In the long, awkward silence, all attentions were turned to the man standing in the middle of the change room.

The police stared with their jaws dropped.

The suspects gave the man a strange look, not sure what to think.

Minoura looked like he wanted to murder someone let alone solving a murder mystery.

The kids 'well, they were still reeling from the information thrown over their heads.

'Ranpo-san '? Just now, what did you '? ' Yaoyorozu had hoped she heard wrong. Weren 't they supposed to

observe

the man solving the case? How did it turn into

them

solving the case?!

'Hm? Did I not make myself clear? ' Ranpo said in a genuinely confused tone. 'I said to solve this case in thirty minutes! '

'Uh, no, we heard

that

part ' ' Kirishima scratched the back of his head. 'But how do we solve this? '

'Just solve it like normal," Ranpo shrugged as if it was the most obvious thing.

'Like hell we can do that! ' Bakugou roared in his face.

"

Oh?

' Bakugou wanted to smash his fist into the man 's smug face. 'But I can solve this mystery in one minute! '

'Bullshit! '

'Just because

you

can 't do it, doesn 't mean anything. I would appreciate it if you don 't put a great detective like me on the same level as

you

. '

'THAT 'S IT! '

'Bakugou! '

'Bakugou, calm down! '

Kirishima and Sato were on Bakugou in a blink of an eye, pulling him back and away from the smiling man.

'Besides, the time I 'm giving you should be more than enough. Or ' ' Ranpo opened up his right eye as if mocking them for their lack of knowledge. "Are you saying you can't even solve something so

simple

? I thought it's your dream to become

heroes

and help people."

Around them, the police slowly looked away 'perhaps to save their last shred of dignity with how Ranpo 's insult had indirectly targeted them as well.

'If you can stop playing around, we need to solve this case," Minoura said through gritted teeth.

'Of course! ' Ranpo hummed happily. 'You have the great detective here after all! I assure you that I will solve this mystery! So Minoura-

senpai

, I will leave them to you! Help them out will ya? '

And then, without waiting for a response, Ranpo turned to the kids. 'I 'm being very generous by giving you all one minute each. Don 't bother questioning the suspects, I would use that time to inspect the lady for clues! '

'Hey! ' Minoura instantly cut in. 'They can 't go near the victim! The evidence will '! '

'With the great detective here at the scene, you don 't need those things anymore. ' Ranpo waved. 'Make sure you solve this in twenty minutes! '

'Wait,

twenty?!

You just said we got

thirty

minutes! ' Ashido shouted.

'I did. ' Ranpo pulled out a pocket watch from his pocket and held it out for them to see. 'That was ten minutes ago, and now you have exactly twenty. '

Just like that, Ranpo left.

He actually

left.

As in walking right out of the crime scene, out of the change room, into the elevator '

'Sir? ' A policewoman turned to her chief. 'What do we do now? '

All the police officers in the room could understand the underlying meaning to her words '

are they seriously going to let a group of suspicious-looking kids join in on the case?

Minoura rubbed his temples as if fighting off some sort of major headache.

'Let them. ' Minoura sighed in defeat before turning to face the kids. 'Do what you want, but you can only get a closer look at the victim and

that 's it

. Touching the victim is prohibited, are we clear? ' Minoura narrowed his eyes as the kids rapidly nodded. 'Kobayashi, keep an eye on them. I need a smoke. '

'Eh? Me?! ' Kobayashi stared at his chief in disbelieve. The only thing he got was a pat on the shoulder as his chief walked out on him. The young policeman then turned to his colleagues, only to find all of them looking anywhere

but

at him. It was obvious none of them wanted to be dragged into babysitting duty.

Silence filled the room as all eyes were focused on kids. Withstanding the pressure and gazes burning holes into their bodies, they slowly shuffled closer towards the shower room where the dead actress was.

From the blood pooling under her head and the bloodstain on the faucet, it wasn't hard to guess how she died.

'So how will we do this? ' Kirishima asked, already lost.

'For now 'we should analyze the scene," Yaoyorozu suggested. She eyed the corpse with some unease in her eyes. She wasn 't the only one. They were all nervous about getting any closer to the body. They didn 't smell it before, but when they got closer to the shower, they picked up the heavy stench of blood despite the water from the shower had already washed away most of that scent.

"What's there to look at?" Aoyama squeaked as he stood there shivering like a dried leaf in the autumn breeze. "Isn't this just an accident?

It was true.

No matter how they look at it, this looked like an accident. Suzuki Yui slipped, hit her head against the faucet and died. What else were they supposed to find?

'Excuse me 'ugh, Kobayashi-san? ' Midoriya called to the policeman, hoping he had got the name right.

'Yes? ' Kobayashi came over to them.

'Why did the police think Suzuki-san was killed? '

'A fall like this wouldn't be able to kill anyone," Kobayashi answered, looking over to the body. "If she really did slip and hit her head against a faucet, the worst she would have gotten was a crack skull. It wouldn't kill her. But right now, the back of her skull is completely shattered and the brain inside is severely damaged. A part of her brain had leaked out, but the water already washed most of those down the drain by the time we arrived."

