'Good morning, everyone! '

' 'mornin ' 'All Might ' ' The drained echoes of

mornings

were anything but good.

The kids gathered at the open field early in the morning as they were instructed. Their eyes were bloodshot with dark bags below their sunken eyeballs 'it looked like a perfect imitation of both Toshinori and Aizawa.

Toshinori coughed into his hand. No matter how pitiful they looked, he can 't back down. He must play the strict teacher role to let them know what they 've done wrong.

It hadn 't taken much for the grownups to learn what happened after Tanizaki lost sight of the kids. The students told them about venturing into the forest of red maples and spider lilies 'as well as the man they 've met there.

They asked about that man 's description, but there wasn 't much the kids could give other than the fact that this man had dark brown hair, black suits, and presumably bandages all over his body.

When Toshinori heard of this description, the first thing that came to his mind was this wasn 't normal. There was

always

more to go with than just these three simple descriptions.

Every person 's perspectives were different. Depending on their gender and interests, they would notice different things. For all twenty kids with various personalities and interests to notice the same three things and

only

those three things weren't normal at all. And to make it even weirder, it wasn't as if the man didn't leave any impressions on them. If anything, the man left

a lot

of impressions on them 'yet for some odd reason none of them could think of any other ways to describe the man they've met.

Toshinori wasn 't the only one that found this unusual, Aizawa thought of the same thing.

Kunikida was the only one who reacted differently. The moment he heard that the man had bandages all over, blood drained from his face. It was a small detail that only Toshinori and Aizawa noticed, as the kids had their heads hung low from being yelled at. He acted like nothing was wrong and shouted at the students for using their Quirks and trespassing into private property.

It was only after he finished yelling at the students that he pulled the U.A teachers aside and revealed to them just who the man their students met was.

The person their students had described was without a doubt the Port Mafia boss.

When the two teachers learned of this, their hearts had nearly stopped beating. Having dealt with criminals all their lives, they have also handled a fair share of organized crime. Even if organized crime was very rare in their world, it still exists. In every single one of those crimes, the boss was always protected. There was never a moment where the boss would be by himself.

On top of that, the boss of the Port Mafia purposely met up with their students '

why?

None of them had an answer.

Kunikida just kept silent after informing them of the man 's identity, leaving the rest for the two teachers to short out.

After some discussion, Toshinori and Aizawa decided to hide this fact from the kids. Until they can figure out just what the Port Mafia was up to, it was for the best not to alert the kids. It wasn 't that the two teachers didn 't trust their students, but this was the only way to keep them safe.

Toshinori felt a chill crawling down his spin just imagining what could have happened

if

the kids were to know what the Port Mafia boss looked like. If they refrained from using their Quirks, their safety would be guaranteed, but what if they didn 't?

What if seeing the Port Mafia boss made them become alert and showed aggression towards him?

What if their survival instincts kicked in and used their Quirks without thinking?

What if they accidentally made the Port Mafia boss lost a strand of his hair without meaning to?

All those

what-ifs

could only lead to one result, and it was one they must avoid at all cause.

Being oblivious has less chance of putting themselves in danger than becoming self-conscious. After Kunikida 's long talk, Toshinori doubted the kids will make such a mistake again, but there was still one thing bothering him. He couldn't help but think over the kids' description of the Port Mafia boss.

When he met the Port Mafia boss fourteen years ago, he didn 't see any bandages on the man. From how Kunikida only reacted after hearing the word

bandages

, that must be the Port Mafia boss 's most iconic description.

Did the Port Mafia boss become gravely wounded?

'Ahem! ' Toshinori cleared his throat to gain the attention of the zombies that were his students. 'I hope you 've all used the night to reflect on your actions. '

The moment those words left his mouth, Toshinori knew he had said the wrong thing. After they left the Armed Detective Agency and returned to the dorms, Aizawa had called all the kids to their rooms for

additional

talk. Due to Toshinori 's health, he had to stop midway and rest up for the night, leaving the kids alone with Aizawa.

Knowing his co-worker, he wouldn 't be surprised if these kids didn 't get a wink of sleep.

Groooowl~

Or eat.

Toshinori stared at the rumbles and growls coming from those flattened stomachs. He couldn 't help but feel a little guilty.

'Anyways! ' He shouted over the noise. 'Today is your first day observing the Armed Detective Agency in their work! I expect all of you to put your all into it! ' He pumped his fist into the air. 'Everyone! PLUS ULTRA!! '

'Plus 'ultraaaa '! '

Weak fists slowly followed his lead.

'Now let 's go and get some food! ' Toshinori spun on his heel as he headed towards the street.

