"Once you're out, you can get rid of that outfit."
Seeing Conan's movements, Tangze, who had plenty of experience, explained.
Under normal circumstances, Tangze switched into Phantom Thief form to shift back and forth between Joker and his own appearance. Since the Phantom Thief form had already been anchored by a great deal of cognition, it could naturally maintain the white-haired state stably.
As for Shinichi Kudo, he was still locked in by the concept of the Death God, which was why he could not easily change his appearance.
Once he returned to reality, he would naturally be able to get rid of that outfit and become himself again. Keeping the white hair would not be easy.
"Is that so..." Tugging it again and feeling the pull of his scalp resisting, Shinichi Kudo looked thoughtfully at Joker.
This was one aspect of cognition being capable of changing the world itself. Could Joker's unusual appearance...
He tucked that thought away. Shinichi Kudo did not comment further on his special form, instead sighing over Yadaken Makoto's situation.
"So Yadaken ended up looking like that because of this too?"
When he had first come to Higashioho Village, he had had an excellent impression of Yadaken Makoto.
As the type of detective who loved solving mysteries and needed neither fame nor profit to motivate him, finding enough enjoyment and fulfillment in the act of deduction itself, Shinichi Kudo had always loved getting to the bottom of things.
A year ago, he had not only solved the mystery of Village Chief Higashihara's death, but had also cleared away the fog that had always hung over this village—the truth of what the so-called "Death God" really was.
Simply put, after losing his daughter, Mr. Yadaken had created the Death God as a guise to frighten children