The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"By the way, where's Kudo? Didn't you invite him?"

Toyama Kazuha looked around. Under the influence of Hattori Heiji every day, she was also very curious about the mysterious Kudo. She was expecting to see his true appearance today, but she didn't see him.

"Yeah, I didn't send him a message..." Mao Lilan laughed dryly.

"Really? I invited all my friends and neighbors, but I didn't tell her husband."

Suzuki Sonoko put her hands on her hips and complained with a pair of dead fish eyes: "That guy Shinichi is the same. It's such an important occasion as the school festival, but he still asks for leave. If he continues like this, he will easily be excluded for not fitting in!"

"Oh, so I'm not the only one invited." A naive and childish voice said in a muffled voice.

"Sister Xiaolan." Conan was wearing a big mask that covered half of his face. He walked over listlessly with his hands in his pockets.

"Conan, Conan!" Mao Lilan looked back in surprise.

Uncle Maori, who came with Conan, rubbed the boy's head and said, "Because his cold hasn't healed yet, I originally asked him to stay at home and rest, but he said he had an appointment with you and insisted on coming..."

Hearing this, Mao Lilan leaned over and looked at Conan worriedly: "Are you okay with your cold?"

"Yeah." Conan nodded.

At this time, a handsome man came from the backstage with a script and said to Mao Lilan: "Xiao Lan, can you come here for a moment?"

Mao Lilan walked over obediently.

Yuanshan Heye watched the two men discussing the script, pointed at the man and asked, "He looks very manly. Is he the male lead?"

"Yes, they two look very compatible, right?" Suzuki Sonoko's eyes lit up.

"That's Doctor Shinide who replaced me as the Black Knight."

"...I'll go to the audience first." Conan's eyes were full of dejection and he looked very listless. He turned around and walked off the stage.

Mao Lilan seemed to sense something, and looked at his departing back with some complicated feelings.

"Don't be too nervous." Uncle Maori encouraged her with a smile and left.

"Um......"

"Oh no, there are only 15 minutes left. We have to change clothes quickly!" Suzuki Sonoko looked at her watch, exclaimed, and pushed Mouri Ran into the backstage.

In the audience seats below the stage.

"Isn't this Mr. Agasa?" Uncle Maori looked at the half-bald old man sitting next to him, then turned around and saw Rinshakuha following behind him.

"Rin-chan is here too."

Lin Chiyu nodded as a greeting.

"After all, it's a script written by Sonoko, so I'm definitely going to come and see it."

He put a finger to his lips and said, "Don't tell her, or she'll come running over here in a panic."

Dr. Agasa touched his head and smiled: "Rin and I live close together, so we came together."

Then the two of them got to know Toyama and Ye one after another.

"Heiji has only been in Tokyo for a few days, but I didn't expect he has made so many friends?" Toyama Kazuha was a little surprised.

Haibara Ai, who came with Professor Agasa, did not join in the greetings of the adults, but walked straight to the seat next to Conan and sat down.

"When you put on the wig and cover your face, you really look a bit like Kudo."

This so-called "Edogawa Conan" who had a cold was naturally disguised as Chiyoko.

He looked listless because of his lazy temperament, which looked particularly strange on Conan, but fortunately he could use the excuse of having a cold to get away with it.

"That's because I'm wearing contact lenses. Otherwise, you'd know it's not the same person just by looking at my eye color." Chiyoko replied casually.

He was not in a very good mood, not only because it was tiring to pretend to be Conan, but also because he could not eat snacks casually.

This mask is the doctor's new invention, similar to Conan's bow-tie voice changer, which can help him simulate Conan's voice.

"With a wig and a face covering, and colored contact lenses, you'd look the same if it were you." He rolled his eyes.

"Why should I dress up as that detective boy?" Haibara Ai snorted softly, with a cunning look in her eyes that showed a sense of success in her evil taste.

Chiyoko was too lazy to dwell on this topic any longer. Someone would reimburse him for his dessert later anyway.

"Did you give the antidote to Kudo?"

"Give it to him together when you two switched."

"So, you have developed a new version?" Chiyoko asked sharply.

Huiyuan Ai glanced at him and said, "It's the version you used."

"Okay." Chiyoko sighed, her little plan was overturned before it even started.

