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