#CxMu

[lycoryves]

i haven’t played cxmu just yet (i’m still trying to talk myself into it because *prepares for backlash* i wasn’t THE biggest fan of the original) but from what i’ve heard about the adonis route my vision is like. that

i want ish and conrad routes but not played as straight romances. like i want two “what if” stories where anastasia isn’t dissuaded from revenge by love and where she continues to subject herself to games of 4d mind chess. like an ish route where she goes scorched earth with him recklessly guiding her hand and a conrad route where she just ends up trying to outmaneuver him over and over and over to no avail because he’s just too unpredictable. please i will bend over backwards for these

[otome-heroine]

(´∀｀)♡  

[kaysutcliff-michaelis]

I have seen zero people talking about this on Tumblr so it's time for me to change that.

OTOME FANS ON TWITTER ARE MAD AT AKSYS GAMES.

Why, you ask?

BECAUSE PLAYERS HAVE COMPILED A LIST OF +600 ERRORS FOUND IN COLLAR X MALICE UNLIMITED AND TO THIS DAY AKSYS GAMES HAS STAYED SILENT ABOUT IT.

People have been bringing their attention to this list (you can find the excel listing all the errors with screenshots on Twitter) since day 1 and even sent it to their email for days until Aksys answered some of them saying that they will work on a patch.

That's it. No apology to the people who spent 50$ on the game, no public announcement, no tweets or posts talking about it. We are currently spamming them to announce the patch publicly so that they can't act as if it was never promised to us.

But they still promote the game. That, and the Piofiore preorders. And people comment on those preorder announcements saying they won't buy the game because of the CxMU issue.

CxMU was released in Europe after it was released in USA, and I left a comment in one of Aksys Europe Store's tweets saying that they had the nerve to promote the release of something with 0 quality. And they answered that all complains regarding that should go to Aksys Games USA, that they only sell the games in Europe.

And bear in mind that this has happened before. Many times. Just look for posts talking about the localisation of Norn9 from years ago.

And they even release ports with the same errors as the original release (CxM and C:R Switch ports of PSVita localisations).

CONCLUSION: IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON BUYING CXMU, PIOFIORE, CAFE ENCHANTE OR ANY FUTURE OTOME RELEASES FROM AKSYS GAMES, BEAR IN MIND YOU MIGHT SPEND 50$ ON THIS:

Screenshot of one of the errors listed in the Excel compilation, originally uploaded by @APPLEJUSTICE on Twitter. Yes, THAT WHOLE SENTENCE IN RED is written EXACTLY LIKE THAT IN THE GAME. A game that is 50$.

Please reblog so that people on Tumblr know what's going on!!!

[gureishi]

CxM fandom, I am coming to you in great need!!!

I just finished Shiraishi’s route on the fandisc, and since (spoiler...?) Ichika and Shiraishi never actually have sex in the game...

Has anyone written a sweet smut about their first time together that will make me feel happy and satisfied???? I can’t find such a thing on AO3 and for some reason it feels crucial??? Help meee??

(I cannot explain why I have such a deep love for Shiraishi, even more so after playing the fandisc. Not one thing about him is something I would normally like and yet...!)

If this fanfic doesn’t exist I will have to write it for myself. I am extremely hesitant about my ability to write Shiraishi accurately but god damn if this content doesn’t exist someone’s gotta do it...

[jokertrap-ran]

Collar X Malice ~UNLIMITED~ Seiji Minegishi Route PRIDE Translations (Part 1)

Translator’s note : MC’s name shall remain as my normal (ラン) Spoiler FREE : Translations under cut !

Ran Hoshino: Yes, this is the Special regions crime prevention office speaking.

Male: Oh, hello! I can go through this line regarding any inquires about the X-Day incident, right?

Male: I've heard that the isolative measures that have been placed onto Shinjuku will be lifted soon, but...When will that happen!?

Ran Hoshino: Oh...I'm afraid that I can't disclose the exact date at this present moment in time.

Ran Hoshino: My apologies, but if you could wait for the official announcement to pass...

Ran Hoshino: ...Yes, that's right. Of course, understood. This is behind the 6th district's park, yes?

