[ even for as good at lying as kokichi is, his face goes completely blank at the mention of kaito and kaede as his friends. luckily for him, though, he has the mask on so he is allowed to drop his guard at small moments like this. ]

Of course not. Don't you remember? Momota-chan killed me and Akamatsu-chan killed someone else way earlier than that. I'm a liar but I'm not lying about that!

[ though the way he says it, it definitely just sounds like more of his bullshit. he's good at making even truths sound like completely lies. ]