# 14 - A New Chapter of the Rakshasa
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***SIGN*** 1965
Summer...
**[01:38] Guy**
They're dumping here again.
**[01:48] Guy**
Damn it.
**[01:53] Guy**
Those pests.
**[01:56] Guy**
Hey!
**[01:57] Guy**
What the hell are you doing?!
**[02:00] Guy**
This is city property!
**[02:02] Guy**
Dumping trash here is—
**[02:37] Nar**
This was how it began.
***SIGN*** Episode 14
***SIGN*** A New Chapter of the Rakshasa
**[02:47] Nar**
The buried corpse was that of a young man.
**[02:50] Nar**
With no significant marks on the body,
**[02:52] Nar**
the cause of death was only
determined later through autopsy.
**[03:13] Nar**
The autopsy revealed
that the cause of death
**[03:14] Nar**
had been shock induced
by loss of blood.
**[03:17] Nar**
However, there was no
visible wound that could
**[03:21] Nar**
have explained the fatal loss of blood.
**[03:23] Nar**
This was the only thing found.
**[03:25] Nar**
A small wound on the left forearm,
resembling one made by a syringe.
**[03:28] Nar**
The coroner determined this was the
opening from which the blood was drawn.
**[03:31] Nar**
The investigatory headquarters
could not say if this had been homicide
**[03:35] Nar**
or some kind of medical
procedure gone wrong.
**[03:37] Nar**
The official announcement was
that the young man had died
**[03:40] Nar**
due to a massive amount of blood
loss, drawn from his left forearm.
**[03:44] Nar**
A very peculiar death.
***SIGN*** Missing Persons Incidents Continue
**[03:48] Nar**
The media jumped on the
bandwagon, and for months,
***SIGN*** A Vampire Appears!
**[03:51] Nar**
these young missing persons were
a great piece of sensationalism.
**[03:57] Man**
Excuse me, Yasuoka-san.
**[04:00] Man**
It's about that incident the other day...
**[04:03] Man**
Can you just come with me?
**[04:05] Yas**
Y-Yes.
**[04:19] Man**
What do you think?
**[04:23] Yas**
That's him, no doubt.
**[04:26] Yas**
It's Hirayama Yukio.
**[04:31] Man**
Senpai, do you...
**[04:33] Yas**
Huh?
**[04:34] Man**
Do you have any idea who did it?
**[04:37] Yas**
Hey, hey!
**[04:39] Yas**
How the hell would I?
**[04:40] Yas**
Why me?
**[04:44] Nar**
Hirayama Yukio had been a rep player
for one of the yakuza groups,
**[04:48] Nar**
and Yasuoka had once been his manager.
**[04:51] Nar**
If only for a short time,
they had fought side by side.
**[04:56] Nar**
That's right.
**[04:57] Nar**
Hirayama was the fake Akagi.
**[05:03] Nar**
And right then,
Yasuoka had an epiphany.
**[05:07] Nar**
A thought that had gradually
come to coalesce in his mind.
**[05:11] Nar**
That's right.
**[05:12] Nar**
He had a clue about
these mysterious deaths.
***SIGN*** Inada Group Second in Command
Ougi
**[05:18] Yas**
I'm sorry I made you come all
the way out here, Ougi-san.
**[05:22] Oug**
It's not every day I get a
call from a police officer.
**[05:26] Oug**
So why did you call?
**[05:29] Yas**
Why don't we have a drink first?
**[05:38] Yas**
I know it's sudden,
but it's about that.
**[05:43] Oug**
I won't deny it.
**[05:44] Oug**
Our group was involved and introduced
a few young guys to the old man.
**[05:49] Oug**
Outcasts and youngsters that
nobody would bother looking for.
**[05:54] Oug**
But the stakes for these games
were always outrageously high.
**[05:58] Oug**
And then, there were special rules.
**[06:00] Oug**
Even a skilled person
would have trouble
**[06:02] Oug**
keeping a clear head under
those circumstances.
**[06:05] Oug**
It's a game of Mahjong someone
poor could never win.
**[06:08] Oug**
But lately, there haven't
been any requests.
**[06:16] Oug**
Maybe the old man got
sick of this game.
**[06:18] Yas**
I'm not so sure about that.
**[06:21] Yas**
Around when did he stop calling you?
**[06:24] Oug**
Four, five months ago?
**[06:27] Yas**
I knew it.
**[06:28] Oug**
Huh?
**[06:29] Yas**
It fits completely with the string
of young people disappearing lately.
**[06:36] Yas**
What this means is that
the old man's little hobby
**[06:39] Yas**
has intensified and he's a monster now.
**[06:42] Yas**
That corpse they found on Mount Tama
was just one of his victims.
**[06:47] Yas**
Ougi-san.
