"I was just surfing the net like usual..." "Prosperity!" "Prosperity!" "Chiyuu sells less than 1/5 of what Misty does." "She's a nobody." "Hmph." "sales profits." "please!" "Why are you saying things like that?" "please!" "Why are you saying things like that?" "You're being rude to Chiyuu-san!" "Please apologize!" "let's ignore people who only talk about sales." "totally!" "change reality the way you see fit." "change reality the way you see fit." "Date of Birth" "What the?" "Nashihira Shouichi-san." "My name was just there." "I was honestly scared. and power was promised to me if I followed them." "knew everything." "I had no choice but to obey." "But... the Minimum." "is he?" "The recent spate of Minimum Holder crimes have all been committed haven't they?" "You're good. and they all received power in similar ways." "One common factor among them is that none of them have seen the face of the individual who gave them power." "The suspect is very careful." "why did you figure out his name— Moral? he'd have to be someone highly knowledgeable about Minimums." "The only kind of specialist like that would be a guy at the Minimum Agency. he could hardly be a researcher who's on active duty. and left the agency for an unspecified reason." "That's not enough to have narrowed it all the way down to him." "That's why I took a gamble in my own way." "Name:" "Moral Minimum Agency Facultas Academy SS Researcher" "I thought I'd see what your reaction would be." "aren't I?" "So you tricked me?" "I'm going to look into this myself." "You're..." "I am honored to meet you." "Your ability is too vast to be called "Minimum." "You are the Forbidden Minimum Holder." "File 07:" "Black Cosmos but I can't talk about ongoing investigations with a civilian." "it was only proper that I withhold information from you." "I know." "either." "Art?" "What?" "It just seems like you're pushing yourself too hard." "Inspector!" "We've been had." "A top secret preserved Minimum specimen— the head— has been stolen." "you mentioned before that the victims of the serial killer were all Minimum Holders who had their brains removed." "Nice." "Human brains are supposed to be the source of Minimums." "isn't it?" "Issue an alert! and have everyone look around!" "sir!" "I'm not sure you should do that." "What?" "right? I bet he engaged in some impressive subterfuge." "Subterfuge?" "Like a disguise... or camouflage?" "too." "people might get boxed in by that and not notice something important." "It might be better to—" "This has nothing to do with you!" "Art?" "I'm sorry." "But you should refrain from further involvement." "This is my... the police's case." "Call Honey and Three." "He got mad at me." "You must've really done something to make good-natured Art mad." "I did nothing!" "right?" "Here." "Yum..." "Frogs must crawl on the ground and can only attempt to jump every once in a while." "Who knows what they think when they see birds dancing in the sky?" "What're you talking about?" "The birds in the sky are innocent." "But there are those who feel as though those wings tear them apart. and explain in a way I can understand." "this is Café Nowhere." "What?" "okay!" "We have a job for Hamatora!" "Wha...?" "Thanks for the food. but Mighty has shown no response." "or... a disguise." "The prison has very strict security measures." "No one except police associates with prior authorization can enter." "either." "Name:" "Edogawa Haruo Affiliation:" "Yokohama Police Station Cyber Terrorism SA Researcher Rank:" "Police Sergeant Passcode:" "B" "However..." "You found something?" "Yes." "All surveillance records of the facility from midnight onwards last night were erased." "So it's highly likely that the suspect disguised himself as one of your own to bypass security." "Security had two levels of verification:" "fingerprint and retinal scans." "A simple disguise wouldn't have been enough." "He must've wanted it really badly..." "This Forbidden Minimum and its specimen." "so I don't know what it is. given that they took extralegal measures to preserve the body as it was at time of death." "please get some rest for now." "We won't last if we work nonstop." "Reeks of cigarette smoke." "I sometimes feel like I don't know him anymore." "He's carrying such a heavy burden that it seems to be wearing him down to the bone." "I was wondering why you wanted me to come along." "You want to talk about Art?" "I just thought you might know something." "bodacious babe?" "No one says that anymore." "we all went to the Minimum Agency's Facultas Academy and went to the same classes. so we weren't together for very long." "Birthday and Ratio withdrew midway? What?" "and forced Birthday to withdraw." "You're a florist?" "Isn't that a big problem?" "as if following him." "Huh?" "Why?" "you'll be totally sabotaging business." "Bed rest." "No buts." "It reopened!" "My wound definitely reopened!" "A few years after Birthday and Ratio withdrew... too." "so I don't know." "So you and the Inspector were the only ones to stay until graduation." "Right." "But the circumstances were very different for Art and me." "Art couldn't actualize his Minimum ability. and put in an extraordinary effort." "I'm sure he'll be the first and last graduate of the academy who never actualized his Minimum. even at a great cost to himself." "You're right." "He's so awkward that it hurts to watch him." "It really does." "Art." "Come with me for a bit. is it true that you've had sexual relations with several idols who were popular online and in clubs?" "I think." "halfway"? it is true that you were having sexual relations with several of them?" "So what?" "We're free to love." "We're all single." "who are members of a victims' association." "They want you to issue an apology." "Victims' association?" "You mean those guys there?" "Why is it my fault that the girls approach me?" "I just did them because I could." "Is