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

Two days later, Kazuma Kudo was woken up by a phone call.

"Huh?" Kudo Kazuma groggily picked up his phone and answered, "Who is it? What's up?"

On the other end of the phone, Ai Haibara breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you're alright."

"what?"

Kazuma Kudo put his phone away and glanced at the caller ID and the time.

It was a call from Agasa's house, and the time... was just seven o'clock.

Realizing it was Ai Haibara calling, he picked up the phone again and asked, "What's wrong? What could be wrong with me?"

"It'll be fine."

Ai Haibara was about to hang up when Kazuma Kudo interrupted her, saying, "Wait, just say what you want to say, don't be a riddle-maker!"

There was a slight silence on the other end of the phone before a slightly trembling voice said, "I had a nightmare. I dreamt that Gin discovered I was still alive, that guy captured me, and even killed Kudo, and you too..."

Kudo Kazuma waited for a long time, but Haibara Ai didn't say what was wrong with him.

Now that his drowsiness had subsided, he decided to be honest with Ai Haibara: "Don't worry, as long as you don't go near him, he won't know. Even if he does find out, he won't do anything to me. Just protect yourself and your sister."

"By the way, besides Gin, Pisco and Vermouth should also know what you looked like when you were little. And they're going to the Beika Hotel tonight, so just don't go there."

As for Conan, he didn't say anything. As long as Conan doesn't come forward and admit that he is Shinichi Kudo, Gin won't do anything to him.

"...Okay, I understand." With Kudo Kazuma's words, Haibara Ai's tone became much calmer. "Just so you know, the Doctor is back from America. You can come over for dinner tonight."

"Tonight won't work, I have to attend Director Jiu Juan's memorial service, tomorrow night will do."

After agreeing on a time to go to Agasa's house, Kudo Kazuma hung up the phone.

Not long after lunch, it started snowing.

Kudo Kazuma went to the bar in the Daikoku Building to get an invitation to the memorial service from Vermouth, and then strolled away.

"What? Little Yi really doesn't plan to come with her sister?"

Vermouth leaned closer and said, "Now that you've become the deputy leader of the action team, you don't want to follow your sister anymore, do you?"

Kazuma Kudo tilted his head: "Is it possible that I don't want to be seen entering and leaving a memorial service with a big star like you in public? I'm still young, and I don't want to get involved in any scandals, okay?"

Of course, that's not the only reason. He might be taking Conan with him on this trip, so how could he go with Vermouth?

Vermouth didn't insist on traveling with him, and seeing that he had no intention of doing so, she let him leave first.

As soon as he left the Daikoku Building, before he could even get into his car, he received a call from an unfamiliar public phone number.

The call was from Ai Haibara.

"Edogawa, that's me."

Her voice carried a hint of helplessness: "On our way home from school, we ran into Gin's car near 4-chome. I was a little nervous, and your brother noticed. Right now, he called the professor and asked him to bring some tools; they're trying to pry open Gin's car..."

Kazuma Kudo: "..."

In the original work, Gin's car was indeed spotted here, but it turned out to be near 4-chome... Gin couldn't have been there to pick him up, could he?

"Go ahead and pry it open." Kudo Kazuma was somewhat speechless. "Tell him to be careful and not to leave any fingerprints, teeth marks, or anything like that. If he's hiding any listening devices, he should hide them discreetly."

"Also, don't go up there. Although I don't know how familiar you two are with each other since Gin came back to Japan two years ago, he can recognize you even if you lose a single hair. It's better to be cautious."

On the other end of the phone, Haibara sighed, "I know, I specifically came all the way to the phone booth on the other side of the street to call you. Your brother is pretty cautious, he even wore gloves when he tried to break in... Oh no!"

Her tone suddenly changed: "Gin... Gin and Vodka are speeding up. They're at another intersection. Your brother is still in the car!"

"It's alright, just be careful."

After finishing his sentence, Kudo Kazuma hung up the phone and then called Gin.

Gin, who had already reached the intersection and was about to ignore the traffic lights and cross the street, paused for a moment and answered the phone.

"Big brother~ I got the invitation from Sister Bei, should we go now?" Kudo Kazuma checked the time, "It's only a little past three..."

"Go early to scout out the location. If anyone asks, just say you went to network for the company."

Kudo Kazuma smirked. Gin actually arranged this for him, huh?

"I'm not going!" Kudo Kazuma declared righteously. "I already disguised myself and scouted the place beforehand. Besides, going ahead for the company would be completely out of character for me, a lazy person, okay?"

Gin was silent.

Was Danpo's laziness just a persona?

He scoffed, "You'd better be in by 5:40 at the latest! Every minute late means one more task!"

"Big brother, are you coming to pick me up?"

"No! I'll drive myself!"

Gin hung up the phone immediately after speaking.

Kudo Kazuma figured Conan was done too, so he pursed his lips and drove home.

There are still two hours left; he doesn't want to go that early.

Not long after, Conan called.

"Ichima, you haven't gone to Beika Hotel yet, have you?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"Take me with you."

"Didn't you say you weren't going? I'm not taking you!"

On the other end of the phone, Conan was silent for a moment, then used his charm to wink at the other end.

On the other end of the phone, Kazuma Kudo promptly started recording the call.

After he finished recording, he asked Conan where he was and drove him to Beika Hotel.

"So, why did you suddenly decide to attend Director Sakamaki's memorial service again?" On the way to Beika Hotel, Kudo Kazuma asked knowingly.

Conan said with a serious face, "Haibara should have called you, right? Although Gin destroyed the bugging device, I heard that they sent someone named Pisco to kill someone at the Beika Hotel's memorial service. I think that's the one you're going to."

Kudo Kazuma nodded: "Then let's go together. You'd better stay close and don't wander off."

"I know~ I'm not really a child~" Conan said somewhat unhappily, "When Dr. Agasa was chasing Gin's car, Ai Haibara also said that even if she caught up with Gin, there was nothing she could do in this body, do you think I didn't know that?"

He sighed deeply and said somewhat sullenly, "Actually, I was thinking of puncturing Gin's tires, but then I realized that even if I left them there, it wouldn't necessarily lead to the police catching them, so I settled for second best and left the listening device and transmitter..."

Kudo Kazuma was utterly speechless: "Damage Gin's tires? Where did you learn that idea from?"

Conan's eyes widened slightly: "What do you think?"

Kudo Kazuma pursed his lips. He was joking; he hadn't taught anyone how to puncture tires!

If it were him dealing with Gin, he would at least have to take out the battery of Gin's car.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Conan seemed to remember something: "By the way, the person who moved into our house, he must be from the FBI, right? Do you have his contact information?"

Kudo Kazuma blatantly lied: "No."

"Really? That's a shame." Conan said thoughtfully. "I'll go see him after this is over."

Kazuma Kudo shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

To be honest, Conan should have suspected Shuichi Akai for quite a while, but after all his actions, are the two going to cooperate ahead of schedule?