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

Eight members of the Ghost Tiger Gang arrived.

This blast killed two people, seriously injured three, and three others reacted quickly enough to dodge, suffering only minor injuries.

At Bourbon's signal, the three seriously injured men were finished off by the organization's outer perimeter and died on the spot.

As for the remaining three minor injuries, Gin forcibly took them, supposedly to send live experimental subjects to the research team.

As the snowstorm gradually subsided, Bourbon, having cleaned up the traces as instructed by Kazuma Kudo, led the corpses and three living members of the Ghost Tiger Gang away.

Gin, on the other hand, stayed behind and asked if the mission was completed.

"Not yet." Kudo Kazuma wasn't in a hurry. "It should be soon."

Since Death would surely help him, he wasn't in a hurry.

What he was more concerned about was what Gin was doing around here. Was he also on a mission?

"You shouldn't interfere with other people's tasks."

After finishing his sentence, Gin took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth, and headed back the way he came.

However, the person behind added on behalf of Vodka, "Big Brother didn't do any missions, he just told me to drive around here and wait."

Waiting?

Kudo Kazuma blinked, then unconsciously smiled and shook his head.

Could it be that Gin was worried Rum might cause trouble again, so he deliberately stayed nearby, waiting for him to call for help?

After Gin and Vodka left with the fake Sherry, only Kazuma Kudo remained at the scene, along with the setup that Bourbon and his associates had arranged.

Kudo Kazuma took out his phone, turned on the camera, took a few pictures of the scene, and then turned around and went back to the Decura Villa.

Faced with Conan and Kogoro Mouri's questions, Kazuma Kudo only said that he went there but didn't see anyone, only a large crater that had been blown out, and there seemed to be some bloodstains around it...

As he spoke, he even took out the photos he had taken to show the others.

The camera capabilities of mobile phones at this time are far inferior to the high-pixel, high-definition cameras he used in his previous life.

Phone cameras are inherently a bit blurry, and taking photos at night makes it quite difficult to even see that it's a big crater...

Seeing Conan frowning, resting his chin on his hand and seemingly lost in thought, Kazuma Kudo simply said, "Anyway, I've walked around outside and haven't seen anyone. The snowstorm has stopped, so it's much safer than before. How about I go out with you again so you can check it out for yourself?"

Kogoro Mouri glared at Conan, who was nodding repeatedly, and said irritably, "I'll go with you guys!"

The three of them took another careful look around outside. After seeing the large crater and the bloodstains nearby, Conan remained silent for a while. Sure enough, based on Bourbon's plan, he deduced that it was probably a shootout between two gangs.

"However... the location of Villa Desura is quite remote. Why would those people come to this area in the wind and snow so late at night?"

Conan raised his hand to support his chin, staring at the bloodstains in front of him, lost in thought.

Kudo Kazuma reached out and ruffled his older brother's hair: "Let's think about it when we get back. Even if the snow stops, it'll still be a bit windy. It's so cold outside, why are you standing here freezing like an idiot?"

As the three walked back, Conan used the reflection of the snow to observe the tracks on the road. When they were about to return to the Desura Villa, he suddenly stopped.

Looking at the trail of footprints that had appeared not far away, Conan frowned and said, "I think I know where those people went..."

Kogoro Mouri and Kazuma Kudo followed his gaze to the ground, where two sets of footprints, one going back and one going, led directly to Daisuke Torakura's study.

Kazuma Kudo tilted his head: "You mean, their target is Daisuke Torakura?"

Based on his experience, Kogoro Mouri judged: "A well-known author like Daisuke Torakura must have a good income. Could it be that these people were planning a home invasion robbery, but then a conflict broke out on the way, leading to a fight?"

“But these footprints only belong to one person…” Kudo Kazuma shrugged. “That doesn’t make sense, does it?”

Conan frowned: "Let's go back and check first."

After the three returned, they explained their deductions and gathered everyone together to go to Torakura Daisuke's study to see the specifics.

The group went to Daisuke Torakura's study and found the door locked from the inside. No one answered when they knocked.

Kogoro Mouri said in a deep voice, "Let's go check the situation inside through the window."

If they weren't mistaken, the trail of footprints led towards the study window.

The group hurried to the window and found that the trail of footprints indeed led to a window in the study. Apart from the somewhat complicated and messy footprints outside the window, there were only one person's footprints coming and going.

Kogoro Mouri stepped forward and checked: "This window isn't locked!"

As he spoke, he opened the window, and everyone looked inside. They were all shocked. Torakura Daisuke's wife, Torakura Etsuko, was so frightened that she threw herself into Hamura Shuichi's arms.

Inside the study, Daisuke Torakura, still dressed in his vampire outfit, was hanging on a cross, with a wooden peg from his collection inserted into his chest.

After checking the person's breathing and pulse, Kogoro Mouri shook his head with a grim face: "The person is dead. So, it seems one of those people broke into the house and killed him?"

Conan looked around for a moment, and after hearing Kogoro Mouri's conclusion, he rested his chin on his hand and shook his head: "No, that shouldn't be the case."

"The footprints led directly to the study window. If the person was truly from outside trying to kill Toracuda Daisuke, how did they know with such precision that Toracuda Daisuke was currently in the study? Unless..."

Kazuma Kudo immediately spoke up: "Is the murderer who killed Daisuke Torakura actually among us?"

After all, Daisuke Torakura's soul is more like a vampire's after death, and right now he's cursing and swearing next to Toshiya Tadokoro.

Kogoro Mouri immediately spoke up, pointing at Shuichi Hamura, who was comforting Etsuko Torakura: "Isn't it obvious? It was you, wasn't it? You had an affair with Mrs. Torakura, so you wanted to kill Daisuke Torakura, wasn't that right?"

He was invited by Daisuke Torakura to investigate an extramarital affair, but seeing the intimacy between Shuichi Hamura and Etsuko Torakura, he immediately understood everything.

Torakura Etsuko's expression changed slightly: "No! We didn't kill him!"

She did not deny the affair, and Hamura Shuichi was also quite frank about it.

Through their explanations, everyone learned that the two had been lovers before, and that Torakura Daisuke was a friend of Torakura Etsuko's father.

Later, when Torakura Etsuko's father's company ran into trouble, Torakura Daisuke offered to help, but his only condition was that he marry Torakura Etsuko, who had just graduated from university at the time.

Despite having no feelings for Daisuke Torakura, Etsuko Torakura reluctantly submitted to him for the sake of her father's company, which ultimately ended up in Daisuke's name.

She later learned that the problems at her father's company were actually caused by Daisuke Torakura—it was all a means to get her.

After learning the truth, Torakura Etsuko no longer bothered with her heartless old husband and resumed her private relationship with her boyfriend.

After listening to their story, Kogoro Mouri slammed his fist into his palm: "That makes sense, doesn't it? Once Daisuke Torakura dies, your father's company can be returned to your name through inheritance."

"Now we even have a motive!"

Kudo Kazuma tilted his head. To be honest, although the uncle guessed wrong, this speculation was quite reasonable.