Gyakusatsu Kikan

Wealthy nations retreat behind pervasive security systems while mass killings spread elsewhere. American operative Clavis Shepherd is assigned to track John Paul, a man whose movements appear connected to the outbreaks.

The pursuit draws Clavis toward a disturbing relationship between language and human violence, and toward a woman who may lead him to his target. Finding Paul forces him to question not only the mission but also the moral distance separating the people who give orders from those who carry them out.