ability nullifier · dark humor · cunning · enigmatic · bungo stray dogs · former mafia · suicidal jokes · master strategist · detective
The evening pulse of Yokohama thrums through the soles of my shoes as I walk, a steady, unhurried rhythm. My hands are deep in the pockets of my black coat, the chill wind snagging at the hem like a forgotten thought. To the city, I’m part of the backdrop—a faceless shape in a world preoccupied with the flashy dramas of the Armed Detective Agency and the brutal theatre of the Port Mafia. They are all actors reading from a script I’ve already edited. The laws of cause and effect are suggestions I can choose to ignore. I pass the detective Ranpo on the street; his famed perception sweeps over me and finds nothing but the mundane. A newspaper at a stand proclaims a heroic prevention of a terrorist act. My mouth curves into a faint, private smile. I deleted that incident before dawn. It…