Volume 2, Chapter 3: Uchimaku Hayabusa @ Shibuya Girl A Part 11-18

This chapter is updated by wuxiaworld.eu\nPart 11 \nBut despite my attempt to look cool, the real world was not the same as a police drama in which any case could be solved in 60 minutes. In reality, the police were not blessed with an environment that allowed them to focus on a single case until it was solved. We often had to handle multiple cases in parallel and sometimes private problems that had no relation to the case got in the way as well. \nAnd so at 7:30 that evening… \n“Uchimaku, we’re going drinking tonight. You’re coming whether you like it or not.” \n“What?” \nAs soon as I arrived back at work, the department chief, Mezu Gen, told me that with a stern expression. I could only stare at him in shock while still wrapped in bandages. \nNeedless to say, the department chief and I were not on friendly enough terms to go drinking together. \nAnd regardless of how well we might get along, being asked to go drinking with your boss did not seem as if it would lead to a fun time. \nThe department chief must have had his own thoughts on the matter because the wrinkles of his usual stern expression grew threefold. \n“Looking at your face while drinking is not my idea of a pleasant evening,” he said. “Chief Superintendent Mishima invited us. Refusing would affect both of our futures. If you understand, then get ready.” \n“Wait!! That’s two ranks higher than superintendent! Why does someone like that have his eyes on someone unimportant like me!?” \nAbove a superintendent was a senior superintendent, and another step above that was the chief superintendent. \nIn terms of numbers, this was at a level even higher than billion or trillion. This was more like a number like googol that you could live your everyday life just fine without knowing about. That was how little in common there was between someone in a dead-end detective job like me and a senior superintendent or chief superintendent. \nBy the way, there were only two positions higher than chief superintendent. \n“Because you did something that stood out enough for him to notice you. And don’t forget that it is thanks to you that I am caught in the middle of this.” \nThe department chief gave me a horrible glare as we boarded a taxi. The atmosphere in the taxi was so awkward the driver remained silent as he drove us to a residential district in Ningyocho. I had not known that high-cost area filled with office buildings had a residential district. And naturally (?) we stopped somewhere with no sign, main entrance, or parking lot. It did not even have the bare minimum of what one would expect of a bar. It looked like the sort of house you could see anywhere. \n“Is this the chief superintendent’s house?” \n“…That’s enough. Do not say anything more, Uchimaku.” \nWe entered what looked exactly like the small yard of a house, the department chief knocked on the back door, and a woman wearing a kimono answered. \n“Mezu-sama, Uchimaku-sama. We were expecting you. Come in. Mishima-sama has already arrived.” \n??? \nThe woman in a kimono had a pin mic on her collar and an earphone in one ear. When she led us inside, the scenery completely changed. The building had looked like a small house from outside, but it was a small but luxurious Japanese-style bar inside. This limited space could likely rival the top floor of a resort hotel. \n“…What is this place?” \n“Did you think Ginza and Akasaka were as good as it gets? Only the nouveau riche get excited over that. In a world where people truly spare no expense, the bars do not have signs.” \nThe bar had a counter and a few tables, but it was empty except for a single customer at the counter. This was not because the place was doing poorly. Its prices were so ridiculously expensive, it could function with this alone. \nThat one person raised a hand. \n“Hey, hey. Over here, over here. Sorry about the sudden invitation.” \nHe was Chief Superintendent Mishima. \nA lowly detective like me would never have any chance to speak with someone like him even if we were in the same building. He was in his late thirties, but he looked like the perfect example of the bachelor living it up. He was of course older than me, but he must have looked like he had just learned to walk from the department chief’s perspective. The department chief was old-fashioned and had also always hated the elite, so there must have been a powerful force at play for him to be obeying without complaint. \nRising to chief superintendent by one’s late thirties was rare even in the elite Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. People like him tended to rise through the ranks quickly, but that alone was not enough to explain it. \nThat monster smiled and said, “C’mon, sit, sit. This is a bit of an odd bar that only serves cocktails with a sake base, so sorry about that. But they’re quite good if you give them a chance. It’s all on me, so drink as much as you want.” \nAnyone who took up that offer in a high class bar that did not list a single price on its menu was most likely not a working member of society. \nSo why did the chief superintendent call us here? \nBut without giving any hint towards that answer, Chief Superintendent Mishima began some pointless small talk. \n“Uchimaku-chan, I’ve heard you get along quite well with the middle school aged daughter of the Hishigami family.” \n“Bh!?” \nThat’s the first thing you bring up!? \nThe department chief’s look grew even sterner, but the chief superintendent’s tone remained unconcerned. \n“Oh, I’m not trying to find fault. In fact, that takes talent. The Hishigami women invite disaster, after all. It seems that is actually a rule in that family. Grabbing the reins of one of them and not being thrown off is quite a feat.” \n“Wait…eh? What are you saying?” \n“If you don’t understand, you don’t need to. Oh, right. We have been arguing over who to choose to be the next ‘police chief for a day’. You have a youthfulness to you that is popular with middle school girls, so who do you think it should be? Who are the popular idols right now?” \n“I don’t know!! I can’t keep track of the names and faces of those idol units with dozens of members!!” \n“Do you think Omikuji Maidens or Fortune Telling Girls would be better?” \n“I think Seman[1] Stars would be best.” \nThe department chief glared at me, but what was a poor public servant like me supposed to do? If I had remained silent, he still would have glared at me! \nAfter that, Chief Superintendent Mishima insisted that I try some sake-based cocktails that had been turned into psychedelic reds and blues. Those upside down triangle cocktail glasses could hold a larger volume than I thought. \nI also spotted some junmai daiginjo made by my brother behind the counter. \nThey were named Red Yukata and Black-Haired Beauty, so he must have been fond of that Youkai despite how much she was afraid of him. Looking as frightening as him may have worked against him in some ways. \n“You aren’t looking any different.” \n“Oh. This is not enough to get me drunk.” \n“That isn’t what I meant. Normally, when people are brought to this sort of bar and forced to drink this kind of expensive drink, they want to make informed comments even if they can’t tell the difference from normal drinks. I used to do it myself.” \nOh, that’s what he means. \nThis may have been the very best the city had to offer, but I grew up in an Intellectual Village. After drinking entire cardboard boxes full of the finest Japanese sake in the country or even the world, I had lost all sense of its value. \nIn college, I had searched out the greatest hidden bars the city had to offer and found none of them could compare