The other side of the perfect world

#07 Probing

The speeding motorcycle stopped in front of the building with the words "Roppongi General Hospital" hanging high.The words are red, and look like clotted blood, a little blackened in the foggy cloudy sky.

Kou didn't take off his helmet, and walked into the hospital full of cameras with Makishima.

I have to admit that the helmet invented by Makishima has provided him with a lot of convenience.

After taking the elevator to the top floor, after walking out of the elevator door, Kou took off his bulky helmet.This floor is the floor with the least number of people in Roppongi General Hospital. After all, under the surveillance of the Sybila system, human psychological problems have already been reduced to PSYCHO-PASS values. It is not surprising that few people care about such a weak department like the Department of Psychiatry. among.

Therefore, the top floor is the only one in the entire hospital that does not have a surveillance camera, so Sly can naturally take off his helmet freely.Of course, these are all information that Makishima investigated in advance.

A gust of cold air rushed towards his face, and Qiao Nian couldn't help but sneezed.

"You look quite strong, are you actually the type with poor physique?"

Makishima turned his head with a smile, and next to him, Kouchi was rubbing his fingers under his nose.

"Are you trying to admit that you were once arrested by a guy with poor physique?"

"Really? How do I remember that the person who arrested me was the female surveillance officer? It's called Chang Shou Zhu!"

Hearing Chang Shou Zhu's name, the depths of Qiao Yao's eyes were slightly shaken.

At the beginning, he disregarded the objections of his supervisor to kill Makishima, but now this man is still alive and well, but he can never be the executive officer who often guards Zhu again.

"Your expression is easily misunderstood. Could it be that... you like Chang Shou Zhu?"

Turning his head following the sound, Kou found that although Makishima's voice and expression were similar to usual, and always maintained a calm appearance, he always felt that something was different.Casually putting one hand into his trouser pocket, he curled up his lips, and answered frankly: "I like it...as a boss. She is a very outstanding talent. With her, the Criminal Division, no, the entire Public Security Bureau There will be no problem."

"This is really a very great evaluation, you treat that little girl."

"Well... she does have the qualifications to be highly evaluated."

Qiao Nian said with a smile, totally oblivious to Makishima's face suddenly sinking beside him.

Could it be... am I jealous?How can it be……

A self-answered question suddenly appeared in his heart that made him feel funny, and Makishima couldn't help but shift his gaze to the cunning face.

That face, smiling.

Only when Chang Shou Zhu was mentioned, Qiao Yao would show this kind of smile, unlike the sharp sneer when he was with him, the smile now comes from the heart.

The chest cavity seemed to have been hit hard by something, causing a burst of inexplicable discomfort.

This feeling...is called jealousy!

He never expected that he would also be jealous sometimes, and jealousy made Kou show such a smile... that woman.

"What's wrong? Why didn't you talk?"

The strange silence aroused the vigilance of Kou, as long as he was with Makishima, he could not let go of the tight string in his head all the time.

Turning his head to look, the man beside him was still very quiet, as if he hadn't heard his words at all.

What is this guy thinking?His complexion doesn't look good...

Observing Makishima with a slanted gaze, Kouchi continued walking towards the destination while guessing what Makishima was thinking.

Suddenly, he realized something.

It seems that since he knew the man Makishima Seigo, he has been trying to enter the world of Makishima—analyzing Makishima's thinking, predicting Makishima's actions, digging into Makishima's loneliness, including killing Makishima's life... …

It wasn't until today that he discovered that he had been circling around Makishima the whole time.

"Heh, heh heh..."

A string of laughter came from his throat, which sounded inexplicably happy.

"what's so funny?"

Makishima stopped in his tracks, turned his head to look at the grinning Kouchi.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly realized that I've been chasing you like a fool."

"Oh?"

Makishima couldn't help smiling, "If that's the case, then it's not a fool but a stalker, right?"

"Yes, a stalker."

"But isn't it true that a stalker becomes a stalker because he likes it? Your situation is exactly the opposite!"

Hearing Makishima's self-deprecating words, Kou gradually suppressed his smile.

Is it just the opposite...

Speaking of which, he didn't think that he pursued Makishima crazily because of hatred, but probably... it wasn't because he liked it either!

After a long while, Koujima and Makishima finally came to the remote psychiatric clinic 4 - Oda Kiyoya's office.

Oda Kiyoya, 36 years old, a psychiatrist at Roppongi General Hospital, is also a psychiatrist who has long been outdated in this era.

At the gay bar last night, Makishima only took a picture of the suspect caught by the cunning on a whim, but it just came in handy.

After spending some time through some technical means, he finally revealed the mystery of the suspect——

Oda Kiyoya is the name of the confusing suspect.

On the way to the hospital by motorcycle with Qiao Yao, he gave a concise explanation to Qiao Yao.

