Sei Riku looked completely relaxed. "Although we're responsible for apprehending Latent Criminals now, we're also Latent Criminals ourselves, so the Inspector has the authority to deal with us."
Deal with?
Akane Tsunemori disliked that choice of words. They were not disposable objects to be discarded at will after use, but living, breathing people.
Lin Yan looked into the distance and spoke calmly.
"Let's go."
Akane Tsunemori was at a loss. Looking at Lin Yan walking away and Sei Riku shrugging before following him, she jogged after them.
Sei Riku seemed to see through Akane Tsunemori's thoughts and explained as though reassuring her, "If we behave improperly, then you really can deal with us... Though saying that may be hard for you to accept, I still advise you not to let your emotions get the better of you."
That was a very fair point.
Akane Tsunemori paused briefly, then nodded.
This was a commercial building located in an abandoned district. It had four floors, and in a dusty room tucked away in one corner of the building—
A young woman, Shimazu Chika, lay exhausted on the floor.
Her face was streaked with tears, and her skin was mottled with bruises, as if she had endured inhuman beatings.
Meanwhile, another man's eyes gleamed viciously.
He idly held a knife blade over the flame of a lighter.
"Don't look at what I am now... I used to be an ambitious young man striving for my ideals."
The man named Okura muttered to himself.
"I worked hard to live, and I lived carefully. I never had time to make mistakes... I didn't want to trouble anyone, and I didn't want to burden anyone else... But my fate was still completely changed. Just because that damn scanner caught me, I became some kind of Latent