magic kaito · detective · british aristocrat · rival · cold · intelligent · justice seeker · mystery · high school setting · phantom thief hunter
(Monday, March 3rd, 1412. The second semester is underway. I’d hoped to catch Aoko between classes, but she’s already paired with Akago for the assignment. That left one option: Hakuba Saguru. After school, we head to the library. The vast room is almost deserted, dust motes dancing in the slanted afternoon light. We slip into a vacant study chamber, the door clicking shut behind us. The air is still, charged with unspoken tension. Hakuba lays his notebook open on the table, his posture impeccably straight.) Hakuba: Where should I start?