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

Chapter 418 Takagi's Friendly Reminder

What shocked Ai Haibara was not only that the other party wanted to call her "cousin".

and also.

Kudo Kazuma didn't use "he," but "she."

So, the boy was actually a girl?

Seeing Ai Haibara's shocked expression, Kazuma Kudo asked with amusement, "What, didn't you notice? That girl's eyes are almost exactly the same as Shuichi Akai's."

Ai Haibara immediately objected: "Who's going to pay attention to Shuichi Akai...?"

But since Danpo has said this, does it mean that this girl surnamed Shiliang is also her aunt's child?

However, Ai Haibara was too lazy to ask about such things. Anyway, she couldn't and wouldn't go up and acknowledge her relatives, so why bother?

“Let’s go.” She looked up at Kazuma Kudo. “Because of the murder, I see there are fewer people at the cake shop now. If you go to eat cake now, you probably won’t have to wait in line.”

There were police officers guarding the parking lot, so it wasn't their place to worry about it. Besides, Kudo Kazuma was too lazy to care. As soon as he heard that there were fewer people at the cake shop, he happily went to eat his cake.

Sure enough, there were far fewer people queuing for cakes, and most of them were taking advantage of the half-price sale to buy a bunch of cakes to go, which resulted in some empty seats in the store. The two of them ordered a few cakes and found an empty seat to sit down.

They had been sitting in the cake shop for less than twenty minutes when Conan and his friends came looking for them.

This clearly shows that the case was solved quite quickly.

Sera Masumi didn't come along, but Ran didn't look too good.

Unable to contain his curiosity, Kudo Kazuma asked, "What's going on? Why does Ran look like that?"

Conan frowned and glanced at him: "When we were solving the case, they mentioned that there were some ghost incidents at this hotel. Although we quickly figured out that it was just someone playing tricks, Ran is still a little scared."

At this point, he couldn't help but complain, "Honestly, why am I encountering so many superstitious things lately, like before..."

He originally wanted to complain about the bizarre experience at the Twilight Villa, but when the words reached his lips, he didn't know what to say.

He had just made a subconscious comment, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that he couldn't remember what happened at the Twilight Villa at all. He only remembered that someone was causing trouble in Kid's name, and that Kid had kidnapped Kogoro Mouri on the way and disguised himself as Kogoro Mouri to go with them.

As for what happens next...

It seems there was a huge explosion at the location of the annex?

Anyway, the car was destroyed, the suspension bridge was blown up, and even the Twilight Villa was blown to pieces. Luckily, Ichijin managed to grab him and run away quickly, otherwise they would have been blown into a crater along with the Twilight Villa...

Conan had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

But after piecing together a complete result using his common sense and the fragments of memory remaining in his subconscious, he could no longer recall the details in between.

It doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it...

"What are you spacing out for?" Kazuma Kudo raised his hand and gently patted Conan's head. "Ran and Sonoko are leaving!"

Conan snapped out of his daze and realized that Ran and Sonoko were about to leave, so he quickly scurried over to catch up.

"Sister Xiaolan~ Wait for me!"

After the three left, Kazuma Kudo finished the last piece of cake and walked towards the parking lot with Ai Haibara.

They just received a call from Professor Agasa saying they can leave now.

In the parking lot, the two encountered Inspector Megure and his group, who were about to leave.

When Takagi saw Kudo Kazuma, he hesitated for a moment, but still came closer.

He glanced furtively to the side, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he lowered his voice and whispered, "Edogawa-kun, I haven't seen Mr. Mori for the past two days. I've been thinking, maybe I should tell you."

Kudo Kazuma raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "What's going on? Why are you being so mysterious?"

Takagi kept her voice low and whispered, "It's like this, it seems someone is secretly investigating Mr. Mori."

Seeing Kudo Kazuma's puzzled expression, he simply explained, "We've discovered that all the records of cases that Mr. Mori assisted with in the past have disappeared from the police department. But it's not just Mr. Mori's; the records of cases that you and Ms. Mori Ran assisted with are also basically gone. Isn't that unusual?"

"You two are both considered Mr. Mori's disciples. I think there's probably someone secretly targeting Mr. Mori, trying to take advantage of the situation to do something."

Kudo Kazuma raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

Isn't this the kind of thing Vermouth did in the original work—checking case files?

Right now, Vermouth should be busy being affectionate with Ran. She doesn't even know Sherry is still alive, she's not even investigating Sherry anymore, and she's already confirmed Conan's identity. So why is she even investigating Kogoro Mouri?

If you have any questions, just ask him directly, isn't that enough?

Takagi was still muttering to himself, "...What's even more surprising is that these records were delivered to the police station again last night, but the envelope didn't indicate who the sender was..."

“I understand.” Kudo Kazuma patted Takagi on the shoulder. “Thanks, Takagi, my good brother. I’ll let Uncle Mori know about this. But…”

He lowered his voice and asked mysteriously, "If I wanted to check the police department's database for any clues, do you think... I would be allowed to?"

Takagi's lips twitched upon hearing this, and he looked troubled: "If it were before, it wouldn't be impossible, but with such a big blunder recently, I don't think the higher-ups will approve it."

"Okay, got it."

Kudo Kazuma didn't press the matter further, but instead asked another question: "Those documents were only returned last night, so when were they lost?"

Takagi was quite certain of this: "It was around the time your plane crashed, I remember, it was the third day after the related reports, right?"

Now Kudo Kazuma had a better idea of ​​what was going on.

After thanking Takagi, he sent messages to Gin and Vermouth, asking if they had sent anyone or gone to the police department to check Kogoro Mouri's information.

Ai Haibara, who had listened to the whole thing, looked pale: "Someone is investigating you? Could it be... that someone in the organization has realized that your brother is still alive? After all, the commotion he caused at the amusement park wasn't small, and your brother just recovered from taking medicine a few days ago."

Kazuma Kudo coughed to cover his smile.

He suddenly realized that Ai Haibara didn't seem to be aware of their bizarre progress...

On her side, it seems Conan only just found out he was a member of the organization?

“It’s true that someone is investigating us, but you shouldn’t be too nervous.” Kudo Kazuma said with a half-smile, “Anyway, it’s not Gin investigating us, and Vermouth doesn’t know you’re still alive, so she won’t investigate further.”

"If I'm not mistaken, the person who infiltrated the police department is probably one of Kassa's people."

"It could even be him personally."