"YOU INTEND TO TAKE HER BACK INTO THAT HELL AGAIN?!" Mizuki yells. "IS SUCH THE ACT OF A HUMAN, MORI-SENSEI?!"

"THAT GIRL, FOR THE TRIPARTITE PACT... SHE IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS CITY'S PEACE TO OVERTHROW THE CURRENT MAFIA BOSS. USING YOSANO-KUN'S UNDEAD REGIMENT IS THE OPTIMAL SOLUTION FOR US!"

"OH, SHUT UP, YOU HEARTLESS PEDOPHILE!" Mizuki's sword clashes with his scalpel. "YOU REALLY THINK TRAUMATIZING A CHILD WAS PART OF NATSUME-SENSEI'S PLAN? YOU LACK HEART!"

"HEART?!" Mori approaches her neck with his blades. "WAR! IT'S A GAME WHERE THE SIDE THAT CONTEMPLATED HEARTS IS THE FIRST TO LOSE!"

"IS BEING HUMAN NOT PART OF WAR?!" Mizuki hisses. "IS HEART NOT WHAT MAKES US HUMAN?"

"THE OPTIMAL SOLUTION-"

"OPTIMAL SOLUTION, MY ASS! I HOPE YOU LIKE THE ENDING OF YOUR ABILITY!"

"THE ONLY THING THAT'S ENDING TODAY IS YOUR LIFE."

Fukuzawa watches the two without a word.

"Fukuzawa," Ranpo speaks up. "Shall we go?"

"Who do you think will win?"

"Okaa-san," Ranpo shrugs. "She doesn't feel exhaustion."

"I suppose," Fukuzawa hums. "Take Yosano-chan out."

"Hai," Ranpo nods. He pushes the girl down the halls, and Fukuzawa stares at Mizuki.

"WHY AREN'T YOU BEING HURT?!"

"BRO, I'M LITERALLY IMMORTAL. DID YOU FORGET???" Mizuki's blade pierces his shoulder. "I DON'T GET HURT! THIS IS POINTLESS!"

"THEN TAKE THE DAMMED GIRL-"

"Did you think I was going to not take her? Bro, my son has her already." Mizuki stops fighting and stands there as Mori pants for air. 

"Son?"

"Didn't I tell you?" Mizuki hums. "I had kids with Yu-chan."

"Hard pass. You don't ovulate."

"Boring ass doctor," Mizuki sighs. "So?"

"How are you going to take over without Yosano?"

Mizuki sighs. "Do I look like I need a doctor, when I can just seduce the old man? He's on his deathbed. He's definitely going to want pleasure in something other than killing."

"You plan on bedding him?"

Mizuki howls in laughter. 

"I may have been an Oiran, but I'm not a promiscuous woman," Mizuki smirks playfully. "You can watch me."

Mori sighs. "Are you not worried about your wife?"

Fukuzawa shrugs. "No. I trust her."

"How romantic, Yu-chan!" Mizuki gushes. "It's a shame, Mori. Had you clung onto the girl, I would've had an excuse to lock you up!"

"huh?" Mori raises a brow. "You're into that?"

"Hm..." Mizuki thinks. "Not quite. Just something close to a memory. Also, it's not like I'm wrong for locking you up."

"You're not wrong," Mori sighs. "But you'd end up in jail too."

Mizuki chuckles. "I'd end up in hell."

Fukuzawa finally walks up to the two.

"That's enough."

"Sorry, Yu-chan," Mizuki grins.

"Fukuzawa-dono! Control your wife!"

"Shut up before I lock you up." Mizuki barks back.

"Mizuki."

"Sorry," Mizuki coughs, looking to the side.

"We're taking the child," Fukuzawa sighs. "Mizuki figured everything out. Please don't worry whether or not her plan will work."

Mori shrugs. "You're too emotion motivated, Mizuki-dono."

Mizuki shrugs. "There's a reason I'm still alive despite that."

Mori stares at her. "Still?"

"A couple decades ago, I was still running from Chinese imperialists," Mizuki hums. "That was kinda fun."

"KAAA-SAAANNNN!!!" Ranpo whines from the first floor.

