[Psycho-Pass] Paranoia

When Liangzi came home in the morning, his father was about to go out, and his mother was helping him adjust his tie at the door.

"You're back." Seeing Liangzi, the father put his hand on her shoulder, his hesitant appearance was completely different from the contemptuous attitude he always treated Liangzi as nothing in the past.

His eyes were complicated, and the look that combined helplessness, guilt and...disappointment made Ryoko's heart tremble.

Her father hugged her, something his father, who had been ignoring her for as long as Yoshiko could remember, had never done so.But that slightly cold embrace calmed the uneasiness rising in Ryoko's heart.

"Goodbye, Liangzi." He stroked her hair, his eyes were full of tenderness, which had never happened to Liangzi.

"This is... what's going on, mother." After watching him leave blankly, Ryoko asked her mother.

"Your father, it's time to start the journey of finding yourself..." Mom said with a helpless look on her face, "Finally, he has handed over all the work and stepped down from the position of senator, so he will leave me for a while to go on a long-distance trip gone."

"It seems like he did something..." Ryoko didn't know how to evaluate this kind of thing that sounded unrealistic at all.

"By the way, you're going back tomorrow, so I helped you organize things..." Mom said.

"Wait, wait a minute." Liangzi thought of the diary brought back from the welfare institution, "There is a diary on the table, have you seen it?"

"The AI ​​seems to have thrown a bunch of things..."

"..." Ryoko didn't know what to say.

When she managed to retrieve the diary from the garbage transfer station, the poor diary pages had been soaked in the expired orange juice from the same car and their faces were blurred.What she embraces is something that another person has spent a lot of time writing, and how much time has been spent writing on the case, it is as important as its value to that person, and it is a matter of course to think so.

A diary that has been carefully kept for many years should have the value of being respected.When Liangzi picked up the old paper book, she felt a heartache.

Hardly anyone uses a pen and paper to record their mood these days, so it’s no wonder that artificial intelligence judges it useless.

One thing that bothers me is that Jun Izumi mentioned loneliness and fear.

The same loneliness and fear as Xiu Xing.

The inexplicable sadness makes Liangzi's heart tremble slightly. She has lived for so long, and she has never felt such a mood for anyone.When she thought of him, her face would smile unconsciously, but her heart was sad for him.

Obviously it is an object that can be touched, but I always feel that he is not in the same world as myself.Wanting to confirm his existence, I couldn't help but want to get close to him.

When she realized what an indescribably sad emotion it was, she, who had never been alone, got a lonely experience.

……

...

The effect of community corrections is good, and the crime coefficient is stable at 150.

As soon as Liangzi returned to work, she ran into a task. This time, she was brought by Supervisor Qingliu who had a good relationship with Supervisor Shenyue.Supervisor Shenyue is on suspension for treatment due to health problems.

"The identity of the criminal has been confirmed, and there have been some imitative killings recently. This one." The surveillance officer Qingliu called up the prisoner's file, "I thought I posted an anonymous post on the Internet, but I didn't know that even the cameras on the street took pictures of it. she."

"Cut open a woman's abdomen and separate the uterus completely. Is it the Japanese version of Jack the Ripper...I didn't expect it to be a female criminal."

"Women and men will have deviations in aesthetics. Specifically, the corpse treatment of the Ripper case, slit throat, scratched the face, destroyed the uterus, and cut the genitals, completely presenting the hatred of women. And this, decent Dealing with it will make people feel the fear and admiration of motherhood." Qingliu Supervisor called up the analysis listed in the system, "What about fan works that deviate from the original idea. She claimed to be a fanatic admirer of the Ripper in the post, but she completely Didn't understand Jack's philosophy. Leave it to you, Executor."

The main role of the Overseer in the mission is to dispatch the Executor, and it is rare for him to go into battle in person.

The other two executive officers of the second class have been transferred to assist the mission of the third class.If Liangzi came back one day later, this case would probably be handed over to the busiest class.

……

...

The criminal was listening to music quietly at home, but the door of her house was open.

A young woman in her 30s is sitting leisurely on a rattan chair under the balcony, the sun shining on her, adding a lot of color to her pale face.

"Is there only one person? I'm really... a child who has never been taken seriously."

She turned her head, looked at Ryoko, and spoke calmly.

Bach's music circulated between the two, which made the atmosphere in the room gentle and sad.

Liangzi felt a little uneasy, this woman didn't seem to be the kind of person who would be so stupid that she would take the initiative to post on the Internet to show off.

"Crime factor: 88

Under100

unspecified execution object

Trigger Lock"

Dominate, whose hand was aimed at a woman, made such a judgment.

When she heard the sound of the trigger being locked, Ryoko felt her heart sink. It was a sense of crisis of losing something she had always relied on.

"Are you... a criminal?" She was confused for a moment, and asked a ridiculous question like this.

"It says yes, and it says no, then it doesn't." There was a strange confidence in her bleak eyes.

"You know better than it." Liangzi came back to her senses, she said coldly.

"No, if it says I am not and you say I am, then you are the criminal."

"What gave you such confidence?" Liangzi laughed at her overconfident words, and raised the ruler again, "With all the evidence, neither you nor I need to worry about your innocence. Although the procedure is complicated, traditional trials The regime remains for you. What did you use? Tranquilizing drugs?"

