Mikan surely left a big impression to Atsushi. The boy was sure that he should always be cautious when she's around because of what she did earlier. He could already imagine the little lade forcing him to call her senpai again. To be honest, his heart sank when Kunikida told him to assist her, but when Dazai was also told to aid her, he felt a little relieved.

The man with the dark brown hair noticed this and chuckled which confused the boy with heterochromatic eyes.

"Mikan is actually a nice little lady once you get to know her well," Dazai noted as he looked at the sky. Atsushi was aware of this but he began to wonder who Mikan really was.

The sound of the cane hitting the floor called their attention. Atsushi began wondering why Mikan was wearing a blindfold. The ravenette turned to him and said, "It is a prevention for the worst case scenario."

"Worst case... Scenario?" he asked her.

Mikan was still new to the agency along with Dazai. The two of them were assigned to investigate a murder case. Having the unhealthy habit of daydreaming, the girl failed to realize that there would be blood in the crime scene.

As the arrived, Mikan snapped back to reality and started looking around for clues while Dazai was listening to the findings of the policemen. Everything was going smoothly until she saw the red liquid on the floor.

Her body began trembling. She wanted to tear her eyes away from the blood she was seeing in front of her but she couldn't. As she was still looking at the blood, old memories began playing in her head as if it was happening all over again.

She suddenly saw some images of her parents getting brutally killed.

She swore that she could still hear their screams of pain which was why she fell on her knees while still shaking.

She was also sure that she could hear the townspeople calling her parents "witch" and "demon" because of their abilities.

"Tsubaki-chan?"

Yet the voice couldn't reach to her. Everyone, except for Dazai, were suddenly on their knees while covering their ears as she made an ear piercing scream. Dazai noticed that something triggered her to lose control of her ability.

The glass on the windows were starting to crack. If he wouldn't be able to stop her in time, everyone would turn deaf, pass out, and there would be a lot of casualties. He ran to her and noticed that she was looking at the blood. It was the blood that triggered her. He didn't waste any time and quickly covered her eyes with his hand.

There was a deafening silence in the whole area. Not long after, everyone heard a loud thud and saw someone fell out of the closet. The person looked dizzy and almost vomited.

Nobody was expecting that the culprit was still in the scene and she was simply hiding inside a closet. As the woman was arrested, Dazai sighed and looked at Mikan.

"Hey, Tsubaki-chan. You should have told me that you're afraid of blood," he stated as he removed his hand from her eyes. Mikan finally calmed down and shakily stood up while her eyes remained closed.

"I... Have nothing to defend myself with about that incident," the black-eyed girl sighed as they were walking around.

"But you are the reason the culprit showed herself," Dazai explained with a hum. Astushi finally understood why Mikan had a blindfold. They had to prevent her from seeing blood.

"We're here," Mikan stated as they all stopped. They were currently near an outpost of the mafia where the information she needed was there. Mikan hummed so she would know how many people were there.

"Well, that's a lot of people," she spoke which made Atsushi wonder how she was able to know there were a lot of people from far away. The ravenette sensed this and chuckled.

"When I was blind, I learned to rely on my sense of hearing instead of the sense of touch," she explained to him, "and also, my ability is currently enhancing my sensibility to sound."

There was silence between the three people for a few seconds. Mikan interrupted the silence by saying, "Please wait here, Osamu. We won't take that long."