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

Chapter 415 Still due to unfamiliarity

After the villa disappeared, everyone suddenly had nowhere to go.

Fortunately, Hakuba Saguru's father held a high enough position in the police force that the police helicopter did not have to wait until the next morning to arrive.

Gin was reluctant to ride in the police helicopter, but considering that the boss wouldn't be able to hide it from the organization's plane, and that it would take some time for the organization to send a helicopter over, Kudo Kazuma would have to stay out in the night wind for a while and might get sick, he had no choice but to reluctantly board the police helicopter.

Well, it's just a matter of being careful and not leaving any fingerprints or other information.

As the helicopter soared into the sky, everyone fell silent as they watched the dark, deep pit gradually disappear from sight under the night sky.

Then Xiaolan suddenly asked, "Huh? Dad, aren't you scared?"

You know, Kogoro Mouri is afraid of heights.

Kaito Kid's version of Kogoro Mouri coughed lightly: "Ah, well... I was so shocked by that bizarre and unbelievable situation before that I couldn't think about this..."

"is it?"

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's reaction and recalling how Ichijin had called him "that guy" instead of "uncle," Ran suddenly understood. She glared at him and waved her fist in the air: "You wouldn't happen to be Kaito Kid in disguise, would you?"

Kidd: "..."

"It really is!" Xiaolan said, throwing a punch at Kidd. Kidd quickly opened the helicopter door and jumped out without saying a word.

Halfway through its freefall, under the cover of night, the hang glider unfolded and soared into the distance with the wind, leaving behind only a barely audible "Goodbye, your dad's at the gas station—"

Xiaolan: "..."

So her dad got robbed halfway through?

The helicopter landed near a gas station on the road. When Conan and Ran went to the gas station to look for Kogoro Mouri, Gin got off the helicopter. Seeing this, Kazuma Kudo simply followed.

Not long after the helicopter left, Vodka arrived in his car.

By the time Kudo Kazuma returned home, it was almost 1 or 2 a.m.

He casually wrote a note that said "Don't wake me up" and stuck it near the doorknob. Then, Kudo Kazuma quickly got ready and crawled into bed to sleep.

However, the next day, Conan still pulled off his blanket.

What angered him most was that when he checked the time on his phone, it was only 9:20 a.m., not even 10 a.m. as usual.

"What's going on?" Kudo Kazuma was exasperated. "Didn't you see the note on the door? I didn't go to bed until 2 a.m. last night. Can't you let me sleep a little longer?"

"Besides, you didn't get home until one or two in the morning either..."

As he spoke, he poked Conan's forehead a few times with his finger in annoyance, then rolled up the blanket and tried to go back to sleep.

Conan, speechless, said, "Why don't you check your phone yourself? How many missed calls do you have?"

“Miss Hiramoto Natsue called you but no one answered, so she even called the office. Otherwise, why do you think I was taking a nap instead of coming to pull off your blankets…”

It was only because Kogoro Mouri, who had slept enough at the gas station, received a call from Natsue Hitomoto that he rushed up to the third floor, dragged him out of bed, and made him check if Kazuma Kudo was sick and that's why he hadn't answered the phone. Otherwise, he should be sleeping too, right?

"Hakumoto Natsue?"

Kudo Kazuma was momentarily stunned before remembering that he had asked Hiramoto Natsue to arrange a meeting with Fusae to discuss cooperation. It seemed that there had been a result.

He rubbed his temples, which were throbbing slightly, and picked up his phone to take a closer look. He then discovered that he had five missed calls, all from Hatsue Hitomoto.

Yeah, it's still because I'm not familiar with it.

People who knew him well would call him a second time and find no one answering, so they would rush to his house to see if he was still alive.

Kudo Kazuma called Hiramoto Natsue back, first apologizing for not feeling well and having gone to bed too late the night before missing the call, before asking if Fusae had responded.

"Yes, tomorrow at 2 PM, if it's convenient for President Edogawa, we can meet at the coffee shop on the second floor of the Beika Hotel for preliminary discussions on cooperation."

Kudo Kazuma perked up: "Wait a moment, I'll call and discuss it with the core researchers, and I'll get back to you right away."

After hanging up the phone, Conan raised an eyebrow: "Core researcher? Ai Haibara is still in elementary school, isn't she? You're sending her to meet your partner?"

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "It's inconvenient for the core researchers to be represented, but someone can represent her."

Conan sighed, "Won't this be too much trouble for Dr. Agasa?"

Kudo Kazuma glanced at him speechlessly: "Are you sure? You had the Doctor make so many props for you, isn't that just more trouble for him? Besides, I'll give the Doctor a bonus every time he accompanies Haibara to meet a business partner."

Conan: "..."

Does that make him seem like he's usually quite immature?

Ignoring what he was struggling with, Kudo Kazuma called Agasa's house and told Ai Haibara and Professor Agasa about it.

The two of them were fine with it, but Haruka Haibara said that she was just a personal assistant and didn't know anything about this kind of thing, so she wouldn't go along.

The next afternoon, not long after lunch, Kazuma Kudo drove Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara to the Beika Hotel.

After waiting for only a few minutes at the agreed-upon coffee shop, a woman who looked to be in her early thirties entered.

She was an elegant woman with shoulder-length light blonde hair and wearing a hat. Behind her was a young girl in her twenties carrying a bag, who looked like an assistant.

Kudo Kazuma noticed her and stood up.

The woman had clearly seen Kazuma Kudo as well. She walked over unhurriedly and extended her right hand: "Hello, are you President Edogawa? I am Fusae Kinoshita, the president of the Fusae brand."

Kudo Kazuma politely shook hands with the other person's fingertips: "Hello, Ms. Kinoshita, I am Edogawa Kazuma."

After both parties sat down, Kazuma Kudo gestured to Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara beside him: "Regarding our new product, the core researcher's personality is not suitable for discussing cooperation issues. However, in order to prevent Ms. Kinoshita from having any doubts about the new product, she specifically entrusted Professor Agasa to answer some professional questions on her behalf."

"As for this little girl, her name is Ai Haibara. She is a relative who is staying at Mr. Agasa's house. Mr. Agasa brought her here because he was worried about leaving her at home alone. Please forgive him."

Fusae Kinoshita didn't hear what Kazuma Kudo said next.

Her attention was entirely focused on Professor Agasa.

After Kudo Kazuma finished speaking, she immediately asked, "President Edogawa... could you please tell me again, what is this gentleman's name?"

Kazuma Kudo winked at Ai Haibara and Professor Agasa before smiling and introducing Fusae Kinoshita to them.

"Professor Agasa. His name is Professor Agasa."