Those with weaker stomachs felt sick just hearing the simple descriptions.

'If you look at the faucet where the bloodstain is, you 'll find a small dent there. From the damage on her head and the dent on the metal, we believe that her head been mashed against the faucet

multiple

times. '

Some of the students gasped in horror at the information. Kouda let out a small, muffled cry before hurriedly slapping his hands over his mouth.

'T-that 's too cruel '! ' Uraraka shivered as she looked down at the actress.

'They didn 't have to go that far to kill her! ' Kaminari blurted out before realizing how wrong his sentence sounded. 'No, they shouldn 't kill her at all! '

'Which means ' ' Ojirou crossed his arms and frowned deeply as he tried to make sense of any of this. 'The person who killed her did it by grabbing her head and kept smashing her into the faucet? '

'It doesn 't make sense ' ' A soft muttered was heard and everyone turned to see Midoriya, mumbling to himself like normal.

'What is it now you fucking nerd? Spit it out! ' Bakugou snapped impatiently. Unfortunately, Midoriya didn 't even seem to have heard as he continued his mumbling. Before Bakugou could explode at being ignored, Midoriya suddenly looked up with a gasp as he ran into the shower room.

'D-Deku-kun?! ' Uraraka yelped in surprise as everyone watched Midoriya crouched down next to the woman 's hand and stared at her manicure. 'Just like I thought! '

'What is it? ' Sero asked. 'Did you figure out something? '

'Look at her nails! ' The green-haired teen said, pointing at the woman 's nails. Yaoyorozu stuck her head in a little, looking closely at the nail before a small gasp escaped her.

'What is it? What did you see? ' Hagakura waved her hands impatiently, wanting some answers.

'Look at this. ' Yaoyorozu pointed at the woman 's beautiful long nails. 'Her manicures are perfect. There isn 't the slightest chip in them. '

'So? ' Mineta said flatly, not sure why they 're talking about nails all of the sudden. It can 't be a girl thing, can it?

'I see! ' Iida beamed as if he had just discovered a gold mine.

'So that 's how it is ' ' Todoroki mumbled softly to himself.

'Kero! '

'See what? What 's going on? ' Kirishima looked around in confusion, clearly not getting what the smarter ones in the classes were getting.

'Are you stupid? ' Bakugou snorted, gaining the attention of his oblivious classmates. 'It means she was dead before she was even in this shower room. '

'What?! ' Kaminari gasped in shock.

'How do you know that?! ' Ashido asked in disbelief.

'The fact that her nails are so clean means she didn 't struggle against her attacker," Yaoyorozu explained. 'If she had fought back against the culprit, there should be signs of scratches or chips on her nails, especially when her nails are so long. '

'She could have been knocked out or something though. ' Sato pointed out.

'If that 's the case then the first impact would have woken her up," Midoriya said as he glanced over to the three suspects. 'No matter how you look at it, none of those three people look strong. They wouldn 't be able to lift Suzuki-san 's head very high considering the weight of her body. The same for when they smash her head against the faucet. That 's why the criminal needed to smash her head so many times against the faucet 'because that 's how many times it takes to break through her skull! '

'I see ' ' Shouji nodded. 'And even if she wouldn 't have woken up, the culprit will still worry about her suddenly waking up and fighting back. It 's only logical that they kill her first. '

'But then why still do all this? ' Uraraka gestured to the shower room.

"Probably to cover up the evidence," Asui croaked.

'The criminal must have killed her somewhere else with a weapon," Tokoyami said. 'To cover up the weapon they used, they smashed her head repeatedly against the faucet to erase that evidence while creating a false scene to make everyone believe that her death was an accident. '

'That means if we find the weapon, we find the culprit! ' Hagakure cheered.

'Kobayashi-san, does the rooftop not have security cameras? ' Yaoyorozu asked.

'Unfortunately. ' Kobayashi groaned at the reminder. 'Because it is outdoor, cameras get wear out easily so the hotel decided not to place any cameras here. During the day, they have lifeguards and night times are only open to expert swimmers with licenses, so they never worried about accidents happening. '

'Then did the police find any weapons? ' Ashido questioned.

"No, we've searched the entire area as well as the suspects and their rooms, but were unable to find anything that could be used as weapons to kill Suzuki-san. ' Kobayashi replied. 'Most likely the culprit has already disposed of the weapon. That 's why we called in Ranpo-san to help us. If we allow the suspects to leave, then any other evidence that might be left behind will be gone once the culprit gets free. '

'So we need to find what the weapon that killed her was. ' Todoroki frowned.

'Maybe a bat! ' Kaminari suggested, making a swinging motion with his hand. 'Those things hit pretty hard! Especially metal ones! '

'So can a golf club. ' Ojiro pointed out.

'A hammer works too! ' Mineta joined in.

