Chapter 835 Judgment

 After this, the investigation returned to its starting point for Duanmu Ai.

The original idea of ​​committing the crime centered on Yamano anchor has been overturned. In fact, if you think about it carefully, the second victim of the incident was not very closely connected at first. After all, the girl was just the first witness at the scene. Unless the prisoner She was really bored, otherwise why would she be operated on?

Now it seems that the only thing we can do is rely on the investigation results from Lumière... I hope she can catch the big fish that is being learned by Cognition within the government.

Although Duanmu Ai still wants to conduct a more in-depth investigation, there is still one troublesome thing to do before that.

“Psychological evaluation?”

"Yes……"

Facing Duanmu Ai who showed an impatient expression, Teacher Kawakami seemed a little trepidatious - after all, she knew the other person's true identity.

“Teacher Maruki said that all students in the school will be psychologically evaluated, including you, but you have been taking leave before..."

 “I know, I’ll go take a look.”

 Just in time, I also plan to investigate the guy named Maruki Takuto.

  In other words, whether he can survive today depends on his attitude.

 So after school, Duanmu Ai came to the health room and met a man named Maruki Takuto.

 “Hello, classmate Duanmu.”

Maruki Takuto is a man in his thirties who looks very kind and smiling. The girls in the class comment that he is handsome and considerate - well, at least on the surface, this is true.

“I have heard from other teachers about your situation. Do you have any troubles?”

 “This has nothing to do with you.”

 Duanmu Ai obviously did not intend to chat with Maruki Takuto for too long.

“Of course I have troubles, but it’s a pity that you can’t solve them.”

 “Oh? Tell me about it?”

“For example, if you know who the culprit in the serial murder case is, then my troubles will be solved.”

"this……"

Hearing Duanmu Ai's words, Maruki Takuto's expression changed slightly, and then he showed a wry smile.

“Sorry, this is really beyond my scope. After all, I’m just a counselor, not a police officer.”

"so."

Duanmuai spread his hands.

“Well, reciprocity, Mr. Maruki, would you mind answering a few questions for me?”

"……No problem at all."

"That's good."

 After saying this, Duanmu Ai's eyes narrowed and he stared at Maruki Takuto.

 “Why do you want to study cognitive science?”

　　　…………”

I have to say that Maruki Takuto was stunned when faced with Duanmu Ai's sudden inquiry.

　　…How did you know about this?”

“This has nothing to do with you. My question now is, why do you want to study cognitive science?”

“…Since you know everything, I have nothing to hide.”

 Maruki Takuto sighed.

"Actually, I have been studying cognitive science since I was a student. I have also tried to save people's hearts trapped by pain and despair by interfering with personal cognition... But unfortunately, due to some reasons, So that the research is not recognized..."

 Having said this, Maruki Takuto raised his head.

"But I did not give up research, but continued to pursue methods that could prove the correctness of my hypothesis. In fact, I suspected that the Phantom Thieves did the same, so there was such a thing as a heinous villain sincerely repenting... "

 “Isn’t that just brainwashing?”

 However, Duanmu Ai lightly interrupted Maruki Takuto's words.

"Changing other people's perceptions at will is basically brainwashing, isn't it? What the Phantom Thieves do is no different. They arbitrarily distort other people's will. Is this behavior still acceptable and just?"

“I know that this is unacceptable to society, but even so, I have to fight against reality, and I will use this research to make the world a better place.”

 “That’s just because you think you’re going to make the world a better place.”

Duanmu Ai stared at him again and crossed his arms.

“What are you going to do? Use cognitive science to brainwash everyone into slaves who cannot feel pain?”

 “What’s wrong with a world where everyone stops crying!”

Hearing this, Maruki Takuto suddenly stood up and glared at Duanmu Ai.     "Such a world simply does not exist."

Duanmu Ai also stood up at this time and stared at Maruki Takuto coldly.

"What you have done is just to destroy humanity! Let others change their perceptions and be immersed in happiness and stop crying? What is the essence of this difference from taking drugs? You just created a bunch of people who are mentally addicted. They are just drug addicts who use drugs to escape reality!”

“Perhaps this is just a distorted world in your opinion, but this is a reality that allows everyone to be happy.”

"False happiness? If human beings can be satisfied with false happiness, then it is better to destroy them directly. After all, as long as human beings perish and all die, there will be no need to feel pain anymore, right?"