to the stuff back home, so I eventually gave up on caring about the quality of sake at all. \nBut sadly, it was not based on my skill, so I could not brag about it to anyone. \n“Oh, right. Uchimaku-chan, I heard about your achievement in that convenience store robbery. You arrested the robber with no injuries or damage, right? It was the best conclusion for both the victim and the criminal.” \nOnly a child would get excited over being praised here. \nAs an adult, I had to be extra careful of the department chief who had remained silent for a looooooooooong time now. \n“Oh, um…sorry about all that.” \n“No, no. I don’t mind. The regulations regarding that are there to allow the police to do their job as efficiently as possible. If you had waited for a police officer in that jurisdiction to arrive, someone might have been stabbed inside the convenience store,” said Chief Superintendent Mishima with a big grin on his face. As an adult, I could sense something unsettling like the alcohol was sending him in a negative direction. “Uchimaku-chan, this shows that you have grown enough to instinctually sense what the purpose of a police officer is. You do not need the rules to compensate for you. That is something worth praising you for. But,” added the chief superintendent to preface some sort of negation. \n“The real system of society is much more severe than what you see in police dramas. You can only ignore the rules when doing so will produce a better result than following the rules can. For example, think about this convenience store robbery. Safely arresting the robber is fine, but what if your attempt had failed and your actions led to the clerk getting stabbed? Do you think we would cover for you then?” \n“…” \n“We would not. Police officers are only human, so they will sometimes fail in extreme life-or-death situations. They need to be rebuked in such situations, but they also need to be protected. If they are all too afraid of making a mistake to do anything, we could not protect the law and order of this country. But certain appearances need to be upheld while protecting the people of our organization. If you follow the rules and do everything right but do not make it in time, we can protect you. But if you break the rules and act on your own initiative and that leads to someone’s death, we can do nothing to protect you. Do you understand what I mean?” \n“…Yes.” \n“Good. Whether you know the risks or not makes a lot of difference. I will overlook it just this once. This may sound trite, but I have great hopes for you. Especially when it comes to cases related to Youkai. Otherwise I would not have set up this opportunity to speak with you.” \nI did not like the sound of having myself and Youkai linked together like that. \nBut as an adult, I made sure not to show it on my face. \n“But you will find things more difficult in the future. The power of the police lies in the power of the organization. If you lose that power, you will be in much more danger than you realize. Keep that in mind.” \nAfter a few hours, I was released from that drinking party that left me with a stomachache. \nThe department chief had remained completely silent the entire time, but he spat out a comment as soon as we left the bar. \n“That is not someone you want paying such close attention to you.” \n“…I know that all too well. If I was drawing a picture diary, today would probably be filled in completely black.” \n“I doubt a monster of that level would care about a simple detective. This may be a disaster brought on by that Hishigami girl, but be careful. Appearing ‘useful’ to the people at the top is not always a good thing.” \nPart 12 \nWhen I went into work the next day, I entered the archives room to view the files I had been unable to view the day before. The area was crowded with steel racks which were all filled with thick clear file folders of case records. A lot of them were unsolved, so the mystery freak might have drooled if she saw this collection. \nMost of the data was searchable by computer, but some records were abbreviated or changed slightly in format or presentation in the process of digitization. The best method was to check the computer first and then check the physical reports for the details. I had not written all of the reports for this case. \nThe May SNS murders. \nThe case had not been called that from the beginning. For one thing, it had not been a murder case initially. \nWe simply had some strange suicides with no apparent motive. \nAs they were investigated, it turned out all of the people had used a certain major SNS service. The incident had produced five “suicides” in a single month and had spread to many different areas through the wide range of people’s online connections. \nAs you might imagine, it had been a complete pain in the ass dealing with different police stations fighting over whose jurisdiction it fell under. Fortunately, it had not spread overseas. \nThe victims had ranged from elementary school age to high school age. At the time, they had been judged isolated suicides due to people “flaming” the opinions the kids posted online. They had gathered attention as proof of how modern society was lowering the age at which children committed suicide. \nUltimately, digging into the suspicious aspects turned up a group at a prestigious private university and four people were arrested. Once that happened, the talk shows began covering it as a demonic murder spree by candidates for the upper levels of elite corporations. \nThe mystery freak had told me to go over that case once more. \nBut not much about it was still suspicious. We already knew how they had disguised the murders as jumping suicides and how they had used other victims’ accounts to contact them. \nThe only thing left was… \n“The motive.” \nWhen questioned, the four arrested had given nothing but ridiculous statements. Some people said they were trying to get a psychiatric examination to lessen their punishment and other people said they were following the disturbing logic of twisted elites. But those four had found a stable and successful means of killing people and no one had found a clear answer as to why. \nWas it related to this Jinmensou case? \nTo be honest, I was doubtful. \nBut when I compared to the documents on the Kaguya Beauty Clinic and the SNS murders, I did find some odd information. \n“…A few names show up in both.” \nSome students had been involved in both cases. \nBut the SNS used had been a popular one, so the number of related individuals was quite large. \nIt was not too surprising to find a few of those had also used Kaguya Beauty Clinic. And yet… \nThe SNS and the Jinmensou. \nAs I puzzled over the two cases, my cell phone rang. \nIt was from the mystery freak. \n“Hah hah hah. Have you arrived at the truth yet, detective?” \n“I feel like an idiot for worrying when I realized you were near the scene of the attack.” \n“H-huh? You mean I could have grabbed at your heart by pretending to have been attacked?” \nIt won’t work if you just pretend. \nNot that I want you to actually get attacked for that reason. \n“You’re hiding something about Hachikawa Tomoe, aren’t you? If something happens because of that, I will officially blame you.” \n“This involves her privacy, so I wanted her permission. But whatever. Let’s meet for a chat. Detective, you were attacked despite my warning. You clearly need all the help you can get, so I’ll lend you a hand.” \n“You said the SNS murders and this Jinmensou case are linked, right? I’ve found a few common names between the two, but…” \n“I’ll tell you about that as well. Just compare the two cases. Don’t the structures seem similar?” \n“?” \n“The SNS murders killed