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Yuhigaoka House Original
Kisaragi City. 1000’s are infected by Silent within three months in Shanghai, their proposed base. Atsuki Saijo and Liu Yee will use their Sigma abilities to find telepaths. Agents are believed to be in Yuhigaoka House, and Venefskuja’s Psycho Viewing confirms two Residual Shinen. Silent infectees were found, but no traces of the Original was confirmed. Yee made contact with people planning out a group suicide. Before the raid, we confirmed an email from Atsuki’s teacher at Kisaragi academy. Common trait of targets found, this starting an investigation of Kisaragi academy. This resulted in contact with Nami Kamishiro. Atsuki saw she was a telepath, and an immediate investigation was needed.
Mass Suicide Emails
A suicidal member sent the email. Shinji was able to get around the email’s encryption, but the data was completely erased upon him opening it. Shinji is not considered an infectee of Silent, and he has no ties to the suicides. His stunt was mere coincidence. The email’s writer was not found, and Shinji is monitored thereafter. Investigation reveals the presence of Silent at Kisaragi academy. Connection to Yuhigaoka is unclear. Further inquiry needed.
Matches for Tadashi Yamato
Another encounter with Shinji, not useful. A team is assembled to get things moving. Extra care is taken as the case may get more and more dangerous. Aurther Mays is shut-in at home. A task force is dispatched covertly into the city to aid the inquiry. Mays will be monitored. While Yamato examines academy, connection to the suicides found. Yamato himself is a suicide member and not consciously aware of it. Observing another member revealed this. More research is needed to know if he is an Original or not.
Awareness of Two Shinen
Examination of Mays’ art studio shows a Shinen outflow of sadness and despair from inside the building. It is infected by Silent and getting worse. It is quickly dealt with. A Shinen was detected in Area 4, but nothing was found at the scene upon arrival. Female academy student appears. She may be infected. An investigation is needed.
Inquiry on Sayuri
The attack on Sayuri Makino revealed the trait each target has, but more info is needed on her attacker. Makino herself had no sign of infection. Preparations from raiding Mays’ home complete. Saijo and Liu will remove any Silent there. Shuji Endo committed a crime here last year. Caught during an attack on a student, he was charged with twelve counts of murder, found guilty. Upon capture he admits to the twelfth charge and claims innocence for all the others.
Arthur's Motive
Early morning. Yee enters Mays’ home to find him in the middle of a suicide attempt, but Arthur flees. In Area 4 Atsuki prevents a rooftop suicide at Seagull. The man is recovering. Arthur said Silent infection was a feeling of nothingness. This is a rare case. A search of his home turns up a painting of a little girl, which caused the man to stop eating. When he’s well we’ll get details or the connection to Mays.
Suicide Data Found
Mays’ painting is the Residual Shinen, and bares feelings of death, despair, and thoughts of the girl. His encounter with the girl may be a direct cause. It’s discovered that the game center manager has useful information. Upon booting his laptop, another party tries to access it. Info was safely obtained. Trace placed on hacker was a success, investigating further. Phantom Residual Shinen is still being monitored.
Yayoi Parts with Silent
The laptop’s data contained info on suicide members and their places for something on October 8th. This information was leaked to Seagull by Shinji, who accessed the laptop when we first booted it. Yayoi disappears, the Residual Shinen inquiry confirms her to be a suicide member. She is obtained at Yuhigaoka Park, and the Silent is removed from her. The Shinen that infected her matches the one from Yuhigaoka House, thus only one source of infection exists. Other members remain quiet, low-key. Late night. The Shinen felt near Soejima’s is confirmed to be the Phantom’s. As thought, it is indeed infected by Silent. As Shinji may hinder the investigation, Döbereiner is used as a countermeasure against any moves he makes.
Mako Ando Assault
The source of Mays’ infection is indeed the encounter with the girl. We’re looking into her whereabouts. She may reside in Kisaragi City. Mako Ando’s attacker was a Shinen, perhaps the one from last night. Yee determined the target to be a minor infectee. Natsuki’s Psycho View shows there may be a new Silent.
Small Girl's Image
Nothing was found on the little girl from the painting in the city’s database. As the entire investigation is about to go nationwide, Nola Döbereiner will take up the case. While investigating Kenji Tsuchiya’s Residual Shinen, the name Kaoru Muraki came up. Fort is looking into it.
