This pitiful woman could not even let out a cry.
The peeping man continued striking her knees, legs, elbows, and other joints. The onlookers saw the scene, yet there was nothing they could do.
They had become puppets on strings, completely unable to act. Right before everyone's eyes, the man continued tearing the woman apart, while on the other end of the terminal, her lover was still speaking gently, utterly unaware of what was happening.
"Hiroko, what's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?"
"Save me..."
Those were her final words, forced out with every last ounce of strength—a helpless cry for help from someone struggling at death's door.
The woman reached out toward the Automated Machine.
But with a crack—her hand was broken.
What an absurd world. Criminals killed with impunity, yet no one could save that pitiful woman. The Automated Machine could not judge the man's criminal actions. It could do nothing at all.
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In this world, people entrusted all their personal and property safety to the Sibyl System. Once the Sibyl System collapsed, this world would collapse with it. It was an extremely terrifying thing.
"Someone save me, save me."
The pitiful woman continued pleading.
But such pleas would not arouse anyone's sympathy.
The Sibyl System was not merely a surveillance device. It was also a tentacle that probed every person's heart. It could reach into the deepest parts of everyone's heart and uncover their truest thoughts. The Sibyl System was not a cage. A cage could only trap a person's body, but the Sibyl System trapped a person's heart.
The heart?
Perhaps the soul.
Some things looked wonderful on the surface, such as eliminating crime at its root. Yet behind that beauty often lay cruel and bloody truths. It was only that some people