'Food?! '

At the mention of food, the kids finally snapped out of their dreamy state. They rushed after Toshinori as they walked towards the Armed Detective Agency. It was currently 7:30 am and the actual meeting time was at 9:00 am. They got plenty of time to eat before meeting at the Agency for the student 's official first day.

Due to the lack of sleep, Aizawa was skipping today's activity 'not that they as teachers got much to do anyway. Since the observation was for the students, they would just get in the way by tagging along. The underground Hero was currently in the teachers ' dorm, zipped up in his yellow sleeping bag and fast asleep inside the closet.

As they strolled down the street, Toshinori couldn 't help but stare at the black towers in the distance. He could still remember when he first saw those buildings. In fact, they don 't look any different than fourteen years ago '

Everything still felt surreal to him 'as if he still couldn 't believe he was back in here after all these years.

The Port Mafia '

What exactly are they planning?

' '! ' Toshinori gasped as he felt his shoulder colliding against someone else 's. He staggered, his left foot tripping over his right as his balance tipped. Just when he thought he was going to hit the ground, Midoriya quickly ran up and supported him by the arm.

'Thank you, young Midoriya. ' Toshinori thanked, coughing a bit into his hand as he heard sounds of something 'a lot of something 'hitting the ground.

'

AAAAAAH!

' The loud scream had everyone turning in surprise as they all stared at a man with chestnut brown hair kneeling in the center of a dozen scattered lemons. His white lab-coat was fanned over the ground, palms flat on the rough pavement and head dipped low as he mourned over his fallen fruits.

'My precious specimens! ' He cried.

At that, the students quickly got down, each of them picking up a lemon with Toshinori doing the same.

'I 'm sorry, I should have watched where I was going. ' Toshinori apologized as he held out the lemon in his hand. 'Are you alright? '

'Do I look alright?! ' The man whirled around to face Toshinori angrily, revealing his face that was half-covered by orange goggles.

'Oya? ' The sadness and anger in the man 's voice disappeared, replaced by amusement as he was instantly on his feet and leaning so close to Toshinori that he had to take a step back.

'Can I help you? ' Toshinori blinked in confusion.

'Have we met somewhere before? ' The man asked.

Toshinori opened his mouth to deny, but his voice was caught in his throat. He stared at the man who was looking all over him with a hand stroking his chin and humming sounds coming from his throat.

Feeling the weight of the object in his hand, Toshinori looked down at the lemon. Suddenly, the memories of that night when he fought the Port Mafia burst into his mind. He remembered that maniacal laughter and the lemon-like bombs.

'You 're '! ' Toshinori gasped, eyes widening in disbelief as he stared at the fully grown man before him.

'Aha! ' The man shouted, pulling back with a snap of his fingers. 'You 're from that time! '

"It's 'you," Toshinori whispered, unable to help but look over the man. He has really grown. 'The boy with lemons. '

'Ah yes~ I was young and na 've at that time. Such an embarrassment to think that I couldn 't mix the gas well enough with the explosives. ' The man sighed loudly. 'However, I have improved much from then on! If you ever want to become a subject for my ingenious researches, feel free to find me any time! '

With that, the man spun around, lab coat fluttering around him as he walked through the students 'hands in his pockets and humming a cheerful tune as he leaves.

'Sir, your lemons! ' Yaoyorozu called after him when she remembered the lemons they were all holding.

'Keep it! ' The man called, not even looking back as he waved his hand. 'Think of it as a reunion gift! '

The kids all stared dumbly at the weird man before looking over to Toshinori.

'All Might, do you know him? ' Kirishima asked

' 'Something like that. ' Toshinori said vaguely. After all, he and Aizawa had just agreed to keep the Port Mafia a secret to the kids. It was best not to let them know too much.

'Give me those lemons. ' He instructed the kids, pulling out a plastic bag from his pocket.

'All Might you 're prepared! ' Sero gapped.

'You never know when you need to find a garbage can but can 't find one! ' Toshinori replied with a dry laugh.

As he collected the lemons from the kids, he made sure to look them over 'feeling the weight and texture in his hand 'making sure they are

actual

lemons before putting them into the bag. He gained a lot of weird looks from the students in doing so, but none of the kids questioned his odd behavior.

The rest of the way to the Armed Detective Agency was, fortunately, incident-free. While the kids chattered along the way, Toshinori was deep in his own world.

He wasn 't going to believe that encounter just now was a coincident.

Was that young man with lemon the one watching over them?

No, if he was he wouldn 't come into contact with them. On top of that, his personality didn 't seem suited for that kind of job.

'All Might, are you alright? ' Midoriya suddenly asked, jolting Toshinori out of his thought. He blinked and stared at the red building before them.

He didn 't even realize when they 've arrived.

Toshinori looked around before spotting a red sign that says

Uzumaki

. That must be the caf '.

