Night Bran Jr.

**Night Bran Jr.** (ナイト・ブラン・Jr., *Naito Buran Jr.*) is the current top student at BLUE. He is a descendant of the academy's first principal, and his father works for the World Detective Alliance.

## Physical description

Night has yellow eyes and short, blond hair with peach-colored tips. He usually wears his BLUE school uniform.

## Personality and traits

Night is a serious, ambitious person who is focused on learning and honing his detective skills, employing twenty home tutors. Because of that, Night is knowledgable in various specialized areas.

## Biography

### Ron Kamonohashi's Homecoming Case

Night spots Ron Kamonohashi and Totomaru Isshiki as they arrive at BLUE. He later attends Totomaru's first lecture, but does not pay any attention to it; he does homework instead. Afterward, Night watches Toto solve the mystery of Alissa Beaumont's "murder" as well as save Alissa from falling off the window ledge. He is rather annoyed by the ordeal because he has no time for that, and because Alissa "wasted" her talent with her action.

The next day, Night goes to BLUE and runs into Toto, Ron, Alissa, Udy Dietner, Billie Za Gozzila, and Marsh Leipley on the way. Hutter Horn is already there and waves at them in panic when they arrive. He came to BLUE to talk to Aimee Emmerich about his academic advancement plan, but when he entered her office, he found her collapsed at her table. Immediately, everyone rushes to Aimee's office and discovers that Aimee was shot and a strange video is playing on her laptop.

### Cryptid Serial Murders Case

Ron orders the students to stay back while he examines Aimee's body; with a heavy heart, he confirms her death. Aimee died two or three hours ago, and the bullet passed through her body and is now lodged in her chair. The murder weapon lies on the ground, empty of bullets.

When Toto and Ron are done inspecting the crime scene, Night tells them that Aimee asked him to see her an hour ago. Alissa was also called by Aimee to help move Billie's pets, and Alissa asked Marsh, Udy, and Billie to assist her. Everyone, thus, deduces that whoever killed Aimee must have called them to BLUE, possibly so that they find her body. This means that Aimee's murder is a declaration of war to the students, Ron, and Toto. Night and Alissa are ready to accept the challenge; because both only want to showcase their skills, Toto scolds them.

Then, the academy's guard comes into the office, intending to ask Aimee whether the emergency isolation system is running. When it is activated, the system blocks internet and phone signals as well as pulls the drawbridge. Toto and Ron rush outside to check the bridge, but it was already drawn and because only Aimee knew the isolation system's deactivation code, they are now trapped in the school. The prospect of investigating a murder case without the police excites Night.

Later, everyone gathers in a lecture hall to discuss why they might have been isolated at BLUE and how to proceed. While Ron and Toto check Aimee's laptop, the students separate and wander alone through the school. Hearing a scream, Night runs to the courtyard and sees Udy's corpse. Her lifeless body bears deep gashes, and a piece of paper saying "Chapter 1: The messenger from the sky Wyvern" is next to her. Curiously, only her footprints are visible, and Udy's body lies in the middle of the courtyard.

Ron then notices that Billie is not there. Marsh speculates that she might be in the hidden room under the north building as she once told him she was considering keeping pets there. Everyone heads to that room; the guard carries the still-unconscious Alissa. On the way, the students and the guard talk about Ron Kamonohashi who used the room in the past. Hutter voices his hatred of him, as he believes that he works with the M. Family. In the hidden room, they find an ashtray with cigarette butts and strands of blue hair, neither of which belongs to Billie or anyone they know who is inside the school.

While everyone discusses what to do next, Alissa wakes up and immediately spots the tenth person under the bed. She wants to attack them, but Ron stops her and tells the person to reveal themselves. To everyone's shock, Chelsea Gadd crawls out. The students have not seen her lately because she was suspended for her obsession with the M. Family. Chelsea is also a fan of Ron Kamonohashi, which disturbs Ron and Toto.

Without answering their questions, Chelsea leaves the room, and the others follow her to the courtyard. There, Chelsea identifies the paper lying next to Udy's corpse as a page from an M. Family book. She learned about it from a special "Unsolved Mysteries" class; apparently, that book was left at several crime scenes connected to the M. Family.

While Totomaru and Ron re-examine the crime scene and search the building, the others go to the home economics room to make dinner. Night does not help though and reads instead. Right after Ron and Totomaru join them, Hutter arrives too, bringing the food he hid in the classroom. When Toto remarks that he should have told someone if he wanted to go to the classroom, Hutter snaps at him.

Ron inquires why Hutter is treating "Officer Isshiki" so poorly. When she hears his name, Chelsea realizes that Toto is the police officer who was at the Nandan Observatory during the Island Observatory Murder Case and the one "responsible" for John Grizzly's death. Hutter hates Toto for that. Upon hearing about Toto's involvement in that case, Night and Alissa also turn against him and leave alongside Chelsea and Hutter.

Night goes to the library to research secret passageways to escape the school. When Ron finds him there, Night tells him about his research and says that while his search did not bring the desired results, it was fruitful in another, unexpected way: He found a picture of Ron in one of the books and realized who he truly is. As the case seems to be rather well-conceived and is very possibly connected to the M. Family, Night wants to solve it before Ron to become BLUE's best detective ever. Ron says he will not go easy on him, then.

