Suddenly seeing someone who looked so much like himself, Kid was startled at first. Then he realized this was not some doppelganger from an urban legend—it had to be that High School Detective, Kudo Shinichi...
And so he was startled all over again.
Kaito Kuroba: "..." Hadn't that detective turned into an elementary school student? He was standing right beside Jiang Xia! If so, then who was this high-school version of Kudo Shinichi outside?!
...Could there be someone else here who could disguise themselves?
As that thought flashed through his mind, Kid suddenly noticed something wrong. He fixed his gaze on the elementary school student by Jiang Xia's leg and scrutinized the eyes visible behind the child's plain glasses.
Then realization dawned on him: this was not Conan. Someone else must have been impersonating him. No wonder the brat had been so quiet today, keeping such strangely low profile.
But that raised another question—hadn't Kudo Shinichi shrunk? How had he suddenly expanded back to normal?
Kid stared at the person outside who was anxiously trying to squeeze through, briefly at a loss.
But he soon realized that this was not the time to think about such things. No matter why Kudo Shinichi had grown back up, this detective was not Jiang Xia. If he got angry over being impersonated and became determined to send Kid in, things could get troublesome.
Thinking this, Kid swept his gaze over the narrow, crowded corridor, then at the many police officers around them... In the end, he used the restroom as an excuse and quietly slipped away from the crowd.
Kid: "..." In any case, he had only come to pass along a warning. Now that he had said what he needed to say, there was no need to force himself to stay. Tonight's