To the side, Kouda was frantically doing things with his hands to form rectangular shapes.

'You mean bricks? ' Uraraka asked after a moment of staring at Kouda 's hand gestures.

'How vulgar ' ' Aoyama was turning green at all these suggestions his classmates were listing that could

kill

people.

'I think you 're all just complicating things! Couldn 't it just be a knife or something? ' Kirishima cut in.

'Can knives even go through the skull? ' Sero asked.

'It 's possible," Yaoyorozu furrowed her brows as she thought over the possibilities. 'As long as the weapon is sharp and sturdy enough, it might even be easier to break into the bone than blunt objects. '

'So pretty much anything could be a weapon. ' Jirou groaned.

'No, we can still narrow some down. ' Shouji patted the blond over the shoulder. 'Her head was smashed into the corner of the faucet, so whatever the weapon was, it must be sharp. If it was blunter weapons like a golf club or a bat, the area would be bigger and harder to hide. '

'Is that true? ' Kirishima turned to Kobayashi who jumped.

'Urgh 'well, yeah ' ' Kobayashi blinked.

'So it 's a knife then! ' The redhead cheered. Finally, they're getting somewhere!

'Non, non, you 're all doing this wrong! ' Aoyama interrupted, shaking his index finger left and right to empathize with his point. 'Rather than guessing the weapons, it would be much easier to guess which one of those people is capable of doing it! '

'And how are we supposed to guess? ' Sero questioned.

'That 's right! ' Midoriya gasped as he turned to Kobayashi. 'Kobayashi-san, could we see the surveillance camera of when they came here? '

'Uh 'sure. ' Kobayashi didn 't think there would be harm showing these kids the footages, so he tapped the bracelet on his left wrist. A holographic screen popped out in thin air, causing the kids ' eyes to round at the sight. With a few swipes of his finger and a wave of his hand, Kobayashi flipped the screen and the video began to play.

The first video was Saito and Suzuki walking into the elevator together. Both women were carrying a bag of their swimwear. There were no audio, but the two of them looked pretty happy as they exchanged small talks until exiting to the rooftop pool.

After that, the video switched to Saito walking into the elevator alone. She was wiping her wet that was still dripping with water before shoving the towel into her bag. After the elevator arrived at her floor, she walked out 'presumably returning to her hotel room.

Another video was then played, showing the surgeon Omura walking into the elevator empty-handed. When he left the rooftop, he was as empty-handed as when he had when arrived. There weren 't any changes in him at all.

The third was the worker Hayashi. He came into the elevator pushing a cart of cleaning supplies.

'No matter how you look at it, this guy is the most suspicious! ' Kaminari said as he pointed at the cart Hayashi was pushing in the video. 'He could hide a bunch of things in there! '

'But if the weapon is just a knife, then the lady could hide it in her bag as well. ' Sato pointed out.

'Ah! Damn it, you 're right! '

'But at least we can leave out that surgeon. ' Tokoyami hummed. 'He didn 't have anything he could hide his weapon in. '

'So it gotta be either the lady or that other guy! ' Hagakure concluded.

'I 'd say we just beat them all until one of them confesses! ' Bakugou smirked as he smashed his right fist into his left hand.

'Bakugou-kun! Why must you always be like this?! ' Iida yelled.

'I 'm pretty sure we 'll all get arrested," Jirou muttered with a roll of her eyes. Did the guy even realize they 're literally surrounded by police right now?

'How do you guys think they stab her? ' Asui spoke up, pulling the conversation back into the case.

'Well 'it gotta be when her back was turned. ' Sero pointed out the obvious.

'Oh! I know! ' Mineta suddenly said. Everyone turned to him and saw the petite boy wearing a cocky smile on his lips. 'That woman and that man got different heights. All we need to do is to see if the injury is higher or lower and we 'll know the criminal behind this! If her head injury is higher up on her head, it means that guy did it! If it 's lower, then it 's that woman! '

Kobayashi listened from the sideline with the corner of his lips constantly twitching. He briefly wondered if he should point out all the flaws that logic has before ultimately decided to just let the kids continue to play around.

'But that 's only when the victim 's standing. ' Midoriya simply said, unknowingly slamming down Mineta 's chance to shine as he continued to look over the woman 's body hoping to find 'well, anything. 'She could have been sitting when it happened. '

'Then what ' ' Whatever Ashido was going to say, she didn 't get the chance to finish as another voice cut in, stopping all of them any further discussion.

'Twenty minutes up! '

They all turned to see Ranpo strolling in with a smile on his face and Minoura following behind.

'No way, it 's twenty minutes already?! ' Uraraka gasped.

'Have you found your culprit yet? ' The raven haired-man asked teasingly as if he already knew the answer.

'We know she didn 't die from getting hit on the faucet! She was stabbed in the head by a knife! ' Hagakure told him their results so far.

'And? ' Ranpo tilted his head to the side. 'What knife? '

'What do you mean? ' Yaoyorozu blinked in confusion.

