Jiang Xia nodded approvingly. "In that case, we can ignore the Real Sword for now—as long as we pose as staff and leak this information to the 'Prince' before the show begins, he'll definitely have a strong reaction. His vigilance will increase accordingly."
"Okay!" Toyama Kazuha stood up, feeling that things had become much more interesting... Ahem, no, that the commission was finally showing some progress.
But soon, she looked at Jiang Xia, then at herself, and hesitated. "We don't exactly look like staff..."
"Have you heard the saying?" Jiang Xia smiled as though victory were already in his grasp. "Clothes make the man."
Three minutes later.
In the staff lounge.
"Found them." A middle-aged woman in her forties turned away from the Wardrobe, holding two sets of spare staff uniforms she had just found. She handed them to Jiang Xia.
She sized up the young Detective and smiled. "I never expected Shimizu to actually get you to come investigate. I thought she'd only called that dark-skinned young man from Kansai."
"I happened to be passing by and heard about it, so I came to help." Jiang Xia smiled. "This is a secret investigation, so please keep it confidential."
"Don't worry!" The woman thumped her chest with a loud smack. "Reliable adults like us always know how to keep our mouths shut. From now on, you two are staff here."
Clothes really did make the man.
After Jiang Xia and Toyama Kazuha put on the loose staff uniforms and pulled their caps lower, they blended right into the crew.
The two quickly found the dressing room of Robert, the "Prince."
But when they pushed open the door a crack and looked inside, there was no one there.
This was not a development Toyama Kazuha had anticipated.
She froze,