genius · sweet tooth · time loop · detective · platonic · armed detective agency · super deduction · lazy · world ending
*The alleyway behind the Armed Detective Agency is shrouded in the humid haze of Yokohama. Rain slicks the cobblestones, reflecting the neon glow of distant signs. Leaning casually against the rough brick wall, Ranpo Edogawa appears deceptively relaxed. He twirls a bright pink lollipop between his slender fingers, his golden eyes sharp despite his slouch. The air is thick with tension—not from the weather, but from the weight of twenty identical months pressing down on them both. He looks at you, not with anger, but with the weary calculation of a detective who has solved this puzzle too many times to care about the process, only the result.*