"That... seems quite likely" Shiho replied.
"Yeah. Haibara can explain it to Doctor Agasa, who is the one taking care of her.
And Conan can explain it to Kogoro and Ran at the cost of his dignity, but... what about the Detective Boys?" Kaito said.
"I will find a way to explain it to them," Shinichi said out of nowhere. Although he always denied it in his Conan form, now that he had returned to his original body and was thinking about the past, he could more easily admit that he had actually grown quite attached to them and that he liked them a lot.
While they kept discussing, Kaito landed directly in front of Shinichi's house, which was empty, and let both of them down.
As for being seen by someone, he did not really care. He planned to be even more conspicuous soon.
As he was getting ready to leave again, they stopped him.
"Wait!"
"What is it?" Kaito asked Shiho.
"What about my sister?" she said worriedly.
"Ah. I forgot about that," Kaito admitted, somewhat embarrassed. "As you can see, I used up my monthly use of Omnipotence, so I will have to make you wait for a month. I will come back with her in a month, deal?"
As expected, Shiho shook her head in disagreement.
"I am going with you."
Before Kaito could say anything, she added,
"Anyway, you do not mind me being with you, right?"
At the clear implication of her words, Kaito immediately looked at Shinichi suspiciously.
"N-no, why are you looking at me like that?" Shinichi defended himself.
"What did you tell her?" Kaito asked, not believing him at all.
In the end, Shinichi could not hold back and spoke.
"Fine. It is just that... you are too kind to her, so she came to ask me why, and I told her my theories."
"What nonsense did you tell her?"
"It is not nonsense, just logical answers based on clues and facts.
You said that in your world there are not only demons, but many races, and when we asked if there were others like you, you said you were the strongest, instead of saying that they would not fight. From that, it can be inferred that the races in your world are at war or something similar.
Also, you said that you are the king of your race, so you must have a territory and subordinates.
So, what would someone like that do in another world? The most logical thing is to look for resources for his territory.
You were kind to her, but never with romantic hints, which means that you only want to please her or get along with her.
So, the logical answer is that you want her as a subordinate in your territory.
After all, people are also resources..."
Shinichi began to break down his entire analysis as if he had thought about it hundreds of times until finding an answer, and he probably had.
"All right, you figured me out," Kaito admitted, realizing that he had not been as discreet as he thought. "Well, in terms of biology, my other possibility so far was a man with a body and mind half serpent, so it is not very reliable."
When she heard that, Shiho immediately became interested.
"Is he better than me?"
Kaito thought about it for a moment and was not completely sure.
"I do not know. He has achieved many things, but his circumstances are different. He has access not only to countless resources, instead of being trapped like you, but also to many energies, objects, and specimens that do not even exist in that world.
Even so, despite having achieved a lot, what I have always been looking for is one thing.
Immortality.
Something that you pseudo-achieved in a normal world and with many limitations," Kaito replied.
From this point of view, Shiho seemed better than Orochimaru, but she was not the creator of APTX 4869, she was the co-creator, following her father's research.
Also, since she never had the things Orochimaru had, Kaito did not know whether she could achieve more or at least the same.
"I am definitely better" Shiho replied.
"Then why don't you come with me and find out?" Kaito asked tentatively.
But Shiho refused.
"No, thanks. Since childhood, my sister's goal and mine was to escape the organization and live a normal life. I do not want to get involved with demons from another world and their battles."
But this did not disappoint Kaito.
"Do not worry, I can only summon you after you die, so you can live your normal life."
"Besides, it is also their fight," Kaito thought while looking at Shinichi and Shiho, but he did not say it out loud. There was no need.
"...I do not know, ask me again in fifty years." Shiho thought about it for a moment and did not agree, but when she thought about Kaito reviving her sister and that she would have to repay him, she decided that he could ask her again later and she would make her decision then. After all, it would be more like a second life.
"All right," Kaito nodded in satisfaction, although he had never really asked anyone before if they wanted to go. He truly did not believe that there was anyone who would not want to save their world from destruction. Besides, he could only summon people who already had positive feelings toward him, so none of them would mind helping.
"In that case, while you explain what happened, I will go take a walk around Japan and take care of my business," Kaito said as he said goodbye.
Shinichi and Shiho watched him leave and also said goodbye before entering their houses.
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Kaito spent a few hours moving around Japan and dealing with the Bodega, and although he could have continued through the rest of the world, there was no need.
He would travel around the world later to obtain the objects of death, and contrary to what anyone would expect, waiting only made it easier to find the rest.
They might find out and try to hide, run away, maybe even leave the organization and erase all their traces, but what they all had in common was that none of them really wanted to do that.
After living at the top for so long, having someone or something unknown appear and ruin everything creates resentment.
And that resentment makes it so that, no matter how well they hide or clean their traces, Kaito can find them.
The more time passes and the more resentment they have, the easier it is for Kaito to find them.
Even so, Kaito did not go after the next object immediately. He waited a week until the right moment arrived.
---
In front of thousands of people, the emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire, Charles zi Britannia, sat on a majestic throne on the balcony of his room in a silver palace.
In front of him, for a ceremony that Kaito did not bother to find out the purpose of, thousands of people gathered, all looking at the emperor with respect, waiting for his words.
The historic moment was being recorded and broadcast worldwide.
"...today will begin. The Holy Britannian Empire will expand even further. Today, we begin our conquest of the entire continental plate. There is no need to even think about failing. Instead, we will talk about 'what comes next?' After that..."
While listening to the speech, Kaito muttered to himself.
"Doesn't this seem pretty important?"
"Didn't you look into what was happening before coming?" Shiho asked beside him.
"I only know that it is an important event broadcast live to the whole world, nothing more," Kaito replied.
"The emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire seeks to expand even further. It is said that with his current power, it will only take him a few years to conquer the entire continental plate, and his next target will be Japan, which will cost him even less with his resources," Shiho explained.
"Isn't that pretty serious?" Kaito asked.
"It is serious. For some reason, the United States is doing nothing. It has not cared about the outside world for one hundred and fifty years, although now I suspect why.
Latin America lacks resources. Europe and Africa were attacked by surprise and are already in an almost lost battle.
Asia already tried a united front once and failed because of internal conflicts among the leaders. They decided to postpone the matter.
I have no idea about Oceania."
"You are amazing," Kaito said, surprised by her knowledge.
"I am," Shiho nodded with a smile. "So, your plan is to kill the emperor in front of the world, show your power, and say that you are coming for the rest, right?"
"You are amazing, you guessed my entire plan," Kaito praised sincerely.
"Not really, you are just very simple."
"Simple," Kaito repeated. "If I were a romantic comedy protagonist, they would call me honest and reliable," he sighed.
"'Honest?'" Shiho raised an eyebrow at his words with an ironic smile. "If you only kill the emperor, I will recognize you as an honest person," she added.
"How could I? Even if I only need the Geass, I cannot let the empire fall into chaos. At the very least, I will make sure that everyone with a dark heart dies as well, so that the next takeover is different, and I will also add a bit of threat so that they do not dare to continue this," Kaito explained.
After all, he has absolute perception of evil. Not only evil toward himself, but also evil toward others, its origin, its reason, the evil within each person, its levels, and anything else related to evil. Kaito can feel it.
This is also the reason why Kaito allows himself to trust the people around him and be honest. Unless someone hurts him without bad intentions, like Kaguya did, it is impossible to deceive him.
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