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

Kazuma Kudo has been hospitalized for the first time in a long time.

This time it wasn't due to illness, it was purely an external injury.

Conan's arm injury also requires hospitalization for observation, so Ran has to stay to take care of the two brothers. However, there are some situations where Ran is unable to help, so Kogoro Mouri has to assist.

So, Kudo Kazuma generously booked a luxury suite at the hospital and crammed the entire detective agency trio into the outer room.

It was around 9 p.m. when he came out of the operating room. Kogoro Mouri went back to get him and Conan some clean clothes, while Haruka Haibara and Ai Haibara, having been notified by Ran in advance, prepared dinner and brought it over to them.

"Don't move!"

Kudo Kazuma was leaning against the bed, just about to make a move, when Haibara Ai slapped his hand away.

"You're injured like this and you still want to feed yourself? Don't you feel any pain?" Ai Haibara gave him a cold look and then picked up the bowl to help feed him.

"alright."

Kudo Kazuma decisively became the hands-off manager, complaining as he ate, "Ai, the way you're doing this gives me the feeling that I have another mother hen."

Ai Haibara glanced up at him and said, "Heh, you can treat me like an older sister. Anyway, I'm older than you, so it's not like I can't take care of my younger brother."

"Really?" Kudo Kazuma tilted his head. "But the way you are right now, you look like a child pretending to be an adult, you know that?"

Since Kogoro Mouri wasn't around, and Ran and Conan knew about Ai Haibara's situation, Kazuma Kudo spoke without any restraint.

Ai Haibara was speechless: "Even food can't shut you up!"

In contrast to Kazuma Kudo, who talked a lot, Conan remained completely silent throughout the entire episode.

Moreover, his injury was on his left arm. Normally, he would have accepted being fed by Xiaolan without any qualms, but this time he shook his head and refused.

Xiaolan knew he was upset, so she didn't say much, but just stayed by his side silently.

After dinner, Professor Agasa came to pick up the Haibara sisters.

Only Ran and the Kudo brothers remained in the ward.

Seeing his older brother remain silent all night, Kudo Kazuma finally couldn't help but speak up: "I'm not dead..."

When Conan looked up at him, he couldn't help but add, "If you keep bottling things up like this, I'm going to suffocate for you."

Conan frowned, then sat down on the edge of his bed and sighed, "It's all my fault for being so careless back then. If I had realized sooner that Miss Qinglan was that Scorpion, things wouldn't have happened..."

"It's not just you who was careless." Kudo Kazuma pouted. "According to your logic, Uncle Mori, who has been a detective for many years, didn't even realize he was being pointed at with a gun, and Shiratori, a policeman, didn't react as quickly as you. Wouldn't you say they were also careless?"

"And me... cough." Kudo Kazuma stopped mid-sentence.

He was the most careless one at the time, but he couldn't explain it.

So before Conan could react, he quickly changed his tune: "Like I said before, you're just too confident sometimes."

"You've had a smoother life than most people for the past ten years or so, without experiencing any setbacks. The only time you were truly beaten down by society was probably when Gin hit you with that stick... cough..."

As he spoke, he suddenly realized that he had said this before, so he simply stated the conclusion: "Anyway, you don't need to blame yourself. Is this something you should blame yourself for? If anyone should be blamed, it's that Pu Siqinglan who had ill intentions."

"In that situation, if you and I were in different positions, your choice would probably be no different from mine. So... if you had been beaten down by society a few more times before, you wouldn't be blaming yourself now, but rather thinking about and analyzing the problem."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and ruffled his older brother's hair, but the movement aggravated the wound, causing him to gasp in pain.

Conan was speechless. He wanted to push the man's hand away, but he was afraid of aggravating the man's wound, so he could only let the man's hand rest on his head and said helplessly, "Don't move."

"Alright, I won't move." Kudo Kazuma didn't say anything about removing his hand, and just started thinking, completely ignoring his older brother's crescent-shaped eyes.

Actually, based on Conan's original experience, things wouldn't have come to this, but it's all because of his involvement.

The current Conan has neither experienced Ran being trapped in a skyscraper with a bomb on his birthday, and his determination to live and die with the girl he loves; nor has he experienced Ran being kidnapped, and having no choice but to shoot the girl he loves.

Without these life-or-death experiences, Conan's mental fortitude would be noticeably weaker than it was at this point in the original storyline, which is why he remained sullen all night after seeing Kudo Kazuma get injured while saving him...

Kudo Kazuma subconsciously withdrew his hand and supported his chin, then felt another pain in his wound, which brought him back to his senses.

"Hiss—" Kudo Kazuma gasped, then began to carefully inhale and exhale, inhale and exhale again...

Seeing this, Conan sighed: "I told you not to move around. If the wound hurts, you'll be the one who suffers."

He got up and went back to his hospital bed, saying, "You're right, I need to review this carefully, and hopefully something like this will never happen again."

As the miniature version of his older brother shrank back onto his hospital bed, Kazuma Kudo blinked.

In any case, thanks to his intervention, Conan did avoid being beaten up twice as many times.

However, it's impossible for him to just let it go because of this—if Conan encounters similar danger in the future, he will still take action, even if it affects Conan's growth.

His brother is not someone anyone can easily hurt...

Thinking of this, Kudo Kazuma suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

If you can't just hurt others, could he cause trouble and deliberately give Conan the two missing beatings?

Moreover, with someone in control, there's basically no need to worry about your older brother encountering real danger, right?

Ideally, we should also get Gin to help, and Morofushi Kagemitsu could also assist. As for the other minor characters, we could use [Sound Bewitchment] to lure a few weak-willed individuals. If all else fails, we could just send Tequila, whoever's somewhere...

Kudo Kazuma felt increasingly confident and immediately sent Gin a message.

Hey bro, is it convenient to talk to you about something? I'd like to give Conan a little training, do you have time to help?

The message was sent, but Gin didn't reply.

Kogoro Mouri brought back their clothes, but Gin still hadn't replied.

Even after the Mori father and daughter had taken care of everything for the two brothers and gone to rest in the outer room, Gin still hadn't replied.

Kudo Kazuma frowned and glanced at the time.

The message was sent out at around 10:15 p.m.

It is currently around 10:40 PM.

Although it wasn't early, it was definitely not late for the organization members who were used to working at night.

So what's the meaning of Gin not replying for so long?

Considering he hadn't seen Gin at the base for the past few days, could it be...?

Did Gin get into trouble at this time?