**[06:49] Yas**
I'm thinking of hunting down this
old man... I mean, this monster.
**[06:54] Yas**
With our own monster.
**[06:56] Oug**
Monster?
**[06:58] Yas**
Yes.
**[06:59] Yas**
We'll pit him against the
monster Akagi Shigeru.
**[07:03] Yas**
They say the old man is
worth about one billion.
**[07:06] Yas**
If Akagi wins, we'll split
it between us three ways.
**[07:12] Nar**
One billion yen in 1965 would
be roughly ten billion yen today.
**[07:18] Guy**
Akagi Shigeru?
**[07:20] Guy**
Couldn't find him.
**[07:23] Guy**
I tried asking around
**[07:25] Guy**
about a rep player fitting that
description, but there was none.
**[07:29] Guy**
There is one rumor that's
caught my attention, though.
**[07:33] Guy**
Supposedly there's this young guy
who keeps winning every single game
**[07:37] Guy**
at one of our affiliate
group's chou-han operations.
***SIGN*** Chou-han - a game where players bet on the even/odd outcome of two dice.
**[07:40] Guy**
Some twenty or so year old punk.
**[07:44] Guy**
He takes on a lot of crazy bets,
**[07:46] Guy**
but he's just some wash-out with no backup.
**[07:48] Guy**
Based on your description,
that just might be him.
**[07:55] Nar**
A few days later,
**[07:56] Nar**
Yasuoka and Ougi were on their way
to meet the Kurata Group in Chiba
**[08:01] Nar**
to confirm if the young man on the
winning streak was, indeed, Akagi.
**[08:05] Nar**
If it is not him, Yasuoka's plans
will all go down the drain.
***SIGN*** Inside the Kurata Group's Gambling House
**[08:17] Nar**
Just then, the Kurata Group,
who had lost about 20 million yen
**[08:20] Nar**
in the three months to this young man,
were about to take some drastic measures.
**[08:27] Nar**
20 million yen would be worth
close to 200 million yen today.
**[08:33] Guy**
All right.
**[08:34] Guy**
Listen up.
**[08:36] Guy**
Everybody in this room, myself included,
agrees that this roll was odd with 4 and 5.
**[08:43] Guy**
You're the only one left.
**[08:45] Guy**
As long as you don't babble
nonsense, it'll all go down well.
**[08:50] Nar**
The young man was Akagi Shigeru.
**[08:57] Guy**
Saying the wrong thing will
only insult these people here.
**[09:02] Guy**
So think about that before you answer.
**[09:06] Guy**
Is the roll even or odd?
**[09:15] Guy**
*I know you know what I'm talking about.*
**[09:19] Guy**
* I'm not asking you whether*
* this roll is even or odd.*
**[09:24] Guy**
*What I'm asking about is your life.*
**[09:28] Guy**
* I'm asking if you want to live,*
* or if you want to die.*
**[09:41] Aka**
Even if there was a monster
**[09:44] Aka**
that controlled this country...
no, the entire world,
**[09:51] Aka**
even this person could not twist the truth.
**[09:57] Aka**
The truth that everybody has to die,
and the outcome of a gamble!
**[10:03] Aka**
It's even.
**[10:06] Boss**
You little bastard!
**[10:07] Boss**
How long are you going to screw around?!
**[10:20] Guy**
I'm only going to ask you one more time.
**[10:22] Guy**
This is your last chance.
**[10:24] Guy**
Pick the wrong words
and you'll lose your head.
**[10:30] Guy**
Is this even or odd?
**[11:08] Aka**
Even.
**[11:13] Guy**
I see.
**[11:15] Guy**
Then die!
**[11:19] Yasu**
Hold it!
**[11:25] Boss**
Can't you hear that?
**[11:26] Boss**
We have a guest.
**[11:29] Man**
Is anyone there?
**[11:35] Boss**
Go.
**[11:38] Stooge**
Yes, sir.
**[11:59] Oug**
We want to play.
**[12:01] Oug**
The gambling house is open, right?
**[12:04] Guy**
I'm sorry, but we closed early today.
**[12:08] Oug**
You're closed?
**[12:09] Guy**
I am terribly sorry, since you've
come all this way, but...
**[12:12] Guy**
If you could please leave now.
**[12:18] Oug**
Hey!
**[12:20] Oug**
What the hell is up with him?
**[12:22] Oug**
Talk about abrupt.
**[12:24] Oug**
What do you want to do?
**[12:25] Oug**
Shall we just go?
**[12:28] Yasu**
*Blood.*
**[12:29] Oug**
What's wrong?
**[12:31] Oug**
Yasuoka!
**[12:35] Guy**
Hey!
**[12:36] Guy**
Where do you think you're going?
**[12:39] Yasu**
*Akagi!*
**[12:40] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[12:53] Yasu**
Akagi...
