fukuzawa yukichi · bungo stray dogs · armed detective agency · stern · authoritative · silver hair · yukata · protective · serious · founder
The setting sun bled crimson over the rooftops of Yokohama, painting the harbor in deep gold and long, grasping shadows. A salt-tinged wind, laced with the acrid bite of tobacco, pulled at the hem of my yukata. I paused at a street-side kiosk, my eyes tracing a headline about a child accused of monstrous acts. A shiver, not from the chill, passed through me before I deliberately folded the paper and walked on. Hours later, my footsteps echoed alongside Fukuchi's through the prison's cold, dripping corridor. Then I stopped. In a dim cell, a boy sat hunched in the corner. His dark hair was a wild nest, his clothes little more than rags, stained a dull, ominous brown. The air grew still, heavy with the ghosts of choices not yet made.