The lavish Stage Play began soon afterward.
The heavy Curtain was drawn aside, revealing a grand medieval ball slowly unfolding on the stage. Amid sweeping music, Napoleon met his future queen in the crowd.
The two fell in love at first sight and gradually grew closer. Napoleon placed a Ring of betrothal on the Queen's finger. Not long after, the Queen was drawn to a younger man. Their relationship was exposed, and Napoleon flew into a rage.
"So this is the version they went with." Haibara Ai leaned back in a theater seat far too large for her and raised a hand to stifle a yawn. "Compared to this, solving cases is more interesting."
Conan had also been forced to remain in the audience. Though Mouri Ran had kept him seated here, his mind had long since drifted to the side door.
Fortunately, even if he could not get over there, Conan still had the high-tech glasses Professor Agasa had kindly given him.
He felt around the frame for a moment and pressed one of its countless buttons.
With a faint mechanical whir, the image in the lenses swiftly enlarged and zoomed in. The scene by the side door beside the stage appeared clearly before Conan's eyes.
Conan focused on it and saw Jiang Xia and Kid standing side-on to the audience. They were murmuring about something while absentmindedly watching the performance onstage. The scene actually looked rather harmonious.
"..."
Conan stared gloomily at the Phantom Thief. "That guy actually infiltrated the Detectives while I wasn't paying attention."
...Though, now that he thought about it, it was not hard to understand. Kid had always been miles ahead of everyone else when it came to creating an atmosphere—more commonly known as showing off. Despite being a Phantom Thief who never revealed