"A non-innate Minimum Holder?" "This is starting to sound really shady." "Yes." "But we can think of this as progress. we had nothing on the serial killer." "So he was removing the brains of Minimum Holders in order to create more Minimum Holders." "Gives me the shivers." "having a Minimum is basically a ticket to success." "it'll basically ensure your future." "no matter what they do." "I suppose it might be a dream-come-true for some..." "I don't believe that." "Is that so? but we will tell you guys anyway." "Yokohama Serial Murder Case File Vol.5" "All the victims were Minimum Holders." "Art." "Nice." "There's no need for me to be careful at all." "I have no right to be... 0)}File 03:" "Those With and Those Without and Equality of Youths"... and Equality of Youths Director Itou Shouko" "Freakin' long!" "What we'd like to request of you... is the investigation of Facultas Academy." "Facultas Academy:" "A training school where potential Minimum Holders are brought as children from all over Japan so that their abilities can be developed." "Those who endure the training and become recognized as exceptional Minimum Holders or positions as high-ranking government officials." "they receive a ticket to success. and can live out their lives as winners." "You're very knowledgeable about Minimums and the Academy." "It's technically classified information unavailable to the general public." "Our members include diet members and government officials." "Such information is not impossible to come by." "wait." "why bother investigating? but whether there are any scandals." "I see." "The directors for an association with a name like yours of course." "don't you think it's unfair?" "just because you have a Minimum..." "What about the children who don't have one?" "Don't you feel sorry for them?" "Poor things..." "All children are entitled to be evaluated equally." "Having their futures be determined by whether they have an ability or not should not be allowed! they will crush our efforts." "But if we can uncover a large scandal you can crush the academy." "We've looked into you. you despise it and refuse its benefits." "It's not that I hate it or anything... we will reward you handsomely." "That's advance payment." "you will get three times that." "That much?" "Will you accept this job?" "but—" "We accept." "Hey!" "What right— not to mention the rent for this space?" "Seems like we don't have a choice." "What?" "!" "Can we trust people like them?" "That one called Murasaki?" "We have it on good authority that his powers are exceptional." "he was a prodigy who finished with the second highest scores in the history of the academy." "there's no data on the one who finished with the highest scores... his very existence is apparently classified." "so we don't know if he really exists." "Still not picking up!" "Trying to reach Takahiro-kun?" "He hasn't come back since yesterday." "he's probably at his friend's place again. as well as an acting advisor to Facultas Academy... too." "Nice has it easy." "I might have to rethink his share of the reward." "I'm technically a customer..." "You're making Murasaki-san do all the work while you slack off here." "Cleaning's the least you can do!" "What a drag..." "Stop dawdling." "It's hard to believe that you have the Sonic Minimum." "My Minimum isn't so cheap that I'd use it for something like that." "Hajime-chan." "Don't want it." "What?" "God's surely regretting that he gave you that gift right now." "are you off to work?" "I'll pass." "I'll let Murasaki handle this one..." "I'm more curious about why that lady's so extreme." "Always going for the cheap jobs..." "What?" "Did we get a notification of a water stoppage?" "huh?" "The name never gets any shorter." "though." "The association's recent activities include and campaigning to strengthen restrictions on depictions of a sexual nature in manga and anime." "They're certainly busy bees." "Are you going out?" "Yes." "I found records of some concern." "We have a responsibility to watch over our children." "Association to Protect Children from Harmful Content" "That is why we should regulate materials that are detrimental to our children's well-being." "Director Itou..." "What?" "The association has been contacted by the police." "What?" "! we found a drug called Nemcrois in massive quantities in the suspect's nervous system." "and is therefore difficult to obtain." "We found that a certain organization has purchased large amounts of Nemcrois from overseas:" "and Equality of Youths Director Itou Shouko and Equality of Youths." "They then transferred all of that imported Nemcrois to a certain individual." "And that individual must be you:" "a graduate of Facultas Academy—" "Professor Moral." "Yes." "You're not mistaken. they deny any involvement in the purchase and transfer of the drug." "They speak the truth." "A certain individual within the association supports my work." "He made a personal decision to engage in this transaction." "The personal use of organizational resources will be subject to a separate investigation." "I am here to ask you about a different matter." "I am certain." "What manner of research are you conducting with such quantities of Nemcrois?" "if it would not be too much trouble." "My research deals with non-innate Minimum Holders." "my work is incomplete." "I have nothing to do with it... unless you can prove otherwise." "Yes." "I see." "would you tell me what prompted you to research non-innate Minimum abilities?" "For the equality of the people." "Equality? and those without." "Don't you think that is an absolute inequality?" "Those with and those without." "The victors and the losers." "The strong and the weak." "The only way to resolve this chasm of inequality is to give everyone the ability." "And that is why you are researching non-innate Minimum abilities?" "Correct." "All I can say by way of response is that you have selfish values." "I absolutely agree." "All human beings can only perceive the world through the filter of their values." "but they are also