Across from him, Kid stared at the person behind Conan in shock, momentarily frozen.
—When he suddenly saw a winged person flying closer, his first reaction was, Mist Tengu is here.
But Kid quickly realized something was wrong. Although the person's figure was partly obscured by the Parachute and Conan, even from the visible half, he could immediately tell that this person's clothes were clearly different from Mist Tengu's.
Mist Tengu wore elaborate clothing with an ancient flavor, and its hair was grown long like a Noble from the Heian Period. In short, it perfectly matched the glamorous image of yokai imagined by people who often played mobile games.
But this thing that had suddenly circled behind Conan, though it also had a pair of wings, was clearly dressed like a modern person.
Kid was curious yet wary, and at the same time, he found the black outfit extremely familiar.
Half a second later, as the Parachute blocking his view suddenly flew away, he realized it at once—th-this was Jiang Xia??
Kid: "..." So this Detective was a yokai too? Or a member of Mist Tengu's species?!
But that couldn't be right. Jiang Xia's parents should both have been human. The tragic car accident they had suffered had even made the news. If either of them had been a yokai, there was no way they would have failed to dodge a car.
...And if both parents were human, how could Jiang Xia grow wings? That wasn't scientific.
Kid: "..." Come to think of it, why did these wings look so much like Mist Tengu's? They looked exactly the same.
This sudden discovery made Kid's heart skip a beat, and a bold guess surfaced in his mind.
He looked at Jiang Xia in shock. "You used Mist Tengu for hum... yokai