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

Mermaid Island is considered a classic storyline.

Although Kudo Kazuma didn't remember the details, he did have some key points in mind.

In particular, Conan once found Shiho Miyano's name on some kind of register on Mermaid Island.

In the original work, Conan seemed to treat it as a case of having the same name and didn't take it to heart.

But now that he knows the name of Kurosawa Jin and suspects that Kurosawa Jin is Gin, seeing the names of Miyano Shiho and Kurosawa Jin appear together is undoubtedly solid proof that Kurosawa Jin is Gin.

Kudo Kazuma has to eliminate this potential threat first.

Besides, since there's going to be a day when Kurosawa and Kudo will both appear in front of Conan for a period of time, why not now?

Not long after Kudo Kazuma sent out the message, Gin called him directly.

Seeing this, Kudo Kazuma promptly withdrew his Yang clone and placed it further away, finding a secluded corner before answering the call to avoid Conan overhearing and arousing further suspicion.

"You're actually awake?"

Gin's first words stunned Kazuma Kudo.

"No, brother, is it wrong for me to stay awake?"

Good grief, Gin asked that right off the bat.

Heiji Hattori just asked him specifically if he wasn't sleeping in anymore.

What are you doing?

Isn't it perfectly normal to be awake at 8 AM? Why are these people making such a fuss?

Gin snorted, skipping the topic altogether, and asked, "When are we going? Where do we meet?"

"Let's meet downstairs at the Dahei Building around 2:30 PM. There seems to be some kind of festival on Mermaid Island these days. Anyway, quite a few people are going there, and there are probably more boats going to and from the island than usual. Just think of it as coming along for fun, bro."

"can."

"Okay~ Thanks a lot, big brother!"

It's decided. When we go to Mermaid Island, I'll use Yang's clone first. That way, the clone can still use the system space and various skills.

After his main body and Conan's group arrive at Mermaid Island tomorrow, he will recall his Yang clone and replace "Kurosawa" with the puppet Kurosawa, so that Gin won't feel awkward knowing that he has a puppet by his side.

As Kudo Kazuma used his Yang clone to arrange the afternoon's schedule, Conan spoke up on his main body: "Why are you still sleeping when you're all awake? Shouldn't you get up and have some breakfast?"

"Go back to sleep then," Kudo Kazuma said, unmoved. "If you've eaten, you can eat another meal, so why can't you go back to sleep after you've woken up?"

Conan was speechless: "Aren't you curious about what Hattori said on the phone?"

Kudo Kazuma was even more speechless: "I heard you mention the case, so please don't disturb my sleep, okay?"

Conan scoffed, "Who knows where that guy got this information from? Saying mermaids kill people? That's totally unscientific!"

Kudo Kazuma was so annoyed by him that he couldn't sleep. He sat up, sighed, and said, "Haven't you already witnessed a spider killing someone? If someone can kill someone in the name of a spider fairy, then why can't someone else kill someone in the name of a mermaid? I think that's probably it. If you don't think it's right, ask Hattori again tomorrow."

Conan raised his hand to support his chin: "It's not impossible, Kazuma, you said... umm..."

Before he could finish speaking, Kudo Kazuma covered his mouth, then lay down in bed and pushed his miniature older brother into the covers as well: "Shut up! Go to sleep!"

It was impossible to sleep.

Kudo Kazuma had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by the ringing of the phone.

It was his own phone.

Somewhat speechless, he took out his phone and saw that it was a call from Agasa's house.

Haruka Haibara called to tell him that the skincare product samples were ready...

Left with no other choice, Kudo Kazuma got up, washed up, tidied himself up, and went to Agasa's house with Conan.

It seemed that Haruka Haibara had already guessed that he didn't eat breakfast. As soon as he entered the door, Haruka Haibara stuffed a sandwich into his hand.

"There's milk on the table. After you finish eating, you can go to the underground research lab."

"alright."

Kudo Kazuma yawned as he ate his belated breakfast.

Conan glanced at Haruka Haibara helplessly.

He didn't eat breakfast either.

Seeing Conan's resentful look, Haruka Haibara couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't know you would come along. I'll get ready for you right away."

After breakfast, Kazuma Kudo went to see the skincare product samples and asked about their effectiveness.

Ai Haibara spoke coldly and indifferently, with a hint of helplessness in her tone: "I can only say that this stuff is guaranteed to be non-toxic and has no side effects. And it's quite moisturizing."

"When it comes to skincare products, especially the ones we make, if you really want to know how effective they are, doesn't it take time to see the results?"

Kudo Kazuma pursed his lips: "That's true. I'll contact Tsugami. I've roughly understood that if we want to sell this new product, we need to have it tested by a professional institution first. I'll leave that to Tsugami."

This will save Yuuki Tsugami from feeling that his contributions were insufficient and getting caught up in the conflict as a company veteran.

He originally wanted to ask Ai Haibara and Haruka Haibara what they thought of the skincare product, but then he thought that Ai Haibara was now in a child's body and probably didn't need skincare at all. As for Haruka Haibara... well, a puppet body doesn't need skincare even more, and it's unlikely that he would see any effect. He decided to just send it for testing.

After finishing up the sample testing, Kudo Kazuma said he had other things to do in the afternoon and didn't plan to stay at Agasa's house any longer.

Conan naturally followed. After leaving Agasa's house, he saw Kudo Kazuma driving towards Beika and asked him curiously what he was doing.

“Following someone, investigating some things…” At this point, Kudo Kazuma suddenly paused, “By the way, do you want to step aside for a bit? I just want to follow the target, I don’t intend to kill them. If you follow, someone could easily die.”

Conan's face immediately darkened: "Please! I'm not that scary! Mention Death again and I'll kick you!"

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "See, you said it yourself..."

Conan: "..."

If it weren't for his brat driving, he would have loved to kick him.

After arriving at Beido-cho 2-chome, Kudo Kazuma quickly found Nishimura Kota's house.

He parked his car in a spot quite far from Kota Nishimura's house, but where he could see their front door. After a short while, a man in his thirties with a mustache came out of the house.

It was Nishimura Kota himself in the photo sent by Morofushi Kagemitsu.

Seeing that the other person was walking out, Kudo Kazuma got out of the car and followed. Conan was not convinced and followed as well.

The two followed for a short distance before they discovered that behind Kota Nishimura was another person—Kogoro Mouri, who was pretending to read a newspaper but was actually keeping an eye on him!

The two brothers exchanged a glance, and a series of thoughts suddenly popped into Kudo Kazuma's mind.

Why was Kogoro Mouri following this person?

and also……

Death and plague have arrived. Given the situation today, wouldn't it be impolite if no one died?