Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

As the start time of the play drew closer, the entire theater was packed.

Aside from the parents and friends of the actors and students, it's unclear whether the rest of the audience genuinely enjoyed the play or were simply drawn in by Sonoko Suzuki's promise of receiving a beautiful gift after watching it.

As the play officially began, Sonoko Suzuki, who was acting as the host, stood on the stage and, after exchanging some pleasantries, addressed the audience.

"Next, please enjoy the play."

The lights dimmed, and the curtain slowly opened.

Qi Ming stopped looking at his phone. Although he wasn't interested, he was already there, so taking a quick look wouldn't be a problem.

"I heard this play is quite exciting. I just heard from the students who were promoting it that even Shakespeare would applaud it."

The audience in the front row were whispering and discussing among themselves.

"Shakespeare? I don't think he wrote action movies either."

"Action scenes? What action scenes? Where do action scenes come from in a romance drama?"

"I came in early and saw their fight scene, it was amazing!"

The two talked back and forth, each feeling bewildered as they listened to the other's words.

It feels like they're not watching a play at all.

……

"It's the Black Knights! Run!"

Time slowly passed, and the story finally came to its final scene. Qi Ming, with his hands behind his head, had yawned countless times.

As he expected, the play was boring, at least not to his liking.

A cliché kingdom setting, a cliché political romance, a cliché righteous hero descending from the heavens, and a clichéd relationship.

Qi Ming turned around and glanced at Ai Haibara and Vermouth. Surprisingly, the two of them were watching quite intently.

"You think it's good? Didn't you say the plot was clichéd before?"

Qi Ming leaned close to Ai Haibara's ear and asked.

"It may be cliché, but I've found that I actually quite like it."

Ai Haibara didn't turn around as she casually spoke, her eyes still focused on the stage.

"What lark, confined to its cage all day, wouldn't want to be rescued by the crow, a symbol of misfortune?"

"..."

This non-mainstream riddle-like speech started again, and Qi Ming said he couldn't understand it. This inexplicable non-mainstream style was beyond his age to comprehend.

After a moment's thought, Qi Ming asked Ai Haibara:

"You mean the story of the crow filling the cage with pebbles and then eating the lark?"

"..."

Ai Haibara, who had been intently watching the play, couldn't hold back any longer and turned around to glare fiercely at Qi Ming.

After Qi Ming's dark fairy tale-like remarks, she felt she couldn't bear to watch the rest of the story, but thankfully this was the last scene.

Several more minutes passed, and as Princess Ran Mouri and Knight Renya Karasuma looked at each other across the distance, the curtain fell, and the play finally came to an end.

Sonoko Suzuki ultimately took Conan's advice and deleted the fake kiss scene.

Sonoko Suzuki walked onto the stage, the lights focused on her, and she took the microphone to give her final narration summary.

"Is this the end?"

The two audience members who had been whispering to each other in front of Qi Ming started talking again.

"...Where are the action scenes? Why aren't the action scenes I wanted?"

"Dude, I already told you this is a proper romance drama, why do you insist on watching the action scenes?"

"Tsk, Black Knight is clearly just one person, yet these assassins run away as soon as they see him. Does that even make sense?"

"Relax, haven't you noticed that these actresses are all quite pretty? You really only watch plays when I tell you to?"

The audience members sitting on the left looked quite disappointed.

The propaganda leaflet portrays the world as so grand, full of conspiracies and national crises.

In the end, not a single person died; it was truly just a pure love story.

It's pointless. At least some people should die to create a grand and tragic atmosphere, right?

"The story ends here. Thank you for watching."

After Sonoko Suzuki finished her summary and stepped off the stage, the spotlight, which had been focused on her, went out again.

The play has ended, and all that's left to do is for all the actors to bow and say goodbye.

The curtain opened, and in the darkness, everyone could only see the blurry outlines of the people standing on the stage.

Then, the lights in the entire theater came on again.

tick-tock-

However, before the actors could express their gratitude, the sound of water droplets hitting the ground was particularly clear in the enclosed theater.

"...Nani?"

Upon witnessing the unbelievable scene before them, Conan and Heiji Hattori immediately jumped up, slapping their thighs.

On the stage, Karasuma Renya held a sword horizontally in his hand, and in front of him was a middle-aged man.

The longsword he raised pierced the middle-aged man's heart, and blood dripped from the blade onto the ground, staining it crimson.

"..."

Karasuma Renya was confused.

What happened just now?

Karasuma Renya's mind stirred, and she immediately looked up at Qi Ming.

Seeing Karasuma Renya's gaze, Qi Ming waved back at him in a very cooperative manner.

Karasuma Renya's lips twitched. It was indeed him who did it.

But what is this supposed to be?

Karasuma Renya really couldn't understand some of Qi Ming's actions anymore.

Did he devise some kind of plan?

But could you please give him a heads-up?

"It's part of the performance, isn't it?"

The audience below the stage muttered to themselves in confusion until Karasuma Ren feigned fear and pulled his sword back.

When the body hit the ground, everyone realized that what they were seeing was not a performance at all.

"Ahhh!"

"How is this going?"

"Dead, dead!"

"Call the police! Call the police now!"

A scream rang out as Dian Zhongdian panicked and tried to escape the theater.

However, the dancer in the audience looked at the stage with a face full of surprise.

Mai knew very well who the deceased on the stage was; it was Urata.

She looked at the seat next to her, and sure enough, Urata, who had been sitting there, was nowhere to be seen.

How exactly?

Just a second before the lights went out, Urata was still chatting with her. But as soon as the lights came back on, he died by the sword of the man on the stage.

Could the person playing the Black Knight on stage also be part of their assassin organization?

But isn't this blatant murder a bit too arrogant?

Faced with the panicked crowd, Kogoro Mouri quickly stood up from his seat and shouted loudly to everyone.

"Wait! Everyone, don't move! This is murder!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone stood there dumbfounded, staring at Kogoro Mouri as if he were an idiot.

murder?

Even a fool could see that this was murder!

The murderer is standing right there on the stage.

"Are you crazy, sir? Anyone with eyes can see this is murder! The damn killer is right in front of us!"