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The Nébuleuse:- > Lucien, an ambitious university student With a unique flair for fashion design, catches the eye of Mademoiselle Bella Leclair, a world-renowned designer with a powerful reputation. She chooses him as her apprentice, and he believes he's found his path to the top. But within the lavish studio and beneath the runway lights, layers of secrets being to unfold: suspicious alliance's, haunting truths from the past, and perhaps rules of success that must be broken. what starts as a professional opportunity soon becomes a personal and moral trail, and Lucien Must decide whether to climb the tower of fashion at the cost of his values-or carve out his own path. Tags: •Action •Adventure •super natural •Dark Drama •Royal Family •Organisation •Kills •Political •mystery •antihero •slice of life •Sci-fi •Comedy •Romance

In a world rife with unsolved mysteries, questions abound—who, what, why, and how—these are but a few mysteries that keep the weary awake and scare children from their mother’s arms. But one man has the answers, at least that is how it seems. Who is he? A detective. What does he want? Peace. Why? Well, same answer as the last… as for how he will achieve it… by solving every mystery known to man and filling his journal with all the bizarre encounters he makes along the way.

"Haha, and they call you 'World's best detective', huh? A perfect crime doesn't exist? Foolishness, Batman, foolishness~" "Let me show you a perfect crime... Done countless times, heh~" In Gotham City, under the shadow of heroes and villains, a new name rises. Darren Greer, a seemingly ordinary high-school student, is secretly Kaitou Kid—a flamboyant phantom thief who steals under the spotlight, sends advance notices, and vanishes like magic. With impossible disguises, flawless planning, and audacious performances, he toys with the GCPD, outwits Jim Gordon, and slips through the world's best detective, Batman’s, growing net. He doesn’t steal for money. He doesn’t steal for power. What he seeks is something far more dangerous—the art of the perfect crime itself. As Gotham’s heroes begin to take him seriously, Kaitou Kid’s stage expands from museums to the entire DC world. Each theft is a spectacle, each escape a miracle, and each appearance brings him closer to the Bat-Family’s full attention. Gentleman thief or unpredictable wild card? Showman… or nightmare? Under the moonlight, the phantom thief smiles—because the real show has only just begun! ... If you enjoyed the chapters so far, you can now read 12 chapters ahead on Patreon. Patreon.com/serioza Think of it as ‘Advanced Intel.’ While the audience is still wondering how the trick was done, you’ll already be watching the next heist unfold. ... Points to note- MC is an anti-hero, specifically a “gentleman thief archetype,” not a villain. He avoids killing, bloodshed, and collateral damage. He exposes deception. He honors his own rules and promises. His conflict with Batman is ideological, not destructive. His enjoyment is in craft, performance, and intellect, not domination or chaos.

Look Behind is an urban psychological thriller about identity, control, and the quiet horror of living two lives at once. Paul is a student by day, an observer by necessity, and something far less ordinary by night. His life runs on repetition. School. Work. Surveillance. Every choice feels scripted, like something unseen is always standing just behind him. The story begins with a quiet alley incident. A transfer student is killed. Two people witness it. And somehow, Paul is there. What starts as a simple investigation fractures into something deeper. Paul wants answers—but the closer he gets, the less control he seems to have. Decisions are made around him. Paths are closed without explanation. And someone else keeps stepping in before he can. A GHOST, who leaves the scene like rituals. Appears and disappear with only leaving a meaning which shouldn't exist. As justice gives way to obsession, and normalcy becomes a liability, Paul is forced to confront a question he can no longer avoid: Is he chasing the truth… or being guided toward it? And the at the end only one question remains. Can you solve the first? Or story sloves you first?

Detective **Vincent “Vince” Stone** is sent from the city to the quiet town of **Greyford** to help unravel a series of odd, unexplained incidents that have left local police stumped. At first the cases seem trivial - a neighbor vanishes, break‑ins where nothing is taken, strange lights flicker in the woods - but Vince senses a hidden pattern beneath the peaceful surface. As he interviews residents, polite façades and friendly smiles mask conflicting stories and buried tensions. When a long~missing resident suddenly reappears, the town’s uneasy calm shatters, and clues begin to connect back to an older mystery no one expected. Vince must untangle old secrets and subtle motives to uncover the truth behind the unsettling events and restore a sense of safety to Greyford.

