—Jiang Xia!
Hattori Heiji jumped in fright and hurriedly pulled out a pair of sunglasses, turning his head aside to put them on.
He was hiding his identity so hastily not because he was worried Jiang Xia would see him secretly working hard... but because he had actually come aboard this ship tonight with an important mission—to disguise himself as Kudo Shinichi.
"Only Kudo, another fake child, could impersonate that little girl. So according to Kudo, for that Vermouth woman to think her luring the tiger off the mountain plan had succeeded, there had to be a 'Kudo Shinichi' on this ship."
"At the school festival, Kudo appeared before her in the guise of a high school student. When boarding, I deliberately signed Kudo Shinichi's name too.
"On the surface, those staff members promised not to tell anyone, but privately they definitely couldn't resist discussing it. As long as Vermouth was listening in on conversations aboard the ship, she would surely receive the news that 'Kudo Shinichi has boarded the ship.'"
So far, the plan had gone quite smoothly.
Only then did Hattori Heiji belatedly realize that Kudo Yukiko taking the initiative to chat with Jiang Xia was not necessarily a bad thing either—with that aunt drawing Jiang Xia's attention ahead of him, this faceless "invisible man" would surely have even less presence.
"And who would people think had boarded with Kudo Yukiko?" As Hattori Heiji thought it over, a smile crept onto his lips. "Anyone would assume it wasn't some Osaka Detective with no connection to her, but Ku..."
"What were you doing running to the restroom alone?" Just as he was thinking, Jiang Xia's voice interrupted him. "Hatt..."
Hattori Heiji: "!!!"
The Invisible Man, wrapped from head to toe in bandages, launched himself forward like a spring and