Frees

The were a freelance press group that operated in Academy City, one year before the events of the main story. Chapter 2 Chapter 3
==Principles==
==Background==
==Chronology==
===Toaru Anbu no Item===
====Dark Justice Arc====
On August 29th, one year before the main story, Judgment Branch 000 hired the Frees to gather information on Item and Sadistic Dolls, who had been marked for death by the execution squad following the incident with the Ark of the Electronic Sea, who had murdered Judgment member Minamioki Sarusa. Chapter 3 Part 15 However, instead of merely observing the targets, the Frees assassinated the last survivor of the Sadistic Dolls themselves for the group's crimes, as they were fleeing the group's destruction at Item's hands at Moe Bells. Chapter 1 Part 5
Early the next morning, on August 30th, the group were disposing of evidence while continuing observation of Item in School District 3, sure that their involvement in the murder would not be traced. Chapter 2 Part 1 However, the group's photographer and writer, Kagiyama Sasuke and Saetani Melusine, unwittingly ended up in close proximity to Mugino Shizuri and Takitsubo Rikou, were roped into Item's own investigation and subsequently exposed, leading to their deaths. Chapter 2 Part 3 Chapter 2 Part 4 Chapter 2 Part 5 Chapter 2 Part 6 Chapter 2 Part 8 Chapter 2 Part 9 Chapter 2 Part 10 At the same time, the group's drone operator Amekawa Souji was killed by detective Shiratori Okibi, who was also investigating the case. The Frees had not conveyed the information they had gathered to Branch 000 before their deaths. Chapter 4 Part 1
==Members==
Name	Role 	Details
 	Photographer 	A middle school boy whose esper ability was , a psychological power that could physically bind a person he took a photo of, providing they met several conditions. For it to work, the target had to be unaware they were being photographed, be looking at the photographer, and be caught in a compromising situation or the act of a personal scandal that they believed would be devastating if exposed.
 	Writer 	A part-French high school girl with blonde hair and wearing a gaudy suit, her esper ability was , which allowed her to detect the sound of static electricity on a person's skin to predict the movement of their muscles and joints, and from that, their next action. Due to the sound being extremely faint, she required a shotgun microphone to make any practical use of her ability, which would otherwise needed her ear to be pressed against her target's chest.
 	Drone operator	His esper ability was , which made it so that slicing or striking a target's shadow with a weapon would inflict the same damage to the target, regardless of whether it was Amekawa or another wielding the weapon.
==References==
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