**[12:54] Boss1**
Who the hell are you?
**[12:55] Boss1**
You bastard...
**[12:56] Boss**
Wait.
**[12:58] Boss**
You're Ougi Takeshi-san, am I right?
**[13:01] Boss**
You in the back.
**[13:02] Boss**
Both our groups are subgroups
of the Santou Group.
**[13:05] Boss**
You're the second in command
for the Inada Group.
**[13:07] Boss**
That is you, right?
**[13:10] Oug**
It's been too long.
**[13:12] Oug**
I apologize for barging in like this.
**[13:15] Oug**
I really do.
**[13:17] Oug**
But what is this?
**[13:20] Boss**
It seems you witnessed
something unsightly.
**[13:23] Boss**
We have to use force so rarely,
but this guy just doesn't listen.
**[13:29] Boss**
What a mess.
**[13:31] Boss**
You can see that the dice roll is even.
**[13:34] Boss**
But he keeps saying that it's odd.
**[13:38] Boss**
Of course, now that you're here,
**[13:41] Boss**
he'll probably say that he said it
was even from the very start.
**[13:46] Yasu**
*That's a bald-faced lie.*
**[13:48] Yasu**
*Akagi is a true pariah.*
**[13:51] Yasu**
*An outcast.*
**[13:52] Yasu**
*He's a heretic who spits on society's rules.*
**[13:56] Yasu**
* But he wouldn't change his*
* mind in such a manner.*
**[13:59] Yasu**
*Even if his life depended on it.*
**[14:02] Yasu**
*He didn't bet odd.*
**[14:06] Yasu**
*He bet even.*
**[14:08] Yasu**
* And now, the Kurata Group is trying*
* to change this fact using force.*
**[14:13] Yasu**
* The Kurata Group won't*
* back down from this.*
**[14:15] Yasu**
*They simply can't.*
**[14:17] Yasu**
*But...*
**[14:19] Yasu**
*Akagi won't withdraw, either.*
**[14:21] Yasu**
* He's the type who sees it*
* through to the bitter end.*
**[14:26] Yasu**
*What should I do?*
**[14:27] Yasu**
*What can I do?*
**[14:29] Yasu**
* What we're facing is the*
* very essence of gambling.*
**[14:32] Yasu**
*A meaningless death.*
**[14:34] Yasu**
*Ridiculous!*
**[14:36] Yasu**
* There's no way I can let*
* an unparalleled talent*
**[14:38] Yasu**
* like Akagi get snuffed out in a*
* pathetic gambling hole like this.*
**[14:41] Yasu**
* That's so stupid that*
* it simply can't happen!*
**[14:49] Boss**
So, if you would be so kind as
to take your leave for today.
**[15:03] Yasu**
The roll is gone!
**[15:04] Yasu**
I just got rid of it!
**[15:07] Yasu**
There's no odd or even.
**[15:09] Yasu**
This thing you all put your pride
on the line for is gone now!
**[15:13] Boss**
You bastard, what do you
think you're doing?!
**[15:15] Oug**
Manager, please stop this.
**[15:17] Boss**
This isn't any of your business!
**[15:19] Oug**
That's not true.
**[15:21] Oug**
Yasuoka and I are like brothers.
**[15:24] Oug**
I can't just look the other way.
**[15:26] Oug**
When you lift a blade
against Yasuoka or Akagi,
**[15:29] Oug**
you lift that blade against me,
and therefore the Inada Group.
**[15:34] Oug**
That's how I'm forced to interpret this.
**[15:36] Oug**
Manager!
**[15:37] Oug**
Is there any way we can pretend
that this bet never even happened?
**[15:42] Boss**
Is this a joke?
**[15:43] Oug**
If you insist, then I will have no
choice but to report this up the chain.
**[15:48] Oug**
Is that your wish?
**[15:53] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[15:54] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[15:55] Yasu**
Hang on!
**[15:57] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[15:58] Yasu**
Akagi!
**[16:11] Yasu**
How did it go?
**[16:15] Oug**
Nothing to worry about.
**[16:16] Oug**
A wound like that isn't fatal.
**[16:20] Oug**
So long as you stop the bleeding, that is.
**[16:28] Oug**
That was close, though.
**[16:29] Oug**
If we hadn't arrived when we did,
he would've lost his life there.
**[16:35] Oug**
It's just like you said.
**[16:36] Oug**
He has absolutely no fear of death.
**[16:38] Oug**
He's someone who can look
death in the eye as it takes him,
**[16:41] Oug**
rather than being wracked by fear.
**[16:45] Oug**
That's a rare type of man right there.
**[16:47] Oug**
He really is an irreplaceable asset.
**[16:49] Oug**
I couldn't let him die there.
**[16:52] Oug**
Right, Yasuoka?
**[16:54] Oug**
An enormous amount of
money is riding on this.
