Killing Me Slowly / OUMASAI /

He Returns

Shuichi's POV 

I sigh to myself.

 I better start working on the Phantom Thief case...

I reach over to my desk and grab some files that were left for me.

 I open the first file. The file contains blurry pictures taken of the Phantom Thief. 

This guy looks oddly familiar.

But I refuse to admit that I know this person...

For now. 

I try to estimate the thief's height. 

He looks around five feet, I would say.

His hair looks black, but that could just be because of the dark.

Besides, when I saw him, his hair seemed like a dark purple up close. 

But, of course that doesn't mean that he couldn't have dyed it by now. 

While I'm deep in thought I hear the door click, making me jump. Kirigiri walks into the room. 

I hope that she didn't see me jump...

"No Shuichi, I didn't see you jump." She tells me in a casual voice.

"Huh? Then how'd you..?"

"Just keen intuition." She responds to me. 

"Oh..." I awkwardly laugh. 

"I have deducted that The Phantom Thief's age is around yours." She tells me, breaking the silence. 

I listen to her reasoning, and then share with her what I have deducted about the Phantom Thief. 

" I see..." She murmurs. 

"Thank you Shuichi." She says to me. 

"Mhm." I respond. 

And with that, the other detective exits the room. 

I take a look at the other files laying on my desk. 

Might as well open them too.

I open the second file and some small notes come flying out of it. Some of the small slips of paper float down onto the floor. 

I pick up all of the pieces of paper and look at them. 

I immediately notice the familiar handwriting. 

This handwriting belongs to...

The Phantom Thief. 

I assume that he has written letters to not only me but to the others as well. 

I feel a pang of jealousy at this fact, though I'm not sure why.