Kei Moore

Kei Moore Kikuma (菊間・ケイ・ムーア, Kikuma Kei Mūa), also known as Kay Moore (ケイ・ムーア, Kei Mūa), is the director of the World Detective Alliance's Japan branch, and Kiku's son.
==Physical description==
Kei has slicked-back black hair and black eyes.
When he was a student at BLUE, Kei always wore a mask to conceal his face. Though Kei himself states "youthful indiscretion" as the reason, Ron claims that he hid his face because he was "frustrated about being Kiku's son."
==Personality and traits==
Although Kei recognizes it as a bad habit, he still cannot refuse a fight.
==Biography==
===History===
Like his father, Kei attended BLUE. Ron Kamonohashi was in a grade above him. Kei eventually joined the World Detective Alliance where he worked directly under Knight Bran Sr..
===Kamakura Teahouse Murder Case===
Kei visits Kamakuya Sweets and orders assam tea and Japanese sweets. However, when the teahouse's employee Wataru Akizuki tells him they do not have any black tea, Kei chooses sencha instead.
Sometime afterward, a scream is heard coming from the teahouse's main building. Akizuki and the other customers—Totomaru Isshiki, Ron Kamonohashi, Omito Kawasemi, and Chicory Monki—immediately rush to the scene and discover the shop's owner dead in his office. Kei joins them a bit later, asking what happened, and Totomaru tells him not to enter so as not to disturb the crime scene.
After the local police arrive, Kei is questioned by Totomaru, Kawasemi, and Ron. He tells them he came to Kamakuya Sweets because he was looking for a café with sweets. Hearing this, Kawasemi asks him why he was so unspecific in his order of those sweets though, particularly because he was specific about his tea order. Kei replies that he simply placed an omakase order.
Kei adds that he was in the bathroom at the time of the crime. Instead of immediately returning to his seat, he took his time admiring the scenery and eventually noticed that something was wrong and went to look. Further, Kawasemi and Ron note that Kei is unusually calm even though a murder happened as if he was used to them, but Kei does not think so and says they might be "imagining" things.
After Toto, Kawasemi, and Ron have solved the case, they gather everyone to present their deductions: Akizuki killed the manager. He stabbed him beforehand and prepared the crime scene so that blood would splatter onto the screen while Akizuki was with the customers to give him an alibi. However, because Akizuki is the only suspect with an alibi and because Kawasemi and Ron noticed that he took the pouch used for his trick from the crime scene, they could figure out the mystery. Akizuki confesses and is subsequently arrested.
Later that day, Kei meets Ron and Toto at the Kamakura Train Station and insults Ron for taking so long to remember him. Because Toto is surprised that they know each other, Ron explains that Kei is Kiku's son; they also attended BLUE together.
Afterward, Ron asks Kei what he is doing in Japan because Kiku told him he was in India. Kei tells him and Toto that he was transferred to Japan two days ago to become the chief of the World Detective Alliance's Japanese branch. Further, the Alliance decided to postpone the practical exam for the reinstatement of Ron's detective license indefinitely because of his blood ties with the M. Family and the possibility that Alice Moriarty might be behind the Missing Detectives Case. Kei advises Ron to simply "resume [his] carefree lifestyle" because the "Anti-Alice" Team will catch Alice and his services are not needed. With that, he leaves.
===Target: World Detective Alliance Case===
Because Alice is currently murdering the World Detective Alliance branch directors in Asia, Knight Bran Sr. calls Kei to urge him to be careful. Kei requests the investigation file as a reference although he does not believe anything will happen to him as he has faith in the Anti-Alice Team's prowess. Bran warns him again and promises to send him the file before he ends the call.
Right afterward, Ron phones Kei as well, annoyed that the WDA is refusing his offer to help. Toto, however, states that Ron is actually worried about Kei. Kei tells them that he is busy and to come see him in two days.
During his call with Bran, someone brought some food and tea to Kei's room. When Kei wants to partake in both, he notices that they mistakenly brought him herbal tea and that a message from Alice lies beneath the cloche: She invites him to a game of hide-and-seek. When Kei sees the crest from the Guardian of the Citadel on the letter, he immediately realizes that it is from Alice. He then reads her message detailing the "game's" rules which he believes to be too one-sided.
Unable to refuse, Kei accepts to participate in Alice's game and contacts the Metropolitan Police Department to inform them about it. After Amamiya assigns Totomaru the responsibility to protect Kei, he and Ron head to Kei's hotel room. When they cannot find them there, Ron calls Kei, and Kei tells him that he went to an amusement park to protect himself because he considers it a "safe" place as there are many people around.
==Relationships==
===Ron Kamonohashi===
Kei has always looked down on Ron because he is "absurd" and takes too much pride in his deductions.
===Kiku===
==Trivia==
* Kei is the youngest member of the World Detective Alliance to ever be promoted to branch director.
* He hates herbal tea.
==References==
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