"The Hierophant"

"Because high places make it easier to trap people and let them clearly see how events are progressing?" Yuya Kazami knew his superior was not seeking his opinion at that moment, but he played along anyway.

He knew that what Furuya Rei needed right now was simply an outlet.

The Zero Division's work had always centered on matters related to the organization. Even if they occasionally helped Furuya Rei deal with the affairs tied to each of his identities at his request, that could not change the foundation upon which the department existed.

Undercover agents were too busy to handle anything extra before their missions ended. After all, an undercover agent had to discard every part of their past; before completing their mission, they were destined to be people without a past.

Even after completing their missions, many still had to change their names and appearances, living in anonymity for the rest of their lives to protect their safety.

So cruel as it was, the fact before undercover agents was that he could be Bourbon, and he could be Tooru Amuro, but he alone could not be Furuya Rei.

No one could say how long these cases involving the lives and deaths of old friends had weighed on his heart.

"This criminal has an obsession with 'height.'" Furuya Rei laid out several crime scene photographs one by one and spoke clearly. "From his very first crime, he chose locations high above the ground. I think that may have something to do with the metaphor of 'fireworks' he once used..."

Only when something rose high enough could calling an explosion fireworks seem natural.

From that perspective, although his original objective had not been achieved, Matsuda Jinpei's death might have been a particularly successful and satisfying part of it in this person's