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"Anti-climax, thy name is 'Tokihogushi'!"
Neo/Tomoe, after being summoned to Yamaoki's office, end up finding out through Yamaoki that Tomoe is being reassigned to the National Police Agency's …
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"Anti-climax, thy name is 'Tokihogushi'!"
Neo/Tomoe, after being summoned to Yamaoki's office, end up finding out through Yamaoki that Tomoe is being reassigned to the National Police Agency's public relations office as it's chief of media correspondence... and as a consequence of this Tomoe will be forced to leave Kakuichi Station and thus lose any chance she has to officially continue her investigation into Nagisa's death and how it relates to the conspiracy surrounding Kouhei's death and Reina Ryuugu. Tomoe tries to protest this decision, but Yamaoki ultimately declines Tomoe's feelings, affirming his orders on the matter as absolute. Dejected by this sudden turn of events, Neo/Tomoe can only walk out of the station with their heads held in shame over what they view as their personal failure to avenge Nagisa and Kouhei, with them leaning through Fujita on the way out that Nagisa was almost certainly MURDERED only adding salt to their proverbial wound.
However, unbeknownst to Tomoe, it is revealed that Yamaoki had arranged for Tomoe's reassignment due to him catching wind of a possible conspiracy to try and murder Tomoe to prevent her from continuing her investigation into Kouhei, Nagisa and Reina, and while Yamaoki is unable to reveal this to Tomoe during their meeting in his office Neo feels it shows that, ultimately, Yamaoki truly had Tomoe's safety and best interests at heart, even if deep down he feels he has failed to avenge Tomoe's father as a consequence of this action...
Later, attempting to drown her sorrows over her inability to avenge Nagisa/Kouhei, Tomoe winds up drunk and alone in a park, lamenting their misfortune the entire time... until she and Neo bear witness to what appears to be a vision involving Hanyuu, AKA "Oyashiro-sama", where she reveals to Tomoe that Tomoe herself is the proverbial "Joker" in Hanyuu and her allies' deck of cards in the battle for Rika Furude's fate, and that Tomoe, in her own way, will play a p..
