Innai Chigiri

Innai Chigiri (院内契) is a character who appears in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun: Cold Game. He is connected to several high-profile crimes designed to show the flaws in the legal and social system of Academy City, its "loopholes", hence his name given to him online.

In the short story, he is implicated in the Cold Sleep Murder Case due to evidence taken from an image on Saten Ruiko's phone.

Appearance
He is described as having androgynous facial features, with black hair and white skin with fine lines.

Background
Prior to his capture, Innai Chigiri committed various brutal crimes as a way of pointing out flaws in Academy City's legal and social system, leading him to be called Loophole and also acquiring a large following.

The crimes connected to Loophole included the Suicide Assistance Video Case, where an incurably ill individual was sought out and euthanized, the Loan Shark Office Arson Case, where a registry of people with multiple debts was burned, and the Takarabune Bank Vault Imprisonment Case, where a banker was threatened and locked inside a bank vault from which air was gradually being removed.