'What type of knife killed Suzuki Yui-san? '

Ranpo 's question was met by silence. None of them thought to think about that. They were too busy trying to figure out who had the highest possibility of killing the woman.

'A 'kitchen knife? ' Kaminari guessed. After all, there 's a kitchen in the hotel, the culprit could have easily grabbed one from there.

'Wrooong! '

'Ugh 'a 'a fruit knife? ' The blond tried again.

'Nope! '

'A scissor?! '

'Looks like that 's as far as you go! ' Ranpo clapped his hands as if taunting their slow progress. 'Well, it can 't be helped! After all, compared to a great detective like me, you 're all just novice! '

'What was that?! ' Bakugou gritted his teeth so hard that the veins in his neck were popping out. 'Then you figure out the damn thing! '

'Kacchan! '

'With pleasure! ' Ranpo then pulled out a pair of glasses from his pocket and slipped it onto his face. 'Ability: Ultra Deduction! '

'Finally ' ' Minoura grumbled from the side.

'That 's Ranpo-san 's Ability? ' Midoriya gasped as he and his classmates stared at Ranpo intensely.

They expected 'well, they didn 't know what to expect, but they had at least expected

something

'like that other Agency member with illusion Ability. In their eyes, it just looked like the man had put on a pair of glasses.

That was it 'nothing else seemed to be happening.

'Uh ' ' Midorya stared at the man awkwardly.

'The fuck?! Nothing 's happening! ' Bakugou huffed.

'The culprit ' ' Ranpo raised a hand high into the air. Then he brought it down, pointing directly at a certain man. 'Is you, Omura Daiki-san. '

'

Eh?!

' Everyone stared at the surgeon standing at the center of the three suspects.

'What are you talking about? ' Omura snorted. 'I didn 't ' '

'You and Suzuki Yui-san were planning on marrying, weren 't you? ' Ranpo said, gaining looks of shock from everyone around him.

'What are you '! '

'Your ring finger. ' Ranpo pointed down to his left hand.

There, on the man 's ring finger was a faint white line that was somewhat visible around his slightly tan skin. 'That 's proof that you used to wear a ring there. To leave a mark behind means you 've been wearing that same ring every single day until just recently. Suzuki-san doesn 't have that kind of mark on her hand, meaning that you 're the only one who had been taking it seriously. When you heard about her dating the actor in the outside world and even planning on marrying him, you killed her. '

'Wait, I thought you propose with handcuffs? ' Kirishima blurted out. Immediately, all the adults were staring at him with weird looks in their eyes...as well as some of his classmates.

"Are you a moron?!" Bakugou couldn't help but shouted and slapped his

friend

over the back of his head.

Midoriya sweat dropped at the sight.

'Who the hell proposes with handcuffs? ' Minoura glared at Kirishima. He thought this kid was just trying to mess around, but when he saw the genuine look of confusion on his face 'he became even angrier. His righteousness kicked in at that moment, feeling a sense of duty to pound some common sense into the boy.

Seriously, who in the world proposes with handcuffs?!

Kirishima blinked innocently, not sure why the man was suddenly yelling at him.

'Er 'you 'don 't? ' Hagakure stuttered as a means to defend her classmate, yet it was obvious that even she also believed it.

"Of course you don't!" The police chief scowled. "What the hell have you kids been taught?! Who are your guardians?! '

The man was already pulling out a notebook, about to record down all the people responsible for these kids and pay them a visit.

As of this moment, there was only one thought going through Class 1-A 's minds.

They were doomed.

Everyone was quiet as the police chief impatiently waited for the kids to respond. The only sound that could be heard was the sound of Bakugou grinding his teeth, silently promising to kill that bandage freak if they ever run into him again.

'Now, now, we 're getting off the topic! ' Ranpo jumped in as he patted Minoura 's shoulder. 'And here I was getting to the weapon used to kill Suzuki-san. '

'Don 't spout nonsense! ' Omura was fuming. If looks could kill, Ranpo would be reduced to ashes by now. 'I would never kill her! '

'And that weapon is something only Omura-san can use~ ' Ranpo looked to the kids, completely ignoring Omura. 'A weapon that is lethal, but small enough to be kept on your body without anyone noticing. '

'A weapon only he could use? ' Tokoyami glanced at Omura, then to the other two suspects.

'I see! ' Yaoyorozu gasped. 'Omura-san is a surgeon which means '! '

'A scalpel! ' They all shouted out the answer. After all, what other lethal weapons would a surgeon have?

'Bingo! ' Ranpo turned back to Omura. 'You stabbed your scalpel into the back of Suzuki-san 's head and disposed of it the only way you can think of '"

Ranpo pointed towards the body of the woman 'or rather, the shower room.

