Chapter 130 But Then Again
Kudo Shinichi remembered that he had seen the young man in front of him before.
He had met this young man before when he was walking on the street with Xiaolan after resuming his identity as Kudo Shinichi. The girl with him at that time looked very similar to Xiaolan, and it seemed that they were indeed near Ekoda.
No wonder they look so alike and even their voices are similar, it turns out they are relatives.
Kudo Shinichi sighed, "It's a small world!" and extended his hand in a friendly manner to shake the boy's hand. "Hello, I'm Kudo Shinichi. We've met before. Do you remember?"
The boy extended his hand in return, but Kudo Shinichi felt his expression seemed a little unnatural. "Really? I don't remember. Did you come to the wrong place and recognize the wrong person?"
At this time, Yukiko came in a hurry with gifts in hand: "We are not wrong, this is the Kuroba family, right? We are here for a family gathering."
Kudo Shinichi: "It's normal that you don't remember. We just passed each other on the street before. My companion noticed that you and I looked a bit similar and reminded me to look back. At that time, our eyes didn't meet."
The boy's expression became even more interesting, and Kudo Shinichi felt that something was not right.
Even if he found someone who looked very similar to him standing at the door, why would he still show such an expression when he had already known that a family gathering was going to take place and knew that they were related by blood?
He didn't look like he wanted to invite himself and his family in, but his expression looked more like... surprise and panic than unwelcome or disgust?
Why?
But before Kudo Shinichi and the boy could say anything, a voice of an adult man that Kudo Shinichi was particularly familiar with came from inside: "Kaito, why don't you invite the guests in?"
The boy named Kaito stepped aside to invite the Kudo family in. At the same time, he turned his head and shouted inside, sounding a little overwhelmed: "Dad, you knew this all along? Why didn't you tell me?"
"I thought you'd guessed it."
As footsteps were heard, a man who looked exactly like Kudo Yusaku without the beard walked out and spoke politely to Kudo Shinichi.
"You must be Shinichi, right? I'm your father's twin brother, Kuroba Toichi, and this is your cousin, Kuroba Kaito. I apologize for his disrespect. This kid just found out I have a brother."
Kudo Shinichi understood why the boy named Kaito reacted this way.
Because he now also wanted to question his father using Kaito's original words.
Twin brothers! These were definitely not distant relatives, they were completely close relatives! Even from the completely identical DNA of identical twins, he and the boy in front of him were direct blood brothers, and his father had never told him!
Before, he was still feeling sad that the Sera sisters had not told their children about the existence of their aunt for so many years. Now it seems that his family is the same!
Also, he remembered the name Kuroba Toichi...it seemed like he was the outstanding magician who passed away a few years ago?
In the previous magician enthusiast murder case in which Kudo Shinichi participated as Edogawa Conan, the name "Kuroba Toichi" appeared in everyone's discussion.
At that time, two people said that "Kuroba Toichi" was his favorite magician, one of whom was the fake identity played by Kaito Kid.
It seems that he had faked his death and went abroad to work.
Kudo Shinichi: "It's an honor to meet you."
"Nice to meet you, too, Shinichi." Kuroba Touichi smiled like any harmonious elder and praised Yukiko, "This child is really polite."
Yukiko smiled and said, "Teacher, you are too kind."
Kudo Shinichi: "Huh?"
"My disguise technique was taught by Mr. Kuroba." Yukiko said with a smile, "Kaito, do you still remember me?"
Kuroba Kaito: Hiss——
Actually, he couldn't remember, but when his father was still apparently alive, people would often come to visit the house.
But Kuroba Kaito still said, "Of course I remember. How could I forget a beautiful and elegant lady like you?"
Yukiko was so happy to be praised: "Oh, I haven't seen you for so many years, and you are still so sweet~"
When he walked into the living room, Kudo Shinichi realized that it might not be appropriate for him to go out today.
"I seem to be hallucinating." Kudo Shinichi stared blankly at the long-black-haired woman sitting on the sofa in Kuroba's house, eating melon seeds. "I understand now. It must be the side effects of the medicine I took."
The black-haired woman angrily slapped her thigh. "Kudo Shinichi, you can insult my character, my aesthetics, and my moral integrity, but you cannot insult my knowledge! The aging potion I gave you is absolutely fine. It even has a cooling effect!"
Kudo Shinichi was just about to confirm with his mother whether this was an illusion. After all, the ghost appearing here and revealing his identity and supernatural worldview seemed unreasonable no matter how you looked at it.
It's impossible... It's impossible that he and Kaito Kid are cousins, so he has to call Kaito Lady "Auntie", right?
Then he would rather believe that this world is actually supernatural.
Before Kudo Shinichi could quietly pull Yukiko aside, Kuroba Kaito started to question, "You knew that too? You knew it from the beginning?"
