Stay away from Conan.

As the girl told the story, everyone soon understood what happened -

  It turns out that Kudo Shinichi appeared!

For a moment, because Kudo Shinichi had not come to school for such a long time, when he appeared in the school during the school festival, he immediately attracted the attention of his classmates. After learning about this, the girl wanted to come over and explain it to Xiaolan.

In response to this, the girl who said this, as well as Sonoko and Toyama Kazuha all seemed very surprised. They couldn't help but look at Xiaolan, as if they were glad that their guess was wrong, that Kudo Shinichi was fine, and that he even showed up on the day when Xiaolan was going to perform at the school festival. Therefore, Sonoko and Toyama Kazuha were happy for Xiaolan.

However, this is a completely unbelievable situation for others——

  What? Kudo Shinichi is back?

So who is Conan who is here now?

Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai looked a little serious. They couldn't help but look at the girl in front of them who was wearing the uniform of Teitan High School, then looked at Conan in front of them, and finally the two looked at each other, probably guessing something in their hearts -

Could it be...

Is it the person who is related to Kudo Shinichi and looks similar to Kudo Shinichi, who also happened to come to visit the Teitan High School Festival and was mistaken for Kudo Shinichi by other classmates?

  Conan and Hattori Heiji were shocked and found it hard to believe what the girl said. They thought there must be something wrong!

As for Xiaolan, she looked apprehensive at this moment, and glanced at Conan secretly, then looked at the girl——

"Really?"

Xiaolan, who seemed a little surprised and at a loss, asked this.

"That's great, Ran. Now that Shinichi is back, we can just let the actor who plays the 'Black Knight' do it! That guy loves to show off so much, this kind of role is more than enough for him. He doesn't have many lines anyway!"

And this is what Sonoko suggested.

Just like that, with the atmosphere at the scene being a bit weird, because everyone knew that there was only one "Kudo Shinichi" outside, no matter who it was, they would want to see who that "Kudo Shinichi" outside was.

So Gao Yuan looked around at the people present, and then he first proposed:

"Well, in that case... I haven't seen Kudo-san for a while, so why don't we go take a look together?"

Having said that, Gao Yuan motioned for everyone to go outside to check the situation.

Anyway, if that person was Kuroba Kaito, he should be able to handle this situation, and he is not unaware of what Kudo Shinichi looks like, so...

If it really is Kuroba Kaito, he couldn't figure out the reason for his coming here for the time being, but since he showed up, he had to go and see him anyway.

Therefore, following Gao Yuan's reminder, everyone who was a little overwhelmed by surprise nodded slightly and prepared to go out to meet Kudo Shinichi, but they heard the movement outside getting closer and closer to them. Then, before a few people went out to see, they heard a group of boys outside, who seemed to be pushing someone into the backstage -

Just like that, after a while, the figure of Kudo Shinichi, who was very familiar to everyone, was seen being pushed to the backstage with some embarrassment and helplessness, and came in front of Xiaolan and others, instigated by a group of boys.

Thus, looking at the "Kudo Shinichi" who appeared in front of them, Xiaolan, Hattori Heiji and others didn't know what to say for a while. Instead, the "Kudo Shinichi" who was pushed here by his classmates, after seeing Xiaolan and others present, turned around and looked at the group of male students who were watching the fun and laughingly retreated after pushing him here. "Kudo Shinichi" couldn't help but look a little helpless, then turned his head and faced Xiaolan seriously, with a slight smug smile on his face, and said to Xiaolan:

"I'm back, Xiaolan... cough cough..."

A hoarse voice, accompanied by a few coughs, seemed to have an inflammation in the throat. In response to this, Gao Yuan, Xiao Ai, Conan, and Hattori Heiji all became solemn at first after hearing what this "Kudo Shinichi" said, while Xiaolan looked at the person in front of her with some hesitation.

Indeed, he looked exactly like Fuji Shinichi, but...

Confused, Xiaolan glanced at Conan. Because they were facing the backstage door, Xiaolan was at the back. Therefore, Gao Yuan, Conan and others did not notice Xiaolan's reaction at this time. They were just confused about the true identity of this "Kudo Shinichi" -

"That's not right. If it was Kuroba Kaito, even if he wanted to impersonate Kudo Shinichi for some purpose, he should have used Kudo Shinichi's voice directly. There's no need to use such a clever trick as making his voice hoarse. The same goes for Vermouth...

"Then there's his attitude. If he just happened to be here because he looks like Kudo Shinichi, then even if he couldn't explain himself to the boys who were making trouble just now, he should explain the situation to Xiaolan now, but he..."

As such, Gao Yuan felt extremely wary of the identity of the person in front of him——

The person who came here is not kind...

The above, the same feeling is also recalled in the minds of several other people who know Conan's true identity, but for Sonoko and Toyama Kazuha, it is the real "Kudo Shinichi is back."

So, facing this "Kudo Shinichi", Sonoko stepped forward first and said, somewhat in a defensive tone for Xiaolan:

"Hey! Shinichi, you still remember to come back? Why didn't you reply to Xiaolan's email? And what's wrong with your throat?"

For a moment, upon hearing Sonoko's question, "Kudo Shinichi" was slightly stunned, then faced Sonoko, laughed bitterly, covered his mouth and coughed a few times, and said:

"Because... I wanted to give you a surprise, so I didn't tell you in advance. My throat... I have a cold recently, so..."

  So, after listening to the seemingly reasonable explanation of "Kudo Shinichi", Sonoko looked at the current time and said quickly:

"Forget it, now that you're back, you'll be the one to perform 'The Black Knight'! There are no lines anyway, and your voice won't affect it... Hurry, hurry! Go change into your costume!"

All of a sudden, Sonoko, the screenwriter and director of the play, urged "Kudo Shinichi" and pushed him into the dressing room.

  Thus, watching "Kudo Shinichi" being pushed away by Sonoko, the rest of the people present, except Toyama Kazuha, looked at him in surprise and murmured:

"So he is Kudo Shinichi? He looks quite handsome in person!"

But the rest of them were unusually quiet, looking at this "Kudo Shinichi" who suddenly appeared strangely, and for a moment they didn't know what to do -

Directly expose that he is not the real Kudo Shinichi?

But it was precisely because of his appearance that the various confusions caused by Toyama and Ye were temporarily resolved. If the truth was revealed, it would seem to be back to the original problem, but leaving it alone...

I always feel uneasy.

Just like that, in this strange atmosphere before the performance, Xiaolan and her friends' play officially began... (End of this chapter)