I certainly wouldn't discourage anyone from seeking out answers for questions they have. Though you are right to be wary of all the criminal organizations that have sprouted up in this city in the last few decades.
[He pauses here again, mulling over the best way to get this guy to open up a bit more about his own intentions. He probably knows about the book, or at least the fact that it's an object capable of amazing things. Everyone who comes knocking on Yokohama's door is looking for that damn book. It doesn't matter how well the Agency hid it after the Decay of Angels were handled and that whole zombie nonsense was cleared up, rumors will still circulate.
But it's best to not tip his hand about that. The patterns of people with special abilities showing up is at least well-known enough that he can talk about that freely. And maybe he can scare off this man with a bit of blatant talk.]
If you have an ability of your own, you will find it difficult to live here. People with abilities aren't allowed to hold most jobs. Very few business owners are willing to give ability users a chance at working for them, and the government treats them with caution. That is why so many turn to organized crime.
[And that is why he founded the detective agency in the first place: to give Ranpo- and then Yosano, and then Kunikida and Katai, and so on- a place where they could go that wasn't the government or the mafia.]
So if you intend to question people about such things, you might be better off starting with the government offices. They have the most information on ability users on-hand, as they document each and every one of them that enters this country.
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[He pauses here again, mulling over the best way to get this guy to open up a bit more about his own intentions. He probably knows about the book, or at least the fact that it's an object capable of amazing things. Everyone who comes knocking on Yokohama's door is looking for that damn book. It doesn't matter how well the Agency hid it after the Decay of Angels were handled and that whole zombie nonsense was cleared up, rumors will still circulate.
But it's best to not tip his hand about that. The patterns of people with special abilities showing up is at least well-known enough that he can talk about that freely. And maybe he can scare off this man with a bit of blatant talk.]
If you have an ability of your own, you will find it difficult to live here. People with abilities aren't allowed to hold most jobs. Very few business owners are willing to give ability users a chance at working for them, and the government treats them with caution. That is why so many turn to organized crime.
[And that is why he founded the detective agency in the first place: to give Ranpo- and then Yosano, and then Kunikida and Katai, and so on- a place where they could go that wasn't the government or the mafia.]
So if you intend to question people about such things, you might be better off starting with the government offices. They have the most information on ability users on-hand, as they document each and every one of them that enters this country.