The opponent's expression froze.

"Crime coefficient determination: 96

Under100

Trigger Lock"

Liangzi did not put down the gun: "Do you think you are still a child? Do you know the consequences of doing these things? No one will praise you for what a shocking thing you have done. You are a criminal. Can Bach's music calm you down? Do you also listen when committing a crime? Don't look at me like this, I understand you very well."

"Crime coefficient determination: 99

Under100

Trigger Lock"

"I wanted to die a long time ago. I just want to kill more and more people. Especially, choose potential criminals who are tamed like dogs, and help those who are self-righteous to oppress your own kind." She slowly got up from the chair Zhong stood up and pointed an old-style pistol at Yoshiko, "We shoot at the same time, and each other will die. I look forward to killing a lackey like you."

"Sorry, I still have great ambitions, and I can't go to hell with you." Liangzi quickly threw the ruler at her hard.

The avoiding woman was hit in the wrist and was forced to let go of the pistol.She is quite pale and weak, obviously the result of being secluded for a long time and lack of exercise. If it is purely hand-to-hand combat, I don't need to be afraid of her.

Before she could react, Ryoko had already jumped in front of her and punched her to the ground.

"What's more, when you say that others are self-righteous, you should also check whether you are self-righteous." Liangzi cut her hands back, but unexpectedly, a sharp dagger appeared in the opponent's hand and slid straight in front of her. It was only when he touched her hand that he was trying to block it that he cut a gash at least half a centimeter deep.

Ryoko hurriedly avoided, but at the same time lost her positional advantage.

But at the same time, another dagger fell from the opponent's sleeve, and Yoshiko quickly grabbed it and rolled it aside.

"The three crime coefficient judgments after the Internet connection have not exceeded [-], executive officer, stop all offensive behavior!" The surveillance officer Qingliu suddenly appeared and said loudly, her judgment made a mistake in a moment of impatience. In the midst of the struggle, she raised a dominate to the Executor.

At this time, Ryoko picked up the dominator who fell aside and aimed at the criminal.

"Crime coefficient determination: 172

executable object

Insurance cancelled”

It's just a short period of peace obtained with the help of drugs and music... How could there be criminals who could not be detected.

Yoshiko wanted to pull the trigger.But her body shook heavily instead, and when she fell backwards, she realized that she had been sanctioned by the Overseer's ruler.

Also, the command she gave to her finger to pull the trigger was impossible to realize.

Her pupils suddenly dilated due to the pain, and the intense pain conveyed by the nerves made her eyes fill with tears.

"No way..." She muttered, with an unbelievable smile on the corner of her mouth.

In the field of vision, her right hand holding the gun no longer belonged to her.Her hand was slowly moving towards the opposite of her with a strange arc...flying away.

Because the dagger in the criminal's hand had cut off her hand to the wrist.

Mingming witnessed this scene with his own eyes, and saw a large amount of blood mist ejected from the broken place.But the nerves paralyzed by Dominate seemed to give her the illusion that her right hand was still alive.

And then... she fell into a paralyzed darkness and didn't know anything.

……

...

She opened her mouth, but to no avail.She wanted to make a sound, but the burning sensation in her throat prevented her from uttering even the simplest syllables.

This made her panic and helpless fear rise in her heart.

The young man pressed his finger on her lips, and there was a tender smile on the corner of his mouth: "I have finally been taught a lesson. Do you understand, as an executive officer. These things will always happen, and it is even possible that your whole body will One-time scrap."

Ryoko looked at him with probing eyes. At this moment, she wanted to talk very much, but she couldn't say anything but stared blankly.

"Your hand has been connected, and it may not be as easy to use as before. After all, it took several hours to connect." He looked at her with a half-smile, "The damaged vocal cords should also heal soon. Yes. But, you know what, you almost died for real."

Yoshiko glared at him.

"Okay, keep staring."

She shook her head.She didn't mean to stare at him.

Why does he always have unique insights into her eyes, which makes her very puzzled.

Ryoko gently tugged at him, bringing him closer to her.She stretched out her left hand tremblingly, and touched his face with the back of her hand.

"At least be responsible to me. While saying that you won't leave, you can easily die outside. This kind of thing will make me feel abandoned after being played with. At least you can't die until I dump you." He taught her a serious lesson, but there were clearly wet tears on his face.

Yoshiko looked at him tenderly, writing idiot on his face with her fingers.

"What's the use of having someone who can't protect you, Ryoko." He laughed at himself, but his eyes gradually clouded, "I think I can protect you in that situation, if you can't do such a thing, How should I respond to you."

He who is bound in a cage has no freedom to protect people, nor the freedom to like people.This profound experience probably made him completely aware of his own incompetence in this state.

Yoshiko watched him with a smile all the time.

"I love you," she said.Although she couldn't make a sound, everyone could see what she was going to say.

This sentence can explain everything, and of course it contains everything she wants to say to him.

He fell silent.

He looked at her quietly, his well-behaved appearance was far from his past rebelliousness.

Then, he also smiled at her, a beautiful smile without a trace of haze.

The author has something to say:

"Just smile at this time."

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I'm going to have an operation tomorrow.

So I'll come back and update when I'm done recovering from surgery.

For the heart-wrenching good boy Xiao Xingxing and the girl who deeply loves the role of Xing Xiuxing.