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

But clearly, Kazuma Kudo's thinking was a bit too simplistic.

According to Mitsuko Domoto, her father normally needs an injection every six hours. If he misses an injection for more than six hours, there will be no immediate impact, but if he misses an injection for more than eight hours, his life will be in danger.

In other words, if you want this old man to live, you have to find him within an hour and a half.

With some time still available, Inspector Megure immediately began questioning and reviewing the case from the beginning.

According to Mitsuko Domoto and Akio Domoto, their family consisted of four people.

The kidnapped person is Domoto Mitsuko's father, Domoto Shozaburo, the president of Domoto Metal Processing Factory. Domoto Mitsuko is Domoto Shozaburo's only daughter, and Domoto Akinari is their son-in-law who married into the family and works for Domoto Shozaburo. In addition, the family also employs an old woman named Sudo Masayo to take care of the housework.

Today is the factory's anniversary, so we're having a day off.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Mitsuko Domoto injected her father, Shozaburo Domoto, with kidney medication and then went to visit her friend. This was arranged in advance and was not a sudden decision. The police also called her friend to confirm this.

Domoto Shozaburo went out for a walk at 9:30. Since he usually goes for a walk on his days off, no one found it strange.

Around 10 o'clock, Akinari Domoto entered his office and began to process some leftover documents.

At 11 o'clock, the maid, Masayo Sudo, received a phone call from a strange young man who told her to transfer the call to someone at home; then, Akina Domoto in the office received a call saying that Shozaburo Domoto had been kidnapped...

Inspector Megure summarized: "So, Mr. Domoto Shozaburo was kidnapped while taking a walk between 9:30 and 11:00 AM, right?"

Kazuma Kudo, who was sitting to the side scrolling through his phone, slowly spoke up: "I have a question..."

Inspector Megure looked in the direction of the sound and saw the girl casually put away her phone and look up at him. He couldn't help but admire how pretty she was. Then he remembered that this "girl" was his old friend Edogawa...

He sighed deeply, and asked with utter exhaustion, "What's the problem?"

Brother Edogawa... um... little sister... you must have noticed something, right?

Kazuma Kudo's gaze fell on Masayo Sudo: "Grandma, let me ask you, in the phone call you received, are you sure that the robber only said that one sentence? And what did you say?"

Seeing that the person asking her the question was a pretty teenage girl, Masayo Sudo didn't think much of it and nodded directly: "Yes, I received a call and only said that this was the Domoto family. When I asked who he was, I heard a young man say, 'Transfer the call to your family...'"

Kudo Kazuma shrugged: "That's the problem. How did a kidnapper know immediately that the old lady who answered the phone wasn't the lady of the house, but a maid?"

"Isn't this old lady about the same age as the old man of the Domoto family? Wouldn't someone who doesn't know her well imagine her as the matriarch of the family?"

Conan's scrutinizing gaze immediately fell on the couple, Akinari and Mitsuko Domoto: "Because it is very likely that the crime was committed by someone they know."

In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to the couple.

Conan, still using his childish voice, continued, "Also, I've seen on TV that when kidnappers don't receive the money, they call to urge the hostage's family to send it quickly. But it's so late now, and the money hasn't been delivered yet. Why haven't the kidnappers called?"

Domoto Akinari frowned upon hearing this.

Mitsuko Domoto then spoke up: "No, the kidnappers did make a phone call. After learning that my father had been kidnapped and that the kidnappers were demanding a ransom of 30 million yen, Akihiro specifically called me back. After that, he rushed around to various banks and raised the 30 million yen."

"After the money was raised, around 2:00 PM, the kidnappers called and told us to put the ransom under the green belt somewhere in Mihana Park..."

Domoto Akinari nodded, and said with great pain, "He specifically instructed that we would release my father-in-law once we received the money, and we did exactly as he said, but..."

"Wait a minute," Kudo Kazuma spoke up again, "So, this time, the person who answered the phone was still this Domoto Akinari?"

Inspector Megure scratched his head: "Edogawa-kun... well, anyway, you think there's something wrong with Mr. Domoto Akinari?"

Kazuma Kudo nodded: "Inspector, don't you think it's quite a coincidence? They had just prepared the money, and then the kidnappers called, and he was the one who answered the phone. Isn't that suspicious?"

In any other world, one would suspect that it might be some kind of trouble caused by a rival company, but this is the world of Detective Conan!

The suspect is most likely one of the three options currently available.

Moreover, no matter how you look at it, Domoto Akinari has a lot of problems.

Just then, Masayo Sudo spoke up: "Mr. Akihiro, no matter how the master usually is, he is still your father. I hope the master is alright."

Now that things had come to this point, the problem was quite obvious, and Takagi immediately pressed, "What do you mean by that?"

Masayo Sudo sighed and explained to everyone that Domoto Shozaburo had always been suppressing and belittling his son-in-law and future heir, Domoto Akinari, saying that he was a good-for-nothing and not worthy of inheriting his company. Domoto Mitsuko used to comfort him, but recently she has also started to suppress him.

Upon hearing this, both Akinari Domoto and Mitsuko Domoto looked rather displeased.

Seeing their unpleasant expressions, Masayo Sudo sighed and left. Conan followed her out.

At that moment, Inspector Megure received a call from his subordinate.

The person in charge of investigating Hirano Takeshi said that he learned from Hirano Takeshi's friends that he had become very successful and extravagant in spending money since a week ago, which was likely due to a windfall.

Inspector Megure immediately deduced that this was a case of someone hiring someone.

"Then, who is the person who hired Hirano Takeshi to kidnap Domoto Shozaburo?"

Even so, his gaze was fixed on Domoto Akinari.

He still believed in Edogawa's judgment, but the problem was that there seemed to be no evidence.

"I know who it is!" Conan walked in from outside and looked directly at Domoto Akishinari. "Mr. Domoto Akishinari, from the time you entered the office at ten o'clock until Grandma Sudo transferred the kidnapper's call to you at eleven o'clock, you were the only one in the office, right?"

"I asked Grandma Sudo, and you specifically instructed her today that you would be quite busy, so she shouldn't bring you tea. So, during this so-called time of processing documents, were you really in your office?"

Domoto Akinari's expression changed slightly: "Of course, if I'm not in the office, where else could I be?"

Conan ignored him and turned to Mitsuko Domoto: "Could you help me find a map?"

He then told everyone where Domoto Akinari was during the hour he was not in the office.

Seeing Conan's enthusiasm, Kazuma Kudo shrugged slightly.

It seems that he has lost his second soul.

It doesn't matter, as long as there's no danger, as long as his brother is happy.