2 - Blue Blood Cells and Dragon Fangs Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [00:07] Sign     Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective [01:39] Sign     August 24th (Saturday) 21:17 [01:42] Sakurai     According to forensics, [01:42] Sign     This anime is a work of fiction and has no relation to any actual person or organization. The medical     procedures and equipment used in the show may vary from what is used to treat individual symptoms. [01:44] Sakurai     there was a positive luminol reaction     on the teeth of the skeletal remains. [01:49] Sakurai     The wound on the victim's leg     also matched its dental profile. [01:52] Sakurai     It's safe to conclude the Tyrannosaurus Rex      severed the victim's leg. [01:58] Takao     See? Just like I said! [02:01] Yu     Stop that. It's bad manners. [02:02] Sakurai     Still, how did you know that Tyrannosaurus      Rex was to blame for the leg wound? [02:08] Takao     I deduced it from the phenomenon itself     and my own observations. [02:11] Takao     From the wound, I determined that a very     large creature must have bitten off his leg. [02:17] Takao     However, there aren't too many     very large creatures in existence today. [02:21] Takao     We're too far from the sea for him     to get bitten by something like a shark. [02:26] Takao     In other words, he must've been attacked by     something that doesn't currently exist on land. [02:34] Takao     That's when I noticed this museum was nearby. [02:37] Sign     Kurume Museum [02:37] Sign     Tyrannosaurus [02:37] Sign     Arrives!!! [02:39] Sakurai     I see. As expected of the brilliant Dr. Ameku. [02:43] Naruse     It doesn't make a lick of sense. [02:44] Naruse     Are you saying the skeleton moved     on its own and bit off the victim's leg? [02:47] Takao     Ooh! That'd be really exciting! [02:51] Sakurai     There's something else I'd like to ask. [02:53] Sakurai     Why was your patient's blood blue— [02:56] Takao     Hey now. [02:57] Sign     Reopening [02:57] Sign     Tyrannosaurus [02:57] Takao     It's your turn to hand over some info. [03:00] Sakurai     Ah, my apologies. I completely forgot. [03:04] Takao     I'm sure you did, you sneaky tanuki. [03:07] Takao     First, tell me more about that skeleton. [03:10] Takao     What was it like on Friday? [03:13] Sakurai     It was mostly assembled. [03:16] Sakurai     They had to pause because     it rained in the afternoon. [03:19] Sakurai     It was finished this evening. [03:23] Takao     I see. [03:24] Takao     Next, tell me about the victim. [03:26] Takao     Have you identified him? [03:27] Sakurai     Yes. [03:28] Sakurai     Kumade Kousuke, 23 years old. [03:31] Police     We'll take your picture. [03:31] Sakurai     Served time in prison for assault. [03:32] Police     Face forward. [03:35] Sakurai     After release, he was seen     entering the building of a known gang. [03:36] Sign     ABC Building [03:36] Kumade     Hello. [03:37] Senior Yakuza     Hey. Go on in. [03:38] Sakurai     So a hoodlum, in other words. [03:39] Kumade     Excuse me. [03:41] Takao     How was the body found? [03:43] Sakurai     The first to find him was Manabe Jiro, [03:46] Sakurai     a man in his fifties     who supervises the construction site. [03:50] Sakurai     They'd halted construction due to the rain, [03:52] Sakurai     but he got worried, and while     inspecting the site, he found Kumade. [03:58] Yu     So this man named Manabe     called the emergency services? [04:01] Sakurai     No, no. [04:02] Sakurai     The doctor of a nearby clinic made the call. [04:06] Yu     Doctor? [04:07] Sakurai     There's a privately-owned clinic     called Hachisuka Clinic nearby, [04:11] Sakurai     and Manabe rushed straight there. [04:14] Sakurai     The director, Dr. Hachisuka,     is known to be a skilled physician, [04:17] Sakurai     so Manabe brought him     to examine the victim. [04:20] Yu     That's crazy. The guy had a severed