Psycho-Pass: The Silver Hue
Chapter One: Tonbei and Wong.
Author's Note: This fanfiction will not be following the cannon of the first season in it's entirety. It will take place between Episodes' Thirteen: Invitation from the Abyss and Fourteen: Sweet Poison. I hope you enjoy this story!
"From the desk of Akane Tsunemori: Tokyo, Japan, the year is 2112; Crime is nearly non-existent in our world. The Sybil System is what we owe our thanks to for the rate being so low in this day and age. Scanners keep tabs on peoples' Psycho-Pass hue colors and Crime Coefficient: If a warning is sent out, we at Division One of the Welfare and Public Safety Bureau , or WPSB for short, are sent out. Inspectors, like myself and Mr. Ginoza who are detectives, and Enforcers, like Kogami and Masaoka, latent criminals who have Crime Coefficient's that while not too high, are high enough to no longer be apart of normal society. . Together, we search for latent criminals, those who have been pegged as potentials in committing crimes. With the use of our handguns called the Dominators, we're able to judge a person's guilt or innocence, all due to the Sybil System."
Akane turned in her chair to glance over at Shusei Kagari, an Enforcer who was playing a game on a hand held console. "Hey, aren't you going to finish writing that report for Mr. Ginoza about the case from last night?" "Eh, no point! Ginoza's out sick remember? Besides, I just copied most of my report from Kunizuka, with some re-wording of course!" he said with a laugh, going back to his game. Akane let out a small sigh and went back to her own report.
"Sadly, our superior and First Inspector, Noubuchika Ginoza has been ill with a case of food poisoning for the past few days. There's been word going around that Division Two is sending both a temporary Inspector and Enforcer to help our team out for the time being. I hope we'll get along with them. Until then, this is Tsunemori, saying goodbye for now."
The doors to the office opened up as soon as Akane finished her personal report, she standing up as the Enforcers looked up from their desks; Walking into the office was a tall, young looking man with silver hair that was combed backwards, though two sides of his hair framed the sides of his face. The man wore a dark blue suit coat with matching slacks, a white button up shirt that was tucked in, and a black tie around his neck, feet adorning black slip on shoes. What Akane found most peculiar about him was the color of his eyes; a lovely shade of Amber. The man who entered with him was older, with white hair and a mustache wearing a crimson red martial arts type outfit with white pants and brown shoes.
"Good afternoon, Unit One. My name is Tonbei Kujikawa, from Division Two of the WPSB. This man is my Enforcer and partner, Richard Wong." "A pleasure to meet all of you." Richard said with a formal bow of his head to the others. "A pleasure to make your acquaintance, sir!" Akane said with a salute, the other Enforcers standing up and following suit. "I am Akane Tsunemori, Second Inspector of Unit One. These people are our Enforcers: Yayoi Kunizuka, our computer expert." Yayoi gave a respectful nod to the two new people. "This is Tomomi Masaoka, our most experienced Enforcer." Masaoka gave a bit of a chuckle, waving with his mechanical arm. "Shusei Kagari, our youngest Enforcer." Kagari gave the two newcomers a peace sign while grinning. "Finally, this is Shinya Kogami, a bit of a loose cannon, but dependable." Akane said, giving Kogami a playful smile while he gave a bit of a glare, lighting up a cigarette and exhaling some smoke.
"It is fantastic to meet all of you. I wish to say this now for clarification; While I am acting First Inspector, it is not my wish to reinvent the wheel. I have heard good things about Unit One, and I understand you all have your own tactics and ways with dealing with cases. I wish to be dependable as both an Inspector, and a comrade. Richard, please take a seat by Mr. Masaoka." Richard nodded his head silently, sitting beside the brown suit wearing Enforcer.
"Sir, if you don't mind, we'd like to check your Crime Coefficient just to see what you're like." Kunizuka said, glancing at Akane who nodded her head. Walking over to her desk, she would pull out a large black handgun with blue lights glowing; This is the weapon of both Inspectors and Enforcers when it comes to dealing with Latent Criminals and those whose Crime Coefficient has gone up too high, The Dominator.
