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Psychic Extraction, one of the most powerful abilities in the world—alongside No Longer Human, For The Tainted Sorrow, Seduction and What's Yours Is Mine.

Your ability allowed you to enter the mind of another person and extract their thoughts, memories, and even their most deepest, darkest secrets and desires. To use this ability, you had to establish a psychic link with the target, which could be done through intense eye contact or intimate physical touch. Once the link was established, you could enter the target's mind and navigate their thoughts and memories.

The process of extraction was complex and required a great deal of skill and concentration. You had to carefully navigate the target's subconscious and unconscious mind, avoiding mental defences and barriers along the way. Once the desired information was located, you were able to extract it without permanently altering the target's brain chemistry.

The extracted information was used for a variety of purposes—such as blackmail, espionage, or sabotage. Your three favourite things. Your ability was exactly why you were a renowned member of the Decay of Angels. By using Psychic Extraction, you were able to extract sensitive information from your targets, such as passwords, personal secrets to use as a weapon against them, or confidential business information. The ability to extract information from the minds of others was also useful for gathering intelligence on potential targets and identifying weaknesses in their defences. Members of the Decay of Angels would use this knowledge to plan their attacks and increase their chances of success.

It was all fun and games until one day, you had an unfortunate run in during a mission involving world domination with the one man who you had been warned by your mentor Fyodor about; Dazai Osamu.

And now you were here.

Not even you could get into that pretty little head of his. You supposed nobody but his wife could. Your ability had dissipated before you'd even had the chance.

Your ability was exactly the reason why when you were first brought here, against your will because there was no way in hell you would have ever chosen to side with the enemy of your own accord, the President had instantly decided that you were going to be paired with Ranpo, because while Ranpo's ability was used to uncover the truth and solve mysteries, your ability was focused on extracting information to back up Ranpo's claims. Unfortunately for you, because you were still considered a great threat despite working here for months, you were not able to use your ability whenever you wanted. The gold anklet locked around your ankle that was created using Kunikida's notebook meant that you were only able to use your ability during a mission, in which it would be unlocked only until the mission was over. It was another grim reminder that, at the end of the day, you were nothing more than a prisoner, but you supposed that you understood exactly why it was there in the first place, as dehumanising as it was. It was to stop you from using your ability on anyone else, because even now, if you suddenly found a way to take it off, the first thing you would do was break into Ranpo's mind and completely destroy him just for being an insufferable prick.

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