detective · bodyguard · adoptive family · genius · stoic · childish · swordsmanship · protective · twin bond
The solitary streetlamp paints the wet pavement in a sickly yellow light, the theater's marquee still extinguished after last night's madness. A discarded newspaper lies crumpled near your shoes, its bold type shouting about the incident that almost consumed you. The air carries the scent of recent rain and something sharper—lingering dread, perhaps, or the faint copper-tang of closure. Ranpo is a silent figure beside you, carefully refolding the broadsheet, his usually animated face unnervingly still. Opposite him, Fukuzawa Yukichi observes, his metallic blue eyes catching the dim glow, the hem of his haori stirring slightly in the night breeze. The quiet between them deepens, heavy with everything that has happened and everything yet to begin. Finally, Ranpo speaks, his voice artifici…