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

"What do you mean by déjà vu?"

Shinichi Kudo clearly didn't realize what was happening.

Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but mutter to himself: What? Cases that aren't part of the main plot don't deserve to be remembered, right?

He said helplessly, "Isn't the same person who killed her sister and then faked her suicide at Yoko Okino's concert a while ago? Her behavior was pretty much the same as this Ms. Okino's."

“Oh right!” Ran chimed in, “At the time, Chiyo also mentioned that her younger sister Mina was in a bad mood and wanted to commit suicide or something like that…”

“But perhaps Miss Yoko doesn’t have that many thoughts, or perhaps she’s just telling the truth?” Ran didn’t want to assume the worst. “I think Miss Akiko should be back soon.”

As she spoke, she turned to look at Shinichi Kudo.

Like Ran, Shinichi Kudo doesn't like to assume the worst about people, but he hasn't forgotten Kazuma's seemingly nonsensical but ultimately true deduction from yesterday.

"Well, in any case, it's always good to pay more attention." He thought for a moment and said, "How about this, Ran, after Miss Akiko comes back in a while, you and the Haibara sisters go to visit her and see how she is doing."

"In case Ms. Yoko really wants to do something, we can stop her in time."

Upon hearing this, Kudo Kazuma blinked but remained silent.

Whether it can be stopped in time is another matter.

A short while later, Akiko Kinoshita returned, wearing the same outfit as Yoko Asanuma, only in a blue ski suit.

She nodded to Kogoro Mouri and his group, then turned and walked into the room.

Just as Ran was wondering how to start the conversation, Kazuma Kudo suddenly called out, "Miss Yoko."

Akiko Kinoshita was taken aback, subconsciously stopped in her tracks, then stiffened, and quickly tried to walk back into her room as if nothing had happened.

Shinichi Kudo immediately became alert and raised his voice to ask, "Miss Yoko? Are you Miss Asanuma Yoko?"

Ran, with perfect understanding, stepped forward and blocked "Kinoshita Akiko's" path, asking with a hint of concern, "Miss Akiko, I heard you're not feeling well. Could you tell me where you're feeling unwell? Are you... are you really Miss Akiko?"

Akiko Kinoshita remained silent, and Kogoro Mouri finally realized the problem.

He strode forward and asked in a deep voice, "Miss Mingzi, you wouldn't mind taking off your protective shield here, would you? And... would you mind letting my daughter take a look into your room?"

Akiko Kinoshita hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand and took off her goggles and the protective shield that almost covered her entire face.

What was revealed was Yoko Asanuma's face.

"It really is Miss Yoko!" Haruka Haibara stepped forward and asked, "Then, where is Miss Akiko? Where is she?"

Ai Haibara spoke calmly, "Since she impersonated Miss Akiko to return, I'm afraid... Miss Akiko is still outside, and probably won't be coming back. Right?"

Seeing that Yoko Asanuma still didn't want to talk, Kazuma Kudo simply shrugged and said, "Let's call the police. With more people around, we'll be able to find them."

Three Days is a small town, and the entire police station might not encounter a single case all year round, let alone one involving a public figure and a murder case.

However, there is one thing they excel at—finding people who have gotten lost while skiing in the mountains.

This time, it's a perfect match for my major.

Soon, Akiko Kinoshita's body was found.

Faced with Akiko Kinoshita's corpse, Yoko Asanuma finally told the truth.

“Yes, I killed her. I put sleeping pills in the water she was going to drink, and killed her when she was asleep and unable to resist.”

“Akiko has never wronged me in any way… Back then, we participated in the audition for the TV series together, and in the finals, I actually lost to Akiko. It’s been like that ever since; I lose to her every time I audition.”

She laughed self-deprecatingly: "Seeing Akiko gradually become a big star, many people have told me that I do look like Kinoshita Akiko, but I don't have the looks of a star. Being her full-time stand-in is not bad."

At this point, her expression became particularly complicated: "The thought that as long as Akiko is in this world, I can only be her substitute, her shadow, makes me... I..."

She couldn't continue, covered her face, and burst into tears...

The next morning, Kudo Kazuma was unexpectedly undressed by his own unlucky older brother.

What are you doing! What time is it?!

Awakened by the cold, Kazuma Kudo irritably pushed Shinichi Kudo away a little, snatched back the blanket, and rolled himself up like a silkworm cocoon.

When did this unlucky guy become like Gin? Pulling people out of bed first thing in the morning, is that something a human being would do?

"It's 7:30. Get up and have something to eat. You can still play all morning before going back. You're already here, why are you staying in bed if you don't want to have fun?"

Shinichi Kudo tried to pull his little brother out of bed, but this time the blanket was rolled up so perfectly that he couldn't get a chance to do it.

"I'll do it." Ai Haibara came in from outside after washing up and placed her cold little hand directly on Kazuma Kudo's forehead. "Get up. You can eat breakfast and then go back to sleep."

Kudo Kazuma jolted awake, fully waking up.

Wash up, eat, change clothes and go skiing.

Then he used snowballs to pelt Shinichi Kudo, the first person to wake him up, sending him scurrying all over the place.

After having lunch at the hotel, the group of six took the minibus rented by Kogoro Mouri back to Beika.

Shinichi Kudo said he had to leave in the afternoon, so he was going to check on Professor Agasa and Conan; Ran said she was going to Professor Agasa's house to pick up Conan; Kazuma Kudo said that as the older brother, he also wanted to check on his sick younger brother Conan...

So in the end, Kogoro Mouri had no choice but to leave all these people at Professor Agasa's doorstep and return the car by himself.

After getting off the bus, Ai Haibara checked the time: "I took the medication at 3:18 PM two days ago, and it's 2:26 PM now."

As she spoke, she glanced at Shinichi Kudo, who was walking inside alongside Ran: "It seems that we should be able to get through 48 hours without any problems."

After saying that, she glanced at Kudo Kazuma beside her and said, "If you can last for 50 hours, it will take you until after 5 o'clock to turn back into Conan. So, shall we have dinner here?"

Kazuma Kudo was speechless: "...I get it. You don't want Haruka to cook for such a large group of people by herself, so you want me to help, right?"

Ai Haibara tilted her head: "Otherwise what? If Hiro isn't home, and you're all alone, you won't eat properly tonight, will you?"

Kudo Kazuma pouted: "Never mind, I'll go figure out what to have for dinner."

He was helpless.

Gin never lets him stay in bed, and he always makes him go to get injections whenever he's sick.

Every time the unlucky guy sees him feeling even slightly unwell, he has to ask, "Are you alright?"

Whenever Xiaolan had a chance, she tried to create an environment where he and his unlucky older brother could get along like brothers.

Ai always suspects that he doesn't eat or doesn't eat properly.

Even Narumi, the little bunny, would grumble about him when he was just eating whatever he could find...

In these people's eyes, just how fragile, how weak, and how much do they need to worry about him?