Episode 2: A Certain Bomb

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A/N: I'm back guys! I barely passed my test but I did my best not to laze around!

Warning: Bad Spelling and grammar. For some reason, my auto - correct function here has been removed and I'm lazy enough to re-read this 10800 word chapter.

"Ki-mi-ka-cha!"

"No," Kimika said flatly.

"No, no! You promised to pick two individuals for each episode," Ranpo objected.

"I said episodes! Wan isn't one of them!"

"It counts because I said it, and you can't say no to your brother, you know?" Dazai said.

"You're not my brother!" she argued, "and I've never said "yes" to him, so no!"

"That's so low... Look at Kenji-kun. He looks so upset that you didn't keep your word," Naomi added, pointing to Kenji, who was naturally beaming.

"... Sigh, Ranpo-sen-san, do you have any grunge on me?" she inquired, adjusting the honorifics.

"I just love you that much," he attempted to reassure her.

"So you despise me. Well, I'll select two now (Wheel of names). I pick Ranpo-san and President," she remarked as Ranpo locked his gaze on her.

"When will it be my turn?!" Dazai complained, her face nonchalant.

"Perhaps after you keep quiet."

"Alright. First is Edogawa Ranpo. His real name was Tarō Hirai. Edogawa Ranpo was his pen name base on the name of the writer he admire so much, Edgar Allan Poe (E-do-ga-ru-a-ra-n-po/ Edogaru Aranpo) which was a western mystery writer. Though his ability wasn't book inspired, he's still an author of Mystery novels. Fun fact that him, and Tanizaki's author self are acquaintances or maybe friends. He died at the age of 70. Are you happy now?" Kimika explained.

"Ranpo-san and I there, are acquaintance? That's nice..." Tanizaki said.

"Are they coworkers? Writer things?" Naomi wondered, to which Kimika shrugged.

"Who is this Edgar Allan Poe person?" Kenji inquired.

"Well, all I can tell you is that he was a very renowned American writer who was widely regarded as the founder of detective fiction, which is why Edogawa is fascinated in him."

"Does he exist here?" Dazai grinned as he saw the answer when Kimika halted.

"Ho ho... Will we be seeing Ranpo-san, looking up to someone?" Dr. Yosano inquired.

"That's quite..." Atsushi was secretly looking forward about it.

"How come they didn't put my ability's name in one of that person's books?" Ranpo wondered.

"Perhaps because the titles just don't suit at all?" said the president right away.

Kimika responded, "Well, yes."

"That's dull; I'd want to hear some stories from my other self!"

"Eh? If I did that, there would be no time for Fukuzawa-turn," san's Kimika said 'innocently.'

"But don't we have a lot of time?"

"Does Kunikida-san have?" she inquired as they both gazed at him. He got "flustered" and made up a slew of excuses.

"Well, now, for Fukuzawa Yukichi. He was a Japanese author, writer, teacher, translator, and leader who founded , Jiji-Shinpo (a newspaper) and the Institute for study of Infectious Disease. Fukuzawa Yukichi was born into an impoverished low-ranking samurai as he followed the step of becoming a writer. His ability refers to the book, "An Encouragement of Learning" which tells how equal opportunities for education are vital to society. He later died at the age of 66."

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