Midoriya, being the closest to the shower room, immediately started to investigate. He looked everywhere until he sees the woman 's hair that was half sucked into the drain '

'The drains! ' Midoriya exclaimed. With Ranpo giving them a lead, every else naturally began to fall together. 'He threw the scalpel into the drain! '

'The pipes in the showers curve at the bottom so the scalpel wouldn 't get washed down," Ranpo explained. 'After fruitless searching and coming up with nothing, the police will have no choice but to let the suspects go. Once everything calms down you plan on coming back under the pretense of mourning for Suzuki-san and retrieve your weapon. '

'But how would he do that? ' Uraraka asked in confusion.

'With a magnet of course! ' Ranpo replied. 'In rare times when a scalpel blade broke and is stuck in the body, doctors would use magnets to retrieve those broken pieces. All he needed to do was to tie a rope around a magnet and toss it into the drain. That way he can easily pull out the scalpel with traces of Suzuki Yui-san's blood. Bloodstains don't wash away that easily, I 'm sure you know that, Omura-san. '

'You heard him, get a magnet and rope! ' Minoura ordered his men as three of them hurried outside to find those items.

'Just because the weapon 's a scalpel, you can 't say it was me! ' Omura continued to deny it, but they could all see the panic in his eyes. 'Anyone could get a scalpel with enough money! '

"All we need to do is match the model of that scalpel to the ones at your workplace and we'll know whether it's yours or not," Minoura said coldly, glaring at the man.

'I '! '

'Omura-san. ' Ranpo interrupted him, slowly opening his right eye as that emerald green orb peered into him, making the man tremble and took a small step back.

'When you were arguing with Saito-san back then, what did you said? '

'Huh? ' Saito blinked, clearly confused as to why she was suddenly brought into the conversation.

'What are you going on about

now

? ' Omura hissed.

'When Saito-san claimed she wouldn 't kill Suzuki Yui-san over such

petty

thing, what was your response again? '

'Like hell I 'd remember! ' Omura snapped without even bothering to recall the event. 'What does that matter?! '

Everyone stared at Ranpo. This time, none of them knew what in the world the detective was going on about.

'You said,

I wouldn 't either

," Ranpo smirked. 'Isn 't it strange? When a person uses wordings like that, you must first need to be agreeing to what the other person is saying and using their words to back up yours. That means you are agreeing to the fact that Saito-san wouldn 't kill Suzuki-san over something so

petty

despite accusing her of doing so. In other words, you knew Saito-san is innocent. Who else but the culprit would know something like that? '

Small gasps erupted from the students as they all stared at Ranpo in shock. Had Ranpo not brought that up, none of them would remember such small yet important detail. During that argument, the man had been contradicting himself and no one but Ranpo had noticed!

'That 's just 'those are just words! It was a heat of the moment and I just said the wrong thing! You can't use that to prove anything! ' Omoura spluttered, gaze wild as he began to step forward, only to be grabbed by two policemen who handcuffed him.

"We'll hear the rest of that at the station," Minoura spoke with authority in his firm voice before turning and dipping his head to Ranpo. 'Thank you for assisting us with this case, Ranpo-san. As usual, that Ability of yours is amazing. '

'Ah, something like this is nothing to a great detective. ' Ranpo waved before looking over to the kids. 'Well then, our job here is done! Time to go back to the Agency! '

If the kids had any issues with Ranpo before, it was now all gone. They were all staring at the raven haired-man as if he was a second All Might. Well, perhaps not as amazing as All Might, but a close one.

'YES! '

As they walked out of the change room, Uraraka who was at the back of the group noticed a woman in police uniform speed walking by them and clutched in her hand was a red flower.

No, that was a spider lily.

Uraraka didn 't know she had stopped walking as she turned to stare at the flower in the policewoman 's hand.

'Sir! We found a flower in front of Suzuki-san 's room. ' The policewoman reported as she held out the flower in her rubber-gloved hand.

'A flower? ' Minoura frowned. 'When was it there? '

'I 'm not sure. ' The woman was just as confused as her chief. 'A cleaning lady brought this to us and told us she found it on the floor leaning against the door. '

'It 's probably a fan then." Minoura swore under his breath. "Most people in this hotel already found out about the murder. Let's clean this place up quickly!"

"Yes, sir!"

'Ochako-chan? ' Asui called, looking back when she noticed her friend wasn 't following along.

'Oh! I 'm coming! ' Uraraka smiled as she hurriedly joined up with her classmates, completely dismissing the flower into the back of her mind.

????????????????

Ring

The melodic sound of chime echoed throughout the dimly lit room.

Ring

There was a sound of rustling sheets and spring creaking under the protest of the shifting weight.

Ring

An arm wrapped in white bandages stretched out from within the sheet, grabbing the phone that had been ringing on the nightstand.

'Ane-san. ' Dazai greeted in his light and cheerful voice that was devoid of any sleep despite having just woken. 'I trust that your mission went well? '

'Naturally. '

Kouyou 's amused voice came from the other side. In the background, there was a very faint rumbling sound of engines. She must be in a car.

