"That is what he confessed to, yes," Ichinose hummed in thought, watching Maruki's body language, listening to his tone. Trying to decipher him.
Takuto Maruki's research had been stolen by a corrupt politician, and used to kill.
Did he feel any degree of responsibility for that action? Or did he put that responsibility onto the professor, where it belonged?
Then again, studies were openly available for those in the field to dig into, more often than not. And...
"There's a good chance those studies were fed to EMMA, too, if they weren't scrubbed from publication entirely. But a system of corruption in the research fields as well... that bodes poorly."
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Takuto Maruki's research had been stolen by a corrupt politician, and used to kill.
Did he feel any degree of responsibility for that action? Or did he put that responsibility onto the professor, where it belonged?
Then again, studies were openly available for those in the field to dig into, more often than not. And...
"There's a good chance those studies were fed to EMMA, too, if they weren't scrubbed from publication entirely. But a system of corruption in the research fields as well... that bodes poorly."