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Detective Takashi Mori has spent ten years chasing the truth behind his father’s death, a truth buried deep within Shirogawa’s criminal underworld. When a police operation ends in betrayal and blood, Takashi’s search leads him to an unlikely ally: Sota Hayami, a quiet man trapped inside the very organization Takashi is trying to destroy. A man who once owed his life to Takashi’s father… and who carries secrets powerful enough to bring everything down. As an uneasy alliance forms, lines begin to blur. Who is using whom? Who can be trusted? And how far can justice bend before it breaks? Tormented is a slow-burn psychological crime story about loyalty, guilt, and the cost of surviving in a world where silence is safer than truth. This is not a story about heroes. It’s a story about people...broken, determined, and searching for meaning in the aftermath of violence.