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

Rum was furious.

In order to kill Danpo, he provided so much explosives and guns to the two people responsible for taking revenge on society and disrupting the event, and even specially assigned them two snipers from the organization...

As a result, these useless people didn't even manage to get a single Core Formation!

And they made such a big deal out of it!

What a bunch of useless idiots!

but……

He carefully examined the photos related to Danpo that the four people had sent back.

They also found photos of Sulli as a child and as an adult from the database.

If he read correctly...

The phone suddenly rang; it was his personal cell phone.

There are very few people in the organization who can call this number directly.

It can't be a piano bar, can it?

Rum answered the phone, and Gin's voice, as cold as ice, immediately came through the receiver.

"Danpo is definitely not an undercover agent. Don't do anything unnecessary to him!"

Rum frowned, feigning ignorance: "What are you talking about? What did Danpo do this time?"

Gin scoffed, "You were the one who caused the National Stadium incident, weren't you?"

"It was me. My men found Shinichi Kudo's trail." Rum's tone suddenly became relaxed and smug. "Gin, speaking of which, this was your mistake. What, I helped you clean up the mess, and this is how you treat me?"

"Stop playing dumb! You know perfectly well who that person is!"

"You don't need to worry about the operations team's affairs; and you certainly don't need to do anything underhanded with the team members!"

Gin's tone unconsciously carried a hint of murderous intent as he spoke: "Don't do anything unnecessary, Rum. If there's a next time, I won't be so lenient with you!"

The call was hung up.

Rum slammed his hand on the table in annoyance.

Gin is really going too far these days. He actually called to threaten Danpo for that kid's sake.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, the phone rang again; it was his private number.

Rum answered the phone curtly: "Speak!"

"Oh, you're pretty hot-tempered. What's wrong? Did something you wanted to do not go your way, so you're upset?"

On the other end of the phone, Vermouth's charming voice carried a hint of sarcasm.

"Rum, Rum, you weren't behind the National Arena incident, were you? What kind of mission could possibly warrant such a commotion? I didn't hear a thing beforehand."

"Could it be that there's no mission at all, and you're secretly doing something you shouldn't be doing? Aren't you afraid that someone will trace it back to the organization and make the boss unhappy?"

Rum took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Vermouth, I have my own reasons for what I do, and you don't need to worry about them!"

Vermouth's tone turned cold: "Your plan? Your plan is to attack other codename members without any reason?"

"Rum, I remember that apart from Gin, no one else in the organization is qualified to take action against codenamed members without reporting to the boss, right? Not even you! Are you getting old and forgetful?"

"Oh, right~" she suddenly laughed, "I almost forgot, when Xiao Yi really beat up Tequila, the boss didn't punish him at all, he just told Gin to keep an eye on him, sigh... I don't know why~ You're not jealous because of this, are you?"

Before Vermouth could finish speaking, Rum hung up the phone.

Do these people even respect him as the organization's second-in-command?

Rum stared intently at his personal phone, radiating resentment towards it.

He wanted to see which other organization's high-ranking members would come looking for him to interrogate him over Danpo!

The phone didn't ring for a while, thankfully no other high-ranking officials came to speak up for Danpo.

However, he received a message from Bourbon...

The bombing at the National Stadium had far-reaching implications, yet the objective remained unfulfilled. Danpo has become suspicious of me. I suggest you restrain all actions against him in the near future to avoid losing more than you gain.

Rum's face immediately darkened.

Bourbon may not have seemed to be making a fuss, but his words still implied his dissatisfaction with the explosion at the National Stadium.

He angrily typed a message and sent it to Bourbon, then slammed his hand on the table again.

After receiving the message, Amuro Tooru raised his hand and handed the phone to Kudo Kazuma.

[Try one more time; if that doesn't work, suspend all activities.]

Kazuma Kudo tilted his head.

So what kind of crazy tricks is this guy planning to pull?

"Just try it!"

Now that he has the added [Life Aura] skill, which can be considered a healing ability, he's not really afraid of this.

It would be even better if Rum could reveal some more flaws during the probing process.

Vodka just called him, and Rum's excuse was that he mistook him for Shinichi Kudo.

So here's the question: Shinichi Kudo's only public appearance after the incident was at his home. How did Rum come up with this excuse?

The only connection that comes to mind is the time when Kurosawa and Kazuma Kudo appeared in front of Conan at the same time at Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka—Rum knew that Kurosawa was his alternate identity, so it wouldn't be surprising if he mistook Kazuma Kudo for Shinichi Kudo.

So... there must have been Rum's men watching him at the time?

His health was too poor when he was in Tongtian Pavilion, and he was also maintaining an extra clone, so it's not surprising that he didn't notice that someone was watching him.

He always had Kazuha around, and he assumed that the feeling of being glanced at from time to time came from Kazuha, so he didn't think much of it. Now that he thinks about it...

Rum, ha!

For the next three days, Kudo Kazuma stayed at home, but would occasionally send a Bond message to Gin or Vermouth, the main point of which was: where exactly is that old man Rum hiding?

Vermouth always replied promptly, and each time she found a way to claim she didn't know.

Gin, on the other hand, only replied with one sentence to all these questions: Now is not the time to make a move.

Okay, I understand.

Gin is still the best.

Vermouth is such a con artist.

He refused to believe that Vermouth wouldn't know what Gin knew.

There's been no word from Conan for the past three days. I wonder if he's forgotten he has the antidote, or if he's already secretly turned back into Shinichi Kudo...

I want Conan, Conan is here.

"Tomorrow afternoon, Sonoko is going to meet an online friend, and she's taking Ran with her because they're staying overnight. Uncle Mori is worried about them and wants you to come along. Do you want to go?"

"Online friends?" Kudo Kazuma suddenly remembered the magic enthusiast chat room that Sonoko had mentioned a while ago. There did seem to be a scene of an online friend gathering, and Sonoko's crush on an online friend was actually Kaito Kid in disguise...

He suddenly thought of something, raised his hand and pressed it on the head of the miniature version of his older brother: "Aren't you comfortable letting Xiaolan spend a day with a bunch of strangers online? Why don't you just come along too?"

"Of course I'll go too!"

Kazuma Kudo waved his hand: "What I meant was not that Conan Edogawa would go, but that Shinichi Kudo would go... By the way, you haven't used that antidote yet, have you?"

Conan sighed, "Because I have to go to class these few days, and I was hoping to find a weekend after I recovered to go out and have some fun with Ran..."

"That's perfect!" Kudo Kazuma snapped his fingers. "Going to meet Sonoko's online friend together is the same thing! Come to my place after school tomorrow, it's settled!"

He wanted to take this opportunity to see if Rum was capable of having someone monitor him at all times.

and……

How could I not give my dear brother a little surprise if I could encounter Douzi in this round?