His nerves were stretched taut, and he didn't know when they would finally snap.
Bang—.
Everything fell silent.
"Even if Kougami surrendered, he'd still be sent to a facility and killed. As long as we keep pursuing Kougami, all we can do is take his life. If that's the case, we might as well hand him over to Division Three..."
"Can we really let outsiders interfere in something like this?!"
The anger still churned in his chest with nowhere to go. Ginoza's eyes burned with fury as he grabbed Sei Riku by the collar.
Crash—
He slammed him directly against the wall.
"You noticed and let him go anyway, didn't you?! You didn't stop Kougami from leaving. You watched him go while hoping you could go too! All so that bastard could kill Shogo Makishima!"
"..."
Sei Riku did not argue.
Ginoza's eyes were full of regret.
His face had even twisted with rage.
"An obvious dereliction of duty. No, aiding a crime. No matter what you say, you can't hide it from the Sibyl System. Want to have your Crime Coefficient checked right here?... Damn it!"
Bang!!!!!
Ginoza punched the wall. Blood stained the surface in mottled smears, yet he seemed unable to feel any pain at all.
"One after another, you all leave me behind whenever you feel like it... You too, Kougami too. Do you all really want to be allies of justice that badly?!"
"It isn't justice. It's obsession... A ball rolls down a slope. Even if you know there are smarter ways to survive, there's nothing you can do about that. If you give up now, everything you've built up until now will disappear. Things like this happen."
Faced with Ginoza's anger, hurt, and sorrow... Sei Riku was powerless too. The only thing he could