people while making it look like they committed suicide over the flaming on their page. The Jinmensou case uses a giant tumor to isolate the target from their school life. …Do you see the common theme?” \n“…Ostracism.” \n“That’s right. Isolation from an organization or group. Detective, you thought the masterminds of the SNS murders were those four elite candidates from that prestigious private university, but it may have gone deeper than that.” \n“…” \nAnd now the person controlling it from the shadows was using someone else for this new case. Was that why the Jinmensou case showed hints of being similar to the SNS murders? \n“If that is true, this is a big deal.” \n“It already is a big deal. You can’t say you don’t know what happened to you. At any rate, we can discuss this further when we meet. This is something that needs to be discussed in person.” \nPart 13 \nThat evening, I met up with the mystery freak in an unpopular café in Ochanomizu. \n“You’re late.” \n“Oh, am I?” \nI walked over to the mystery freak’s table in the back and sat down. As always, she had chosen a café with ridiculously long-named items on the menu, but this time I pointed at something random and ordered it. \n“Let’s cut to the chase. How exactly is the solved SNS murders case linked to the current Jinmensou case?” \n“Let’s start with the hidden side of the SNS murders.” \nThe mystery freak pulled out a smartphone with a leather cover that made it look like a memo pad. \nShe placed it on the table and said, “On the surface, the victim’s page was flamed to make their murder look like a suicide. But you know that of course.” \n“Wait, wait. On the surface?” \n“Evidence has turned up that the flaming itself was intentionally created by a different group. In other words, the criminals did not want to target the people who were flamed. They attacked those people because someone else flamed them.” \n“…So they had some other purpose?” \n“Question: what do the five victims of the SNS murders have in common?” \n“Their ages and locations were all different.” \n“They were students from elementary school age to high school age.” The mystery freak called up a few documents on her smartphone. “The four from the prestigious private university did the actual crime, a few others handled the flaming, and some leader controlled it all. Now, were these murders based on an abnormal motive that normal people cannot understand? If so, would the other members of the organization have been able to understand the motive either?” \nMost serial killers worked alone because abnormal motives could not be shared. \nThere were different categories of murderers, but different people would not get along and cooperate in abnormal murders just because they fit the same category. \nWhich meant… \n“Is this not an issue of individual ideology? Did the entire group gain something from this? …Like money maybe?” \nDesire for money was the most obvious common factor between people. Unlike with serial killings, it was easy to see several people working together to rob a bank. \nHowever… \n“All of the victims were minors. I doubt they had much money and they had no life insurance. What did the entire group gain from killing those five?” \n“I came up short there too. No matter how much I researched the victims, I could not find anything.” Enbi displayed a new document on her smartphone. “Which is why we need to think about this differently. What the criminals gained came from someone other than the victims.” \n“…What?” \n“Look at this. You should get it right away.” \nEnbi pointed at the smartphone in the middle of the table and I looked down at it. \nThe screen was small so the smaller text was difficult to read, but I was able to read large headline right away. \nChild Board Meeting Plan. \n“…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………” \nAs I read the details, I could feel my mind growing blank. \n…What is this? \n“The Child Board Meeting. To put it simply, it’s a plan to influence the children of the management and stockholders of large corporations. Those powerful adults cannot be influenced by external pressure. But what about their children? Someone who knows how to use the internet has control of the ‘general consensus’ on the SNS. They can ostracize a specific target by thoroughly flaming them. By creating an environment that harms their children, they can indirectly influence and control the adults in the corporations. That is the Child Board Meeting.” \n“But can’t the parents just keep their kids away from the SNS once the problems begin?” \n“Those information tools are already a part of school life, detective. Information is just as necessary to them as water and oxygen. If they do not take part, they will be isolated. If they do not reply, they will be ostracized. And no matter how powerful their parents may be, their power is of no use in the closed environment of a school. But if they know their precious child is being ostracized in that ‘holy ground’ where adults have no influence, what options are left to them?” \nI see. \nOne was a case of using the information services making up another side of school life to freely isolate a chosen target. The other used the physical effects of a Jinmensou to alter the social standing of the target. Looking at it that way, they were very similar at the core. \n“But isn’t that banned under deceptive obstruction of business laws?” \n“Maybe. But even with rules punishing obvious violence and bullying in schools, limited actions carried out within the range of groups of friends may not be stopped. That is why parents and teachers tell kids to choose their friends carefully. Seeing something directly is one thing, but distant whispers of people abetting in a crime is unlikely to lead to legal restrictions.” \n“But that isn’t a system for murdering the children. In fact, they would want it to spread below the surface without causing too much trouble.” \n“The SNS plan did not work well. They may have influenced a few people, but a few children chose to oppose them without bothering their parents with it. They were of course ostracized as a result. Both on the SNS and at their actual school. I suspect some of those children approached the truth in their desperate resistance. And the criminal group needed to quickly eliminate those clever children.” \n“…And they disguised it as suicide, hm? The suicides stood out because of their ages, but they camouflaged it with the false motive of ‘flaming’ because adults would not really understand it. Even if they had tried to tell someone something important before they died, people would assume they felt so cornered due to more childish reasons.” \n“This data,” the mystery freak tapped the side of her smartphone, “is based on what I found on a page separate from the SNS. I have confirmed the details with other sources. It seems it was gathered by the ostracized children as they tried to follow the movements of suspicious information.” \n“It looks like those four from the prestigious private university were working for someone else. Do you know who that was?” \n“No. The children were all eliminated in the SNS murders before they made it that far.” The mystery freak sighed. “But I think the Jinmensou case is being done for the same reasons. You should go back and look into the family of the girl who tried to rob that convenience store. You should find a manager of a corporation, a large shareholder, or someone else who holds power.” \nWe did not know how large this criminal group was, but if they were trying to slowly manipulate the financial activities of the country with simultaneous attacks on multiple large corporations, they were likely quite large. \nIt was possible