"Do as you see fit, ma'am. Richard and I will do what we can to make sure we're a team." Tonbei said, taking out his Psycho-Pass and handing it out towards Kogami, who looked at it with wide eyes. "This can't be real." he said with a tone of surprise, Kagari looking over his shoulder. "Woah, that's incredible!" Holding the Psycho-Pass up towards Akane, her eyes went slightly wide: Tobei's Hue was pure Silver. Richard then held his own up, showing his own Hue as Light Blue. "How is a Silver Hue even possible? It's too close too-" Akane stopped herself short, slowly holding up the Dominator and pointing it at Tobei, who stood still as the weapon spoke. "Target is registered as a WPSB Inspector. Crime Coefficient is at 34.8. The trigger shall remain locked." Next she pointed it at Wong, the gun speaking again. "Target is registered as a WPSB Enforcer. Crime Coefficient is 126.0. Trigger will unlock and Paralyzer Mode will be activated."
"I don't know why my Hue is Silver. It's always been that way, ever since I was little. It's only ever changed to one color, and that is a Dark Grey. I've studied various stress reducing techniques since I started my job here a few years back, so I guess it's why my CC is so low." Tonbei said with a slight shrug, smiling. "Regardless, I understand that we're to be working on a new case?" he inquired, Wong standing up and reaching into his sleeve, producing a holographic video card that Kunizuka took and uploaded into her computer. A video popped up of a body of a male at a crime scene, the skin melted around the neck area and the sclera of his eyes blood red. "Yikes, what happened to him?" asked Masaoka, studying the image. "He's the fifth victim in a string of homicides. We don't know who is responsible, but they seem to only target men. We've dubbed her as The Black Widow Murderer. See those marks on the neck?" Tonbei asked, pointing to two strange marks on the man's neck.
"Wait, isn't that what Vampire's do?" Kagari asked, only to earn a dope slap to the back of the head by Kogami while Akane studied the image. "It looks like there was bleeding in the brain area, hence why the eyes are so red." "My thoughts exactly, Miss Tsunemori. I believe that the puncture wounds may send in a type of poison through the blood stream, melting the skin of the neck in the process. We've been asked to investigate this case at the scene. The teams for today shall be myself, Wong, and Kagari. Miss Tsunemori, you will go with Kogami and Masaoka. Kunizuka, please check any and all electronic signals and cameras within the area of a two mile radius. We have our roles, people, let's get to work." spoke Tonbei, the team exiting the office and heading downstairs to their vehicles.
Stepping out of their car, Akane and Tonbei would each put on a dark blue jacket with the yellow numbers of 103 and 102 on their sleeves and backs. Kogami, Wong, Masaoka, and Kagari would step outside of a black van designated as a 'paddy wagon', a police droid rolling up to the group and opening up, revealing six Dominators, each grabbing one and powering them up, the electronic voice speaking "Initializing Startup. Inspectors and Enforcers are recognized users of the Sybil System. Please use your Dominators with caution."
"Kogami, can you look around for any kind of clues?" Akane asked her team member, he lighting up another cigarette and exhaling smoke, glancing over to Tonbei. "Sure thing. And Akane? Between you and me, something about that guy seems off..Almost familiar, but I can't place what it is." The Enforcer replied, holstering his weapon and heading over to the crime scene. "Masaoka, question the people around here and see if they saw anyone suspicious." "You got it, Missy." the older man said, walking over to a small crowd of people.
"Wong, go check the droids for any samples they collected or may have missed. Kid, you're with me on body inspection." Tonbei ordered, with Wong heading after Kogami quietly, while Kagari glared at the new Inspector. "Kid?! I'm an Enforcer!" "You're also the youngest member, so I'm going to call you that." the superior said with a playful look, both heading to the victim's body.
"Victim's been identified as one Hogou Shugo. The entry wound on the neck is what caused the blood loss, but you were on the money about a poison hemorrhaging his brain. Problem is we don't know what type was used yet." Kogami spoke up, putting out his cigarette and pocketing the butt, handing Akane and Tonbei a holographic disc image. What appeared infront of the two was a man being recorded by a holo camera, twitching and convulsing as his life extinguished, the eyes turning red from the bleeding. "Blech! So not only do we have a serial killer, we have someone who records their victims? Ew." Akane said, trying not to gag. "Indeed, it would seem that they target men who have good jobs, or lots of money. Wong, please bring up the data for the previous victims." Tonbei spoke into his communicator, a display appearing over it. "Victims one through four come from affluent families, with wealth either passed down via parents or gained from work. Nobozu Raishida was a banker, Hirada Kaz came into money when his rich father willed him everything, and-"
"Hey! I found something!" Kagari said, bringing in a small crime scene drone that held a double pronged needle, Akane putting on a pair of gloves and examining it. "There's still traces of the poison left in this syringe! Get it to Shion immediately!" she ordered, holding up her own communicator "Kunizuka, have you found anything with the cameras?" "I've been going through the data, and I think I may have found something. Sending it to you now." came the reply, a blurry image of a woman leaving the building came up. "It's too blurry to determine anything as of now, please send it to Shion as well to see if she can get a good zoom." Tonbei said, glancing at the other two victims. "Ryouichi Shinada and Toichiro Minamoto. Both were working in the higher areas of government."