Old Lady: I'm really sorry about this, Hoshino-san. I don't want to be viewed as odd in the eyes of my neighbours but, I just can't help but to be concerned...

Ran Hoshino: No, not at all. Every little bit of information you provide will ultimately help in crime prevention of the area.

Ran Hoshino: Please feel free to contact us again if you find anything amiss.

Old Lady: Yes, thank you. I'll be leaving it to you then.

Ran Hoshino: Urgency: Low. Location: Shinjuku District 6. Classification: Suspicious person...There.

It has already been 2 months since we nabbed the perpetrators involved in X-Day; 2 months since the destruction of Adonis.

And those of us in the Shinjuku station spent the end of the year post-processing and cleaning up the mess it left behind all the way through the New Years.

But in all honestly, truth to be told... The SRCPO's job hasn't changed significantly from the past, much unlike the other departments.

We mainly deal with minor reports detailing minor offenses on a day-to-day basis and gathering all information related to X-Day.

Working alongside the Life Safety Division, we strive towards attaining regional security and crime prevention. Our goal and the amount of work we do is no different now.

Ran Hoshino: Whew...

I looked up after entering all the records from our conversation and saw Mochida-senpai crack his neck a couple of times before he made to stand up and leave his seat.

Masanobu Mochida: How about you take a break now, Hoshino? I see that the wave of reports have finally calmed down.

Ran Hoshino: Good work, Mochida-senpai. There were really a lot of them today.

Masanobu Mochida: Yeah. During the X-Day Incident, I was always thought to myself about how I wanted to resolve the case as soon as possible and free myself from the daily madness of being kept busy everyday, but...

Masanobu Mochida: I never would have thought that I'd be even busier after we finally managed to wrap the case up.

Ran Hoshino: I think that just goes to show how much everyone's getting jittery in their boots waiting for the quarantine to lift. 

Ran Hoshino: Even the calls I got today! 60% of them were all regarding the matter of when the quarantine ban was to be lifted!

Masanobu Mochida: I'm about the same as you in that aspect. "I want to make a bullet train reservation, so could I please know the date of when the quarantine ban will be lifted?"

Mochida-senpai replied with a bitter smile.

There's a platform specifically meant for those enquiries, we are faced with a situation where everyone is more concerned about special defence measures due to X-Day.

While I'm glad that our direct hotline is becoming more widely known, it's quite a challenge deciding if special defence can handle the enquires and redirecting them elsewhere.

Ran Hoshino: Seems like it'll take a while for the system to calm down...Still, I feel like the number of calls have drastically reduced now.

Masanobu Mochida: It's been 10 months since Adonis made their first statement...This just goes to show that everyone is able to have a peace of mind now that the turbulent times are over.

Ran Hoshino: ............

The case is over.

Rolling the words over the tip of my tongue, I turned and fixtated my gaze at the window.

Ran Hoshino: ...Mochida-senpai. The X-Day Incident is truly over, right?

Masanobu Mochida: What's with that out of the blue?

Masanobu Mochida: Of course, not everything has been solved. We'd have caught all the suspects if that were so.

Masanobu Mochida: Adonis has been destroyed and the isolation ban, lifted. I think it's fine to say it's done and over with for now.

Ran Hoshino: ...I guess you're right.

My hands ghosted over my neck, feeling the skin there despite no longer feeling the weight of the collar.

I could only feel the warmth radiating from my skin through the material of my shirt.

Gone was the feeling of the restrictive and cold collar that had used to be there.

Ran Hoshino: (I guess I should count my lucky stars that I'm still able to continue my line of work in the police...)

—— —— ≿————-　❈　————-≾ —— ——

--Last year, December.

A collar had been placed upon my being by Adonis. The day that we were threatened by the coming of X-Day.

[We'll kill you if you tell the police]

Bound by those words, I was forced to rely on on others, those not of the police. Investigating in secret.

—— —— ≿————-　❈　————-≾ —— ——

But the X-Day Incidents continued on, the victims increasing by the day.

Even if we managed to catch the perpetrators, their memories were erased. We were utterly helpless.

