Chapter 12 (Vertical Comic)

Chapter 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Bungo Stray Dogs (Vertical Comic).

Summary
Nearby people come over to the scene and the woman looks over to the male who had left the station before her. The woman points him out however the bag he handed earlier suddenly explodes. The male, Akutagawa, picks up a phone, asking for his next task.

Dazai lays on a couch, headphones on his ears as he sings a song about double suicide. Kunikida grabs the headphones off Dazai and yells for him to get back to work, Dazai suddenly snatches the headphones back and says he's waiting for divine revelation.

Atsushi, Tanizaki, and Naomi walk through the city, Atsushi tells he didn't find it funny about all the talk about the vicious mafia and getting killed. Tanizaki assures him that the job can't be that hard if someone like him can keep this kind of work. Atsushi asks Tanizaki about his ability. Tanizaki describes his ability to Atsushi as not that useful for battle. However, Naomi gushes, saying how amazing of an ability Tanizaki has.

After the walk, the woman says they've arrived at the outlaws' location. They walk into the large alley with Tanizaki finding the place weird, asking if they're in the correct location. The woman introduces herself as Higuchi, and Tanizaki says that outlaws are usually a fairly cowardly lot, where they always secure an escape route whenever a deal goes down and place they are in doesn't have an escape route if ever the police cornered them from the other side.

Higuchi agrees, tying her hair up into a ponytail as she reveals it was a trap and her target was them all along, putting a phone to her ear. Higuchi talks on the phone, telling Akutagawa they have them captured as planned. Tanizaki flinches at Akutagawa's name.

Akutagawa stands on a building, saying he'll be there in 5 minutes. Higuchi pulls out a gun, saying she'll kill them for the sake of her overseer. The three flinch and tense up before Higuchi begins shooting at them.