"Let's end today's meeting here. Good work, everyone."
"Good work."
Furuya Rei sat in the darkness, listening as the others quietly gathered their documents and as footsteps left the conference room one after another. Only then did Yuya Kazami turn on the lights.
The number of cases collected by Zero Division had exceeded his expectations. Even after the meeting ended, Furuya Rei's brow had not relaxed.
"This guy called Joker has a wider range of activity than we previously estimated." Looking at the map of Tokyo on the whiteboard, Yuya Kazami felt dizzy as well.
After Zero Division's thorough discussion, they had basically concluded that a "calling card" was not an absolute prerequisite for Joker to act. Unlike Kaito Kid, a phantom thief who always made a flamboyant announcement to the entire world before every move, Joker had acted in secret far more often than he had sent calling cards.
"Kazami, I don't think we can act like frightened birds and treat every sudden personality shift in a criminal as Joker's handiwork." Furuya Rei stood and removed several magnets from the whiteboard, eliminating some of the broader, vaguer criteria. "Think of it another way. Let's assume Joker possesses some method of causing anyone he chooses to undergo a fundamental change in thinking within a short period of time... If you had that power, would you dream of being a hero like he does?"
Yuya Kazami folded his arms and looked at the map covered in circles. "Honestly, there are some cases even the police can't prevent. We can only hold people accountable after the harm is done; it's difficult to warn people before it happens. To be honest, after investigating all this, I actually somewhat agree with Joker's idea—'cutting off the cycle of evil'... If I had that ability, maybe