being popular with the ladies a crime? and have nothing to apologize about." "you should go seduce a girl yourself instead of acting like losers." "What?" "contact us." "I won't." "Still showing no mercy sensei." "Art?" "When you first came to see me." "of course!" "You were suffering because you hadn't been able to actualize your Minimum. so you asked to become my disciple." "I say this to you now..." "I thought you'd give up right away." "I didn't think that a skinny kid could withstand my instruction." "Of course you'd think that!" "Not yet!" "I was the one who gave up." "it's true that you don't have a Minimum." "But..." "Don't you think you're where you are today because you understand the weakness of those without it?" "Remember!" "but you kept on walking." "Have faith in yourself!" "Point." "Well done." "I feel like I've been cleansed." "sensei." "Don't worry about it." "I was just influenced..." "My Story ...by this." "then." "Do you have any leads?" "Legwork is the meat and potatoes of any investigation." "I'm going back to the basics." "don't push yourself too hard." "sensei." "Want me to guess what you're thinking about?" "No need." "Art... right?" "Do you care that much about the guy spreading non-innate Minimum Holders around?" "you don't need to guess." "That Shiratori guy said he didn't do anything wrong because he just did what was available to him." "He's just like someone we know." "Murasaki..." "I didn't know you threw curve balls like that." "Try to put yourself in Art's shoes a bit more." "wanna play?" "Huh?" "let's go." "I believe we've already looked everywhere for material evidence." "I doubt there's anything left." "It's not that I don't have faith in your abilities." "I just want to be sure." "That's... the flower beds escaped the fire." "though." "Black... cosmos..." "The cuts are fresh..." "I've been waiting for you." "Moral!" "I'd prefer you not brandish such crude instruments around where the dead slumber." "You're the one killing Minimum Holders" "Moral?" "!" "You're also the one talking those non-innate Minimum Holders into aren't you?" "I deny." "I am merely providing an opportunity in the form of power." "Opportunity?" "didn't I? instead limiting themselves to voicing objections from a place of safety." "I find them most pitiful of all." "they can just attain power to change the world." "That is why I provide such people with power." "I transform them from pathetic parasites into men and women of action." "Why do you keep doing this?" "!" "All is to achieve equality in the world." "You mock me!" "What equality?" "don't you?" "This is unexpected." "why did you steal the Forbidden Minimum?" "in the end?" "It seems you misunderstand me." "I refuse to be deceived!" "It is true;" "I desired the Forbidden Minimum." "But that is also for the purpose of achieving equality." "Your logic is broken!" "I have someone I desperately want to save from solitude." "I needed power." "Lies!" "Who can a man like you possibly save?" "Nice-kun." "Where are you?" "A restroom in International Park." "Help me!" "They're holding knives and stuff." "They're serious!" "Sit tight on the toilet for a bit." "Another cheap job." "What's new?" "I first saw him over a decade ago." "I was still working at the Minimum Agency." "I knew as soon as I laid eyes on him that solitude was his burden from the day he was born." "Nice... alone?" "He is the wisdom of humanity." "One might even call him a supreme being." "But think about it. there can always be only one." "How solitary it must be!" "How unequal!" "The weak are not the only ones to suffer from inequality." "The strong also suffer from the solitude of having no equals!" "I wanted to save him from that solitude." "There is more than one way to achieve that." "he will have the happiness of equality." "it is not so simple to achieve for he far surpasses all others." "So I resolved that if I cannot achieve it..." "I will just have to become an individual who is equal to Nice-kun." "Is that all you have to say?" "I've had enough of your self-centered reasoning." "I won't let someone like you get close to Nice." "I will protect Nice as his friend!" "Friend"..." "Inspector." "Homicide out of vengeance because someone else slept with the idol you like?" "That's going a bit far." "dual contracts are illegal." "Glasses creep!" "You're a little shit! you hired someone to make yourself feel better?" "!" "But it's your fault!" "Y-You h-hurt her!" "Huh?" "Quit acting so high and mighty." "didn't you?" "Don't make accusations just because I did what you couldn't!" "What's wrong with sleeping around with women who come to you?" "!" "I did nothing wrong! you should just do the same thing—" "Wh-What?" "Serves you right." "scum!" "Murasaki." "I'm gonna go over to Art's for a bit." "Want me to teach you how to say sorry?" "Shut up." "I see... so that is your..." "An ordinary man who cannot even see through my power considers himself Nice-kun's friend?" "Don't insult him! much less protect him." "You do not deserve to come between us!" "I can give you that right." "shall I give you a Minimum?" "I can do that." "can become a Minimum Holder." "but I'm fine without one." "Oh?" "You don't need to have a right to be friends with anyone." "Nice is..." "Allow me to inform you about what black cosmos means in the language of flowers." "Jealousy and despair." "Incoming Call Nice (Mobile)" "Incoming Call Nice (Mobile) silly me." "I do need to apologize to you." "What I said about the cosmos and language of flowers—" "I just made that up." "I will tell you something of use to you." "That's... it feels nice to do good deeds." "Inspector Art." "Incoming Call Nice (Mobile)" "Welcome!" "Welcome!" "The sea is so beautiful!" "oops." "My swimsuit's strings came undone." "Muscles!" "please!" "Check out those muscles!" "Satou Nice." "1)}File 08:" "The Blood-Soaked Bitter Melon" "That's a bitter melon!"