【Fantasy Pass】-Psycho Pass Banquet

The darkness that swallows up all light like night.

And the blood red that adorns death like roses.

The main page with 'Welcome' written only in two languages, Japanese and English, is like the gate of the underworld, exuding a paradoxical and decadent atmosphere.

"There really is such a thing..." A sense of physical disgust welled up in Jiebiao Danxi's heart.

The others didn't speak, and after loading the page for two or three seconds, they went straight to the homepage with official content.

Like every carefully compiled web directory, the website lists a large number of serial killers in detail——

From Gilles de Rais and Elizabeth Bathory as historical figures, to Tsutomu Miyazaki, the Milwaukee Monster, the Green River Killer, Liu Yongzhe, who was compiled into police textbooks as famous personality defects, to literature and film Jack the Ripper, Zodiac Killer, Ed Gein, Robert Collison, who are often mentioned in the works, and Joe Metheney, Ma Jiajue, Jane Toppan, Benders who are rarely known in Japan Family, etc., the detailed records of serial killers even make people feel shuddering.

And placed in the most eye-catching position of the entire page is such a title——

'A Feast of Frenzy in the Night, Predator "A" Returns'.

"Return..." Kamijou Touma murmured in a voice that no one could hear.

"Aren't you going to open it and take a look?" Tsuchimikado Motoharu asked.

"No. I don't believe what's recorded here." Kamijou Touma shook his head, and turned to Uiharu Shiri and said, "Can you find out who the founder of this website is?"

Perhaps because the case finally had a breakthrough and brought exciting results, Uiharu Shiri's eyes became very sharp: "Give me five points... no, three minutes is enough."

Due to the fact that the projection screen cannot be turned off in the future, everyone can clearly see the complicated and difficult data climbing up like a long snake, one after another colorful warning pop-up windows flashing alternately, the original complete website seems to be dug out The white skeleton exposed behind the flesh and blood showed a series of simple calculations.

It's almost -

Uiharu Shiri's eyes flicked across the code in front of him.

just a little bit-

The sound of keyboards dancing like a swarm of bees can be heard endlessly.

found it!

When the final terminator is typed, the content of the screen switches to someone's profile:

"Suzuki Asahi. Male. 18 years old. A third-year student at Yuwenkan High School."

Chuchun Shili was silent for a while, and read out the last content:

"At about [-]:[-] p.m. two days ago, he fell to his death by accident."

Yubia Danxi said in surprise: "So Suzuki Asahi was silenced."

"Probably so." Kamijou Touma just explained calmly: "The website established by Suzuki Asahi was inadvertently usurped by someone other than him, and it became a tool for serial killers to select victims. On the day we went to investigate, maybe Suzuki Asahi contacted the murderer because he was worried about being exposed, or maybe the murderer himself was worried that he would disclose the case information to the police, so he pushed him off the roof first."

Such a vicious person.

"But wouldn't the clues we finally obtained in this way be broken again?" Tsuchimikado Motoharu slammed on the table next to him angrily.

"Although it is indeed a pity, this action of the murderer also helped us narrow the scope of suspicion." Kamijou Touma sneered: "What he did was tantamount to telling us that he is one of the thousands of students and teaching administrators in this school. One of the personnel. That's why I said he shouldn't do it when the accident just happened. But whether Suzuki Asahi is dead or not dead is a disadvantage for him, it's just a difference that we will find out sooner or later."

Tsuchimikado Motoharu listened to this analysis quietly, but felt that the figure of Kamijou Touma in front of him was slowly overlapping with the figure of someone who was not here. People are becoming more and more similar.

"Okay." Kamijou Touma clapped his hands lightly: "That's it, next, please, Uiharu, completely block this website and prohibit anyone from entering, and also carefully check the bulletin boards and message boards to find potential victim."

"Yes."

"As for Tsuchimikado and Jiebiao, you all cooperate to investigate Suzuki Asahi's interpersonal relationship before his death, especially the part that overlaps with No.1 victim Haruko Morimoto." Kamijou Touma said and picked up the coat.

Jiebiao Danxi asked aloud: "Wait a minute, what about Takase Yangji's disappearance?"

"Leave it to another department."

"how about you?"

"I'm going to investigate something else."

After hearing this, Jiebiao Danxi suddenly stood up from her seat: "Can't you tell the importance of that missing girl's life from those unimportant things? What are you going to do?"