As they spoke, time quickly came to the start of the performance. The lights in the venue dimmed and a single light was lit on the stage.

A figure wearing a pure white princess dress stood in the beam of light.

She clasped her hands together in front of her heart, and her inner thoughts were read out by the narrator through the radio.

"Oh, all-knowing Zeus!"

"Why did you put me in this situation?"

On the stage, Ran Mao Li acted sad at the right time, like a wounded white swan.

"Do you think I deserve to be bound by this cursed marriage?!"

After the desperate question, the beam of light dimmed and the curtain opened completely, revealing the beautifully decorated castle interior behind it.

"Your Highness, I am here just for you!!"

Uncle Maori stood up and called out, waving his arms.

The audience around him looked at him with dissatisfaction.

Lin Chiyu at the side smiled and came to the rescue: "This is the father of the princess actress on the stage. Sorry to bother you all."

The others then looked much more relaxed.

If they were relatives, then it would be understandable, after all, the princess did a really good job in the performance.

A wonderful stage play officially begins.

"It looks good." Chiyoko commented.

"That rich young lady is unexpectedly well-educated in literature." Haibara Ai could not deny that the script was excellent.

"It seems that Teitan Elementary School will also hold a school festival in a while, how about we do one too?"

Chiyoko touched her chin and felt that there seemed to be something she could do.

"And Xiaolan's princess dress is pretty nice too. I can get you a smaller one. Maybe it will be a good fit?"

He tilted his head and looked at her.

"...I'm not cut out to play a princess." Haibara Ai glanced at him lightly, her lake blue eyes calm.

"That's right." Chiyoko nodded.

"It should be changed into a queen's outfit."

Haibara Ai raised her eyebrows coldly.

After a while, the classic scene of the hero saving the beauty began on the stage.

Mao Lilan sat in the luxurious carriage and looked outside in panic. The guards guarding the carriage drew their swords and looked at the enemy soldiers who were surrounding them with vigilance: "Who is coming?"

"Don't you know that this is the imperial princess's carriage?!"

The soldiers looked at each other and laughed, "We are here to disrupt this marriage!"

The two sides quickly started fighting, and soon the guards, who were outnumbered, were defeated, and the soldiers surrounded the carriage.

Mao Lilan shrank back with a look of fear on her face.

Yuanshan Heye in the audience stood up nervously again and shouted to the stage: "Xiaolan, use your karate to defeat them!"

Dr. Agasa smiled awkwardly.

This kid is really into the show...

And when letting Xiaolan use karate, did you consider the personal safety of the soldier actors?

The plot is reaching a critical moment and the princess seems to have no way out.

However, at this moment, a sky full of black feathers floated down from the sky above the stage, fluttering in all directions under the influence of the blower. As the background music changed to heavy drum beats, a solemn atmosphere spread.

A black figure dropped from the sky and landed on the roof of the carriage. The pure black cloak behind him covered the entire carriage as it landed on the ground.

It was as if a line was drawn, dividing the inside and outside into two worlds.

Behind that cloak, there is absolute safety.

"Pretty handsome." Chiyoko looked at this set of clothes and felt that it looked familiar.

Could it be that Suzuki Sonoko copied Kaito Kid?

"The scene arrangement is quite creative." Huihara Ai nodded, and a black feather floated over with the wind and was gently pinched by her.

"It's the Black Knight!!"

The soldiers were horrified and fled in panic, dropping their weapons and armor.

"At least hit him twice." Chiyoko complained dryly.

"After all, it's just a love story, so it's understandable that there are no action elements." Although Haibara Ai said this, she actually felt it was a bit hasty in her heart.

In a blink of an eye, the only people left on the stage were the black knight wearing a mask that covered the upper half of his face and the princess who got off the carriage.

Mao Lilan's eyes flickered, and they were as gentle as water: "Who are you who has saved me from danger one after another?"

"...I am just an unknown knight walking in the night."

The black knight turned around and faced the princess.

"If you are willing to have mercy on my heart, can you keep your eyes on this moment?"

He stretched out his hands and held Mao Lilan in his arms.

Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, and whispered in his ear: "Doctor Shinchu, this part is not in the script..."

Veins popped out of Uncle Maori’s head, “That big bastard!”

