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As the others began to look for clues, Akiko closed her eyes. She drew in a deep breath and when her eyes opened beneath her mask, they were glowing a bright blue. She could see shapes moving within the warehouse and feel the familiar ache of weariness within her. There was a job to do and the others had concluded a vehicle had been on the premises. They didn't know what kind but perhaps the spirits of the recent dead did. That and the quicker they got this investigation over with, the sooner she could retreat to her room to recover.

"I'll go talk to the witnesses and see if they know what kind of vehicle came through here," Shinigami called out as she walked on over. Only Devon would realize what she meant and Akiko paused, adding to the other two heroes, "I see dead people."

While it wasn't meant to be a joke, Akiko felt that was the best way to describe what she was about to do. Shinigami continued, not paying attention to where she stepped. Not that she needed to as she was still Intangible and thus, there were no footsteps to worry about. The crime scene lay untouched even as she walked right through the rubble of the collapsed building.

Shinigami's gaze was on the hazy neon outlines of the few ghosts, a couple who were muttering as Freischütz had during his pacing. They looked to be in horrible shape and didn't seem aware of her or anything around them. She approached them, inspecting them closely. Their faces never turned towards her. They didn't even move, babbling, eyes distant. Akiko frowned. She had seen spirits like them before. The trauma of their death was too great for them to comprehend. Their only respite would be when their energy dissipated and they "moved on" so to speak. They would hold no answers.

Looking around, Shinigami looked to see if they were all the same. A majority did though there was one who seemed to be looking around, arms out, calling out to the others. He seemed to be growing more frantic as he heard no response from his fellow spirits. When Shinigami called out to him however, he seemed to wish he hadn't been heard at all. His body went rigid and Akiko's eyes widened as she saw a hole at the back of his head.

"Who are you?" he spat suspiciously, turning to face her. There was a slight pause in her movements as she saw the remains of his right eye splattered across his face. The other eye squinted at her and there seemed to be no other wounds on him.

"A bullet to the back of the head," Shinigami said as he winced at her words. "You seemed to have gotten off pretty easy huh."