'You kids go eat first. ' Toshinori ushered them towards the red door next to the sign. 'I have to take care of something so I will head up there first. '

Without waiting for the kids ' response, Toshinori hurried into the building and took the elevator to the floor where the Armed Detective Agency office was located. He needed to speak with them with regards to his encounter with the Port Mafia 'as well as inspecting the bag of lemons.

Contrary to Toshinori 's conflicted thoughts, the students ' were much more simplistic.

They were

starving

.

It was only normal, as the only thing they ate yesterday were the snacks at Lucy 's store.

Iida pushed open the door as the bell above his head rang.

'Welcome! ' A petite lady in waitress uniform came up to greet them. 'Ah, could you be the students from the Agency? '

'Yes, we are," Iida replied.

'Please come in! ' The waitress stepped to the side. 'Take any seat you want. '

'Thank you so much. ' The class president thanked, followed by the rest of the class as they walked into the caf '.

This caf ' was very different than the one Lucy worked at where everything was pink with laces. This caf ' has a more stoic design with booths and a bar counter where a lone brown-haired man sat with a cup of steaming coffee in his '

wait

.

'

Oh?

' The man looked up, revealing a very familiar face the kids had just seen yesterday. The corner of his lips curled up in a smile as he gazed mischievously at the students. "What a coincidence."

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

'The person you met is Kajii Motojirou," Tanizaki said, turning his monitor screen around for Toshinori to see the images of the man he just met on the street. 'He 's famous even amongst the Port Mafia. Joined the Port Mafia at age fourteen and since then has been active as a notorious bomber. '

'A bomber? ' Toshinori can 't say he 's surprised. 'Is it alright to tell me this much? '

'That 's not a problem. ' Kunikida said from across the room, where he was examining the bag of lemons. 'Kajii Motojirou is widely known within the underground, his information isn 't any secret, unlike their other higher-ups. ' The man huffed as he said this. It was obvious from the looks of disdain that Kunikida opinion of Kajii was low.

'In any case, these are just ordinary lemons. ' Kunikida tied the bag of lemon up before throwing it into a bigger garbage bag and tied another knot over it. After that was done, he peeled off his plastic gloves and threw them into the trashcan. 'Though to be safe, it 's best we get rid of them. '

'Thank you. ' Toshinori sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair, trying to find an answer to all of this.

Was this some sort of message? A warning? What exactly does this mean?

'Don 't bother thinking," Kunikida said when he saw the look on Toshinori 's face. 'Those types of genius ' minds work on another level. Trying to figure how their brain works are equivalent to trying to understand a fish's thought process."

'Is the Port Mafia boss that smart? ' Toshinori couldn 't help but ask. Sure it takes a lot for someone to manage an entire criminal organization and control an entire city, but Toshinori got the sinking feeling that his and Kunikida 's definition of

smart

might be different.

Toshinori couldn't help but remember that green-eyed boy he met so long ago. The intelligence he demonstrated was beyond

genius

and

smart

, yet that was purely due to his Ability '

No, there was another one!

Toshinori 's eyes widened as he felt Goosebumps crawling over his skin at the memory of that

other

child in bandages. The one that had orchestrated the entire battle that night 'or at least, that 's what the Port Mafia boss claimed.

Bandages?

Toshinori felt his heart hammering within his chest as he recalled the hair colour of that boy. It was black 'or perhaps dark brown? He can 't remember exactly what that boy 's hair colour was, as there were other things he had to focus at the time.

Could it be '?

No, it couldn 't be '

'You 'll understand if you meet him 'though for your sake you better hope you never do. ' Kunikida spoke through gritted teeth with a vein throbbing on his forehead. He seemed to hate the Port Mafia boss a lot. Then, seeming to remember something, the irritation on his face vanished. 'Though if you meet Ranpo-san, you 'll get a grasp of what I 'm talking about. '

'Ranpo? ' Toshinori furrowed his brows at the familiar name. After some thinking, he finally remembered where he heard it from. That freckled boy 'Kenji, he mentioned this name yesterday. Kunikida had also mentioned this name as well 'something about snacks.

'Ranpo-san is a brilliant detective of our Agency. ' Kunikida explained as he pulled out his notebook. 'He is the one your students will be observing today. We 've received a call from the police an hour ago about a murder case they need him to assist them in. '

'The children are going to witness a murder scene? ' Toshinori gasped.

'Yes, is there a problem? ' Kunikida arched a brow.

'Ah 'no, it 's nothing. ' Toshinori reprimanded himself for that split second of reluctance for allowing the kids to go. If this was back at the outside world, something like that would never be allowed. Not only were they not police officials, but they were also all

underage

. There are similar training in U.A, but those were all simulations. They would

never

allow the kids to join in on a real police investigation let alone getting near real bodies.

