Okiya Subaru: "..." Besides, Uzo was not the kind of boss who could be easily fooled. Faking things for a mentor at worst meant failing to graduate; fooling a boss at worst meant getting fired... but fooling Uzo was like performing a provocative hula dance in front of the Grim Reaper. Even dying would not come easily.
In short, if Uzo really asked about something later, he had to have at least something to say.
He had only been gathering intelligence perfunctorily.
But who would have thought that, after looking, he would actually spot something astonishing.
Okiya Subaru: "..." The person who came in... wasn't this Kudo Shinichi?! Jiang Xia's classmate, the Great Detective whom multiple media outlets had speculated was dead because he had been missing for so long.
He was actually alive?
No, not necessarily. Disguise technology existed in this world—Mr. Akai sometimes showed up wearing his face, for example... This "Kudo Shinichi" standing before him might be someone else in disguise.
Okiya Subaru: "..." Compared to whether Kudo Shinichi was real or fake, Edogawa Conan's reaction was far more thought-provoking.
Because he had always paid close attention to this child colleague, with whom he had something of a competitive relationship, Okiya Subaru had seen very clearly just now that the instant "Kudo Shinichi" appeared in the doorway, Conan's expression had immediately changed.
There had not been enough time to determine whether the person entering was the real Kudo Shinichi or an impostor. Yet Conan seemed utterly certain that the "Kudo Shinichi" who had entered was a fake.
Conan also looked deeply shocked, as though someone who absolutely should not have appeared here had suddenly shown up.
Okiya Subaru: "..." What kind of person was someone who would "absolutely never appear"?
There seemed to be only one