　　　…………”

“Human beings do feel pain, but overcoming pain on their own is what humans have always done. What you have done is to deny the power of human beings themselves and is simply an insult to humanity itself.”

As he spoke, Duanmu Ai snorted and looked at him with contempt.

"Not only are you unqualified as a human being, you are also unqualified as a psychological counselor. People receive psychological counseling in the hope of gaining courage and strength from other people so that they can stand up again. Rather than letting you decide for them What is happiness and the future! Who do you think you are? Deciding whether others are happy or not? Do you think you are a god?"

"...Maybe what you said makes sense, but I will not give up and my thoughts will not change. I hope to change everything and let everyone live happily in the reality I created. "

　　…"It seems there is nothing left to say."

 Duanmu Ai picked up his school bag.

“Bastards like you who twist other people’s will will be punished.”

“I don’t care, as long as it can make everyone happy, then I am willing to bear the misfortune even if I am the only one.”

“It’s wishful thinking to use you alone to exchange for the destruction of mankind. Stop dreaming.”

After saying this, Duanmu Ai snorted coldly, turned around, walked to the door of the health room, and opened the door.

 “Wow.”

However, just outside the door, I saw Fang Zexia standing there. She was also startled when she saw Duanmu Ai suddenly opening the door.

 “Xia? What are you doing here?”

 “Ah, senior, I’m here to find…”

Yoshizexia seemed to have heard the previous quarrel between Duanmu Ai and Maruki Takuto, and looked at the man behind Duanmu Ai uneasily.

“I advise you to avoid associating with this guy who likes to brainwash others, otherwise you may be harmed by him at some point.”

 “Huh? This...”

 After saying this, Duanmu Ai left the health room directly, while Fang Zexia stood at the door in surprise, not knowing what to do for a while.

 At this moment, Duanmu Ai has already given Maruki Takuto an inner verdict.

 The death penalty shall be executed immediately.

 It doesn’t matter what ordinary people think, but Maruki Takuto knows cognitive science, and he also tries to use this method to brainwash all mankind, which is very dangerous.

Perhaps in Maruki Takuto's view, Duanmu Ai is just a student, and the dispute between him and Duanmu Ai is just an ordinary quarrel, but soon, he knew that this was not the case.

Three days later, Shujin Academy fired Maruki Takuto with a direct order, on the grounds that his performance as a psychological counselor was unsatisfactory. Of course, the students were quite surprised and surprised by this. After all, most of them had dealt with Maruki Takuto and thought he did a pretty good job. But unfortunately, this was an order from the school and they couldn't change anything.

For Maruki Takuto, this was also a bolt from the blue. He originally planned to use this opportunity to once again improve his thesis on cognitive science, but now, he obviously no longer has this opportunity. He wanted to find someone to protest, but unfortunately, there was only one agent in the principal's office, and he said that he was only following the principal's orders.

 In other words, the principal fired him?

Of course Takuto Maruki knew that the fat man had been fired before, but he originally thought that he was just a psychological counselor, so it was not his turn to be unlucky. But... it still fell on him?

Although he was very disappointed, Takuto Maruki had no other choice but to quietly pack his things and leave Shujin Academy.

"Why………"

Walking among the bustling crowd, Maruki Takuto only felt tired. He knew that his ideas would not be accepted by others. But it doesn't matter, because he is fighting for the world and the happiness of all mankind. Even if no one admits it, he will not give up his ideal, because he has sacrificed everything in order to save the world and save mankind. !

 “Woo…!”

However, at this moment, Maruki Takuto suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and an invisible big hand seemed to stretch out out of thin air and grasp his heart tightly. His face was pale and livid, and all the strength in his body quickly dissipated from Maruki Takuto. He stretched out his hand, pressed his chest, and opened his mouth wide - but at this moment, the invisible hand squeezed hard.

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 The next moment, Maruki Takuto collapsed to the ground and turned into a corpse.

 “Wow, what’s going on?”

 “Hey, what’s wrong with you? Cheer up!”

At this moment, the people around him also noticed something strange about Maruki Takuto and hurriedly gathered around. Not far behind them, Duanmu Ai just stood there, staring coldly at Maruki Takuto's deadpan face.

 “Stupid idiot.”

After saying this, Duanmu Ai snorted coldly and turned around.

 “Let’s go, Alice.”

Hearing Duanmu Ai's order, the blond girl next to her put down her raised finger, then smiled and followed Duanmu Ai out of this noisy and complicated place.

 (End of this chapter)