【Fantasy Pass】-Psycho Pass Banquet

"Using such a heavy prosthetic hand to beat someone's neck, I wonder if Ah Shang can wake up, meow."

"Whispering. Of course I know how to measure. If I don't do anything, do you want to watch your naive surveillance officers become murderers?" The woman's voice paused: "Well. Although I am not qualified to say this now."

"But at the end of the day, meow, what is the director's document for? It's impossible to think about 'suspected involvement in the murder case'. The body was only found in the Yanzhong Cemetery today, but before that, Accelerator was with us .”

"Who knows. That document was handed over to that guy by Hesheng Zongzong after he called him to the office. How can we know those secrets on the little ones like us who throw it away after use?"

"Speaking of which, didn't you leave before? Why did you come to Ah Shang's hospital bed now? Ah, is that the one? The seemingly vicious Qianjin Miss was actually rescued by Ah Shang in an unknown place. Feelings oh oh oh—don’t suddenly clenched your fists and waved meow!”

"If you talk nonsense again, I will use this hand to tear your mouth apart. Besides, is it normal to see a junior who wants to discipline you? I don't allow such a weak guy to exist in the criminal department."

"What kind of weird perfectionism is this... oh. Ah Shang is about to wake up meow."

At the same time Tsuchimikado Motoharu said this, Kamijou Touma who was lying on the bed groaned in pain, and then sat up suddenly as if a spike had been pierced into his back:

"Where is Accelerator?!"

After he finished asking, his body shook because of the dizziness from the previous blow to the neck.

The tall woman whose full name is Maiye Shenli crossed her arms and replied with a half-smile: "Unfortunately, she was taken away by our surveillance officer. She may be interrogated in some room in this building now."

As his consciousness gradually regained consciousness, Kamijou Touma recalled the incident when he was attacked by a woman and fainted: "Why stop me?!"

"What? Do you think that arguing or even dancing with knives and guns can solve the scene? It's not a kid in kindergarten anymore." Mai Ye Shenli had a bored expression that couldn't get motivated.

Kamijou Touma didn't want to answer her question at all, he just lifted the quilt covering his body and wanted to rush out of the infirmary: "Where is he now?"

"I told you that I would pry open the door with any weapon and snatch the suspects in prison openly? Do you still want to continue to be a surveillance officer?"

"It doesn't matter what the surveillance officer is."

It is not a question of whether or not to be saved, or whether it is possible to be saved.

This is the convention.

The promise that I have promised to myself and to that person countless times.

I definitely don't want to let go of my hand the second time without doing anything.

Absolutely not.

"Ah... I see." Mugino Shirley's tone seemed to loosen to some extent, and she said to Tsuchimikado Motoharu who was standing beside him blankly: "Please go out first. I have something to talk to him .Well, by the way, close the door by the way."

"Understood meow! Ah Shang, let's get along with this sister."

"Hey! Tsuchimikado—?!"

Kamijou Touma's arm was suddenly grabbed by the woman.

The moment the room door was closed by Tsuchimikado Motoharu from the outside, Kamijou Touma was pressed against the wall by the collar of the woman in front of him.

"Varied--"

The woman with the image of a gentle young lady easily lifted him up with only one left hand, and the mechanical prosthesis made a low buzzing sound when it operated.

"To be honest, I think you're still a nice person. At least you're more likable than that bastard in our family." Mugino Shenli had a cruel smile on his face: "But now I think you seem to be a little bit out of your mind. Does it feel good to be caught in a dead end? If you still don't understand, do you need me to give you a punch to clear your head?"

"What else do I need to understand?! If the purpose of being a surveillance officer is to watch important people being trampled like that, I'd rather—"

Mugino Shimuri interrupted Kamijou Touma's back by shaking his left hand against the wall again:

"What are you willing to do?! Stab Kakine Teitoku to bleed a little? Then you will be punished, lose the life of a supervisor, or even an ordinary person?!"

Kamijou Touma was speechless to refute. In fact, if no one had intervened to stop the incident, the outcome of the matter would probably have developed as she said. expulsion, or even become a potential offender.

He clearly knew that going his own way without considering the consequences would become like this, but he couldn't stop the self-abuse-like self-criticism.

"Apart from the identity of 'surveillance officer', what else do you have left? After losing this identity and all the rights it brings, what else can you do?"

Mugino Shenli asked.

Even if his crime index did not increase after impulsively hurting others, what else could he do after being deprived of the supervisory authority and becoming an ordinary person?

the answer is--

Can't do anything.

After losing his status as a civil servant of the Security Bureau, not to mention holding Teito Kakine accountable and investigating the case, even wanting to step into the floor of the criminal department is a dream, and at that time it is really powerless.

If you want to turn defeat into victory, this is the most basic and necessary concession, just as if you have to give up important pieces in order to defeat your opponent.

Kamijou Touma's increasingly narrow thoughts due to anxiety and confusion are slowly opening up, but the suppressed emotions are still suffocating his chest.

Seeing that the other party's emotions had calmed down, Mugino Shimori let go of his hand: "Kakine Teitoku wants to destroy you. Although I don't know what kind of enmity there is between them, but if you can turn you into a murderer in front of your executive officer If he commits a crime, he will probably wake up laughing from his dream."

But is there no other way?

"Impossible." Mugino Shirley seemed to read the meaning of Kamijou Touma's expression, and directly denied his thoughts: "Although you were excluded from the case, being able to move freely is your biggest trump card. If you want to rescue him as quickly as possible, the most direct way is to find the real culprit and throw the case report in the face of Hesheng Yangzong."

"I know..." Kamijou Touma said with a sigh.

