Chapter 24 (Vertical Comic)

Chapter 24 is the twenty-fourth chapter of the Bungo Stray Dogs (Vertical Comic).

Summary
Ranpo puts on his glasses, a flash of light comes and goes as Ranpo pauses for a moment, saying "Oh. I see.", Ranpo points to Sugimoto, saying that he is the culprit. Minoura laughs, asking if Ranpo's ability is to make people laugh, questioning how the murderer themself would be at the crime scene. Ranpo says it's exactly as said, and that the murderer would like to stay close to the scene, asking for Sugimoto's gun to prove his claim.

Sugimoto stammers that he cannot hand his gun over to a civilian as he would get into trouble, Ranpo saying that if there isn't any evidence in the gun, then he is just as Minoura says he is - just a loudmouth.Minoura tells Sugimoto it's alright to show him his gun, Sugimoto suddenly becomes silent. Minoura orders Sugimoto to hand in the gun so as to not waste their time however Sugimoto is still standing still not saying a word. Ranpo says that he's acting as such because he's trying to figure out an excuse for the 3 missing bullets in his gun. Minoura shouts at Sugimoto saying that he can't possibly be the killer and orders him to give him the gun. Sugimoto slowly moves his hand to his utility belt, grabbing the gun and pointing it at Ranpo.

Dazai suddenly pushes Atsushi forward and Atsushi quickly pins Sugimoto to the ground as the gun fires. Ranpo crouches next to Sugimoto, saying that the time of the crime was yesterday morning, the crime scene was the abandoned shipyard 140 meters upstream, and if they go there they'll find Sugimoto and the victim's footprints, and the blood splatters he'd left.

Pushed into a corner, Sugimoto becomes helpless telling himself that no one should have known. Minoura places his hand on Sugimoto's shoulder and tells him to continue the interrogation at the office or his former office as Minoura hands out the cuffs for him.