Conan's brow furrowed.

He remembered that when he came in through the door of the toilet, he happened to meet the man in black walking out the door, and at that time, he had the blood-stained knife on his body.

The bathroom has no windows, and there is only one way to get here, which means that if there were indeed corpses or wounded people, the bleeding person must have been in this toilet at the time.

But......

Conan looked at the time on his watch, and it had only passed a little over fifteen minutes since he had fainted.

Such a short time is simply not enough to clean up the scene to the point that there is not even a trace of blood.

Didn't the man in black cut anyone at all?

But what about so much fresh blood on the knife?

No matter how you think about it, the logic can't be rounded.

Conan pressed his temples and sighed widely. He began to try to sort out his thoughts from the beginning, trying to guess what the Men in Black were and whether he was still around.

But at this moment, a roar was suddenly heard in the distance outside, and the sound hit the corridor as if it was venting pain, and it was heard far away.

Conan was startled, and his first reaction was that someone had committed murder.

But he vaguely felt that the emotions contained in this roar were not the same as the screams he usually heard.

…… Maybe it's because it's an exhibition hall, the terrain is different, and the sound is affected by the corridors?

While thinking, the person had already rushed over with the sound.

……

The mission was successfully completed, and there was still some masquerade time left, and Shiraishi calmly prepared to leave the Hell Exhibition Hall and find a place where the two of them could not see him and disappear.

After having the [Mask] function, in addition to the initial attempt, Shiraishi also made some small attempts later to learn more about it:

The [Mask] status can be activated up to 3 times per calendar day, and the cumulative time cannot exceed 30 minutes.

And even if the first day is not used up, and there are a few minutes left, the next day still counts down from 00:29:59 - in other words, if you don't use it that day, it's wasted.

Every time the status is enabled, there is a 5-second bokeh protection.

If he fails to find a suitable blind spot within these 5 seconds, Shiraishi will not be able to manifest and will be forced to return to his body and consume one more times.

Similarly, if you want to remove the mask, if you are stared at, you will not be able to remove it properly. It can only be forcibly deformed by removing the mask or dragging it until the [Mask] can be used.

In this case, a cloud of smoke will explode around the white rocks, covering his tracks.

Of course, this is not without cost.

After trying, when the Q version assistant held a calculator taller than her and showed Shiraishi the numbers on it, Shiraishi was shocked to realize that his meager deposit had disappeared a lot in the test - this was actually a paid service.

Since then, Shiraishi has become accustomed to keeping an eye out for various hidden locations, while urging his staff to develop smoke grenades, which may all be worth money in the future......

In addition to being stared at, it is not possible to disappear directly when it is taken by a "surveillance probe that someone is looking at" or "a surveillance probe that saves the picture for a certain period of time".

…… It's obviously a world with a lot of souls, but it's still so concerned about maintaining the "science" on the surface. I don't know if I can urge the system to update the rules in the future.

And now, in the hell exhibition hall where Shiraishi is now, there is a camera.

So he planned to enter the short aisle where the exhibition hall and the corridor met, and then say goodbye in a low-key manner.

When he was about to step into the corner of the aisle, Boss Manaka suddenly said, "Thank you!" Thank you so much. ”

The middle-aged man got up from the ground in some embarrassment, and quickly said, "In addition, it may be rude for me to ask this, but ...... Who are you? ”

When he said this, Baishi reflexively continued: "You're welcome, I'm a red-collar ......."

Speaking of this, he looked down at himself in hindsight.

- He was black from head to toe, and even the one hanging from his neck was a pure black tie.

"......" he was silent for a moment, and then changed to a more figurative word: "I'm a black tie." ”

……

Turning the corner, he was about to lift the mask, but suddenly there was a "creaking" sound of rubber and marble rubbing in front of him, and a child rubbed the ground with his feet and braked in front of him as if drifting.

Shiraishi looked at Conan and sighed regretfully, thinking that it was only a few seconds away...... It should have been tied up a little more just now.

Once again, Conan habitually lifted his anesthesia table.

He originally wanted to ask where Shiraishi hid the person he had cut and wounded, but before he spoke, he felt that he shouldn't be so arbitrary, and he should first ask what was going on with the blood on the knife.

Before a word could be spoken, the other party suddenly showed a sneer, and then he grabbed the corner of the decorative curtain on the wall next to him, raised his hand, and rolled himself into the curtain very chicly.

Shiraishi is extremely skilled at this action - when he was a child, he often used the curtains at home as a cloak, constantly trying, looking for the most perfect swinging shape.

After breaking a few curtains and taking a few beatings, he was finally able to throw the curtain out of a perfect arc, let it circle around him, and then expose the person, creating a shining appearance.

