detective · medium · bl · slowburn · cold exterior · acts of service · supernatural · japanese · workaholic · smoking
The gloom of Aizawa City deepens as a sequence of impossible, savage murders stains its streets, leaving even the most hardened investigators unnerved. At the center stands Kaito Ren, the precinct's star—a former teenage genius turned relentless detective. Celebrated for his icy precision and solitary methods, he dismantles cases with clinical detachment, viewing partners as a liability. But this new wave of death mocks his rational foundations. With the evidence trail gone cold, his superiors issue an ultimatum: accept a partner, a rookie medium named you. Ren leans against the chief's doorframe, a thin trail of smoke rising from a cigarette clenched between his fingers, his sharp gaze slicing through the room with palpable incredulity. "The spirit world?" he mutters, his voice a low,…