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At the batting cages, Kusabi meets with Munakata again, who is shown to be alive.  

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At the batting cages, Kusabi meets with Munakata again, who is shown to be alive. While Kusabi wonders if he's returned to settle the score, Munakata assures him that he doesn't want him killed. He tells Kusabi that the FSO is using Kamui to disturb the feigned balance of power between the TRO and CCO, and take control of the next capitol in Ward 24. When Kusabi asks what they should do, Munakata says that they should just do as they please. Kusabi says that he knows who to wipe out.

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'''6:58PM'''<br>

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Naka says that the operation was a success, but that they lost some of their own. He orders Mikoshiba and Sakura to eliminate Kusabi and Morikawa for abandoning the mission, with Chizuru already making preparations to do so. He introduces the members of the crime ring TRUMP, who emerged with Kamui's elimination. He orders Sakura to keep an eye on Akira, as he will likely be contacted by them. Sakura tells Mikoshiba that Naka is struggling with having to eliminate his friends.

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'''7:07PM'''<br>

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Akira receives an email from Kinjo, apologizing for his lack of hospitality. He tells him to go to a smoke shop called [[Mulholland]], and that he may meet an [[Mulholland lady|old lady]] there. He says to check out the vending machine with "Placebo" written on it.

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'''7:56PM'''<br>

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Akira visits the smoke shop, finding a hidden door behind a vending machine. He travels down a long hallway before meeting Tokio, who tells him that there's a trap ahead and not to go any further. He says that Morikawa gave him a notebook, and that if he gets the chance he'll show it to him later. He tells Akira not to die and leaves. While traveling down the corridors, images flash of the characters and events of the previous cases. Akira finally reaches an underground railway platform, where he meets Morikawa. He says that during the redevelopment of the city 20 years ago, this location was made in top secret. He tells him to find the truth, and that if he comes to know the Silver Case, to read his notebook. As the train arrives in the station, Morikawa is shot and killed by Kusabi, who looks at Akira as he boards the train.

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After a long ride, the train arrives at the Mass Production Center. Akira enters a lounge where he finds Chizuru, who has fully become the next [[Ayame Shimohira]]. She says that she has to eliminate whoever gets in the way, and asks where Kusabi is so that she can kill him. She is shot and killed by Sakura, who followed Akira since she was worried. Chizuru dies with tears streaming down her face.

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'''9:00PM'''<br>

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At the batting center, Munakata meets with Nakategawa, who he says is part of the FSO. Naka threatens to dispose of him, and asks if he's TRO. Munakata tells him about the whereabouts of Kusabi and the others, who headed there based on information from Morikawa. Naka prepares to shoot him, saying he's the 21st person he's killed. Naka claims that Munakata is his enemy for his involvement in Ayame Maspro. He says that the three factions are only an illusion, and that he originally signed the draft for Ayame Maspro, codename "Elbow". He says that the TRO, CCO, and FSO are all part of one group, and that he himself is just another pawn. Munakata draws his gun and shoots Nakategawa dead. Mikoshiba appears, who is actually working for Munakata. He asks if what Naka said is true, which Munakata confirms. Mikoshiba asks for permission to go after the Silver Case and kill Kusabi, which causes Munakata to shoot him as well. Now all alone, Munakata says that he's leaving it all to Kusabi.

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While travelling through the underground tunnels, Sakura tells Akira about the Shelter Kids Policy which took place at this location. She says that the children from the Shelters are selected for their potential for criminal tendencies, and often later placed into the Special Forces, with their memories erased. This is all done for the study of criminal power. She tells Akira that like Kamui, he is a manufactured human, and is actually a stock body for Kamui like the other Shelter Kids. She says that a female unit exists as well, the Ayame Maspro. The Ayame he knew previously was a sample of this group, and that there is a stock of 1,440 girls, which includes her three victims. She confirms that Chizuru was also an Ayame, and was the first subject of the experiment as a sacrifice from her father, [[Kaoru Hachisuka]]. Sakura says that she too, is an Ayame.

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They arrive at the Shelter Plaza, a group of ten towers that housed the Shelter Kids. The male unit was raised there for four years, with the female unit occupying the four years after. She says that her father told her, "I will likely be killed by someone raised here". The top of the Shelter is a TV Tower, created by the ones in power as a symbol of control. She tells Akira to continue on alone, and calls him Kamui. Akira travels through the towers, finding notes relating to the raising of the children and bizarre "ocular silverization" experiments. He finds the dead bodies of the four TRUMP members, who have been shot. Finally, he finds Kusabi waiting for him. He says he finds it unnerving that people could become used to living in a place like this, but that it isn't that far fetched compared to Ward 24 itself. Kusabi says that he killed the TRUMP members, who were acting as a buffer before the next Kamui body was prepared. He wanted to be face-to-face with the next Kamui, who turns out to be Akira.

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Kusabi and Akira ascend an elevator, and he tells him about the creation of the TV Tower by the elder members of the factions. 20 years ago, the event known as the Silver Case also took place here. He says that the perpetrator as the original form of Kamui, known as the [[Format Kamui]], who snuck into the tower and killed all of the elder members. Kusabi says that he shot and killed Kamui, who put up no resistance. The tower was later shut down, and became run completely by computers. He tells Akira that there was one door in the facility that he was never able to open. At the top floor, Kusabi and Akira unseal the path forward and climb a set of stairs. They come upon a massive brain connected to a set of computers. Next to the mass of wires is an unmoving woman in a chair. In the center is a [[Nezu|mysterious programmer]], apparently the one in control of everything. Akira tells him that if he kills him, he will be freed of his curse by killing his past. Akira chooses to kill the programmer. In the forest outside, Kusabi says that it's finally over, and promises to come home soon. 

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'''Saturday, December 25, 1999, 6:28AM'''<br>

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At the batting cages, Munakata asks Kusabi what happened to Akira. Kusabi questions if there was ever really someone by that name. He says that Kamui lives on through Akira, and that he may have inherited Kamui so that the memories of his youth wouldn't be forgotten. Munakata tells him that there's such a thing as knowing too much. Kusabi is seen outside covered in blood, presumably from a duel with Munakata. Kusabi says that regardless of who someone is or their upbringing, they have the spirit of the light of possibility inside them. He tells Akira to kill the shadow in his spirit and seize the light.

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HamonBeat at 23:30, 20 March 2024