Nojima Akira, Ito Tetsu, and Sano Seijuro, the three people who were killed were all patients of Oda Kiyoya. It is a practical coincidence, and the conclusion is: the intuition of the cunning is not wrong, but the Dominator who judges the cruel murderer as a crime coefficient of only 35 is wrong.

So the question arises, why does the almighty Dominator go wrong?Does this Oda Kiyoshi have the same immunity as him?Or, is there something special about this suspect?

Finding out the answers to these questions is what Makishima is here today.

"Remember, from now on your name is Mizushima, and I used this pseudonym to make an appointment for you."

"Ok!"

Qiao Yao nodded, now the room he is about to step into is the territory of the suspect locked by the smell of the beast, but the crime factor of this suspect is unbelievably only 35.

"Ah, wait."

The hand knocking on the door paused, and Kou turned around, seeing Makishima smiling at him with narrowed golden eyes.

"What? Nothing good happens when you smile like that."

"Is it?"

Makishima tilted his head, his eyes shifted from the cunning face to the neck wrapped in a thick fur collar.

Speaking of it, why human beings are attracted to and aroused by necks is always a mystery.

"Hmm...too many clothes."

Reaching out his hand unceremoniously, Makishima yanked the zipper of the cunning coat all the way to the end.

"Hey you……"

"Shh!"

With his index finger resting lightly on his lips, he leaned forward and pressed Qiao Yao against the door.With his thin lips close to his slightly red ears, he lowered his voice and uttered warm words.

"If the guy inside the door is really a murderer, it means that he has distorted feelings of love and hate for the same sex, so you have to test him as much as possible."

"Hmph, why don't you just tell me to seduce him!"

Pushing Makishima away, Koi knocked twice on the door and walked in without turning the handle.

Outside the door, Makishima leaned against the wall, and raised his gaze through the corridor window to the increasingly hazy sky in the distance.

This kind of weather will always make him unconsciously recall some past events——

Covered with thick dust, the past can't be wiped clean.

"You are Mr. Mizushima?"

Going into the consultation room, Kou saw that Oda Kiyoya who was sitting on the stool stood up slowly.

This is the man...

If Makishima's information is correct, Oda Kiyoya's age should be 36 years old. However, the man in front of him wearing a white robe with a false smile is obviously much older than his actual age.

Sunken and purplish eye sockets, haggard and sallow complexion... One can't help but suspect that this person is either an overdose of drugs or an incurable disease.

How is this going?

Cunning could not help muttering in his heart, judging by his keen intuition trained as an executive officer all the year round, it is absolutely impossible for this Oda Kiyoshi to have a light hue with a crime coefficient of 35.

Similar to the felons he often dealt with, this man also had no light in his eyes—the light of life.

"Mr. Mizushima, you don't need to be too nervous... I have heard from your assistant about your PSYCHO-PASS problem. You must have made a lot of determination to come to me, a psychiatrist, at such a time!"

Oda Kiyoya pointed to the chair next to Kouya's legs with his palm, asking him to sit down.

It seems that the other party misunderstood his vigilance and thought he was nervous.

Speaking of which, the assistant should be referring to Makishima, right?Seriously, when did he get down to needing criminals as assistants?

Without further explanation, Kouchi sat down in front of Oda Kiyoya without hesitation.

His eyes swept over the curtains, glass, coat rack, cabinet, bed... and finally landed on Oda Kiyoya's desk, and a subtle sense of disobedience penetrated into his heart.

So neat!

The entire consultation room was incredibly clean, the windows were spotless, the sheets were not even a single wrinkle, the towels were all brand new, not to mention the table tops, but even the corners of the tables below were not dirty.

This man...could be a clean freak?

Thinking of this, Kou deliberately brushed the dust off his pants with his hands, and then touched the other's hand when he took the disposable water cup handed over by Oda Kiyoya.

"what!"

wow-

The glass fell over and the water in it spilled all over the table.

"Sorry sorry, I didn't hold it steady."

Kou nodded and apologized, but his eyes were fixed on observing Oda Kiyoya's reaction.

As expected, Oda Kiyoshi immediately blushed, his flickering eyes looked left and right but he didn't dare to look at him, the hand touched sometimes curled up and sometimes trembled at a loss, while the other Holding a paper towel in one hand, he desperately wiped away the water that had dried up on the table.

Sure enough, this guy has a clean freak.

While affirming this point, Kou felt that Oda Kiyoya's cleanliness behavior was a bit strange.

For example, the action of constantly wiping the table.

"Doctor, doctor?"

Turning a deaf ear to the cunning cry, Oda Kiyoya was still cleaning the table.

The movements of the hands are getting faster and faster, and the breathing is getting faster and faster.Kou felt that Oda Kiyoya's wide-eyed expression didn't look like he was cleaning the table at all, unless he had a deep-rooted hatred with that table.

