Who in the whole venue still didn't know Tangze?

"Sure enough, that knight onstage is Kudo, right? I knew it. As the pride of Teitan High School, there was no way he'd just skip the school festival!"

"Hard to say. I asked some students from Class B. The actor originally picked was another boy from their class. Kudo probably didn't have time to make it over for rehearsals..."

"I think the one in the cap is the real one."

"Really? I can't tell."

"Don't you think he has a uniquely handsome aura? The kind of handsome where all the spotlights naturally shine on him!"

"That sounds so lovestruck..."

Even with senses no sharper than an ordinary person's, Shinichi Kudo could still pick out countless discussions about them from the bustling crowd around him.

The murder case at the school festival had drawn more than enough attention to their "show." And thanks to several Shinichi Kudo lookalikes unexpectedly pulling out questionnaires, the stunned audience still hadn't processed how a murder investigation had suddenly turned into a detective talent contest.

And speaking of that...

After yawning, he turned back and glanced at the papers scattered haphazardly across the table, suddenly realizing with profound clarity who had started this idea.

Joker. It had to be Joker. That style of printing things as though paper cost nothing, then tossing sheets everywhere!

"...You're actually counting votes here." Resting his head on one hand, Shinichi Kudo watched the group holding those questionnaires and rubbed his forehead in pain.

He guessed that the whole incident had somehow shifted into this inexplicable vote and so-called surprise performance in order to prevent the appearance of so many Shinichi Kudo from becoming impossible to explain, giving him a prearranged reason.

Or rather, it was probably some people's backup plan for a prank.

He understood the logic, but seeing this