—— —— ≿————-　❈　————-≾ —— ——

Stuck, I made my decision then. --I'd tell the police everything.

It was inevitable that I'd become a burden to the police, to get the collar off and to solve the case. Of course, with it came the fact that my life itself was also endangered.

We still managed to remove the collar in the end thanks to the help of Sasazuka-kun and co. And above all...

We were able to nab Adonis thanks to the trust that the Investigation Headquarters had in my words.

—— —— ≿————-　❈　————-≾ —— ——

They took my actions in stride, choosing to go along with my choices rather than to abandon me.

It is only with thanks to a good many others that I am now able to stay on as a police officer.

Ran Hoshino: (That's right...There's no longer any need for me to fear my death, no need for me to be afraid that today might be the day I breathe my last.)

I was finally able to let go of that one fear of mine now that Adonis has been destroyed.

And the city of Shinjuku too.

—— —— ≿————-　❈　————-≾ —— ——

My throat's going to get wrecked by winter if I'm to continue picking up calls all morning.

I've still got some time...I should go get some tea and lozenges before my break ends.

Someone called out to me, just as I headed out with that intention in mind.

???: Good work today, Hoshino-san.

Ran Hoshino: Oh, Minegishi-san. Good work today. I didn't know that you were coming over today.

Seiji Minegishi: Yes, I came to see how the Investigation Headquarters' faring.

Seiji Minegishi: I have to show my face around here once in a while since I am the commissioner after all. Otherwise, people will start questioning my position.

Minegishi Seiji, the individual overseeing the X-Day case back in the Investigation Headquarters.

He was always stuck around the Shinjuku station, giving out commands during the incident.

Since the case has been closed and marked solved, he's now more often found in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department now that things have settled down.

So, it's been about three days since I last saw his face around here.

Ran Hoshino: You're going back and forth the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department now, right?

Seiji Minegishi: Yes, I have some other cases to handle now that the X-Day Incident is more or less resolved.

Seiji Minegishi: What about you, Hoshino-san...? How's everything after that ordeal?

Ran Hoshino: Well, the reports regarding that matter has reduced considerably. But, I can't help but to feel that the dams holding in the public's anxiety has been broken...

Seiji Minegishi: Ah...Yes, while that is also a cause for concern, I'm actually asking about you, yourself.

Ran Hoshino: Huh?

Seiji Minegishi: Because you're the only one who Adonis has "allowed to live" despite being in direct contact with them.

Ran Hoshino: Oh...

My hand unconciously reached up to my neck.

We have yet to find the perpetrator who had placed the collar on me.

Despite the fact that they had ran away, we can't ignore the possibility of them returning.

It was natural for him to harbour doubts. Realizing his apparently concern, I adverted my eyes and turned away.

Ran Hoshino: Nothing much has changed...

Minegishi-san had widened his eyes in response before a wry smile formed on his face.

Seiji Minegishi: ...I apologise. It wasn't my intention to corner you between a wall and a hard place, I was just concerned about your mental state.

Ran Hoshino: Come again?

Seiji Minegishi: A good many things happened throughout the incident. So...When you really think about it, I don't think you can say that you have a peace of mind yet.

Ran Hoshino: No, I'm fine and well. ...I've really must have been a hassle to you. I thank you for all the help and consideration you have extended to me.

Seiji Minegishi: It wasn't me at all, no. I didn't do anything. In fact, I think Sasazuka-kun and the rest were the ones who had truly managed to help your cause.

Ran Hoshino: Oh, yes. Of course. I was just about to go visit them again.

—— —— ≿————-　❈　————-≾ —— ——

The odd combination of a group of people who had left the police force for one reason or another, working together to uncover the secrets of the X-Day case. ——Also known as the "Investigation Headquarters".

They had all separated ways and continued down their own paths in lives after the X-Day case had been closed. I was indebted to them.

And Sasazuka-san, who had just recently re-joined the force had gone back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

I heard that Enomoto-san and Yanagi-san we're both struggling to run a full-fledged detective agency on their own, a 2-man team.

And I've also heard that Shiraishi-san had taken a long vacation, disappearing off to god knows where...

Just recalling their individual faces made nostalgia well up within me.