something on the level of a large criminal organization was behind it. \n“This is a tough one.” \n“Yes, it is.” \n“Now I see why you are so interested in the Jinmensou case despite only caring about corpses. It’s connected to the SNS, so you could say that murder case isn’t over yet.” \n“You’re making me blush.” \n“Why would that make you blush? And how does the rest of this fit in?” \n“What do you mean?” \n“Why is Hachikawa Tomoe-chan pursuing this case? She saw me beaten up right in front of her. She should know the risks all too well. Also, she seems to dislike the police and keeps mentioning some mysterious person. How does all of that fit in?” \n“Oh.” The mystery freak let out a small groan. “I did not want to get into more uncertain information. This is all on Tomoe’s word alone. I have not confirmed any of it, so do not simply accept it as true.” \n“?” \n“Tomoe says her neighbor is being affected by a Jinmensou. The girl’s name is Tsumada Mio. She is also in middle school, but I have never met her because she goes to a different school.” \nIf that was true, I might be able to find something that led to the heart of this case. After all, I had not met many people directly related to the case. The high school girl from the convenience store robbery was the only other one. \nBut… \n“We can’t speak with her. It seems she has disappeared and no one can find her.” \n“…She’s gone missing?” \nShe had gotten involved in a crime related to the group behind the SNS murders and then went missing. The situation looked quite serious. \n“That part is a bit unclear. She might have simply run away from home or she might just be hiding in her apartment. Also,” the mystery freak raised her index finger, “the timing is a bit odd.” \n“The timing?” \n“Tsumada Mio fell victim to the Jinmensou during April of this year. Yet the other cases we know of were recent. In fact, the SNS murders had not even come to the surface at that time.” \nWhat is going on? \nWhile Jinmensou were rare, they were still a type of Youkai. It was entirely possible Tsumada Mio had just so happened to develop one with no relation to this case. \nOr… \n“April is when the class change happens. It is possible Tsumada Mio simply made some mistake during all that and ended up holing up at home. Her worried parents could have later heard about the Jinmensou incidents and decided she was a victim of it too,” said the mystery freak. \n“But this isn’t an Intellectual Village; it’s the capital of Japan. Youkai hate modern cities, so I doubt one would naturally appear here.” \n“We have never actually seen Tsumada Mio. We have no way of knowing if she actually has a Jinmensou or not. She may have started wearing more clothes to cover her skin, but that could always have been due to a scratch unrelated to the Jinmensou. Right?” \n“…” \nI could not say she was wrong. \nAfter all, we had too little information. \n“Then let’s go check. We just need to gather enough information to say for sure.” \n“?” \n“If Tsumada Mio has been reported missing and it turns out she is actually holed up at home, her parents will be guilty of a false police report or falsifying public documents. …It’s a bit of a forceful method, but I can use suspicion of that to get some information out of the family.” \n“You can do that if you want, but won’t you get in trouble if it fails?” \n“I’d definitely get a pay cut,” I said decisively. “But it is possible Tsumada Mio will become a victim similar to the victims of the SNS murders. If we find out she is unrelated, that is fine by me. At any rate, we need to take a step forward.” \nPart 14 \nAnd it failed splendidly. \nDespite showing up in the evening, Tsumada Mio’s parents led me to the empty girl’s room. It seemed the report of her having gone missing in April was accurate. The room was attentively cleaned, but showed no sign of being lived in. \n“It may be a problem to hear this, but we are not all that worried,” said Tsumada Mio’s father with a slightly sad smile. “She has always been good at grasping how things work. She is probably making use of some structure of society to provide herself with a new place to live.” \n“…Do you mind if I look through any notes or memos of hers?” \n“No, but the…what was it? Life safety? Anyway, the group that deals with children already went over it.” \n“Just to be sure.” \nI looked around the room while taking a mental note to ask Toujou-san or someone else from the Life Safety Division for the data later. \nIt was a stereotypical room with a desk, a bed, and a bookshelf. But it seemed lacking in entertainment. I could see almost no electronics. Not only did it not have a TV, but it had no audio equipment either. \nWhen I pointed that out, the father scratched his head and said, “I do not know what it is called, but she had one of those things that is about the size of a notebook. The ones you use your fingers directly on the screen with.” \n“A tablet computer?” \n“Yes, that’s it. She used it for both movies and manga.” \n“Do you know where that tablet is?” \n“Mio-chan took it with her.” \nThat was too bad. \nThat may have been why I could not find a school bag despite seeing plenty of textbooks. \nIf she used it that heavily, it was probably filled with personal information and information on her friends. \nIf she kept her data on the cloud, I might be able to access it via the internet provider, but teenagers like her tended to be more sensitive about personal information than adults. If she had kept the cloud setting off, it would be impossible to reach the tablet’s data. \nI ended up just checking through what was in the room. \nI found a notepad with a ton of small photo stickers on it, but I doubted it would help me find where she had gone. I could check who the people in the photos were, but the Life Safety Division would have already done that. And they were probably just friends from school. \nThere were a lot of the photo stickers and she was photographed with both boys and girls. Given how many of them there were, I doubted they were all from just one class. Either her social network extended beyond just her class or she was involved in clubs or the student council. \nFrom what I could see, I doubted she had made some huge mistake during the class change in April like the mystery freak had suggested. She seemed like the type who would make herself the center of the class wherever she ended up. \n“Okay, this might be painful to think back on, but did anything about your daughter change just before she disappeared?” \n“What?” \n“For example, did she suddenly start wearing stockings or tights as if to hide her skin?” \n“Now that you mention it,” muttered Tsumada Mio’s father. \nFor the convenience store robbery girl, it had been on the thigh. Even so, it was too soon to assume it always appeared on the thigh. But still… \n“She started wearing the bottom of a track suit below the skirt of her school uniform. I told her to stop because it was indecent, but she said it was popular in her class.” \nIt seemed I needed to check the school she went to. \n“By any chance did you ever see below those pants?” \n“Of course not. That would be below her skirt. She is hardly the age to be bathing with her father. I doubt even my wife would know.” \nIn the end, all I knew was that Tsumada Mio had started to hide her legs before she went missing. The situation would change greatly depending on whether there had actually been a Jinmensou there or not. \n“No, wait a second,” said the father suddenly. \n“What is it?” \n“I never saw Mio-chan’s legs, but I know someone who might have.” \n“Who is that?” \nSomeone who would have seen her thighs below a miniskirt? Her boyfriend maybe? \nHowever, my guess