Shushiro Incident

"Mm, fox eyes, with the outer corners slanting up like this... Yes, yes, just like that! He seemed to have a bit of a mustache, and his hair, uh, was probably about this long..."

Ayumi Yoshida used every bit of body language she could, gesturing as hard as possible to describe the man she had only caught a glimpse of, racking her brain for any more details she could add.

She had seen Yusuke Kitagawa's skill at drawing portraits before. She wanted to provide as much information as possible to help him complete the sketch.

"What did I tell you? Kitagawa is amazing at portraits, right?" Wataru Takagi, who had been involved in the previous bombing case, nodded toward Miwako Sato, who stood behind them with her hands on her hips. "Afterward, to preserve the evidence, we really did have Moriyama Teiji put on that coat and wig he used for his disguise."

The result had been that Yusuke Kitagawa, acting on a whim, sketched a portrait with a ballpoint pen that was so close it looked as though he had sat right in front of the man and drawn him stroke by stroke from life.

This had nothing to do with proper criminal composite sketching, but there was no denying that his drawing skills were incredibly solid.

"Yeah. Actually, after the last case, I started paying attention to Kitagawa's work." Hitoshi Shiratori, whose persona was that of an artsy young man with a passion for art, added quietly from the other side. "His work has already passed the first round of a major competition. I used my position to... ahem, well, I went to visit the exhibition venue. He's quite talented."

Tangze, who was rapidly finishing the sketch with his head lowered, shifted his gaze back and glanced at