—— —— ≿————-　❈　————-≾ —— ——

Ran Hoshino: It certainly does feel a little odd. To think that the case was closed just 2 months ago...

Seiji Minegishi: Heh, well you're absolutely right. It doesn't quite strike you as reality, seeing as how the quarantine ban has yet to be lifted as of yet.

Seiji Minegishi: I'm sure the citizens feel the same way too.

Ran Hoshino: I think so too. Most of the calls we've been receiving are more often than not citizens who are voicing their concerns.

Seiji Minegishi: ...In any case, there has been no reoccurring cases ever since Adonis was shut down despite there being remanants of them lurking about.

Ran Hoshino: Yes, but on the contrary...

Ran Hoshino: ............

Seiji Minegishi: Hoshino-san?

He looked at me curiously, noting the slight hesitance on my end.

Softly prompted by him, I opened my mouth once more to speak my mind.

Ran Hoshino: Crime rates have actually fallen as of late and there are lesser large-scale crimes that aren't related to Adonis. I'm sure the statistics show as such too.

Ran Hoshino: "Because Adonis had become a deterrent".

...That's right. It's been quite the hot topic on the internet recently. So much that most people actually agree on this as a whole.

Adonis had simply brought justice onto whom they deemed evil in their eyes.

Of course, their the whys and wherefores of their actions were unacceptable, but still...

Weren't they rather effective? They made criminals afraid of commiting criminal acts. They feared that they'd be next to face the brunt of it all.

The plausibility of that story is still being widely discussed over the net even now.

Seiji Minegishi: I see. So you're saying that there's a dwindling rate of crime thanks to Adonis?

Ran Hoshino: It feels rather conflicting when you actually read about someone justificating Adonis...

Ran Hoshino: Even though Adonis should be no doubt, evil in terms of legal and human rights--

Seiji Minegishi: Well, they're not exactly wrong either. It is a fact that Adonis does exact justice, in a sense.

Ran Hoshino: Eh...!? Seiji Minegishi: It is without a doubt that those whom they've disposed of did have some shady business.

Seiji Minegishi: But ethics aside, I think they exact justice on those people because they believe that they're right.

Ran Hoshino: But...Their actions are only lynching and nothing else!

Ran Hoshino: The school bombings and net-game killings, even if it's for revenge, it's still no reason to cause deaths across the board!

I've never had such a mindset for vengeance, not one that'd drive me to such viciousness.

That's why I can also never understand just how hurt and broken the suspects are.

That being said, this country still has it's laws. You'll only be denying the police's existence if you let them go scot-free like that.

Ran Hoshino: I don't think that such a terrible sight is justice at all...

There are many videos up on the net. I clenched my fist, recalling how bloody it was.

He gave a small chuckle in reply.

Seiji Minegishi: ...It's exactly as you say, Hoshino-san. Their judging criterias are way too general and vague that one may find it subjective.

Seiji Minegishi: If everyone could exact their own revenge, the vicious cycle will only continue to no end.

Ran Hoshino: ...You're right.

Seiji Minegishi: So even if Adonis was upholding and exacting justice as they deemed fit...

Seiji Minegishi: They are still to become outlaws of this country for passing judgement against the law.

Slow but steady, the evil will grow.

Minegishi-san placed his hand upon my shoulder, a small smile on his lips.

Seiji Minegishi: Seems like we had a misunderstanding. I don't agree with Adonis' way of handling things.

Seiji Minegishi: It's just that, I'm sure...That there a still a handful of people out there who still believe in their version of justice.

Seiji Minegishi: Even if Adonis is destroyed now, there's no denying the possibility of a second or third Adonis being created due to them.

Seiji Minegishi: ...And that's precisely why we must strive to understand how and why people sympathise and agree with Adonis on that matter.

Ran Hoshino: Right... You do have a point.

Seiji Minegishi: Have more confidence in yourself. You did the right thing.

Ran Hoshino: Thank you...

Previously looking at me in encouragement, his eyes slid close as he smiled.

Thinking about it, this might actually be the first time we've talked together so closely.

Feeling unrest, I opened my mouth to speak again.

