Naoto Shirogane

**Naoto Shirogane** is a detective appeared in the Gentoshi scandal.

## Appearance

Most of the time, Naoto wears a black cap with three white stripes lining the back of it, and a silver star pinned near the front. Underneath the cap, he has short dark blue hair with a small ahoge. He has very pale skin and a slim figure. His eyes are gambogeish grey, with thick eyelashes.

Naoto's outfit is double-breasted and pinstripe, thin, grey stripes over a black uniform. His pants match his uniforms design, black with a pinstripe design to accentuate his long legs. His former school's emblem is on the breast pocket of his uniform, the pocket accentuated with a dull golden color to stand out from his generally dark, monotone uniform. His shoes are dark blue loafers that are both fashionable and easy to walk in, making it easy for him to investigate comfortably.

In the prologue, he wears his original school uniform of his original high school. He wears a blazer-style casual uniform with jacket, pants and a striped blue necktie. The collar on the shirt is large, making him look more gorgeous. He never lets go of the cap that blocks his sight, regardless of whether or not it goes well with his uniform.

## Personality

*"When this pen was still mine... I was just a child, dreaming of becoming a detective. But being a man or a woman... I never thought about it. The lack of peers to compare myself to might have contributed to that. I had no friends... I was quite the outsider then, too. But... why is it that, compared to the time I spent utterly alone... I worry more now that I'm with you and the others? I feel that... I'm undergoing a change."*

Having lost both his parents in a car accident when he was very young, Naoto is an orphan who acts very mature in spite of his age. As a descendant of a respected lineage of famous detectives, he wears formal clothing and deepens his voice when he speaks in a sophisticated, stilted manner. He is generally very serious, focused and mission-oriented.

At first, this seriousness is rigid, unnatural and stubborn due to his secluded nature. This causes him to have trouble getting along with others by adamantly shutting them off, but even then he's not being taken seriously by those he wants to be acknowledged by as he comes across as trying too hard to be an adult. He rarely jokes around which can make him seem like a killjoy or party pooper when the team is involved in silly antics. He does get annoyed by the laidback nature of others, responding either with dry annoyance or brushing them off entirely. Naoto is very intelligent and analytical.

In reality, Naoto has been bound by labels and stereotypes that compromised his identity and sense of relations. As such, he would end up losing himself within his age group and sex, and it even compromises the genuine passions he has as a detective due to her title. All of that would not only make him sheltered from others, but he would become a kind of a workaholic when it comes to his job. Much of his troubles stem from having no reason to be who he truly is, causing him to forget his true feelings, even actively ignoring them. Instead, he tries to fill the hole in his heart by seeking acknowledgement.

Naoto is uninterested in romance, and seems easily flustered, embarrassed or dismissive when the topic arises. When he possibly receives a love letter, Naoto claims romance is "entangling" and he has no time to be "dilly-dallying with callow love affairs" and almost throws it away.

## Background

Naoto was born in a prestigious family full of well-known detective. However, his parents died in an accident when he was young. Thus, he determined to work hard to fulfill his parents' hope of being a detective.

## Ability

Naoto is quite powerful as an B-ranked. However, most of his power is about solving detective cases and not about fighting.

### Inherent Insight

**Inherent Insight (A++):** The ability to grasp the essence of things. Perceptive eyes for observation that will not overlook any information.

Naoto is capable of see through target's information with chance based on his keen eyes and luck., allowing him to investigate much faster.

### Deductive Reasoning

**Deductive Reasoning (A+):** A type of logical reasoning and an induction method applied on a wide scale.

The skill allows Naoto to interfere with the world around through moving mana in a deductive way on the same scale as other skill. Combining the skill with his Territory Creation, he can quickly created bounded field with limited defensive capability and presence concealment.

### Baritsu

**Baritsu (B+):** A special martial arts from Sherlock Holmes.

Naoto can make use of striking techniques from the combination of this skill and boxing, in addition to baritsu's specialty of throwing techniques and counters.

### Territory Creation

**Territory Creation (S):** A mage Skill. It is the Skill to build a special terrain that is advantageous to oneself as a magus, such as for the purpose of collecting mana. A skill similar to creating a bounded field.

Although there is no need for him to create a territory for a Magic Workshop like ordinary mages, by continuously expanding a large library of memory within his head like the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, Naoto gains a bonus in all of his knowledge checks.

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