The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

This startled not only the surrounding audience, but even Kogoro Mouri, who was standing next to her.

Akemi Miyano watched Kazuha with great interest, covering her mouth and chuckling to herself.

"It's great to be young."

At the same time, the stage lights suddenly went out.

Then, a focused beam of light shone down, accompanied by a shower of black feathers falling.

Amidst the suspicious gazes of the imperial soldiers, a knight in black descended from the sky, instantly knocking down those who were holding the princess.

"Yes, it's the Black Knight!" the soldier who had been knocked to the ground stammered, his eyes filled with fear.

Meanwhile, Kazuha, sitting in the audience, was incredibly excited, exclaiming, "He was absolutely awesome!"

Conan, sitting in the audience, gave the Black Knight a meaningful look.

"Damn it, retreat! Let's go!" Seeing that the black-clad knight had firmly protected the princess, the soldiers who struggled to get up from the ground also fled in panic.

Then, Xiaolan, who played the princess, took a step closer to the black-clad knight, staring at his back with excitement and doubt, and asked, "Who exactly are you, who have helped me so many times recently!"

The black-clad knight did not make any further reaction.

Xiao Lan continued, "Ah! Nameless knight shrouded in black! If you would grant this princess's humble wish, please remove your mask, as black as night, and face me with your true face!"

On stage, the black-clad knight slowly turned around, but instead of doing what was in the script, he grabbed the princess to Xiaolan's surprise.

"what!?"

Unlike Kazuha's envious expression, Kogoro Mouri's face turned green when he saw this scene.

"..."

A slightly bewildered Xiaolan blinked blankly and gently patted the knight's shoulder, reminding him, "Doctor, this isn't what the script says!"

"..."

The black-clad knight held Xiaolan without saying a word. Even if he wanted to say something, he would need to know his lines first.

"Damn it, that brat! How dare he lay a hand on my daughter who isn't even married yet! I won't let him get away with this!"

Seeing this scene on the stage, Kogoro Mouri gritted his teeth and wanted to rush up and teach that black-clad knight a lesson.

Unfortunately, Kazuha, who was standing next to him, grabbed his arm tightly.

She decided not to allow anyone to go up and ruin this beautiful moment.

Meanwhile, Yuu Aragaki, watching the furious Kogoro Mouri, spoke up quietly: "Does that mean I can get handsy after we get married?"

"what?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kogoro Mouri, Kazuha, Ai Haibara, and Akemi Miyano all stared wide-eyed at Yuu Aragaki.

At the same time, a man wearing a baseball cap pulled low and dressed in all black suddenly walked up to the group and sat down next to Conan.

"Ok?"

Ai Haibara looked up at the man with a somewhat bewildered expression.

The other person's figure and face... they look somewhat like Kudo, but Kudo shouldn't be... right now.

Thinking of this, her eyes unconsciously glanced towards the stage.

Before she could be confused for long, Aragaki Yu's words immediately explained everything.

"Hattori? What's with your outfit?"

Hattori?

Aragaki Yu's voice wasn't loud, but Haibara Ai, who was sandwiched between the newcomer and Aragaki Yu, heard it very clearly.

Seeing the suspicious look in the eyes of the kid beside him, Hattori Heiji's smile immediately froze. "Idiot, what are you talking about? I'm Kudo!"

Although his words were very firm.

However, his thick Osaka accent gave him away.

Of course, while speaking, he also subconsciously glanced at Kazuha and Kogoro Mouri, who were still tangled up not far away, afraid that Kazuha would notice the commotion.

You should know that he deliberately impersonated Shinichi Kudo in order to conceal his true identity.

but……

Why does that kid "Kudo" next to me have such a strange expression on his face?

Could it be that he was frightened by his own superb disguise skills?

Thinking of this, Heiji Hattori couldn't help but smile knowingly.

"Hehe~" Upon seeing this, Aragaki Yu simply chuckled and turned back to continue watching the performance on stage.

However, this laughter sounded extremely grating to Hattori Heiji's ears.

