In Yokohama there has been major incidents that don't relate to each other at all, even the causes for these incidents don't connect, but what if these incidents are connected and the Agency finally starts to realize there's something bigger going o...
"Does anyone know where Dazai went off too? He hasn't come in a couple days now." Kunikida said. Everyone remained silent. "Thought so." He said with a deep sigh. "But why all of a sudden and now of all times?" He questioned as he put a hand on his forehead, frustrated.
"Tanizaki, Kyouka, and Atsushi go look for Dazai." Kunikida said. "R-Right." Atsushi stuttered as he sat straight up. Him, Tanizaki, Kyouka, and Naomi then left. Ranpo opened his eyes. "I have a feeling, we'll really need Dazai on this case. There's no logical reason behind it... But we have to use everything." Ranpo said. Fukuzawa walked into the Office with a frown in his face.
Ranpo frowned as well, knowing Fukuzawa did not bring good news. "Let me guess, the Killer made their move." Ranpo said with a sigh. Fukuzawa nodded as he put a file on Ranpo's desk.
He opened it, with Kunikida behind him, and a grim expression etched across his face.
This time the screen showed the victims praying, there eyeballs were carved out and they all wore white clothing with a golden design, words on the wall appeared again: SINNERs SHALL be SACRIFICEs
"Unlike the last time, one word is lowercased along with the 's' at the end of 'Sinners' and 'Sacrifices'. It's either the initals of something important or they want us to pay attention to the other words. I already checked if this dealt with a religion or satanist, but I came up empty. I can't figure out the motive either, was this all on a whim or out of boredom?" Ranpo said as he let his head fall to his desk.
"This is so complicated even for me... It's like that case with Mushitaro except more complex." He sighed in frustration.
"We believe in you, Ranpo. Just take your time. Besides, I'm sure with the Hunting dogs, we've got at least some info." Fukuzawa said.
'That's easier said than done. It's already been a couple of days and we're still on square Zero.' Ranpo thought.
'This is going to take longer than Originally planned.' Fukuzawa thought. 'I also just returned from the Hunting Dogs. They have nothing either. They've been patrolling every night and day and yet the Killer always manages to slip past them. This is no ordinary person.' He thought deeply.
"Where is everyone? The office is practically empty." Fukuzawa questioned.
"Well, I sent Tanizaki, Kyouka, and Atsushi to go and find Dazai, Naomi tagged along. The others, I don't know where they are." Kunikida replied.
"I see..." Fukuzawa muttered.
|| M E A N W H I L E ||
Dazai was no where to be found, no matter where they looked, they never found him. They were starting to give up and head back to the Agency.
"Watch out!" A girl shouted. They turned to the sound and saw a girl with red eyes and very long, dark brown hair that she were tied into twintails held by two big, red scrunchies. She had straight bangs that hide her eyebrows, as well as two small strands of hair that fall at the sides of her head, the one falling at her right side being a bit longer. She also has a beauty mark under her left eye. She wore a school girls' uniform with a pair of red thigh-high socks.
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Before they knew it, Atsushi was scratched by a Calico cat. The girl caught up and got the cat before it could do any more damage. She bowed politely asked the cat scratched her hands.
"I'm really sorry..." She apologized.
Atsushi, who groaned in pain, smiled nervously. "Its okay, but I'm not so sure about your arms..." Atsushi said as the cat continued to scratch her hands. "I'm alright, but your face... It's bleeding a lot." She said.
Tanizaki gulped. "Good luck bro. When Yosano sees you, you'll be healed..." Tanizaki said. Atsushi froze and mentally panicked. The girl giggled. "You guys are weird." She said. Kyouka just glared at the cat, wanting to kill it.
"Oh right, I'm Masumi, no last name. What's yours?" She introduced.
"O-Oh, Nakajima Atsushi..." Atsushi replied nervously. "Tanizaki Jun'ichiro. This is my sister, Naomi." Tanizaki Introduced with a smile as Naomi club onto him. 'They act more like lovers than siblings...' Masumi thought.
"Izumi Kyouka." Kyouka said Bluntly.
"Well it was nice meeting ya." She said. "But I-" She was cut off.
"Yo, Atsushi-kun." Dazai said with a close eyed smile as he appeared out of no where. "Oh hi, Dazai-san." Atsushi greeted. "What happened to your face?" Dazai asked as he walked closer to them.
"Well..." He said nervously as he looked back. "Eh? Where'd she go?" He questioned in surprise. "She sure is fast." Tanizaki said with a sweatdrop. "Agreed." Naomi said as Kyouka nodded.
"Hm?" Dazai hummed in confusion.
"It's nothing, Dazai-san. Kunkida-san told us to come and find you though." Atsushi said. "I expected as much, well let's go." Dazai said as he put his hands in his pockets.
|| T I M E S K I P ||
Mori looked to be zoned out in the meeting with the Executives. "Boss? Are you not feeling well? You keep zoning out." Chuuya said. Mori snapped out of his thoughts.
"It's nothing. I'm just wondering who is Masumi? Elise told me that she liked this Masumi person and that they usually hang out. I want to find out if they're friend or foe." Mori said.
"Well, I've never heard or seen a person by the name of Masumi in the Mafia." Kōyō said. Chuuya put a hand on his chin.
"I think I heard Q talk about a Masumi person. I don't really remember what he said because I didn't think it was important, but Q seemed to really like this person." Chuuya said.
"It might be another kid like them seeing as even Elise called them Childish." Mori said. "But what if it's a boy?! They might steal Elise away from me! We must find out every last detail on this person!" Mori shouted.