leg. [04:24] Yu     There was nothing he could've      done then and there. [04:28] Sakurai     That's what Dr. Hachisuka thought. [04:31] Sakurai     He immediately called the emergency     services and started chest compressions. [04:40] Yu     What's wrong? [04:44] Yu     Dr. Takao? [04:46] Yu     Ouch! [04:48] Yu     Ow! What are you doing? [04:51] Yu     Wait, where are you going? [04:54] Takao     To Hachisuka Clinic, of course. [04:57] Sign     Hachisuka Clinic [04:57] Sign     Gastroenterology [04:57] Sign     Surgery [04:57] Sign     Consultation Hours: [04:57] Sign     Closed: Tuesdays and Fridays [05:00] Yu     Um, Dr. Takao. [05:03] Yu     It's already almost 10 at night. [05:05] Yu     Let's go home. [05:08] Yu     Uh, hello? [05:09] Yu     Hey, that way isn't... [05:19] Yu     Dr. Takao, this is a bad idea. [05:25] Yu     Hey! What're you doing? [05:28] Yu     You're being a nuisance. [05:29] Yu     What time do you think it is? [05:30] Takao     What are you doing? [05:32] Yu     That's what I'm asking you. [05:34] Hachisuka     What's wrong? [05:36] Takao     Yellow tang, blue tang, bluestreak     cleaner wrasse, carpenter's flasher wrasse. [05:40] Hachisuka     Huh? Tropical fish? [05:44] Takao     You must be the director, Hachisuka. [05:46] Hachisuka     Yes, I am. [05:48] Hachisuka     Wait, who in the world are you? [05:50] Takao     The director of the Investigative Pathology     Department at Tenikai General, Ameku Takao. [05:55] Hachisuka     Tenikai? [05:57] Naruse     What are you two doing? [06:00] Hachisuka     Oh, officers. [06:02] Sakurai     I'm very sorry for the trouble, Dr. Hachisuka. [06:06] Sakurai     We've been consulting Dr. Ameku     about the body of the deceased. [06:10] Hachisuka     Oh, I see. [06:12] Takao     Why didn't you treat that man at this clinic?     You have a surgery room here, don't you? [06:17] Hachisuka     Please don't ask the impossible. [06:19] Hachisuka     He had a severed lower leg,     and his heart had already stopped. [06:22] Hachisuka     We were closed that day,     and I had no nurses on site. [06:26] Hachisuka     Just having a surgery room     doesn't mean I could've treated him. [06:30] Takao     That's true. [06:32] Takao     Let's go, Kotori. [06:33] Yu     Huh? Are you done? [06:35] Takao     Yeah. [06:37] Takao     Oh, yeah. Sakurai. [06:38] Takao     Have your crime lab take a look around     the museum first thing tomorrow morning. [06:42] Sakurai     The museum? [06:45] Takao     That's right. [06:46] Takao     If I'm right, vital evidence relating to     the culprit was left behind in that museum. [06:57] Sakurai     Um, Dr. Ameku. Where are you going? [07:02] Naruse     Why did you choose to     come down such a difficult path? [07:05] Naruse     Please explain yourself. [07:07] Takao     Why do I have to explain myself to people     who are so stingy with information? [07:13] Naruse     What do you mean? [07:14] Takao     There's another bigger case     hidden behind this one. [07:19] Yu     A bigger case? [07:21] Takao     Kotori, did you notice the suspicious men     around the crime scene earlier? [07:28] Yu     Oh! [07:29] Yu     You mean those people     who looked like yakuza? [07:32] Takao     Yeah. [07:33] Takao     Didn't you mention something last night? [07:36] (Flashback) Naruse     We're real busy right now. [07:38] (Flashback) Naruse     The Metropolitan Police's 4th Division     is making a nuisance of themselves. [07:42] Takao     So you said. [07:44] Takao     The 4th Division is an obsolete name     for the Organized Crime Department. [07:48] Yu     So those people were also police? [07:51] Yu     But why were they there? [07:53] Takao     Try to remember, Kotori. There was     another incident in this area yesterday. [07:57] Yu     An incident? [07:59] Yu     Hm. Involving the     Organized Crime Department? [08:04] Sign     Shooting in Nerima Ward [08:04] Sign     On the afternoon of the 23rd, a group affiliated with organized crime