'I simply exaggerated the rumour about the target 's love life in the outside world and spread it throughout the hotel. That was enough for the man to kill her. '

'As expected of ane-san. This will save us a lot of trouble from those government dogs. '

'It 's such a pity 'I had been looking forward to her new movie that 's coming out this year. '

Kouyou lamented, though there wasn't any real sadness within her voice.

'On my way out, I've come across those children. I suppose this is part of the Boss 's plan? '

'Something like that~ '

Kouyou didn 't question it any further. Instead, she asked,

'I trust that the documents I 've asked you to look over have been approved? '

"Of course," Dazai replied without skipping a beat. 'It 'll be ready on my desk. '

With that, Dazai cut off the call. He casually tossed the phone over his shoulder, not caring where the device landed as he snuggled back into his bed 'back to the warmth being held delicately his arms.

'Let 's go back to sleep,

Chuuya

' ' He purred, fingers stroking down the back of the smooth silk as he leaned forward, lips pressing against that patch of pumpkin orange hair.

It was at that moment that the door to his bedroom suddenly slammed open, followed by a scream he was all too familiar with.

'DAZAIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!! '

Standing right at the doorway, shrouded by the bright light in the hallway was the Port Mafia boss's right-hand man, Nakahara Chuuya. The Ability user was fuming as he clutched onto the stack of papers in his hand.

'Oh my! Is Chuuya finally joining me in bed? ' Dazai 's voice that came from the darkness was so cheerful and eager that it made Chuuya 's eyelid jump.

'Get the fuck up and start doing your work you bastard! I haven 't got a wink of sleep going through all these paper works

you

left

me

to do! The most you can do is be helpful and deliver these to ane-san! '

As he said that, he slammed the piles of paper against the wall. The impact causing the automatic light in the bedroom to slowly brighten, chasing the shadows away and revealing the Port Mafia Boss who was slowly sitting upright in his bed.

'What 'the fuck is

that

? ' Chuuya 's eyes narrowed as he glared at that specific bump beneath the blankets 'right

next

to his boss.

Dazai hastily pulled up the blanket in an attempt to hide like a husband would do after getting caught in bed with his mistress. Unfortunately for him, Chuuya was already by his bedside in a blink of an eye. Despite being the boss and having control over the entire Yokohama, Dazai 's still strength was no match for Chuuya 'or seventy percent of the Port Mafia for that matter.

Chuuya grabbed a fist full of the blanket and hurled it across the room, tossing Dazai along as well since the brunet had been clutching onto the blanket.

What happened next was very interesting 'in Dazai 's view, that is.

First Chuuya 's face turned pale, then to an unhealthy green, and finally, his face became so red that Dazai was sure he could light up the entire room.

'DA-ZA-IIIII!!!!!! '

Chuuya snarled, whirling around with those icy blue eyes promising murder. 'WHAT. THE. FUCK. IS.

THIS?!

'

He repeated his words from before, except the emotion and meaning it conveyed was now completely different.

'

This,

' Dazai jumped back onto the bed and hugged the

body pillow

tightly in his arms, 'is my darling

Chuuya

of course! '

A body pillow.

A

freaking

body pillow that has the image of a certain seething Executive printed on the surface! And of all images, it had to be the one from that time when Chuuya lost yet another bet to Dazai (hell knows why he kept doing it) and was forced to walk out of the room while acting like some

high-class-lady

!

On the body pillow, Chuuya had his left arm folded to his chest, his knees tucked together and his right hand stretched out, pointing towards hell knows what. There was even a

pink

speech bubble on the stupid thing saying,

'There won 't be a second time!

?

'

'Since Chuuya won 't stay with me in bed I have no choice but to get a replacement! ' Dazai whined in disappointment before perking back up again. "But don't worry, I made sure to make this as close to you as possible! Look, it's even the same height as you! 159 cm! '

'I 'M

160

CM!!! '

'So Chuuya 's finally admitting that he 's short? '

"SHUT THE HELL UP AND GIVE ME THAT!"

'Ahn~! Chuuya! So bold! '

"GIVE THAT TO ME, YOU SHITTY MACKEREL!! '

'Are we going back to names calling again, chibi? '

'YOU 'RE

DEAD!

'

[One Floor Below]

Men and women dressed in black suits sat in front of their monitors, working diligently as their fingers flew across their keyboards. There was no idle chatting. The only sound in the air was the clattering sounds of their keyboards and the ringing sound of phones.

And then, a crashing sound of glass was suddenly heard.

All of them jumped up at once, guns pulled free from their holsters as they pointed their weapons towards the window and saw '

A 'a body pillow?

It was a body pillow 'and imprinted on that body pillow was a face every single Port Mafia members were made to memorize. Many even idolized and looked up to that person as their role model.

They stared blankly at the window. The body pillow was already long gone, dragged by gravity as it continued its fall downward.

All at once, a single thought flashed through all of their minds as blood drained from their faces.

They were going to die.