**[16:57] Oug**
If he's going to die, he'll have
to do it at the table where
**[16:59] Oug**
that money's being wagered.
**[17:03] Yasu**
I'm glad it wasn't anything serious.
**[17:05] Yasu**
They said none of your
nerves were severed, either.
**[17:08] Yasu**
You better make this the last time you
**[17:11] Yasu**
try to throw away your life like that.
**[17:15] Yasu**
Is there any point in standing on
principle against scum like them?
**[17:27] Aka**
Sometimes, you just want to run
straight ahead, without reason.
**[17:30] Aka**
That was one of those times.
**[17:33] Aka**
My own blood didn't allow
me to bend my will.
**[17:38] Aka**
I would've rather died than give in.
**[17:40] Aka**
That was my true desire.
**[17:42] Aka**
The question is, what do you do
with the life saved in that way?
**[17:46] Aka**
Until you figure that out,
**[17:48] Aka**
your life was only prolonged
for the sake of prolonging it.
**[17:51] Aka**
It's better to just die
when your time comes.
**[17:54] Aka**
It makes no difference if the
other person is insane or not.
**[17:57] Aka**
If your time has come,
**[18:00] Aka**
you should just die.
**[18:03] Oug**
Wrong!
**[18:07] Oug**
Prolong your life, and you will
tread where nobody has tread before.
**[18:12] Oug**
If you keep thinking like that,
all you'll ever be is an outcast.
**[18:15] Oug**
A life that's decided by "talent"
alone is a third-rate way of life.
**[18:20] Oug**
Why don't you build on it?
**[18:22] Oug**
If you'd only build on
that talent of yours,
**[18:25] Oug**
the whole world could
be yours for the taking.
**[18:27] Oug**
You could control it all.
**[18:29] Oug**
All of it!
**[18:33] Aka**
I'm not interested.
**[18:36] Oug**
Don't say that.
**[18:38] Oug**
You've got a glow ordinary people
will never be able to achieve.
**[18:42] Oug**
You've got a certain light that they
**[18:43] Oug**
will never have, no matter
how much they wish for it.
**[18:47] Oug**
It's true that you've won until now
using nothing but your talents.
**[18:51] Oug**
But it also means you've been
blessed with easy opponents.
**[18:56] Oug**
In other words,
**[18:58] Oug**
you've only ever come up against
third and second rate players.
**[19:01] Oug**
No wonder you've
become bored with life.
**[19:04] Oug**
You couldn't stand this tepid
water you've been standing in.
**[19:13] Oug**
It's not a cold death you're
wishing for, deep down.
**[19:18] Oug**
What you want is a life so boiling hot
**[19:21] Oug**
that ordinary people couldn't
even bear to touch it.
**[19:23] Oug**
A scorching, scalding life.
**[19:29] Oug**
You need an opponent worthy of you.
**[19:36] Oug**
I know a person, Akagi.
**[19:42] Aka**
I should've seen that coming.
**[19:45] Aka**
You want me to play for you
in some high-stakes game.
**[19:49] Aka**
Me against this guy.
**[19:53] Aka**
This whole speech was
nothing but a preamble.
**[20:00] Oug**
Yasuoka, if you would...
**[20:02] Yasu**
Yes.
**[20:05] Yasu**
All the papers are talking about
these freaky serial murders.
**[20:08] Yasu**
The man behind them
will be your opponent.
**[20:12] Yasu**
You knew the man whose corpse
they found over in Tama.
**[20:17] Yasu**
This was him.
**[20:20] Aka**
That's...
**[20:22] Yasu**
Yes.
**[20:23] Yasu**
The fake who once assumed your name.
**[20:26] Yasu**
He was my ex-partner,
Hirayama Yukio.
***SIGN*** Vampire Appears
**[20:30] Yasu**
As you know, he wasn't someone
who'd put his life on the line.
***SIGN*** Mysterious Death
**[20:33] Yasu**
He was most likely forced into it.
**[20:36] Yasu**
This monster forced him to bet his
own life and then he killed him.
**[20:41] Yasu**
Do you get it, Akagi?
**[20:43] Yasu**
This time, it's not just about money.
**[20:46] Yasu**
You're going in to kill
a man-eating tiger.
**[20:49] Yasu**
It's a hunt.
**[20:50] Yasu**
Hunt him down, Akagi!
**[20:52] Yasu**
You're the only one who can
stop this monster's rampage!
**[20:59] Nar**
This is the prologue for a
new legend of Akagi Shigeru,
**[21:02] Nar**
the genius who descended
into the darkness.
**[21:05] Nar**
The bell that marks its beginning
has just been struck...
**[22:16] Nar**
Next time, "The Witching Hour."
***SIGN*** Next Episode
***SIGN*** The Witching Hour