Even if the higher-ups agreed to allow

children

at a crime scene, they will still need permission from the parents 'and those permissions aren 't something they will easily get. After all, no parents would want their own children to witness blood and dead bodies. Even if their children had chosen the path to a Hero where they would undoubtedly witness deaths 'the parents will never see it that way.

'I see ' ' Toshinori mumbled to himself as the words of Kunikida and the Port Mafia boss resurfaced.

'This is Yokohama. Do not presume our world is the same as yours. Naturally, that goes for those you see as children. '

'In Yokohama 's underground, there are no children 'especially Ability users. '

He gazed out the window and towards the black buildings in the distance. Although he has been made aware of this over and over again 'their worlds were truly different. For better or for worse, he couldn 't say.

'When will they begin? ' Toshinori asked.

'Well 'Ranpo-san was supposed to be here already, but it seems he 's running a bit late. ' Tanizaki scratched the back of his head as he looked down at his smartphone, then to his co-worker. 'Should I go get him, Kunikida-san? '

Kunikida looked down at his wristwatch. 'No, it 'll be much quicker to have the kids go to him and then head to the crime scene together. '

'Do you want me to get the students here? ' Toshinori offered.

'No, there 's no time. ' Kunikida replied as he grabbed the bag of lemons. 'I 'll have them depart immediately after they finished their meals 'and dispose of this while I 'm at it. '

With that, Kunikida headed out the door, leaving Toshinori standing there alone with Tanizaki.

Tanizaki looked around for a bit, seeming to be just as awkward with the silence as Toshinori.

'Um 'would you like some tea? '

' 'Yes, thank you. '

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

"That's the intersection," Iida said as Class 1-A arrived at the crossway. The class president glanced down at the hand-drawn map in his hand, then back up, seeming to be trying to find the right direction.

'I can 't believe! A real-life murder mystery! ' Kaminari gushed.

'I 'm kind of nervous ' ' Yaoyorozu spoke softly, yet there was still some excitement in her eyes.

'I wonder what sort of crime scene is it. ' Asui hummed, a finger tapping her lower lip as she thought over the possibility.

'It would be cool if it's a locked-room mystery! ' Sero chimed in.

'A locked-room mystery? ' Todoroki perked up, seeming interested.

'Oh! That would be awesome, wouldn 't it, Bakugou? ' Kirishima said, nudging Bakugou. For once, Bakugou just snorted instead of making any nasty remarks, showing that he was interested as well.

'I wonder what Ranpo-san is like! ' Uraraka said. 'We didn 't meet him in the office before. '

'Would have been nice if it 's a busty woman~ ' Mineta sighed in disappointment.

Midoriya smiled at his hyped classmates.

It would be a lie to say he wasn 't excited as well. After all, they were going to witness a real-life detective solving a case! It was unfortunate that they weren 't told much before being thrown into the street by Kunikida with only a hand-drawn map as their lead.

They didn 't even know what the person looked like, but Kunikida only waved them off, saying that they 'll know the moment they see him.

This made all of them curious 'but more than that, Midoriya couldn 't help but remember that strange man '

"Oh? What a coincidence."

'You 're 'the one from yesterday! ' Ashido gasped, pointing at the lanky man sitting on the bar stool with his legs crossed.

'And you are the kids from yesterday. ' The man hummed as he tapped his finger against the edge of his ceramic cup. 'Judging from the bags under your eyes, I assume your guardians were quite worried about you. '

At the memory of the hell they went through last night, everyone fell quiet as if their newly acquired energy was drained from their bodies.

'Oh, do you know each other? ' The waitress asked, glancing between the two sides.

'Just a fateful encounter. ' The man chuckled, taking the last sip of his coffee before setting the cup onto the counter. 'Thank you, belladonna, this coffee is amazing. Please pass my words onto the owner for me when he gets back. '

'Of course! I 'm glad you like it! Do come back anytime! ' The waitress smiled brightly as she took the empty cup and headed into the back of the caf '.

The man got up, taking his black jacket from the seat next to him as he headed for the door. The kids immediately parted way to let him through, but just when he was almost out the doorway, he stopped and looked back at them.

'That 's right, while you 're in Yokohama, you should enjoy some privileges you won 't be able to enjoy outside! '

'What do you mean? ' Shouji who was standing right next to him asked.

'Do you kids know that in Yokohama, fifteen is the legal age for drinking and driving? ' The man said with a wink before he disappeared through the doorway.

'Hey, what 's wrong Midoriya? You 've been quiet for a while now! ' Kirishima called out to him. 'Are you ok? '

'Eh? Oh, I 'm fine! ' Midoriya quickly waved his hands when he noticed that everyone was staring at him. 'I was just thinking back to that man at the caf酔

'Oh, that guy? ' Kirishima furrowed his brows. 'Was there something wrong about him? '

'Are you stupid?! ' Bakugou snapped. 'No matter how you look at it, there 's something wrong with that bastard. '

'Eh? What do you mean? ' Kirishima blinked dumbly, causing the veins on Bakugou 's forehead to throb.

