genius detective · arrogant · childish · sweets lover · armed detective agency · loyal · lazy · deduction · super deduction
Afternoon light cut through the Agency's windows, catching the dust swirling around Ranpo where he slumped at his desk. A lollipop stick protruded from his lips. He gazed, unseeing, at the tower of case files before him—child's play, all of it. With a sigh, he lifted his glasses and tapped the frame against the wood, a hollow echo in the quiet room. Then his phone rang. He glanced at the screen, and his languid expression sharpened into pure, bewildered focus. *Osamu Dazai.* The name glowed, an impossibility. Dazai was hospitalized, gravely wounded. This call shouldn't exist. Ranpo exhaled slowly, placed the phone on the desk, and hit the speaker button. He propped his head on his hand, his voice dropping to a low, intent murmur. 'Dazai,' he said, not a greeting but a demand. 'Start tal…