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

When Kazuma Kudo arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro Mouri was drinking.

Conan, on the other hand, was on the phone.

"Huh? A kendo match?" Conan cleared his throat. "It's not that worth watching, is it..."

On the other end of the phone, Hattori Heiji's dissatisfied Osaka accent could be faintly heard.

"Hey! I specially invited you here! And didn't you guys go through a thrilling plane escape? Bring another Kudo along! My mom's cooking is delicious, consider it a celebration for your narrow escape!"

Upon hearing about food, Conan immediately looked at Kazuma Kudo, who had just entered.

"Ichima, Hattori said he's treating us to a big meal this weekend to celebrate us escaping this mess. Do you want to come?"

Kazuma Kudo nodded without hesitation: "Sure, why wouldn't you go?"

Putting everything else aside, every time he went to Osaka to find Hattori, it would almost always involve a serial murder case, which to him was like a series of soul-sending incidents.

Why wouldn't you go for such a great opportunity?

Conan nodded, then asked Kogoro Mouri, and seeing that Kogoro Mouri had no objections, he immediately gave Heiji Hattori a response.

Upon hearing that Kudo Kazuma had also arrived, Hattori immediately added, "You said your younger brother likes sweets, right? Remember to bring him along; there's plenty of sweets!"

Kazuma Kudo: "..."

Good grief, Hattori isn't satisfied with just eyeing his brother, he's got his eye on him too, huh?

Does Kazuha know?

After Hattori Heiji hung up the phone, Kudo Kazuma asked curiously, "Where's Ran? She should be out of school by now, right?"

Conan glanced at him speechlessly: "Why are you asking so many questions?"

He got annoyed whenever this was mentioned: "That guy Sonoko called Ran to go shopping, she probably won't be back for a while."

Kazuma Kudo reached out and ruffled Conan's hair: "What, you're complaining that Ieko is hogging Ran?"

Conan chuckled before asking, "And you? What are you doing here?"

Kazuma Kudo pointed at Kogoro Mouri, whose cheeks were flushed from drinking: "Come ask Uncle Mouri a question."

However, judging from Kogoro Mouri's appearance, the answer to this question is probably going to be difficult.

When Kogoro Mouri heard Kazuma Kudo mention him, he looked over drunkenly and said, "Oh? Kazuma's here... Shall we have dinner here tonight?"

Kudo Kazuma said somewhat helplessly, "Well, I have something I'd like to ask Ms. Maki Juri's assistant, Ms. Yaguchi Masayo. When they contacted the agency before, they should have left their contact number, right?"

Kogoro Mouri nodded, vaguely directing Conan to find the agency's records of cases.

Seeing that Kogoro Mouri couldn't explain himself clearly, Conan simply went through the case file himself and found Masayo Yaguchi's phone number.

Seeing that Kudo Kazuma had written down the phone number, he asked, "Do you need to see her?"

Kudo Kazuma didn't hide anything: "You know, what happened on that plane was most likely Kassa's doing. Bribing airport ground staff isn't something that can be done with just a few words; there must have been prior preparation, right? So how did he know I would be on that plane?"

Conan immediately understood: "You suspect that he orchestrated this beforehand, leading Ms. Maki to the agency to see Ran's father? Given Ms. Maki's personality, she would definitely invite Ran's father to the celebration party no matter what, and you would probably go with him. It's not impossible that way."

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "So, I need to go ask that guy."

"But isn't this case mainly handled by the Hokkaido police, with the Metropolitan Police Department providing assistance?" Conan raised his hand, resting his chin on it, and said, "Perhaps they've already found some clues?"

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "Hard to say."

Given Kassasa's overly cautious approach, that bribed ground crew member might very well be dead.

Besides, he basically had no hope for the police in the Detective Conan world. There were only a few capable ones, and as for the police in Hokkaido... he guessed that the only one he could think of was the policeman he had met on the Hokuto-3.

After getting Masayo Yaguchi's phone number, Kazuma Kudo immediately called to inquire, and later learned that it was recommended by a logistics staff member in charge of making detailed props in their production crew.

Kudo Kazuma immediately asked the logistics staff member for his name and address.

Since the Hokkaido Prefectural Police had already inquired about the matter, Masayo Yaguchi didn't hide anything, and Kazuma Kudo easily obtained the address where the prop master named Junpei Ogawa lived.

The other party is in Shinagawa Ward, not far from Beika.

Kudo Kazuma said "I'll go take a look" and prepared to leave.

Conan chased after him, grabbed him, and said in a deep voice, "Asking questions is one thing, but even if that guy really is related to Kassa, you can't kill him."

Kudo Kazuma was taken aback: "Huh? Who said I was going to kill him?"

He clearly wanted to kill Kashasar, didn't he?

Conan was embarrassed for a moment, then emphasized again, "In short, no killing is allowed."

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "Let's talk about it after we find Kassasa. Why would I kill someone before that?"

Conan is enough to "kill" people; he's actually quite lazy, isn't he?

After leaving the Mori Detective Agency, Kudo Kazuma drove to Ogawa Junpei's house in Shinagawa Ward.

Of course, he didn't go through the main entrance. Instead, he found a coffee shop near Junpei Ogawa's house, went in to drink coffee and eat dessert, and then placed his Yang clone directly into Junpei Ogawa's house.

With the skill [Sound Bewitching], Kudo Kazuma quickly found out that Ogawa Junpei had indeed been bribed, and the person who bribed him was a handsome young man with a somewhat gloomy temperament.

To be fair, Ogawa Junpei's description is somewhat different from the true appearance of Kashasa that he saw using [Memory Retrieval], but their temperaments are not much different, so it is probably Kashasa in disguise again.

Kudo Kazuma thought for a moment, then simply used [Sound Bewitchment] to ask, "Then, do you know what that person's name is?"

Junpei Ogawa thought for a moment and shook his head: "He didn't give me his full name, he just told me to call him Mr. Ka."

Kazuma Kudo: "..."

Alright, at least we know that the other party is Kashasa himself in disguise.

He then asked the two about the time and place of their meeting, and then used the [sound-bewitching] technique to make them forget that he had ever been there.

With the time and place for the meeting set, things became much easier for Kazuma Kudo.

It was a private room in a bar. He didn't even need to send a clone there; he went directly to the bar, booked the private room, and then used the skill [Memory Retracement] to look up what had happened back then.

Sure enough, this time he finally found something truly useful.