Before transmigrating to this world as a student in forensic science major 4 years ago, Jiang An was already a university professor in this area. Now, with full marks in all courses, he graduates and joins the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau, becoming a forensic doctor. "Everyone is free to express their opinions; whether supporting or opposing the suicide conclusion, feel free to speak up." "It's definitely suicide!" "High school pressure is huge nowadays!" "Mr. Li! I believe that this female student, Li Rui, did not commit suicide! She was hung after death!" said Jiang in a deep voice.

Tokyo, 2026. The neon lights of Shinjuku hide a darkness that has slept for three hundred years. When a body is found suspended upside down in a forgotten drainage tunnel, drained of blood by a single, surgical cut, the police see a cartel hit. But Detective Kenji Sano sees something else. He sees "Tsurushi" -The Pit, an agonizing torture method used by the Shogunate to crush the spirits of traitors. This is not a murder. It is a sentencing. Kenji Sani and his partner, the hulking veteran Manjiro Tenken, soon realize they are hunting a ghost. A killer who follows no modern logic, only the brutal, bloody code of Feudal Japan What awaits more?

Rahul Kumar fails the police exam and loses everything—his future, his girlfriend Ananya, and his faith in the system. When Ananya is found brutally murdered, her organs stitched into a grotesque puppet doll, Rahul becomes the prime suspect. Framed by his rival Niraj and hunted by corrupt police, Rahul escapes custody and becomes a fugitive in 2006 Bhopal. With a city-wide manhunt closing in, he must investigate the case himself to find the real "Puppet Dancer" serial killer.

Lucan Vane is no ordinary lawyer— his super power lets him smell lies, betrayal, and even death. With Detective Sergeant Marcus Steele at his side, he hunts killers in a city where every scent hides a secret.

In the rain-slicked streets of Onyx Port, peace is a structural lie, enforced by a network of fragile infrastructure and flickering surveillance—and the debt is finally coming due. Arthur Hale is a master of engineering and calculation. By day, he is the “Golden Son,” analyzing the city’s foundations at Vane Infrastructure & Risk (VIR). By night, he is a Ghost for the Union, pruning human variables to maintain a fragile balance. But the Union has gone silent, maintenance logs vanish, and his sister Maya is beginning to see the cracks in the “perfect brother” mask. Sloane Miller is a shadow in another machine. To VIR, she is the clumsy aunt raising her orphaned nephew, Leo. To the Republic, she is the Reaper—a lethal operator trained to disappear into the city’s subterranean veins. Wary, exhausted, and haunted by loss, she keeps her instincts sharp while hiding behind deliberate incompetence. When a mounting debt and shared target force them into a crumbling, off-books Private Investigation office—the Blind Spot—an uneasy partnership forms. A sanctuary with three strict rules: no questions about the past, no digging into personal matters, and never bring the work home. As the city becomes a silent battlefield, Arthur and Sloane are forced into missions that will strip away every safety they’ve known. Every street, bridge, and building hides both danger and opportunity. And as trust fractures and human variables defy calculation, the only constant they can rely on… is each other.

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Behind every headline lies a story the world never fully heard. This series uncovers real criminal cases, told one by one—murders, disappearances, betrayals, and investigations that shocked societies and scarred lives forever. Each case is reconstructed from verified public records, following the victims, the suspects, the evidence, and the truth that emerged… or never did. Some criminals were caught. Some cases remain unsolved. Some truths are still debated. Told with respect and precision, this book does not glorify violence—it exposes it. A case-by-case journey into the darkest corners of reality, where justice is uncertain and facts are more disturbing than fiction. patreon.com/DetctiveDeku

In a grim, decaying city plagued by rising crime and moral collapse, a string of brutal and bizarre killings sends shockwave through the population. Each murder is different, some ae messy, others surgical. Men, women, children and even the elderly – no one is safe, and no patterns connects the victims. The only common thread? At each scene, the killer leaves a yellow rubber ball with a hand-painted sinister smile — the smileball. The media spirals into hysteria, calling the killer 'The smile', while police are left paralyzed by the sheer randomness of the murders. Leading the investigation is Detective Leo, a logical and seasonal detective, with his partner Alex, a shy and quiet officer. And his childhood best friend. ———— I will post one chapter a day!

