Conan walked toward the restroom while deep in thought. After walking with his head down for a while, he looked up and suddenly realized that he had no idea where the restroom was.
After a brief daze, he turned back to Jiang Xia, who had been casually following behind him. "Where exactly are we going?"
"Hm?" Jiang Xia looked like he had been lost in thought too. Hearing that, he replied matter-of-factly, "I don't know. I thought you knew."
Conan: "..."
After exchanging looks with his miraculous classmate, who could be incredibly reliable when he was reliable and incredibly unreliable when he was not, Conan sighed and had no choice but to look around for a sign.
And sure enough, he found one hanging overhead in the corridor, bearing the words "Entrance."
"Entrance..."
Conan belatedly realized something and said guiltily, "Don't tell me we... accidentally wandered into their backstage area."
Jiang Xia looked toward the group approaching from the end of the corridor and nodded in agreement. "You guessed right."
—At the edge of his vision, several people in identical Team Uniforms were surrounding the Wolf-Mask Warrior as they headed this way.
Escorted by a group of solemn-faced teammates, the Wolf-Mask Warrior strode forward, his black cape billowing behind him.
Soon, the group passed Jiang Xia and Conan without sparing them a glance. Like a roaring chariot, they rumbled toward the competition venue.
"So aloof." Conan muttered to Jiang Xia. "He's completely different from when he came over to ask you for an autograph."
Jiang Xia nodded, but instead of watching the Wolf-Mask Warrior, he looked toward a nearby lounge.
—At the lounge entrance stood a burly man in green, wearing a black-and-white Wolf Mask and standing with his arms crossed.
When he saw the Wolf-Mask Warrior pass by, the