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This was the last thing Ranpo expected When he was called into a meeting. Everyone was sitting around the big wooden table in the agency Fukuzawa held every meeting at.
“This is crazy, you know that right?, a bad prank at best and a red herring to throw us off at worst…” Ranpo said, glancing at Dazai for confirmation, earning a soft hum and a nod. The agency had received an anonymous tip about a possible zombie outbreak. It seriously seemed impossible, Like some prank pulled off by an immature teenage boy. Ranpo could hardly believe Fukuzawa was even considering following the lead. It was hardly a lead, more like they were being led on. That was all Ranpo could think.
“Ranpo…” Fukuzawa scolded. His tone was stern and the way he said it stung just a little. How could he think this was possible? How could he shut Ranpo down so fast?
“Even if there’s a chance this could be a prank, it might lead us to something important, we need to take every tip sent to us into account.” Fukuzawa said, his voice stiff and stern. Ranpo stood up from his seat slamming his hands onto the table.
“You’re really thinking about investigating this?” Ranpo said in disbelief. He had witness all sorts of abilities, all sorts of crimes throughout his life, but zombies? How crazy could Fukuzawa be to even take this into consideration.
“Yes, I suggest we research to see if there’s any news to support evidence of a breakout of some odd disease or something of that sort. It could be a bio terrorism attack, we have no clue what this could be. Do you understand?” Fukuzawa said, a hint of annoyance in his voice and Ranpo sighed, sitting down and sinking into his seat. Dazai went to pat his shoulder teasingly but his hand was quickly swatted away.
Suddenly Dazai jumped a bit, his phone went off, he reached into his pocket to grab it. He grimaced when he saw the name on the notification on his phone’s outer screen. It was from Ango. It wasn’t often Dazai had the displeasure of receiving a message from the man, he flipped the phone open to check the text.
“Well shit…” Dazai chuckled.