Night and Ron later meet Toto and Hutter who found Minigozzi, and the monkey guides them to the locker room. There, they find a locker leaking water. Hutter quickly picks the lock, and they manage to rescue Billie on time who was tied up and placed in the water-filled locker. To their horror, the cover page for "Chapter 3: The Terror within the Water Merman" has been left with her which means there was another murder while they were searching.

Night and the others hurry to the rooftop where they find Chelsea's corpse. The cover page of "Chapter 2: The Giant's Awakening Cyclops" lies next to her, and she curiously seems to have died by falling from a high place. They then decide to split up: While Marsh and Alissa bring Billie to their classroom so that she can change her clothes, Ron and Toto as well as Night, Hutter, and the guard will investigate the area. They also agree to meet up again in an hour.

Night, Hutter, and the guard examine the ground and find nothing. Although it seems like an "impregnable mystery," Night is determined to solve it.

An hour later, everyone reassembles in the locker room and shares their findings: Night's team found no evidence that Chelsea fell to the ground, but noticed that the guard station was broken into and the sensors that detect entry and exit destroyed. Ron and Toto found marks on a pole as well as a bloody body bag on the roof. Afterward, they examine the third crime scene, and Billie tells them that she went looking for her pet rabbit and cat earlier. She spotted Udy's corpse from a window and was attacked from behind right afterward. She was knocked unconscious and woke up later in the locker.

Ron lies down in the locker and finds strands of long, white hair inside. Night then whisks Ron and Totomaru away to the rooftop where Night asks Ron for his deductions. Ron states that he has not solved the case yet, though he realized that "everything will fall into place" if he figures out the trick behind "a certain person's actions." Hearing his words, Night is sure that they are suspecting the same person, and says that he, "Ron Kamonohashi," could truly be a strong rival. A moment later, Alissa arrives on the roof, shocked to have heard that "Kamo Miele" is Ron Kamonohashi.

Night tries to tell her that she is misinformed about Ron, but Alissa does not listen to him and rushes to the others. As she locks the roof window behind her, Night, Ron, and Toto have to break it to follow her. On the way to the dining hall, they discover that the timetable instructor's train was moved; it has since cooled down. Across two floors, they also find four carve marks on pillars and five on windows.

In the dining hall, Marsh and Hutter inform them that Billie and Alissa are not back yet; Alissa wanted to speak to Totomaru and went to the roof, and Billie accompanied her. Night, Toto, and Ron immediately go to search for them, and when Ron finds Chelsea's cigarette on the staircase and looks out of the window, he solves the case: Billie is the culprit. Night agrees that it could have only been her.

While Ron tells Hutter, Marsh, and the guard "Totomaru's" deductions, Night heads to the courtyard alone. Taking the secret pathway (whose entrance is hidden under Udy's corpse), he goes to rescue Alissa from Billie. However, Billie manages to overwhelm him. By the time, Ron, Toto, Marsh, and Hutter arrive in the secret tunnels, Billie has drawn a significant amount of blood from Night and Alissa, but has not killed them yet. Billie also tries to kill Night and Alissa with crossbows; Marsh and Totomaru can save them on time though.

Billie is later caught and arrested. Night and the other students are then sent to the hospital.

Two days later, Night, Alissa, Hutter, and Marsh are back at BLUE. When they begin talking about Ron and Totomaru's departure today, Alissa notes that, without them, they would have died. Her words irk Night, as he has to acknowledge them as true and face his own failure. Just when they express their wish to bid Ron and Toto goodbye, Toto and Ron arrive at the school. Excited, they meet up outside the building.

They chat briefly, and after Ron tells the students to take care of BLUE, they part ways. However, because Alissa, Hutter, and Marsh text Totomaru during class and ignore their new instructor, Toto heads back to BLUE to "set them straight."

## Skills and abilities

* **Deductive ability:** Night possesses outstanding deduction skills, being the current number one student at BLUE.

## Quotes

* "*What's wrong with a prospective detective solving mysteries?! Emotions only get in the way of deductions!*"

## Trivia

* He carries a baton-like weapon with him.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 107, page 8
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 98, page 3
3. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, page 13
4. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 97, pages 27-29
5. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 99, pages 7-14
6. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 100, pages 6-17
7. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 101, pages 2-7
8. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 100, page 9
9. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 101, pages 7-19
10. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 102, pages 1-3
11. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 101, pages 20-21
12. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 102, pages 3-9
13. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 102, page 14
14. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 103, pages 11-21
15. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 104, pages 2-20
16. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 105, pages 2-6
17. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 105, pages 13-20
18. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 107, pages 2-9
19. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 107, pages 15-22
20. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 108, pages 7-20
21. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 109, pages 2-19
22. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 110, pages 2-16
23. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 111, pages 19-21
24. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 112, pages 22-23
25. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 113, pages 2-3
26. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 113, pages 11-15
27. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 113, pages 19-21
28. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 114, pages 3-5
29. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 116, pages 8-15
30. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 116, pages 17-18
31. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 111, page 3
32. ↑ *Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective* manga; Chapter 107, page 2