It had only been a few hours since Akane Tsunemori did the memory scoop as a search for Makishima Shogo's face. A very worried Ginoza Nobuchika currently walked her to her car, and complained about how she should rest a little before she drove home.

"Tsunemori, it's nearly dark," Ginoza pointed out, gesturing to the sky. He was right, though. The blue sky had turned into a mix between orange and pink, and had nearly taken all the sunlight away. Stars covered the sky as well, but it was still too dark for them to be seen clearly. "Plus, your therapy session ended just 15 minutes ago. Maybe you could borrow a room and-"

"Ginoza-san, I'm fine," Akane assured her colleague. A gentle smiled played on her lips as she stopped walking and turned to him. "I'm just going to drive home. It's only a while from here. I'm home in no time!"

"Fine," Ginoza muttered continued with a "tch". "At least let me drive you home. I just don't want your hue get clouded." Like Kogami's did. Akane knew that was what he thought. Losing another colleague would be a big loss for Ginoza, plus it would probably affect his Psycho-Pass as well.

"It will be good for me to be a little alone," Akane said calmly. "I have been spending the whole afternoon with a therapist, after all. I'm fine, Ginoza-san. Really!"

Ginoza hesitated for a few seconds before nodding in acceptance. "Okay," he finally said, sighing at his stubborn colleague. "How long time did you get off?"

"Just a few days," Akane answered. "But I don't really need that much, to be honest. I'm perfectly fine as I am right now!"

"Don't do anything reckless!" Ginoza exclaimed, crossing his arms in disapproval, but let the inspector walk to her car as she waved without looking back.

Halfway to her car, Akane smiled victorious smile. She disliked discussing with Ginoza, but she knew he only looked out for her.

Suddenly, Akane heard a strange sound. Like something hard hitting a body and then a masculine yelp. From… Ginoza. Turning around Akane let out a muted scream, which was only restrained by her own hands blocking her mouth. The sight in front of Akane was Ginoza lying, unconscious, on the ground.

The responsible was out of sight, and before she started running over to Ginoza, Akane looked around. But as she started running a pair of strong arms entangled themself around her. She would scream again if it wasn't for the gag that was put in her mouth. She tried to turn around to see who the responsible was, but she simply couldn't.

Needles. Akane had never liked them. Not the fact that they were sharp, but the thought of what it could contain. Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her neck, and to her horror, she felt a something under her skin. A needle. A cold liquid spread in the area the needle was, and when the needle was removed, Akane felt vey dizzy and sleepy.

"Who… you?" Akane managed to say through the still a little lose gag in her mouth, as her body grew heavier and sleepier per second, and just after few seconds, her eyelids fluttered close.


She couldn't quite remember what happened, but Akane knew that this was out of place. Her sight hadn't returned yet, but she could feel her hands being tied together behind… a chair? Possibly a chair. The gag still remained in her mouth, much to her frustration.

Slowly, the darkness in front of her eyes disappeared as a herd of black dots. Blinking a few times, the rest of the dots of the indistinctness disappeared.

Akane looked around, not familiar with the room she appeared to be in. It was a dark room, and the only light was the spotlight shining down at her. It nearly blinded her. Looking down at herself, she realized, that her jacket was gone, and her she only sat in her underwear and her white work shirt, which was ripped open.

Akane tried to speak out, but the gag in her mouth stopped her. A chocked cry enacted from her mouth.

"Ah, so you are awake," a masculine voice spoke from the darkness. It sounded familiar, but something was covering the owner's mouth, and made the voice muffled. Akane alerted and gazed around, trying to find the owner of the voice, but it was too dark around her. "I was wondering if I had used the right medicine to make you sleep."

Akane tried to speak again, but the gag in her mouth stopped it.

The owner sighed loudly, and two pale hands appeared in the light and removed the gag from her mouth.

"Who are you?" Akane immediately asked, scowling at the darkness. "What did you do to Ginoza-san?"

"Relax, relax," he said, making her raise her eyebrows. How could she possible relax in this situation? "You colleague will live, though I hit his back pretty hard."

"What do you even want with me," Akane exclaimed, pulling in her tied hands. "Why me?"

The man in the dark chuckled. "Should I really tell you my plan?" he asked, rhetorically. "Actually… it would be so much fun telling you, don't you think? Knowing that you are stuck here, helplessly."

"Just spit it out already!" Akane growled, clenching her fists behind her.

"So impatient," he muttered, the sound of hands rubbing together enacted in the background. "I need you to help me with something. Actually, you are just the bait. For Division 1."

Akane raised her one eyebrow. "For what, may I ask?"

The man chuckled. "I need them to clear my name," he said, mysteriously. The sound of someone cracking his knuckles enacted in the dark. Akane felt frustrated that she couldn't see whom the person was. "Plus, I need an dominator. Personal business."

And when he said that, Akane let out a laugh. "How will you manage to use that dominator," she asked superiorly. "You need to be an Inspector to use one."

From the dark a hand with white sleeve was extended, and it touched her cheek lightly. "Ah, dear Akane," the voice murmured amused. Akane flinch as the voice said her first name. "That's why I need you. You're an Inspector. You can use it for me."

Akane tsk'd, shaking her head. "What makes you think I will help you?"

Again, the man in the dark let out a chuckle, patting Akane's head, much to her annoyance. "Oh, Akane," he murmured. "You really don't recognize your own brother, do you?"

And with that, he left, leaving Akane in her underwear and ripped open work shirt. She was dumbfounded and scared.


Ginoza felt his head becoming lighter. His eyes fluttered open only to be met by the light of the infirmary's lamp. A big blanket covered his body. With his right hand he covered his eyes, realizing he had a clip on his finger, and in the center of his hand a big needle entered his skin.

Muffled voices around him assured him that he was still at the MWPSB's and not abducted somewhere. Suddenly he felt full of energy and sat up straight, only to be stopped by a pair of arms.

"I don't think so, Gino-san," Kagari muttered, no joking in his voice. "Your back is badly hurt."

"Wh-where is Tsunemori?" Ginoza muttered, his brain a little high on medicine as he laid back down.

"That is what we'd like know," a voice to the left growled. Kogami, of course. Ginoza gazed to the left, watching as Kogami crossed his arms. "You were with her! Tell us what happened."

"Ko, relax," Yayoi exclaimed from the other side of the infirmary bed. "He just woke up! Let him at least breath. I'm sure there is a logical explanation on this."

Looking down at his hands, Ginoza let out a sigh. "There isn't," he said, meeting the three enforcer's gazes. "I have no idea where she is. We were ambushed in the daytime. No drones came, which possible means that his Psycho-Pass wasn't over 100 or there wasn't a sudden change in his Psycho-Pass."

"How can you let this happen?" Kogami exclaimed, slamming his hands into the infirmary bed.

"Ko!" Yayoi exclaimed, sending him a threatening look. Kogami quieted down, crossing his arms once again.

"But… if there were no drones it must mean that Tsunemori's Psycho-Pass didn't change either." Ginoza murmured, trying to sound a little optimistic.

Kogami hrmph'd. "Either way," he said, turning to the door, on his way to leave. "I'm gonna make you regret it if she isn't okay." And then the slide doors opened and closed as he left, Kagari running after him yelling; "Ko!"


What will happen to Akane? And who is the mysterious man- her brother in real life?

Stay tuned for the next chapter: Take the mask off.