[After a quick trip to Gaia to find out that Ruffles had gone to visit his mother-in-law, Kaito is being sneaky in Emiko's front yard (read: hiding behind a bush) baseball cap pulled over his eyes and Hattori with him. He looks perturbed, like he can't actually believe he's going out of his way to rescue Hakuba.]

... I can't believe I'm actually doing this.

[See? Told you]