Sword is rather scarily competent, but a lot of his investigative work is fairly simple backtracking. His entire
analysis of Shizuru's powers, for instance, are from contacts in the FBSA. Technically, these files are sealed and
only the FBSA and the person they're about have access to the non-public bits. In practice, they're less secure when you have an "in" with
the clerical staff. So anything she might have left out of her paperwork there (the telepathy, the teleport spell, etc.) wouldn't be there, but the obvious
stuff (her explanation of her sonic powers, her Mind Control abilities) are there somewhere.
The First District stuff and his small body of knowledge about the fact she's remotely unstable at all sounds more impressive than it is, actually. For
instance, he has no idea what First District is, or for that matter, that they were the ones Shizuru attacked. His logic trail is as follows.
- The law of probability suggests SOMEONE got a picture of Kiyohime on a rampage. Random civilian, fleeing plucky reporter, somebody. And it wound up on the
internet, probably with no one knowing what it was.
- That picture inevitably gets tied to mysterious mass renovations of the area that happened about that time, with the typical kooky coverup theories about how
Kiyohime is a queen tentacle alien, spreading her hentai spawn about to reproduce by deflowering virginal Japanese seed for their superior DNA or something.
- Kiyohime's existence, if not its exact nature and source(Shizuru is definitely not mentioning what happens if
it's destroyed on anything, regardless of openess and honesty) are in Shizuru's FBSA records, presumably with a (sealed) file photo.
- Sword has information and office gossip from Shizuru's therapist, as well as basically breaking and entering to get a look at her files and
therapist's notes.
- The following draws together the image that Shizuru, at some point in her past, made a Big Mistake because of a traumatic event, trashed a large section of
Japan with Kiyohime, and the whole event was covered up somehow. Which, notably, one assumes Shizuru is less than open about, even to her therapist. I doubt
that Sword knows about Natsuki at all, except as a close friend from her high school days. However, this suggests that whatever caused her initial breakdown
would only be known to the heroes that stopped her and any villains aware of the events being covered up. Hence Sword's recommendation.
Amusingly, this is also reflected with his recommendation with Patriette, who maintains a huge degree of blackout of anyone knowing.....anything....about her
past, yet broadcasts several signals of someone hiding something rather severe. Sword's recommendations and analysis are almost entirely worst case
scenario analysis because, as he notes himself, they don't know anything, so what's going on there could be
that Patriette's possessed by a demon slowly taking over her mind, for all he knows. Either way, he rates her as a higher risk for the lack of any concrete
knowledge.
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."
analysis of Shizuru's powers, for instance, are from contacts in the FBSA. Technically, these files are sealed and
only the FBSA and the person they're about have access to the non-public bits. In practice, they're less secure when you have an "in" with
the clerical staff. So anything she might have left out of her paperwork there (the telepathy, the teleport spell, etc.) wouldn't be there, but the obvious
stuff (her explanation of her sonic powers, her Mind Control abilities) are there somewhere.
The First District stuff and his small body of knowledge about the fact she's remotely unstable at all sounds more impressive than it is, actually. For
instance, he has no idea what First District is, or for that matter, that they were the ones Shizuru attacked. His logic trail is as follows.
- The law of probability suggests SOMEONE got a picture of Kiyohime on a rampage. Random civilian, fleeing plucky reporter, somebody. And it wound up on the
internet, probably with no one knowing what it was.
- That picture inevitably gets tied to mysterious mass renovations of the area that happened about that time, with the typical kooky coverup theories about how
Kiyohime is a queen tentacle alien, spreading her hentai spawn about to reproduce by deflowering virginal Japanese seed for their superior DNA or something.
- Kiyohime's existence, if not its exact nature and source(Shizuru is definitely not mentioning what happens if
it's destroyed on anything, regardless of openess and honesty) are in Shizuru's FBSA records, presumably with a (sealed) file photo.
- Sword has information and office gossip from Shizuru's therapist, as well as basically breaking and entering to get a look at her files and
therapist's notes.
- The following draws together the image that Shizuru, at some point in her past, made a Big Mistake because of a traumatic event, trashed a large section of
Japan with Kiyohime, and the whole event was covered up somehow. Which, notably, one assumes Shizuru is less than open about, even to her therapist. I doubt
that Sword knows about Natsuki at all, except as a close friend from her high school days. However, this suggests that whatever caused her initial breakdown
would only be known to the heroes that stopped her and any villains aware of the events being covered up. Hence Sword's recommendation.
Amusingly, this is also reflected with his recommendation with Patriette, who maintains a huge degree of blackout of anyone knowing.....anything....about her
past, yet broadcasts several signals of someone hiding something rather severe. Sword's recommendations and analysis are almost entirely worst case
scenario analysis because, as he notes himself, they don't know anything, so what's going on there could be
that Patriette's possessed by a demon slowly taking over her mind, for all he knows. Either way, he rates her as a higher risk for the lack of any concrete
knowledge.
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."