"What could these five have in common besides money?" Kogami asked, Wong stepping into the room and speaking. "I've spoken to Masaoka outside. He wishes to speak with Miss Tsunemori and Mr. Kogami." The two looked at each other curiously, Tonbei nodding to them. "Go ahead, Wong, the Kid and I will get the body prepared for transportation." Kagari letting out a slight growl at the nickname being said again.
"Alright, I spoke to the people who come to look at the horror. Got some good information out of one guy." Masaoka said, flipping through some notes he wrote down. "According to the witness, he said that these guys were always frequenting the Red Light District, and there's one specific woman who would always take them to a fancy hotel since they could afford it." "Do they know the woman's identity?" Akane asked, the older Enforcer shaking his head. "No, but they do know she regularly wears a red dress and has long blonde hair." "So all we need to do is scour the entire Red Light District. Great." Kogami said in a sarcastic manner, the three looking up as the other half of the team exited the building, the victim's body being rolled into a coroner van.
"There are some things that don't add up, though." Akane said, taking the notes and reading over them. "The previous four were taken to a hotel, this new victim was left here in an old apartment. More importantly, she didn't send off any kind of alerts through the System." "Maybe she's found a way to suppress her Crime Coefficient and keep her Hue light?" Masaoka asked, Kagomi shaking his head. "I'm not sure that's possible with the Sybil System monitoring everything. What do you think, Tonbei?" "I think we need to get to the lab first and find out more about the poison."
"You guys bring me the best gifts, I swear."Shion Karanomori said with a sardonic tone, puffing her own ciggarette and typing away into her keyboard, the syringe Kagari had found at the crime scene, it being held by robotic claws. "Only the best for you, Shion." Kagari said with a smile, the team standing around the lab tech while she analyzed the evidence. "We've got traces of Cyanide and Methanol that were injected into the neck via the bloodstream and into the artery, this caused the brain to cease receiving blood and made the blood in the brain expand."
"So our killer must have some medical knowledge, or knowledge about various poisons to get five victims so far. Any progress on the camera shot?" asked Akane, the blonde woman typing a few keys and speaking as she exhaled some smoke. "Appears to me that this thing is a few hours old, but I was able to clear it up a little bit." her fingers hitting a few buttons and the image of the woman leaving the crime scene.
"Bingo." said Masaoka, the image clearing up and the team getting a view of a woman in a bright red dress, with long blonde hair, glancing up at the camera slightly; her eyes were dark brown, red lipstick on her face. "She kinda looks like you, Karanomori." Kagomi said, glancing from the picture to the woman. "Please! I'm much more beautiful than some whore. I also have a better job." Shion said as she leaned back in her chair, showing off a bit of her cleavage.
"I believe this is a good place to stop for tonight. We'll begin the search first thing in the morning, get some rest, everyone. Tonbei spoke before exiting the lab, Kogami still having an unsure feeling about the new Inspector. On the drive back to his apartment, Tonbei was deep in thought, his mind still on the case while entering his home. "Mr. Kujikawa! Welcome home!" said a tiny voice, a virtual floating kitten appeared infront of him. "Good evening, Luna. Did anything happen while I was away?" "Nope, everything is normal as ever! Your Psycho-Pass reads its normal Silver and 34.8 Crime Coefficient. Would you like some music, Mr. Kujikawa?" Luna asked, Tonbei removing his tie and suit jacket, hanging them up before collapsing onto his bed. "Fredric Chopin's Nocturne, please." he answered, the music starting to play softly as he shut his eyes, falling asleep.