Ran Hoshino: You're amazing.

Ran Hoshino: You're always so logical about things. I guess you're reliable and that's a relief.

Seiji Minegishi: Haha. Well, the subordinates wouldn't know what to believe if even the boss' blur as a squid.

He laughed at his own joke before jolting up, as if he had just remembered something.

Seiji Minegishi: You say I'm "amazing", but... I think you're the amazing one here.

Ran Hoshino: Amazing? Me?

Seiji Minegishi: Of course. Do you not remember how you were collared during the X-Day incident, putting your life at stake...

Seiji Minegishi: Any normal person, regardless of whether they're a police officer will have been used as a spy to get them leaks on inside info.

Seiji Minegishi: But you managed to put up a resistance till the very end, even going so far as to sacrifice your being. Not everyone's capable of that.

Seiji Minegishi: But more than anything else...We were able to control the Adonis situation thanks to your trust in the police and it's top brass.

Ran Hoshino: No, I should be the one saying that. It was thanks to the trust you and the rest of the Investigation Headquarters had in me.

Ran Hoshino: I was only able to get out of that precarious situation thanks to all of your instructions on how I should proceed with that collar on me,

Seiji Minegishi: ...How humble, not to mention, how stubborn.

Ran Hoshino: Sorry. But it's a fact that I didn't do anything...

Ran Hoshino: This all happened only because they didn't decide to kill me first, right off the bat. I mean even I'd have no choice but to comply

Ran Hoshino: if they told me that "We'll kill you if you refuse to become a spy for us right now".

Seiji Minegishi: That seems plausible. Truth to be told, it is your courage and judgement that has brought peace to Shinjuku as it is right now.

Seiji Minegishi: I was probably able to lead this case to it's closure only because the collar was on you.

That being said, being told as such tickles me a a little on the sides and I can't help being humble.

I just so happened to have the collar forced upon me and managed to successfully close the case.

Unable to hold his gaze any longer, I found myself adverting my eyes from his.

Seiji Minegishi: ...But...

He trailed off.

Seiji Minegishi: Why were you the one they chose?

Ran Hoshino: What?

Seiji Minegishi: ............

He stared at me, lips forming a frown as he pondered over something.

--Why was it me?

It was the very same question that had been circling through my head back then.  

I couldn't see why it had to be me.

Ran Hoshino: Minegishi-san? Um-

Office Announcement: Calling for the Shinjuku Station's Special crime prevention. A report has come in from a public phone in a park at Shinjuku's 6th district.

Office Announcement: The caller sounds like a girl, reporting that she was going to be killed and managed to escape.

Office Announcement: All patrols in the vincinity are to head to the scene, immidietely. I repeat, a report has come in from Shinjuku's 6th district-

Ran Hoshino: That announcement!

Seiji Minegishi: Indeed. It's not time for a drawn-out conversation right now. I'll head to the Crime Department.

Ran Hoshino: Of course!

——≿————-𝕿𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖓𝖊𝖝𝖙 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊… ————-≾ ——

[otogetranslations]

Collar x Malice —Unlimited— Yoshinari’s notes about the members of the detective agency!

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[wildflower-otome]

[adrawrable]

Takeru Sasazuka & Ichika Hoshino (笹塚尊と星野 市 香) 🠲 Collar × Malice

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[jejecchi]

IM COMBUSTING??????????????M?????????

HAHAHAHAHAHA LOVE YOU SIS

[ph811]

my thoughts:

As much as I am excited for this and Cafe Enchante to release, I am actually pretty nervous especially of what happened to CxMU. I just hope Aksys have listened to our feedbacks and do the other two upcoming titles justice. 

[puddle-rain]

hi!! you've played both cxmu & cxm right? what's more preferable to buy?

Hello! Yes I have played both games. Ofc I recommend both, but since cxm is the first game and then cxmU is the sequel, I’d recommend buying cxm first. Because if you bought cxmU first, you would be very confused and it also spoils a lot of things for the first game as well.

