It was interesting seeing the detective prince actually work around the clues. Still- the idea of a Nirvana mentioned at the end of a perilious and dystopian world (which his mind still scrambled to process and being put into perpetual field work like this only seemed as a further distraction for him having an actual breakdown) could very much be real or undeniably- "The human mind has this undeniable need to rationalize otherwise hopeless situations so I wouldn't be surprised if it's just...a hoax."

"But if it is real..." Haha, old habits die hard, don't they? He really isn't a fan of pain. If there isn't some reward at the end then it's just cruel. Cruel as reality always seemed to be.

Maybe Azathoth could...

The moment Akechi pivots towards Maruki, he would find him already looking around. He- did his bag not come with him-

"The mention of her too- could be both metaphorical or literal," he tilted his head. He had promised the perfect world to Rumi too.

"You know actually I would love to get to the bottom of this, really I find all of this a bit fascinating if I ignore everything else ahaha but-"

"Your form right now- those wings they are real, aren't they? Or am I just going insane? I need to check in with that."