was involved in a shooting [08:04] Sign     on the streets of Oizumimachi in Nerima, Tokyo. [08:04] Sign     due to these injuries, three organized crime leaders have been arrested. Further [08:04] Yu     The Nerima shooting! [08:06] Takao     That's right. A dangerous incident     that could've involved innocent civilians. [08:11] Takao     And the shooter was... [08:14] Takao     Kumade, right? [08:15] Yu     Huh? [08:16] Takao     Last night, after the body was identified,     they learned he was the one they were after. [08:21] Takao     The problem is, the person he shot     was a member of the yakuza. [08:26] Takao     Isn't that right? [08:27] Yu     What do you mean? [08:29] Takao     The police believe the yakuza     took Kumade's life in revenge. [08:34] Takao     That's why headquarters set up     an investigation so quickly. [08:37] Takao     If this case isn't resolved quickly, [08:39] Takao     it may lead to an all-out war     between two gangs. [08:45] Sakurai     Well, well. As expected of you, Dr. Ameku. [08:48] Sakurai     You are absolutely right. [08:52] Takao     Did the yakuza member shot by Kumade die? [08:52] Subordinate A     Bastard! [08:53] Subordinate B     What the hell're you tryin' to do?!      Hold it right there! [08:55] Sakurai     No. He's seriously wounded,     but still alive. [08:56] Subordinate A     Wakagashira! Wakagashira! [08:58] Sakurai     He's second-in-command     of a minor yakuza gang [09:00] Sakurai     that's currently at odds     with the gang Kumade's in. [09:04] Sakurai     Kumade fled after being shot at himself, [09:07] Sakurai     but he ended up getting caught,     and he was tortured and murdered. [09:12] Sakurai     That's what we believe at present. [09:15] Takao     You said he was shot at. [09:17] Takao     Did any of the bullets hit him? [09:20] Takao     And did he leave any bloodstains behind? [09:23] Sakurai     There were some. [09:24] Takao     What color were they? [09:25] Subordinate B     Where'd that bastard go? [09:26] Sakurai     Red. [09:27] Subordinate A     He wasn't over this way. [09:27] Sakurai     Normal red blood. [09:28] Subordinate B     Shit! Find him! [09:32] Takao     Of course. Blood is normally red. [09:37] Takao     Oh, that reminds me. [09:39] Takao     Weren't you planning on taking a closer look      around the museum either way? [09:43] Takao     To find out why the lock on     the back door was broken, for instance? [09:48] Naruse     How'd you know— [09:52] Takao     As I suspected. [09:54] Yu     Do you already know the truth? [09:56] Takao     I have a theory, but I'm not     certain enough yet to say it aloud. [10:01] Takao     That's why I'm going     to confirm my suspicions. [10:03] Yu     Confirm them? But where are you going? [10:07] Yu     The museum? [10:10] Sign     Do Not Enter [10:26] Takao     There it is. [10:28] Yu     There what is? [10:29] Yu     Wait, is that what I think it is? [10:32] Takao     Yup. The victim's blood. [10:35] Naruse     What? [10:36] Sakurai     Hold on a moment. [10:37] Sakurai     Are you telling us Kumade was dragged      all the way here? For what purpose? [10:42] Takao     The reason is the     biggest clue to this mystery. [10:46] Takao     And... [10:49] Takao     This blood will lead us to the answer. [10:52] Sign     Equipment Storage [11:00] Yu/Naruse     What? [11:01] Sakurai     Is this blood? [11:04] Naruse     Could this be where Kumade was murdered? [11:15] Yu     Dr. Takao? [11:25] Yu     What's wrong? [11:42] (Flashback) Paramedic A     We found him with     his lower left leg severed. [11:44] (Flashback) Yu     It looks like his leg's been     bitten off by an animal. [11:45] (Flashback) Naruse     The Metropolitan Police's 4th Division     is making a nuisance of themselves. [11:46] (Flashback) Sakurai     He was seen entering     the building of a known gang. [11:47] (Flashback) Naruse     Are you saying the skeleton moved     on its own and bit off the victim's