[sexysilverstrider]

if cafe enchante is like cxmu n piofiore where the bachelors actually say the protags canon names im gonna keep the name kotone i will NOT pass down the opportunity of ono yuukis voice softly calling the name kotone i will pass out

[elpuntero]

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[livetowintattoo]

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[jokertrap-ran]

Collar X Malice ~UNLIMITED~ Seiji Minegishi Route PRIDE Translations (Prologue)

Translator’s note : MC’s name shall remain as my normal (ラン) Spoiler FREE : Translations under cut !

The Metropolitan Police Department. It holds jurisdiction over 102 police stations in Tokyo and is also Japan's largest police headquarters.

On the first floor of the police headquarters, whose building was located directly in front of the imperial palace--

Hajime Morioka: --And that's why, you're going to take over Suzuki's mountain of paperwork, Minegishi.

"You're going to take over Suzuki's mountain of paperwork." The Division 1 Section Chief,  Inspector Morioka had all but come up to me --Seiji Minegishi, just to deliver that one-liner in person.

Seiji Minegishi: ...Sorry Morioka-san. Could you run that by me again?

Hajime Morioka: You're taking over his paperwork. I know that he has the motivation to mow through the entire heap but that's still too big of a load for him alone.

Seiji Minegishi: ......

I furrowed my eyebrows for a short while. 

Then, turning towards the direction of the window, I let a small smile grace my lips.

Seiji Minegishi: The X-Day incident that occurred last year is said to be the most violent post-war incident.

Seiji Minegishi: Although we have indeed managed to suppress Adonis' hideout in Shinjuku, there are still some remanants of the group on the loose.

Hajime Morioka: I see. So?

Seiji Minegishi: Despite it being a little more peaceful now, I still believe that we have heaps of work to settle and sort through, no?

Hajime Morioka: Rest assured, it'll all work out since you're the one doing it. Aren't you the jack of all trades?

Seiji Minegishi: ...I can hardly think of that as a compliment, really.

Hajime Morioka: I'm giving you the highest praise here. That's an essential skill for someone standing at the very top.

He nodded and patted me on the shoulder when I tried to raise my veiled objection.

It's not ironic for him to be dishing out praises but I honestly doubt he's joking. Rather, I think he's being absolutely serious.

I gave a small sigh and shrugged my shoulders.

Seiji Minegishi: ...Roger. Although, I'll probably have to face the wrath of Inspector Suzuki's resentment yet again, if I am to take over his workload.

Hajime Morioka: Tell him that they were my orders if that happens. He might not be willing to leave his own paperwork to others but...

Hajime Morioka: Our job doesn't entail being pretend friends. We'll be inconveniencing the bereaved family if we're delayed due to issues about personal pride.

Seiji Minegishi: ...That's a sound argument.

Resolving the incident comes first and foremost for us.

Although it's a fact that we can't make any mistakes during the investigation process, being too prudent on a case and delaying its resolvement will in turn lead to the lack of personnel available to work on the other cases.

Seiji Minegishi: (In other words, it isn't necessary to solve every little problem. What's most important is that we resolve the case in the end.)

Suzuki is a capable person,  albeit stubborn and lacking flexibility.

Morioka-san must have foreseen that this would happen. I guess that's why he approached me about the matter?

The others say that Morioka-san's thick and lacking sympathy but, despite all of that, he's a boss that always makes accurate judgements.

The right man for the right place. Neither veterans nor greenhorns are what's needed to proceed with an investigation.

Seiji Minegishi: (...Well, he certainly wouldn't have been appointed the  Division 1 Section Chief if he wasn't anything short of that.)

Hajime Morioka: I know that you're busy all too well. There are times where I'd love to cut you some slack more often than not.

Seiji Minegishi: Your sentiments are appreciated. I don't think it is in my place to be saying things like that when the busiest person here's telling me that.

Hajime Morioka: You have my apologies but, well... You can just hand down the case you're currently working on to someone else if you really do have your hands full.

Seiji Minegishi: You mean...The X-Day incidents?

Hajime Morioka: Yes. Despite the losses we suffered, it's still a fact that we've successfully prevented X-Day from happening. We've also already arrested all the executives and people who were involved.

Hajime Morioka: Whatever remnants of them left out there don't have the power to pull anything off. Not on a large scale anyway so it's about time you hand the case down.

