Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori

Now, that's not good, Hanasaki-kun.

Haven't seen you since we played in the water a while back.

Did you have a fight with Akechi-kun?

You're...

Twenty Faces?

It's easy to make you do as I say,

but it wouldn't be very fun.

Play with me, Hanasaki-kun.

It's unusual for you to come here.

You're the one who told me to come.

I sure did.

Because Hanasaki ignored me.

Innocent Scale

He usually replies immediately.

Did something happen to him?

What do you want?

There you go, being like that again.

Yamane!

Hey, Yamane!

I'm coming, all right?

This is everything you asked for.

Wire, spare underwater oxygen cylinders,

a lifesaver set, and the improved adaptive camouflage umbrella.

Senpai, please take care of things.

Ta-da.

The ribs are carbon fiber,

making it 47% lighter than the previous model.

I see.

Your reactions are weak!

Hanasaki would be all happy and squealing, "Whoa! It's so light!"

I see.

Senpai's not that type of guy.

Is this everything?

Hmm... There's also this.

Sleeping gas.

You can adjust the amount with water.

I see.

Again, that's weak!

Hey.

Are you done yet?

You were sound asleep.

Here.

What?

Where are we?

How do you like the taste?

Answer me!

I don't dislike that look in your eyes.

But it's not enough.

You can make a better expression, can't you?

Police Detective Nakamura is quite remarkable.

She managed to miss his vitals.

Haru-nii...

Are you actually... relieved?

Even though he asked to be killed at once?

Even though he will never regain his former shine?

It's your fault!

You made Haru-nii—

I extended my hand to him when he needed help.

Is that a bad thing?

Damn right it is!

Worse than Akechi-kun?

That's enough! Shut up!

And what about you?

Surely you're not going to call yourself a hero of justice, are you?

Her favorite color is yellow.

She loves soccer and beads.

A young girl with adorable double teeth.

She was only ten years old.

She was supposed to receive a kidney transplant.

Huh?

From that facility.

You have taken an estimated twenty-two lives.

That number will continue to grow.

But... I saved the people in that place...

Was that the right thing to do?

Better than the children you didn't save?

Stop it!

So...

Are you a good person or a bad person?

Stop it!

I don't wanna hear it!

I understand.

You only want to look at the things you want to see.

Stop it!

Sorry,

but I won't have much work for you for a while.

What?

Written Apology

I'll be so lonely if I can't see you.

Well, if a certain someone hadn't been standing in a daze,

I wouldn't have had to shoot the suspect.

Yeah, sorry for that.

Well, I'm sure the famous master detective

still has plenty to do, even without any jobs from me.

Hey, no need to pout.

If it's what you want, I'm always happy to fondle those modest brea—

Huh?

Sensei.

Yeah, yeah.

A deserted love hotel, eh?

Um...

Please take care of it.

Well, shall we get this over with?

You poor boy.

Huh?

I know how much it hurts to not be loved.

Thank you for waiting, everyone.

Please look at this.

The new facility opening tomorrow, Le Waqua,

is the Hanasaki Group's tenth large-scale commercial complex.

Is this your first time

seeing your father smile?

Shut up.

Could you tell us what this complex has that your others do not?

A sense of security, perhaps.

We've heard that it will be guarded by the latest security robots.

No doubt about that.

After the Hinomoto Heavy Industries incident some time ago,

even the police have refrained from using security robots.

What are your thoughts on that?

These robots will differ in both manufacturer and capabilities.

There will be no comparison.

Well, wouldn't you like to hear?

What?

What your current father is going to say about you?

Even though it closed thirty years ago,

all the people who came to tear it down met with unfortunate accidents, one after another.

Recently, it's become known as a haunted building, so the client—

Wants us to catch the ghost, right?

She wants us to find the cause

of the accidents, and make it possible to work on the building.

So if we catch the ghost, the case is solved, right?

That's so unscientific.

What are you talking about?

There's a very unscientific person right next to us.

Well, yes, that's true...

Ooh, scary! So scary!

Now, we'll take one more question before wrapping up.

The gentleman wearing the red necktie?

Do you have plans of your own to visit the complex with your family?

I'm sorry, but questions of that nature are not...

Of course, I plan to.

But my son is very busy with his school club,

so he doesn't have much time for me lately.

All adults are liars.

It's not as if he even cares about you, and yet...

Well, I don't...

You truly are so much like the boy I used to be.

Stop it...

You want both your father and Akechi-kun to look at you more,

to approve of you,

to praise you so badly that it's unbearable, don't you?

Let me show you

what I received from Akechi-kun.

Seriously...

Aren't you being kinda overprotective?