"That executive is called Accelerator, right?" Mugino Shenli said, "Although that kind of temper is not to my liking, he is quite smart."

"Ok?"

Mai Ye Shenli nodded: "No matter what kind of person is in that situation, they will immediately let others rescue themselves? Under the interrogation of the surveillance officer who can use violence for no reason, it is not even possible to survive tomorrow. Clearly, an ordinary person would want to seek help from all over the world to get himself out of danger, but he told you 'don't come here'. No matter what the original intention was, he was going to get you out of it from then on. The center of events is thrown far out."

The woman's words were like a breeze, blowing away the fog that had been lingering in Kamijou Touma's mind since just now.

"It seems that he is not the kind of person who will give up on himself casually. If he says that, it means that he must have left some way out for himself. It is definitely a way out that can be trusted and will definitely save him." Mai Ye Shenli After finishing speaking, he fell silent and looked at the man in front of him quietly.

trust.

This simple word instantly dispelled all the confusion in Kamijou Touma's heart.

"You said, I can trust you, right?"

"Just in case, I want to make sure—that should be, isn't it a lie?"

The two words that Accelerator had mentioned in the car suddenly came to mind.

Why didn't he escape when he was in the cemetery in the valley.

Because he knew that if he left, Kamijou Touma, as the surveillance officer, would be implicated and suspected, making it difficult to use his fists.

Why did he repeatedly confirm Kamijou Touma's determination.

Because what he relied on was an illusory agreement.

Kamijou Touma may choose to be wise and turn a blind eye to him, he may be severely traumatized due to lack of ability, and he may even be unable to interpret the message he left behind. He should know all these things, but even so, Accelerator also made a choice.

The phrase 'don't come here' was not out of rejection like in the past, but out of complete trust.

I just firmly believe in the fact that I will be saved.

And now, it's time for Kamijou Touma to fulfill his promise.

Having figured this out, what to do next is as clear as seeing the sun after the clouds and mists are lifted.

"Thank you, Miss Mugino." Kamijou Touma thanked the woman in front of him from the bottom of his heart.

However, this sudden thank you made Mugino Shenli stunned for a moment, she blinked in disbelief, and said, "It's strange for a guy like you to thank the executive officer after being threatened by raising his collar."

"Is that so?" Kamijou Touma smiled slightly.

Mai Ye Shenli put away the troubled expression just now: "But let's get down to business. After all, the case was handed over to our second department, and you don't expect me to disregard the order to disclose the information I got to you. You are your executive officer. Because of that Fight alone with all your strength before the guy's interrogation method dies."

There are sarcasm words, but they are still cheering in essence.

Kamijou Touma asked himself to think in a good direction as much as possible.

"But I still have a question to ask. Ah, don't look at me with that horrible look, it has nothing to do with the case." Kamijou Touma, who was stared at by Mugino Shirley, couldn't help but tremble.

"Say."

"Obviously there was no intersection before, why did you tell me so much?"

Mugino Shenli thought for a moment in silence, and suddenly laughed at himself: "It must be a lesson learned from a wrong experience."

"?"

Ignoring Kamijou Touma's still puzzled expression, Mugino Shimori opened the door, kicked Tsuchimikado Motoharu who was lying on the door quietly listening, and walked away.

What a fool.Mai Ye Shenli couldn't help thinking.Maybe it's because he's as stupid as that guy that people can't let him go.

"Meow—what an uncute woman." Kicked down in a rather funny pose, Tsuchimikado Motoharu got up from the ground while complaining: "It's really unfair, only Kami can rest this night. "

"Do you call this a rest?" Kamijou Touma came out of the room and said, rubbing the back of his neck that was still aching.

The sun has already risen more than halfway from the east of the city, about seven o'clock in the morning.

"Ah, when you didn't get up just now, your phone rang several times." Tsuchimikado Motoharu kindly pointed out.

Kamijou Touma remembered another promise.

He took his phone out of his pocket, and sure enough, it was full of missed call IDs from home.

Might have to disappoint them.

Kamijou Touma sighed and dialed the number at home, and the phone was picked up without even a waiting tone, so it can be seen that the person on the other side must have been holding on for a long time:

"Dangma? It's already seven o'clock but you haven't come back, and the phone hasn't been connected. Is something wrong?"

The gentle and anxious greeting made the tense heart suddenly relax, and Kamijou Touma, feeling slightly sour in the eye sockets, hurriedly looked up at the ceiling: "No. I have been busy with the case all of a sudden, and the phone has been set to silent mode, so I didn't look at it." arrive."

"really?"

"Really. But there may be no way to go back today. Oh, you and Dad can go for a walk if you are bored. I entered your ID into the security system before, so don't worry about the door lock. View of the nearby park It’s still very good, if you’re hungry, there’s a restaurant that Index likes nearby, I remember it’s called—”

"Toma?" Kamijou Shina interrupted him suddenly.

"I'm here."

"If you feel sad, you can come home. Mom and Dad are here."

Kamijou Touma didn't remember whether his voice was trembling or unnatural, but his shaking was noticed by his mother anyway.

"Yeah." He bit his lips and took a deep breath: "We'll be back soon."

"it is good."

The phone hangs up.

Kamijou Touma felt something while putting the phone back in his jacket pocket, and the hard corner pricked his finger, but it didn't hurt.

It is a few origami crane candies wrapped in colorful plastic paper.

As if deliberately announcing his own existence, the severe pain pierced his heart mercilessly at that moment.

Kamijou Touma frowned, smiled sadly, and squeezed them into his palm.

This time, I will definitely fulfill my promise.

Even if everyone in the world comes to stop me, I will never leave you alone.