"What did you say? 'They' are almost here? Who are they?"
Harvey was completely bewildered. He just asked for an explanation. I want to know how you made the previous coin land on heads every single time. So are the people coming going to explain that to him? Did Kid contact a magic trick-explaining squad just for this?
"Haha~ Don't worry. You'll find out soon enough."
Kaitou Kid merely gave a boyish grin and offered no further explanation.
His expression was calm, almost leisurely, as though he were already standing outside the unfolding events rather than inside them.
"If possible, let's meet again in the future, Mr. Harvey Dent."
His voice was gentle, but there was a trace of distance hidden beneath the politeness.
He raised his right hand and snapped his fingers lightly.
At that moment, the ring of special glass surrounding them seemed to receive a command and automatically collapsed outward.
The transparent panels trembled for a brief instant, then shattered all at once.
Bang!
A crisp sound rang out as countless shards of glass burst outward, scattering across the floor like fragments of ice.
The air was filled with sharp reflections of light.
Amid the scattered fragments, Kaitou Kid's figure had already vanished.
There was no dramatic movement, no obvious escape route, no trace of footsteps.
He simply disappeared.
Only Harvey Dent remained standing in the center of the ruined enclosure.
For a brief moment, Harvey felt an indescribable emptiness.
At that moment, the light distorted by the glass returned to normal.
The strange refraction faded away, and the world regained its original shape.
Harvey, Robin, and the others reappeared in one another's sight.
The courtroom that had once felt unreal suddenly became tangible again.
"Two-Face!"
Robin had no idea what had happened inside the glass, so when he saw Two-Face again, he immediately confronted him with a fierce glare.
His body tensed instinctively, ready to attack at any moment.
"Where is Kaitou Kid? What did you two just do?"
"Robin, I believe this is our first meeting."
Harvey did not mind Robin's hostile attitude.
He walked toward him with a calm expression, his footsteps steady.
"If you think you can easily take me down just because I'm tied to this chair, you're mistaken, ay—what are you doing?"
Robin's warning to Two-Face was cut off halfway through.
Because he felt his restraints being released.
The rope around his wrists loosened.
Two-Face had taken the initiative to untie him.
Robin froze for a moment.
His instincts screamed that something was wrong.
"You... are you Kaitou Kid?"
A flash of inspiration struck Robin's mind.
Perhaps the Two-Face before him was Kaitou Kid in disguise...?
After all, he had just witnessed Kaitou Kid perform something that looked almost supernatural.
"Sorry, you guessed wrong, Robin. Kaitou Kid has already left."
Harvey's tone was calm, without the slightest hint of mockery.
After untying Robin, he did not linger.
He walked toward the judge and the jury hostages and began to release them one by one.
His movements were careful, almost gentle.
The hostages looked at him with fear that they could not hide.
Some of them shrank back unconsciously.
Some avoided his gaze entirely.
The way they look at me is filled with unconcealed fear. The emergence of Two-Face has indeed had an irreparable and terrible impact on this city. Sigh...
Looking at the panicked faces of the hostages, Harvey thought heavily to himself.
For the first time, he felt the weight of what he had done not as an abstract concept, but as something tangible.
"What exactly are you trying to do, Two-Face? Are you preparing to surrender?"
Robin frowned as he watched Harvey's movements.
He did not lower his guard.
He had faced too many villains who pretended to repent.
He knew better than anyone that sincerity in Gotham could be a trap.
"That's one way to put it, but more accurately, I'm going to turn myself in."
After untying the last person, Harvey turned to Robin and spoke seriously.
His voice was steady, without hesitation.
"Robin, after we get these people out of the ACE Chemical Plant, let's go to the police station together."
"What!?"
Harvey's words were completely beyond Robin's expectations.
For a moment, Robin wondered if he had misheard.
The idea itself felt absurd.
"Are you sure you're not Kaitou Kid in disguise, just messing with me?"
"I'm not—ah!"
Robin did not give Harvey time to finish.
He darted in front of Two-Face and grabbed his cheek firmly.
Of course, he grabbed the side that was not burned.
He tugged hard.
The result was obvious.
Robin did not pull off anything resembling a mask.
Now he had to admit that this Two-Face was the genuine article.
But even so, he still could not believe Two-Face's words about turning himself in.
"What is your goal? Are you planning to attack the GCPD today?"
Robin grabbed Two-Face's collar and stared intently into his eyes.
He wanted to see the cunning and ruthlessness hidden within.
He wanted to find the familiar madness.
However, in the end, Robin saw only loneliness and guilt in those eyes.
There was no arrogance.
No malice.
Only exhaustion.
"I ...I don't know how to convince you, Robin, but it's only natural that you don't believe me,"
Harvey said.
His voice was low.
"I can only tell you that Kaitou Kid made me realize my mistakes. From now on, I won't do anything bad anymore. I will spend the rest of my life in prison."
He paused briefly, as if choosing his words carefully.
"This is how I truly feel, though I indeed have no evidence to prove it."
Robin remained silent.
For a moment, he did not know what to say.
"...Good grief, what on earth did Kaitou Kid do to you?"
Seeing Harvey speak from the bottom of his heart with that expression, most of the suspicion in Robin's heart had actually vanished.
However, Two-Face had too many priors.
Robin could not bring himself to believe every word Harvey said.
He was still guessing at Two-Face's true objective.
"Give me your coin."
Robin released Harvey's collar and held out his hand.
"Here... Take it."
Harvey placed the only coin he had on him into Robin's hand.
His movements were slow and deliberate.
"Wait, this isn't your coin!"
Robin picked up the coin and immediately noticed something was wrong.
Two-Face's coin had heads on both sides, but one side bore several obvious scratches to serve as tails.
But the coin in Robin's hand now, though it also had heads on both sides, did not have a single scratch.
It was flawless.
Smooth.
Almost too perfect.
"The previous coin was taken by Kaitou Kid. This is the gift he gave me in exchange,"
Harvey explained.
Robin stared at the coin in silence.
For some reason, he felt a strange sense of unease.
Wee-woo, wee-woo~~~!!!
Just then, the sound of police sirens echoed outside the ACE Chemical Plant.
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