第9話

あらすじ

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Shimada killed the man who assaulted Sae, then encountered Tatsumi and stabbed him after deciding the detective had been an accomplice. Tatsumi had indeed watched the assault without intervening, claiming he needed enough evidence before passing judgment. He had already murdered his wife's killer and came to view observing human evil as justification for his own vigilantism. Tatsumi fatally wounded Shimada during their confrontation, and both died soon afterward. Decim gives Shimada a final opportunity to punish Tatsumi by stabbing the pucks linked to his organs. The assistant argues that memories selected and presented by an arbiter cannot capture an entire person. She reminds Shimada that Sae wanted her gentle brother back, not another act of revenge. Tatsumi deliberately provokes him, insisting that people reveal their essence through darkness. Shimada succumbs and repeatedly attacks the organ pucks until Tatsumi's representation dies. The assistant is devastated, while Decim is shaken by her claim that his process ignores how fear, grief, and manipulation shape behavior. The elevator masks imply that both men are sent to the void. Rather than producing moral clarity, the test destroys Shimada's last chance to step away from the vengeance that had already killed him.