The end of the world is on the rise, and Poe became a target of the Hunting Dogs. It’s his own fault truly for assisting the Armed Detective Agency. No doubt he would do it again, but his disappearance did set the agency back for some time. No one knows what came of him during this time. It was after he helped Ranpo free the other agency members that he disappeared and pictures of himself were placed in several places. Though he was in one of his books in his office, he was awaiting this to end.