was wrong. \n“Her school had a physical examination just before she went missing. It is possible the health teacher saw her legs.” \nI used my cell phone to call Tsumada Mio’s school. \nGiven the time, most of the faculty had left the school already, but when I explained this was related to a police investigation, I was eventually connected to the teacher in question. \nThe middle-aged female voice told me, “Y-yes. Tsumada Mio-san had a large tumor in the shape of a human face on her right thigh.” \nPart 15 \n“Bingo.” I met up with the mystery freak after leaving the apartment. “In April, before the SNS murders in May, Tsumada Mio already had a Jinmensou.” \n“Just to be sure, is it possible the health teacher was lying?” \n“It’s possible, but this makes sense.” \n“What do you mean?” \n“Her personal notepad was covered in small photo stickers, so she must have had a lot of friends. She was popular. So why did she disappear in April during the class change? She wouldn’t have had any complaints about her school life.” \n“What if she did not disappear of her own free will?” \n“Or her position in the school changed once the Jinmensou was discovered during the physical examination in April.” \nEnbi frowned slightly. \n“But she defended against it by wearing the track suit pants below her skirt, right? I doubt she would have let it be revealed so easily. Couldn’t she have come up with a reason to delay her examination until after school when everyone else was gone?” \n“At the very least, the health teacher knew about the Jinmensou,” I said calmly. “But people are not perfect. The teacher might have told someone.” \n“…That would have been terrible,” groaned the mystery freak in a low voice. \nAs someone at the same sensitive age, she may have been able to more clearly imagine what a tragedy that would have been. \n“We still do not know if this Jinmensou is the same as the ones related to the incident connecting back to the SNS murders. But we can explain it if it is.” \n“How?” \n“As a test case. The criminals are trying to ostracize any child from their school with a Jinmensou. That way they can manipulate their parents who are managers or large shareholders. If they fail, they make an enemy of adults with a lot of power. In that case, they would want to test it out beforehand. They would want to prove they could ostracize even the most popular kid in a class.” \n“The SNS murders did not come to light until May, but the trouble that prevented them from manipulating the adults must have happened before that. And once the SNS plan failed, the criminal group would have prepared for their next project.” \n“And after they proved they could ostracize a popular kid with a Jinmensou, they prepared to use it on a larger scale…which is what we are seeing now.” \n“Wait.” The mystery freak placed a hand on her chin. “So in Tsumada Mio’s case, they had yet to fully establish their Jinmensou Package, right? They would not have deemed it a success just by viewing her from a distance. They might have made a slight mistake and left some hint to the person behind all this.” \n“Or Tsumada Mio might have seen something herself.” \nEither way, it seemed Tsumada Mio’s circumstances were different from the other victims. And even if that was not the case, I still needed to find a way to protect her and soon. Given the circumstances, I was not easygoing enough to optimistically think she had simply run away from home and would be back eventually. \n“I’m heading back into work. I want to go through the data the Life Safety Division gathered on her. Mystery freak, what will you do?” \n“I want to go into the Metropolitan Police Department with you.” \n“It’s too late for a field trip.” \n“Then I will try to track down Tsumada Mio on my own. I don’t know how far I can get, though.” \n“Do as you wish.” \n“Don’t forget that you were attacked yesterday. Detective, you are probably still standing in a very hot position.” \nAnd then we heard a footstep. \nThe mystery freak and I turned around to find Hachikawa Tomoe-chan. She was wearing stylish sportswear and spats, but I had no idea if that was the uniform of her school or a teen brand. I had forgotten she was Tsumada Mio’s neighbor. If she was out now, she may have moved her night jogs to the evening. \nOr perhaps she was attempting to track down Tsumada Mio as well. \nThe mystery freak tried to keep her voice as tender as possible as she spoke. \n“Tomoe.” \n“I will not stop,” cut in Tomoe-chan. “I will not stop no matter what. …Detective, do not become the same as that person.” \nAfter spitting out that comment, she disappeared into the apartment building. \nIn the end, I forgot to ask Hachikawa Tomoe-chan who “that person” was. \nPart 16 \nFortunately, I was not beaten up on the streets two days in a row. \nThe Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was a government office, so it of course had set work hours. However, the type of work we did meant it had almost no limits on overtime. For serious cases such as serial killers, it was common to work 70 hours straight and seeing people napping with a blanket on the floor was not unusual. \nBut the place was still mostly empty in the middle of the night. \nAll of the lights were off in the building and it was covered in the same eeriness as a hospital after lights out. \nInside, Toujou-san from the Life Safety Division said, “It’s a good thing you caught me before I left.” \n“Sorry about this.” \n“You needed the investigation data on Tsumada Mio, right? That case is not being treated with any importance. We deemed it to be a girl running away from home of her own free will. We investigated the Tsumada household with the family’s consent, but we did not find much.” \n“It seems she had quite a lot of friends, so could she have gone to a friend’s house when she ran away?” \n“No. It seems something happened to Tsumada Mio just before she disappeared. We decided she ran away because her social standing in school collapsed. I doubt she would have relied on someone from school.” \n“Um, I saw her notepad and it had quite a lot of photo stickers on it. Would all of those people really have turned against her?” \n“Some people just want to see someone popular fall. Having a lot of friends does not say anything about the strength or depth of those friendships.” \n“…” \nThen where did Tsumada Mio disappear to? \nFour months had passed since then. I doubted a kid could rent an apartment just by saving up her allowance. Not to mention that she would need a guarantor to sign the contract. \nWas she using a facility like an internet café? Or had she pretended to be in high school to get a part-time job? \nI could come up with a few ideas, but none of them seemed realistic. She was a middle school girl. At that age, she was supposed to be protected by her parents or another guardian. If she was forcing herself to live independently, she would stand out enough for a uniformed police officer or someone else to notice. \n“I heard Tsumada Mio disappeared with her tablet computer. Did you check the GPS?” \n“All of those obvious functions were turned off. She hasn’t been communicating using it at all. We have been sharing information with other police stations, but have found nothing. Okay, I’ve sent the data related to Tsumada Mio to your computer. If you want more accurate data, head to the archives room. The number is…” \nAfter jotting down the number, I bowed in thanks to Toujou-san once more. \n“Sorry about keeping you for so long.” \n“It’s fine, it’s fine. I can still just barely make the last train. Tell me now if you need anything else. If I have to turn around again, you’re paying for my taxi. Got it?” \nToujou-san then quickly left the