Kamijou Touma, who had already reached the main entrance of a series of offices, turned around and said, "Look for clues to the real murderer. Drive around the city like ants on a hot pot and concentrate on finding clues that may point to the murderer." Evidence ends the chain of two options for tragedy, no matter what you choose, I will choose the latter."

"Then what if—"

"If it's really too late, I will bear the guilt."

After speaking, he ignored the gaze behind him and strode out the door.

After the door closed automatically, Yubiao Danxi sat back on the chair without saying a word.

What Kamijou Touma said is indeed true, but the truth also happens to be one that is too cruel to face.

"How could this be?" After a long time, she spit out such a sentence as if dreaming.

"It's easy to understand." Tsuchimikado Motoharu sat down on the chair, staring at the closed automatic door for a moment: "Because it's not a complete Akami."

If people are divided into two parts, the emotional impulse and the rational madness, then there is a natural tendency to place one part of oneself on others.

They only have sensibility or rationality engraved in their souls, one will choose "salvation" at all costs, and the other will choose to "look on" alone.

They will quarrel, they will fight, but they will still achieve complete unity.

In other words, Accelerator who is not here at this moment is Kamijou Touma's rational madness, and Kamijou Touma may also be Accelerator's unknown emotional impulse.

Leaving either side, the individual falls outside the category of being called 'human'.

And at this time, they have to desperately fill up the other half of their souls that they never had——

Let the impulse become a more sensual one, or let madness become a more intellectual madness.

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"Oh, Kamijou came to see the teacher so suddenly, I was taken aback." The petite girl in a pink suit who looked like a primary school student was trying to clean up the mess on her desk, and by the way, put the piles of cigarette butts in the ashtray on the desk After pushing towards the sea of ​​books, Yueyong Xiaomeng finally found a place where people could sit on the sofa, and Yueyong Xiaomeng smiled embarrassedly: "I am preparing lessons for the next teaching progress, so the office is a bit messy .”

"It's okay." Kamijou Touma sat on the hospitality sofa accompanied by a large number of professional books.

"But having said that, is Kamijou here to see the teacher for something?" Yueyong Xiaomeng, who was sitting on the office chair, tilted her head.

So Kamijou Touma said straight to the point: "Sensei was a criminal psychology consultant in the Security Bureau four years ago, right?"

Yueyong Xiaomeng, who had already noticed the next question, jumped in her heart: "That's right...but does this have anything to do with Kamijou?"

"Then the teacher must have also participated in the investigation of the major designated incident 97 of the Security Bureau, that is, the case of "Night of the Banquet", right? "

Yueyong Xiaomeng felt uncomfortable sweat from her palm: "Well, I did participate."

"I would like to know, teacher, your profile of the serial killer "A".If you were a teacher, you should have left the original analysis data, right? "

"It seems that my habit has really been clearly touched by Xiao Kamijou." Yueyong Xiaomeng smiled slightly: "But I'm sorry, all the original case analysis results have been dealt with, and our Relevant participants were also…”

"Secret order, is that what you mean?" Kamijou Touma sat thoughtfully for a moment, then stood up: "In this case, I will leave."

Yueyong Xiaomeng obviously didn't expect the other party to give up so easily, so the expression on his face was a little surprised: "Are you leaving like this?"

"Since the teacher is inconvenient to say, then I have no choice but to use other means to obtain information."

"What kind of method?" The teacher was obviously surprised by the determination in the former student's tone.

"Whatever it takes." Kamijou Touma added: "There is a girl whose life is in danger now, and this is the only thing I can do."

"...too cunning." Yueyong Xiaomeng whispered.

"What?" Kamijou Touma who was about to leave stopped.

"It's too cunning. Because teacher, I can't watch innocent children suffer and do nothing." Yueyong Xiaomeng showed a mixture of sadness and strength on her face.

Kamijou Touma, who had already made the intention of saying goodbye, never thought that his inadvertent whining words would change things so much, instead he froze in place: "But isn't the information already..."

"The materials were indeed disposed of at the request of the above, but I still have an impression of that case, although I may not remember some specific details, but if you don't mind, I will simply tell you My profile at the time."

Kamijou Touma sat back in his original position in silence.

