Infiltrating Once More

September 6, night, Egota Ward, Kuroba family residence.

"Y-you... this is—" Kuroba Kaito stared at Shiraishi, who had shrunk to a mere six foot three, and asked in shock, "Could it be... Pandora?"

Sure enough, shrinking was something that easily made people think of "eternal life."

"No, it has nothing to do with Pandora. It's just a situation similar to that kid's." Shiraishi said directly.

Kaito had already noticed Conan's condition during the Tsar Egg incident.

"But didn't he get smaller?" Kaito immediately questioned.

"I reverted to how I looked when I was eight too!" Shiraishi said righteously.

Kaito: ...

"All right, then you can do the makeup now, right?" Shiraishi said calmly.

"You're still a little too big... but I can make use of lighting and shadows... You're sure I only need to do everything above the neck, right?" Kaito emphasized.

As long as the difference in head size stayed within a certain range, Kaito could adjust it with lighting and shadow effects.

But if Shiraishi were in his normal form, Kaito would be out of options.

Kaito had also repeatedly confirmed that Shiraishi only needed it above the neck...

After all, imitating someone's physique depended not on makeup, but on mimicking their gait and using tricks of posture and movement. There was no time to teach Shiraishi those things.

"There's no need to do the body. Didn't I have you make that Stone Man shell?" Shiraishi said with a wave of his hand.

Kaito: ...

Kaito now understood why Shiraishi had made those strange requirements for the Stone Man Bal Masqué shell: it had to fit both Shiraishi himself and someone six foot three.

"How about I just dress up as him directly? I'll slip away midway, then you can get inside the Stone Man costume." Kaito came