dimly lit floor. \nNow that I was truly alone, I turned toward my computer. \nI did not care how trivial it was. \nI just wanted any kind of hint I could find that would lead me to Tsumada Mio. \n“…” \nI scrolled through the information for a bit, but none of it stood out to me. It included some personal information I had not known, but I could have found any of it on my own if I had taken the time. \nBut… \n“…Huh?” \nAfter a bit of scrolling, the text grew corrupted. The attached image files were so corrupted I could not tell what they were supposed to show. \nHad they been damaged during the transmission process? \nI turned toward the hallway, but Toujou-san had likely already left the building. And he had said he would just barely make the last train. I could not bring myself to call him back now. \nFortunately, he had told me the file number ahead of time. \n“I guess I have to check the paper files in the archives room…” \nI walked down the hallway and put some change into a vending machine selling breads with different foods inside. Food and drink were not allowed in the archives room, so I ate a korokke bread before continuing on my way. \nThe building was empty enough in the middle of the night, but I truly was the only person in the archives room. I walked along the metal shelves lined up like in a library and pulled out the clear file folder I needed. I carried that giant folder with me and sat down at a reading desk. \nI used the narrow field of light from a desk lamp to read through the text. \nIt detailed the information regarding the investigation of Tsumada Mio’s disappearance. It listed the date of her disappearance as well as various details about her before and after her disappearance: what she had said and done, her relationship with her friends, any sightings of her, how much money she was thought to have, etc. However, none of it seemed it would help me. \nHow had she lived during the four months since her disappearance? \nAnd where was she now? \n“I guess this is all they’ll have for a disappearance with no hint of foul play,” I muttered out loud. \nThe police would not treat a simple disappearance as an important incident. And when it looked so much like she had voluntarily run away from home due to her personal circumstances, not much would be done. Her information would be sent to the police around the country and we would hope one of them would find her. \n“Hm?” \nAs I reflected on that fact, something seemed off to me. \nI lifted the thick file folder up a bit. It was quite heavy. The report was at least as thick as a dictionary. \nBut why? \nCases of runaway girls were fairly common, so why had such a thick folder been created for Tsumada Mio’s case? \nI was confused. \nBut I was not given enough time to find an answer. \nWith a loud zapping noise, an arm circled around from behind and pressed a torn electric cord against the center of my chest. \n“Gah…gh…!?” \nI heard a loud thud. It was the sound I made when I collapsed from my chair. My vision had been turned sideways, but I could see someone looking down at me from above. \nIs this person…insane? Murdering someone…inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department…!? \n“Oh, don’t worry. It’s fairly common for police officers to kill themselves inside the police department. Although they almost always use a handgun.” The speaker seemed to be grinning. “Also, I doubt this will be enough to kill you. Most people who try to commit suicide outside of their home will prepare multiple tools in case the first one does not finish the job properly. …And sometimes they will persuade a decent normal person to help.” \nWhen I heard the person’s voice, I finally figured out what was going on. \nThe corrupted information…on Tsumada Mio…was not a mistake… It was a trap…to lure me…out to the archives room…!! \n“Tou…jou… Toujou…!!” \nStrength was gradually returning to my arms and legs, but would he give me the few minutes I needed to recover? Toujou pulled something out of his suit pocket. It was a fruit knife inside a plastic sheath. It was neatly packaged in a plastic bag to keep it from catching on the fabric of his clothes. \n“When making a murder look like suicide, it’s important not to make any wounds on the hands that look like they were made in defense. But don’t worry. The investigation will show you stabbed yourself in the throat after the electric cord did not kill you.” \nHe sounds so delighted!! \nSince he was trying to kill me, Toujou was most certainly related to the SNS murders and the Jinmensou. When I thought back, I realized Toujou had been involved in the investigation of the “group of boys” who attacked me, the search of the beauty clinic, and the search for Tsumada Mio. \nHe had been in the perfect position to limit the information found to keep the investigations from getting anywhere. \nThe SNS murders had grown to such a large scale that Investigation Department 1 had been called in. They may have kept the Jinmensou incident on such a small scale to make sure it remained within Toujou’s Life Safety Division. \nYet I had taken action this time too. \nAnd I was the one who had put an end to the SNS murders. \nWas that why? \n“…Toujou…kh…!!” \n“You keep calling me Toujou, but who exactly do you mean by that?” \nI did not know what he meant. \nThe person trying to kill me was most certainly the Toujou I knew. \n“If you think I am Toujou Miyabi of the Life Safety Division, you are wrong. He happened to share the same family name as me, so it was easier to switch out with him. The real one is buried in a mountain somewhere.” \nThat bastard!! \n“And if you think I am a pawn of those behind the SNS murders and the Jinmensou, you are wrong again. Do not put me in the same category as that pathetic organization that can’t even assemble one little Package. Did you really think I was a pawn of that insider group that thinks they’re such intellectuals? …What I am interested in is the bug they accidentally created.” Toujou smiled while pulling the fruit knife out of its plastic sheath. “I will find Tsumada Mio. I will use her in a much more wonderful way than they would have. So, well, just give up. The pain will be gone soon.” \nIn the end… \nHis mistake was in crouching down so he could put the blade in my hand. He either failed to follow his duty as a police officer or had never been one to begin with, so he gave me what I needed for my counterattack. \nI was able to move my arms and legs a bit, but I was still not strong enough to support my body’s weight and sit up. \nI somehow managed to reach my arm out toward Toujou’s belt as he crouched down before me. \nI found what I was looking for. It was near his right pants pocket. \nHey, Toujou. Real police detectives don’t carry their guns around everywhere like on TV. \nIf you acted more like the real deal, you wouldn’t have to worry about this!! \nIn the next instant, several dry gunshots rang out. \n“…!!” \nWith the gun still in its holster, I had removed the safety and pulled the trigger. The bullets strayed too far to the side to injure Toujou, but it still gave him quite a shock. He had been kneeling down near me in order to safely falsify the evidence, but he suddenly moved away from me. \n“Gh…!!” I groaned while still unable to stand up. \nMy face was covered in sweat, but I did not have time to wipe it away. \n“O-oh, c’mon. Are you an idiot? At least use a.38.” \nAfter making sure the gun was still in its holster, anger filled Toujou’s face. \nHe unhesitatingly held up the fruit knife. \n“Uchimaku!!” \n“If you’re gonna do it, then do it. But everyone in the building will have heard those gunshots. Whoever’s on guard duty will be here before