Seiji Minegishi: ...That's...That's certainly true, but still...

Hajime Morioka: Why, I never knew your enunciation was failing you. Is there still something bothering you?

Seiji Minegishi: No...

Hajime Morioka: Besides, there's already talk from the higher-ups about the dissolution of the investigation headquarters.

Hajime Morioka: The fact that the investigation headquarter's still here despite us having already solved the incident is just a special precaution, given the scale of the entire incident.

Seiji Minegishi: I see...So this case has already been "Closed and filed away" to the top brass?

Hajime Morioka: It'll be more accurate to say that Superintendent Takeda "Wishes for it all to end" and no longer wants anything to do with the matter.

And theoretically, I do understand why he'd like to wipe his hands clean of it...

Quarantining Shinjuku in order to catch the violent terrorists running rampant.

In other words, we were stopping the very heart of Tokyo itself in order to surgically remove the lesion that was Adonis.

Of course, we'd suffer immeasurable economic losses if it were to continue for a prolonged period of time.

That's probably why the government wishes for us to hasten the closure of this matter, to resolve it as soon as we could.

Seiji Minegishi: (That's to be expected, after all. Of course, that was no doubt the policy that the police go by.)

In actual fact, we would be lying if we said that the entire case's clarification process wasn't proceeding smoothly after the destroyal of Adonis.

The murderous exchange that Adonis had carried out. The chip that had been embedded inside the offender to convey instructions. We were also starting to track down where Adonis' flow of cash came from.

However, there's also the fact that many things still remain unknown to us since the memories of the arrested offenders were all wiped prior to their capture...

Seiji Minegishi: (And also... The existence of the training institution that was rumoured to be owned by Adonis.)

We managed to get our hands on that particular piece of information from those we had captured from the hideout raid.

But we haven't managed to figure out it's location and neither have we caught all of Adonis' agents who are spread nation-wide.

Seiji Minegishi: (Despite the fact that we've arrested quite a number of them, they're all specialists, skilled in the art of  infiltration.)

Seiji Minegishi: (In the heart of this very state...There's also the very real possibility of them still lurking within the police, lying in wait.)

There are still many pending issues that are yet to be solved, so it's still way too early for the case to be appealed to be closed.

I wonder if it's my own emotional sentiment speaking since I'm pretty attached to the case right now?

Seiji Minegishi: ............

Hajime Morioka: ...You really do seem like you have a thing or two to say about it after all. It isn't like you to be swayed by emotion at all.

Seiji Minegishi: No, I have no qualms regarding this matter. I don't exactly have the intention of going against the higher-ups.

Seiji Minegishi: Speaking of which, please give me the details after I return. I'm just about to head to the Shinjuku station now.

Hajime Morioka: Alright. I'll make the preparations to take over Suzuki's mountain of paperwork over on my side.

Hajime Morioka: You can settle the handing over of the X-Day incident after your break. However...

Hajime Morioka: It would be best for you to let go of it as soon as possible, while you still can. Before the sentiments set in and get in the way of your work.

Seiji Minegishi: ...Of course.

Bowing to Morioka-san, I left the premises, exposing myself to the slight chill that still lingered outside.

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--That's right. It's not necessary to solve every single problem out there.

Seiji Minegishi: (This country...So long as the security of the people are spoken for, the remaining mysteries of the case are nothing more than trivial matters.)

We managed to stop the countdown to X-day and the case was closed when we sealed the deal with Adonis' destruction.

This case will no longer pose as a danger, in any case. I can pass it down to someone else and leave them to handle this case.

...Or at least, that was how it was supposed to be...

Seiji Minegishi: ...I want to see this through till the very end.

Seiji Minegishi: The reason why I'm thinking of it that way is probably none other than "My pride" speaking...

Morioka-san's really as sharp as ever.

He probably already knew that I had grown attached to this case; The X-day case.

He must have been concerned about the fact that the other cases I'm working on might be affected due to that very reason.

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Seiji Minegishi: (...It's not like me at all, huh.)

I headed towards the Shinjuku station, my breath turning white as it met with the chilly air of my surroundings.

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