[And Shuichi follows after him, jogging a few steps here and there to make sure he keeps up with Kokichi's pace.]
[It will very quickly become apparent that this city is...unique. The way the walls and alleys are set up makes it a genuine maze, impossible to move through freely as one would be able to in a normal city. They'll encounter countless dead ends causing them to double back and retrace their steps, not to mention the further threat of mysterious shadow figures just getting their murder on whenever they please. If they aren't careful, they'll find themselves being chased down with knives or axes or guns...whatever these culprits can get their hands on, it seems. And attempts to enter any of the buildings are always met with some sort of failure. Either the door is firmly locked, there's a culprit lurking inside, or the building only has one way in and out, making it completely useless as a shortcut.]
[But at least they'll have the graffiti to help them when they need to retrace their steps. Also a number of movie posters, many of which feature a woman who looks surprisingly like Shuichi. And now that he's mostly out of his depressive funk, Shuichi can start putting his detective skills to work. He's very good at remembering features of the maze, which is helpful both in backtracking and in catching when they've started going around in circles.]
[After about half an hour of wandering, however, Shuichi comes to a stop, reaching forward to try and grab Kokichi's arm so he won't keep walking.]
Wait, stop. Look over there...
[He's pointing to a multi-level office building on the other side of the street. Specifically, to a level about halfway up the building, where there's a sign reading "Saihara Detective Agency" over one of the window panels. The lights are on inside the office, but there's no sign of movement from within, though that's probably not much of a surprise given that they're on the ground and the office is on the fifth floor.]
That...can't be a coincidence, right? Do you think it's a trap or...
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[It will very quickly become apparent that this city is...unique. The way the walls and alleys are set up makes it a genuine maze, impossible to move through freely as one would be able to in a normal city. They'll encounter countless dead ends causing them to double back and retrace their steps, not to mention the further threat of mysterious shadow figures just getting their murder on whenever they please. If they aren't careful, they'll find themselves being chased down with knives or axes or guns...whatever these culprits can get their hands on, it seems. And attempts to enter any of the buildings are always met with some sort of failure. Either the door is firmly locked, there's a culprit lurking inside, or the building only has one way in and out, making it completely useless as a shortcut.]
[But at least they'll have the graffiti to help them when they need to retrace their steps. Also a number of movie posters, many of which feature a woman who looks surprisingly like Shuichi. And now that he's mostly out of his depressive funk, Shuichi can start putting his detective skills to work. He's very good at remembering features of the maze, which is helpful both in backtracking and in catching when they've started going around in circles.]
[After about half an hour of wandering, however, Shuichi comes to a stop, reaching forward to try and grab Kokichi's arm so he won't keep walking.]
Wait, stop. Look over there...
[He's pointing to a multi-level office building on the other side of the street. Specifically, to a level about halfway up the building, where there's a sign reading "Saihara Detective Agency" over one of the window panels. The lights are on inside the office, but there's no sign of movement from within, though that's probably not much of a surprise given that they're on the ground and the office is on the fifth floor.]
That...can't be a coincidence, right? Do you think it's a trap or...