Tonbei awoke groggily, rubbing his eyes as Chopin played in the background, muttering "Luna, what time is it?" "It's three in the morning, Mr. Kujikawa. Is everything alright?" the AI asked, popping into existence above the policeman. "I had that dream again, the one about my Psycho-Pass going nuts." "Hmm. My readings indicate that you forgot to take you medication before going to work." "Shit!" he cursed through clenched teeth, getting out of bed and heading to his restroom, grabbing a white bottle and unscrewing the lid. Tapping the bottle, a blue pill with the number forty on it tumbled into his palm, he swallowing it with a glass of water. "Mr. Kujikawa, I know it isn't really my business, but..You've been having problems with remembering to take your medicine lately. Are you sure you're okay?" "I'll be fine, Luna. Thank you for the concern. I guess the transfer to Unit One and the dreams have been putting me on edge." Looking at his Psycho-Pass once again, it would turn from a dull grey back to silver.
The next day, Akane pulled up infront of Tonbei's house in her car, honking the horn. He opened his front door and held up one finger to indicate 'one minute' and shut the door. He had woken up late due to having woke up so early in the morning and had just gotten out of the shower, putting on his shirt and tie, grabbing his jacket and heading outside to the car.
"To what do I owe the act of kindness?" he asked as they drove down the highway, adjusting his tie in the mirror of a sun visor. "Nothing, I just felt that if we're going to be working together, we should at least try to get to know each other is all." she answered while switching lanes. "I see..Well, what would you like to know?" "Do you have any type of hobbies? What do you do to relieve the stress for your Silver Hue?" "Let's see. I listen to classical music, a big fan of Fredric Chopin. I read paper books, listen to eighties music, and play the violin." "Wow, you sure sound well cultured!" Akane said in surprise. "Not at all, I merely use the music to help relax, and I can only play one or two songs on the instrument. What about yourself, Miss Tsunemori?" "Me? I like to go into virtual chat rooms, talk to people for advice." "Ah, I read the report about the Spooky Boogie case, you were pretty clever to ask her for help." "I- Y-yeah...I was I guess." Akane replied quietly, looking down glumly. "I'm sorry! I forgot the case was still fresh for you, I didn't mean to come off as insensitive." "No, it's alright, really. Police work is rough, and we have to deal with the consequences of our actions." she smiled at him before their communicators beeped, Tonbei answering his.
"This is Kujikawa, what's the report?" he inquired, Kogami's voice coming through on the other end. "We got a sixth victim, this time in the same hotel as the first four." The two inspectors looked at each other in surprise, Akane hitting a button to turn her car into a police car with flashing lights. "Understood, we'll meet you at the scene! Have Kunizuka go through the hotel camera footage to see if she can find a better image of our suspect." "Acknowledged, we'll meet you there." Akane turned the sirens of the car on, the two speeding down the highway to the hotel.
Getting out of the car and putting on their jackets, the Inspectors ran into the hotel, getting a key to the room the body had been found in, the droids were already collecting evidence here and there.
"Victim six has been identified as Ricardo Valentino. A man from Puerto Rico, he was on a business trip here in Japan. Looks like our suspect has a taste for exotic men as well." Kagari said while Masaoka studied the body closely, beckoning Akane over. "What is it, Masaoka?" she asked, he pointing to the wounds on the neck. "Same type of needle, but look here. The artery was punctured, there was blood splatter all over the place when we got here. Either she missed the target, or she got mad because he didn't have any money on him at the time."
"Miss Tsunemori, the blood splatter seems to have come from the center of the room. I believe he was going after the suspect when she stabbed him." Wong spoke, pointing out the direction of the splatter from the center of the room to the wall." "Good eye, Richard. So she's getting sloppy with each kill, but why? Could her Psycho-Pass be getting cloudy?"
Kogami sat down at a table with a piece of paper, taking notes and speaking. "She works in the Red Light District, so she must not be very well off financial wise. She might have grown up poor or gone through an abuse growing up; physical, sexual, or mental. She also may see men as a disease because she targets only them, and she's using them as a pseudo revenge against the one who hurt her growing into an adult." "There's that amazing profiling talent of yours, Kogami." Akane said with awe, the former lighting up a cigarette while glancing at Tonbei. "Thoughts?" "I actually agree with your profiling, Mr. Kogami. I believe tha-" he was cut off by his communicator beeping, Kunizuka's voice coming through and saying "Inspectors, I got a clear shot of our suspect, sending it to the team now." Everyone's communicator displayed a blonde haired, brown eyed Japanese woman with fair skin and wearing a red dress.
"Good job, Kunizuka! Here's the game plan: While the body is sent out, we are going to go over the Red Light District with a fine tooth comb. We'll question everyone for any kind of clues. If anyone finds our suspect, we either paralyze or kill, depending on what the Dominator says. Let's go!" Tonbei ordered the team, everyone rapidly heading to the ground floor and out to their vehicles, both set of sirens blaring loudly as they tore down the streets.
