Lost Paradise | BOOK 1

036 | 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚜𝚜

It was a party.

A cruise ship.

Fancy clothes.

Fancy food.

Sana all— (Hope all)

Three people were huddled together.

"This is bad." Said Tanizaki.

"Very bad." Kyouka agreed.

"It's bad?" Asked Kenji.

Tanizaki gasped dramatically— proceeding to explain how even when they received a direct order from the president— they still went ahead and fought the mafia. 

Why? Shortly after the Origin of Obedience in the jujutsu side of the story—  the cannibalism arc took place in Yokohama.

Where in the heads of the Armed Detective Agency— Fukuzawa Yukichi, and Port Mafia— Mori Ogai were poisoned with a sickness that cannibalises their entire body. An ability which even Dazai Osamu can't negate.

"Oh! Look at all these snacks!" A familiar voice cooed.

"Ranpo-san!" The trio exclaimed in shock.

"You escaped from the mystery novel?" Kenji inquired, skipping towards the raven haired detective.

"Of course!" Ranpo remarked, taking a bite of his slice of cake. "I identified all five hundred criminals." He boasted.

"Fancy hat boy is still in there though," he explained. "Gave up and started beating everyone..."

"And to think he's already a father at this point." Ranpo huffed.

"Well, I gotta call Yukiko and tell her everything." The detective said evilly

"I know you're the integral of the detective agency." The ginger haired executive said. "And unfortunately Yukiko's favorite uncle." He added.

"I don't think someone like you would be able to put up a fight with me." Chuuya scoffed.

"But," Ranpo smirked. "You've lost to your significant other— Dazai more times than you can count haven't you?"

Chuuya narrows his eyes.

"Are you just going to stand there and prove to me you're more insignificant?" The detective teased.

"Oh my, how would Yukiko react to that?"

Ranpo sure knew which buttons to choose and push.

"Considering that, she looks up to you more~"

The area around the executive cracked and bursted, his entire figure outlined with red energy as he activates his ability.

"Want to see what it's like to be crushed by gravity?" Chuuya growled.

Ranpo chuckled. "Nothing's impossible for a great detective like me."

"But what did the president say about defying orders?" Asked Tanizaki. "Are we still going to have punishments?"

"Your punishment?" The raven haired detective pursed his lips. "Well that's..."

A tall brown haired man stood at the deck of the cruise ship, overlooking the horizon. 

"It's quite crowded inside huh," Atsushi remarked. "Dazai-san."

The man looked over to the white haired male.

"Yeah..." He muttered. "Fitzgerald's ocean liner."