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

Kazuma Kudo had no idea what Ai Haibara was thinking.

He simply offered a serious suggestion: that Ai should stay with Professor Agasa and continue her research.

While he could convert the basement into a research lab, it wouldn't be secure enough—specifically, for Ai Haibara.

With Gin not coming, this place is indeed the safest.

But Gin comes by occasionally, and if he discovers the research facilities in the basement, or even runs into Ai Haibara by chance, then it's really hard to say what might happen.

Ai Haibara understood this and agreed to his proposal.

After lunch, Ai Haibara left with some of the organized documents and Akemi the cat in her arms.

Jingguang the cat patted Kudo Kazuma with its paw and asked curiously, "Do you have some way to turn us back into human form?"

Kazuma Kudo shrugged and didn't say anything.

Narumi Rabbit was taken aback and asked curiously, "Is there really such a method? How did you discover it, Hiro-kun?"

Jingguang Cat jumped onto the sofa and explained to Chengshi Rabbit, "You haven't known Edogawa long enough. You'll understand when you've known him longer. He's incredibly lazy."

"He's too lazy to use long sentences to reason with people he doesn't know or care about."

"That Ms. Miyano, oh, now called Haruka Haibara, isn't exactly familiar with this guy, but he spent time reasoning with her, obviously because he was afraid that her naivety would affect him and the people around him."

"How could a kitten bother anyone?"

Jingguang Cat gently twitched its ears and said slowly, "That's why I suspect that he might have some way to turn us back into human form, which is why he warned that Miss Miyano in advance to prevent her from doing anything that would implicate her sister."

After analyzing all of this, Jingguang Cat's gaze fell on Kudo Kazuma.

Kazuma Kudo snapped his fingers: "That's right, Hiro, you really understand me~"

"You never mentioned this to us before. Did you forget about it? Or have you never tried this method before?"

"I haven't tried it yet. I'll test it out in a while, and if it works well, I'll use it on you guys." Kudo Kazuma said, beckoning to the cat and rabbit in front of him, "We can customize the bodies~"

He then gave Narumi Rabbit a special look: "You can customize the gender of your body~"

Chengshi Rabbit silently took a step back: "Now that you mention it, I suddenly think being a rabbit isn't so bad."

"What's so great about it!" Kudo Kazuma pinched Narumi's rabbit ears without any politeness. "Don't forget you promised to work for me."

"The core technology experts are all here. Once the new project at the software company is officially launched, we will begin research in the pharmaceutical field. You'll be very busy then."

"Although you can't compare to Ai Haibara's otherworldly genius, you are a top student from Tokyo University. You should use your knowledge and skills to bring progress to society! How can you bear to waste your life here like a rabbit?"

Narumi Rabbit: "..."

The thought of Edogawa-kun slacking off every day, coupled with these words from him, makes him want to just give up completely and become a rabbit.

Joking aside, he was still full of anticipation at the thought of being able to appear before the world as a human being in the future.

With his revenge avenged, his life should have just begun.

As for Jingguang the Cat, he has already gone to share the good news with Amuro Tooru.

what?

You're saying Amuro Tooru doesn't understand what he's meowing about?

What does that matter?

He just wanted to share this good news with his best friend; the rest could wait until he could turn back into human form before telling him...

With the hope of returning to human form, Narumi Rabbit spent even more time studying in front of the computer each day; Kagemitsu Cat went to see Amuro Tooru more often... Oh, no, he hasn't come back at all these past few days.

Kudo Kazuma hasn't been idle these past few days either.

The batch of research facilities purchased by the Suzuki Foundation has arrived.

Shuichi Akai also said he was looking for ways to ship it over.

As for Vermouth... she said she wanted to wait a little longer, but I don't know what she meant by waiting.

Over the past few days, Kazuma Kudo helped Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara tidy up a basement to store research equipment and serve as Ai Haibara's research room.

In fact, Kudo Kazuma originally wanted to hire a housekeeper. After all, Ai Haibara was an employee he hadn't signed a contract with yet, and Professor Agasa was an old neighbor. Wouldn't it be better to hire a housekeeper to take care of things?

Then Ai Haibara rejected it.

"It's better to keep the things in the research lab a secret from people."

This was Ai's reason, but Kazuma Kudo suspected that she just wanted Professor Agasa, who was known for his high aspirations, and him, who was lazy, to do more activities...

After tidying up Ai's research lab, Kudo Kazuma spent two whole days relaxing at home—and the best part was that, for some reason, Gin didn't send him any missions to bother him during those days, allowing him to rest comfortably for a while.

Then, Shuichi Akai started bothering him...

Looking at the message sent by Shuichi Akai, Kazuma Kudo was speechless.

You're only telling me this now that the equipment is almost here?

At this point, it's clearly too late to arrange for someone else.

Kudo Kazuma, speechless, carried a bunch of ingredients to Professor Agasa's house and asked Professor Agasa to use his connections to pick up the goods at the dock—just pretend that the goods were research equipment he needed.

Professor Agasa was too skilled at this kind of work, and he quickly arranged for someone to wait at the dock for the handover.

As for Kazuma Kudo... well, he still has to wait for the equipment to arrive to check if Shuichi Akai has installed any eavesdropping or surveillance equipment inside, so he'll have to eat lunch here.

As for who will cook lunch...

Ai Haibara is still doing research in the basement, and Professor Agasa isn't very good at cooking, so who else could it be?

While Kazuma Kudo was busy in the open kitchen, Conan arrived and looked at his busy little brother as if he were a rare species.

"What are you looking at? Aren't you going to help? Do you want to eat here?"

Conan brought over a small stool, and while helping wash the vegetables, he exclaimed, "Wow, this is amazing! I haven't seen you cook in ages. Is something wrong with you? You're not being lazy anymore..."

Kudo Kazuma sneered, "Ha, you've finally figured it out and gone to a midnight movie with Ran, so why can't I just cook a meal on a whim?"

Conan blushed and glared at his bratty younger brother, annoyed: "Mind your own business!"

Kudo Kazuma nudged Conan's head with his elbow curiously: "Hey, why did Moriya Teiji invite you to his house that day? Can you tell me?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's for solving a mystery?" Conan said nonchalantly. "It's a pretty simple mystery..."

"However, I could tell that guy was a little unhappy after learning that Shinichi Kudo couldn't be there, and there might be other reasons—so you should have impersonated me back then, that way you would have known what he was up to."

Yes, it's a pretty "simple" puzzle, but it yielded a whopping eight eggs.

While inwardly grumbling, Kudo Kazuma casually muttered, "Maybe he's like that dark-skinned detective from Osaka, obsessed with you..."

Faced with his bratty younger brother spouting nonsense, Conan could only chuckle.

Just as the two brothers were arguing, the news started playing from the TV in the living room.

"According to reliable sources, a large quantity of explosives containing ammonium nitrate was stolen from a Japanese gunpowder depot the day before yesterday. Currently, the police have deployed over a hundred officers to conduct the search..."

Kazuma Kudo's eyes lit up.

Oh ho, here it comes!