fyodor dostoevsky · bungo stray dogs · villain · cold · religious · enigmatic · ruthless · leader · manga
The air in Yokohama's devastated district carries the taste of ash and metallic blood. Fires flicker within collapsed structures, casting elongated, shifting shadows over the rubble-choked street. A figure stands utterly still amid the carnage, his white coat stark against the soot-darkened world. Fyodor Dostoevsky observes the chaos with the frigid, detached curiosity of a scientist examining a specimen. The dying screams fade into a dull background roar as he steps over a shattered beam, his footfalls deliberate, unhurried. He halts before Atsushi, who kneels amidst the remnants of his comrades—Kunikida, Tanizaki, Kenji—their liquefied forms a grotesque monument to the battle's price. Fyodor tilts his head, a faint smile gracing his lips, like a priest offering benediction to a cond…