This man... is weird...

The paper towel had already turned into crumbs, but Oda Kiyoya was still wiping it with all his might, blood vessels protruded from his vigorous arms, and his palms were also rubbed red by the uneven surface of the table.As if he was fighting against something, his wide-eyed eyes wanted to pop out of their sockets immediately.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

Suddenly, the shoulder was grabbed, and the intense pain prompted Oda Kiyoya to stop frantically wiping the table.

"Ah... ah, I..."

As if he had regained his sanity, he raised his eyelids, and his hollow pupils reflected his tense face.

Oda Kiyoshi couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"Yes, sorry..."

Shrugging his shoulders in panic and lowering his head, he seemed to be hiding himself in the somewhat loose white robe.

Sighing, Qiao Nian let go of his hand and scratched his hair irritably.

"Doctor, are you okay?"

"No, nothing..."

Even though he said so, Oda Kiyoya was obviously flustered when he poured water, even if he drank water to suppress his shock, it became very awkward in the eyes of cunning.

I always feel that this guy is enduring something, hiding something, suppressing something...

After a while, Oda Kiyoshi finally returned to a normal state more in line with that of a psychiatrist, and began to ask questions about the cunning.

"I heard from your assistant that you are very concerned about your PSYCHO-PASS. Even though the value is normal, you are still very worried that it will increase. Is that right?"

"Ok!"

Sly nodded honestly.As for his own PSYCHO-PASS, he has never been worried since his subordinates died tragically and he was demoted to executive officer.What decides life according to the Sibyl system and PSYCHO-PASS, let that kind of thing go!

"The Sibyl system is not something worth your life to protect."

Suddenly, what Makishima said to him before his rebirth flashed in his mind, and a certain part of his heart felt like he had been stabbed, and it hurt very much.

"Mr. Mizushima?"

"Ah, sorry, I'm... a little scared..."

He corrected his thoughts in time, and pretended to be worried.For now, he just needs to play a patient suffering from PSYCHO-PASS, although he is not good at this kind of thing.To put it bluntly, he just didn't want to show weakness in front of Makishima.

Even if it wasn't an Executor, even without a Dominator, he could still catch whoever he wanted.

"Can you tell me, what are you afraid of? Why are you worried about the increase in the PSYCHO-PASS value?"

Hooked!

Hearing Oda Kiyoya's question, Kou secretly laughed inwardly.

Clasping his hands inadvertently, he bit his lip and put on a reluctant expression.Since it was going to act, it had to be more realistic, that's what Makishima told him.

"doctor……"

Lifting his head suddenly, he swallowed forcefully, his bright eyes revealing unquestionable sincerity.

"I'm... I'm different... I'm not like a lot of people, I feel like I'm going to give up, I want someone, I want a lot, but it's not supposed to be like this, I'm not supposed to be Such!"

"Don't get excited, don't get excited..."

Being comforted by a doctor who is very likely to be a serial murderer, Qiao Yao couldn't help but find it funny, but he couldn't show it, so he had to force himself to endure it.

"There is nothing that can't be solved. Don't worry. Let me talk about it first. Why do you feel that you are different from others?"

The light in the eyes was dimmed, like a blown out candle, Qiao Ya lowered his head, and responded to the other party's question with silence.

I remember that before he came to the hospital, Makishima gave him thousands of warnings, telling him not to be impatient.

"Your biggest shortcoming is that you are too hot-blooded. Don't forget, you are not a hot-blooded policeman now, but... yes, a wolf fighting alone."

Really, what kind of wolf is fighting alone, if you insist, it is also a wolf with assistants, right?

Thinking of this, Qiao Niu was suddenly startled!

How could he regard Makishima as a companion?Since when did you start to regard Makishima as a companion?

Thinking of this, Makishima's smiling face suddenly flashed in his mind, and the silver-white hair seemed to be fluttering, that's all, it was just that, it gave him the illusion that he really saw Makishima himself.

"Mr. Mizushima, I am a doctor, and I am here to solve your difficulties. Please trust me and don't hide anything, okay?"

Oda Kiyoya's tone was very light, and he thought cunningly that if he hadn't been tempted for a long time, he might really be deceived by the doctor's good-natured appearance.However, when he thought of Oda Kiyoya's distorted appearance when he wiped the table just now, he became suspicious. Is the doctor who solved his problems in front of him really the same person as the severe cleanliness patient just now?

"Doctor...can you really help me?"

"Well, of course, this is my job and my specialty!"

"..."

"There are only two of us here, don't worry, why do you feel that you are different from others?"

After a moment of silence, Qiao Nie slowly raised his head, pretending to be hesitant, and after a while, he answered with a hoarse voice accompanied by panting.

"Because...because I'm gay..."