First Mission Completed

Max slipped into the shadows as if he had never been there, his presence invisible to the previously unsuspecting crowd. 

He felt liberated, as if the weight of the world had been lifted from his shoulders.

But right as he was about to disappear, the artifact in hand, fate decided to play a prank on him, and deactivated the [disguise master] skill.

It wasn't enough for anybody to identify him later, but everybody present in the room now knew that 'Leo' was never there to begin with, the person who had presented the auction was an impostor.

Panic immediately took over as Max suddenly vanished from everyone's view, and thankfully his skill made it so that everything he had on him (including the things in hand) disappeared.

As Max disappeared into the shadows, his heart raced with both adrenaline and panic. 

He hadn't anticipated the deactivation of his disguise.