ラブキラー // RABUKIRA //

閉じ込められた - tojikomerareta

Life in the office seems fine. Lots of work, lots of cases to solve. Ellie is commanded to work under the supervision of Edogawa Ranpo, the smartest member of the agency. According to him, Super Deduction is the best skill of all skills. Although Dazai might have, or might have not mentioned in a drunken state to Ellie that it's actually not a real ability. The kid, who isn't really a kid, he's 24, is just really that smart. That's exactly why Ellie appreciates her 'mate' and looks up to him. Ranpo though, he insisted that he does not need any mates, but ultimately he agreed, just to show off. Of course under that facade, he sort of wanted to pass off some techniques to the younger generation, so eventually, he did not lament the idea of this whole new mentor-ish work of his. That being said, an unusual case of murder was assigned to Ranpo. That instantly meant that Ellie has to tag along. Dazai though, had some spare time on him, well, in actual reality he dissed his own case, under his usual phrase of 'boring!', so he tagged along as well.

'So what is the case exactly about?' Ellie asks.

'Hm, according to the informations to our avail, a woman was stabbed in the heart.' Ranpo answers.

'And what's so special with that?

'The woman was an important source of information to the Agency. She had many information to her advantage. The boss of the Agency knew her personally. Although, she was a source of information to all. Including the Port Mafia.' Dazai chimes in, explaining the situation, since explaining stood further than the Neptune from Ranpos methods.

'The Port Mafia? How do you know that?'

'Eh? I was almost sure that I've dropped hints when I was in an intoxicated state. I worked at the mafia, as an executive.'

'You did? You never came off as the snarky type. They all seem like pretty shady people, if I had to be honest.'

'I guess, you can never know, aye?'

'Everyone! I think we arrived!' Ranpo shouts suddenly. An area is secluded by the police, many officers are just lingering by, and a good handful of them are swarming around something that could not be seen from this far.

'Let's take a closer look, shall we?' Dazai speaks, and with that, he avoids the blockade of the police and takes steps closer to the hive of police officers. One of them turns around and seemingly recognizes Dazai, this fact urging him to come and meet him.

'Good morning! The Armed Detective Agency, correct?'

Ranpo catches up with the conversation that Dazai and the officer continue, which makes Ellie stand out a little bit. Ever since she has came here, she can't seem to find her proper place. Not that she minds that much, but still. She doesn't even know how on earth was she and Emi threathening the safety of Yokohama with killing off some criminals. Is it truly, faithfully that deep, that one of the strongest organizations of the city had to physically restrain her from seeing her?

As Ellie's brain functions as an ever-going train of thoughts, her arms are suddenly grasped by a specific fabric, and she feels herself rising from the ground beneath her. The fabric wraps itself around her body, and before she could even scream, Dazai had ran there. 

The owner of the rough material stands there, unphased by all what's happening. He, a certain jetblack haired individual, truly can't care less. He was assigned a mission.

'Akutagawa! What do you think, where are you taking her?'

'To her execution. If they both figure out THAT, the ecstasy of rampage would make both of them lose their sanity. I assume you are familiar.'

Dazai talks no more and with one jump he reaches the fabric monster called Rashomon, making it dissappear under the blink of an eye. Although, that also made Ellie fall from the grip of Akutagawa's ability. Before she could land, Dazai was quick enough to catch her.