Chapter 37: My Twin Brothers
"Itadakimasu!"
The five children raised their hands excitedly, their voices a bit too loud, drawing the attention of other customers around them.
However, seeing that it was just a group of kids, everyone gave them kind smiles—people naturally had more patience with children.
"Eat slowly. You can order more if you're not full."
As Anya's father, he certainly couldn't let her lose face, so Natsukawa generously ordered two more burgers and a family bucket.
The two extra burgers were for Genta alone.
What an appetite!
He was only six years old, but his stomach capacity had already reached that of an average adult—and even surpassed it.
"Papa, I want iced cola~ and ice cream~" Seeing other customers passing by with cola and ice cream, Anya couldn't take her eyes off them.
Such a greedy child.
"No, you don't want those."
Natsukawa forcibly turned Anya's head back. "Eating too much cold food late at night is bad for your stomach."
Uh...
Genta's swallowing motion paused for two seconds, feeling like he'd been called out.
"Look at Conan—eat slower. If you keep this up, I'll take you somewhere with worse food next time."
"What's that?" Anya scratched her head, confused. "Is it worse than MOS Burger?"
Natsukawa: Never mind.
"Natsukawa-san, what do you do for a living?" Conan suddenly remembered this question halfway through his meal.
He'd realized he didn't actually know what the man did for work. He seemed to be free every day, like someone without a job.
But judging from his spending power, he was obviously wealthy. Was he some kind of young master from a rich family?
But Anya didn't act like a rich girl at all—she lacked any sense of refinement.
"Work?" Natsukawa thought for a moment.
Did he even have a job? Most of the time he had nothing to do.
Well, if he didn't count yesterday as having a job, he'd been quite busy. The Tequila and Tsujimura incidents had exhausted him.
"My job is to raise Anya." Natsukawa couldn't come up with an excuse right away, and besides, the other person was Conan. The more he said, the more mistakes he'd make.
"Mm-hmm!" Anya nodded vigorously. "Papa is the best papa in the world!"
My precious daughter is definitely worth raising!
Natsukawa lowered his head and stroked his daughter's hair, his face full of affection.
"By the way, where's Conan's father? I've never seen him before."
Anya knew how to change the subject perfectly, and once this topic came up, Conan immediately panicked. He stopped eating his burger mid-bite.
"Conan's been staying at Ran-neechan's house, so I haven't met Conan's father and mother yet."
Ayumi and Mitsuhiko also looked at Conan with great curiosity, while Genta continued gnawing on his burger as if afraid someone would snatch it away.
"Uh, my parents are in America for work."
The self-destructive detective lowered his head and started eating his burger again. "These MOS Burger hamburgers are really delicious, everyone eat up!"
Did he even ask for my permission before trying to change the subject?
Natsukawa sneered inwardly, feeling he shouldn't let Conan off so easily, and continued, "Speaking of which, is Conan's father also a detective? Edogawa Conan—your name sounds like a combination of Edogawa Ranpo and Arthur Conan Doyle, doesn't it?"
"One is a famous Japanese mystery novelist, the other is the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Your name is really interesting! Is your father's surname really Edogawa?"
"Y-Yes, of course! The surname is definitely real! My dad's a big fan of detective novels, that's why he gave me this name."
Conan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling extremely uncomfortable. He regretted asking Natsukawa about his job earlier.
I really shot myself in the foot.
Seeing Conan's discomfort, Natsukawa chuckled inwardly but didn't press further.
The five children continued eating their burgers and fried chicken. Natsukawa even ordered another family bucket. Kids these days really had big appetites.
Perhaps it was because they hadn't eaten all night and were starving, leading to a kind of revenge eating.
After finishing his meal, Mitsuhiko wiped his mouth with a napkin, his eyes wandering around. Suddenly, he seemed to spot something and exclaimed in surprise, "Hey, isn't that the high school detective Kudo Shinichi from the newspapers?"
"What?!"
Conan's head jerked up, following Mitsuhiko's pointing finger.
The next moment, the chicken nugget in Conan's hand clattered to the floor.
"It really is Kudo Shinichi..."
Conan murmured, his face filled with confusion and bewilderment.
Am I not Kudo Shinichi?
That was Conan's first thought, but he quickly dismissed it, replacing it with another.
I actually have a twin brother?
Is he younger or older?
Or... did Dad cheat on Mom?
Either way, it shocked him for a whole year.
"Conan, why are you so worked up? It's just Kudo Shinichi." Natsukawa patted Conan's head.
He had also seen that 'Kudo Shinichi.'
They looked very similar, but it wasn't the same person.
If he wasn't mistaken, it should be Kaito Kuroba. His hairstyle was slightly different from Shinichi Kudo's—you could tell if you looked closely.
His personality was also completely different from Shinichi's.
The girl next to him was definitely Aoko Nakamori. She did resemble Ran a tiny bit, but only a tiny bit. If she had devil horns on her head, the resemblance would be much greater.
"Kaito, are you hungry? I want to eat at MOS Burger."
Outside the glass window, Aoko Nakamori stopped and looked inside.
Although she couldn't smell the aroma, watching others eat fried chicken was really appetizing. No wonder these fast-food restaurants liked to use floor-to-ceiling glass windows—it was an effective way to attract customers.
"You don't want to gain weight, do you? Nobody likes chubby girls." Kaito Kuroba put his hands behind his head and glanced inside the restaurant.
"Hey! What do you mean by that?!"
Aoko Nakamori's face darkened. She grabbed her childhood friend's arm, ready to punch him.
Unexpectedly, the hand she was holding came off easily, and... his entire arm was ripped off!
"Kyaa!"
Nakamori Aoko was so frightened she fell to the ground, staring blankly at the prosthetic arm in her hand.
After a long moment, she finally looked up at Kuroba Kaito, that bastard. He had a smirk on his face, revealing perfectly white teeth, and his smile was extremely sunny.
"Aoko, were you scared? How was my magic trick? It's an escape technique, isn't it amazing?"
Kaito didn't notice that Aoko's eyes were already burning with rage as he kept describing the amazing aspects of his magic trick.
Natsukawa elegantly took a sip of his iced cola. He couldn't hear anything, but just looking at the scene, he couldn't help but sigh at this guy's behavior.
This wasn't just being dense—this was being catastrophically dense.
The incessantly talking Kaito soon received a loving punch to his right eye. Inspector Nakamori Ginzo's dream of punching Kaito Kid was fulfilled by his daughter ahead of time, though he was unaware of it.
"Hey, what are you doing?!" Kaito covered his eye in exasperation, following Nakamori Aoko as she ignored him and stormed into MOS Burger amidst the whispered mocking glances of other passersby.
Conan's gaze remained fixed on Kaito, his expression constantly shifting.
This brother of mine is a disgrace to the Kudo family—how could he get punched like that?!
"Kudo-niisan! Isn't your girlfriend Ran-neechan?" Ayumi tugged at Kaito's sleeve as he passed by, her head filled with question marks.
Because of Conan, she knew a little about Ran-neechan.
Is this the legendary two-timing? How scandalous!
(End of Chapter 37)
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