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

Noticing Shinichi Kudo's gaze, Satoru Oba smiled silently.

"Judging from the look in this detective's eyes, could he be suspecting me?"

He casually put his arm around Tatsumi Sakura's shoulder, his tone slightly ambiguous as he said, "We've been together all along, you can testify, Miss. Besides, if I really did shoot someone, there should be gunpowder residue on my body, right?"

Seeing the other party's confident attitude, Inspector Megure frowned slightly: "Then could you cooperate and conduct a gunpowder reaction test?"

Just as Shinichi Kudo was about to say something, he suddenly stumbled and disappeared into the corner.

He glanced at his bratty younger brother who had dragged him to the corner and said speechlessly, "What's going on? I was just about to ask them if they were kissing... I think I've figured out how that guy killed them."

Kazuma Kudo pointed a finger at Shinichi Kudo's suit: "I understand now. Change the person, finish this quickly, Ran is waiting for you."

Upon hearing this, Shinichi Kudo immediately stopped worrying about the case. While taking off his suit jacket, he whispered, "Don't get it dirty. I specially prepared this outfit for my confession..."

"Okay, okay, hurry up, or we'll have to wait even longer." Kudo Kazuma quickly changed into Kudo Shinichi's suit jacket, turned a corner, and went over again.

"Wait!" He called out to Oba Satoru, who had already followed Takagi a short distance away. "Since Mr. Oba is so certain that no gunpowder reaction will be detected on you, I think you shouldn't do it—after all, you've made complete preparations, so it wouldn't be surprising if no reaction is detected, right?"

Oba Satoru originally didn't intend to pay attention, but unfortunately Takagi and Kudo Kazuma were familiar with each other.

Especially after the two of them first waited together at Tokyo Tower to defuse a bomb, and then survived a disaster together at the Twin Towers, he had a high opinion of Kudo Kazuma. When he heard Kudo Kazuma say this, he immediately stopped and looked at Oba Satoru's reaction.

Ohba Satoru turned around, sneering, and said, "Compared to being a detective, I admire your achievements in the game and software industries more. President Edogawa, you didn't finally realize you were wrong, but you're too proud to admit it, so you're saying this, did you?"

He shrugged, his posture quite arrogant: "Of course, there's no trace of gunpowder on my body."

Kazuma Kudo smiled and said, "Don't rush me, I just have a few questions."

"Firstly, from the time you met Ms. Tatsumi, Mr. Oba, until President Tatsumi's body was discovered, the lights here were always off, right?"

Ohba Satoru said matter-of-factly, "Of course, the president's performance hasn't started yet, so no one would be so bored as to turn on the lights."

"My second question, Ms. Tatsumi, may I ask when you bought your pearl earrings?"

Tatsumi Sakurako asked, puzzled, "What's the problem? It was this afternoon. Before coming here, I saw these earrings in the store and bought them on impulse."

Kudo Kazuma curled the corners of his lips: "Third question, Mr. Oba, could you repeat what you said when you gave Ms. Tatsumi the necklace?"

Oba Satoru frowned, but still said, "Before this, I brought you a gift, a pearl necklace that matches your pink pearl earrings... What? Is there anything suspicious about giving someone you like a gift?"

“Of course it’s worth it.” Kudo Kazuma waved his hand, and Kudo Shinichi, who was at the corner, used his elbow to turn off the lights near the elevator, plunging the surroundings into darkness.

Kazuma Kudo gestured to Sakurako Tatsumi: "Come on, Mr. Oba, could you please explain to everyone how you knew that Ms. Tatsumi's earrings were pink?"

LOL, he remembers these particular plot points very clearly!

The murderer did indeed handle the case very meticulously, but unfortunately, he was ruined by that one unnecessary sentence.

Oba Satoru was getting impatient: "Is this what you call solving a case? How could you possibly know? Of course it's..."

As he spoke, he gestured towards Tatsumi Sakura's pearl earrings, but when he saw the earrings, he was genuinely stunned.

Because in the dark, Tatsumi Sakurako's pearl earrings looked like just two small, grayish balls, and it was impossible to tell what color they were...

He was speechless for a moment, and Kudo Kazuma used [Sound Bewitching] to help him add, "Of course you saw it when you opened the elevator and killed President Tatsumi, using the light inside the elevator, right?"

Oba Satoru's expression changed; the soul-searching question made him instinctively ask, "How did you know?"

As soon as he said that, everyone's expression changed.

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "Deduction, bro? Have you forgotten I'm a detective? I know I'm not a very good detective, but it's not your place to judge me, is it?"

"As for not detecting any gunpowder residue, that's simple too. I handled a case before, which Inspector Megure and Officer Takagi remember. The culprit used a transparent umbrella to block the gunpowder residue. As for you..."

"I think you should first put the pistol with the silencer in a plastic bag, then put on rubber gloves and put your hands inside the plastic bag, and seal it with a rubber band. This way, you can not only prevent the gunpowder reaction, but also collect the spent cartridges."

"Once Miss Tatsumi goes to the restroom, you can just throw the things into the trash chute. It's that simple, right?"

His entire analysis was delivered using the word "sound-teasing," and Ooba Satoru, who was already on the verge of being overwhelmed by his questions, shook his head repeatedly.

"You're right... but all I wanted was revenge. Is this the price I paid for borrowing the power of a demon?"

Kudo Kazuma didn't bother listening to him at all, shrugging and saying, "What you want to do is your business, but bothering others... cough, murder is wrong no matter how you look at it. Inspector Megure, this guy's in your hands. I'm out of here, bye~"

After saying that, he waved to Inspector Megure, turned around and left, casually grabbing Shinichi Kudo as he turned the corner.

Inspector Megure nodded as he watched Kazuma Kudo leave.

Yes, that last part is spot on, it's definitely Edogawa-kun.

Could it be that his previous belief that it was his younger brother Kudo who was here was all a misperception?

Just as Inspector Megure was about to lead his men back to the restaurant, Shinichi Kudo had already returned.

As for Kudo Kazuma...

He went around it so that Xiaolan wouldn't notice.

When he returned to his position, Shinichi Kudo was still there stammering, completely different from when he was solving cases.

"Lan, actually, the reason I specifically invited you here is to say..."

"Um, actually, I started liking..."

"boom--!"

Just as Shinichi Kudo was about to get to the crucial point, the ground suddenly shook, followed by a series of explosions.

Kudo Kazuma's lips twitched. Why did he explode at this moment?

In that instant, he didn't know whether to complain that his older brother had detonated the bomb too early, or to blame his older brother for confessing his feelings too slowly.

Forget it, let's just blame the will of the world...