In the shadowy streets of West Antapolis, danger lurks around every corner. Gangs and monsters prowl the night, each more sinister than the last. While thieves may seek to rob you of your money, the vampires and wraiths have darker intentions: they aim to steal your very humanity. In a city shrouded in deceit, where trust is a luxury only a few can afford, the greatest theft of all may be the truth itself. When even your closest confidants weave lies into the fabric of your reality, how do you navigate a world built on betrayal? The answer lies in Conticent; the art of seeing no evil, hearing no evil, and speaking no evil.

1947 — A detective hunts the thief of a priceless gem, but the case unravels into something deeper than crime. When the stolen stone begins to twist the laws of the world, Murphy realizes he isn’t chasing a man — he’s chasing the collapse of meaning itself. A hardboiled noir story about crime, existence, and the quiet horror of watching reality come undone. Disclaimer: The prose or story has been heavily processed through Quillbot and Grammarly. I intentionally used these tools to strip away human 'warmth' from the narration. If the prose feels mechanical, the tools are working as intended.

From the lens of Aspres Amari, a teenager who learned how to survive by watching. A city burns. A boy dissapears. What remains is memory—fragmented, broken, and dangerous. Aspres is asked to remember, not to confess, but to explain what happened. What follows is not an answer, but a pattern of missing children, quiet deals, little mistakes, and violence. As police ask questions, Aspres recounts what happened—what was seen, what was touched, and what was heard. Showing that children, earlier than anyone else, learn to navigate corruption before they even know what it means. After a boy went missing in 1952, a small-town outsider becomes a pawn in a game of power, violence, and revenge. Secrets are heard only through whispers in the shadows, traded like currency, every choice, no matter how small brings the city a step over despair, and closer to collapse. This is a story about corruption, consequences, and what happens when power is selfishly handled. This story is being moved to RoyalRoad.

The Quiet Person Luna Nakamori was a quiet, emotionless girl, invisible to most—except to the five friends who tormented her relentlessly. Bullied, mocked, and pushed to the edge, Luna’s despair twisted into something terrifying: one by one, she kidnapped and eliminated those who had destroyed her childhood. Seven years later, she emerges from the shadows—not as a criminal, but as a prodigy of the Special Investigation Force, solving thirteen impossible cases in just three days and earning a reputation as the Silent Moon. Yet her calm is fragile. The world is not what it seems. Chosen children across the globe awaken with strange powers, shadows manifesting at the pull of the moon, and a cosmic entity known only as the Watcher begins to stir. As Luna faces new threats, including rogue Chosen, remnants of the Puppeteer, and the Watcher itself, she must navigate a deadly path between life and death, sanity and madness, myth and reality. In a story where silence is power, fear is a tool, and the night can remember everything, Luna will discover that the greatest horrors are not the monsters outside—but the ones inside.

William James Moriarty, a renowned, well-loved, and gentlemanly professor at Tingen University, is not quite himself. Despite all appearances, he is in fact not one, but two: a man from modern-day Earth who has awoken in the body of the professor, burdened by fragmented memories containing nonsensical information, leaving him blind to his new past. He now lives in a Victorian steampunk world, shrouded in an odd veil of fog and mysteries, yet he remains far from fully aware of the strange life that lies before him.

Once Upon a Mystery — Synopsis At just 26 years old, Pennyworth Hale is already a legend in the world of crime investigation—having solved 50 drug cases, 65 murders, and 47 kidnappings. Calm, brilliant, and feared by criminals, Pennyworth believes every crime follows logic. Until Michigan proves him wrong. A forensic psychologist is found dead in a locked room—no wounds, no poison, only a smile. Before Pennyworth can uncover the truth, another suspect is executed with a single gunshot, and the investigation turns into a psychological nightmare. Evidence disappears. Witnesses lie. And Pennyworth himself becomes the prime suspect. Now hunted by the law, Pennyworth is forced into an unwilling partnership with Morsh, a rough, unpredictable officer assigned to watch him. Alongside an investigative journalist and a grieving mother caught in the crossfire, Pennyworth uncovers a killer who doesn’t just commit murders—he writes them, turning justice into a twisted story where guilt decides fate. As the body count rises and the killer closes in, Pennyworth must outthink an enemy who knows his methods, his past, and his mind. In a game where every move is watched and every truth has a price, one question remains: Can the world’s greatest detective solve a mystery that was written to destroy him?