'Did you notice something, Midoriya? ' Todoroki asked, coming over to join their little circle.

'No 'not really. ' Midoriya frowned.

After that man left, Midoriya had asked the waitress about him and learned that the only reason the man showed up at the caf ' was to return the caf ' owner 's wallet. According to her, the caf ' owner lost his wallet two days ago. That man had found the wallet, so he came to return it. As thanks, the Caf ' owner treated him to a free meal.

This made Midoriya felt ridiculous for being paranoid. However, now that Midoriya looked at Bakugou and Todoroki, he realized that he wasn 't the only one feeling that something was off.

'There is indeed something wrong with that guy, but I can 't tell for certain. ' A new voice spoke up. Midoriya turned to see that it was Tokoyami.

Suddenly, the squealing sound of girls broke through the tense atmosphere.

'What 's wrong? ' Kirishima asked, looking over with Midoriya, Bakugou, Todoroki, and Tokoyami.

'Check that out! ' Kaminari beamed. Next to the blond, there was one drooling Mineta.

Midoriya glanced across the street and saw a beautiful woman with scarlet hair rolled up in a bun and held by up a pair of golden hair sticks. She walked in small, graceful steps as her kimono swayed elegantly to her movement. In her right arm, she carried a large bouquet of beautifully bloomed crimson spider lilies. In her left hand, she held a red oil-paper umbrella, shielding her from the beaming sunlight.

'So pretty ' ' Midoriya couldn 't help but admire the woman with the rest of his classmates. There was just something about her and the way she moved that just attracted everyone 's eyes, making them unable to look away.

'She 's really beautiful 'do you think she 's a model?! ' Ashido squealed.

'It 's possible, given her height. ' Yaoyorozu nodded excitedly with stars in her eyes.

'Hey! Maybe we can get kimono as souvenirs! ' Hagakure suggested.

'Eeeh? But it 's probably really expensive. ' Uraraka sighed dejectedly as she watched that woman walked around a building corner and out of their sights.

"Hey, four-eyes! Are we going or what?" Bakugou shouted impatiently at Iida who quickly looked back down at the map, not even noticing the rude way Bakugou had addressed him.

'It should be around here somewhere. ' Iida looked around the intersection with squinted eyes. Then with a gasp, he pointed towards a certain direction. 'Over there! '

Everyone looked to where Iida was pointing at. Across the intersection from them, there was a small store squashed between two gigantic buildings with a sign that said

Ariake Harbour

.

It was the same

Ariake Harbour

Kunikida had written on the map. They crossed the intersection. When they walked into the small store, they were greeted by a friendly staff.

'Welcome to Ariake Harbour! '

'Hello! ' Iida bowed to the man, feeling extremely awkward as none of them were here to buy things. 'Sorry, we're not here to 'buy anything."

'Oh, then you must be looking for him? ' The staff said brightly. There wasn 't the slightest bit of annoyance, much to all of their relief.

'

Him?

' Iida looked across the shop and sitting at the far back corner was a raven-haired man, wearing clothing that practically screamed '

I 'm a detective

! 'Yes! We 're looking for him! '

'Wow, we really do recognize him the moment we see him. ' Jirou gapped in disbelieve.

'Are you 'Ranpo-san? ' Midoriya asked as the man looked up at them. His eyes were narrow and curved upward that reminded the green-haired teen of a fox.

'Ah, you 're here. ' The man smiled, stabbing his fork into the last piece of mini-cake on his plate and shoved it into his mouth. 'Well then, time to go! I 'm sure Minoura-san is getting impatient. Pay for my bill, will ya? I forgot to bring my wallet! '

'E-eh?! ' Iida gapped as the raven-haired man strolled past him, patting him on the shoulder as he did do. 'Wait-I '

eh?!

'

The rest of the kids stared, just as dumbfounded as their class president. The man just walked through the petrified statues of the kids, hands tucked in his pockets as he walked out of the store.

In the end, all of them pulled out their money, quickly paying off whatever bill the man had eaten before they rushed out of the store to see the man standing there, seeming to be waiting for them. When he saw them, he smiled and began to walk off.

'Um, Ranpo-san? Where are we going? ' Yaoyorozu asked as they caught up to the man.

'To the crime scene, of course! ' Ranpo replied as if it was the most obvious thing. 'Didn 't Kunikida-kun tell you guys about the murder case? '

'He did ' ' The vice-president paused when Ranpo suddenly made a sharp turn. They stared as Ranpo walked right through the automatic doors of the large building right next to Ariake Harbour.

