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

It's already dark because of this case.

Aside from having a quick lunch at the hospital cafeteria, the group hadn't had dinner yet.

Now that Kudo Kazuma has remembered the general plot, he certainly won't let the case drag on any longer. Wouldn't it be better to go home, eat, and sleep instead?

He immediately reminded the others, "Don't you think that Sakihara Kazuo's reaction is strange?"

“That’s right,” Inspector Megure was the first to respond. “His reaction suggested he knew something.”

Kogoro Mouri chimed in, "I'm afraid... he has a rather close relationship with his sister-in-law, Megumi's younger sister, isn't he?"

"That's not all," Conan said in a high-pitched, cutesy voice, "He seems to know the suspect who planted the bomb."

As they were talking, Takagi brought another clue—the driver was the husband of the victim in another case that Sato Miwako was handling. His name was Takahashi Hiromasa, and his wife was stabbed by a passerby when she went to a convenience store at night and bled to death.

The group immediately deduced that this was a wife-swapping murder case, meaning that the person who killed Takahashi Hiromasa's wife was Sakihara Kazuo; and Takahashi Hiromasa worked at a chemical company, so he could indeed obtain materials to make bombs.

Just then, after realizing the problem, Kazuo Sakihara made a special call to Hiromasa Takahashi, whom he hadn't contacted in a long time, and told him to hide as soon as possible.

Isn't this specifically designed to send clues to the Metropolitan Police Department?

Police quickly apprehended Hiromasa Takahashi and Kazuo Sakihara, who, faced with overwhelming evidence and Inspector Megure's imposing presence, confessed to their crimes.

From the police's perspective, the two seemingly unrelated cases came to an end. Tanaka Hiromi's tragic death was directly ruled an accident.

Only Conan disagreed—he and Kazuma Kudo had deduced from Tanaka Megumi's unusual behavior that she might have known about the explosion beforehand. But if that were indeed the case, how would he find evidence?

Kudo Kazuma couldn't be bothered with such matters.

Anyway, I've got the spirit, and it seems like things are over. The most important thing is to go home and get some sleep.

The next day, Kudo Kazuma sent a message to Vermouth around 8 a.m., and just after 9 a.m., Vermouth appeared in Kudo Kazuma's car.

The new Porsche drove casually away from the city center, looking much the same as before.

Vermouth, however, knew that was not the case at all.

She tilted her head slightly, glancing at Kudo Kazuma's indifferent expression. Knowing things were going badly, she spoke first: "Oh my~ Kazuma, you're unusually up so early today~"

Kudo Kazuma tilted his head, a slight smile playing on his lips, but his tone was cold and indifferent, devoid of emotion: "Perhaps it's because I was too tired from catching the fake Sherry the day before yesterday, so I went to bed a little earlier last night."

"My sister probably doesn't know that the fake Shirley's disguise was incredibly realistic, so realistic that even when I was so close to her, I couldn't see a single flaw. In the entire organization, there's probably only one person who could pull off such a disguise."

"If I hadn't seen Sherry's body with my own eyes, I might have believed that fake Sherry. If I had hesitated even slightly, I would have died at the hands of that fake Sherry."

Meeting Vermouth's hesitant gaze, Kudo Kazuma's smile brightened considerably, but his blue eyes held a chilling intensity, as if they were covered in ice.

"Sister, even if I'm just a substitute for my brother in your eyes, you wouldn't be so heartless as to abandon me once you find the real one, would you?"

Vermouth's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly said, "Xiao Zhen, don't overthink it!"

"You, Cool Guy, and Shinichi Kudo hold the same place in my heart. No one is a substitute for anyone else! You've been with me for two years, don't you understand this yet?"

"As for the disguise, Rum asked me to help with Sherry's disguise, but that was in the past. If I had known beforehand that he would use it against you, why would I have helped him?"

While waiting at a red light, Kudo Kazuma turned his head and stared intently at Vermouth.

Hearing her somewhat anxious tone and seeing her unusually sincere expression, the coldness in his eyes gradually dissipated.

A moment later, the light turned green, and the car continued forward.

Kudo Kazuma's tone became much warmer and more lively: "I believe in you, big sister~"

Seeing that Kudo Kazuma had returned to his usual self, Vermouth breathed a slight sigh of relief and reached out to pat his head: "Rum really went too far this time. Is Kazuma alright?"

"Don't worry, Rum isn't that easy to hurt me."

Kudo Kazuma shook his head rather obediently, then asked casually and half-jokingly, "Sister, you were so nervous just now, were you worried that I would do something to Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri?"

Vermouth's smile froze slightly, then she said nonchalantly, "How could that be? Don't I trust you?"

"What about Xiaoyizhen? Was she jealous just now?"

Kudo Kazuma smiled smugly: "How could I be? I'm the one who was raised by you for two years, I wouldn't be jealous~"

Despite his outward appearance, he felt a chill in his heart.

It wasn't about stand-ins or jealousy; it was because Vermouth was actually worried he would harm Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri.

it is ridiculous.

It's fair to say that after two years together, Vermouth doesn't understand him at all.

This time, the car didn't leave the city; after circling around for half a day, it returned to Base 4.

After learning that Gin was in the interrogation room, Kudo Kazuma made a special trip to see him.

Before he even entered the interrogation room, Gin came out with a cold face, wiping the blood off his hands.

"Big brother." Kudo Kazuma, with his hands in his pockets and leaning against the wall, asked Gin as soon as he came out, "Does this mission have to be issued by Rum? I don't want to do the mission he gives me."

Gin snorted coldly and looked at him, asking, "What? Scared?"

Kudo Kazuma was silent for a moment, then rolled his eyes: "Yeah, I'm scared, is that so wrong? This old man is so annoying!"

He wasn't afraid, but he couldn't take the initiative. He could only react to each move as it came, and he couldn't catch Rum and kill him directly. It was really annoying for him.

Moreover, the first time Rum only had people use bombs to disrupt the operation and snipers to deal with him; the second time, he directly resorted to the shameless tactic of several people using bombs as hand grenades to blow him up.

Who knows what tricks that old man will pull next?

What if he gets desperate and starts targeting the people around him? He can't guarantee he'll be there for Conan and the others at all times.

Moreover... he hadn't forgotten that Rum's targeting of him was essentially also a targeting of Gin. Gin had repeatedly stood up for him, so who knew if he would use his position to harm Gin?

If this continues, he might disregard the consequences and resort to unconventional methods...

"You don't want to do the mission Rum gave you, huh?" Gin chuckled. "Come with me, let's go on a mission."