【Fantasy Pass】-Psycho Pass Banquet

"what is this?"

After returning to the office of the first department, he was forced to press in front of the computer by his own executive officer. Kamijou Touma looked at the LCD screen in front of him, and finally remembered to ask a question after a while.

"Work." Jiebiao Danxi replied simply.Her face looked very bad, but it was not simply because of lack of sleep or makeup, but anger:

"You were forced into a series of schedules while you were lying in the infirmary, the surveillance officer."

"Work?"

Repeating this word, Kamijou Touma rolled the mouse wheel, and looked at the densely packed ten-page documents of 'work' that would never appear in a series of itineraries.

"Don't you understand, Kami?" Tsuchimikado Motoharu also took a brief look at the content of the document, spread his hands and said with a smile: "The director is afraid that we will be too 'leisure' and randomly investigate things that should not be investigated, so I just Try your best to arrange some tasks for us to do."

The contents of the documents are mostly small issues like fraud cases, emotional disputes, and even malicious injuries that were half investigated by the second department, which is enough to be called "all-encompassing".

Looking at the document, which was obviously full of malicious intent, Kamijou Touma finally expressed emotion that completely ignored the atmosphere and confused the focus:

"It turns out that other departments usually handle this kind of work..."

"Hey!" Jiebiao Danxi couldn't help but want to pat his head with her palm.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Let's make a little joke to liven up the atmosphere." Kamijou Touma, who was glared at him, hurriedly shook his hands and stepped back a little: "Working in a heavy low pressure is a tiring thing, isn't it?"

"I said you?!" Jiebiao Danxi, who had already had a backlog of anger, slapped the table vigorously: "At that time, you were the one who was so anxious that he didn't hesitate to use the knife? Why are you so optimistic now? It's because You are so easy to talk that you will be bullied by those ignorant bastards in the second department. Do you understand?! Both the case and the members have been taken away, so why don’t you continue to listen to the superior’s command quietly and happily? It’s too much like this Spineless!"

"End bid!"

The words have gradually started to be harsh at this level, so Mitsuki Kaihara hastily interrupted her.

Kamijou Touma let out a long sigh after quietly listening to the woman's venting, then he smiled:

"I'm not ready to obey unreasonable things."

The man was silent for a few seconds, then continued:

"I'm not going to give up, I'll do my best to find out the truth. But this is not a 'confrontation' or a 'declaration of war' with the second series, nor is it for 'revenge'. That's right, I want to clear the past of Accelerator Suspect brought him back, but not for that alone. If he's not the killer, then the real suspect is on the loose and I have to catch that guy before more people get hurt. It's not weakness , not to show off your victories to others, or to justify your point of view, those who are dead should not be the victims of a struggle between us, because before all reason, purpose, I am a cop , it is my responsibility to protect justice and justice."

If you are trying to track down the case just for the sake of 'an important person is mistaken for the murderer', it is like a second insult to the victim who lost his life for no reason and frankly said 'you are not worthy of me'. A life is worth taking seriously, at least Kamijou Touma wants to care about it.

But this is also an oath, which represents an oath that no matter who the murderer is, he will be treated equally, without mercy and selfishness, and that as long as he makes a mistake, he will be punished.

The office fell silent as if the mute button had been pressed, except for the faint buzzing of the ventilation fan on the wall.

"So it's Ah Shang."

Tsuchimikado Motoharu showed a very reassuring but somewhat helpless smile.

"Such stupid words." As if mocking her narrow vision in turn, Jiebiao Danxi couldn't help shaking her head and sighing, but she couldn't deny that the blood in her veins was constantly boiling because of it.

Justice and justice.

What was once forgotten after being reduced to executive is suddenly reborn.

"Then don't dawdle and give the order quickly. Surveillance Officer." The corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

"If you think Ah Shang is very handsome, you can just say so."

Tsuchimikado Motoharu used his index finger to draw circles on the back of Yubi Danxi, and before he finished speaking, the woman picked up the folder on the table and hit her on the forehead.

"Stop talking nonsense, you bastard who pretends to be a maid—!"

"Aren't you a Zhengtai control idiot yourself meow-!"

