Next, Airi and Shiomi Kotone followed behind the Phantom Thief Troupe, watching them stage a real-life Mission: Impossible—they first lured away the Shadow guards in the security room, then shut off the lights, and finally activated a crane to steal the heavily guarded "Secret Treasure."
However, just as the Phantom Thief Troupe thought they had succeeded and prepared to leave the museum, they discovered that the so-called Secret Treasure was merely a fake. Then another Ittou Ittakura from the cognitive world arrived with a host of guards and surrounded the troupe before gleefully revealing everything to them.
"Miss Airi, are we really not going to help them?"
Hidden within a shadowy crack above the museum, Shiomi Kotone asked softly. Airi shook her head.
"Shh, keep it down. It's not time for us to make our entrance yet."
"But..."
"Careful. We might be discovered."
As she spoke, Airi pressed herself tightly against Shiomi Kotone—the two girls were currently hiding in a gap in the sign above the museum. The narrow space left them unable to move at all, forcing them to press face-to-face against each other.
Thinking of this, Airi worked even harder to make her expression grave and serious.
Shiomi Kotone wanted to say something, but seeing Airi staring intently and seriously below, she could only obediently keep quiet—after all, Airi herself clearly did not think there was anything wrong. Wouldn't it be terribly awkward if Shiomi Kotone took it too seriously?
Thus, Shiomi Kotone said nothing and turned to look below as well.
Down below, the confrontation between the Phantom Thief Troupe and the other Ittou Ittakura had reached a fever pitch. Not only that, they learned a secret—Kitagawa Yusuke's mother, who had been Ittou Ittakura's disciple and was now the companion of the Phantom Thief Troupe, had been