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

When Kudo Kazuma asked, Sato didn't mind and explained directly, "It's like this, today is the anniversary of my father's death. He was in a car accident at this intersection, so I came here to visit him."

As she spoke, she gestured to the flowers she had placed against the wall not far away. Then she saw three middle-aged men and a middle-aged woman carrying flowers pass by and walk towards them.

Sato said something to the others and then walked over to them.

"Isn't that Miwako?"

"You've grown so big already."

Takagi stepped forward curiously and asked, "Are these all your friends?"

Sato nodded: "They were all my father's friends from his high school baseball team."

She introduced the four people to everyone: Hideaki Saruwatari, Shuji Kano, Mitsuo Inomata, and the only woman, Choko Shinto.

Good grief, did we mess with the zoo?

By this time, Kudo Kazuma had already learned about the case of the sorrowful man who was related to Sato's father from Conan. He already felt that it was somewhat familiar, and when he heard the names of these people, he immediately understood.

Those who are related to the deceased, suddenly appear, and whose names all follow the same format—needless to say, there's an 80% chance that one of them is the murderer!

Sato chatted with the four suspect candidates for a few minutes when Shiratori received a call from Megure, saying that someone had witnessed a person suspected to be the serial arsonist in Shinagawa Ward, not far from them.

While listening to the phone call, Shiratori relayed Inspector Megure's orders: "He should be nearby right now. Hand the children over to Officer Sato, and Takagi and I will go to the scene immediately to provide support."

"Did you hear that, Takagi? Let's go!"

But Takagi kept rummaging through his pockets.

"Damn it..." Takagi said with an awkward laugh, "I forgot the handcuffs on my desk, I didn't bring them with me..."

Upon hearing this, Shiratori was speechless: "What's going on? Time is of the essence, we don't have time to go back and get it."

Sato frowned slightly: "Officer Takagi, are you alright?"

"It's okay, it's okay, anyway, I still have Officer Shiratori's handcuffs." Takagi's smile brightened considerably after receiving the goddess's concern. "Besides, the fortune telling in the magazine said that I'm having a very lucky day today, incredibly prosperous!"

To everyone's surprise, Sato froze upon hearing this. After regaining his senses, he immediately looked at Kudo Kazuma with a serious expression: "Edogawa-kun, could you please take these children with you? I need to go with him and them!"

"No need, no need~" Takagi was overjoyed that his goddess wanted to come with him. He quickly got into the car, closed the door, and said, "Then let's go~"

"Wait!" Sato pulled a rusty handcuff from his pocket. "Use this for now. It's my father's keepsake. My handcuffs got damaged during the last case, so I'm using this one for now. I'm lending it to you as a talisman."

That's why they say Takagi is Conan's most trusted disciple.

Even though the goddess gave him a talisman, his first reaction was, "This isn't a talisman! Didn't your father also die in the line of duty?"

In one sentence, he successfully silenced everyone.

Shiratori, who was driving, said irritably, "You're already being kind by lending it to me! Officer Sato, we're leaving now."

Without waiting for Takagi's reaction, he drove off.

Kudo Kazuma, who was just watching the drama unfold, shook his head repeatedly.

Shiratori is jealous...

"By the way," he squatted down next to Conan and asked, "is your homeroom teacher's last name Kobayashi?"

Conan nodded first, then asked curiously, "Why are you asking this?"

Kudo Kazuma chuckled and casually ruffled the hair of his miniature older brother: "Of course, I need to get to know him first, so I won't be unsure of what to call him when I help you at your parent-teacher conference someday."

Conan immediately gave a half-moon-shaped look.

He'd be a fool to believe that brat's nonsense!

At this moment, Sato, who was watching Takagi leave, said to them with a somewhat solemn expression, "Listen carefully, you are not allowed to leave my side later."

“A body was found at the scene of the fourth arson case. Although there is no clear evidence yet, it is very likely that the person witnessed the arson and was silenced. You guys are now witnesses in the case, so you need to be extra careful and stay close to me.”

Ayumi said sadly, "So, the fire at my house yesterday was caused by that despicable arsonist? He knew I saw him, so he followed me to our house..."

Mitsuhiko disagreed: "But our shop and Genta's shop also caught fire... How could the arsonist know where we live?"

Just as the group was discussing the matter, Conan turned to look at Kazuma Kudo, who immediately smirked and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Yes, I did it."

"I can create clones. While you were sleeping, I used the clone technique to run to their house and set it on fire. You know why, I wanted to vent my anger and teach them a lesson."

Conan: "..."

He sighed wearily, deciding to ignore his brother's nonsense.

What the heck is the clone technique?

However, damaging property without harming people could very well be done by someone hired to do it.

And if he really did hire someone to do it, it would definitely be a flawless cover-up, leaving him with no evidence...

But if he didn't really do it, wouldn't I be wronging him?

Just as Conan was pondering how to find evidence, Sato also suggested going to the scene where Ayumi discovered the arsonist last night.

The three children unanimously chose to ride in Sato's car, while Conan, while pondering, casually got into Kudo Kazuma's car. Seeing this, Ai Haibara also got into Kudo Kazuma's car.

Upon arriving at their destination, Ayumi recounted to Sato the details of her encounter with the arsonist the previous night, while Conan pondered the events, occasionally glancing at his younger brother.

Ai Haibara moved closer to Kazuma Kudo and asked, "What's going on? Does he suspect you?"

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "His suspicions aren't wrong. To be honest, if it were just me and those three brats here, I could really beat them up."

To this day, besides the four people involved, Kazuma Kudo, and Gin, only Ran knows that Conan was once shot because of those three brats.

However, Ai Haibara is not Conan. She knows how unruly those three kids are, and she also knows that Kazuma Kudo is not the Shinichi Kudo with an overflowing sense of justice. Not to mention beating those three kids, it wouldn't be surprising if he killed them if they went too far one day.

Just as Ai Haibara was about to say something, she suddenly heard Sato, who was answering the phone, exclaim excitedly, "What? You know who the robber from 18 years ago was?"

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on Sato.

Does that mean she will find out who killed her father?

To everyone's surprise, after listening for a moment, Sato suddenly moved the phone away from him, looked at it incredulously, and frowned, saying, "He hung up? Why did he suddenly hang up? Is Takagi in any danger?"

Kudo Kazuma pondered silently for a moment.

The case of the sorrowful man, the anniversary of Sato's father's death, the old handcuffs, and Takagi...

Hmm—he seems to vaguely remember!