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Harold and Echika may have brought their latest case to a close, but the developer of the AI who facilitated E’s campaign against Interpol is nowhere to be found. To ascertain the identity of this enigmatic individual, the pair request the aid of their friend Bigga, now a formal consultant with the Electrocrime Investigation Bureau. Yet even her help isn’t enough to give them a lead. Meanwhile, a series of spree killings against Amicus begin to unfold, and the modus operandi bears an eerie resemblance to the murder of Harold’s mentor...

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In an alternate near future, the Your Forma, a miraculous smart thread technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an integral part of daily life. But these convenient devices also record every sight, sound, and emotion their users experience. For Electronic Investigator Echika Hieda, diving into peoples' memories via the Your Forma and hunting for evidence is all part of a day's work. The problem is, she's so adept at what she does that her assistants literally fry their brains trying to keep up with her. After putting one too many aides in the hospital, the top brass finally furnish Echika with a partner on her level, a brilliant yet cheeky android named Harold Lucraft. But can Echika put her prejudices against robots aside to solve the most complex case of her career?

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Your Forma, a miraculous brain-threading technology that was developed to save thousands of lives from a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an integral part of everyday life. Begrudgingly partnered with Harold, of the “Amics” line of androids, officer Echika must use this invasive technology to hunt for clues and crack cases in a world where your every sight, sound, and emotion is being recorded.

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Back on the beat as an Electronic Investigator, Echika finds herself up against achallenging new case: a string of assaults committed against people related to the RFModel Amicus. To make matters worse, victim testimonials suggest that the perpetratoris none other than Echika’s partner, Harold. As the pair continue their investigation inspite of the rift forming between them, shocking truths come to light, and Echikastruggles to make an agonizing decision...

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Echika’s stubborn insistence on protecting the secret of the RF Models’ Laws of Respect has driven a wedge between her and Harold. As the two partners grow more distant, it comes to light that TOSTI, the mysterious AI they’ve been investigating, may have been developed at a research city in Dubai. But when Echika is ordered to travel there on an undercover mission to search for answers, her efforts are quickly derailed. Eventually, Echika and her team get closer to unraveling the truth with the help of a local whiz kid, but something strange seems to be happening to Bigga…

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