Art Is Men Dressing as Women

"Posture, or rather, body posture."

Fujino placed his hands on the table, pondered for a moment, looked at Sato Miwako, and answered seriously, "Actually, Officer Sato's disguise is not flawless, and can even be described as remarkable. It's just that physical characteristics cannot be hidden. If you know her, you can still tell at a glance."

"Posture and physique?"

Sato Miwako looked down at her body and realized that it was indeed the case.

Although she was wearing clothes that were very different from her usual style and was also wearing a wig, her figure was still the same as before.

If you don't look at their faces, it's indeed very easy to tell.

But... does Fujino usually stare at other people's bodies?

Sato Miwako was thoughtful.

"Disguise is actually a profound art, involving many aspects, from physical disguise to walking movements or voices. These can all be concealed with a little effort."

Fujino noticed Sato Miwako's thoughtful expression, but assumed she was thinking about disguise. He then gave an example and continued, "Kaito Kid is very successful at disguise. Whether it's a man pretending to be a woman or a man pretending to be a man, he can do it. However, even so, he still can't hide his physical appearance. Usually, he avoids the limelight and looks for a target he can disguise himself to."

"A man dressed as a woman?"

Takagi's expression was somewhat strange. "How should we disguise ourselves? There should be a big difference in body shape between men and women, right?"

"Differences in body shape can be made up for with makeup."

Fujino glanced at Takagi and pondered for a moment, "If possible, I could also disguise you as a woman Officer Takagi."

"Well?!"

Takagi Wataru was taken aback by this, his expression turning somewhat strange. "Wouldn't that turn us into kabuki actors?"

"Officer Takagi, you can give it a try."

Fujino said in a serious tone, "As the saying goes, the greatest, most enduring, and most universal art in the world is men dressing as women..."

"Ahem."

Juzo Megure, who had been sitting quietly to the side listening, coughed lightly.

He imagined a scene of Takagi, a man, wearing a skirt.

"But I didn't expect that."

Sato Miwako somewhat surprised, "Fujino, you actually know how to do makeup?"

Fujino explained, "After all, he's a detective. He always has to pretend. He gets good at pretending."

With his current abilities, he could indeed disguise Takagi as a woman.

He can easily make a makeup knowledge book and a Makeup Box if he wants to now.

Actually, this thing is quite simple.

If you don't have a bra, use a pad.

If you were like Vermouth, you could cover your chest to make yourself taller and thus disguise your figure.

However, if you try to impersonate someone whose body shape is significantly different from your own, even the best disguise skills cannot achieve perfection.

Even if he had cheat codes, he couldn't possibly saw off a person's legs and force them to become shorter.

"Being a detective is really tough; it seems like you have to know a little bit of everything..."

Sato Miwako thought for a moment and found Fujino's explanation quite reasonable. She sighed inwardly and then looked at Takagi teasingly, "But Takagi pretending to be a woman... maybe it's really worth a try. That way, I won't have to be the bait all by myself anymore."

"Officer Sato!"

Takagi felt like crying but had no tears left to shed.

Is Sato Miwako really going to ask him to pretend to be a woman?

Although he will most likely agree.

But isn't that a bit too awkward...?

"I was just joking."

Sato Miwako chuckled softly.

"By the way, Inspector Megure."

At that moment, Fujino suddenly turned to Inspector Juzo Megure and asked, "I just heard from Officer Sato that you guys are staking out a suspect who attacked a woman. Can you tell me what happened?"

Has Sato already told you about this?

Juzo Megure paused for a moment, then turned to look at Sato Miwako beside him.

"Officer Sato did tell me about this. I heard that a thug who attacks fashionable women has been loitering around here recently."

After a pause, Fujino continued, "However, she didn't say much at the time, so I thought I'd ask her what happened."

"Takagi, show the photo to Fujino- kun."

Juzo Megure called out to Takagi Shiro, then pondered, "That guy has been around recently, specifically targeting young women. Judging from the victims' descriptions, the assailant is probably an adult male around 150 centimeters tall..."

"These are photos of the victims."

Takagi Wataru took out three long photos from his inner pocket and handed them to Fujino.

The first person attacked was a girl named Mizutani Ryoko. She had long brown hair, wore a fluffy coat, and had skin as dark as that of an African American, similar to Hattori Heiji. She also had light-colored makeup on her eyelids and lips.

She was rear-ended while waiting at a red light. Just as she got out of the car to argue with the driver, the other person knocked her unconscious with a blunt object.

The second girl who was attacked was named Endo Hitomi. She had short blonde hair, similar makeup to the first girl, and also had dark skin. She was hit on the head with a club when she came out of the park restroom.

As for the last one, he was named Kuroishi Ruko. His skin was as dark as the previous two, but it was obviously much lighter. His attire and makeup were similar. He was knocked on in a phone booth.

As of now, the three of them have no other distinguishing features other than being dressed very fashionably.

Of course, dark skin was not taken into consideration by them.

It's not for any other reason than that it's a very popular setting right now.

Juzo Megure looked at Fujino expectantly.

After all, in his opinion, trusting his brother would lead to solving the case.

As long as my brother is there, the case can be solved quickly.

"I didn't see anything either."

Fujino shook his head helplessly. "Aside from being Shibuya Gal, they don't have anything in common."

"Brother, didn't you notice anything either?"

Upon Juzo Megure sighed, feeling somewhat weary.

If even my younger brother can't see the connection...

This will definitely make investigating the case much more difficult...

Actually, Fujino wasn't completely ignorant.

Shibuya Gal, which is basically the same as 109 Gal, or dark-skinned foreign girls, usually refers to girls who tan their skin with ultraviolet rays, wear trendy miniskirts, have brown hair, wear exaggerated eyeshadow, and wear platform shoes... except they are all girls.

If he remembers correctly, the connection in this case should be the platform shoes.

About a year ago, the perpetrator's son was hit and killed inside a department store.

The murderer was the so-called Shibuya Gal.

The woman was wearing platform shoes, which may have caused her to brake too late. Although the car was not going fast in the parking lot, it still hit a vital spot.