"Natural hot springs really are more comfortable, aren't they?"
"Yeah! They really are much nicer..."
"Hehe, this is actually part of the resort too. Regular guests can make reservations to come here."
"Huh, so this is part of your family's property too?"
"You could say that. A hot spring where you can see the ocean—and even whales surfacing—sounds pretty interesting, doesn't it?"
Listening to Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki chat as they wiped away their sweat and walked over to the table, Conan remained staring out at the sea, lost in thought.
Tangze had been right. The island's current attractions and many of its renovated facilities had all been developed with the Suzuki family's funding after Suzuki Resort chose this location.
They were currently seated on a semi-open terrace. This hot spring occupied one of the best viewpoints among the island's higher elevations. Anyone visiting the island would surely not want to miss it.
A tourist destination planned and developed by Sonoko Suzuki sounded incredibly unfamiliar, much like the thoughts Conan was currently struggling to control.
Was Tangze, who had been acting alongside them as usual, really Tangze himself? The answer was obvious.
Certainly, based on the people Conan had encountered who could disguise themselves, the Tangze they had met after arriving on the island could have been Joker in disguise. But after Shuichi Akai's fake death, Conan had watched his mother, who had become considerably more serious for once, answer many of Shuichi Akai's questions. His understanding of disguises was no longer what it used to be.
According to Yukiko Kudo, regardless of the method used to alter one's face, fully impersonating another person required at least one of the following: a disguise mask, injectable fillers, or special facial reshaping. If one relied purely on makeup, ordinary social distance