He suddenly realized that sitting in this place was a mistake.

I should have waited until Ran and the others finished their performance on stage, then dragged Conan along to show his face in front of Ran and ran away.

……

"Sonoko, what should I do now?" Ran, who had no idea how to continue the performance after noticing the black knight's strange behavior, looked anxiously at Sonoko at the back of the stage.

However, they found Sonoko holding up a sign with a mischievous grin, which simply read—

Let's just keep acting like this!

The girls surrounding the garden all wore strange smiles on their faces.

However, Xiaolan, who was focused entirely on the stage, did not notice this.

Left with no other choice, Xiaolan had to continue acting out her lines.

"You wouldn't happen to be, Spite! You're... that prince of the Kingdom of Toramp, the one whose forehead was pierced by my father and who was banished from the palace long ago!"

The black-clad knight looked silently into Xiaolan's eyes without uttering a sound.

"If you haven't forgotten that vow we made when we were young, then please leave your proof on my lips!" Xiaolan said, forcing herself to overcome her shyness.

Although Xiaolan knew that the kiss that followed was just a staged performance, the lines still made her feel flustered.

On stage, the black-clad knight gently lowered his head, and just as he was about to kiss the princess, Kogoro Mouri lost control again, shouting, "What! This is too reckless! Stop it, Ran!"

Meanwhile, Kazuha Toyama held onto Kogoro Mouri tightly, watching the stage with a maternal smile.

However, what surprised Hattori Heiji was that Kudo, who was sitting next to him, did not react at all when he saw this scene.

He shouldn't have acted even more furious than Kogoro Mouri!

Could it be that he would go to such lengths to conceal his identity...?

Chapter 485 The Real and Fake Kudo (1)

"what!!!"

Just as the plot on stage was about to reach its climax, a scream from the audience interrupted the performance.

Everyone turned around and saw a man wearing glasses lying on the ground in pain, which frightened the people around him, who quickly moved away from him.

More than ten minutes later.

Inspector Megure finally arrived at the scene with his team.

When he saw Kogoro Mouri and Conan guarding the corpse, his previously surprised expression instantly turned into one of knowing satisfaction.

……

"The deceased is Mr. Kohei Kamata, 27 years old, a doctor at Beika General Hospital, right?" Inspector Megure confirmed with the deceased's companion while reviewing the information his subordinates had gathered.

"Correct."

A woman with short brown hair slowly nodded.

Inspector Megure then asked, "Why did he suddenly collapse halfway through the movie?"

"I thought he was just feeling unwell somewhere, but who knew he would suddenly collapse to the ground!" The brown-haired woman's tone sounded slightly sad.

"Could it be that the victim drank the beverage that fell next to him, which caused him to collapse and die?" Officer Takagi squatted down and picked up the empty beverage cup that had fallen to the ground, wearing gloves.

"This..." The woman looked at the paper cup that Officer Takagi had picked up, tried hard to recall the situation at the time, and replied in confusion, "I was just watching the show and I don't really know."

At this moment, Inspector Megure leaned over and looked at the drink in Inspector Takagi's hand, then muttered, "I see there's hardly any drink left in it. Oh, by the way, around what time did you find Mr. Kamata collapsed?"

Upon hearing this, the brown-haired woman raised her wrist to check her watch and said, "The play starts around 2 o'clock..."

"He must have collapsed around 2:40." Just then, Ran, still wearing her princess dress, approached Inspector Megure and said.

"Ran?" Inspector Megure seemed a little surprised to see Ran walking over.

He was just wondering why he saw Kogoro Mouri and Conan here, but it turns out they came to see Ran's performance!

If that's the case, this seems to be Xiaolan's high school.

Wait, could that guy be here too?!

"I remember it was around the climax of the whole play, right, Doctor? I'm not mistaken, am I?" Xiaolan turned to look at the black-clad knight who had come with her.

Clearly, she still believes that the black-clad knight in front of her is Dr. Araide in disguise.