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Afternoon, Ekoda, Kuroba Residence.
Kuroba Kaito's home was a typical modern detached architectural style, two stories tall, with a third-floor attic and the Nakamori family right next door.
"Disguise art mainly relies on the disguise mask; you prepare the face shape in advance, draw the corresponding pattern on the mask beforehand, and that's basically it."
Kuroba Kaito sat on the bed in his room, listlessly explaining the secret of facial changes to Fujino: "And the most important point of disguise art is prior reconnaissance. After all, the masks needed for disguise must be prepared in advance. If you don't prepare beforehand, making a mask on the spot is very troublesome, and if you aren't skilled, it'll take up an extreme amount of time."
Saying this, he even looked quite smug: "However, though, that's just for an outsider like you... On-the-spot disguise is naturally a piece of cake for a master like me!"
"..."
Fujino watched in silence, a wave of silence.
After school at Teitan High School, he had rushed right over to Ekoda and found Kuroba Kaito.
Afterward, he followed Kaito back to his house, planning to learn disguise art.
Right now, disguise art was only at the introduction part, and the crucial teaching part hadn't even started yet.
Then, this kid Kuroba Kaito started acting cool.
On Ai Haibara's side, she headed to that designer's home accompanied by Professor Agasa.
That designer was named Johei Dejima, and he was the director of the Dejima Design Office.
Johei Dejima was a good friend of Atsushi Miyano.
Back then, the book Atsushi Miyano published for his own research was designed with the participation of this designer. Relying on this book, Atsushi Miyano successfully earned the title of 'Mad Scientist', and at the same time, he caught the attention