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   Another job done, another complete success to add to his ever-growing list of accomplishments —– while this is what the others of the Agency will say to him, Ranpo himself finds this case in particular to be a bit lackluster in comparison to more difficult ones he’s done in the past.

   Cognizant as he is that things will not always keep the same level of difficulty to satisfy him, he finds nothing more glaringly obvious than the murder committed by a bitter lover. Humans are predictable in such a way, and they aren’t completely impervious to their emotions – somewhere along the line, they’re bound to cave.

   This is, of course, where his skills came to use in terms of picking apart the human emotions and using it against the suspect in question. The rest goes as always: the police thanking him for his assistance, taking the culprit away, and Ranpo is left to wait around for his ride home that he was told would come to get him after the case.

   It is in his waiting that he hears the voice of a boy, sitting by himself and speaking loud enough for him to hear. Ah, this was… Some witness they kept around, wasn’t he? Though, he was completely useless to the case by the time the detective used his ability.  ( a tragic case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong attitude towards the situation. )

   ‘ Well, it’s all over and done with now! Truth be told, I was expecting something a bit MORE if the police were asking me to use my ability… They’re growing more and more useless by the day!! ’

↳ ❂ ↰  The wound was hesitant; it didn’t hit anything vital and the only dangers were blood loss and shock. If given the proper first aid, she could have lived to tell the tale. Kaeto had walked by just in time to see the boyfriend find her collapsed, and while a card in his wallet showed he had EMS training, he chose to give incorrect aid and allowed her to bleed out.

As if that wasn’t enough to convince the teen, the man only denied his flippant accusation. An innocent person grieving a fresh loss would have reacted violently. In the end, despite his assumption being true, the police wouldn’t accept his word for it and instead called in someone else (who they apparently relied on a lot).

Truthfully, he hadn’t expected anyone to speak to him after that aside from dismissing him from the scene. The mention of abilities piqued his interest, so he smiled. “I’m sure a lot of people must rely on you, sir,” he agreed as he stood up, brushing any dirt from his trousers. “Unfortunately since I didn’t actually witness the crime itself, they couldn’t take my word for what happened, which would have saved you the trip out here.”

And it would have saved Kaeto a lot of time. He had tests to take that day, and because he had to sit around, he missed them. With any luck, his professors would allow him to make them up without penalty, but if not, his grades would take a severe blow. No more mister perfect scores in everything. How annoying.

“Although I have to admit, it’s rather exciting to be in the presence of the world’s greatest detective.” Only on rare occasions did the teen meet someone who was actually intelligent, so he may as well make the most of it.