Mizuki chuckles.

"I'll beat you down." Mizuki leans over the railing.

"I'll break a bone," Fukuzawa grumbles.

"No..?" Mizuki purses her lips. "I thought-"

Mori sighs. "So? You're still becoming boss?"

"A year from now, you're going to get a suicidal boy in your clinic," Mizuki hums. "That boy belongs to me."

"Now you sound like me."

Mizuki smiles. "You're going to get hired as the Boss's doctor soon."

Mori stares at her.

"The two of us will join hands, and with that suicidal boy, we're going to clean the boss off of that throne." Mizuki twirls. "From then on, it's up to either of us to take over."

"You sure like that child."

"There's a fine line between being in love with a child and taking care of one," Mizuki steps off the railing. "STAY SAFE!!!!"

Fukuzawa steps after her off the railing. Mori leans over the railing in concern, and he finds the two of them next to Ranpo and Yosano without a scratch or broken bone.

"Is her ability share-able?" He raises a brow as the four head off.

"I didn't know that I could do that," Fukuzawa hums, walking ahead with Mizuki.

"So... I'm working for the Armed Detective Agency?" Yosano's voice is soft.

Mizuki smiles. "Welcome to the family."

"Family?"

Mizuki presses a kiss onto her forehead. "Yes. Till death do us part, Yo-chan!"

"H-HUH!?" The girl turns pink, and holds her hand over her forehead. 

"Alright," Mizuki smacks Fukuzawa on the back. "Raise the kids well. I'm going missing for a couple of years now."

Ranpo whines. "Not even dinner with us?"

"I already made dinner before I left," Mizuki presses a kiss to his forehead. "Hm? Ranpo-chan?"

Ranpo pouts. "Did we stock up on snacks?"

"Yes," Mizuki takes a step back. 

"Stay safe," Fukuzawa nods.

Mizuki smiles. "No kiss?"

Fukuzawa pushes her bangs out of the way, and kisses her forehead. "There."

"No fun, Yu-chan," Mizuki rolls her eyes, and pulls him in by his scarf. Crashing her lips onto his, Fukuzawa's eyes widen for a brief second before closing. Mizuki presses herself to his chest.

She pulls away after a couple seconds.

"Blegh." Ranpo sticks his tongue out.

Mizuki gives him a closed-eye smile. "I'm off."

Ranpo hugs her. "Stay safe, kaa-san."

"You're surprisingly clingy," Mizuki smiles as she lifts Ranpo into her arms. "You're like... fifteen? I thought you'd be going through a whole crisis by now."

"Kaa-san is kind," He mumbles into her chest. "Stay safe."

"I know," Mizuki hums. "I'm off before I get caught."

"Stay for dinner." Fukuzawa stops her. "The last supper."

Mizuki pauses. "Oh, that brings back memories!!"

"Just dinner," Fukuzawa hums, and he takes her hand into his own. 

"Alright," Mizuki melts inwardly. Fukuzawa didn't like affection, and the mere fact that he had taken her hand had made her soft.

"Slick moves, Fukuzawa-dono," Ranpo howls in laughter. A tear slips out of his eye, and Yosano wipes her face, finding gold residue.

Date: XX - XX - XXXX

Mizuki fights Mori for Yosano, desperate to save the girl from her life in the previous life. Mizuki wins, only when Mori is completely exhausted from her inability to feel tired. Mizuki smiles, a gentle smile of someone who had no ulterior motive. He would be her assistant in infiltrating the Mafia. The last supper occurs.

Ranpo wanders the halls of the building with Yosano.

"Geez," He looks around. "Grown ups sure do bring all this weird logic into their fights."

Yosano looks mildly confused.

"Mm? Oh, I'm just going to take you away while Kaa-san's fighting." Ranpo pushes the girl along. "That was our plan."

"...take me back," She mumbles under her breath. 

"Huh?"

"Take me back," She slouches forward. "I can't go outside..."

"Why not?" 

"My skill saves lives so easily... it cheapens the value of lives around me..." Yosano stares into her hands. "I just can't... live any longer."

