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

The next day, on the ship back to Tokyo.

Just as Kaito Kuroba said, a girl named Kosaka did indeed come looking for them.

The young woman's name is Natsumi Kosaka. She told everyone about some of her great-grandfather Kiichi's experiences and briefly mentioned her family background.

“After my maternal grandmother passed away, I returned to China to sort through her belongings, and while doing so, I discovered a painting by my great-grandfather.”

As she spoke, Natsumi Kosaka took out the two halves of a painting and placed them on the coffee table.

Although the picture is damaged, it is clear that it depicts the Egg of Memories.

Shiro Suzuki examined it carefully: "The picture shows it inlaid with gemstones, but..."

But needless to say, they had all seen the physical form of the Egg of Memories, and there were no gems on it at all.

Kogoro Mouri then speculated, "Perhaps the gem on it fell off for some reason?"

Conan stepped forward and examined the comparison images closely before asking, "Could it be that there were originally two eggs drawn on it?"

Kudo Kazuma then gestured with his finger above the drawing, indicating, "That's right, the outlines of these two halves don't match."

Conan then added, "If there were originally two eggs drawn, one big and one small, then there would be no problem. Perhaps there were originally two drawings on this paper, but someone tore them out in the middle, which is why people mistakenly thought there was only one."

Kazuma Kudo chimed in, "This is normal. You've heard of Russian nesting dolls, right?"

Conan picked up the egg and examined it closely: "But why is it called 'Memory'?"

As he spoke, he poked the bottom of the egg with his finger... and then a small piece fell out.

"Oh no! It's fallen!"

A punch landed with a loud thud.

This time, Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but give his older brother a slap.

Look if you want, but why are you poking around? Don't you know this belongs to someone else?

Sonoko quickly said, both amused and exasperated, "It's alright, Kazuma. That little mirror is easy to fall off. I don't know how many times I've broken it when I was a kid. There's no need to hit this brat over it."

Conan, surprisingly, didn't seem to mind being hit by his bratty younger brother. Instead, after picking up the small mirror and observing for a moment, he said to Suzuki Shiro's secretary, "Mr. Nishino, could you please turn off the light?"

As Suzuki Shiro's secretary, Nishino actually listens to a child.

The room quickly darkened. Conan turned on the flashlight attached to his tranquilizer watch and shone it on the small mirror he had knocked down. The flashlight beam was reflected onto the wall by the small mirror, creating the image of a castle.

Natsumi Kosaka looked at the old butler beside her: "Mr. Sawabe, this castle..."

“Yes.” Butler Sawabe nodded. “It is indeed the castle in Yokosuka.”

"The castle in Yokosuka? Is it the one that always appears on TV?"

“Yes, that’s the castle. It was built by my great-grandfather and has been managed by my grandmother all these years.” Natsumi Kosaka took out an old key that was placed with the blueprints. “And this key, it might also be related to the castle.”

Through all of this, Kogoro Mouri quickly deduced that there should be another egg stored in the castle.

Conan whispered to Kazuma Kudo, "Looking at it this way, Uncle Mori's reasoning is indeed correct. But..."

He frowned, his voice lowering slightly: "You see, those people are acting strangely after hearing about the second egg."

Kudo Kazuma scoffed, "Most people here came here for this egg. Kosaka Natsumi and her old butler are too naive. They should have discussed this with Chairman Suzuki in private."

While he was making his sharp comments, the innocent Natsumi Kosaka was already inviting Kogoro Mouri to accompany her to the castle in Yokosuka after he returned to Tokyo.

Well, now a whole bunch of people wanted to come along, and Natsumi Kosaka thought they just wanted to go and see for themselves, so she accepted all of them.

After the itinerary was finalized, everyone dispersed for the time being.

Kazuma Kudo followed Conan and Ran back to Ran's room and helped them change and bandage Kid's pigeon.

In the previous critical situation, he only saved the big pigeon Douzi, but forgot about the little pigeon.

Fortunately, the little pigeon was lucky and was rescued by Conan.

"It's stopped bleeding. After resting for another two days, it should be able to fly."

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Xiaolan went to open it. But as soon as she opened the door, a camera shot into the room.

The reporter, who hadn't even noticed the name, held up his camera and snapped a picture of Ran's bewildered and surprised expression. He grinned smugly and said, "Yes, yes, that's the look. Got it. Bye~"

Ran looked at the other person's back with a puzzled expression. Suzuki Sonoko, Kosaka Natsumi, and secretary Nishino walked over together.

"Xiao Lan~ We've come to play with you."

Xiaolan warmly invited them in, but as soon as Xiye reached the door, he saw the pigeons in the room, froze, covered his mouth and nose, took a few steps back, and said, "I, I have something to do, let's not go."

After saying that, he ran away.

Kudo Kazuma tilted his head. Why was this guy running? To hide from the pigeons?

He's not Kaito Kuroba...

Just as he was wondering, Sonoko Suzuki said that a beautiful girl had been left behind, and then the three girls dragged Conan away.

Before long, they brought over a beautiful woman in a red cheongsam. Sonoko also had some snacks and tea prepared. The girls ate and chatted, while Kudo Kazuma, who was munching on snacks and playing on his phone, looked completely out of place.

After Xiaolan's introduction, he had already guessed that the woman who claimed to be Chinese, Pu Siqinglan, was Shi Kaobing. In other words, was it she who shot and injured Kaito Kid?

Or was she trying to shoot Kaito Kid in order to steal the Egg of Memories?

After finishing a pastry, Kudo Kazuma turned his attention to Urashi Seiran, just in time to hear her explaining her name to everyone in her somewhat broken Chinese.

He couldn't help but twitch his lips. What Chinese person has the surname Pu Si?

Xiao Lan then asked curiously, "The pronunciation of 'Lan' in Chinese sounds similar to the 'Lan' in my name."

"Yes, your name is pronounced 'Mao Li Lan' in Chinese."

Sonoko immediately leaned closer: "What about mine?"

Pu Siqinglan smiled slightly: "Your name, when pronounced in Chinese, sounds like 'Suzuki Meatball'..."

"puff……"

Kazuma Kudo couldn't hold back any longer.

Conan leaned over and nudged him lightly with his elbow: "What are you laughing at?"

Kazuma Kudo: "...I thought of something happy: my company has expanded."

"Stop talking nonsense." Conan glanced at her with half-moon eyes. "Could it be that there's something wrong with what Miss Qinglan said?"

He knew his younger brother's character quite well.

“Of course there’s no problem,” Kudo Kazuma said softly. “She just pronounced ‘Suzuki Sonoko’ as ‘Suzuki Meatball.’ Maybe she’s been away from China for a long time and has misremembered the pronunciation.”

He poked Conan as he spoke: "Do you want to know how to say your name in Chinese?"

Although Conan knew his younger brother could speak Chinese, he still felt that his mischievous brother was definitely trying to trick him, so he simply shook his head and said, "I don't want to know."

“It’s okay, I wanted to say something.” Kudo Kazuma ruffled his older brother’s hair, “Your name, in Chinese, is ‘rolling washing machine’.”

Conan: "..."

Don't think he can't tell that these pronunciations sound similar to "Shinichi Kudo"!

You can't believe a fool's words!