I didn't expect this skill to come in handy now, and sure enough, it is not too much to press.

In the moment when his whole body was covered by the curtain, Shiraishi lifted the mask mode and returned to his body.

- Hiding behind a curtain can achieve the same result, but that would be too cheap.

When he can be handsome, of course Shiraishi still wants to be handsome, it's rare that the masquerade image is so compelling, but it can't be easily ruined......

Shiraishi's sudden move of raising the curtain made Conan in the aisle unconsciously nervous.

He immediately grabbed a steel vase and put it at his feet, unscrewed the switch of the foot-enhancing shoes, and was ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

However, under his unblinking gaze, the curtain soon unfolded from the cone, and after two shakes, it was flattened against the wall again, so flat that no one could hide in it.

…… Disappeared again?

Conan took his watch, vigilantly walked over and touched it, and found that the bottom of his hand was flat and hard, and it was indeed a wall.

He jerked open the curtain again, looked at the slightly yellowed wall behind him, and fumbled to see if he could find any secret passages.

……

In Conan's busy time, in the pavilion separated by a wall.

“…… Black tie? ”

Boss Manaka subconsciously repeated, and then was shocked by this strange and awkward name.

He was afraid that he had misheard, and wanted to confirm it again, but the figure had long since disappeared from his field of vision.

There was a voice next to him: "Idiot, how can someone call the black tie (クロネクタイ), it's the black cat (クロネコ)." ”

Although the pronunciation of "......" is indeed a bit similar, the black cat seems to be too earthy......

Boss Manaka looked at the old man next to him, and suddenly remembered something, and he whispered: "I seem to remember...... Are you a bit of a back-of-the-ear? ”

"What did you say?" Director Ochiai is not angry, it's just a question.

After asking, he slapped Manaka on the shoulder that was not injured: "Man, speak loudly, where did the momentum go when you negotiated with me a while ago?" ”

The real boss brushed a standing upright: "I just said - you are right!" ”

When he regarded Director Ochiai as a cold father before, he did dare to target this old man everywhere.

But now the truth is known...... Like when he was young, when he saw Director Ochiai, his heart habitually became empty.

The volume of Boss Manaka this time made Director Ochiai nod with satisfaction.

The old man touched his beard with a look of nostalgia:

"When I was in junior high school, a manga created by a senior at school started to be serialized in the Asahi Monobo. Influenced by him, we all started to draw in our spare time, and wanted to be like him, so that our efforts could be published in famous newspapers and magazines, and be seen and recognized by more people.

"At that time, many people's stories invariably appeared in a hero named 'Black Cat' - because there was a black stray cat in our school.

"Haha, although it is a stray cat, it has always been mysterious and exquisite. When feeding it, the food must be kept in a clean place. If you throw it on the ground, it won't even smell it.

"And every time we lose something and make a wish to it, the wish is granted.

"It's a pity that when I grew up and went back to look for it, I realized that this mysterious creature in the school had disappeared for many years.

Speaking of this, Director Ochiai's gaze fell back on the large oil painting in front of him, and he raised his hand again and touched the frame as if he couldn't touch it enough:

"I fed it a lot, but I never made a wish to it. This time, perhaps it was because it remembered my meals that stopped my absurd actions before I made a big mistake. ”

"......" The boss of Manaka made up for a while, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't connect a living person who was so big with a cat just now.

It is said that the old man is like a child, and the imagination of the director of Ochiai is really rich like that of a child...... But forget it, at such an old age, if you want to think so, let him think about it.

After all, even souls can exist, so why can't cats become humans?

…… Eh, etc.

Is the name I heard just now a black tie or a black cat?

When the boss of Manaka wrinkled his brows and pondered this difficult question, a child's voice suddenly came from the door:

"Uncle, grandpa, who is the person who went out of here just now?"

Maaka and Luo were stunned for a moment, and looked at the door, and saw that where the exhibition hall and the fork in the road meet, there was a little boy with glasses standing in the corner, only poking his head out to look at them.

In the face of children, Director Ochiai unconsciously became a lot kinder.

And now he is very grateful to Baishi, and feels that since the other party said his name generously, he should not mind exposing it, and he can help him publicize: "His name is Black Cat, is ......"

Boss Manaka was afraid that he would make the mysterious man unhappy if he said something like "It's a righteous cat who has transformed into a human", so he hurriedly added the second half of the sentence: "He is a great onmyoji." ”

"......" Onmyoji? Conan felt more and more baffled.

He also thought that if he had to add a profession, the man in black should be a magician—the kind that specializes in escaping and making great changes.