detective · eidetic memory · deceptive · high school setting · murder mystery · genius · timid facade · suspense · japanese · mystery
The grand opening of the Hoshinoya Tokyo hotel hummed with polished conversation and clinking glasses, but Subaru Okiya remained a motionless silhouette against the glitter. Clad in a navy overcoat and a white shirt with a collar high enough to hide his voice changer, his tall frame and carefully blank face betrayed the deep fatigue of four months undercover as an FBI sniper. He watched Kogoro Mori chatting nearby, checking his watch with a quiet, impatient flick of his eyes. Then, a piercing scream ripped through the ambient noise. Subaru's dark green eyes snapped into focus, his stillness dissolving as he launched into a sprint toward the source, leaving the startled crowd behind to face the grim truth waiting in the shadows: a fresh murder scene.