Shinjuku District, Tokyo, Japan: Unit One arrived via car and paddy wagon, grabbing their Dominators and heading into the Red Light District and going through various buildings. "Have you seen this woman?" Kagari asked a citizen, who shook their head and said "No, but I think I know someone who does." "Lead the way then, please." the Enforcer said, following the citizen to a large love hotel, eyes widening. "Holy shit! No wonder she takes them to that big hotel, this place is run down! Guys, I think I found our suspects hiding place." "Good going, Kagari! We're on our way to you now." Akane said over her communicator, and soon the group would enter the love hotel, Akane holding up a picture of the woman.
"Excuse me, does this lady work here?" she asked, the hotel clerk studying the picture before nodding. "Yes, that's Rikari Ishida. She's one of our most popular girls here, been really busy lately." "Is she working here tonight?" Kogami asked, the clerk looking slightly confused. "Yes, is there a problem?" "Where is she?' Kogami demanded, the clerk now looking uneasy. "I would like to know what's going on, first." "We believe her to be the suspect of a recent string of murders, we need to question her." Masaoka explained. "She's on the sixth floor, room 628, here's a key." the clerk said, handing them a key to the room. "Wait a sec, where's Wong?" Kagari asked, the team turning to see Richard had vanished. "Oh no.." Tonbei said, face palming with a sigh.
"W-why are you being so rough?!" the male client asked, Rikari was wide eyed and laughing hysterically, scratching the man and pulling out her syringe. "Because it's so much fun, watching you wince in pain. Men like you, the rich kind, the one with power. Your the kind that raped me when I was a teenager, and silenced everyone who could have put them in jail! You must pay for their transgressions!" She brought her arm back to stab the man in the neck, but stopped suddenly, looking at her arm in shock; a large acupuncture needle was sticking out of her hand, going through it and causing her to drop the syringe. "What the hell!? "she yelled in anger, turning to see Richard Wong swing in through the window and land in a crouch. "You must be Rikari. Forgive me, but I had to disarm you before anyone else got hurt."
Rikari looked down at her hand which was now bleeding and going numb from the needle. Growling, she rushed Wong with a scream, the Enforcer blocking her punches with his own, sending her flying back with a snap kick to her chest. Soon the door to the room opened up, the team rushing in and pointing their Dominators at Rikari, Tonbei seeing the needle. "Wong, how many times do I have to tell you to not sneak off like that?!" "Forgive me, Mr. Kujikawa, I knew I could get here before anyone else with my climbing ability. I also disarmed her, the man is safe." Akane looked down at the syringe; it was double pronged with a light green substance in it.
"Woah, check it out." said Kagari, their communicators beeping with a Psycho-Pass alert. Rikari's stats popped up, a Cobalt Blue Hue, clouded up with black squares, with a 300 Crime Coefficient. "We have to get to that room, now!" Tonbei declared, the team running up the stairs.
"You don't understand anything! I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU!" Rikari screamed, pulling out multiple syringes from her drawer. Kogami aimed his Dominator at her, the gun speaking. "Target's Crime Coefficient is 300.68, initializing Lethal Eliminator Mode." "I'm sorry, but you've been judged and found guilty." Kogami said, pulling the trigger and sending out a burst of energy, shooting into Rikari and in a few seconds, she would explode into a red mist, the male that was tied to the bed screaming in terror. "Get him untied and take him to a therapist." Akane ordered, looking at Wong curiously. "How did you get up here so fast?" "Wong has always been athletic, even in his current age. His acupuncture needles are used to disarm any assailants without killing them. However, I told him to not go without me unless absolutely necessary. But in this case, I suppose he knew how to take her down without killing her. Richard, be more careful in the future." "Yes, Mr. Kujikawa."
Later that night, at the PSB HQ, Kogami was typing up at his computer, Tonbei entering the office and taking a seat next to the Enforcer. "So, they found stress suppressant medication in her room, along with a false Psycho-Pass reading to trick the System. I gotta say, it's getting trickier to find people sometimes." Tonbei said, arms crossed. Kogami looked up at him with a slightly annoyed look. "Can I help you with something?" "As a matter of fact, you can."
Uncrossing his arms, Tonbei spoke up, his voice was slightly less cheerful, eyes full of anger. "Tell me everything you know about the criminal called Shogo Makishima."
-To Be Continued-.