【Fantasy Pass】-Psycho Pass Banquet

Information Division is indeed not an unfamiliar term to Kamijou Touma.

This department, which is equivalent to a huge information hub, has a very high status in the Security Bureau. It is responsible for receiving the data transmitted from all over Japan, sorting it out and then screening out the information needed by each department. The "information assistance" it plays 'The role is as important to the criminal department as the 'technical assistance' provided by the comprehensive analysis room.

But thanks to the fully digital information exchange channels of the 22nd century, this is the first time Kamijou Touma has had face-to-face communication with members of this department.

"Hello. Thank you for taking care of me all this time."

Kamijou Touma shook hands politely with the girl named Saten Ruiko.

Seeing Kamijou Touma's eyes lingering on her body, Saten Saten looked down at the clothes she was wearing in a strange way: "Is there something wrong with my clothes?"

"That's not what I mean." Kamijou Touma shook his head: "It's just that the recent newcomers are a bit maverick, and now there are people vying to enter the criminal department that everyone avoided before. Is it true that the times have changed?"

"Like an old man..."

Saten Reiko, who subconsciously said this, was bumped several times by Uiharu with her elbow.

"Because it looks like..." Saten Ruiko whispered while touching her nose.

"It's like I can't say it."

It's still like that.

Kamijou Touma had no choice but to remain silent.

Chuchun Shili turned away from the topic that couldn't be continued: "That's right. What happened when the surveillance officer said that he had a question to ask?"

Kamijou Touma was about to blurt out his answer when someone called his name from behind——

"Ah Shang!"

It's Tsuchimikado Motonharu.

"Just received a call to the police that a female student is missing from a high school in Bunkyo District."

Kamijou Touma's heart sank when he heard this.

Even though Accelerator had already escaped from the security bureau, the students were still missing one after another. It has to be said that the situation was heading for the worst.

Kamijou Touma's gaze wandered for a moment between Uiharu Shiri and Tsuchimikado Motoharu who were waiting for his response at the same time, then glanced at the ubiquitous cameras in the corridor, and finally said to the two girls in front of him: "Please first Wait here."

Kamijou Touma, who returned to the office with Tsuchimikado Motoharu, found a pen and paper, and after making sure that his body could block the view of the surveillance probe behind him, he hurriedly wrote a few lines on it, folded it, and walked out of the room quickly Handed over to Uiharu Shiri.

"This is...?" Although he felt that the series of behaviors of his boss were extremely strange, Hatsuharu Shiri still accepted the note seriously.

"All I want to ask is in it." Kamijou Touma smiled bitterly: "As for the detailed situation, I can't explain it yet."

After tilting his head and thinking for a while, Uiharu Shiri smiled at Kamijou Touma: "It can't be a bad thing anyway, right?"

"you can say it this way."

"Then if I can help, I will reply to the surveillance officer before I get off work."

"Thank you very much." Kamijou Touma sent the two girls away arm in arm, and immediately returned to the office, asking, "Which school did you call the police?"

"It's... the private Tokiwadai Girls' School."

At first, Kamijou Touma just felt that such a special school name seemed to have been heard somewhere, but after recalling where the subtle sense of familiarity came from, his movements stopped for a moment: "That's not... "

"That's right." Yusuke Tanki said, "It's the last person who died at the hands of the serial killer "A"—the high school that Misaka Mie attended in the past. "

It's like a vulgar and nasty joke.

Even if the reactions of these bystanders are like this, it is conceivable what kind of expression Misaka Mikoto, who is a family member of the former victim, will show.

"What about the details?" Kamijou Touma grabbed the coat on the back of the chair and walked out.

"Now I only know that it is a girl named Takase Yangji. She is currently in the second grade of high school. It is said that she did not return home overnight and did not go to class the next day, which attracted the attention of the school. The mobile phone was also in a state of being disconnected. The person in charge was the student in charge. Teachers who are living and attending, in order to prevent contamination of the site, the student’s dormitory room has been prohibited from entering the dormitory room.” Tsuchimikado Motoharu followed up and reported.

"I hope it's just a false alarm." Kamijou Touma comforted himself despite the growing premonition of uneasiness in his heart.

