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

Kudo Kazuma remembered Itakura Taku.

When he first started Kurosawa Software, he did consider bringing Itakura Suguru under his command. However, he remembered that in the original story, this guy was connected to the organization, so he didn't directly contact him. Instead, he deliberately inquired indirectly by asking Vermouth, who was in charge of training him at the time.

From Vermouth, Kudo Kazuma learned that the organization had sent someone to contact Itakura Taku, specifically Tequila.

He certainly wouldn't openly rob someone the organization had its eye on.

A year ago, the organization received a response from Itakura Taku, who agreed to help the organization develop software. In fact, Vermouth was the one who contacted Itakura Taku and was in charge of this matter.

In this situation, although Kazuma Kudo had heard of Taku Itakura's name after joining the industry, and even Yuuki Tsugami had recommended him, Kazuma Kudo never allowed Kurosawa Software to contact this person.

Who would have thought that with the software delivery date agreed upon by Itakura Taku and the organization fast approaching, Gin would actually send him to urge that guy?

If Kudo Kazuma remembers the plot correctly, this Itakura Taku didn't complete the software required by the organization at all. Instead, he was thinking of running away, but he didn't manage to escape and was killed instead.

And it seems that something of his fell into Conan's hands, which triggered a verbal confrontation between Gin and Conan.

Thinking of this, Kudo Kazuma silently prayed for the first time that the Grim Reaper wouldn't exert his power.

[By Death God above, dear Death God elementary school student, please don't let anything happen to Itakura Suguru, or his life will be in danger! You must protect Itakura Suguru's life! Conan!]

To be fair, praying to death does have some effect.

Good news, Itakura Taku is not dead.

Bad news, Itakura Taku has disappeared...

Kazuma Kudo called Yuuki Tsugami directly and asked him to inquire on behalf of Kurosawa Software. Only then did he learn that Taku Itakura had been frequently disappearing for the past six months, and this time, he had been missing for two days...

Kudo Kazuma was speechless.

Disappearance, what kind of operation is this?

Could it be that this guy has already run away?

After a moment's thought, he decided to go to the Mori Detective Agency to see if there were any relevant clues.

But as soon as he arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency by taxi, he heard Kogoro Mouri scream.

Kudo Kazuma's expression changed, and he rushed upstairs in three quick steps, pushing open the half-closed door of the office.

Then, he saw Kogoro Mouri, who had lost his luster and stood there petrified.

Meanwhile, Xiaolan was reading a letter aloud.

"That friend said she's been wanting to meet Detective Mouri for a long time, and that it would be even better if she could meet Kazuma, the president of Kurosawa Software. You'll go, right, Dad?"

Xiaolan turned her head as she spoke: "Huh, Yizhen?"

Kazuma Kudo pointed to Kogoro Mouri, who looked utterly dejected, and asked, "What's going on here?"

Xiaolan shook her head in confusion.

Conan chuckled: "Miss Yoko Okino's friend is getting engaged and invited Ran's father to the engagement party. This uncle probably just imagined Yoko Okino was getting engaged when he heard the engagement, and that's how it turned out."

Ran was both amused and exasperated. She quickly woke up Kogoro Mouri, emphasizing that it wasn't Yoko Okino who was getting engaged, and made him carefully read the contents of the letter.

Kudo Kazuma casually sat down next to Conan and complained, "Okino Yoko and Uncle are mutual fans, right? She should know that if Uncle takes you along, you'll be doomed wherever you go. Even so, she still dares to invite Uncle to her best friend's engagement party. Does she have a grudge against her friend?"

Conan's eyes widened in surprise: "What does this have to do with me? If you can't speak properly, then shut up. Isn't it better to keep your mouth open to eat?"

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "No, because I'm not hungry."

Conan opened his mouth, almost asking if he had eaten with Gin and that's why he wasn't hungry.

Earlier, the doctor drove him, and the two followed the car that Kazuma and Gin were in to a slightly old, ordinary office building. From a distance, they saw the two of them go to the restaurant next to the office building, while Vodka drove to the underground parking lot attached to the office building.

Looking back now, it was very likely that place was a stronghold of that organization.

only……

In the past, he would have definitely revealed that place to Shuichi Akai. Now that he knows Kazuma is also a member of the organization, he unconsciously hesitates.

And there's another question—since Mr. Akai knows that Kazuma is a member of the organization, does he know the address of that base?

"What are you thinking about?"

A hand expertly ruffled Conan's hair: "Uncle has already snapped out of it, why are you spacing out now?"

Conan, snapping out of his daze, casually lied: "I was thinking, Haibara's been busy with skincare products lately, so she probably doesn't have time to research the antidote further, right? But if we asked her to make a modified antidote, she has the experience, so it shouldn't take too much time, right?"

Kudo Kazuma asked curiously, "What do you need the antidote for? I remember Haibara saying that taking too much of this stuff can lead to drug resistance. I think you should stop thinking about this until a proper, complete antidote is available."

Conan coughed and explained, "I just wanted to know the progress of the antidote... Who wants to stay a child forever?"

Of course, he couldn't tell his bratty younger brother that he wanted the antidote because he had a daring idea...

Forget it, I'll just secretly ask Haibara when I go to school.

That evening, Kazuma Kudo drove the three-person team from his agency to the place he had arranged to meet Yoko Okino.

Yoko Okino, being a true fan of Kogoro Mouri, even came downstairs to pick up the four of them.

After exchanging pleasantries, Xiaolan curiously asked Yoko Okino which of her friends was engaged to.

Before Yoko Okino could explain, someone shouted, "Miss Yoko, I can't believe you actually brought the famous detective Kogoro Mouri!"

The group looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man wearing sunglasses.

Ran, who knows almost every celebrity, immediately exclaimed in surprise, "You...you're Kenzaki Osamu, the actor who plays Detective Samonji! Could it be that Yoko's fiancé tonight is...?"

Kenzaki Osamu smiled and said, "That's right, I'm the male lead, Yoko's good friend, and the female lead who's going to marry me. I didn't expect Yoko to actually invite Detective Mouri and President Edogawa. I think she'll be very happy, won't she?"

Yoko Okino smiled and said, "I haven't told her about this yet. I want to surprise her."

As the group walked upstairs, Kudo Kazuma muttered to himself.

Inviting Death to an engagement party? This isn't a surprise, it's a nightmare!

And this guy who's the groom at the engagement party might actually become the "male lead" tonight...