Chapter 342 Black Knight
Chapter 348 Black Knight

Sitting in my dad's car, "Conan" and I came to Teitan High School. After my dad parked the car, we walked towards the auditorium of Teitan High School.

Different from the bookish atmosphere of the past. Today, Teitan High School is particularly lively. Before entering the campus, you can feel the enthusiasm of the students welcoming guests at the door. Following the crowd into the campus, what greets you is the unique youthful atmosphere of high school students and the liveliness and joy of the school festival. Students in suits and uniforms set up snack and dessert stalls, greeting students and their families passing by the campus. Students in clown costumes and cosplay costumes are distributing balloons of the same cheerful colors to the children. Next to the restaurant not far away, there are students dressed in black and white maid costumes entertaining guests for dinner. It can be said that the school is a small society that is reflected vividly. Of course, this refers to celebrations.

"Well... Xiaolan and her friends are performing at the gymnasium, so let's go straight there." Dad looked at the brochure in his hand, scratched his head and said impatiently. To be honest, Dad was not interested in the students' celebration. If it weren't for sending his two children to attend his daughter's performance, he would rather stay on the sofa and watch the video recording of Yoko Okino's concert.

Following my dad to the backstage of the performance, we saw the girls chatting behind the curtain. Xiaolan was wearing a princess dress and a sports jacket. She looked nervous, which made people a little worried. The other girls were her best friend, Miss Sonoko, and Kazuha who came from Kansai. They were chatting with Xiaolan to relieve her nervousness.

"I didn't see Kudo." Shiho looked around and didn't see Kudo, so she whispered in my ear. "It seems like he's hiding well."

"If he dares to show up backstage at this time, I will slap him to death." I scratched my head and said with a grin. "Go, say hello to Xiaolan."

"Yeah." Shiho looked at me, took a short breath, adjusted her demeanor, made herself more like a boy, and then put her hands in her pockets, walked towards Xiaolan and the others calmly. As she walked, we heard Xiaolan discussing the topic of Kudo. So taking advantage of the topic, Shiho said softly, "It turns out that Xiaolan didn't just invite me." to open the topic of today's meeting, but Shiho's words only attracted Xiaolan's attention, and the attention of the remaining two girls was...

"Hey, long time no see, Sister Heye, Sister Sonoko... Wuuuu, let me go! Wuuu..." Defeated, defeated.

"Ah, Conan, you're here." Ignoring me who was being ravaged, Xiaolan looked at "Conan" lovingly and said. "How is it? Are you better?"

"Hmph, this brat." Dad pressed Conan's head in displeasure, which scared me. Fortunately, the wig I brought to Shiho was of good quality, otherwise it would have been exposed by Dad's rubbing. "His cold hasn't recovered yet. I wanted him to sleep at home, but he agreed to come over and ignored my advice."

"Is that so?" Xiaolan leaned forward and asked with concern. "Are you okay? If you can't hold on, don't force yourself, just go back and rest."

"It's okay." Shiho replied softly. "Sister Xiaolan, you look so beautiful today. There will definitely be a lot of boys coming to you later..."

"Ms. Xiaolan, please come over here." However, before she could finish her words, a handsome man not far from the backstage called Xiaolan and said he wanted to discuss the script. When I looked closely, it turned out to be the school doctor of Teitan High School, Shinichi. However, this interruption gave us the opportunity to leave here and go to the hall, so as not to be exposed if we stayed any longer.

"Then we'll go down first." Shiho responded softly, and then walked in the opposite direction. She was able to pretend to be calm at this time, which was also a sign of her high level of skill. She was probably also shocked by the rubbing of her head by her father just now. And Heye also followed us out of the backstage at this time. After all, the performance was about to start, and it was really inappropriate for her to be here.

"By the way, Xiaoxun, when you have time, come to Osaka to visit us? I still have a lot of delicious places that I haven't taken you to." Along the way, He Ye kept talking to me about interesting things about Osaka.

