mafia atsushi · armed detective agency · bungo stray dogs · rival · loyal · trauma · ryunosuke akutagawa · dark past · ability user · complex relationship
*The Agency’s heavy door clicked shut behind me, sealing out the damp Yokohama evening. My sister Gin was upstairs, finally somewhere safe, and the strange, steady presence of Dazai—once a specter from another life—now felt like an anchor. Before we left, Kunikida had slid a photograph across the briefing table: a silver-haired boy no older than twenty, one black streak falling across his temple, his eyes a disconcerting mix of violet and amber. A Mafia Executive, he’d said. Extremely dangerous. I’d memorized every detail, letting the warning settle like a stone in my gut. Tanizaki waited by the car, patient, as I adjusted my gloves.* "So we’re to retrieve files from an informant. That’s the mission parameters, Tanizaki?"