"Where should I start first..." Yueyong Xiaomeng sighed, as if she didn't know how to straighten out the chaotic thoughts in her mind: "Let's start with the incident at the Baishan Road Waterway Bridge on May 5. The first The scene was chaotic. Three executive officers and one surveillance officer were beaten with blunt objects and stabbed with sharp objects. From the degree of chaos at the scene, it can be seen that the suspects at that time lacked complex actions and planning. Compared with planned premeditated murder It's more like his certain absolute concept has been impacted, and he impulsively killed after being completely desperate and feeling great anger, so I speculate that the suspect is about 24 to 17 years old, who has not yet entered society or has just entered society Young male, about 25-165 cm tall, living alone somewhere in the sixth ward of Tokyo. He has no physical defects in appearance and body, and is prone to obsess over right and wrong in an absolute sense, so his personality is extremely paranoid. Attacked many times The fatal injury was only formed after the superposition, which shows that this person's weight and strength are not outstanding among his peers, and it can even be said to be of a low level."

Yueyong Xiaomeng seemed to be silent for a moment because of a certain point in her words: "I came to this inference a long time after the case happened, because there are too many contradictions between the situation on the scene and the result of the case."

"How?" Kamijou Touma frowned.

"It's the strangest thing for four policemen to be turned against a single criminal. I initially speculated that the suspect's physique and strength may be significantly higher than ordinary people, and he may even have been professionally trained. , but the autopsy results of the soul chasing doctor of Nether Earth dispelled this idea. The three executive officers’ corpses were all seriously damaged, but only a few of them were fatal injuries, and the others were minor injuries that were not enough to kill instantly. So, I have After this kind of conjecture - there must have been some kind of deterrent event at that scene, which caused all four policemen to lose their fighting spirit. Subsequent reports also proved my point - the use report of the Dominator was at the scene of the incident. The trigger lock has been displayed for a period of time."

Is there a negative effect brought about by the 'innocent physique'?Kamijou Touma thought silently in his heart: In the situation where the police in the 22nd century are completely dependent on the rulers to arrest or execute criminals, it is easy to see such extremes as enemies showing clear hues but pounced towards them with murderous intent. Let fatal hesitation arise.

"Then back to the topic. After the crime was over, the suspect called the police to the Security Bureau and bluntly stated that he was the murderer. From this, it can be inferred that the suspect has a high degree of confidence in himself, and it can even be said to be conceited. Afterwards, the police at the scene did not Finding any physical evidence that can prove the murderer's identity means that he does have a high degree of intelligence, anti-reconnaissance ability, and sufficiently meticulous thinking. The knife and iron rod used as the murder weapon were found near the corpse, which shows that the suspect is not obsessed with what he owns. The perfect scene created, he is conceited, but not narcissistic.

"The only blood left at the scene - 'Why'. We have also considered whether it may be an abbreviation of some kind of sentence, but according to the situation of the scene, and the way of expressing the capital 'W' and the other two letters in lowercase , it is basically certain that he is asking the question of 'why'. The blood writing on the wall cannot be read, and I speculate that he should be writing with his left hand. From the comparison of the handwriting and the wounds on the deceased, although the suspect is Right-handed, but left-handed as well. It is worth noting that the word 'Why' is written with neither emotion nor other punctuation to reinforce the tone, in other words, it is emotionless. Maybe... …I thought maybe he didn't expect an answer at all, or that no one could answer the question he wanted to know.

"The last piece of information is the only surviving surveillance officer in the case. Although it is said to be an eyewitness, in fact the surveillance officer did not see the suspect's face, but only vaguely knew the height and build. The point is, what was found at the scene All three corpses had their eyelids cut off and were forced to stare at the bloody writing written by the suspect. Only the surviving surveillance officer was not treated this way. At first this was regarded as a coincidence, but someone who acts so meticulously will not just forget Leaving his own unique mark, and this person who was not branded with the death brand happened to survive. Therefore, the surveillance officer was deliberately left alive. The act of leaving alive is indeed very interesting, a common crime The reason why the victim was left alive was because of 'sympathy' or 'the on-site handling was not perfect', but neither of these could explain the behavior of "A", and in the end it was the surveillance officer representing the state authority that was left behind. Also very intriguing. "

