7 hours ago
How come Drones would pass by without doing anything?
This doesn't make sense.
This isn't a setup, is it? LOL
They said they couldn't read his Psycho-Pass because he was wearing a helmet.
Whoooooooooa!
Street scanners are pointless!
It's sad that this is happening for real.
You moron. This isn't real. LOL
This is bad. Seriously, the Area Stress Level must be getting to its limit.
I'm so scared that I can't go out!
You moron! This isn't real. LOL
There's no murders in this world, right? LOL
This has to be the MWPSB's doing.
Calling the Drones in didn't work, right?
The end of the week has begun!
No, it's the end of the world that began. LOL
Helmet, pleaaaaaaaaase!!
I got a call from my employer.
What did they say?
They said that it's temporarily closed so I should try not to go out.
If we go out, we'll be killed.
What if the Psycho-Pass validation at the entrance doesn't work...
The Psycho-Pass validation should work, shouldn't it?
Does this mean that it's dangerous no matter where you are?
It's better not to look outside. If they notice you're there, you might get killed.
If you have that kind of time, make a weapon.
Give me your portable terminals and credit cards.
And tell me the password.
If you see someone wearing a helmet, be cautious.
Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!
What do I do?
If their Crime Coefficient is unknown, it's pointless to call the police, right?
Is that friend of yours okay? Isn't he in danger?
I don't know... I can't reach him.
I want some ideas about everyday stuff that would work as a weapon.
If you hold the stalk of a houseplant and swing it around, that can be a weapon, right?
Put something heavy in a sock.
Huh? A houseplant is...
Stop! Stop it!
Please stop, I'm begging...
Grandpas and Grandmas still keep money under their mattress, right?
I saw it on the news.
It's convenient since it can be made electronic without laundering, isn't it?
We don't have things like that in this house.
I would like to show
Cut open my skull
Look into my head
I don't know why I'm so harsh
I could be so brash
I'm going to clash
'Cause I feel
I can always show my everything to you
If this moment was for me
I try to hear
Lend my ear
Voices inside
One link to join it all again
'Cause I feel
I can always show my everything to you
If this moment was for me
I try to hear
Lend my ear
Voices inside
One link to join it all
So it goes again
#15 The Town Where Sulfur Falls
So, today, we've gathered all the top honor students...
...who started in the same year.
Don't you think it's totally unfair?
You guys have promising futures.
As for us, we know before we even try that we're gonna fail at everything.
Why are you doing this?
Stop it... This is terrible.
What's terrible is not us, but the Sibyl System.
Based on Sibyl's Judgment, we know that we no longer can get a decent job.
A life with no hope for the future...
Since you guys are blessed by the system, you wouldn't get it, would you?!
What's your problem?!
We saw you take one of those helmets off earlier.
Huh?
You caused all sorts of chaos, and now you just take that helmet off
and act as if you knew nothing about it... Isn't that a little cruel?
You've got the wrong idea!
If you really think that, why don't you check my Hu...
Because of you helmet people, the Area Stress Level is rising.
For God's sake, don't drag us into this whole thing!
Our Crime Coefficients wouldn't go up, would they?
I saw something on the net earlier
that said if it's for self-defense or if the one you hurt is a criminal,
your Crime Coefficient would go down instead.
It's chaos outside.
Call the MWPSB.
What is the MWPSB doing?!
Stay inside and hide.
Failed to escape...
What're they gonna do if they even drag people who have nothing to do with them into it?!
They're trash who won't contribute anything to society anyway.
Aren't there latent criminals mixed in with them?
You guys' Hues have already been clouded, haven't they?
The ones wearing helmets aren't the only criminals.
It's too late.
If those helmet people are killed, things will be peaceful again, right?
Self-defense. Self-defense. Self-defense...
No, no, no, no...
Do you hear yourself?
It's not too late. We should do it with our own hands.
Isn't that risky?
It's better than doing nothing.
Several dozen cases...
No, several hundred cases! The number keeps growing!
The brutality is spreading like a contagion...
The psycho-hazard has gotten this big?
It's more than that. At this point, it's turned into a riot.
The Area Stress Level is rising like crazy, too.
It's not just helmet people who're going on a rampage.
Aren't they latent criminals from the start?
Scared citizens are committing mass violence all over the place.
It's not just helmet people who're going on a rampage.
Must be a psycho-hazard...
It's begun...
It's not just helmet people who're going on a rampage.
Someone without a helmet is going on a rampage?!
Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!
Chief Kasei issued an emergency summons.
She's ordering all CID personnel to report for duty, including those off duty.
You feel restless?
Yeah, of course. This situation would make one feel uneasy.
What's awaiting us from here on out?
What will happen to this town?
I really like that ordinary side of yours.
