Kazuha turned to look at Tomoaki Niide, and when she saw him, she couldn't help but exclaim, "He's so handsome!"
To be honest, Araide Tomoaki is indeed good-looking, with regular features, fair skin, and glasses that give him a scholarly air. His hairstyle is also very trendy, not inferior to some Koreans. Moreover, doctors have a very high status in Japan, which is a profession that many parents would very much like for their daughters' boyfriends.
"Could he be acting opposite Xiaolan?"
Sonoko nodded: "Yes, they look very well-matched standing together, don't they?"
"I'll go to the audience seats first."
Conan said something and then turned to walk towards the audience seats, with Kouyu, Uncle Mori and Kazuha following closely behind.
Ran watched Conan's departing figure with a furrowed brow, but at Ran's urging, she also prepared to change into her costume, as the performance was about to begin.
...
The group found empty seats in the audience and sat down quietly, waiting for the performance to begin.
Kōyū smiled and said to Conan beside him, "How are you getting used to it?"
Conan shook his head: "I'm not used to it, especially when I call Ran 'big sister'."
This Conan is not the real Conan, but Ai Haibara in disguise. After makeup and wearing a mask, Ai Haibara is basically unrecognizable. However, if you look closely, you can still see that Ai Haibara's Conan has a whiter face and a slight rise and fall in her chest.
However, due to their young age, it is not obvious.
"The great detective is really a mess." Ai Haibara, after playing Conan, also felt a lot about Ran, "High IQ, but often lacking in EQ."
Guangyou nodded: "Yes, speaking of which, Xiaolan is innocent, yet she has to suffer the pain of unrequited love. She is just an ordinary high school girl."
To some extent, all of this was caused by Conan's sense of justice and curiosity. If Shinichi hadn't followed Gin back then, perhaps Ran wouldn't have had to suffer.
Of course, if Shinichi hadn't followed along, then probably nothing would have changed. Uncle Mori would still be the nameless detective, Ai might still be researching in the organization, or Ai might have committed suicide after she couldn't take it anymore. After all of this disappeared, perhaps Mitsuyu wouldn't have traveled through time and would have continued living in his own world of pain or fallen into the underworld.
In all of this, no one is truly right or wrong; human nature is inherently difficult to change, and it is all an arrangement of fate.
...
As the curtain rose, Xiaolan, dressed in a pink princess dress, stood in front of the window of the prop castle, her head propped up with her hand. She prayed, "O all-knowing and all-powerful Zeus, why are you treating me, this poor woman, like this? Do you really want me to suffer and sacrifice myself in this hopeless marriage?"
After uttering this cringeworthy line, Xiaolan covered her face with her hands and sobbed.
Uncle Mori couldn't help but shout, "Good, good! Well done!"
Throughout the venue, everyone was staring at this old man. Kazuha, who was standing next to him, quickly distanced herself from Uncle Mori and muttered, "I don't know him, I don't know him."
Uncle Mori didn't seem to care at all; instead, he proudly scratched his head and said, "Let me tell you, the actress playing the princess is my daughter!"
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.
Kazuha felt a little embarrassed. As someone who knew Uncle Mori, she genuinely felt that Uncle Mori was too embarrassing.
Guangyou could understand this feeling very well. Parents are very proud when their child receives so much attention on stage, no matter how well he performs. They can't wait to tell the world that the person who attracts so much attention on stage is their child.
Ai, disguised as Conan, didn't react at all, but she was very envious. She was also a teenage girl, about the same age as Ran. She also wished she had a father who was "so embarrassing." She also wanted a man to sit in the audience and shout, "That beautiful girl on stage is my daughter!"
She kept all of this to herself, but a look of envy crept into her eyes.
Kōyū reached out and grasped Ai's hand. Ai glanced back at him, and Kōyū simply smiled. Ai understood what Kōyū wanted to say from his eyes, and a faint smile appeared under her mask as well.
"Hey, Kousuke, are you and Conan that close?"
Kazuha's sudden words stunned Kōyū, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "Yes, yes, our relationship is already as good as that of brothers."
"I'm so envious." Kazuha, an only child, was very envious. She also wished she had an older brother or sister so she could have a playmate.
According to the script, the performance on stage has now reached its climax.
Three people dressed in black armor jumped onto the stage, and even from the faces peeking out from under their helmets, it was clear that Sonoko had put a lot of thought into choosing the villainous role this time.
The three men looked so fierce, it was as if the word "evil" was etched on their foreheads. If these three went into acting, they could probably all achieve some success. They could portray villains so convincingly that they wouldn't have to do anything at all.
Xiao Lan also had three guards on her side. Comparing the two sides, the assassin's side looked better; the guards were practically wearing tight-fitting clothes with flags on top.
The three men all looked honest and unassuming. The only guard, who was tall and burly, also looked like a kind-hearted person and didn't seem to have the aura of a guard at all.
Facing the menacing assassin, the guard in armor seemed rather hesitant: "Who are you? Don't you know this is Princess Hart's carriage from the Principality of Puli?"
Assassin A slightly turned his body, glancing sideways at Guard A, and chuckled, "Of course I know. Otherwise, what would we be doing here? Camping?"
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