Yueyong Xiaomeng took a sip of the coffee on the table, moistened her thirsty throat, and then said: "I guess you have heard about the case that happened next. Since there are too many branches in the details of the case, I will briefly talk about what I found in these cases. First of all, the mastermind of this series of cases, that is, "A" is an out-and-out antisocial personality disorder.His appearance and behavior are usually very confusing, and he can even be regarded as a good teacher and helpful friend in life, so that he can easily manipulate others and build a huge network of relationships.But he is actually not sociable and paranoid. He obviously lacks the ability to empathize, unable to love, hate, sorrow, joy and despair. It can also be seen from the many scenes he created by himself that he hardly has any mood swings, and It treats everything from the perspective of a bystander, which leads to a clean and artistic performance of the scene from the initial impulsive killing.There is a high probability that the suspect lost his parents at an early age and lacked love and attention. Therefore, no one taught him normal behavior concepts. The six-month span from his first crime on May 5 to his cessation of crime on November 24 can also prove this point , if there are parents or close people around, you can more or less notice his abnormal behavior. "

"Then there is the artistry and irony of the crime scene. Just to give two examples, the body of a surveillance officer who believed in Christianity was placed in a prayer posture in a nearby church after his death, with the words 'Your God is not on the back. Will come to save you'; the head of another executive officer whose color has deteriorated due to beating his wife was sewn on the neck of a stuffed hound, and his right hand was still biting in his mouth. This is a very obvious characteristic of "A"'s crime, and it is enough to show that he has received a good education. "A" handled the corpse quite neatly, including the division and stitching of the corpse. It can be seen that he has considerable medical knowledge. "

"In addition to the victims of this series of cases, if you study carefully, you will find that "A" will not only kill the police who are equivalent to standing against him, but will also kill his 'accomplices' when necessary.At first I thought it was an act of silence for fear of information exposure, but after careful consideration of the three cases in which "A" was active-"National Cancer Center Indiscriminate Poisoning Incident", "Akasaka Bombing" and "Minato Subway Throat Cutting" After the "Magic Incident", it will be found that the suspects in these three cases have all caused the consequences of "indiscriminately involving ordinary people and causing death or injury". Judging from not planning any large-scale terrorist attacks, I speculate that he should have the tendency of 'extremely disgusted to involve ordinary people in incidents'.In this way, it can also be understood why he would kill his companions - these people have crossed the bottom line he set and are absolutely not allowed to touch. "

"Speaking of which, the last crime committed by "A" is also very strange. The girl was the first ordinary person to die at his hands without warning, and it was also the last one.Although the scene has been fought, it can also be seen that when the initial arrangement was completed, it was very chaotic and did not have his usual order.Usually the typical behavior of a serial offender is permanently fixed once it occurs, and such a drastic change can only indicate that he was going through some kind of huge emotional change at the time.After carefully analyzing the reasons, I think there are only two people who can make him change like this-the last victim who died, and the person who was in contact with him last, that is, you little Kamijou. "

Tsukiyong Komoe pointed a finger at Kamijou Touma.

Faced with the woman's questioning words, Kamijou Touma just closed his eyes and continued to ask: "Then why does the teacher think "A" stopped committing crimes in the end? "

Yueyong Xiaomeng naturally does not intend to delve into it: "Generally speaking, there are many reasons why serial killers start committing crimes, some are because of the departure of a loved one, being betrayed by a loved one, traumatized feelings, or even a word from someone else. , a look, a gesture, or an inadvertent rejection in childhood, but there are only two ways to end their atrocities—arrest or death. Killing is a fatally attractive placebo for them, and almost no one People can voluntarily give up after experiencing it. Since the 97 series cases are still pending, and as mentioned above, "A" has no physical defects in his body, I can only assume based on his personality that "A" after the last crime committed ” Suicide after some kind of accidental death or complete disillusionment with the world. "

The heavy word 'suicide' made Kamijou Touma's heart skip a beat.

"So... is there a way to save such a person?"

"Do you know what that means?"

"I know. So instead of asking 'is such a person worth saving', I asked 'can I save him'?"

Kamijou Touma didn't wait for Yueyong Xiaomoe to answer, then continued with a faint smile:

"I know that no matter what I have suffered or what kind of past I have, I know that no matter what I have suffered and what kind of past I have, I know that no matter how desperately I apologize, I can't heal anyone's wounds. I know that he has a thousand or ten thousand reasons to die, but I I still want to save him. I don't want to sympathize with anyone, nor do I want to see him continue to live. If everyone wants him to die, I will hold his hand and accompany him to the last moment. If everyone wants him to live, I will accompany him to redeem those sins. Even if he is a heinous sinner, I want to tell him that no matter what the future holds, at least one person will always be by his side."

In order not to let the beginning of this tragedy end in another tragedy.