The ghost spread his hands innocently: "I don't have a habit of revealing other people's privacy, and your parents said they know what's going on, so it's not easy for me to interfere in your family affairs."
Kudo Shinichi turned his head to look at his mother and found that she, his father who had parked the car and walked in, and another woman in the room were all looking at him and the somewhat collapsed Kuroba Kaito with furry eyes.
“…”
The above conversation and the scene contained too much information and were too straightforward and superficial, but Kudo Shinichi didn't want to accept it at all.
But...how does that sentence go?
Eliminate all impossibilities, and the remaining answer, no matter how horrifying, is the truth.
No wonder Kuroba Kaito reacted like that when he saw him...
"So..." Kudo Shinichi considered his words, "Kuroba Kaito is... the second generation Kaito Kidd?"
Before he could finish his words, Kuroba Kaito said reflexively: "I'm not Kaito Kidd!"
Kuroba Toichi still had that friendly smile of an elder on his face: "I am not Kaito Kidd either."
Kudo Shinichi looked at his father, and Kudo Yusaku smiled like a thousand-year-old fox: "I'm not a famous novelist either."
Yukiko: "I'm not a famous actor."
Kudo Shinichi turned his gaze to the other woman in the room: "...The Kaito Kid I know said that his mother is the Kaito Lady."
"I'm Kuroba Chikage, Kaito's mother," the woman said with a smile, "I'm not Lady Phantom Thief."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "I'm not a human."
Kudo Shinichi: "...Thank you, Ghost."
Thank you for lowering the level of lies in this room.
Who would have thought that the person who spoke the most truth in this room was actually a devil.
Can people be more sincere with each other?
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Why don't you just say 'I'm not Edogawa Conan'? The whole chain will be messed up."
Kudo Shinichi: “…”
Kuroba Kaito: "......"
Why are you playing solitaire at a time like this?
"Dad!" Kudo Shinichi demanded, "Why have you been hiding this from me?"
Kudo Yusaku spread his hands innocently: "I thought I told you that your mother only found out some time ago. Plus, just like I told you in the car, Touichi was faking his death at that time."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "I testify that it was only because of me that Kuroba Kaito found out that his biological father had actually faked his death for eight years... Oh, it seems like a year has passed now, does that mean it should be nine years? By the way, you can all speak frankly. I've cast a confidentiality spell on this room. No one can eavesdrop, no one can monitor, and no one can record or videotape."
Kudo Shinichi suddenly wasn't so angry anymore. He cast a sympathetic gaze at his newly minted cousin and wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed: "It's really not easy for you."
Kuroba Kaito: "......"
"I was just wondering why the ghost would linger for so long when we have a family gathering."
Kuroba Kaito also sighed deeply.
"It seems the family gathering is just a cover. You need these detectives to help with the zoo organization, so you have to come clean now?"
Otherwise, if he wanted to visit relatives, he should wait until the zoo was resolved and he took off the identity of Kaito Kid, or even postpone it.
Kuroba Touichi: "That's partly the reason, but Yusaku and I recently heard about a tragedy caused by a close relative not visiting or informing their relatives, so I think it's time to let you meet him as soon as possible."
Kuroba Kaito:?
Kudo Shinichi: "...We are both men! What kind of tragedy could happen?"
"What are you thinking about? Did you and Bai Ma go to study in England together?"
Cheng Xiaoyu was happy.
"Can you be sure these two couples won't have another child in the future? Or what if the third generation of grandchildren encounter each other? They're not in a situation where they'll never see each other again. It's still necessary to meet and enter the relatives' information."
"In the final analysis, while someone might say, 'It's no big deal if a thief falls in love with a detective,' it's a different story if the thief and the detective are related by blood."
Kuroba Kaito who said this: "......"
After hearing what Kuroba Kaito said, Kudo Shinichi: "......"
You can talk about it later after taking the medicine!
Although we were talking about detective literature and not the detective himself at that time, it was really weird and awkward in this context!
"What's so strange about that?" Cheng Xiaoyu saw that the two children seemed to be getting angry and quickly put out the fire, "I know there's nothing wrong with you two. People with problems would never say such things."
For example, the "brotherhood" and "mortal enemy" stories written by many straight male authors often come up with some operations that make the fans of the fan fiction CP feel ashamed... I'm too lazy to count them.
"There are also some cases where the official match that dropped from the sky might as well be replaced by someone randomly picked from the character's surroundings... Oh, by the way, speaking of this." Cheng Xiaoyu said to Kuroba Kaito, "In a few years, Hakuba might go crazy and go crazy."
Kuroba Kaito sat up straight, his expression serious: "Why?"
Could it be that Bai Ma's family will encounter some major changes?
"Because he watches D□ and likes watching detective dramas, so he might be irritated by the yellow-haired guy."
Everyone:?
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