A/n~ I've come back from the dead!!! Again!!! (I apologize for taking so long to update. I'm on break rn so I'll try to upload as much as I can this week🤞)
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3rd-person POV:
"That man's face just now..." Poe says, holding up the paper with the evidence destroyer's photo on it to confirm that it was indeed the same face that he saw on the man that fell.
"Well, damn. Turns out this is a good mystery," Ranpo says, an almost excited smirk forming on his lips.
"If you're saying that, then it must be true," Y/n comments, knowing Ranpo rarely says such a thing, if ever.
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Once Poe, Ranpo, and Y/n arrive at the scene they witnessed from the tower's observation deck, a large crowd of people had already surrounded the fallen body. The three of them quickly make it to the front of the crowd to get a closer look at the man's body, while soft sirens could be heard gradually getting louder.
"Dead on impact," Poe says as an observation. "Could this be a suicide? Or was he silenced by the Rats?"
"Probably neither," Y/n says softly, mostly to herself, denying both of Poe's possible claims.
Before she has the chance to explain further, the police arrive. "Municipal Police! Don't touch the body!" One of the rushing officers shouts, who turns out to be Minoura.
Upon approaching the body along with another female officer, Minoura spots a few familiar faces. "Huh? It's you three."
Without a second to react, Ranpo launches at the man and locks him in a sort of embrace.
"Ranpo-kun?" The lady officer questions, confused by Ranpo's actions, much like everyone else.
"Minoura-san!" Ranpo shouts excitedly before beginning to tickle Minoura.
Minoura bursts out laughing while trying to also get Ranpo to stop. "Let go! Get off me!"
"You're the best! Now I win!" Ranpo exclaims, continuing his barrage of tickle attacks.
"P-Please help Minoura-san!" The lady officer requests.
Y/n just stood there, looking mildly confused by the situation while Poe began pondering. "Hm. Why did Ranpo-kun suddenly become so excited?"
"Um..." The lady officer seemed to sweat drop at Poe's nonchalance regarding the situation.
"Because the police showed up suspiciously quickly. Right?" Y/n comments, asking Poe for confirmation of her claim.
"That's right. The police arrived just as we rushed to the ground. Why?" Poe asks.
"Because the perpetrator called them," Ranpo says, having finally stopped tickling Minoura, putting him out of his misery. "Ahead of time. To have the municipal police close the area, so I wouldn't touch the body."
"So it wasn't suicide, but something the Rats did to silence him?" Poe asks.
Ranpo walks over to the body along with Y/n to get a closer look. He squats down to examine the shoe that seemingly came off the man as he was falling. "Neither. Look at this," Ranpo says pointedly as he picks up the shoe.
"The victim's shoe," Poe states.
"It came off as he was falling. He had it on when we saw him through the window," Ranpo explains.
"You made that observation in that split second?" Poe asks.
"Logically speaking, if the shoe wasn't on his foot as he fell, we would've definitely noticed a shoe falling beside him," Y/n explains. "It just makes sense, regardless of if we saw the shoe on his foot through the window or not."
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A Series of Mysteries ~ Ranpo x Reader
FanfictionY/n L/n never knew her biological parents nor did she ever really care to know them. She had loved her adopted parents and that was enough for her. But one day, when she decided to visit her parents and adopted brother, she discovers that he's gone...