Lil, Residual Shinen Inquiry
Kaoru was a teacher at a primary school in Area 7. She was plotting suicide with another person, and Natsuki is helping us find out who that person is. The little girl connected to Mays doesn’t show even in international database files. Kisaragi email/online chat files the name “Lil” in a suicide member email. The girl is a middle school student, with no birth records, who had frequent chats with Kaoru. Search of her home reveals she died of starvation one year ago. The Residual Shinen is an Original Silent, and is destroyed. An incredible Silent, dubbed the “Voice of Eternity,” it found miserable, pitiful people through the online world of the internet. Kunio Hoshino is linked to Yamato. He is on the run, but Yee and an assembled team are following him.
Tanaka's Capture
Natsuki senses Shinen of two serial killers. They belong to the target, which is strange. A similar event has occurred, looking into causes at present. Ando’s attack is Ins. Lt. Tanaka, the actual serial killer Shinen. He also attacked Mika the previous year. He is detained in Kisaragi. Agents are sent there to aid the investigation of Tanaka. Kunio is secured, processed. He was to see Yamato tomorrow in Rinkai Park. A team is being assembled for the meeting.
Nagashima's Dispatch
Agents are quickly deployed to Kisaragi, with Nagashima as the new dept. head. Tanaka’s infection is level 4, but not believed to be an Original. In-depth inquiry on his contact with Shanghai criminals. It seems the Original is not in Kisaragi, so efforts must be redoubled.
Report on Tanaka
Kunio was used to draw out Yamato, but he didn’t show. It’s revealed that Kunio and the police over broadcasting station, wanting a revolution. Yamato is a no-show, likely due to his distrust of Kunio. The in-depth probe of Tanaka fails. Contact with Shanghai found, but probe went too deep. Tanaka is in a vegetative state. A research team is on it. Shinji’s trace on Fort reoccurs. Döbereiner is analyzing data on the “M” device gathered from a program she created.
Yamato in School
Tanaka’s memories and ego can’t be restored. His mind is wiped, a new personality given. We await to see if the procedure takes. Liu will head up the research team himself. Contact is made with Hibiki, age 17, at the academy. From the US and able to control Sigma. Net broker since middle school, but also unstable. He knows Honoka. Hibiki may be able to use Sigma without surgery. A follow-up investigation is needed. Yamato’s Shinen intercepted in Area 2. He’s armed himself and shut himself in the academy, knowing a telepath is after him. Hibiki seizes him. Yamato’s informer must be found.
The Dreams of Silent
Remains of Yamato’s Shinen are chaotic, no memories. Hibiki’s powers mimic Yee’s, deemed dangerous. Yee is sent to handle it. If Hibiki surrenders, he will have his powers scrapped. Atsuki meets Toma, whose Shinen bears the mark of Silent. A loss of reality flows through the city, what Aya calls “The Dream of Silent.” This will be looked into tomorrow.
AMS Investigation
Yee is defeated by Hibiki, the third strongest Shinen ever. Another mysterious Shinen was present. Treatment may take one month. Caution will be exercised from hereafter. Toma’s Silent Dream is caused by a weaker Silent, but it’s unclear on which. The analysis on Shinji shows he happened to be at AMS Bank with large sums of money. Döbereiner is on the case. Sayuri affected by the same Silent as Toma. Sigma removed it, but a strong force remains present. The cause is unclear. Will continue to observe her.
Fort System Down
Yee is still recovering. Natsuki’s unable to find Hibiki’s whereabouts. All efforts to sense his Shinen is useless. He may be in an unconscious state as well. We find out Shinji has been taking money from AMS Bank for years. A follow-up inquiry will be performed. This afternoon all Fort systems crash, lines to HQ down. Hacker is likely the cause. Details unknown. We wait system restoration. Direct line call from HQ, aid will come tomorrow.
Autopsy of Residual Shinen
Reiji’s death was not from wound, drug, or alcohol. Sigma autopsy shows he tried to ID the elderly person at AMS Bank, something odd about him, and then his mind crashed. It’s believed murders are linked to the puzzle of statues places all over Kisaragi. Solving it may obstruct AMS’s plans. Leads on AMS drying up. Their scheme must be near complete. Atsuki senses a rumored cat. Same as Naoto’s photos. Silent infection, Shinen of pressure, gloom, and sadness. Telepathic abilities. It’s presence quickly vanishes once sense.
AMS Bank Building
The cat is confirmed to be Mint. Nami wishes its Residual Shinen to be searched for. Found at Rainbow Hill, its infection is removed, and the cat passes away. It’s only purpose was to protect Nami. Shinji robs AMS in disguise. Atsuki goes beneath the bank and he finds a device able to control Shinen there. Steiner says the Phalanx Device manipulates brainwaves, prevents mind corrosion, and can stop the Silent. Atsuki removed the Silent from Steiner. Yee arrives, and eats his mind.
Kisaragi City Barricade
Graham Miller, once thought a spy, is a telepath with powerful Sigma abilities.