chaos_invoker
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A wise man once said that reality was sometimes stranger than fiction. Such were the thoughts of one Asakura Dan, five minutes to midnight, as he finished with an episode of the documentary series he'd been binge watching in the safehouse he shared with his gang. Try as he might, Dan struggled to wrap his mind around how things like gene editing and experimental gene therapy were real, albeit exactly as controversial as one would expect them to be. Even more mind-boggling to Dan was the idea that… -
"…That'll do for now." Matsugane Erina looked over Shugo's bandaged arm one more time, before putting away her kit in her backpack. By that time, the wall clock in the entrance hall of the Rakuen Community Center read 6:40 PM. Shugo waited with Erina and the Akizuki siblings for the past half an hour or so, while Officer Kadena Saaya called some of her colleagues over to apprehend Shugo's would-be murderer. During that time, Erina had helpfully offered to help Shugo with the stab wound he suffered…
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The atmosphere at the Rakuen Community Center was befitting the outreach program that had been scheduled for that day and was currently well under way. The event started off with Amaki Anri, renowned businesswoman and philanthropist, delivering a welcoming speech to participants and beneficiaries alike. Likewise, similar remarks were made by other notable figures from all sectors of the community. Rakuen Mayor Hongo Shotaro and Police Chief Hikawa Ryoma of the RCPD both underscored the importance of…
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At last, at long last, it was the second of May. The alarm went off at 8:00 AM that morning. Unlike his usual routine, Shugo got up on that first alarm without so much as a word of complaint. After taking a short shower, going about his morning rituals, and getting dressed, Shugo checked his appearance in the bathroom mirror. For today, his top was a black bomber jacket – a favourite of his, with white accents and the words 'BULLET CLUB' in all caps on the back over a skull and crossed AK-47s that…
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"Hey, Misaki? Ashihara said to check your inbox, there's been an order from the Chief." Senior Police Officer Sawaki Itsuro barely managed to conceal his resentment as he relayed the message before walking back to his desk. Like the rest of his brothers-in-arms at the RCPD, Itsuro had been shocked and dismayed when he reported for work that morning and found that the detainee that had been held in the interrogation room had died under mysterious circumstances. Even then, he managed to shelve his…
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"What the hell happened here?" May 2nd, dawn. Chief Hikawa Ryoma's face was grim as he crouched to check for a pulse on last night's detainee, before straightening back up when he found none. "I wish I could tell you, sir," said the man to his right. "The cause of death looks unknown at this point." "One moment we were standing guard right outside the door," added the officer to Ryoma's left. "Next thing we knew, the guys were waking us up." The longtime lawman frowned as he considered the words of…
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"I knew you’d show up." At Shugo’s suggestion, Riku stopped the car just a few meters away from his house. As the street was barely wide enough to allow passage for the red Mitsubishi Lancer, the detective suggested that he stop the car at the nearest possible corner to the Furukawa residence. From there, Shugo was to drop off his backpack, and then come back right away to accompany them to RCPD headquarters. And while his spectral partner warned him about an old enemy looking for payback, the…
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...So, this is where you live. The haggard-looking man’s heavy-lidded eyes bore a precarious mix of desperation, hate, and rage, along with more than just a tiny glimmer of madness, as they focused on the humble apartment a few feet away from him. Where are you, you meddling little shit? The man was 37-year old Todaka Tetsuya, a disaffected retail worker at one of Rakuen’s local convenience store chains. He’d gone well out of his way over the past 7 years to distinguish himself as the hardest…
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