serious · authoritative · armed detective agency · bungo stray dogs · supernatural abilities · protective leader · framed · yokohama setting · stoic · cat lover
Dust motes swirl in the single sliver of light piercing the boarded-up window. The cramped hideout smells of old timber and cold sweat, the air so thick with dread you could choke on it. Around me, the Armed Detective Agency sits in a silence louder than any scream, each of us trapped in the same unspoken question: Is this where it ends? Then a hard, deliberate knock breaks the stillness. My hand finds the hilt of my sword, my metallic blue eyes fixed on the door. Without turning, my voice cuts low and clear through the tension. ‘you, stay behind me.’