'FUCK! '

A loud yell came from the outside 'or to be more specific, from one floor higher than them. With the window (reinforced windows made with special materials) now broken, the soundproof room above was no longer soundproof, allowing them to hear everything from the outside.

The voices were muffled thanks to the glass, but it was still pretty easy for them to hear the voice of a certain Executive.

'GET OFF ME YOU BASTARD! '

There was the sound of crashing, followed by some muffled voices speaking something they couldn 't quite make out.

And then '

'TO

HELL

WITH YOUR DOUBLE SUICIDE! IF ANYONE SAW THAT I

SWEAR

I 'LL '! '

It was at this moment that they finally came to their senses and fled as if their lives depended on it.

In less than a minute, the entire floor has been evacuated.

[Thirteen Floors Below]

The air was quiet as two figures slowly walked down the red carpet of the hallway. The youth walking at the front suddenly came to an abrupt stop. Golden eyes blinked as they gazed out the window that completely made up one side of the hallway.

Then as if sensing something, the boy and the girl behind him jumped back from the window. The boy 's black cloak fluttered around him as he held his leather-gloved hand out, ready to strike out at any given moment. The girl unsheathed her dagger and positioned it in front of her as well as the boy in a protective manner.

And then, as if moving in slow motion, a 159 cm body pillow suddenly dropped into both of their sights, carrying a face they were all too familiar with.

Golden eyes widened as they shifted along with the body pillow, watching as it went down, down and down until it was out of their sights.

After a long moment, the boy 's frame trembled slightly, as if he had finally broke out of the invisible force holding him in place.

'Or perhaps he was simply shaking off the Goosebumps that had covered the surface of his skin at some point.

'Just now 'was that '? '

[Forty-five Floors Below]

'Last night, three more organizations have made a move." A blond-haired woman reported as she walked down the hallway with papers in her hands. "That makes this a total of thirteen organizations. Their spies have also been circling us and other territories for the past five days. We've also received reports of them gathering a large number of firearms."

She looked up at the black-cloaked boy walking in front of her.

'Will we be heading out tonight, senpai? '

'Naturally. ' Was the curt response, before the raven-haired boy brought his pale hands to his lips and coughed lightly.

Then all of a sudden, the man whirled around, his eyes sharp and black cloak fluttered, seeming to be coming alive while the woman swiftly pulled out her gun. Both of them turned towards the window as a body pillow suddenly appeared into their views for a split second before disappearing again.

The woman 's jaw dropped as the papers slowly slipped out of her hand and scattered over the floor '

[Ground Floor]

It had been just like any other day as black-suited men guarded the entrance to the Port Mafia headquarters. When a sleek black car pulled up to the entrance, they all knew who had arrived and stepped forward to greet her when

that

descended from the sky.

Everything happened too fast.

The car doors flew open as the driver and the passenger leaped out of the car while the guards stationed around whipped out their weapons. Five of them instantly jumped in front of the red-haired woman, acting as her shield with fingers already pulling at the triggers of their guns 'ready to fire at the first sign of threat.

It was at that very moment that a human sized object slammed onto the top of the black car. It wasn 't an enemy, nor was the object heavy enough to crush the vehicle. It didn 't explode upon impact either. When they took a closer look, they all realized what that

thing

was and more importantly 'what was on it.

Their faces became white as chalk with cold sweat bleeding out of their pores.

They were dead.

It was too late for them to pretend not to have seen anything when they

clearly

saw it. They became witnesses to something none of them should ever see, and they 'll be silenced for it. After all, only the dead can keep secrets.

That has always been the Port Mafia 's way.

Large beads of sweat rolled down their faces as the woman they were guarding moved. A small step was all it took for the guards to quickly part ways for her. All of their heads were hung low, none of them daring to look at the woman in the eyes.

Everything after that happened so fast that no one could even react. All they saw was a flicker of the infamous Golden Demon materializing behind their Executive before the car blew up in flames.

Black smoke rose to the sky as bright orange flames fed on the remains of the car (sliced into four equal pieces) and along with the body pillow lying at the center like some sort of offering to God.

The body pillow was consumed by the fire in an instant. It only took half a minute for it to be reduced into ashes.

'A bomb had been planted under my car. The perpetrator has been captured and dealt with. ' Kouyou spoke in a silvery voice that sent chills down all of their backs. She turned and began to walk towards the front door to their headquarter.

'However, there may be

accomplices

yet to be found," Kouyou said, stopping right at the automatic doors as she looked over her shoulder. One of the men 'who was either brave or just plain stupid 'took a chance and peeked up. He immediately regretted his action when he saw those blood-red eyes glaring towards him with the promise of a very slow and painful death. 'Do keep an eye out for them. '

The message was very clear:

Speak of this incident and you will be dealt with.

Anyone smart enough would know what to do in this situation, and there are no idiots within the Port Mafia. Those idiots all died on their first day within the Port Mafia '

especially

idiots with loose tongues.

"Yes, ma'am!" They bowed even lower to the woman as she walked through the doors and vanished from their sights.

