Hakuba chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. “I admit, I haven;t been here for very long. I’m from London England, English. It was here when I got here a few months ago.” He smiled and then held out a hand. “Hakuba Saguru, Highschool Detective.”
Whoa! A foreigner and a detective! The young magician grinned at the other and took the proffered hand, eyes shining with awe.

“Kuroba Kaito… Are you really a detective?”
Other than Aoko’s dad, he’d only ever seen a few detectives, and usually they just spoke with his father. So he was a bit excited that he’d run into one at random…
Wait… months ago?
The smile soon turned into a frown of confusion. He knew that he hadn’t seen the bookstore before…. and for it to have been there at least that long….
Well, he’d just ask about it when he got home, he supposed…