You and I are both quite ordinary and essentially common.
I've never thought of myself as an avaricious person.
A world in which everyday things are done in an everyday way...
I just like things like that, that's all.
We're quite ordinary and common...
...and we're starting a crime in a town that is not ordinary...
A town that is not ordinary, huh?
How should I put it?
This town is like a parody of one of the novels I read in the past.
Like... the ones by William Gibson?
More like Philip K. Dick, perhaps.
It's not as controlling as the society George Orwell depicted,
and it's not as wild as what Gibson depicted.
I've never read Dick.
What book would you recommend I read first?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
That's the original story of an old movie, right?
The content is quite different.
You should compare them when you have time some day.
I'll go ahead and download it.
Why don't you buy paper books? E-books lack character.
Is that right?
Books are not something that you just read words in.
They're also a tool to adjust your senses.
Adjust?
When I'm not feeling well, there are times that I can't take in what I read.
When that happens, I try to think about what could be hindering my reading.
There are also books that I can take in smoothly even when I'm not feeling well.
I try to think why.
It might be something like mental tuning.
What's important when you tune is
the feeling of the paper that you're touching with your fingers
and the momentary stimulation your brain receives when you turn pages.
I feel kinda discouraged.
Hm?
When I talk with you,
I feel like I've been missing out on something all my life.
You're reading too much into it.
Maybe.
It's about time.
Shall we go?
This is just a random thought, but...
Yes?
It's too good to be true that an outstanding hacker likes Gibson.
The Metropolitan area is currently facing an unprecedented crisis.
Ever since the Sibyl System was introduced,
people believed it had eliminated the possibility of citizens rioting.
So the current MWPSB has neither
personnel nor equipment that are prepared to suppress a mob.
We've had peace too long.
We're currently working to switch the parts on the border security Drones
with non-lethal weapons at a quick pace,
but the situation out there requires prompt action.
Until a full-fledged suppression unit is formed,
we have no choice but to have those of you at the CID
act as the last remaining shield to keep our citizens safe.
The cymatic scan blocking helmets in question
hinder the functionality of the Dominators.
To deal with them, use stun batons, the most effective weapon against them.
In case you're dealing with a crowd,
I'll permit the use of emergency electromagnetic pulse grenades.
Once the helmet becomes incapacitated by the surge current,
the usual enforcement actions by Dominators become possible.
However, make sure you pay careful attention when you use the grenades.
If the electromagnetic pulse is generated in the wrong place,
city functions could be disabled, too.
How many grenades are available?
There are not many.
There are probably just enough to give two grenades to each person here.
Assemble into teams of three.
Assign each team an area and suppress the riots one by one.
It'll be time-consuming and dangerous, but we don't have any other choice.
This town's future is at stake.
I'm counting on you guys.
I was aware that the path I was about to walk with you was dangerous.
But you didn't feel like going back...
That's because I thought the Sibyl System was strange.
Those who are perfectly happy entrusting everything in their lives
to some nonsense like that are the ones who're crazy.
I'm a foreigner... so I appreciate simply being able to live in this country.
Well, so I'd like to say...
...but it's just like you said, Mr. Makishima.
For us to be able to do everyday things in an everyday way...
To me, this is the town I was born and raised in.
It's a pressing problem.
These guys want to see what lies beyond the destruction you'll cause.
Beyond the destruction, huh?
If there's something beyond it, that's good. If there isn't, then I'll accept it.
How's the information manipulation on the net going?
The AI I set up beforehand is already at work.
Shogo Makishima... He's really done it this time.
Hold on a sec.
We still haven't found conclusive evidence
that shows that Makishima has something to do with this helmet crime.
Think about it.
The moment an ordinary person thinks of making equipment
that makes the Sibyl System invalid, their Hue would get clouded.
But this guy designed it, mass produced it, and distributed it.
It probably took him at least several months to prepare for it.
Ordering parts, arranging for circulation...
You can't do those things while avoiding the scanners throughout town.
Only someone who can confront the Sibyl System without wearing the helmet
can make that helmet.
A mass psycho-hazard that takes advantage of a blind spot
in the Sibyl System...
So that's Makishima's goal?
No...
What?
Because it seemed
he was always trying to find answers through his crimes.
This is a terrible riot, but it's hard to think that this chaos is his only goal.
I agree with you, Inspector.
If he was a criminal who'd find enjoyment in watching a riot like this,
we could arrest him more easily.
Whoa! Things are terrible on the net, too.
From false rumors to true information... A lot is flying back and forth.
When the media coverage should be restrained!
False rumors stand out more.
What is this?! "The MWPSB kills all the residents"?!
We have to stop them!
Why don't you run over and kill some of them by driving straight into them?