utterly worthless." "What kind of man do you think can kill another human being in the first place?" "A strong man." "The weak man cannot ever reach the point where he can kill another." "So do you know why murder is a crime that is despised by others?" "That's obvious..." "Because there are weak men!" "cannot cross that line." "That is why they envy murderers who step outside the bounds of society and become pariahs." "The murderers accomplished what the weak could not." "however." "The weak who cannot cross a line will always bear hatred toward those who have." "I feel pity for such weak men who lack the power to take action." "You speak as though the murderers themselves are superior." "The weak can never break out of their own mold. while they try to kick down anyone who strives to break free." "How can such inequality be allowed to exist?" "That's enough—" "It cannot!" "The world will surely be reborn if we empower the weak." "It'll be a beautiful world." "A splendid one!" "the world will advance greatly." "Splendid!" "I don't see the value of spending any more time here." "I will be leaving now." "But you're among... Inspector Art. you were unable to manifest an ability." "your superior intellect and herculean efforts allowed you to graduate from the Academy as one of their distinguished members." "Inspector Art..." "Stop..." "But you must be thinking this to yourself:" "Why don't I have a Minimum ability?" "when all my friends have one?" "Stop!" "too." "I'm jealous of them." "I'm jealous... so jealous." "I hate them." "I could kill them. such as depictions of a sexual nature in anime and manga..." "What the?" "!" "Manhole covers sure go flying a lot recently." "Shouldn't you get that?" "It's me." "What?" "Understood." "I will leave for today." "I'll be sure to return with an arrest warrant." "I look forward to it." "Facultas is behind this!" "They have to be!" "just pin it on them!" "It's a creepy school churning out people with strange powers." "It wouldn't be surprising at all if it was also creating monsters on top of that!" "I see." "you're just going to fabricate one." "I can't say I really approve." "Observe the speed limit!" "you're one tough bastard." "Nice?" "What're you thinking?" "just that he seems pretty carefree." "What are you doing?" "!" "You can't let the police have that thing!" "Capture it!" "Huh?" "We're going to prove that the Facultas is evil with that monster's body!" "Mo... mmm..." "Huh?" "Mom..." "It can't be..." "Get away from her!" "No way..." "That's Takahiro?" "Seal off the area!" "sir!" "Inspector Art." "You..." "I just thought I'd share some interesting information with you." "a boy in junior high school came to me for advice." "What?" "He was very concerned about not having any abilities." "he was not accepted." "That he was ignored." "I felt so sorry for that poor boy." "Don't tell me... I'm sure I could've saved him." "Saved him from the chains of weakness." "good will does not prevent accident. he might turn into a monster instead of becoming a Minimum Holder." "really." "You..." "His accomplishments have already been uploaded to the net." "He seems to be having a lot of fun." "What kind of "fun" is that?" "!" "I will arrest you." "Just you wait!" "I've never been cruel to him!" "I just felt sorry for him for not having a Minimum..." "So I raised him with care!" "I tried to shield him from the ugly things in this world!" "Why did this happen?" "!" "So you just made up your mind that your son was weak. right?" "How dare you?" "! right?" "I never... don't you think?" "not believing in you... then?" "good for you." "He seems pretty carefree now." "Looks like he's having fun." "Nice." "That's enough." "Thank you for keeping him here." "you have minimized the harm to civilians." "But the rest is up to the police." "Let me handle this." "This is my miracle power!" "I've just connected to your heart." "It's her stomach." "aren't you?" "No way!" "You're right!" "It's hot in here." "Why do I have to do this?" "okay? too." "Stop doing business in front of my café!" "You kill two birds with one stone. go help those two!" "They'll be fine." "right?" "I... know what this is..." "I've been thinking about why he's using the sewers to move around. it's possible that his vision has become too acute." "He is now hypersensitive to light and prefers the dark. not to mention in the busiest area in Yokohama." "I believe he is seeking out human voices." "It's time for you to rest." "too." "and it could've been me." "What?" "!" "I kind of knew that you were calling me." "You showed up in a crowd because you wanted people to notice you." "And what did you want them to see?" "I think... that you wanted to show them how you have surpassed Minimum Holders with your acquired powers." "Nice..." "This wasn't an accident." "yourself." "Yes... the boy must have wanted that man... it's worth trying to surpass him. whose very existence is classified..." "He's still moving?" "!" "It's a monster...!" "Finish him now!" "Hurry up and secure him!" "Takahiro." "huh... he got ahead of us!" "I just wanted Ms. Itou to be happy." "I thought it would help both her and Takahiro-kun." "That's why I provided financial support!" "Your wish came true." "She wanted her son to be happy." "Her son's wish was granted." "What more happiness can you wish for the two of them?" "Forget it!" "I'm cutting off my support!" "That's quite fine by me." "There are more than enough alternatives." "I can't stop now." "I have to... save him." "The visible {\cH0600DB}trap{\cHB8C0F3} and invisible{\cH24B1E7} truth{\cHB8C0F3}." "{\cH0600DB}Who {\cHB8C0F3}is right 1)}{\cH0600DB}Who {\cHB8C0F3}is right and who is {\cH0600DB}wrong{\cHB8C0F3}?" "Change your perspective... {\cHA500D3}Change{\cHB8C0F3} your {\cH0600DB}perspective... this is Nowhere." "Did you get hit with a big job?" "Three." "This is a good part." "So romantic!" "Turn it down!" "were you not interested?" "and want the power to take action?" "right?" "0)}File 04:" "The Wandering Totem Pole" "Yokohama Safety Club!" "Get you!"