Tokyo Detective Chronicles

Just before Miyazawa Rin was knocked unconscious by Fushimi's rifle butt, she looked at Fushimi's familiar face...

A series of images began to flash through her mind.

The first thing that comes to mind is that bastard boss who insisted on bringing her into the mortal world and then disappeared.

Then there's her life, which can only be described as bizarre from any perspective...

……

At the age of seventeen, she dropped out of school because she found it too boring. Then, she miraculously met several girls who also felt that life was meaningless, and they formed a band.

The band is called "Tokyo Shock," a name she came up with because she felt the city was suffocating.

Okay, actually, this was just popular at that time, and people thought that being melancholic was cool...

She was the lead singer and bassist at the time, but she couldn't actually play bass at all, and even today, many years after the band disbanded, she still can't.

But inexplicably, the band quickly became popular in the small bars in the neighborhood where they performed...

Many bar owners are willing to pay them to perform.

They've also built up a loyal fan base...

The band is thriving.

Miyazawa Rin was very satisfied with this. She quickly realized her talent, and the band members all liked her. They were happy together every day and kept saying things like they would be in a band for life.

The only problem is that her teammates are all a bit too clingy with her; they even like to hug her while they sleep...

Well... isn't it normal for pretty girls to stick together?

Miyazawa, don't overthink it.

A kiss on the cheek, a touch of the hand—it's nothing serious, don't make a fuss.

Until she accidentally discovered her underwear, which she had just changed out of yesterday and hadn't had time to wash, in a teacup that one of her teammates had been drinking from all morning...

Rin Miyazawa: "..."

She had completely lost hope in humanity.

The band disbanded.

Having lost his purpose in life, Miyazawa Rin lay at home, bored out of her mind, and casually signed up for the university entrance exam that year.

She didn't even buy any reference books, and was playing video games at home the night before the exam.

Then, inexplicably, I passed the exam.

It is also a fairly good local public university.

Her parents looked at the acceptance letter with expressions as if they had seen a ghost... She herself looked at the acceptance letter with the same expression.

But guided by the principle of "since I'm already here," she happily boarded the bus and went to school.

Then, the bus drove into a tunnel.

Then, apart from her, everyone on the bus—the driver, the passengers, a total of twenty-three people—died without a trace.

The manner of their deaths was bizarre in its own way.

The car was full of entrails, there was nowhere to step...

She was the only one sitting unharmed in her seat, holding a recently purchased comic book that was now soaked in blood.

The Special Affairs Division personnel arrived rather late, but at least they came.

They dragged her out of the bus full of corpses and asked her what she had seen.

She said, "I don't know... I fell asleep."

Thus, Miyazawa Rin, as a potential suspect, was detained in the Special Affairs Division. Later, after being cleared of suspicion, she was recruited as a part-time clerk.

Miyazawa Rin thought about it and decided that having another part-time job was a good idea, since her university courses weren't too busy, so she signed the contract.

Four years later, after graduating from university and witnessing the dark side of the world, Miyazawa Rin prepares to officially leave the Special Affairs Division and start a new life at a trading company.

The resignation procedures for the Special Affairs Section have all been completed.

He inexplicably awakened his psychic abilities, and under a combination of coercion and enticement, he was forced to sign a contract at the Special Affairs Department...

Just one month later, the company she had planned to join was the site of a brutal blood sacrifice where all the new employees had their internal organs removed and offered as a sacrifice to the evil god.

And so, she inexplicably survived again.

Until a few days ago, she was forced to accompany several top-level agents to investigate that damned Creation Cult...

She had originally thought that with three combat-class level one specialists serving her, her safety would be relatively guaranteed.

But once they got in, they all disappeared...

Later, she almost died from a fever caused by an infected wound, and was found by a little girl.

Throughout this time, it was that little girl who took care of her... Although the child didn't know how to care for an injured and infected patient, she would go out every day to find some arms to bring back...

Miyazawa Rin would rather starve to death than eat such a thing.

The little girl had no choice but to go to some damp and moldy places, find some mushrooms, and cook them into soup to barely fill her stomach... Miyazawa Rin was so hungry that she ate it with her eyes closed.

Fortunately, the mushroom wasn't poisonous...

Do you know how long you've held on like this?

Her fever persisted, her wounds worsened, and her consciousness fluctuated between lucidity and confusion.

Miyazawa Rin's body grew weaker and weaker. When she finally felt that her good luck had run out and she was about to die, her eyelids grew heavier and heavier...

Today, the little girl went out again.

But she was gone for too long, so long that Miyazawa Rin began to feel uneasy.

She mustered her last bit of strength, and with a final burst of energy, dragged her festering right leg, wading through water, to find her.

Then, I saw the man holding the little girl.

Then, he was knocked unconscious by a rifle butt.

……

When she woke up again, the first thing she felt was warmth.

She opened her eyes.

There was a bonfire in front of us.

In front of her was a little girl with her hands warming herself by the fire, her back to her... Her dirty little face was flushed red by the firelight, her hands were stretched out to warm herself by the fire, her eyes were fixed on the flames, and she seemed to be thinking about something.

Miyazawa Rin suddenly felt a sense of relief...

She was lying on a bed made of rags and hay, covered with a blanket that was no longer very warm, and wearing a rather unfamiliar-looking windbreaker.

She shifted, and the sensation of skin rubbing against skin came through...

empty.

She wasn't wearing anything, including underwear and panties.

Miyazawa Rin was silent for two seconds.

Then she saw her soaking wet shirt, trench coat, and those black stockings that were so tattered they were unrecognizable, hanging on a wooden rack next to the campfire.

There were even underwear...

She saw a man not far away, his back to her, without a coat, shining a flashlight as he looked through the piles of books and videotapes in the room…

Rin Miyazawa remembered.

What was that guy's name again... Fushimi... Iori?

The high school student who single-handedly blew up an entire train car and killed four monsters during the train incident.

And she felt much better...

The fever seems to have subsided, and the wounds have been bandaged... Ah, who did this...? It's so hard to guess... They must have seen everything... They must have seen everything...

Ugh, I haven't showered for so many days, and I've been soaking in the water for so long... I'm sure I'll smell really weird when they take my clothes off...

The impact on the physical and mental health of teenagers is immeasurable...

Miyazawa Rin held her head in her hands and buried her face in her knees.

"what……"

She let out a long sigh, filled with complex emotions.

"I'm so sorry..."

"So you can see this disgusting side of your older sister..."

"I want to die so badly..."