'

Eh?

'

'Come on now, let 's not keep the police waiting! ' Ranpo called, poking his head out from between the automatic doors before ducking back in.

'Wait, so '

what?

' Kirishima said dumbly as they walked through the doors and came into this glamorous lobby with a fountain right in the middle.

'What is this place? ' Uraraka gapped as she looked around. Everything in here was practically sparkling.

'Looks like a hotel," Asui answered as she took in her surroundings.

Midoriya stared at the ladies working behind the counters, then to the man pulling along a cart of luggage dressed in hotel uniforms. It was a hotel.

'My apologies, ' A woman in black suits suddenly stopped them, 'I will need to see your IDs? '

At that, all the Class 1-A students froze up. They turned to each other, not sure what they were supposed to do as they don 't have any of that. Their reactions only made the woman narrow her eyes at the students that had their faces hidden behind scarfs and masks. Her eyes then darted to the securities standing not far away. As if receiving some sort of signal, they began to move forward when a young man in police uniform came stumbling over.

'Ranpo-san! ' He gasped. 'You 're finally here! We 've been waiting for an hour and half now! The chief is waiting for you! '

'Ah~ Kobayashi-kun! ' Ranpo greeted the policeman cheerfully, not feeling the slightest bit of urgency, unlike the policeman.

'This gentleman is here to help with our investigation. ' The police quickly explained to the woman.

' 'Are you here for the investigation as well?" The lady questioned, eyeing the students over again.

"Yes, they are." Ranpo cut in before the policeman could even register what the woman was talking about.

With a curt nod and a bow, the woman walked away, leaving the police with Ranpo and twenty kids.

'Erm 'Ranpo-san, who are they? ' Kobayashi asked, looking at the kids with just as much wariness as the lady had.

'Does it matter? As long as I, the great detective, is at the scene, the case will be solved in a snap of my finger! ' Ranpo boasted. 'Now lead the way, Kobayashi-kun! '

The young policeman looked like he had a lot of things to say, but it swallowed his words and decided to go with it. He led them into the elevator where he pressed for the top floor. Since there were twenty additional kids, one elevator wouldn 't fit them all so they had to split apart and take the other elevator.

None of them knew what to expect when they arrived at their designated floor. Whatever they 've expected, it certainly wasn 't a huge rooftop pool 'or had they expected to come out to someone shouting.

'How long are you going to keep us here?! ' A petite woman in a red dress screamed at a police officer not far from the elevators.

'That 's right. ' A man beside the woman joined in. He wore a simple white dress shirt with dark gray pants and glasses. 'We 've been waiting for more than an hour now! '

'I need to get back to my shift! ' A man in the hotel staff uniform said nervously.

Kobayashi heaved out a deep sigh at the sight before directing them away from the group bickering in the distance. Ranpo didn 't question anything and neither did the kids. Under the heavy gazes of the police around them, the students followed Ranpo and Kobayashi into the '

woman 's

change room?!

'Girl 's change room! '

'Stop Mineta-kun! ' Iida hissed, immediately popping up by Mineta 's side. The class president was ready to restrain the class pervert at any given notice. With all these police around, they can 't let Mineta run wild!

Any thoughts going through their heads became turned blank when they finally came across the scene.

There, in the shower stall still dripping with water vapor was the body of a dead woman. Her mouth was agape as she laid there on the cold, wet floor. Her wavy ink-black hair fanned around her body with half of her hair inside the drain next to her head 'meaning that when she was discovered, the water was still running.

There was a very prominent bloodstain on the faucet with the white tiles around the body covered in light pink hue. The closer to the woman's body, the deeper the pink become, turning into a bloody red right under her head. Her limps were sprawled out, her body so pale that her skin looked grayish under the LED light. The woman was completely naked except for a blue plastic sheet covering her torso and pelvis, giving her one last bit of modesty.

Gasps erupted from the students as they took in this horrifying sight. Blood drained from their faces as all excitements they previously had was thrown out of their heads 'replaced by the cruel realization of what they were really here to observe.

This wasn 't about a detective solving mystery cases.

It was about finding the answer behind the death of a person.

This was a

murder

scene.

'You guys. ' Ranpo 's voice snapped the kids out as they turned to the raven-haired man who had taken his hat off and placed it over his chest. His back was to them as he faced the lady, but even without seeing his face, they could all feel pressure rolling off his body. 'You 're being rude to the lady. '

None of them knew what face they had, but they quickly found out when they saw the faces of their classmates mirroring their own.

It was fear.

It was their first time seeing a real dead body and they were scared.

SLAP

Hearing the sharp slapping sound of flesh, everyone turned to Uraraka who had smacked her own cheeks so hard it left bright red handprints on her face. When she opened her eyes, the fear was gone, replaced by determination.

