And Akane Tsunemori still needed more tempering.
"Everything... has become a little... chaotic... I haven't really met with any of my friends from the academy since Yuki's funeral."
"Is big sister the best person for you to confide in?" Karanomori's voice was exceptionally gentle.
"About Shogo Makishima and... Shinya's pursuit... Don't think I'm nagging, but wouldn't it be better to leave all that to teams outside Division One?"
"No... We have to catch Shogo Makishima before Kougami does."
In that instant.
Tears slid down from the corners of her eyes.
The sorrow in her heart was like a flood.
Worry, grief, all her emotions had become tangled together.
Those little furrowed brows were heartbreaking to see. Her eyes were already swollen from crying, and the large eyes were streaked with red, making her look utterly exhausted.
Akane Tsunemori choked up, nearly unable to speak. Her throat was completely hoarse as well.
"Kougami... He isn't a Latent Criminal, becoming a real murderer or anything... Absolutely not... It can't be..."
Akane Tsunemori walked with her head deeply lowered, unwilling to let Karanomori see the sorrow on her face.
"Are you... really all right?"
Hearing Karanomori's concerned question, Akane Tsunemori still kept her head lowered.
"I'm fine... If you're worried, check my Psycho-Pass. This morning, I was shocked when I checked it myself. It had become like this, yet it was still sky blue... Just how... heartless am I...?"
Even in the face of something like this, her Psycho-Pass had not changed at all. Could her grief be fake?
Was she really so cold-blooded?
Akane Tsunemori could not help doubting herself.
"The heart and a Psycho-Pass are not the same thing..." Karanomori truly ached for the girl before her. She had already lost herself in the world's "forest of fog," unable to find