I pinned the badge on my shirt and picked up the case file. The reason why I suspected that the victim was also a pre-Awakened wasn’t simply because the First Evil had killed him. As the prosecutor claimed, the time when the victim had quit his job had been around the time he had added First Evil as a friend on his internet messenger. The Internet Service Provider (ISP) had given the prosecution that much information, and, like most Americans during this time, he had accessed the Internet through Gold Online (GOL) and used their online messenger program.

The internet modem placed in Jonathan's office also had the GOL logo. Jonathan walked in with a harried expression. 

“I couldn’t even go to the washroom. Where have you been and what have you been doing? Your face is a mess,” he said.

“I need to know how many GOL shares you bought, the total shares held by the Jonathan Group. You started purchasing them, right?” I aske...