It seems that the atmosphere of the past has been found.Mitsuki Kaihara glanced at the two colleagues who were constantly arguing beside him, and showed a faint smile to Kamijou Touma. There was jealousy in his eyes, but more envy and respect: "I believe you will definitely get the answer. It seems Everyone is ready to violate discipline, please issue instructions, supervisor."

"Ah, is that so?" Kamijou Touma folded his hands with great enthusiasm: "Then the first order is—"

Yubiao Danxi and Tsuchimikado Motoharu who were fighting together, and Unabara Mitsuki who was almost involved looked at him in unison.

"Go to breakfast!"

The command that was shouted out caused the three executive officers to tilt their heads at the same time.

?

Ignoring their respective expressions about what to say, Kamijou Touma raised a finger and explained:

"Breakfast is very important to a person. Although it is actually past the time for breakfast, maintaining sufficient nutritional intake can make the brain function better and improve work efficiency. As a qualified policeman, you must My own body is in charge, all in all—"

At some point, the man got up from the chair secretly and slipped to the door of the office, and then ran away while waving his hands before the three executives completely recovered:

"Anyway, hurry up and eat! I still have something to do and we'll gather later—!"

After a brief silence, the three screamed together:

"Surveillance officer?!"

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Separated from the noisy and relaxing scenery behind him, after turning the corner to make sure that no one was around him, the happy smile on Kamijou Touma's face suddenly disappeared without a trace.

What he said was indeed from the heart, but the demeanor he pretended was to reassure his colleagues.

The most important thing at this moment is not to intervene in the case in a hurry, nor to go to have breakfast like a joke, nor to be arrogant. What he needs most at this moment is memory.

"Banquet".

Kamijou Touma repeated the word silently in his heart, and finally stopped outside the door of the dissecting room.

The safety door, which is always closed, was opened from the inside as if he had predicted his arrival in advance. The soul of the underworld stood in the sterile room specially opened for the function of "dissection", wearing medical plastic gloves and The mask waved at Kamijou Touma through the huge viewing glass window.

The girl who had lost her life was lying naked on the pale dissecting table illuminated by the light, surrounded by her severed limbs and feet. Due to the loss of her eyelids, she seemed to be just staring with half-closed eyes. With an empty ceiling.

The analytical instrument next to Kamijou Touma is constantly spitting out the report, although he just cast his eyes there unintentionally, but just when he was about to see the above content, a voice stopped him:

"Oh. That's not okay."

After carefully confirming that the door of the dissecting room is locked, Mingtu Zhuihun walked over and turned off the power of the display screen: "I have also been severely warned not to disclose any information to you."

"Is it okay to just tell me like this?"

instruction above.Kamijou swallowed the half-sentence after Mahjong.

"Everyone knows something well, but it's nothing to say it." Netherland Zhuishun sat casually on one of the chairs in the room, pointed to the sofa in the room and said, "I know you're here to ask Something. Sit."

Now that the other party already knew his purpose of coming, Kamijou Touma sat down obediently.

"Then... where do we start with this matter..." Mingtu's chasing gaze fell on the girl's body in the inspection window.After a minute of silence, he spoke:

"The 'Banquet', or 'Night of the Banquet,' is what the Security Service called that case.There are many ways to record it officially and in writing—"Security Bureau's nationally designated event 97" and "Serial murder case in the 6th district of the city" all refer to it. "

Several familiar words in a row reminded Kamijou Touma of the 'special' document of Yoshikawa Kikyo.

"The most heinous incident in Tokyo four years ago, the serial murder case that caused heavy losses to the Security Bureau, involved as many as 11 people except the mastermind, killing 22 policemen and 15 civilians, and the mastermind is still at large. So it was destroyed There are countless families, so you can probably understand the seriousness of it."

A total of 48 people from the victim to the perpetrator were involved in the case. This number is horrifyingly large in today's Japan, and more than two-thirds of the victims are police officers, perhaps because of professional empathy. , Thinking that these tragedies were carefully planned by someone, Kamijou Touma suddenly felt that what he was facing was not a cunning and murderous criminal, but a dark abyss that would swallow even the light.

"Since there are no clues about the mastermind's physical characteristics and behavior patterns, we all habitually refer to him or her as "A" based on the information left at the scene.But the accomplices he 'leads' are more inclined to call him "teacher".It sounds ridiculous. "

A teacher who teaches how to hurt others and take their lives?Kamijou Touma couldn't laugh at the joke at all.

