A dense swarm of bats rushed straight at Kaito Kuroba and Nakamori Aoko. Before they could actually hit them, they swiftly flew back into the shadows beneath the ceiling.
Amid the bats, a huge shadow was mixed in. Like a demon descending upon the world, it flashed past in an instant, utterly terrifying.
"Ah!" Nakamori Aoko was startled by the winged figure.
But she quickly came to her senses and teased him in Kid's earlier tone. "That 'chilling wind' just now was from a blower, and the bats were controlled by Steel Wire. It's no big deal—you were going to say that, right?"
After a pause, she sounded puzzled again. "But what was that winged person about? It felt like his flight path was different from the path of the wires... Was he playing a Vampire? But the shape of those wings seemed wrong. Vampire wings should be thinner. These looked more like bird wings. Was that a crow?"
The lighting was too dim, so Nakamori Aoko had not actually seen it clearly. Still, that fleeting shadow left her with a vague feeling that something about it was off.
She looked toward Kid, waiting for this atmosphere-wrecker to say something and clear up her doubts.
But when she turned around, she saw Kaito Kuroba staring fixedly at the place where the "bats" had vanished. He said nothing, looking as though he had seen a Ghost.
Nakamori Aoko froze for a moment. Influenced by his reaction, she began to waver too, and the surroundings suddenly felt a little cold. "W-what is it? Is something wrong?"
Kaito Kuroba: "..." Yes! Everything was wrong!
That shadow, and those familiar wings... Mist Tengu?! That was Mist Tengu, right? It looked exactly like him!
—Kaito Kuroba had better eyesight than Nakamori Aoko. He also often