No way!
I thought it was a good idea.
How was that a good idea?!
This is the MWPSB! Stop this violence immediately
and lay on your stomach with your hands behind your head!
We have no choice but to resort to force.
Give them a warning again!
This is the MWPSB!
If you don't stop this violence, we'll use the Dominators!
Depending on your Crime Coefficient, you could lose your life!
I repeat! Lay on your stomach with your hands behind your head!
Why are you doing this?! The helmet people are the bad ones!
You guys at the MWPSB
should do something about the tons of helmets that have been distributed!
We're the victims, aren't we?!
Shut up! That's one thing, but this is another!
What's the matter?
These guys are victims, too.
True...
If they weren't dragged into this, the citizens wouldn't have become violent.
No, I mean the helmet people.
Just like what just happened, although it'll take time,
the helmet people will eventually all be hunted and killed.
Even if we didn't get them, the citizens will gang up on them and beat them up.
I got a little worried about this earlier,
but the false rumors on the net are rather offensive.
If this was one way that Makishima's manipulating information...
Either he himself or his partner in crime...
We already know that one of the two is an outstanding cracker.
All those crimes wouldn't be possible if that wasn't the case.
Look at the faces of those who just surrendered and took off the helmets.
They're trash who can't commit a crime without the helmet.
In a sense, they were just playing into Makishima's hands.
Hold on a sec. If that's the case, then Makishima's goal is...
Suppose that everything is going as he planned.
If even what we're doing this very moment is what he expected...
Inspector, what are the riot locations that we were asked to suppress first?
Let's see...
Here they are.
What comes to mind here is a feint.
What if this whole thing was pre-arranged so that the riots would
intensify at those places just to lure the detectives at the CID out...
This is... Don't tell me!
These past five years,
I've been frantically trying to grasp the truth of the Sibyl System.
Distributed parallel processing
by servers installed at various locations in the Metropolitan area...
An ideal system that made iron-clad fault tolerance a reality...
Those are the catchphrases used by the Ministry of Welfare.
Well, if they want to measure and analyze
the Psycho-Pass of every citizen of this country,
it actually requires a great deal of computation.
Naturally, that's not possible
unless they do grid computing or something over the network.
But then, the more I tried to investigate it,
the more I realized that the flow of data was clearly strange.
Scanners throughout town, authorized counseling AIs, and the Dominators...
At first glance, the data appeared to be transferred throughout the grid,
but it was actually just being passed from one place to another.
Then, I finally noticed...
...that there's a single relay point that every communication
in the Sibyl System goes through at least once without exception.
If a stand-alone system that no one knows about is hidden there
and that one machine is managing all of Sibyl's processing and computation,
everything makes sense.
As I thought, you're a genius.
Well, what's mysterious is its capacity.
If it's really a stand-alone system, it means that it's exhibiting
a throughput that is not possible with existing technologies.
It makes no sense to put it all in one place to start with.
When you think about the security risk,
it's too risky no matter how you look at it.
Or, what if they want to keep it secret even if they have to take a risk for it?
Exactly.
When it's that suspicious, I just have to find out...
...the true nature of the Sibyl System.
And, you tracked it back to this facility?
This is the relay point for the various data collected by cymatic scans.
Plus, there are clear traces of the power consumption in this area being faked.
It's almost certain that the Sibyl System is inside of this building,
the Ministry of Welfare's Nona Tower.
Well then, guys...
...why don't we uncover the heart of the Great Prophetess?
Mr. Ginoza!
The ringleader's goal is to attack the Ministry of Welfare's Nona Tower!
The riots are all decoys!
Don't be ridiculous!
Don't leave your post based on groundless speculation!
People's lives are at stake!
But since all the Inspectors and Enforcers are out on the field,
the government district in Chuo Ward is empty!
In their hands, guard Drones are as good as scarecrows!
If we do nothing and fall behind,
the situation will be irreversible this time for sure!
Please let us go, at least!
Okay!
You guys go there first and check the situation!
We'll continue to suppress the riot in each area.
If something is up, let me know immediately!
Okay!
It's come into our sight.
There's no way that I could love someone
But I want someone to love me
Even if yesterday could continue unchanging into forever
You and I would never get anywhere
God... where did you go?
I don't hear any response, but that's how it always is
Are you still here?
You'll never walk alone
I'll go with you
No matter the sin, I'll bear the burden for you
I'll walk an uncharted path
All alone with you
A world where humans' state of mind and the tendency of their personalities can be quantified. While all sorts of inclinations are recorded and policed, these measured numbers used to judge people's souls are commonly called "Psycho-Pass." This story is fiction. The names of all individuals and organizations that appear in the show are fictitious and have no relation to those in existence in the real world.