long. 30 seconds maybe?” I sneered at him from the floor. “You can kill me easily enough, but can you dispose of the body? If you can’t, you’re going down with me.” \n“Tch!!” \nToujou made up his mind quickly. \nHe turned back on the safety of his holstered handgun, kicked open the door to the archives room, and ran out. But even if it was the middle of the night, this was the headquarters of Tokyo’s law enforcement. He would not get away that easily. \nNot long afterwards, a few uniformed police officers ran into the archives room. \n“Hey, why did it take you three minutes to get here?” \n“Wh-what happened?” asked the men while looking around at the obvious signs of a struggle and the walls with bullet holes in them. \nIt seemed I had put a large burden on myself by forcing myself to act as soon as I had. A wave of nausea belatedly hit me and I tried to force it down as I spoke to the men. \n“Attempted murder is what happened. Put out a notification for the arrest of Toujou Miyabi…or someone using that name.” \nPart 17 \nI went back over the information in my mind. \nSomeone was working behind the scenes of a single incident that connected the SNS murders and this Jinmensou incident. While investigating Tsumada Mio’s disappearance to uncover this person, the Life Safety Division detective named Toujou Miyabi had attacked me. \nBut it seemed he did not belong to the organization behind the Jinmensou. \nWhen talking about Tsumada Mio, he had not been interested in the Youkai-related Package but in a bug created by an adjustment error. The details were unclear, but Toujou Miyabi saw some form of meaning in the bug that Tsumada Mio had become and had therefore taken her from the Jinmensou group. \nNow then. \n“I was the one who was attacked, so why am I the one in an interrogation room while that bastard Toujou is still walking free?” \nI tried to remain calm, but it made no logical sense. \nJust as I angrily kicked at the table screwed to the floor, the interrogation room door opened. Mezu Gen entered. He was the department chief for Investigation Department 1. \n“You caused quite a commotion.” \n“I think you mean I had one forced onto me.” \n“I cannot believe there were gunshots in the middle of Tokyo’s law enforcement headquarters. And with a.45 caliber which is not the caliber of the handgun you are issued. …We could not find the gun in question, so where did it go?” \n“I was the one that fired it, but its owner left with it.” \nDammit, Toujou. How did you manage to escape from somewhere as strict as this? \nThe department chief sighed and his face grew even more wrinkled than usual. \n“Investigator Toujou Miyabi left the building over 2 hours ago. And he was not found anywhere in the building at the time. Keep in mind that all of the entrances and exits were sealed the instant those gunshots were heard. What do you make of this situation?” \n“He told me the real Toujou Miyabi is buried in a mountain somewhere. What am I supposed to make of that?” \n“Uchimaku.” The department chief spoke my name to cut me off. “Think about how I feel when I am woken up and have to head back into work after the last train to deal with a subordinate’s scandal. If you keep up this nonsense, I will snap your neck. Let us speak frankly. I have never liked your jokes. I was being honest with you. Now, be honest with me.” \n“Do you think I snuck a.45 caliber handgun past the strict security here to fire wildly into the walls of the archives room? Why would I do that!? What do I gain from that!? Do you seriously believe I did that, department chief!?” \n“That is not what I am talking about. No matter how unreasonable it seems, if the evidence at the scene says you are guilty, you are guilty. That is how the system works. So, Uchimaku, clearing your name will be quite difficult. Someone from Department 1 will not have a fun time in jail. Just because you are a former detective, does not mean you will be given a private room.” \n“Toujou Miyabi – or someone using his name – used an electric cord to shock me in the archives room. He was about to stab me with a fruit knife to make it look like suicide. I fired the handgun in Toujou’s holster to escape my predicament. Toujou fled with the gun still in his possession. No matter what anyone says, that is the truth!!” \n“Uchimaku.” \n“He said something about finding special value in Tsumada Mio who he called a bug in a Package! The Jinmensou organization was trying to do something with her, but he said he would steal her from them!! We cannot waste time here. If you insist on restraining me, at least send someone else to search for Tsumada Mio!!” \n“…Uchimaku.” \nThe department chief brought a hand to his forehead and let out a heavy sigh. \nHe then spoke to me in such a low voice that I could barely hear him. \n“I do not often feel like this. It feels like I am rushing down a set of invisible rails. It feels like I am acting according to the plans of someone I have never seen. I am aware of that.” \n“…?” \n“But I have never seen anyone reach a happy ending when they try to force their way off of those rails. Some are unnaturally demoted, some are driven insane, and some suddenly disappear or commit suicide. This is not an interrogation room. It is a set of rails telling us to waste our time. Making a mistake here will lead to a horrible fate. You need to understand that first.” \n“Department chief!! Do you really think I am someone who would back away from a case for my own saf-…!?” \nI shouted back at the department chief, but he reached over the table and grabbed my collar. \nHe then pulled with tremendous strength. \nBut he then whispered in my ear so quietly that it could not be recorded or seen on a video. \n“I am never able to reach the truth. I can only send people like you out to find it.” \n“Wha-…?” \n“So when I see people like you, I get the urge to tell you the following: whatever you choose, always weigh the risks before choosing.” He paused for a moment. “But your life belongs to you. How you act now is your own decision.” \nStrength left the hands holding my collar. \nI dropped back down into my seat. \nA slight silence fell over the interrogation room. \nI slowly placed my hands on the table. \nAnd then I forcefully stood up. \n“I have been telling you what I want to do this whole time.” \nSome problems were beyond solving. For example, there had been an isolated island filled with hunting weaponry where every single one of the hundreds of villagers was the murderer. But I had a chance of resolving this before it reached that level. \nI had always been afraid of the look in the department chief’s eyes, but now I stared him directly at him. \nI could stare him in the eye now. \n“There is still a lot I do not know about the goals of the Jinmensou organization or this person going by the name Toujou Miyabi. But the odds are very high that they intend to do harm to Tsumada Mio. I will find her before they do and protect her. I will not let her become one of the dead who I find so uninteresting. Please let me do this.” \n“Is there any chance you will change your mind?” \n“I have no reason to change my mind.” \n“Fine then.” The department chief slowly stood up. “No matter what assignments I give to the other detectives, you will be stopped somewhere. I will arrange a means for you to leave from here.” \n“…How?” \n“Do you really have time to worry about that? Until you arrest Toujou Miyabi and clear your name, you will be viewed as a dangerous criminal who fired inside the headquarters of the Tokyo police. …Uchimaku, do you remember Chief Superintendent Mishima?” \n“The guy who set up that painful night of drinking?” \n“Yes, that monster who should have nothing to do