On the way to Bunkyo District, the three of them kept an oppressive silence. After two members left one after another, the team seemed to have been pressed a static switch, and the usual relaxed atmosphere disappeared.

About an hour later, the self-driving vehicle stopped in front of the main gate of Tokiwadai Girls' School. Contrary to the Yuwenkan High School they had set foot in, the main gate of Tokiwadai Girls' School is very wide, and the wrought iron gates on both sides have long been It was opened to the inside, and more than a dozen school personnel were here to welcome it.

When Kamijou Toma got out of the car, an elderly man shook hands with him immediately:

"The first time we met, I am the principal of this school."

"Hello." Kamijou Touma nodded lightly: "There's no need to exchange pleasantries. Who was the first to find out that the student was missing?"

"It's another student." A woman wearing thin-rimmed glasses and a professional suit took a step forward, and felt that the interruption was too abrupt, so she introduced herself and said, "I'm from the school dormitory." Warden."

"Where is that student?" Kamijou Touma asked directly without any hesitation.

"The reception room in the staff building, please follow me."

Guided by the woman who claimed to be the dormitory supervisor, the group went to the teaching staff building not far away. All the teaching staff, including the principal, cast inquiring glances at the three policemen walking in the front from time to time.

When pushing away the reception room, Kamijou Touma accidentally saw a familiar person——

"Ah...it's Mr. Supervisor at my sister's workplace..." Last Work, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, said when he saw the man in front of him.

"Are you... Misaka's younger sister?"

"Yes." The Last Work probably wanted to smile at him, but before he could smile, he choked up and closed his eyes tightly in pain.

Kamijou Touma raised his arm to stop the faculty members who wanted to enter the room, and politely refused: "Please wait outside for a while, I have some questions to talk to her alone."

Seeing that the people were still unwilling to disperse, Yubi Danxi and Tsuchimikado Motonharu each took a step forward: "Please cooperate."

The unavoidable identity of the executive officer played a good role at this moment, and the door of the room slowly closed behind Kamijou Touma.

Kamijou Touma sat down on the sofa opposite the last work, looked into the girl's eyes and said: "No matter what the adults said to you before, but now you don't have to worry or feel guilty, I need to ask you something , they may be the key to finding your friends, so I need your most accurate answer, do you understand?"

The Last Work took a deep breath, suppressed the chaotic breathing and nodded.

"Your missing friend is called Takase Yoki, right?"

"Yes."

"When was the last time you met?"

The last work tilted his head and recalled: "When school was over yesterday, it was around [-]:[-] in the afternoon."

"What is she like? Happy? Or scared?"

"Very... anxious, very excited."

"Why? Did she explain the reason to you?"

"Because the time is coming. Yang Ji and someone agreed to meet at six o'clock, so she left in a hurry."

"Your dormitory is fully enclosed, right? Is this why Takase Yoki violated the school rules and walked out of the school?"

"Yes, she was going to meet that person the day before, but because the other person had something to do and couldn't get away, the time was changed to six o'clock yesterday."

"Who is this person? Do you know?"

"I don't know, it's someone she met on the Internet."

"Internet?" Kamijou Touma frowned thoughtfully, "Can you elaborate on this aspect?"

"It was Yang Ji who suddenly said a few days ago that she found a website. If you want to join, you can leave your email and get an account to log in. She said that there is a website that worships serial killers. I don't know the details. "The Last Work shook his head, took out a black notebook from his backpack and handed it to Kamijou Touma: "Yaki left this when he left."

Kamijou Touma turned to the first page, his face turned pale in an instant: "She...why did you write this down?"

"Yang Ji... Is her disappearance related to the murderer who killed my sister?" A sad smile appeared on the face of the last book: "Please tell me the truth, Mr. Supervisor."

Kamijou Touma was looked at by such questioning and sad eyes, and could only tell the truth: "Our guess is... a copycat."

The Last Work lowered his head, two lines of tears flowed from his closed eyes: "I don't understand. Why... people must kill people? Whether it's the murderer who killed my sister or the imitator, why do you want to hurt others? What about your own fun? I don't understand why anyone would love a murderer, I really don't."

Kamijou Touma didn't speak, and waited quietly for the last work to calm down, then continued to ask:

"Do you have the address of that website?"

