Chapter 284 If the factors are controlled
Conan, who had been looking bored, immediately changed his expression upon hearing this and quickly flipped open the script in his hand.
"It's just for show, don't worry about it."
Ran was a little embarrassed when this was mentioned, but she knew that Sonoko would be playing the role, so she didn't care much.
Conan, however, walked over and looked up to ask, "Ran-neechan, who's going to play the role of the knight?"
"Hey, what's wrong, Conan? Are you bothered by this?" Ran bent down and asked Conan with a smile.
"Actually, you know him too." Kogoro Mouri and Conan were both puzzled for a moment, then Ran continued, "He's the school doctor, Dr. Araide, whom you met before."
"Huh—!?" Both Mori and Mori were shocked at the same time.
"No! You can't act with him! You can't!" Kogoro Mouri, who was extremely protective of his daughter, grabbed Ran's shoulder and shouted.
Seeing their nervous expressions, Ran laughed, "Don't worry, Dr. Araide is just here to watch us practice. Sonoko is the one who's actually playing the knight. She said she can dress up as a boy and risk her life for the performance."
Upon hearing this, Mori and Conan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh no, it's so late! I have to go to rehearsal early tomorrow morning, I need to take a shower and get some rest!" Xiaolan glanced at the time and was about to go take a shower when Maoli called her back.
"The bathroom at home is broken, let's go to a public bathhouse."
"But the bathhouse is closed today..." Xiaolan frowned.
"Then let's go to Professor Agasa's house and use his bathroom. I was planning to talk to him about going camping this weekend anyway," Conan suggested, turning to Ran.
"Honestly, you guys might as well just shower together. It would save you trouble and you could come back sooner."
Mori took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, about to take out a lighter to light it, when he received a somewhat shy and dissatisfied shout from Ran, "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about! Tell me why I absolutely have to take a bath with Conan!?"
Her sudden voice startled them both, but they quickly recovered and lowered their voices gently, saying, "Besides, this isn't good for a child's upbringing, is it, Conan?"
Conan, seeing that Ran was indeed behaving rather strangely, responded quietly.
Qianzhu, who had watched the whole thing from afar, smiled gently, lowered her eyes to look at the tea leaves floating in her cup, her amber eyes deepening slightly.
Although Ran Mouri had her suspicions, everyone around her was helping Shinichi Kudo keep it from her...
Add to that the behind-the-scenes manipulation by the World Consciousness, and who knows when she will truly realize that Conan Edogawa is Shinichi Kudo.
Qianzhu leaned back on the sofa, legs crossed, one hand supporting her chin as she pondered, her fair knuckles tapping lightly on the armrest.
"What would happen if we could control the Ai Haibara factor?"
He murmured softly, his slightly lowered eyes appearing even more profound.
...
On the way to the campsite, Machi chatted happily with the other three children, and he also noticed that Ai Haibara and Conan were acting strangely.
He subtly raised an eyebrow, then pretended to know nothing as he played rock-paper-scissors with Ayumi and the others.
Upon arrival, they set up the tent together. Professor Agasa and Ai started a stove on the spot, while the others gathered some dry firewood nearby.
The four people, who were about to head back after gathering firewood, were called over by Mitsuhiko and gathered in front of a stalactite cave surrounded by railings with a wooden sign that read "Danger, Do Not Enter".
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