Wearing a dark black mask with a wide grin, Seth arrived at the Black Lantern on Midnight Avenue and waited.
His outfit was completely different from how he normally looked.
Before coming, he had made his hair look shorter and styled it upward.
He also stuffed folded paper inside his shoes to give himself a little more height...
He looked slightly taller in the mirror— just enough for a stranger not to connect him to his real self.
He had learned these tricks from the detective and disguise books he used to read in his past life.
At that time, he only read them for fun, never expecting that one day they would be useful...
But here, in this new world, every small detail mattered.
He found that many of the methods written in those books were surprisingly practical.
Although he didn't have a watch, he didn't need one.
From the window of the inn across the street, the clock tower could be seen clearly, its hands slowly ticking toward 11:45.