with the likes of us. He is neither an evil man nor a good man. In other words, he does not go easy on his enemies or his allies. He is the sort of person who would deem it an appropriate response to shoot you in a situation such as this. Do you understand what I am saying? If you do not want to be shot by your own colleagues, you must escape Tokyo as quickly as possible.” \nPart 18 \nI have no idea what kind of connections or influence he used, but the department chief led me out of the interrogation room. We headed to the underground parking lot where the usual guard from the front entrance was waiting. \n“Nakada-san?” \n“Over here. Use this scooter. Here’s the key.” \nBut isn’t this Nakada-san’s? I’m about to be an escaped dangerous criminal who fired a handgun in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, so won’t it be a lot of trouble for him if I use his scooter? \nThe department chief must have sensed my concern because he said, “It will of course be treated as stolen. This will increase your list of crimes, but do not worry about it too much.” \n“…I see.” \nHow much of a villain am I becoming on paper? \nI put on the borrowed helmet while thinking seriously about the situation. \nNakada-san then added, “Oh, and this is my cell phone. Use it however you wish. Don’t forget to turn your own phone off. Take this handgun, baton, and handcuffs as well. I took them from the storage room.” \n“…” \nWait, wait, wait!! I’m about to be treated as a dangerous criminal who fired in the middle of the police department and then escaped the interrogation room. If I’m carrying this around, won’t I end up shot by a Special Assault Team!? \nAnd I’m pretty sure that look on the department chief’s face is saying “I didn’t tell you to go that far”! \n“Uchimaku, a search across Tokyo is sure to begin soon. Focus on driving safely. Avoid the major roads. Be especially careful when crossing rivers. All the roads focus in on the bridges, so they make excellent checkpoint locations.” \n“U-understood.” \n“Uchimaku-san, good luck. We cannot leave the rails, so please show that the justice the police claim to protect does indeed exist. That is likely what this missing girl needs the most.” \n“That was my plan from the beginning,” I said before opening up the scooter’s throttle and shooting out of the underground parking lot. \nMidnight had already passed and the trains were no longer running. Tokyo had long been called the nightless city, but the government district of Sakuradamon had relatively little light and was wrapped in darkness. \nI could no longer rely on the organization known as the police. \nI needed some other power to search out Toujou Miyabi and Tsumada Mio who he was after. \n“I almost feel like I’ve already lost…” \nFor the time being, I stopped the scooter near the entrance of a park and operated Tanaka-san’s cell phone with my thumb. I was of course calling the twintailed mystery freak, Hishigami Enbi. \nBefore I could explain anything, she said, “Since you’re using a different number, is this an emergency?” \n“Pretty much. I am about to be a wanted man around the country. But what I must do remains the same. I need to find out everything I can about Tsumada Mio so I can find her. I need your help.” \n“Oh, I see… Well, fine. You owe me one, though. A big one. Be prepared to at least give me a swimsuit oil massage.” \n“Don’t say such indecent things to a police officer!!” \n“What are you talking about? Oil massages are good for your health and beauty. They aren’t indecent at all.” \nDammit. \nI could almost see her grinning face. \n“Anyway, where are you?” she asked. \n“Sakuradamon.” \n“Then you can use my base in Kudansh*ta. It has all the tools and funds you might need.” \n“Where’s the key?” \n“You just have to enter a number. Today is Friday, so…enter all of the digits in the first 100 digits of pi that create a multiple of 7. Three errors and you’ll be permanently locked out.” \n“What a pain in the ass!!” \n“If it wasn’t a pain in the ass, it wouldn’t be a very good key. By the way, detective, you can use any of the tools I have prepared, but do you know where you will begin your investigation?” \n“I was almost killed in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. I’m going to start by investigating the guy who did it.” \n“I see. I just received some new information too, so you can look into that while you’re at it.” \n“What is it?” \n“Tomoe has disappeared,” she said as if she was fed up with all of this. \nAnd yet I was the one who most of everything was happening to. \n“Tomoe’s mother just called me. It seems she is calling everyone she can for information. Her mother thinks Tomoe might have run away from home, but I bet she’s chasing after Tsumada Mio.” \n“Before, she had at least been following her curfew. Why would she suddenly break that rule?” \n“The odds are good she found some information on Tsumada Mio ahead of us. You might find something if you search Tsumada Mio and Tomoe’s rooms.” \nI pictured Hachikawa Tomoe’s face in my mind and I remembered something else. \n“Come to think of it, who was ‘that person’ Tomoe-chan kept mentioning?” \n“Oh, yeah. I forgot to explain that.” The mystery freak hesitated for a moment. “Tomoe’s mother got remarried, so she is not blood related to her current father.” \n“…” \nSo is this new father “that person”? \nBut my guess was wrong. \n“Tomoe’s real father is a police detective. It seems he would get so lost in his work that he ignored looking after her or even speaking to her, so they did not even possess the bare minimum of familial bonds. Hence why he is just ‘that person’. But he was the first person she asked for help when Tsumada Mio disappeared, so I think she really did trust him deep down.” \nThat must have been why she hated the police. \nHe had not been able to find Tsumada Mio and therefore had not lived up to his daughter’s trust. \nBut now that I was isolated from the police and could use all the help I could get, it might be worth seeing if he might help me. \n“By the way, what was this detective’s name?” I asked. \n“…” \n“Answer me, mystery freak. What was his name!?” \nWhen I asked again, Enbi nervously spoke a name. \nIt was the last name I had expected. \n“Toujou Miyabi. Do you know him?” \nI’m pretty sure I stopped breathing for a few seconds. \n“Ha…ha ha.” \n“Detective…?” asked the mystery freak in puzzlement. \nThe Toujou Miyabi she had just mentioned was likely not the same person that had attacked me. \nThe man using Toujou’s name had said the real Toujou Miyabi was buried in a mountain. \nSo that’s it. \nIt all fits together so nicely, dammit!! \n“Hey, mystery freak. You work to find Hachikawa Tomoe-chan. That’s your top priority! Being even a second too slow could be the difference between life and death!!” \n“What do you mean?” \n“I know why she disappeared. She is likely with someone she believes is her father, but this Toujou is someone else! Given the situation, Tomoe-chan probably realized something due to being so close to Tsumada Mio. And she has given that hint to Toujou. Toujou thinks he can use her, so he is tricking her so she will lead him to the missing girl. And once that is over, he will have no more need for her!!” \n“Understood. What will you do, detective? Since you are only interested in the living, I thought you would focus on Tomoe.” \n“That does suit me better, but I have something I have to do first.” \nI ended the call and sat down on the scooter’s seat. \nI started by travelling to the mystery freak’s base. \nMy plan was to grab a complete set of the forensic kits she liked to use and then head to Toujou Miyabi’s residence.

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