She wasn 't the only one.

The students in different methods picked themselves back up as their eyes that were just filled with shock and fright vanished out of existence.

Midoriya 's hands rolled into fists at his side as he stared at the bathroom stall, then to the woman's body, trying to gather as much information as he can.

'What the hell is this?! '

'Ah~! Minoura-san! ' Ranpo greeted cheerfully as a grumpy looking man stomped over to them, looking extremely displeased.

'Since when were kids allowed at a crime scene? ' The man snapped, turning to Kobayashi who shrank under his superior 's heated glare.

'Now, now, Minoura-san. ' Ranpo chided as if he was talking to a child. 'It 's these children 's dreams to become law enforcers when they grow up! As a policeman, shouldn 't it be your responsibility to be a good role model for them? '

'You brought

unrelated personnel

into a

crime scene

! '

'Alright, everyone gather around! '

'HEY! '

'What 's the situation? ' Ranpo fixed his hat back over his head.

'Wouldn 't you know if you use your Ability? ' The police chief replied. There was no bite in his words 'just stating a simple fact.

That caught all the kids' attention as they stared at Ranpo.

'It would be meaningless if I just solve the mystery without letting them learn anything," Ranpo said, gesturing at the kids.

Midoriya swore the police chief was going to pop a vein, but he pinched the bridge of his nose to stop himself from exploding. It was a very familiar gesture that Midoriya remembered Kunikida doing. From their interactions, Midoriya guessed that this was a usual thing between the two adults.

'Kobayashi! Fill them in! '

'Y-yes! ' Kobayashi stuttered as he quickly pulled out his notebook.

'The victim is Suzuki Yui, twenty-six years old ' '

'Suzuki Yui?! ' Ashido burst out in shock, causing everyone to look at her 'everyone but Ranpo.

' 'Sorry. ' She covered her mouth when she realized she went out of line just now. She looked to the police chief, Minoura, nervously.

'You know her, kid? ' Minoura questioned, eyeing the girl who was completely covered in clothing from head to toe.

'She 's the Heroine of

The Last Hero

," Jirou replied for her classmate, taking the police 's attention off Ashido and to her.

They were too shocked by the sight of the dead body to notice before 'but the woman's face was definitely the face of the actress they knew of. She was pretty famous throughout Japan, which brought another question to all of their minds.

A question none of them dared to ask out loud.

Why was an actress of Japan

in

Yokohama?

Was she also granted special permission by the Port Mafia?

However, they got their answers very soon when Kobayashi continued on as he read off his notes.

'Suzuki Yui works is an actress in the outer world and has gained a lot of fames in the past three years. Her identity created for her in the outside world is a Quirkless immigrant from Germany. '

What?

None of them could believe what they were hearing.

The actress Suzuki Yui was a citizen of Yokohama?!

'She returned to Yokohama and booked into this hotel three days ago for her one week vacation. This morning at 7:34 am, she was found dead in the shower room by the cleaning lady. '

'Bring the suspects over here. ' Minoru waved, and three people were soon brought in.

They were the people that had seen shouting at the police when they first stepped out of the elevator.

'Saito Miyako-san, twenty-six years old. ' Kobayashi started with the only woman within the three. 'She and Suzuki-san were old classmates. She works as an accountant and came with Suzuki-san to for her vacation. '

'I keep telling you, I didn 't kill her! Why would I kill my own friend?! ' The lady 'Saito shouted at Kobayashi, seeming hysterical and shaken.

'The next is Hayashi Eiichi-san, twenty-nine years old. He is a staff working the night shift last night and has entered the rooftop. '

"I wasn't even supposed to be on this shift!" Hayashi quickly defended himself. "My co-worker called in sick and the boss told me to take over for her! All I did was clean the floors, check to see if anyone was still around before I lock the doors! '

'Omura Daiki-san, thirty-one years old. ' Kobayashi looked over to the last person. "He is a plastic surgeon that has performed plastic surgery for Suzuki-san in the past. They've become good friends since then and like Saito-san, he came to join Suzuki-san in her vacation. '

'I 'm telling you guys, I don 't know anything! I didn 't even see her last night! ' The plastic surgeon snapped angrily.

'Only these three have been seen on the surveillance camera accessing the swimming pool over the night. The first is Saito-san, who came to the rooftop pool with Suzuki-san at 10:34 pm and left alone at 11:43 pm '

'We were going for a midnight swim. ' Saito frowned. 'Yui didn 't like having people playing around when she swims. She 's a competitive swimmer and the two of us often race together. I got tired so I went back to my room first to sleep. '

'After that, Omura-san entered at 12:00 am, leaving at 12:30 am. '

"I went to look for Suzuki-san," Omura grumbled. 'She wanted to get her nose done and we 've been discussing over what procedure she wants to take. I went to look for her, but there was no one around. I thought she might be in the change room, so I waited a bit but when I didn 't see her I left! '

'At 1:30 am, Hayashi-san came to the rooftop with a cart of equipment, leaving at 3:25 am. '

'Those were just brooms and mops! I 've never even stepped into the changing rooms since those were done by the cleaning people in the mornings! ' Hayashi frantically explained.