"In the beginning, everyone treated "A" as an ordinary criminal, and the arrest operation began as soon as the documents were issued. However, the first batch of four standard teams dispatched ended with 'one surveillance officer was seriously injured and three executioners were injured. Official sacrifice' such an unbelievable result ended. "

survivor?

Only one of the 23 police officers from the platinum era is still on the job.

"...Kakine Teitoku?" Kamijou Touma asked hesitantly.

"That's right." Nether Earth Chasing Soul nodded slowly: "A hole-shaped fracture in the head, diffuse brain injury, three stab wounds in the chest and abdomen, any of which is enough to endanger life, as long as it is left there, nothing will be done. Kakine Teitoku is also going to die on his own. But—"

Kamijou Touma held his breath.

""A" called the police. "

Perhaps sensing the astonishment that flashed across Kamijou Touma's face for a moment, Meitu Zhuihun smiled: "This is not an act of conscience. The police who rushed to the scene recovered Kakine Teitoku, who was only alive, and the destroyed Three inhuman bodies, and the message left by "A", the word 'Why' written in blood on the wall.If you restore the scene at that time, you will find that he was standing there, using one of the victims' portable terminals to call the police, and while writing with their clothes dipped in blood, he explained the time, place, and circumstances of the crime. .When the operator asked him if he had witnessed the face of the murderer, his answer was - 'it was me'. "

"The only clue to the exchange of three lives is that the Dominator is completely ineffective against "A". Nether Earth Chasing Soul said: "It's not an instrument failure, a system failure, or a hacker intrusion. The Dominator is indeed operating, but the read value cannot launch an attack mode at all." 16.3.Do you believe that someone with this value will stick a knife into your carotid artery? "

Immunity physique.

The word flashed through Kamijou Touma's mind.

""A"'s revenge started completely from that day on.He is not obsessed with killing people by himself, he just shuttles through the city silently like a shadow, finds the little flame of killing intent, and then detonates all the tragedies in one breath.But he also has no rule of 'don't let your hands get blood'. When necessary, or when there are variables that affect the plan, "A" will not hesitate to do it himself.There will be two characteristics in the serial murder case planned by him-the scene will find a specially processed piece of paper printed with the letter 'A' in the mouth of the deceased.That's why we call him "A".Or the victim's eyelids were cut off and he stared at the 'Why' written in blood at the scene. "

Nether Earth Chasing Soul paused for a moment and continued: "Except for the last and only one exception."

"exception?"

"The last victim." Netherland Chasing Soul showed a little expression as if he couldn't bear to reveal the truth: "It's Misaka Mie, a third-year student at National Tokiwadai High School--the twin sister of Misaka Mikoto, the third-line supervisor. We found nothing at the scene of the murder, but taking this as an opportunity, the murder case stopped suddenly from that day on, and "A" completely disappeared in Tokyo. "

……Misaka?

Kamijou Touma was in a trance for a moment at the familiar name.

That girl who is quick-tempered, nagging, and unpredictable, but straightforward and kind like a little girl?

Her sister died in such a tragedy?

is that a lie.She is obviously so cheerful and talkative, how could it be...

Speaking of which, what's the reason for Misaka Mikoto becoming a surveillance officer?The young lady who graduated from an aristocratic school, got excellent grades and a career adaptation diagnosis, no matter how you think about it, it seems that she should enter the upper class and finally marry into a famous family to live an enviable life.

Why did he become a surveillance officer impartially?

"It's exactly what you think. 'To catch the murderer and avenge my sister'. When I asked her, she said so." Nether Earth Chasing Soul said.

Kamijou Touma fell silent.

He couldn't imagine what kind of pain he had been carrying on such a weak shoulder.

Due to memory loss, Kamijou Touma didn't know exactly when he met her, it was just because she showed a familiarity with him at the newcomer induction meeting a year ago, Kamijou Dang Ma followed suit along the way, but he never thought that there was such a past hidden behind that vivid face full of happiness and anger.

"You." Mingtu Chasing Soul suddenly interrupted his contemplation: "You participated in that operation during the night when the entire Criminal Division thoroughly searched downtown Tokyo to find Misaka Mie."