Yuanshan Heye quickly grabbed him and stopped him from running onto the stage: "You can't go up there, it's the climax now!"

No one noticed that a young man in a baseball cap appeared from behind them and sat silently in the empty seat on the other side of Chiyoko.

Chiyoko looked up and could only barely make out a few strands of hair from the shadow of the hat brim.

That hairstyle... was undoubtedly the look of Kudo Shinichi in his memory.

He turned his head calmly and looked at Haibara Ai beside him, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Haibara Ai shook her head slightly at him.

on the stage.

Looking over the black knight's shoulder, Mao Lilan saw Suzuki Sonoko's blushing face in the backstage, holding a wooden board high in her hand with a few big words written on it.

"It's okay, keep acting!"

She was a little confused, but decided to continue acting.

She put her arms around the black knight's neck, her eyes gentle: "Are you Spade?"

"The prince of the Poker Kingdom who was hit between the eyebrows by my father and escaped from the courtyard..."

"If you have not forgotten the promise we made when we were young, please kiss me on my lips..."

She slowly closed her eyes and said softly, "Prove it."

The audience in the audience watched this scene with great interest, their eyes wide open.

The two faces slowly approached each other, and Mao Lilan could almost feel the heavy breathing of the person in front of her.

However, just as the two lips were about to touch, a shrill scream suddenly broke out in the theater.

The princess and the black knight separated immediately. Mao Lilan blushed and her earlobes started to burn, perhaps realizing it belatedly.

The ambiguous atmosphere was suddenly broken, and the audience said "Oh" in disappointment.

Chiyoko saw the person who had just sat next to him quickly stand up and walk towards the source of the scream in the front row.

Haibara Ai on the side poked him secretly and gave him a wink.

He finally reacted and walked forward weakly.

Given Conan's character, when something like this happens, he is often the one who rushes forward the fastest.

It was not until he walked to the front row that he saw what was happening.

I saw a man with glasses lying on the ground, looking painful, with one hand covering his neck, and no longer moving.

There was an almost empty drink cup in his hand.

The people sitting nearby were horrified.

Uncle Maori and Rin Shakuha arrived late.

"Call the police!"

Uncle Maori sniffed the man's breath, shook his head with an unpleasant expression, and shouted to the people around him.

"Inspector Megure said he'll be there in five minutes." Rin Shakuha showed his cell phone. He made the call the moment he heard the scream.

Since Teitan High School was not far from the Metropolitan Police Department, the police arrived at the scene quickly.

"The deceased is 27-year-old Kohei Urata, currently employed at the Beika General Hospital."

Inspector Megure led Takagi Wataru into the theater and blocked all the entrances and exits.

At this time, Uncle Maori and Rin Shakuha were questioning the deceased's companions.

Noda Yumeyasu is a girl with short permed hair, heavy makeup and fashionable clothes.

"You mean, the deceased suddenly collapsed in the middle of the play?"

Uncle Maori stroked his chin.

"Yes, he suddenly showed a very painful expression." Noda Mengan was still a little frightened. She was sitting closest to the deceased, and she was the first to notice that something was wrong with the deceased and screamed.

"Could it be because of the drink?" Officer Takagi put on gloves, picked up the cup and took a look.

"Almost all of it."

"Sorry, I was so engrossed in the performance that I didn't notice..." Noda Mengan said apologetically.

Inspector Megure asked again: "Do you know the exact time when he fell down?"

"Well, the show starts after two o'clock..." Noda Mengan looked at the watch.

Suddenly, a confident voice came from the side: "It should be around 2:40."

Mao Lilan said this while wearing a white dress.

"Eh? Xiaolan?" Inspector Megure turned back in surprise.

"Because when we heard the screams it was the climax of the performance. We calculated the time during rehearsal and it was about 40 minutes after the performance started."

"Isn't that right, doctor?" She turned and asked the black knight behind her.

The black knight just remained silent.

Officer Takagi suddenly realized: "I remember now, Teitan High School is where Xiaolan studied."

"If that's the case..." Inspector Megure looked around cautiously, "Did that man come here too?"

"Who are you looking for, Inspector Megure?" Kogoro Mouri looked around behind him for a while.

Inspector Megure narrowed his eyes and said, "You are the one who brought misfortune to my daughter's school!"