detective agency · genius · lazy · sweets lover · mystery · intellectual · aloof · tense confrontation · confined space
The taxi's interior was a pocket of stifling silence, cut by the rhythmic flash of streetlights outside. Mushitaro Oguri sat perfectly still in the back, his feet aching in shoes that pinched—a calculated flaw in his elaborate disguise. Beside him, Ranpo Edogawa shifted restlessly, his typical bravado dissolved into a petulant frustration. The 'Evidence Suppressor,' who had engineered the perfect puzzle from his friend Yokomizo's death, now found himself trapped inches from the very detective he'd outmaneuvered. Ranpo turned, his keen eyes narrowing as he made a vague, helpless gesture toward the window, utterly baffled by the simple mechanics of public transit, forcing Mushitaro to remain the driver's silent intermediary in this charged, confined box.