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

After chatting for a while, the group went out to watch the sunset.

Kudo Kazuma didn't join in the fun. Instead, he found a deck chair and basked in the afterglow of the sunset in a secluded corner, almost falling asleep in the comfortable sea breeze.

He knew that since Scorpion was still thinking about the other Egg of Memories, he wouldn't make any rash moves now, so he wasn't worried about Conan and the others' safety.

Instead, he was thinking about when to find an opportunity to get rid of this Shi Kaobing.

She's already willing to shoot Kaito Kid for the Egg of Memories; who knows, she might shoot Conan for another Egg of Memories next time?

It's obviously not appropriate to be on the ship, so... I should also go to the castle in Yokosuka and make my move on the way.

Just as Kudo Kazuma was drifting off to sleep, someone suddenly nudged him. He instantly snapped awake, sat up, and kicked out...

The kick missed.

Speechless, Kudo Kazuma withdrew his leg and looked down at his miniature older brother: "Are you crazy? I almost fell asleep, but you scared me awake."

Come to think of it, who else here, besides Conan, could make him completely unguarded?

Conan glanced at him: "I called you, but you didn't wake up, so I had to take action. It's already dark, go back inside to sleep, or you'll catch a cold or fever outside."

No wonder Conan is considered the true chosen one of this world; as soon as he finished speaking, Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but sniffle, feeling a bit stuffy...

So he readily complied and obediently went back to his room.

At 7:30 p.m., while Kudo Kazuma was still holed up in his room drinking hot water and playing on his phone, Suzuki's secretary, Nishino Daiki, knocked on Mouri Kogoro's door, bringing everyone out of the surrounding rooms.

They thought it was time to eat, but it turned out someone had died.

Kazuma Kudo rubbed his nose.

It turns out that Death has struck.

Slowly following everyone to the room of the deceased, Mr. Hanchuan, Kudo Kazuma realized that this Hanchuan was the guy who had been taking random pictures of people with a camera earlier.

Seeing the mess in his room, Kudo Kazuma had no interest in going in at all. He simply stood at the door and absorbed the soul of the deceased from the furthest distance he could reach.

After observing the area inside, Conan, who had been thrown out by Kogoro Mouri, approached and asked, "Ichima, what are your thoughts?"

As I said before, my younger brother's ideas are often unconventional, but that's okay, as long as they work.

Kazuma Kudo shook his head: "What can I possibly think? I suggest you call the police directly."

Can he say that he knew it was Scrooge as soon as he saw the victim's right eye?

After thinking for a moment, he still spoke up: "Isn't this Mr. Han Chuan just sitting there taking pictures all the time? Could it be that he photographed something he shouldn't have, offended someone, and was killed?"

Conan nodded slightly and then observed carefully again.

Kudo Kazuma, on the other hand, found a corner and leaned against it, closing his eyes to rest.

Inspector Megure quickly arrived at the Suzuki family's ship by helicopter, accompanied by his trusted lieutenant Takagi and Shiratori, a regular cast member from the theatrical release.

Kudo Kazuma was determined to give up this time. If it weren't for the police investigation requiring everyone to be present, he would have gone back to his room to play on his phone.

However, since many of the people present knew that he was not in good health, no one asked him for anything.

Conan was quite busy, running around looking for evidence, calling Professor Agasa to help him find information about Scorpion, and then explaining his analysis to Ran point by point, occasionally giving hints to Kogoro Mouri. Busy as he was, he seemed to enjoy it.

Kudo Kazuma didn't care about these things, but he would occasionally glance at Urashi Seiran while looking at other people, or stare at Shiratori Ninzaburo for a while.

Shiratori must have been numb from being stared at by him, because she finally caught up with him while he went out to use the restroom.

"Are you feeling unwell today, Edogawa-kun? You don't seem to be in very good spirits."

"Hmm," Kudo Kazuma replied casually, "I saved someone yesterday, which took a lot of energy, and I haven't recovered yet."

Shiratori was taken aback: "Really? Is it that serious?"

"It's fake. You just caught a slight cold from the sea breeze. Your little injury won't take much effort."

It's good that it's fake; it's much better than Kudo Kazuma wasting so much energy trying to heal him.

Shiratori breathed a sigh of relief, then sighed helplessly.

No wonder Kudo Kazuma was talking nonsense with him; he'd been exposed again.

However, as long as he doesn't admit it, he'll still be Shiratori, and he won't have to be caught by his cousin who hasn't taken his medication and called him "brother."

Thinking this through, he immediately stopped in his tracks: "If Mr. Edogawa is not feeling well, it would be better to find a place to rest. I haven't finished my case yet, so I'll go and get back to work."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Kudo Kazuma twitched the corner of his mouth.

Why did you run so fast just to call me "brother"?

He even called an elementary school student "brother," did he say anything?

With Conan's reminder and Ran's help, Kogoro Mouri quickly figured out the truth.

They still didn't know who Scrooge was, only that one of the lifeboats on the ship was missing.

Most people thought that Scorpion had escaped and breathed a sigh of relief, but Conan and Kid didn't think so—who could be sure that this wasn't a deliberate illusion created by Scorpion to make everyone relax?

Moreover, Scrooge is also eyeing another Memory Egg. Even if he escapes now, he'll probably find a way to get into the Kosaka family's castle later, right?

At this moment, Kudo Kazuma was too preoccupied with the questions of his older brother and cousin.

He received a task from Rum and is currently furious.

"Brother!" He called Gin irritably. "Do you think Rum is crazy? He actually gave me a mission to try and recruit Scorpion? Is this my job? Killing her would be easier than recruiting her! Is Rum trying to disgust me?"

"What's even more infuriating is that when I said I couldn't do this job, he said, 'Brother, you've killed too many rats, causing a shortage of manpower in the action team, so we have to find a way to recruit more people...' This isn't just disgusting me, it's also subtly insulting you, isn't it?"

On the other end of the phone, Gin's voice was as cold as ever: "You don't have to do the task he gave you."

"Alright~" Kudo Kazuma immediately laughed, "I've been waiting for you to say that, big brother."

As for Shi Kaobing...

Rum's task did remind him.

Considering she offered me a portion of her soul, perhaps we should see how she behaves and consider using [Sound Bewitching] to brainwash this female assassin before adding her to the action team?

Wouldn't that give the organization a killer who would be completely obedient to him?

To be honest, there are just too many useless people in the organization.

Aside from his habit of only hitting people in the right eye, Scrooge is at least a hundred times better than Cohen and Chianti in terms of action, right?