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Detective Ko’s remained stoic as Phantasmagoria gave her a thumbs up. After all, it wasn’t her that the hero needed to get along with. She crossed her arms and watched how the two of them handled the interrogation.[break][break]

Suki smiled faintly at the hero, who assured her and asked a gentle question. Suki paused, her eyebrows tensing and her lips pursing.[break][break]

“I—the voice I heard was desperate. It was…” she trailed off, her eyes wandering. Eventually, they landed back on Phantasmagoria, and Suki breathed in deeply. “I suppose it sounded soft. Even though it was loud enough for me, it was soft. And I heard a voice in reply, much quieter and deeper, but I couldn’t make out what they said. I’m sorry I didn’t mention it earlier, it’s just quite a lot.” Suki breathed in, listening to the other hero, Tiburon. “I would say it sounds more like her voice,” she said, pointing at Phantasmagoria.[break][break]

Detective Ko, arms crossed, walked up. “Thank you Suki. We appreciate your help.” She tried summoning a friendly face, but it wasn’t her strong suit, so she quickly moved on. “Heroes. I think we’ve heard enough, haven’t you? If there’s nothing else you’d like to check at the scene…” she turned swiftly, her eyes lit up. “Officer, the heroes and I are off to see a suspect. Send me any updates!” [break][break]

The same officer looked up, startled. “Understood!” he said with a salute. Detective Ko scoffed. She had told him dozens of times she didn’t like saluting.[break][break]

“Okay, let’s go see this Geo Koji. I saw you were able to cover ground pretty quickly with your wings. If you want to make good time, we can take that route. Either way, shouldn’t be long.”[break][break]

Detective Ko, feeling a seed of uncertainty, looked back at the scene. There were several ideas forming and disappearing in her mind—a sign of a good case. However, it still left her with a pit of anxiety, and she could only hope these heroes would help. Was she missing something, or…? [break][break]

(Either by flight or by feet, the three arrive at Geo Koji’s lab)[break][break]

It was a clean building. Not without its fair share of paintings and geometric designs, but absolutely spotless. The intern at the front gave Detective Ko easy directions to the lab, and after two rights and a left, she knocked on the door of a Doctor Geo Koji.[break][break]

A few moments later, the door slowly opened, and she was faced with a distinct man. In this world, there weren’t many who weren’t distinct in one way or another, but still. His whole body was wrapped in a shell, and his face popped out like a snail’s might. Ah, that’s right, his quirk was—[break][break]

“Visitors!” the man yelled. “I apologize for my appearance. It’s usually quite a shock to people, but I have the quirk of what’s called a cone snail. Luckily not fully.” He waved his arms around, which were as dexterous as any humans.[break][break]

Detective Ko held up her badge. “Geo Koji?”[break][break]

He stepped back, his expression akin to that of shock on a non-snail face. “A Detective? Fascinating. And I see two heroes!” He clasped his hands together while showing a meager smile. “Come in! I mean, if that’s what you want. I don’t mean to—”[break][break]

“Yes, we will.” Detective Ko stepped forward into the lab. Pristine, bright, and not too crowded. There were only a few other people working here. Mostly animals, Detective Ko noted. A gorilla, some sort of reptile, and a woman with some sort of metal covering parts of her body. All quirks, all seemingly constantly active.[break][break]

“Ah, don’t worry about them,” Geo said. “Anyway, what is this all about?”[break][break]

Detective Ko preferred it this way. She wanted to observe. However, she couldn’t help but get the first word in to set the tone. “A man has died, and your venom killed him.”[break][break]

The look on Geo Koji’s face, his speechless response, as though waiting for any explanation. Detective Ko looked at the heroes. Their turn.