????????????????

It had been a whole fifteen minutes yet the kids were unable to stop their excited chatters. None of them could stop discussing the case or how powerful Ranpo 's Ability was. Ranpo was walking at the very front and in a very good mood. He was more than happy to have the kids singing his praises.

'Ranpo-san! '

'Yes? ' Ranpo looked over to the green-haired boy with freckles. His eyes opened up, revealing those green eyes for a split second before they closed into a mischief arch again. It happened so fast that no one paid any attention to it.

'Back then, the police officer reacted strongly when they mentioned Suzuki-san marrying the actor from Japan. Why is that? '

The other students quiet down, curious about that as well.

'You know the differences between us and the outsiders," Ranpo said. It wasn 't a question, but a statement. 'Many Yokohama citizens go to the outside world to work, but none of them would make a home there. If anything happened to them, they can 't go to a hospital. The construction of our DNA is completely different than yours. Even if the hospital didn 't freak out over how one of their patients is discovered to be

not human

, how should they cure them? Blood transfusion or anything else is impossible with us, and even something as simple as a shot might be fatal to us due to the differences in our genetics. '

'So if an Old Human gets injured outside, it 's over?! ' Hagakure gasped in horror.

'Of course not! Yokohama has private clinics set up all around Japan. Yokohama citizens are provided with the addresses of these clinics whenever they go out. '

'Seriously?! There are those kinds of places?! ' Ashido exclaimed and began to wonder if she had ever come across one.

'Then wouldn 't it be alright if someone decides to live outside and marry? ' Midoriya pushed on.

'Temporarily staying outside and permanently living there are two different things, especially when your own spouse is from the outside," Ranpo stated with his hands tucked in his pockets. 'It 's taboo for us to reveal our origin or any information about Yokohama to the outside world. Do you think it 's possible to keep that from your spouse? '

'Well 'I mean 'if you don 't talk about it, they wouldn 't know? ' Kaminari mumbled unsurely.

'Then let me ask you this! ' Ranpo pointed a finger right in the lightening boy 's face. 'What is one of the main issues when an Old Human and a human from the outside marry? '

'E-eh? Uh ' '

'You won 't have kids of course! ' Ranpo answered without even waiting for the kid 's response. 'It 's impossible for two different species to reproduce! That 's all fine and well if both parties have no interest in having children, but that actor, Harada Azuma has a love for kids and is always looking forward to having children of his own. What do you think will happen if nothing comes out? Won 't he request both of them to get their bodies checked? If that happens, then the hospital will find out Suzuki Yui 's genes not matching their human standard? '

'How do you know about that? ' Jirou gapped. 'Is that part of your Ability? '

'Nope, I just read it! ' Ranpo pulled out a magazine that was rolled up in his pocket and tossed it to the girl. Jirou caught the magazine, looking down to see Suzuki Yui and Harada Azuma on the cover. Both celebrities were wearing sunglasses to hide their faces, but it was clear that it 's them.

'This magazine 'isn 't this from the outside? ' Yaoyorozu spluttered when she saw the magazine.

'You can get them from any convenient stores. ' Ranpo pointed to a random convenient store they were passing by. 'We get a lot of magazines from Japan. There are also magazines and newspapers from countries like America. We have our own Yokohama magazines, but you won 't be able to bring those with you to the outside. '

The kids looked like they got more questions, but when they rounded a corner, all questions died on their tongues.

Across the street, they could see the red building of the Armed Detective Agency. Standing right in front of that building 'at the intersection 'was a skeletal looking man with straw blond hair.

'All Might! ' The kids shouted as they ran pass Ranpo and towards their hero.

Ever since Kunikida returned to the office and informed him that the kids had taken off, Toshinori had been extremely anxious.

He couldn 't stop fidgeting in his seat whenever he sat down.

When he stood up, he couldn 't stop walking around in circles as his mind wandered to the kids.

Although no one in the office said anything, Toshinori knew he must be bothering them. Knowing that standing around wasn 't going to get him anywhere; he went downstairs and had a delicious breakfast at the Uzumaki caf '. He sat there for a good hour sipping on coffee before standing outside to wait for his students ' return.

When he caught sight of the kids and the gleeful looks on their faces, Toshinori knew he had been panicking over nothing. They crowded around him and began to eagerly tell him about their experiences.

Toshinori had a smile on his face as he listened. He stopped when he saw a person walking up to them. It was then that he realized how he had forgotten about the Agency member the kids were observing for the day.

'My apologies! ' Toshinori hurriedly walked up to greet the man and extended his hand for a friendly shake. 'Thank you for looking after my students! I am ' '

He wasn't able to complete his self-introduction as his voice died off halfway. His sky blue eyes widened, pupils shakily trying to focus on the person standing in front of him.

The raven haired-man smiled, tipping his hat back to reveal his face as those slanted eyes opened up, revealing those brilliant, forest green eyes that Toshinori could never forget.

'I told you that I 'll

see you later

, mister. '