The Split-Actress in Conan's World

"and many more."

Just as Chiyoko was about to go in and take a look, Haibara Ai reached out and grabbed him.

She walked into the fabric shop, picked out a few items, took out the mark she had asked for from Hohenzollern before leaving, paid the bill, and took Chiyoko into the alley next door.

"What are you buying these for?" Chiyoko was puzzled.

"You'll know in a moment." Huibara Ai blinked mysteriously.

Not long after, two masked men walked out of the alley.

"I've never heard of you being able to do this?" Chiyomi touched her slightly bloated and now thicker body, feeling very surprised.

"I learned it from sisters Yukiko and Mio." Haibara Ai raised her head proudly, revealing her smooth snow-white neck.

"However, the conditions are limited after all. I can't disguise myself, but it is relatively easy to simply change my body shape."

At this time, the bodies of the two men were completely covered by the black robes, and some parts were filled with cloth, so their original body shapes were almost invisible, and their eye-catching hair was also put into the hoods.

Haibara Ai carefully helped Chiyoko tuck in a strand of his long silver hair that had been exposed, and then pulled him back into the fabric shop.

Just now, when Haibara Ai was helping him disguise himself, Chiyoko was not idle either. He made full use of his excellent observation skills and figured out how to enter the black market.

Although the flow of people here is not endless, it is definitely not small, so some of the special little movements of some individuals cannot escape his sight, allowing him to summarize some rules.

Chiyoko walked to a corner in the southwest of the store, picked up a roll of cloth that looked a little old and flipped through it, then looked at the store owner who was absent-mindedly tidying up the shelves.

"Is there a smaller piece of cloth? I plan to buy it and use it as a tablecloth."

The shop owner looked up and did not comment on their strange attire. Instead, he put down his work and walked into a room deep in the shop.

"Come with me."

Chiyoko and Haibara Ai looked at each other and followed.

Walking past the back of the shop, there is not a tailor's room but a somewhat empty bedroom. Passing through the bedroom and walking out of a small door covered with a curtain on the other side, there is an open air space. Not far away is a dilapidated warehouse that seems to be used to store cloth.

Entering the warehouse, the two looked around calmly.

The shop owner ignored them and walked into the warehouse shelves, quickly disappearing among the colorful cloths. After a slight noise, he came out with an old cloth embroidered with a swan in his hand.

He glanced at the cloth on the two men, which was obviously just sold from his own shop, and said, "Don't worry, we won't investigate where you got the information from. Just be honest and follow the rules. Thirty marks. When you go down, give the things to the gatekeeper and say that old Peak introduced them to you."

Chiyoko nodded, handed over the silver coin, and took the old cloth from the shop owner. The shop owner then led the two to the back of the warehouse, pushed away a pile of miscellaneous items that were hiding their presence, and then opened the door to the cellar.

"Remember, I only provide an entrance here. When you leave, go in another direction. Don't go back the same way."

After saying this and watching the two people walk away, the shop owner closed the door without hesitation. Then there was a burst of noise, and it sounded like the sundries were piled up again to block the door.

It has a sense of ritual of underground activities.

The two of them didn't care and walked down the stairs.

Although it was a cellar, it was not completely dark. There was an oil lamp hanging on the walls on both sides every few meters, burning quietly and emitting a dim yellow light.

"It seems like there is ventilation here." Haibara Ai's nose twitched slightly, sniffing the air and feeling the carbon and oxygen content here.

"The boss said there are other exits. The underground of Prussia shouldn't be connected in all directions, right?" Chiyomi touched his chin and thought.

I walked down a few more steps and estimated that I was about three or four meters underground when the steps finally disappeared and turned into flat ground.

There are ordinary earthen walls and land under the cellar, and the space is not very large.

However, directly opposite the steps, there was a spacious bronze door, which was tightly closed. Next to the door sat a gray-haired old man, lying on his back in a rocking chair with his eyes closed.

As the two approached, the old man opened his eyes, and his cloudy gray eyes looked somewhat sharp.

"Old Peak introduced it to me." Chiyoko didn't want to cause any trouble, so she just did what the shop owner said.

The old man took the old cloth, glanced at it casually, and without saying anything more, he picked up a black fire stick from his feet and knocked twice on the thick bronze door.

Click.

The door opened a crack.

He tilted his head, motioning the two to do as they pleased. The old man dropped the fire stick, lay back down and closed his eyes.

Reaching her hand into the gap, Chiyoko opened the door.

What’s surprising is that although it looks so heavy, it feels very light when you open it with your hands, as if it is not made of bronze at all.

When Chiyoko and Haibara Ai walked over, the bronze door slowly closed.

Chiyoko thought about it, then turned around and knocked.

The bronze door didn't move at all, and didn't make even the slightest sound. Instead, it seemed to have the heaviness that it should have.

"What's the principle behind this? Is it an automatic door?" Haibara Ai touched it curiously.

Chiyoko shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

But after all, they had a purpose, so they didn't waste time here and soon forgot about the bronze door.

What meets the eye is a brilliant scene.

They thought that this black market would continue to be as simple as the previous cellar, but surprisingly, this was not the case.

With the bronze door as the dividing line, the ground changed from uneven soil to a smooth stone brick floor, and the walls and ceiling were the same, with surface modifications.

The interior was not dim either. The lighting was not from the oil lamps or gas lamps commonly used by people of that era, but from beads of unknown material, of varying sizes, irregularly inlaid on the walls and ceiling, emitting a soft, bright light.

There are thick wall pillars every few meters, which not only serve as support but also divide different areas into natural boundaries. People who want to set up stalls will set up their stalls in these areas, and the distances between them serve as walkways for people to walk around.

At first glance, there were quite a few people to be seen. There were fifty or sixty people walking around in the area in front of them alone, and this was just an area the size of a piece of cloth spread on the ground.

Most of the tourists were like them, some just covered their faces with masks, while others also wore robes, covering their entire bodies completely.

However, there were also some people who, not knowing whether they didn't care or what, did not cover themselves at all and just walked openly in the crowd with curiosity and amusement on their faces.

The clothes worn by these people are usually very expensive.

Rather than calling it a black "market", it would be more accurate to say that a new kingdom has been opened up underground in Prussia!