Shinichi looked back at the screaming crowd in front of the building, every single person there for Kaitou Kid.
It was humbling in a way, to see all of those people. Kid could have literally picked any one of those very willing people – or anyone in the world, for that matter – but he chose him instead. Out of all of the people in the whole, wide world (and it was a very big world), Kaitou Kid, Kuroba Kaito, picked him, Kudo Shinichi. Picked him over one of those pretty girls with the nice clothes, or over one those handsome boys with the bright eyes...picked him, the rather plain and admittedly uninteresting guy, compared to all of those bright faces.
Very humbling, indeed.
However...
A wicked, sly grin tugged at his lips, proving that yes, he was Yukiko's child, and not just Yuusaku's.
Kid might make them scream, but only I can make him scream...and not just from excitement, either, Shinichi thought with supreme smugness.
Somewhere within the building, a disguised Kid shivered.
What was that? He wondered, staring around the room with barely hidden bewilderment.