"NRAHAHAHAHA!!" Ranpo laughs. "That's so stupid!"

Yosano turns around, mildly offended.

"None of that stuff even matters!" Ranpo jumps in front of her. "If you don't like using your skill, stop using it!"

"...If I could..."

"Oh, you can't? Because it's too strong?" Ranpo points his finger in the air, the other hand on his waist. 

"If you doubt me, Let me show you-"

"Well, nuh-uh!" Ranpo continues. "My deduction skills are the best ever! Other skills don't even matter! Even in the detective agency, as long as Kaa-san and I are there, you'll never have any work! With me on the job, I'll solve it all!"

Yosano stares down at her lap, and tears up at the sigh of her butterfly.

"! This! Why!? I never told anyone about it!"

"Kaa-san found it at your old base," Ranpo grins, sticking up a peace sign. "See? I know everything. Try asking me a question. I'll answer anything."

"Well... what should I do now?" Yosano sobs. "Precious people died because of me... and i know that's not going to end. Is there any place out there... where it's okay for me to live?"

"..." Ranpo stares at her. "What did I just tell you? There's just one place in the world where you won't be necessary."

He leans in. "Join the Armed Detective Angency."

Yosano tears up.

"We don't want your skill." Ranpo smiles. "We want that kindness of yours."

"You didn't want me to die, right? That's why you're hurting so bad." Ranpo puts a hand into his pocket. "It's that kindness that makes us wanna invite you. You don't need any skill at all. There's value to your sadness."

The building rumbles, and Ranpo pauses. "Kaa-san's almost done! Let's go."

Pushing her along, he notices the gold tears tricking down her cheek.

"Do you believe in reincarnation?" Yosano sobs.

"I didn't," Ranpo hums. "Until Kaa-san came along."

"Was it hard for her?" Yosano shakes. "She..."

"Yosano-chan, are you free?" Mizuki waves the girl over.

"Ah, yes,"  She smiles.

"Wanna go shopping?" Mizuki grins, spinning her keys on her fingers. "I can pay."

Yosano sighs. "Always, Mizuki-sensei."

The two wander through the mall, and Mizuki holds the bags in the air with a stolen ability. "So... any boys?"

"Mizuki-sensei."

"Just asking," Mizuki grins cheekily. "You're always so uptight and elegant; I can't help but admire you-"

"No!" Yosano flushes pink. "You're... you're very free spirited for someone who watched the world since the beginning. I wonder how you do it sometimes."

Mizuki hums. "It isn't easy. I bear the burden of knowing something might be different had I not shown up. You know, Yosano-chan. The light at the end of the tunnel never was really there."

"Huh? So deep all of a sudden?"

"I get this feeling when something bad is going to happen," Mizuki smiles. "Stay safe for me."

Yosano stares up at Ranpo, the gold on her skirt.

"You too?" Ranpo pulls out a handkerchief and hands it to her.

"Did you...?" Yosano looks heartbroken.

"I was next to her," Ranpo mumbles. "When."

"I died." Yosano exhales shakily. "My... my execution was terrifying. I can still feel the blade on my neck."

"Kaa-san nearly wiped out the human race when half of you guys got killed." Ranpo keeps pushing her forward. "It took a lot of words to calm her down."

"Huh?"

"How she nearly wiped out the human race?" Ranpo hums. "Her ability is to copy or steal the ability of another. She stole Fyodor's ability when you died and wiped out all of the Decay of Angels with a snap of her fingers. She pretty much went on a rampage."

"She... didn't bless anyone?"

"She thought of it as a curse." Ranpo pushes the door to the outside of the building open. "She still does, but the only difference is that she's overusing it in this life."

"Overusing?"

"She's blessed three people, not counting any of her previous husbands." 

Yosano stares at the grass around them.

"Isn't it pretty?"

"It is." She agrees. "Do you think Mizuki-sensei will notice that I recovered my memories?"

Ranpo stares up at the sight of Mizuki jumping off the building with Fukuzawa behind her.

"Even if she did, she wouldn't point it out."

"Ran-chan!" Mizuki hugs him. "You got out safe!"

Ranpo smiles at the woman.