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

When Director Tsugawa was pointed at by Kazuma Kudo, he desperately tried to give himself a mental pep talk.

But when he heard Kazuma Kudo's soul-searching question, his heart was still in turmoil.

"I..." Director Tsugawa broke out in a cold sweat, his voice trembling under immense pressure, "I...I only killed him by mistake...He didn't, absolutely didn't discover that I had smuggled drugs in the book..."

He swore he really didn't know why he blurted it out...

But in other people's eyes, he simply couldn't withstand the psychological pressure in front of Kazuma Kudo...

Upon hearing "smuggling drugs," everyone's expression changed, even the three members of the Junior Detective League were quite shocked.

Amuro Tooru's face showed a hint of surprise, but his heart was filled with rage.

The last message from that unknown undercover agent was related to drugs.

The police followed the clues and found this suspected hideout, which is why he came to check it out.

It's unbelievable that a library director could be so arrogant, or that a seemingly kind old man could actually commit murder to cover it up!

Who exactly is stirring up trouble behind the scenes?

Who is so rampant and committing all sorts of evil deeds in the country he loves?

Once he catches the mastermind, he'll definitely make them pay!

Inspector Megure led his men to search for drugs, as instructed by Director Tsugawa.

Amuro Tooru sighed and said to Kudo Kazuma, "It seems I won't be able to visit the library. I'll be leaving now."

"Here's Little White back—he's very cute, I like him a lot."

"Thank you for the compliment." Kudo Kazuma took the Kagemitsu cat from Amuro Tooru. "But his name really is Hiro."

A hint of displeasure flashed through Amuro Toru's mind—was this Danpo deliberately poking at his sore spot?

However, he didn't show it at all. He smiled awkwardly but politely at Kudo Kazuma, waved to Kagemitsu the cat, and then turned and left.

Kudo Kazuma figured that Amuro Tooru had probably gone to secretly contact that Kazama guy or something.

Conan, standing nearby, asked curiously, "You two know each other?"

Kazuma Kudo ruffled his older brother's hair: "Detective, didn't you notice he was just hugging Kei?"

“When I was not in the country, Xiao Jing often went out to play at the company... I guess that’s when she met that guy.”

"Xiao Jing ran out again a couple of days ago. I came to return the books and happened to run into him carrying Xiao Jing to get a library card. That's how we met."

Putting aside the fact that they were both members of the same organization and had met once before, that's exactly how they "met".

Conan didn't realize anything was wrong, so he just said "Oh" and gave up.

Kudo Kazuma, however, asked in a gossipy tone, "What about you? Did Ran lecture you after you sobered up yesterday?"

Conan's face darkened.

"How dare you say that!"

Perhaps it's because he's become like a child again, but Xiao Lan is even more adept at beating him up...

Kazuma Kudo shrugged: "If you have the nerve to drink, why shouldn't I have the nerve to say anything?"

"Even if I don't tell on you, you don't think that if Xiaolan doesn't see you after school, she won't call to ask or even come to my house to look for you, do you?"

"If Xiaolan asks, I'll laugh myself to death. Do you think I'd cover for you? I'm just turning the tables."

Conan gritted his teeth, squatted down, and activated the foot brace on his foot.

This brat is no good, kick him away!

"Hello, Ichijin-nii-san, we heard that you are Conan's long-lost brother, and that you two only recently reunited. Is that true?"

Ayumi's sweet voice interrupted Conan's actions.

While Kudo Kazuma didn't have a strong aversion to the three brats, he certainly didn't like them either.

But today is different.

Ayumi is so sensible; she even knows that Conan should call her "brother."

Kazuma Kudo smiled so gently: "Yes, I am Conan's older brother. Thank you for taking care of him all the time."

Genta jumped in and said, "Ichima-nii! Conan is so unfair! He always sneaks off to solve cases on his own without taking us with him!"

Mitsuhiko was more polite: "Hello, Kazuma-nii. Actually, Conan usually takes good care of us..."

Seeing his usually unruly younger brother, who disliked naughty kids, getting along so well with the three little ones, Conan was completely speechless.

This brat, he's so happy to get a little advantage from him!

And my parents are really awful. Of all the things they could say, they had to make up the idea that Edogawa Kazuma is Conan Edogawa's older brother.

Mad!

After giving a perfunctory reply and making a verbal promise with the three little ones to play together sometime, Kudo Kazuma, having resolved the drug issue and obtained the spirit soul, returned home satisfied.

The next morning, Kazuma Kudo received a call from Professor Agasa.

"Huh?" Kudo Kazuma, emerging from under the covers, mumbled, "Coming to thank you? Oh, I'll tidy up..."

After hanging up the phone, Kudo Kazuma, who was washing up, suddenly realized something.

Professor Agasa said that because he had saved Ai Haibara before, Ai Haibara wanted to come and thank him.

What the hell?

Is it Ai Haibara who feels she needs to thank him, or is it Professor Agasa, who shares a close friendship with her father and brother despite their age difference, who feels she needs to thank him?

Is it reasonable to drag him out of bed with just one phone call for this?

When Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara arrived, they were met with a low-key Kudo Kazuma who seemed like he hadn't woken up yet.

Professor Agasa said somewhat helplessly, "Ichima, if I remember correctly, it was already ten o'clock when I called, wasn't it? Didn't you sleep last night?"

Ai Haibara looked at Kazuma Kudo, who was still yawning, with her half-moon eyes: "It's 10:30, you haven't had breakfast yet, have you?"

"From the perspective of a professional doctor, not getting up in the morning and not eating breakfast will inevitably lead to a weaker body. And if you are weak for a long time, it will be easier to not wake up in the morning—that's a vicious cycle."

After she finished speaking, she pulled out a small box from behind her back, which contained a piece of chocolate cake: "Replenish your energy, then we'll eat in a bit."

Kudo Kazuma took the chocolate cake, only then noticing that Professor Agasa was also carrying some ingredients...

"So, you're here to cook?"

Professor Agasa chuckled and said, "It's just a side thing. I came to discuss something with you—I'd like to send Ai to elementary school and arrange for her to be in the same class as Shinichi. What do you think?"

"And one more thing," Professor Agasa said after putting down the ingredients. "Ai-chan knows that we... cough cough, after training Shinichi's detective abilities a while ago, she also wants to remind Shinichi how terrifying the organization is."

Kazuma Kudo turned to look at Ai Haibara.

understood!

High emotional intelligence: Remind people how terrifying the new organization is.

Low emotional intelligence: Scare him!

Seeing Ai Haibara's calm expression, Kazuma Kudo suddenly felt eager to try.

He rubbed his hands together, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and asked, "How about I provide the script and props?"