Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori

My name is Yamane Tasuku.

Got your lunch?

Yeah.

See you later!

There are three things troubling me.

You like mitsumame, right?

The first is...

I call it the Yamane Motel.

Ohtomo-senpai picks on me too much.

H-Huh? What was...? How...? Huh?!

What?

Remember, Kobayashi-kun is...

The second is...

Huh?!

I get left behind in all kinds of things.

And the third is...

Um...

Um... You're with the Boy Detectives' Club, right?

Do I look that way?

Huh?

I don't know how I can become a member of the Boy Detectives' Club,

as an official detective.

D-D-Do...

Do you need a job done?

The Spiral Ladder

It's black soybean tea.

Uh—

Oh, I'm sorry. A-After you.

Um... Have you heard of this?

Rurigaku Boys

Rurigaku Boys?

It's a databank of all the hot guys in our school.

Huh?

You have to pay to see the website.

Rurigaku Boys

It has data on hot guys' looks, intelligence,

estimated life expectancy, height,

and if they'll get fat or go bald in the future,

all expressed in numbers.

Hey, Ohtomo-senpai, you're on this!

I don't see your name, Yamane.

Well, I'm not a good-looking guy.

And? What's the issue with this site?

The fact that it even exists is sad enough, but... Well...

There have been thefts recently.

Was something stolen from you?

N-Not from me.

I mean things belonging to the guys on the site.

Like the Rurigaku Boys' tracksuits and towels,

d-drink bottles that they've drunk from,

their sports shoes...

Oh, come to think of it, Katsuda mentioned

that his tracksuit was stolen.

I-I'd like you to catch the thief.

Oh? Why?

The school's teachers and guards won't do anything about it.

That's not what I meant.

I mean, this causes no harm to you, does it?

Th-That's...

C'mon, out with it.

As detectives, we'll keep it confidential.

Come on, now.

Hey, Senpai!

It's for prevention!

Inoue

I don't want the thief to steal anything from Inoue-senpai!

Huh?

You mean you don't want them nomming on

Inoue-senpai's tracksuit or half-eaten peas, right?

Oh, to be young.

S-So...

I-If you can keep it a secret from Inoue-senpai...

Please, s-solve this case!

So...

What should we do, then?

I'm not touching this.

Huh?

You accepted the job yourself,

so you get to deal with it yourself.

What?

Crying won't help.

Oh, all right.

But you'll owe me.

Heya, Mako-chan!

I told you...

Apply in advance before you come here.

I think you should be praising me for not just letting myself in.

Huh?

N-Nice to meet you!

Oh, but we've spoken through Pippo-chan before,

so technically, I guess it's just the first time we've met in person...

You're a lot

smaller than I thought.

Oh... Here.

It's a rich strawberry éclair from Rare Ec.

The exclusive ones from Shibuya Station?

They only sell thirty per day.

Taking a break from detective work today?

Fefab!

Say what?

Inoue's doing rehab.

What about Kobayashi and Hanasaki?

I'm not their mother.

So, about what we discussed...

Inoue's gonna be pissed when he hears you accepted a job on your own.

I-I'm sorry.

I don't mind helping, though.

Really?

Oh? Why the change of heart?

No special reason.

It just ticks me off how the only one Inoue has any nice words for lately is Koba-chin.

Wow, jealousy?

I just want him to realize how valuable I am again.

Breaking into the school's security cameras

makes finding the thief a piece of... cake?!

Oh, our security cameras are old, so they might not have internet connections.

What?! Are they from the early '90s or something?!

Then what can we do?

We'll just have to check the data directly at the school.

Oh, then Senpai and I will go back to school and...

Huh? Senpai?

That bastard ran away!

Senpai?

It's up to you, then.

Me? By myself?

No.

Pippo-chan will be with you.

I still can't get through.

Just hurry up and do it!

Oh, right!

Found it!

Here we go!

The guards aren't going to come back, are they?

What the hell?!

Do you see the thief?

The image quality is horrible!

They should just send that machine to a museum!

Hold it.

That patient isn't accepting visitors, so you can't—

Wait!

Call History

Kobayashi Kobayashi Kobayashi Kobayashi Kobayashi

Whoa.

I'm analyzing the footage, but it might take a while.

The data's all broken up.

Okay, I'll be in the science lab until you're done.

It'd be cool if you caught the thief red-handed before the analysis is done, too.

Nah, I can't do something like that...

That was a joke! A Noro-chin joke!

Um...

What?

How did you become a detective?

Akechi scouted me,

and I just happened to have nothing else to do.

Um, do you go to school?

I graduated.

From grade school?

From college! I graduated at the top of my class!

C-College?!

Two years ago... No, before that.

It was just before I joined the Boy Detectives' Club.

I skipped grades to graduate from college.

I'm well past my period of moratorium!