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

To be honest, it's really funny to see five people crammed under one umbrella.

Kudo Kazuma hid under the eaves of a nearby shop, watching the five people—four adults and one child—crammed under a small folding umbrella, and he almost burst out laughing until his stomach hurt.

"Hey you guys, couldn't you have run a few steps over here to take shelter from the rain?"

Putting aside whether that umbrella could even cover all five of them, it just looks so silly, doesn't it?

Why would someone rather share an umbrella than come over to avoid the rain?!

Actually, his system space does have an umbrella, but it's a non-foldable umbrella. If he suddenly takes it out, it's easy to arouse suspicion—besides, you really can take shelter from the rain under the eaves, that's common knowledge, okay?

Conan turned to look at the shop behind Kazuma Kudo, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "That's right, the wallet might be in that shop. Hattori... cough, Heiji-nii is right. Under normal circumstances, a wallet wouldn't fall out of a purse, right? He probably just forgot where he put it."

"Didn't Kazuha-nee buy a disposable camera at that store before? Why don't we go and ask about it?"

Upon hearing this, Ran and Kazuha immediately ran over to Kazuma Kudo and went into the shop behind him to ask if anyone had left their wallet there.

At this moment, Kudo Kazuma discovered that besides their group, there were actually several other extraordinary people who were not taking shelter from the rain. Instead, they were shielding their heads with their hands and searching for something in the rain.

These amazing people are none other than those who play role-playing games.

Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Akechi Mitsuhide, and Nene were all present, but Toyotomi Hideyoshi, whom Oda Nobunaga had mentioned leaving early, was still not there. Clearly, the four of them were still looking for the person impersonating Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Seeing Kogoro Mouri and his companions talking to the four men, Kazuma Kudo's thoughts began to wander—since they'd seen them again, these men were most likely the deceased or one of the four candidates. As for Toyotomi Hideyoshi…

He probably really did go to see Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

I just don't know where the spirit is.

As Kudo Kazuma was pondering this, he suddenly heard a "bang." Looking up, he saw thick smoke billowing from the roof of the castle tower diagonally opposite him. A person engulfed in blue-white flames struggled for a moment before collapsing onto the roof and tumbling down the sloping roof...

Conan, Hattori, and Kogoro Mouri rushed over.

Kudo Kazuma initially intended to follow, but upon realizing he didn't have an umbrella, he decided against it and instead dialed the police, temporarily impersonating Ran Mouri.

Shortly after, Inspector Megure Otaki from Kansai arrived at the scene with his men. After hearing from Kudo Kazuma that the group only had one umbrella, he kindly brought them several more.

Having received the umbrella, Kudo Kazuma also went ahead to check out the situation.

The deceased is currently at peace, except that his face is burned quite black, almost as black as Hattori Heiji's.

Well, after all, the deceased's face was stained with smoke, so the blackening wasn't very even...

After absorbing the spirit, Kudo Kazuma took two steps back, and then heard Mouri Kogoro remark, "Inspector Otaki is really working hard, having cases to handle for two consecutive days."

Upon hearing this, Kudo Kazuma couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth: "Then you should also feel sorry for Inspector Megure, he has cases to handle almost every day."

Although this was caused by Conan, the Grim Reaper.

But the pot belongs to Kogoro Mouri.

It's not a problem for him to feel sorry for Inspector Megure on Conan's behalf.

Upon hearing this, Inspector Otaki turned around and said, "As police officers, this is simply our job. However, I do admire Mr. Mori. How did you know his name was Kato Yuji?"

“I was looking at the badge on his chest; that’s Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s family crest, the Five Seven Phoenix Trees.”

Kogoro Mouri pointed to Agasa and his group not far away and explained to Inspector Otaki the role-playing game they were playing.

The four people came forward, gave a brief self-introduction, and explained how to play.

Inspector Otaki stood up: "That's quite interesting. But since none of you have come to see for yourselves, how do you know the deceased was your friend, Kato, the one who played Toyotomi Hideyoshi?"

Master Agasa… cough, Kasuya Yuhiro, who plays Tokugawa Ieyasu, explained: “Because he suddenly disappeared, we’ve been looking for him.”

"We thought that since his clothes were so brightly colored, we should be able to find him quickly."

"Who would have thought that he would fall from there so dramatically?"

Each person spoke a sentence, explaining the situation.

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri immediately concluded that Kato had committed suicide and even tried to ask him about his motives. However, his fellow members all shook their heads, indicating that they did not know.

Inspector Otaki asked curiously, "How do you know he committed suicide?"

Kogoro Mori calmly analyzed: "It's raining quite heavily. No ordinary person would dare to go up to the roof in the rain. Besides, he was wearing a wool coat that is easy to catch fire. Isn't that the best evidence that he set himself on fire?"

Upon hearing this, Officer Otaki looked at Kazuma Kudo standing to the side.

Kudo Kazuma discerned something from Kato's soul; the deceased's spirit was clearly targeting the person impersonating Oda Nobunaga.

However, given that Osaka is usually a place where serial murders are common, Kudo Kazuma simply ignored the matter and nodded, saying, "I think Uncle's analysis is correct."

To be fair, Kogoro Mouri's reasoning is not flawed.

It's just that the analysis wasn't correct.

But it seems we can't really blame him.

Kazuma Kudo has already seen Hattori and Conan climb onto the roof of the castle tower where the incident occurred in the rain. Clearly, they have clues that Kogoro Mouri is unaware of.

Inspector Otaki nodded repeatedly, but couldn't help asking, "That makes sense, but how come people keep dying wherever you go?"

He spoke somewhat mysteriously, "Could it be that he's been possessed by some kind of ghost or monster?"

Kudo Kazuma pursed his lips. How could you say it was possession by a ghost?

He's clearly possessed by the Grim Reaper.

Kogoro Mouri, with a serious expression, said in a low voice, "It's not me. You should be talking about the chief's son."

As for Mikasa... shouldn't we blame that detective kid?

Before the two could figure out how to find evidence of suicide, Heiji Hattori and Conan returned.

Hattori was also carrying an evidence bag containing a lighter.

Seeing that Conan was soaking wet and not holding an umbrella, Kazuma Kudo took a few steps over and casually held his own umbrella over Conan's head.

As for their discussion of the case...

He wasn't interested in any of these things.

He was more interested in when the next spirit would appear.

Thinking this, Kudo Kazuma's gaze unconsciously fell on the squinty-eyed man disguised as Oda Nobunaga.

Since this guy killed Kato, he'll probably be the one to kill the next one too.

So here's the question: when exactly is he going to kill him? Couldn't he have acted faster?

The rain keeps falling, and they haven't eaten yet. They're cold and hungry. Can't we just finish this already?