, this is the difference between normal children and abnormal children...

As for his miniature brother... it seems he's discovered something again?

But that's none of his business. Conan will find the culprit anyway, so he should just go home and sleep.