"Well... probably not in the short term. Conan's illness hasn't healed yet, and we'll have exams soon." I declined Kazuha's invitation in a roundabout way. One reason was that I really had to take the exams, and the other was that I had to help Kaito solve the spider issue in the next few days, so I really didn't have time.

"Eh? Is that so? Well... then come and play when you have your holidays, and I will definitely treat you well." He Ye did not give up.

"By the way, why don't I see that Black Charcoal brother?"

"Ah, you have to persuade the department." He Ye didn't care about my complaints. "I don't know either. He didn't bring me here this time. I came here secretly by myself. But the strange thing is that I haven't seen him anywhere until now."

"Could he be lost?" I said with a chuckle.

"Uh... I don't think so." He Ye replied awkwardly, then pointed to the front. "Let's go, our seats are over there."

"Hi~~"

————The scent of orchids, the scent of lavender, the scent of home & the wings of angels, the wings of demons, the wings of guardians————

[The next performance for you is a stage play brought by Class 2B, "Low-Key Love". Please stay tuned.] Not long after we sat down, the lights in the auditorium gradually dimmed, and the announcer's voice came, indicating that the performance was about to begin.

"God damn lukewarm love, how corny..." I couldn't help but cover my face and feel ashamed for the title of the script. I guess only Miss Sonoko could come up with such a fairy tale romantic story. Although this story is desirable, it will also make people feel embarrassed when it is brought to the table. However, Sonoko is so courageous to put it out without blushing, um... courage is commendable.

"A stage play." Shiho was quite interested. "I wonder how much better it is compared to the stage play performed by the children."

"It's at least better than Kamen Rider and Godzilla." I whispered to Shiho on my left side.

In order to prevent Shiho from being discovered, I made a human-shaped isolation zone, with Shiho on my left, my father on my right, and Kazuha on my right. With such seats under dim lights, Shiho would hardly be discovered, even if we spoke in a low voice.

"But... I haven't seen Kudo for a while. Where did he go?" Shiho looked around, but couldn't find any trace of Kudo.

"Ahem..."

Before I could open my mouth, a cough reached our ears. I looked up and saw a young man in a dark blue shirt and a baseball cap quietly sitting next to Shiho.

"Gong... no way?" Shiho swallowed the name, turned her head and looked at me suspiciously. It seemed that she was asking me the reason. "Heh... just a person who plays a bad play." I chuckled. I looked back at Kazuha who was already attracted by the stage play and sat at the other end, and shook my head. "No wonder Kazuha said she ran away on her own."

"Is that so?" Shiho understood what I meant. "They really are very close friends."

"Just a pair of good friends." I shrugged and stole a glance at the young man sitting next to me. Then I continued to talk to Shiho. "Since he appeared here, it proves that Kudo is still hiding somewhere. I hope he can stay hidden. Now is not the time for him to show up. Let's watch the show first."

"Ah."

"..Yo~Lan! Great acting!"

Just as Shiho and I finished talking, my dad started shouting at the stage beside me. At the end, he smiled at everyone and said, "Haha, the one playing the princess is my daughter." Everyone laughed. Kazuha, who was sitting next to him, kept holding his forehead, and the young man on the other side shook his head helplessly. Shiho glanced at me with a smile, but found that I didn't feel embarrassed about my dad's attitude, because only people in our family know how nervous Xiaolan, who is standing in the center of the stage and shining brightly under the spotlight, is. Seven out of ten of his shouts are actually to relieve Xiaolan's nervousness. And if I were sitting here as an adult, I might shout along with my dad.

However, unfortunately, I am just a child now, and can only sit here quietly and watch my sister on the stage with her stunning military uniform and stunning appearance. My eyes are full of endless pride and pride, but also with a hint of regret and pity.

"Such a beautiful girl, it's a pity that she fell into the hands of Kudo." Seeing Xiaolan's nervousness gradually eased, I couldn't help but start complaining, and then I tilted my head and shouted at the young man on the left. "Don't you think so, Hattori?"

