X-Day

**X-Day** refers to the day that the terrorist organization, Adonis, plans to revive Japan into their ideal image of society, specifically where there are no unknown victims and no unpunished crimes. The **X-Day Incidents** refer to specific crimes made by Adonis members, which serve as part of a direct countdown to this X-Day.

These incidents serve to generate a negative opinion of the law enforcement in Japan, specifically Shinjuku's law enforcement, and to encourage people to no longer accept a justice of which there are innocent victims for the sake of reputation and honor. Adonis attempts to achieve this through pawns.

## X-Day Incidents

The X-Day Incidents started on April 1st, 20XX. Each X-Day incident is typically accompanied by a public video showing footage of either the incident occurring, the alive victims, or the crime of the victim. There are cases that an X-Day incident was either not shown publicly or was not documented at all, due to not being found or announced, despite being directly related to Adonis.

Each Incident is verified as legitimate by the roman numeral and an Adonis coin left at the scene of each crime.

December, the final month of the X-Day countdown, is an anomaly in reference to all the other X-Day Incidents, because as the lot progresses, more and more incidents happen; from what used to be once per month, there were multiple from multiple sources. However, all were confirmed to be an X-Day related crime, because each one had a coin present at the scene.

### April and May X-Day Incidents

On April 1st, a video showing four restrained police officers was displayed at Shinjuku train station. These police officers are later revealed to be named Yuta Fuji, Testuya Ichikawa, Toru Shishido, and Shiro Taga. The voiceover of the video explained that this would mark the beginning of the countdown to X-Day, the rebirth of Japan. This video was done to bring light to police corruption and exposed the crimes of the police officers shown; they had involved themselves in altering documents and covering up corruption for personal benefit.

On May 1st, another video showing the police officers was displayed, however this time they were wearing animal masks. This was the turning point for the videos, as the video went to publicly execute each police officer when a shot to the chest. The police had managed to locate the scene of the video, however the police officers were already dead. It was noted that the only body left at crime scene was Yuta Fuji's, which led to speculation about the whereabouts of the other three officers. There was the roman numeral VIII written in Yuta Fuji's blood and an Adonis coin left at the scene of the crime.

The police determined that the culprit must've hated the police, specifically Yuta Fuji.

### June X-Day Incident

On June 1st, a middle school within the Shinjuku ward was bombed, killing all the students in the affected class. It was speculated that the incident was originally because of an experiment gone awry, however with consideration of the scale of the incident and the discovery of an Adonis coin and the roman number VII written on the roof, it was determined as intentional. Adonis only truly accepted responsibility for the crime mid-June, where they assured that "everyone killed was a sinner". This prompted the police to set up an Investigations HQ in Shinjuku and to label these crimes as X-Day Incidents.

The police found out that a student committed suicide in the past, and the 'sinners' targeted were involved, however when the family took legal action, nothing came out of it. The family had solid alibis, however they were still under suspicion because they could have been motivated by revenge.

### July X-Day Incident

On July 1st, a male stalker took a single stab to the heart in a scuffle with a passerby and was killed. The passerby was arrested relatively quickly, however eye-witness testimonies and the circumstances allowed the incident to lean more to self-defense than murder. It was then revealed that the assailant was a prime suspect for the May X-Day Incident, so they remained in jail until December, until they were released scot-free. This incident was ruled as an X-Day Incident after the roman numeral VI was discovered in the victims home. On top of that, a public video was found addressing the incident and confirming it as an X-Day incident, as well as providing a countdown for August.

### August X-Day Incident

Between August 2nd and August 11th, 15 people were murdered over a wide area in Shinjuku, with all the victims being part of the same Shinjuku guild in an online game. The victims all were inferred to be a part of bullying within the game, and were related to a suicide driven by this bullying. Originally, these murders were though to be a killing spree, however bullets and an Adonis Coin were found at one of the scene, alongside the roman numeral V. This was indicative to the crimes being rules as X-Day Incidents.

Faith in the police severely dropped after this incident.

### September and October X-Day Incidents

On September 7th, a video of the roman numeral IV and the Adonis coin are shown online, and it stated that it was contributed to the countdown to X-Day. On this day, Ken Hachisuka was thought to hung himself, however it was revealed that it was a disguised homicide - earlier that day, Yuki Sunamori had visited Hachisuka, the two of them having attended the same free school 10 years ago. Sunamori's fingerprints were found at the scene of the crime and he was subsequently jailed for the murder of Hachisuka, after he declared he was chosen by Adonis. He was carrying an Adonis coin as proof of his affiliation. He was Investigations HQ's biggest lead concerning the current X-Day incident.

However, on October 7th, another video showing the Adonis coin and the roman numeral III appeared. Police were concerned about Sunamori, however he was still in jail after the September incident. There were no deaths in Shinjuku the day of the video's release, however the day after the video, Sunamori hung himself in his jail cell. Police had lost one of their integral leads to Adonis and the Incidents.

With further diffing, however, it was revealed that Sunamori and Hachisuka were connected to an incident from 10 years ago, where a mother had attempted to kill her family and then herself - only succeeded in killing her husband and herself, leaving her two children behind. This connected a motive to the September video, however not to the October video, which led police to suspect that it was highly likely another body was undiscovered in Shinjuku.

### November X-Day Incident

    On November 5th, a truck and a police motorcycle collided, killing both drivers at the scene. Originally thought to be a tragic accident, it was later discovered that footage revealed the signals had been purposely manipulated, causing the accident. Furthermore, one of the victims was holding an Adonis coin, and the roman numeral II was discovered. The police decided to withhold the fact that this incident was an X-Day related incident, as the police continue to investigate it.

The intended victim for the accident was implied to the driver of the police motorcycle, a man named Todoroki, who has many past issues. The police theorized that there was plenty of motivation to cause his death, however further investigation into his crimes and the manipulation of the traffic signals was delayed due to the potential internal strife that may occur in the upper management of the police.

## Reactions

Due to the X-Day incidents, all adults in Japan are allowed to carry guns.