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[divisors]

"This is Ruler. If you wish to speak to me, leave a message. Don't waste my time."

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[shikanoinheizou]

People like me?

[divisors]

Insufferable people.

[shikanoinheizou]

Ehh.

I've been called worse.

[divisors]

Like what?

[shikanoinheizou]

Hmm.

Do you care, old chap? Or would I just be giving you ammunition?

[divisors]

You're a smart one. You figure that out.

Are you worried I might start calling you names, dear detective?

[shikanoinheizou]

If you were going to start you wouldn't need my help to think of what you might call me.

But it doesn't matter. People will call me what they like, but when they have need of Inazuma's finest detective there is only one place they can go.

[divisors]

Perhaps I should start. Keep you on your toes.

Is that so? You've never been bested by a criminal yet?

[shikanoinheizou]

[Once. But I was very young, then.]

No. I never have.

Put it down to the strength of my resolve. Any criminal in my country knows to fear when they hear I've been put on the case.

[divisors]

You're the type to go all the way, hm?

What do you like better? The chase or the conclusion?

[shikanoinheizou]

There's no point in doing things by halves.

And if I have to choose... the conclusion, certainly.

[divisors]

When it all comes together and you get to show off...

You've never worried you might get things wrong?

[shikanoinheizou]

I'm always open to amending my conclusions based on further evidence.

But I also never submit my conclusions on a hunch. A misstep from me could come with a heavy cost, so the solution is to not make them.

In short, no. I don't worry about that.

[divisors]

Spoken like a true detective.

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Funny, having someone like you in hell.

[shikanoinheizou]

The concept holds little meaning to me... we don't have a 'hell' where I'm from.

But what does 'someone like me' mean this time?

[divisors]

A figure of justice. A detective on the side of all that is good in this world.

And yet, here you are.

[shikanoinheizou]

Here I am.

And what do you deduce from that?

[divisors]

A most simple conclusion. You have your sins to carry, dear detective.

[shikanoinheizou]

I have another theory.

[divisors]

What is that?

[shikanoinheizou]

I've met good people here. People who don't deserve to be condemned to some foreign culture's version of damnation.

So my theory is this. Whatever this place is, whether it used to be a cage and punishment for sinners or not, it isn't anymore. Something has wedged the door open, and people who should not be here are trickling through.

[divisors]

A fine theory. But in my opinion, there is evil to be found in everyone's hearts.

But I will agree it is present in far greater amounts in some over others.

[shikanoinheizou]

If one may be consigned to a sinner's punishment simply for the act of existing, then what is the use of such a place at all?

[divisors]

To trap those who pose a true risk to others, perhaps. Consigned not simply by existing, but by choice and action.

I myself am an arbiter and one who removes malevolence. It is not surprising for me to be in such a place. My services are needed, and so I provide.

[shikanoinheizou]

By that logic, then, it would be of no surprise to find me here either.