Parameter List.
It was a database that safeguarded Hamazura Shiage, who clashed against the dark side of Academy City, and the people around him. Hamazura considered how much damage it could cause to Academy City if it were used differently, but at the same time, he knew that he couldn't get away with it.
Originally, there was a two or three decade gap in technology between Academy City and the "outside", and there was a lot of information that the research institutes didn't want to release within the city. Even if one were to collect information, the system would definitely pick up extremely sensitive information.
Besides, Hamazura didn't intend to.
His goal wasn't to take down Academy City, but to live a peaceful life there.
In order to ensure his own safety, he even had the option to leave the city.
But right now, he wasn't ready to make that move yet.
The girl whose life was more important than his own, Takitsubo Rikou, had to undergo treatment in Academy City because of a certain incident.
Now.
There were many equipment and facilities in Academy City that other cities didn't have. There were wind-powered electrical generators, security and cleaning robots on patrol, and food production factories meant for livestock and agriculture everywhere in the city.
However, there were other differences as well.
In this city, there were overwhelmingly few cemeteries.
Eighty percent of the population staying here were students who had left their parents to stay in the dorms. Even if they were dead (because of cremation disposal, it was impossible to guarantee a DNA verification), their corpses would normally be returned to the parents. In other words, there was no basic requirement to have a graveyard here.
The only graveyard in Academy City was located in District 10, and its shape was similar to that of an elevator-equipped multi-story parking garage.
It was a structure that used the power of elevators to automatically pass the miniature tombstone that had the cinerary casket within it. For this to work, the input of a number was required in the small space that was separated by the clapboard like a shooting range.
As long as the thick waterproof tray allowed it, any flowers and gifts were allowed. But when the system detected any microbes, once it passed a certain limit, it would be dumped into the trash automatically.
As was mentioned earlier, it was rare to find the ashes of students here.
In other words, it was likely that the dead who were placed here had no name at all.
Criminals, abandoned ones known as Child Errors, and those involved in the dark side who had been erased from the "surface".
"…That Mugino is so slow." muttered Hamazura.
They hadn't entered the "graveyard" tower, but were sitting at the bench near the entrance, which didn't carry any sentimental feeling. Most likely, it was a place to let people smoke, but the ashtray that no one was using increased the loneliness.
Mugino was the only one who had entered the graveyard.
The one person who had personally killed Frenda was Mugino herself.
Most likely, there were a lot of words to be said.
There was no intention to listen to what she had to say, nor was there an intention to peek at her face.
Hamazura lazily looked up at the sky and said, "What did Frenda like when she was alive?"
"Mackerel."
The one who answered was Takitsubo, who was sitting beside him.
Kinuhata also sighed. "She super liked to eat canned mackerel. She used to not worry about money."
There was still a little uncomfortable feeling about describing someone in the past tense.
Did they wish for this to disappear, or not?
Hamazura was still too immature to decide.