𝑨𝑹𝑴𝒀 𝑶𝑭 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺 = 𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑹𝑶𝑹: ʙᴜɴɢᴏᴜ ꜱᴛʀᴀʏ ᴅᴏɢꜱ x ꜰ! ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

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3rd POV

Ranpo, Dazai and you were all sitting at your apartment discussing what Fyodor's ability could possibly be.

"We know he can kill that comes in contact with him, but isn't restricted to skin-to-skin contact either," Dazai explained.

"With that, we can assume that he has an ability like mine, steal other's ability and he someone got that ability back in Russia or something, or what we saw without weird hidden tricks," You added.

"I doubt it's an ability like yours or that he can steal other people's ability. I think he can give 'punishment' to anyone who committed some moral sin," Ranpo disagreed.

"Yeah, perhaps he touches someone who feels that they committed a crime, he punishes them with death. He doesn't need to know the crime, only if they know they did something bad. He might not be able to kill someone who sees themselves as a good person," You agreed.

"But it could also be that the name of the ability refers to himself. Rather than punishing someone for their crime, he instead punishes himself for his own. When he touches someone, they die but every time he uses his ability he ends up harming himself as well," Ranpo included.

"I just have this feeling that he cannot use his ability on the gifted, but only the non-gifted," You predicted.

"Honestly it's kind of a waste of time to determine what his ability could possibly be," Dazai sighed.

"It truly is, isn't it?" You nodded.

"Well, to be fair I'm pretty sure he's having a hard time figuring out Y/N's true ability," Ranpo spoke.

"I guess, only a handful of people know much about my past or my true ability."

"Well, time to get arrested," Dazai excitedly said making you shake your head in disappointment.

"Be careful Dazai, I'll see you soon," You spoke making him nod with a smile.

......

Ranpo was receiving a call from Kunikida about a hostage situation, "I understand the situation. Be careful. Saying only the Agency is allowed to step in practically screams that a trap is waiting for us."

"Is their motive unknown to even you two?" Kunikida asked.

"Don't worry, we have a lead in front of us," Ranpo ended the call and took your hands in his, "It's definitely going to get violent from here on out. As soon as something happens I need you to rescue Atsushi and get to the others."

"But Ranpo what about you? I can't just possibly leave you behind..." You worriedly asked.

"I'll be fine, Y/N. I may not be physically strong compared to the rest of you, but my intellect will keep me alive. Plus, I still need to protect you guys, I can't die yet," He squeezed your hands in reassurance.

"I trust you, Ranpo," You squeezed his hands back.

The two of you entered the building hand in hand going in the direction where the smell of blood was, "Director Taneda!"

"Oh... it's Fukuzawa's... little detectives..." He said before falling onto the ground in which the two of you helped him lean on the chair.

"I know what The Five Deadly Omens are after... to exchange info that each party seeks. This wound was their work. That means... They got away with info. From me. In return, I learnt what they were after."

"I'll inform the Bureau right away. You need treatment!"

"Listen! They used my memories to steal a page," Your eyes immediately widened at his words.