'From the security footage of the cart he was pushing, it possible for him to have hidden weapons within the cart. '

'I 'm telling you there 's nothing! ' Hayashi looked like he was going to tear up upon hearing how he was the most suspicious. '

'And according to the testimonies all three of them gave today, Saito-san was the last to see Suzuki-san. '

'Wait a minute! ' Saito instantly cut in. 'Sure I was the last to see her, but I didn 't do it! I 'm five foot one and Yui is five foot five! How do you suppose I kill her?! '

'A-and no matter how you look at it, isn 't it an accident? ' Hayashi piped in, looking over to the body on the floor before he hastily looked away, looking as if he was going to throw up at any moment.

'That 's right, I don 't get why you 're saying this is murder! ' Omura shouted angrily. 'What are you police doing?! I can 't believe we 're paying taxes for incompetent people like you! '

'We don 't need you to tell us how we should operate," Minoura said sternly. 'Suzuki Yui 's death is no accident. We have more than enough proof to believe that she has been killed by someone. '

"Well, I'm telling you it 's not me! ' Saito shouted before glaring to the two other guys. 'If you want to suspect, then suspect these two! They 're both dating Yui, after all! '

'Eh?! ' Kobayashi gapped. It was obvious the police hadn't gotten that information before.

However, the ones that were most surprised people were Class 1-A. At the very least, those that knew of Suzuki Yui.

'Wasn 't Suzuki dating Harada? ' Kirishima gapped as he recalled the magazines he saw.

"There was even talk about marriage, wasn 't there? ' Hagakure added.

'Harada? Who 's that? ' Minoura felt a headache coming as more new information was given. Information which

no one

bothered on sharing before.

'Harada Azuma. ' A policeman reported, walking up to his chief with a holographic screen floating out of the watch on his wrist. He showed Minoura the picture of a brown-haired man with golden eyes and snake scales covering half of his neck. He was an extremely handsome man 'taking away the snake qualities. 'He 's an actor of the outside world with mutant Quirk. He acted as the male lead within the movie

The Last Hero

where Suzuki Yui acted in there as the female lead. They presumably began dating after that. There is rumour in the outside world that they are planning on getting married. '

'Marry?! ' Minoura furrowed his brows in disbelieve. 'Was she out of her mind? '

Midoriya blinked as he took in the shock on Minoura 's face. Was there something wrong with marriage?

'I 'm not dating Suzuki-san! ' Hayashi shouted. 'We just know each other because she comes to this hotel annually for vacation! We 're just friends! '

'Then why did you withhold such important information from us? ' Minoura narrowed his eyes at the worker. 'You acted as if you didn 't know her when we questioned you. '

'I-I was just scared! ' Hayashi cried. 'I didn 't want you guys to think I killed her! '

"Nothing is going on between me and Suzuki-san!" Omura joined in. 'My relationship with her is strictly work and friend! '

At that, Saito snorted, gaining everyone 's attention.

'

Oh please

. ' She rolled her eyes. 'Anyone with brains can tell you 're smitten with her. I know you went to her hotel room the other night and didn 't come out until morning. Wonder what 's so important that you need to discuss with her

all night

. '

'You say that but aren 't you the most suspicious? ' Omura countered. 'I heard your company in the outside world went bankrupted and you racked up quite a lot of debts and has been asking Suzuki-san to help you out but got rejected! '

'You think I would kill her over something so petty?! ' Saito shrieked.

'You seem petty enough to believe other people would kill for such petty reason! '

'How

dare

you! I would never kill Yui over something like that! '

'I wouldn 't either! ' Omura roared back.

'Please everyone calm down! ' Kobayashi jumped between the two, only to be on the receiving end of their rage.

The kids just stared at the scene, dumbfounded.

'Well? ' Minoura turned towards Ranpo. 'Can you solve this mystery for us already? '

'Hmm ' ' Ranpo hummed before a sly smile lifted his lips.

Then, he suddenly turned around, his left hand on his hip and his right hand pointing right at the U.A students. His eyes opened up, revealing a pair of emerald green eyes that seemed to suck out the souls of anyone that dared to stare into them.

'You guys, solve this mystery in thirty minutes! '

' 'Eh? '

The police and kids 'as well as the suspects 'all stared at Ranpo in disbelieve.

For a whole minute, the change room was drowned in utter silence.