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

The Kudo Yusaku couple are definitely on the red side, but they are not absolutely righteous.

For the sake of the greater good, they sometimes resort to methods that may seem less than honorable.

When this body was still a child, Kudo Kazuma realized this fact.

That's why he gradually revealed his identity as a codenamed member of the Black Organization to the Kudo couple.

Clearly, his parents in this life did not have much difficulty accepting his additional identity.

But his older brother, Shinichi Kudo, was different.

At least in the early part of the Detective Conan timeline, even though Shinichi Kudo, who had experienced relatively little, shrunk into Conan Edogawa, he was still the same young detective bursting with a sense of justice.

He can't tolerate any injustice.

So when Yukiko Kudo heard the "bad news" from her youngest son, she immediately made a phone call.

"You mean... Shin-chan, they found out you killed someone? What exactly happened?"

Kazuma Kudo succinctly stated: "Someone shot my brother, and while my brother was injured and unconscious, I killed them all. That's how it is."

Yukiko Kudo noticed the blind spot: "Eh? So, Shin-chan only suspects it, and didn't actually see you kill anyone?"

"It's perfectly normal. If I hadn't been so worried about him getting hurt, he wouldn't even have had a chance to suspect anything..." Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but complain, "Seriously, when will my brother get rid of this stupid habit of his?"

Yukiko Kudo immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "It can't really be considered a flaw, Shinichi is just too righteous..."

"But anyway, he didn't see you kill anyone, so you can just deny it, it's that simple..."

Kazuma Kudo: "..."

Actually, even if Conan suspects him of this, he has a cheat code, so he has enough backup plans to deal with it.

He told Kudo Yukiko this "bad news" hoping to give the couple, who were always traveling the world, a headache and cause them some anxiety. But to his dismay, Kudo Yukiko couldn't even finish a sentence he gave her.

This mother really doesn't worry at all.

"Excuse me for asking, is my brother your biological son?"

"How presumptuous of you! Of course."

"Am I your biological child?"

"Makoto, it's time to take your medicine..."

Kudo Kazuma sighed helplessly: "As long as he's my biological son, then it's alright. Goodbye."

For the rest of the day, Conan actually went back to the cave to search it thoroughly.

As for how Kudo Kazuma found out...

Every time Conan finds a clue, a trace, or thinks of a suspicious point, he sends him a message on Bond, giving the impression that he is discussing the case with him online.

It would be even better if Conan's suspect wasn't him.

After receiving more than twenty messages from Conan, it was already past 5 p.m.

The thought that Conan had spent two or three hours in that cave, which was only about a kilometer long, left Kazuma Kudo speechless.

The fact that they're searching for clues so meticulously makes one wonder if they're trying to prove he killed someone or that he didn't.

He replied to Conan with a somewhat speechless expression.

It's past five o'clock, aren't you back yet? If you don't come back soon, Xiaolan is going to come looking for you.

Conan replied almost instantly.

It's okay, I already told Lan I'm having dinner at the professor's house tonight and will be back a little late.

Kudo Kazuma sighed and helplessly typed on his phone.

【Then you should do your best. 】

An hour and a half later, close to seven o'clock, Conan rang the doorbell of the Edogawa residence.

Kudo Kazuma opened the door for him, then asked speechlessly, "Don't you have a key to this place? What, are you trying to distance yourself from me?"

"Uh, I forgot my keys..." Conan said somewhat awkwardly. "I was so busy looking for clues that I forgot to tell the Haibara sisters that I was going to eat over there."

Kudo Kazuma's face darkened.

Got it, they're out of food and came here to freeload...

"We just finished eating, and there's nothing left for you. What would you like to eat? I'll make you something new."

"How about curry beef rice?"

"No, that's too complicated. Let's find something simpler."

"Then just a sandwich will do."

"Okay, I'll go poison you right away."

Seeing that Kazuma Kudo was heading straight for the open kitchen, Conan stopped and let out a long sigh.

He spent the entire afternoon in that cave, but still couldn't find any conclusive evidence to prove that his brother had killed the three people.

However, based on his reasoning and the clues at the scene, the disappearance of the three people and the corpse was definitely related to Kudo Kazuma.

During that time, he also called Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi to ask them. He learned that there was another person with Kudo Kazuma at the time, but they couldn't describe what that person looked like. He seemed to be an ordinary-looking person, but his personality seemed rather cold.

This matches the footprints he found at the scene. According to the footprints, a tall adult followed Kudo Kazuma straight in, stood inside for a moment, and then went straight out.

So, after all the calculations, the only one who has both the motive and the opportunity to deal with those people is Kazuma Kudo.

He had never encountered such a situation before—knowing who the murderer was, but being unable to find the victim's body, finding no conclusive evidence, and being urged to turn oneself in was useless; most importantly…

The scales in his heart did not tip resolutely in his favor as he had imagined.

Yizhen is his twin brother, and they are identical twins, making him arguably the person in the world most closely related to him by blood.

Moreover, he knew in his heart that if those three people hadn't shot him, Yizhen wouldn't have bothered to kill them at all. In other words, Yizhen killed those people because of him.

That's why, every time he found a clue, he would ask himself if he had decisive evidence, could he really send Yizhen to prison without hesitation?

When he couldn't find any decisive clues and finally decided to give up, Conan admitted that he felt a little relieved.

He has done his best without compromising his principles...

"What are you thinking about? Are you still thinking about your case?"

Kudo Kazuma scooped up Conan, who was in a daze, put him on the sofa, and handed him the sandwich he had made.

Conan sat on the sofa and silently finished his sandwich before looking up at Kazuma Kudo.

"Yizhen, it's been a full thirteen years since we've lived together. There are many things you don't tell me, so I don't know what you've been through. But there's one thing I still want to say."

Removing his glasses as a disguise, Conan stared intently at Kazuma Kudo and said seriously, "No matter who the other person is, no matter what they did, murder is murder, and murder is wrong. So..."

He frowned, and it was somewhat difficult for him to say something that went against his principles: "So... let's not have a second time."

Kudo Kazuma stared at him for a moment, and unconsciously curved the corners of his mouth into a smile. Then the corners of his mouth curved more and more, and he couldn't stop smiling.

"I see."

"Okay, stop staring at me like that. I'm just happy and want to laugh..."

"Brother Death, please stop glaring at me, I really understand..."

Seeing his younger brother's beaming smile that he couldn't shake off, Conan couldn't help but smile back, before letting out a helpless sigh.

Hopefully, he won't do something so contrary to his principles again...

No, it will definitely never happen a second time!