It's him. It must be because of him.
The sudden light made Robin instantly realize what was happening.
"What the hell is going on? Who turned on the lights?"
Two-Face raised his pistol and scanned his surroundings with a fierce gaze, his eyes sharp and alert, as if he were hunting something invisible.
Just then, he felt a slight itch on his head, as if something soft had landed on it.
"What is this?"
He reached up, brushed the top of his head, and pulled the foreign object down.
It was a feather.
"How is this possible?"
The "court" Two-Face had set up was not outdoors, but inside a warehouse within the ACE Chemical Plant.
This place did not even have windows. It was a completely enclosed space. Logically, no bird could have flown in, so where did this feather come from?
Before he could process his confusion, another feather drifted down from above, brushing past Two-Face's face.
No, more than one.
Rustle, rustle, rustle~~!
In an instant, countless feathers drifted out of nowhere, filling the room until they blocked everyone's view, like a storm of white falling indoors.
The jurors cried out in panic. Some instinctively raised their arms to shield their faces, while others shrank back in their chairs, terrified by the unnatural phenomenon unfolding before them.
Whether guided by deliberate control or sheer coincidence, the falling feathers gradually gathered from every corner of the room and converged before everyone's eyes.
At the center of Two-Face's "court," countless feathers swirled through the air, forming a rising white vortex.
Woosh! woosh! wossh!
The feathers rotated faster and faster, spiraling upward like a living thing, as if something unseen were shaping them according to its will.
This unprecedented and miraculous sight left Two-Face momentarily stunned.
For the first time since the trial began, his expression faltered.
Snap~!
A crisp sound of a finger snap echoed through the room.
With that sound, the white vortex abruptly stopped and collapsed to the floor all at once.
Amid the feathers, a figure appeared out of thin air.
A white tuxedo and cape, blue lining and a red tie, a monocle reflecting a mysterious glint of light, and a confident smile that seemed eternal.
The identity of the newcomer was unmistakable.
"Isn't that… Kaitou Kid?!"
The twelve jurors and the judge stared in shock at Kaitou Kid, who had emerged from the sea of feathers.
"Wait. Wasn't he just caught by Catwoman? And he was lying on the ground over there…"
They confusedly shifted their gaze to the spot where Kaitou Kid had been unconscious just moments ago.
At once, an even more shocking sight appeared before them.
"What? That's impossible!"
The Kaitou Kid who had just been captured by Catwoman, was ...still lying there!
His white suit was slightly rumpled, his monocle tilted, his body completely motionless.
Could the one on the ground be a dummy?
But would Catwoman really be fooled by a dummy?
Moreover, Two-Face had personally checked the unconscious Kaitou Kid just now. Neither of them seemed like the kind of people who could not tell the difference between a real person and a fake.
Could it be that there had been two Kaitou Kids from the beginning?
The thought sent a chill through everyone present.
"Hey, Kaitou Kid! Hurry up and untie the ropes for me. We can deal with Two-Face together! After that, whatever you want to take from him, I'll pretend I didn't see it this time."
While everyone else was stunned by the simultaneous appearance of two Kaitou Kids, Robin, tied tightly to a chair, shouted toward him.
"Oh~~~? Isn't this the little birdy I saved that day? It's only been a few days. How did you get caught again?"
Hearing the voice, Kaitou Kid turned his head toward Robin and feigned surprise, his tone light and teasing, as if he were greeting an old acquaintance rather than walking into a deadly trap.
However, Robin ignored Kaitou Kid's teasing and warned him urgently.
"Watch your back!"
Just a few meters behind Kaitou Kid, Two-Face had already aimed his gun at him.
His finger rested on the trigger, veins bulging on the back of his hand.
At the same time, his other hand tossed the coin into the air.
Ting~~!
The metallic sound of the spinning coin echoed in the silent room, clear and sharp.
"Aha~ Don't worry. Today, he won't be able to fire a single shot."
Kaitou Kid turned his head calmly and stood there with complete confidence, his posture relaxed, as if the gun pointed at his back did not exist at all.
He did not dodge, did not move, and did not even raise his hands.
He simply waited.
Sure enough, the side facing up was still the unscarred head.
The coin landed neatly on the back of Two-Face's hand.
The clean side.
Again.
The air seemed to freeze.
"…When?"
Two-Face clenched the coin in his palm, his knuckles whitening.
He took a deep breath, forcing himself to stay calm, then stared straight at Kaitou Kid.
His eyes were filled with suspicion, fury, and something closer to fear.
"When did you tamper with my coin?"
"Interesting, Mr. Dent. You should know that I've only just arrived here. When would I have had the time to tamper with your coin?"
Kaitou Kid spoke as if he genuinely had no idea what Two-Face was talking about.
His voice was gentle, his expression sincere, almost innocent.
"Besides, hasn't that coin been on you the whole time? I'm afraid no one but yourself could have tampered with it."
!!! Those words struck Two-Face's mind like a bolt of lightning.
No one but myself could have tampered with the coin… no one but myself… besides me…
No!
There's someone else.
There's one more person.
There's one more person who could tamper with the coin.
It's you. You cheated. You violated our agreement.
Two-Face roared in his mind.
Good people shouldn't do bad things. And cheating is a very bad thing.
No, I never did that. You should know that very well yourself.
Another voice answered calmly.
How would I know what you did while I wasn't looking?
Of course you know, because I am you, and you are me. You know I didn't touch that coin.
Then why does the coin always favor your side?
Two-Face's breathing grew heavier.
His grip on the gun tightened unconsciously, the barrel trembling slightly.
The jurors watched him in terror, not daring to make a sound.
Even Robin could sense that something was about to break.
"Want to know why?"
Stop the fucking nonsense! If you know, then say it! Eh..?
Suddenly, Two-Face's outburst came to an abrupt halt.
Because the voice just now had not sounded in his mind.
It had come from right in front of him.
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