Kudo Yukiko was also a legendary figure blessed with a protagonist's template—once the Island Nation's foremost actress, she had become famous worldwide at nineteen, married and retired at twenty, and become a legend in the Island Nation's Entertainment Industry.
Now, more than ten years later, the Kudo couple had long since settled in the United States.
They had suddenly returned this time because their son, Kudo Shinichi, had somehow turned into an elementary school student.
The couple had realized the danger posed by the Black Organization and planned to take their son with them to the United States.
Of course, they also knew their son was stubborn. Telling him outright probably would not work.
So they planned to join forces with Professor Agasa and put on a little show—disguising themselves as members of the Black Organization, so Conan could see the consequences of having his identity as "Kudo Shinichi" exposed.
Kudo Yukiko had learned the Disguise Technique before.
The Fat Woman Jiang Xia had seen earlier was actually her, disguised as "Edogawa Fumiyo."
When Jiang Xia walked back to the Wardrobe, he found that the two ghosts were still clinging to his arm, so he gave them a simple explanation.
Miyano Akemi breathed a sigh of relief, reassuredly wriggled off to the side, and squinted as she warmed herself by the heater.
But Xiao Bai remained excited.
—Kinoshita Yoko was a diehard fan of Kudo Yukiko. Back then, Xiao Bai had followed her in watching all of Kudo Yukiko's works, even all kinds of interviews, over and over dozens of times.
Seeing its QvQ expression, Jiang Xia realized that the little ghost wanted to give its mother a chance to see her idol.
...What a filial ghost.
But Kudo Yukiko had already carried Conan far away, and neither