"Me?" Kamijou Touma felt a timid retreat for some reason when he was stared at by the old man's sharp eyes.

His next words will definitely make him extremely painful.

Signals of wanting to escape kept churning in his mind, but Kamijou Touma still held his palm tightly and sat where he was.

"You participated in the search as a newcomer to the criminal department for job training for the first time. It rained heavily that night."

That's right, a downpour that seemed to drown the entire world.Sweat trickled down Kamijou Touma's face, accompanied by the sound of crackling rain in his memory.

"In Hibiya Park, you were stabbed."

Kamijou Touma's fingers touched his abdomen, where there was a scar that even he didn't know when it fell.

"And in exchange, you see the face of 'A'. "

The air stopped flowing as if it had suddenly become solid, and the documents that had been piling up on the desk case slowly fell to the ground, and the words "local electric burn" seemed to be printed on them, but Kamijou Touma had long since been indifferent to deal with them Seeing the tiny information inadvertently, he stared down at the ground like a child who did something wrong, and whispered:

"I can't remember..."

"The human spirit is a very fragile thing. It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and to avoid pain. It is probably because your brain and body want to protect you, so—"

So it's not that I can't remember, but I dare not recall.

Netherland chasing the soul was interrupted by someone who suddenly rushed into the room.

It's Misaka Mikoto.

She seemed to have just dashed over from the other end of the corridor, standing at the door breathing heavily, and when her eyes touched the girl in the dissection room, she suddenly stopped all her movements.

came back.

The demon that woke her up in countless nightmares and chased her madly is back.

Still he stood in the dark, smiling, mocking, scorning, and then rejoicing in their sorrow.

"Give me all the news about this case." Misaka Mikoto said in a commanding tone.

I will kill him with my own hands.

Nether Earth Chasing Soul turned his gaze to the woman in front of him, and said lightly:

"No."

"why?!"

"'As the family members of the victims of the series of cases, it is very likely that subjective judgments will disturb the investigation thinking, and the surveillance officer with strong personal feelings is not allowed to participate in the investigation.' This is the director's order."

"I'm a policeman! He killed my family! I have the right!" Misaka Mikoto, who was tense like a bowstring, yelled hysterically.

"That's the expression." Mingtu Zhuhun looked at the woman in front of him who was yelling and screaming unwaveringly: "What position do you have to participate in the investigation when your mind is filled with anger and hatred? You can't calmly hold yourself, you can't analyze and analyze in an orderly way." Judging, just rushing forward with anger, even if I hand over the information to you, it will only increase trouble. Go back. If there is no way to calm down, even if the director agrees to let you participate in the investigation, I will not Pass the information on to you."

Misaka Mikoto's lips trembled, and she put her palm on her chest and asked, "You mean to tell me to watch the murderer who killed my sister continue to rampage, and then sit at home and wait for other people to help me solve it perfectly and properly?" Everything? Are you asking me to be... an indifferent bystander?"

The silence of Nether Earth Chasing Soul completely plunged the room into a dead silence.

"What if... I say I don't...?"

Misaka Mikoto showed a sad smile, and rushed out the door before tears fell from her eyes.

"Misaka--!"

At that moment, Kamijou Touma chased after unknown emotion.

Misaka Mikoto stopped suddenly, wiped away the tears on her face, and asked without looking back, "Why?"

Before Kamijou Touma could answer, she asked in a louder and sadder voice than before:

"Why didn't you stop them?! Why did you withdraw from the investigation?! Why didn't you do anything?! You clearly saw him! Why did it become like this—?!"

yeah why?

It seemed that everyone was sucked into a huge black vortex with bottomless depths.

Kamijou Touma thought indifferently.

And he just stood on the shore and watched as nothing to do with himself, letting those people struggle in pain.

If memory-capture techniques were used to extract visual information directly from brain waves, it might be possible to reconstruct what happened that night.This is the last resort suggested by the doctors in the treatment room.

Complications can lead to worsened hues, brain damage, mental breakdowns...

Having said that, a truly kind person will probably stand up for others no matter what consequences they face.

The reason why such a situation occurred today can only be said to be just right to confirm Kamijou Touma's selfishness.

"sorry."

Misaka Mikoto's last words echoed lightly in the air.