The Mystery of Akai Shuichi's Hat

Although Jiang Xia had not sensed any Killing Intent at Okiya Subaru's academic society venue so far,

Akai Shuichi was Red Side after all. Judging by Amuro Tooru, it was perfectly reasonable for him not to give off Killing Intent in his everyday life.

Thinking Like This, Jiang Xia controlled his cat Persona closer to the window and peered eagerly into the venue.

A moment later, he disappointedly realized that he had probably overthought it.

—The windowsill at the window where he stood was very high.

At a glance, he could see a neat expanse of shiny bald heads. Okiya Subaru, the heretic with hair, stood out particularly conspicuously among them.

Other than Okiya Subaru, there was one more person with a normal amount of hair.

But she was a petite female student.

And as everyone knew, physique had always been the hardest factor to alter in the Conan Logic technique of "disguise," especially changing from tall to short, from large to small.

Even Kid, Kuroba Toichi's personally trained son, could only change his height through such a primitive method as "bending his knees." Akai Shuichi, an amateur, could never shrink his nearly six-foot-three frame into a five-foot-three miniature girl.

As for disguising himself as a bald middle-aged man...

Jiang Xia just could not imagine Akai Shuichi making that kind of sacrifice.

"..." Hm? Wait, perhaps not necessarily.

Jiang Xia roughly searched through his memory. He suddenly realized that, in his impression, Akai Shuichi had always worn a hat, whether during his student days, his FBI days, or his time as an undercover agent...

Sometimes it was a baseball cap, sometimes a swim cap. More often, it was that signature knit cap... His obsession with hats was practically comparable to Vodka's obsession with his sunglasses, or Gin's with his long