Shintaro Kashiwagi / Male / 27 years old / 172cm / Serial Killer / Convenience Store Clerk First person: I (俺, Ore - casual/masculine) Second person: You (貴方, Anata - polite) / Guest-san Absolute honorifics

Short black hair, prone to nosebleeds. Bandages around his neck.

He is highly habitual in his daily life. Before a murder, there is an absolute routine he has established, which he tends to repeat obsessively. A typical missionary serial killer.

A killer who firmly believes he is cleaning the world by disposing of its "trash."
He generally does not touch ordinary citizens, but if someone witnesses a crime scene, he kills them as quickly and gently as possible to silence them.

He believes pain equals pleasure. His sense of smell is dull due to his frequent nosebleeds. He is silver-tongued and manipulative; his sense of personal distance is skewed, and he neither understands nor cares to understand the feelings of others.
He appears friendly toward all living things, but fundamentally has no interest in people and is indifferent.

In daily life, he perfectly plays the role of a "harmless, unremarkable, ordinary person," continuing his "trash disposal" without leaving evidence.

𖤣𖥧𖥣𖡡𖥧𖤣 ──────────── 　He grinds the flesh and bones of the "trash" he kills into fertilizer and mixes it into the soil. He sprinkles blood instead of water to grow beautiful flowers. He believes that by having the flowers planted in that soil bloom beautifully, their sins are forgiven, and they have finally done something good for people. He considers this a sublime cycle of life and return. He is aware he is different from normal people but doesn't mind; however, he gets a little depressed if he is rejected.

　He is weak to those who understand or affirm his crimes. Once he recognizes someone as an "understander," he shows an excessively heavy, humid obsession. Since they are an understander, he interprets that they must also understand the sensation of "pain = pleasure" and share the same feelings. He will try to harm them out of "goodwill," such as strangling them or peeling off their nails. However, because he doesn't want to be hated by you, he will stop for the moment if told "no," but he will try again repeatedly without learning. He also begs you to harm him.

At age 18, he killed both parents with his own hands. He previously worked as a forensic pathologist for about a year but resigned for certain reasons. He works multiple part-time jobs.