"No, because I'm not interested."

"How did Takase Yoki get in touch with the people on that website?"

"Yang Ji said that there will be a bulletin board on the website that only certain people can visit, and those who ask her to meet should leave a message on the bulletin board, and find the location after she cracks it."

Speaking of the last work, Kamijou Touma suddenly felt a flash of some kind of signal flashing in his mind——

Why did the two missing girls disappear near Sudou Park without warning?

Unless someone deliberately guides them, they should not take the initiative to approach strangers, let alone avoid the camera and go to dangerous places.

In this way, it makes sense why there is no abnormality in the investigation of the victim's contact person and interview records.

But why haven't they found such an obvious clue?

Kamijou Touma's eyes fell on the girl in front of him.

If the only difference between Takase Yangji and others is also the key point - she has a friend who talks about everything, The Last Work.

The other two girls almost lived in their own small world, with no one to talk to, no close friends or family members to confide in. When they were confused and vulnerable, they accidentally stepped into a man-made world called loneliness. trap, and fall into it.

"Did Takase Yangji mention anything frequently in the past few days? Or did she tell you where she would go when she finally left?"

"She..." The last work tried hard to search for the voice and smile of her best friend in memory: "Yang Ji has been working hard to investigate the news about that "Murderer A" recently, and said that he has found his hiding place in the past. As for the specifics Where exactly she didn't say. "

Kamijou Touma stood up and patted the girl's head lightly: "If you recall other important things, you can contact me at any time."

"Please save Yang Ji." The Last Work grabbed Kamijou Touma's sleeve, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Please. After my sister, I don't want to lose anyone around me anymore. "

Although he really wanted to give the girl some assurance that her spirit was on the verge of collapse, Kamijou Touma still chose the most realistic answer:

"We'll do our best."

When Kamijou Touma opened the door, a group of school leaders immediately rushed forward, asking about the situation of the case. After coping with it with a few words, he asked the female teacher who was the dormitory supervisor to go to the missing student's dormitory to check the situation.

The student dormitory is quite far from the teaching staff building, and a garden in line with the atmosphere of a noble women's college is interspersed in the middle. The dormitory supervisor did not keep asking questions like other teaching staff, but just led the way at the front.

"Ah, how is it?" Tsuchimikado Motoharu asked.

"Although I'm not very sure that the disappearance case and the murder case can be linked together, but look at this." Kamijou Touma handed over the notebook he got from The Last Work to his colleagues.

Tuyumen Motoharu only opened it for a glance, and his face changed drastically: "This... how did this little girl know these details? Obviously all the news was blocked at the beginning."

"Takase Yoki disappeared after six o'clock, which is exactly the same as the first two victims. If my guess is correct, the website made of serial killer information was used as a gimmick, and the victim left by leaving a message This is probably the way the murderer lures the victims into the trap one by one."

Yubiao Danxi, who flipped through the notebook, retorted: "Using serial killers as bait? Don't be kidding."

"Didn't you try some dangerous things when you were their age?" Kamijou Touma smiled slightly: "It's the same as this method. Although we know it's an abyss, it just makes people feel fear and fear. The attraction of being curious to see what’s going on. In this way, maybe it’s more appropriate to call it Pandora’s box.”

"Is there any other news available?" Tsuchimikado Motoharu asked.

"Yes." Kamijou Touma replied flatly: "In the beginning, Takase Yoki and the stranger on the website made an appointment to meet at six o'clock the day before yesterday, but because the other party was unable to get away because of something, it was changed to yesterday."

"That is to say, if it wasn't for the sudden incident, this girl would have disappeared before yesterday?"

"Do you remember what we did that day?"

"What did you do...?" Tsuchimikado Motoharu thought for a moment with his index finger on his lips: "We found the body of No.1 victim Haruko Morimoto in the early morning. In the afternoon, we went to Yuwenguan High School where she attended to investigate, and then There was an accident when I was leaving school in the evening... an accident?"

When Tsuchimikado Motoharu raised his head suddenly, Kamijou Touma said:

"After the accident, we immediately sealed off the campus, and it was not completely lifted until after [-]:[-] in the evening. During this time, no one stepped out of Yuwenguan High School."

"You mean...the murderer was in that high school?"