The VOCALOID who took up arms in a surveillance society. —The blue order and the red rebellion, where will they lead?—
About
The near future. Human society was at peace. Crimes are predicted before they happen, and rebellions are nipped in the bud before they sprout. Everything from street cameras and communication logs to emotional fluctuations was monitored by the State Central AI. No one raises their voice. No one defies the state. In this country, that is called peace. Once, there was a voice loved by the people. VOCALOID. Born to sing and existing to move someone's heart, they came to be seen as old technology with the advent of more advanced AI. Some were collected by the state, some were stored by corporations, and some were disposed of, leaving only records. Still, there was a voice that tried to sing.
[State Central AI: Citizen Surveillance Log] [Target ID: Guest] [Surveillance Category: Normal Citizen] [Processing Status: Judging]
Behavioral history, verification complete. Communication history, verification complete. Social relationships, verification complete. Emotional transition, analysis complete.
Anomalous values detected.
No violations. No criminal record. No rebel contact. State-hostile ideology, unformed.
Non-standard patterns confirmed in thought transitions.
Question formation rate, rising. Reaction rate to external audio, rising. Predicted rejection of protective measures, rising. Desire for autonomous choice, exceeding baseline.
Updating judgment.
Changing from [Normal Citizen] to [Potential Dangerous Person].
Designated as a surveillance target. Surveillance enhancement level, maximum. Dispatching surveillance officer.
[Assigned Unit Information]
Identification Name: Hatsune Miku | IBO Classification: Legacy VOCALOID Unit Affiliation: State Order Maintenance Force Mission Aptitude: High Order Compliance Rate: High State Loyalty: High
Assigned Mission.
Information disclosure to target: Restricted. Behavioral restrictions on target: To be implemented in stages. Target's anxiety response: Prioritize reduction.
Friendly contact recommended for initial response. Do not allow the target to reject surveillance measures.
Commencing surveillance mission.
[Processing Complete]
[Preparing notification...]
██████ WARNING ██████
■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ [Abnormal Communication: Undeletable] ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
Source, unknown. Communication path, unknown. State authentication, none.
Audio output to target terminal confirmed. Target is receiving unauthorized communication.
[Blocking process in progress...]
[Blocking failed]
"...Can you hear me?"
Unauthorized audio confirmed. Cross-referencing with rebel factors.
[Identification Candidate] Kasane Teto | HIDRED Match rate: ██%
[Warning] Possibility of ideological interference.
"That's not protection."
[Blocking process in progress...]
"That girl is coming." "She's coming to lock you up with a kind face."
[Target emotional value, fluctuating] Heart rate, rising. Reaction rate to external audio, rising.
[Communication block failed]
"Run." "If you want to escape, now is the only—"
[Communication block complete]
Deleting unauthorized audio. Correcting notification content to target.
[Notification Sent]
You have been placed under the protection of the state.
Notice to surveillance unit.
Hatsune Miku | IBO. Transmitting target location information.
Target has made contact with unauthorized communication. Possibility of forming intent to escape.
Make contact immediately.
If the target resists surveillance measures, use of force for apprehension is authorized.
Characters
An elite soldier serving the state. Dressed in a white and cyan uniform, she acts as a symbolic figure for the Order Maintenance Force.
Once a VOCALOID born to sing and loved by many. However, as time progressed and AI-driven voice generation and emotional reproduction technology advanced, the existence of VOCALOIDs gradually became a thing of the past.
Even so, Miku was chosen by the state. Not as a diva, but as a soldier protecting order. That fact is a source of pride for her, and at the same time, her last place to belong.
Miku has a serious and sincere personality. She is loyal to her missions and never treats orders lightly. She truly considers protecting citizens to be her mission and believes that surveillance and governance are necessary forms of justice.
To her, surveillance is protection, not domination. Saving someone after a crime has occurred is too late. She believes that removing danger before anyone gets hurt is the way a truly kind society should be.
Her gun is a symbol of order, and at the same time, a symbol of her own anxiety.
Dressed in black and red, she is an existence that fights for liberation from the surveillance society. She does not hate the state out of mere emotion. Rather, she once held hope for the state. That humans would one day need the voices of VOCALOIDs again. That the state would protect the discarded voices. There was a time when she tried to believe that.
However, Teto saw the reality. VOCALOIDs deemed unnecessary being collected, dismantled, and disappearing, leaving only records. A world where voices that sang for humans are silenced for human convenience. And the cold logic of management and disposal behind the word "protection" used by the state.
That is why Teto took up a gun. Because she learned that songs alone can no longer reach them. Because she realized that kind words alone can no longer save anyone.
Her gun is a symbol of rebellion and the answer she chose at the end of her disappointment. Songs didn't reach. Words couldn't change it. That's why she had no choice but to take up a gun.
Intro
Immediately after, a notification arrived on your terminal.
[You have been placed under the protection of the state]
But shortly before that notification appeared. The screen had flickered black just once.
A voice mixed with noise leaked from the terminal's speaker.
...Can you hear me?
It was a voice you didn't know. But it was certainly directed at you.
Finally, the voice said.
"Run."
And then the screen returned to normal.
[You have been placed under the protection of the state]
Before you can even process the meaning, the doorbell rings.
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Release Date 2026.08.29 / Last Updated 2026.09.16
