Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori

I... I...

Squid (ika)!

Caesar (Kaesaru).

Ru, ru, ru, ru...

Rule (ruuru)!

Luke (Ruka).

Ka... Ka...

Shellfish (kai).

Irma (Iruma).

Ma? Ma, ma...

Mach (mahha)!

Hammurabi (Hanmurabi).

Bi...

Inoue, pick some easier words!

Ganging up on him like that is just shameful!

Inoue's limiting himself to BC-era historical figures.

That should be more than enough of a handicap.

Damn it, Sensei!

How long are you gonna be on break?!

Akashi-san Calling

Is this what you're saying?

The Shibuya Dogenzaka robot incident,

the organ-trading tower incident,

the abduction of police officers in underground channels...

Shibuya Dogenzaka robot incident

Organ-trading tower incident

Police officers abducted in underground channels

Mysterious Cooperant

Criminal

Who is the "Mysterious Cooperant"?

All of these incidents that have shaken up society recently were solved

by this mysterious cooperant.

Is that what you mean?

Huh...

Seeing you dressed like that is quite the turn-on, too.

How long are you going to keep ditching work?

If possible...

Forever, I guess.

Pure Tryst

You're telling us to pay?

Don't pull that crap with us, you—

Hey, little punk! What are you—

What am I doing?

Exactly what you guys were just doing.

Damn it!

For the love of... What if you'd been shot, idiot?!

Oh... Yeah.

And you did that to a guy like this...

It's fine. I'm used to it.

That's not the point!

You're only supposed to do that with someone you love!

Don't laugh!

Sorry.

Thanks, um...

Kogorou. Akechi Kogorou.

Excuse me?

Are you listening? Hey!

Nao-chan...

That kinda hurts.

The promise was that in return for overlooking your boys' unauthorized actions,

all the credit would be attributed to me, right?

You've reminded me of that over and over.

Then just what is that?

Who Is the Mysterious Cooperant?

How should I know?

Every single channel is talking about you.

Twenty Faces has completely faded out of the picture.

Well, I guess people can't ignore a handsome face like this, right?

Uh, you're supposed to make some witty comeback.

Tell me.

Huh?

What happened between you and Twenty Faces?

Here! Right here!

Ah, hey!

This is my best song!

This man, Akechi Kogorou,

will now sing from the heart for his beloved Nao-chan!

This welcome party is supposed to be for us.

Just be happy we get to drink.

Just like you, Akechi-kun.

Huh?

You hate boredom,

and you're always looking for thrills.

You know, you don't have to hang out with me.

You're the only one who can change my world, Akechi-kun.

Ever since that day.

Have it your way.

Here, newbie. Fire a shot.

What's wrong?

This your first time firing a gun?

If only it were...

I-I'm sorry!

I'll bring a new one right away.

It's fine.

No one would've eaten it, anyway.

More importantly, are you okay?

Y-Yes...

Leave us.

I'm very sorry.

You need to dress properly when you stand before me.

Yes...

Father.

So, um...

What was it you needed?

Hm?

Akashi-san called and said you wanted to see me.

I'm not allowed to ask for you unless I have business with you?

Well...

I hear you're out goofing off every day.

I'm not goofing off.

I'm not angry.

So long as you don't cause trouble, you're free to do as you please.

I'm leaving tomorrow on another business trip.

If you need anything, call Akashi.

Don't forget that you're the eldest son of the Hanasaki family.

I'm not the eldest son.

Woo-hoo!

You're always so loud.

You need to take your clothes off!

So that was your father earlier?

Huh? Oh, yeah.

Not by blood, though.

I was adopted. They took in my older brother and me.

Well, I'm not related to my older brother, either,

and he already moved out.

Huh...

Guess a lot can happen in life.

Oh?

So I can actually hit you with this!

Don't you dare.

Time to vent some aggravation!

Cut it out!

Oh, now you've done it! I'm not gonna hold back!

Is that a friend, do you suppose?

You're not playing fair!

Stop!

Akechi-san!

Sou... suke...

Sousuke!

Hey! Were you listening?

Huh? Oh, yeah. That was great.

Especially the chorus, where your voice cracked on "You're just a palate cleanser."

Then tell me now.

Huh?

You said you'd tell me if I sang, didn't you?

About you and Twenty Faces.

Oh, did I?

Don't you give me that, you drunkard.

I... killed him.

Huh?

My dad... Both of them.

What?

Huh?

Uh, I'm not sure what I should question first.

Killed your father? Er... Huh?

What do you mean? And what does it have to do with Twenty Faces?