"Heh... your sharp Akira-chan, like a cat. I will tell you later~" Dazai complimented.

"Well, I am a copycat~"

Looking towards Atsushi, you could see that he was struggling to come up with a possible past occupations for Dazai, but it was obvious that he was failing on thinking up of any jobs.

"Don't bother, brat." Kunikida said as he pushed his glasses up higher the bridge of his nose. "His former profession is one of the seven mysteries of the Armed Detective Agency."

"The first person to get it right receives a reward, right?" Tanizaki brought up, helping Dazai to explain what the catch was.

"That is right. Now, that is the catch, Akira-chan."

"Knew it."

Hearing the word 'reward', Atsushi face light up brightly as his face gives the 'moneymoneymoney' face.

Hearing the word 'reward', Atsushi face light up brightly as his face gives the 'moneymoneymoney' face

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"Atsushi-kun.. your so easy to read.... and stop with that face... it is disturbing" Akira directed her sentence to Atsushi, causing an arrow to shoot through Atsushi in one go.

"Uh huh. No one has been able to guess right, so the reward's just ballooned."

'Ballooned..' Both Atushi and Akira thought in their minds.

Cracking her knuckles, Akira stood up and walked towards Dazai as she spoke. "Don't underestimate me people~ I will be the first to crack this!"

And following behind Akira was Atsushi, still with the money face on. "REWARD!" said man howled out.

"B-by the way... how much has this reward ballooned to, exactly?" Atsushi stuttered.

"700,000 yen total."

"NANI?!" Atsushi and Akira screamed in amazement. Feeling the need to win, Atsushi got a confidence boost as he walked right up to Dazai, fire can be seen burning behind him as his eyes glints under the shadow of it. "S-so, if I get it right, I can claim it? For real for reals?!"

"Calm down Atsushi-kun. There is time~" Akira said as her own eyes glints in anticipation.

"Hehehe, a suicide proponent is true to his word." Dazai said as he put his hand under his chin and strike a pose, his own eyes glinting too.

With the new found determination and fury, Atsushi gave it a try first, coming up with all sorts of answers.

"Atsushi-kun looks excited. His determination is admirable." Tanizaki and Naomi said as they looked at Atsushi weirdly. Akira nodded in agreement, before going back into her thoughts, trying to think up of a possible correct answer.

"Speculator?"

"No."

"Writer?"

"Nope!"

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