Great Criminal
The day after Ibuki and Kushina rescued the captured “Covenant of Salvation Nega-Messiah” executive during transport.
Regarding the fact that ‘s face, under ‘s command, wasn’t captured on surveillance cameras, Deputy Branch Chief Shindo Isana dismissed it with a simple “can’t be helped.”
However, in reality, the problem couldn’t be solved with just “it wasn’t recorded, end of story.” That would be troublesome.
This is where the so-called “sketch artist” comes into play.
Even in a society that has made dramatic progress thanks to Natural Talent Lux, such old-fashioned analog methods remain unchanged.
Wondering if there wasn’t a better way, Rui reluctantly went to submit the completed sketch to Isana.
And the first words from the esteemed Deputy Branch Chief upon seeing the finished product were:
“Is this Utsurugi-chan’s ideal type or something?”
It took Rui a moment to process before,
“Huh, –Huuuuh!?”
She let out an uncharacteristic cry.
“That’s not it…!”
It was such an absolutely, unforgivably slanderous accusation.
In response to Rui’s fierce objection, Isana said,
“Come on, who would believe in such a shojo manga hero!”
She showed the sketch to Rui while slamming her desk.
The drawing depicted an excessively handsome man.
“Ugh… kuh…!”
Being the undeniable truth, Rui had no choice but to remain silent.
“It was just for a moment, right? Was he really such a handsome guy…?”
“…No.”
In Rui’s mind, the image of Ibuki’s stunned face as his hood fell off began to blur.
“Well, brown or flaxen hair and green eyes are pretty common nowadays, to be honest.”
“…………”
Isana added that apparently a hundred years ago, Japanese people only had black hair and eyes. Rui could only remain silent.
As she reconsidered, the thought that maybe this was indeed an exaggeration slowly crept into her mind.
She remembered hearing that humans tend to exaggerate the features of things they’ve only seen for a moment.
She also recalled hearing that people tend to remember things by associating them with what they already know.
Eventually, Rui gathered her thoughts.
(This must be too well-drawn, yes)
–And so, a completely inaccurate sketch was released to the world.
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“Hey, have you seen the wanted poster for , the subordinate of ?”
“Yeah, I’ve seen it~”
“I know it’s kind of inappropriate to say, but he was quite handsome, wasn’t he~?”
Two women were chatting as they passed by a street-side police box.
Kushina, passing by them, stopped in her tracks.
Glancing over, she noticed several wanted posters on the bulletin board next to the police box.
[First-class Wanted Criminal]
“Covenant of Salvation Nega-Messiah” Six Apostles – Second Seat — Real name, Zena Ranunculus
Serial Killer — Real name unknown
Among the photos of a black-haired girl and a montage of a sharp-eyed woman…
At the very bottom, a new wanted poster had been added.
“Nega-Messiah” under — Real name unknown.
Below this text was a sketch of the person.
“…It doesn’t look like him at all though.”
Kushina couldn’t help but comment.
If anything, only the droopy eyes bore any resemblance, but that was about the only feature accurately captured.
“Kushina? Is something wrong?”
A voice called out to her from ahead as she stood still.
Ibuki, who had stopped and turned back, was wearing a mask to hide his face.
Kushina smiled at him and walked closer.
“It’s nothing.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
After responding, she added,
“Also, it seems you don’t need that mask.”
“Oh, seriously?”
“Seriously.”
She muttered quietly so that Ibuki, who was removing his mask with a mix of caution and excitement, couldn’t hear.
“…Because the real thing is way beyond just ‘quite’ handsome.”
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