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

Chapter 412 Did they turn him into an assistant?

Da Shang Zhu Shan is dead.

He wasn't faking death; he was really dead.

The detectives immediately put their skills to use and began to investigate the cause of Da Shang Zhu Shan's death, but unfortunately they had no leads yet.

But the dummy spoke up precisely at the right moment: "Alright, this game has officially begun. Even if you're not looking for the treasure, for your own lives, you should do your best and use your wisdom to decipher this code and find the treasure."

Mogi Harufumi was unconvinced, so he stepped forward, grabbed the dummy, and ripped off its head.

Also falling down were a miniature recorder and a timer.

Now they understood.

It turns out that the so-called "master" was controlling the event using pre-recorded audio recordings.

The good news is that the mastermind behind it wasn't monitoring them constantly with surveillance cameras.

The bad news is that the mastermind behind the scenes had perfect timing for every step, even predicting exactly when Da Shang Zhu Shan would die.

"It seems the murderer is among us."

Conan's gaze swept over everyone present.

Xiaolan was somewhat confused: "But if that's the case, how did he kill Mr. Da Shang?"

Kudo Kazuma, who had just finished absorbing the spiritual essence, said idly, "Didn't anyone notice? While Daisuke was eating, drinking tea, and listening to stories, he did something that none of us had ever done before."

Conan and Ran, who were sitting opposite him, both spoke up in unison: "Biting your fingers?"

Kaito Kid's version of Kogoro Mouri suddenly realized something: "I get it! The poison is on his hand!"

All of them had experienced the tragedy of Makiju's hands being contaminated with poison on the plane, leading to their deaths. And because of this case, which was intertwined with the plane crash, they would probably never forget it.

Kudo Kazuma's reminder made all three of them realize what was going on.

Xiaolan thought back to the case of Mu Shuli and asked uncertainly, "So, the murderer knew about Mr. Oogami's habit, which is why he devised a way to poison Mr. Oogami?"

When Maki was poisoned, her makeup artist knew that she had a habit of licking her fingers after eating chocolate, so he devised a plan to put the poison on both sides of her nose so that she would put the poison powder on her fingers when she pinched her nose and held her breath on the plane.

By the same token, the perpetrator in this case probably did the same thing.

Conan, however, spoke more calmly: "I'm afraid it's more than that. This time, the culprit almost didn't give Mr. Oogami a chance to poison him alone, so..."

Kaito Kid's version of Kogoro Mouri chimed in, "So, it's possible that we all have poison on our hands, right?"

Everyone here is a detective; they just haven't experienced similar cases like the ones they have, so their reactions are a bit slower.

After hearing their analysis, they quickly understood what had happened and immediately went to wash their hands.

Then, Harufumi Mogi spoke up, "I don't think we have a clue who the culprit is yet. Why don't we go out and take a look? Have all those cars been blown up by the culprit? Is the suspension bridge still there? If they're really destroyed, we'll have to find a way to leave."

Needless to say, their cars were all destroyed.

The only thing left was the car that the maid had placed at the back door as instructed by her master.

"Don't you guys think something's off about this car?" Chima Kazuyo asked, puzzled. "All the other cars were in accidents, but this one is fine?"

"Probably because of the location, that guy forgot to plant a bomb in this car, right?"

"Good, with this car, we can go and see if the bridge was indeed blown up as that guy said."

"In that case, I'll go too."

"I'll go too."

In a moment, several men said they wanted to go, so Conan simply suggested tossing a coin to decide who would go. He took out five completely different coins and put them in the car, letting the guys who wanted to go—Kaito Kid version of Kogoro Mouri, Harufumi Mogi, Kazuyo Senma, Saguru Hakuba, and Ikumi Yata—to toss the coins.

According to them, whoever flips a coin and gets heads up gets to ride to inspect the suspension bridge.

Flip a coin, it lands on the back of your hand, hold it down, then open it up to see if it's heads or tails.

This is how it should be.

Just as they tossed the coin together, Kudo Kazuma suddenly took two steps forward, and as the coin fell, he bent down and placed his hand under Senma Kazuyo's hand.

The copper coin that Senma Kōdai had been holding fell into his hand.

Kazuma Kudo caught the coin, waved it in front of the group, and then looked at the back of Chima Kazuyo's hand, which she was covering: "Old lady, are you getting old and your eyesight isn't good anymore? You dropped your coin and didn't even notice? Or perhaps..."

He curled his lips into a smile and used the [Sound Bewitching] skill to ask, "You dropped this coin on purpose. There was another coin, with the patterned side up, that you had placed on the back of your hand beforehand."

His words caused the old woman, Senma Kōdai, to change her expression.

Because of the [sound effect], the old lady sighed and admitted directly: "That's right... I placed it beforehand. I just didn't trust the others, so I wanted to go and see if the suspension bridge was still there. This little trick was just to ensure that I could get on the bus."

"Really?" Kudo Kazuma tilted his head. "Then why did you deliberately not drive your own car and instead have Uncle Mori and the others drive you up the mountain? You say the car is broken, so it's broken? I asked Conan, and it was raining so hard that they didn't even get out to check your car. You wouldn't... be reluctant to blow up your car, would you?"

The question, delivered with a [sound-enhancing] effect, made Chizuru Kyouyo frown and retort, "Of course not! I never intended to leave here, so why would I care about this car? I just..."

Conan quickly explained, "You just wanted to let us know that you can't stand other people smoking, so that not only Uncle Mori, but also Mr. Mogi and Koto... and Mr. Kurosawa, who also smoke, won't smoke in front of you."

Even so, he couldn't help but think to himself: Is Gin not smoking really because that old lady can't accept it? Probably just out of caution.

Glancing at Gin, Conan continued, "In this way, even if everyone's hands are covered in poison, they won't die from smoking. When Mr. Ooga dies from the poison, no one will suspect that the poison is on his hands, and you'll have more room to maneuver."

Chima Kazuyo never expected that the brothers' combined attack would disrupt her plans.

Especially that Edogawa Kazuma, who seems lazy and doesn't participate in case analysis, has actually disrupted her plans several times...

She glanced at Kazuma Kudo and slowly said, "The analysis is quite good, but where's the evidence? Since we're all detectives, shouldn't you know that solving cases requires evidence?"

Kudo Kazuma curled his lip: "Hilarious. Since we're all detectives, you should know that I never need evidence when solving cases, right?"

"But since you want evidence... Conan, show it to her!"

Conan was speechless upon hearing this.

What happened? They've already labeled him as an assistant?