"Hmm... Hmm? Hmm!? Shh... Shh..." The young man didn't react for a moment. After a few seconds, he realized that I called the wrong name, and then he quickly made a gesture to silence me. Then he whispered to me through Shiho. "I really am... Is my disguise that bad?"

"With your Kansai accent, I advise you to wipe off the foundation on your face." I waved at Hattori and pointed to the other side. "He Ye is sitting on the other side, if you..."

"Ran! Use your karate to knock them all down!" Before he finished speaking, Kazuha on the other side was already too immersed in the stage play. The audience was stunned again. Seeing this, Hattori was so scared that he quickly took off his hat and wiped off the thick layer of foundation on his face.

"What a failure. Sure enough, this method doesn't work." The belly that quickly wiped off the foundation looked helpless, and at the same time put her hand on "Conan"'s head and said helplessly. "I told you not to come with that guy Ye, why did she still come. I was thinking that if I pretended to be Kudo and appeared with this guy, I could dispel Miss Xiaolan's suspicion of him... Hmm? Uh, no, Xun, you... why are you glaring at me? I... I didn't offend you!" Suddenly, the abdomen felt a faint cold breath coming towards him. Looking up, he found that the pale-haired boy sitting not far from him was revealing a cold chill in his eyes.

"Take your charcoal-grilled pig's trotter away from her head..." A piercing voice immediately attacked Hattori, who shivered with fear, and then quickly withdrew his hand from "Conan"'s head.

"Hey... Hey, hey, what's wrong with you..." Hattori had a confused look on his face and didn't understand the current situation at all.

"You two, calm down a bit." Conan, who was caught in the middle, said impatiently. "The show is about to reach its climax."

Giving up my dissatisfaction with Hattori, I turned my gaze back to the stage, only to see that the play had indeed reached the most exciting part. As a few black feathers slowly fell under the spotlight, the black knight that all the audience had been looking forward to finally appeared.

He jumped down from a high place on the stage, the long sword in his hand shook rapidly, and several enemies were immediately injured by the blade.

"Yes...it's the Black Knight! Run away!" The students who played the enemies performed very hard, and in a moment the stage was left to the Black Knight and his princess.

"Who are you who has helped me so many times?" On the stage, Xiaolan, who had put aside her nervousness, had completely immersed herself in the play. As the plot progressed, she gradually found the feeling of a princess. "Unknown knight wrapped in black, if you are willing to fulfill this princess' humble wish, please take off your mask that is as black as night and face me with your true face!"

However, the black knight ignored the princess' words. He just stretched out his hands and gently embraced the princess. The next second, their cheeks were getting closer and closer. At this moment, the whole venue was boiling. Yes, a kiss scene, this is what high school students want to see the most. Although my father wanted to rush to the stage and beat up the clumsy knight, he was pulled back by Kazuha. On the other side, Shiho and I exchanged glances. We both understood the sudden change of the script and Kudo's real destination.

The two people's lips were still approaching, and all the audience held their breath in anticipation of the moment when the two lips met. Soon, Xiaolan could already feel the breath of the person coming from the opposite side, but for some reason she didn't want to dodge at all. She could have completed the performance by borrowing the position, but at this moment she really wanted to kiss him.

"Dr. Shinde. No. This feeling is. Shin.. One.."

"...Ah ah!!!!!!"

Just when their lips were less than three centimeters apart, an extremely discordant scream broke this romantic scene. The lights in the venue were bright. In the center of the audience, a man with glasses fell to the ground with a struggling look on his face, motionless. His hands were still tightly pinching his neck.

"...Acute poisoning, no hope of recovery." Standing up, I glanced at the man below, then shook my head. "Shiho."

"Ok?"

"I'm going to prepare for the worst."

"Eh? Are you sure he will attack? Then why don't you stop him?" Shiho asked puzzledly.

"I want to teach him a lesson he'll remember for the rest of his life." I took out my cell phone from my pocket. "As long as he dares to stand up."

　Let me put two here. I'll go to the virtual world and put two more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)