"In the end, no one called the police until they noticed something abnormal with the area stress alert..." Teng added from the side.
It had to be said, it was a tragic thing.
"It wasn't just humans who turned a blind eye."
Yan spoke the most crucial words. He glanced at the hue scanner, and of course, at the Automated Machines serving as patrol officers in this world in the video.
That poor woman had even asked the Automated Machine for help.
Sei Riku could not help letting out a deep sigh.
"...Most unfortunately, it happened right in front of the Psycho-Pass scanner... so the criminal's hue changes were being monitored in real time."
"Please look at this." Rokujouzuka had noticed something in her field of expertise. She had been the first to spot the changes in the bystanders' hues, and the area stress fluctuation chart clearly illustrated everything.
"They were still within the normal range, as usual. That's really frightening."
"At the moment the woman was beaten, there was only this slight change."
"Could the figures have been falsified?" Teng asked unwillingly. After all, that was the only reasonable explanation, at least in his view.
If someone wanted to play the hero and save the damsel in distress, the Automated Machine would judge the rescuer to be a criminal, perhaps even eliminate him. This world had gone mad—completely mad, completely abnormal.
"Someone save me! It hurts, it really hurts, someone..."
"Severe stress response detected. We recommend that you promptly visit a specialized medical institution for mental care." The Automated Machine actually said such words before someone about to be killed. In the end, it was merely a program. It could not make judgments for exceptional circumstances.
"Do something! This man..."
"Are you experiencing any difficulties? The Ministry of Welfare's