Blood & Paint

Blood & Paint (ブラドペイント) is a story written by Velvet Byrne and illustrated by YamiesCupid and SimplyWrencc.

Synopsis
A serial story about the adventures of detective Rembrandt van Rijn along with his friends from the Mercurius Private Investigators as they travel across the world to stop crimes and discover the conspiracies hiding beneath the surface.

Part 1: Gutai & the House of Wolves
Rembrandt was summoned by Katsushika Hokusai to deal with a murder investigation in the town of Sawamizu. As Rembrandt begins to unravel the true mastermind behind the crime with the help of the Gutai Group and the Mangaka Guild, the old ghosts of war return for one last revenge against Hokusai.

Part 2: Europa Endlos
Mercurius hires Johanna Vermeer and soon she received her first task thanks to the German detective group, Die Brücke, to deliver machine parts from Dusseldorf, Germany to Brest, France along with Caspar Netscher. As the pair travel on the train, a mysterious man trails after the two of them.

Part 3: Young Americans
As the cargo finally leaves Brest and to the United States. Rembrandt and Vermeer are summoned by Andy Warhol of Warhol Industries to help him find investors in order to build "a foundation to help Talent users." Unknown to Mercurius, Warhol is actually building a nuclear bomb to destroy those who have wronged him.

Part 4: War & Punishment
Due to Mercurius's involvement in building Warhol's bomb, the group faces the wrath of the Talent Users Association. With this, Caspar Netscher was sent to jail due to his involvement and his ignorance as well. Now Escher, Rembrandt, Vincent and Vermeer must find a way to convince the Association of their innocence.