leg? [11:49] (Flashback) Takao     The lock on the     back door was broken. [11:50] (Flashback) Yu     The Nerima shooting! [12:03] Takao     That was pretty interesting. [12:05] Yu     Huh? [12:05] Naruse     Huh? [12:07] Takao     Why was his blood blue? [12:11] Takao     How did his leg come to be bitten off     by the Tyrannosaurus Rex? [12:17] Takao     For this mystery... [12:19] Takao     Let me give you my diagnosis. [12:22] Sign     Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective [12:55] Sakurai     Good evening. [12:56] Sakurai     What a surprise meeting you here. [13:00] Naruse     I can't believe he really came. [13:03] Sakurai     Now, would you kindly explain     all of this to us, Dr. Ameku? [13:08] Takao     No problem. [13:10] Takao     We need to consider every event     carefully in order to solve this case. [13:16] Takao     The body with blue blood. [13:18] Takao     The leg bitten off by a Tyrannosaurus Rex. [13:21] Takao     The Nerima shooting. [13:23] Takao     The blue stain in the storage room. [13:25] Takao     The big picture begins to form     once you put those events together. [13:29] Takao     Isn't that right... [13:30] Takao     Director Hachisuka? [13:35] Takao     First and foremost, we should focus     on why the victim's blood was blue. [13:41] Takao     Though the phenomenon itself     isn't that strange. [13:43] Takao     Kotori. [13:44] Yu     Yes? [13:45] Takao     What condition would you suspect first     if a patient's blood is blue? [13:50] Yu     Condition? Hm, a disease that      makes your blood blue, huh? [13:54] Yu     Oh. Methemoglobinemia. [13:57] Takao     That's right. [13:59] Sakurai     What kind of condition is that? [14:01] Yu     It's a disorder where the hemoglobin in     red blood cells get oxidized and turn blue, [14:05] Yu     impeding the normal transport of oxygen. [14:08] Yu     Symptoms include difficulty breathing     and impaired consciousness. [14:12] Yu     In extreme cases, it can lead to death. [14:15] Naruse     So Kumade was inflicted     with that disorder? [14:17] Takao     To be exact, something happened     to cause methemoglobinemia [14:21] Takao     in the short hours between     the shooting and his death. [14:25] Naruse     "Something"? [14:27] Takao     After shooting the rival gang's number two,      he was hit by a bullet in return and fled. [14:33] Takao     What would a guy like that do next? [14:36] Sakurai     Seek medical help? [14:38] Takao     That's right. [14:40] Takao     Methemoglobinemia usually shows up as     a symptom after being poisoned by something, [14:45] Takao     but it can occasionally be caused     by drugs like procaine and lidocaine. [14:49] Naruse     What are those? [14:51] Yu     Local anesthetics. [14:53] Yu     Kumade showed signs of methemoglobinemia     after receiving local anesthetics, [14:57] Yu     and died from lack of oxygen. [14:59] Yu     Am I right? [15:00] Takao     Yeah. [15:02] Sakurai     But Kumade didn't just     suddenly die in a hospital. [15:06] Takao     This wouldn't even be a case     if he'd gone to a proper hospital. [15:10] Sakurai     What do you mean? [15:12] Takao     Kumade didn't have a normal injury.     He was shot in a gunfight. [15:17] Takao     The bullet was still in his body. [15:20] Sakurai     I see. He would've been found out     if he'd gone to a proper facility. [15:25] Sakurai     That's why he had to go to     a corrupt medical institution. [15:28] Sakurai     In other words, an underground doctor. [15:30] Takao     That's right. [15:32] Takao     Hachisuka Clinic is a clinic that     caters to those in organized crime. [15:40] Takao     During the procedure, this man must have     used a large amount of local anesthetics. [15:45] Takao     As a result, Kumade     exhibited methemoglobinemia, [15:48] Takao     and immediately fell     into a perilous condition. [15:51] Takao     But fearing others would discover     he was an underground doctor, [15:54] Takao     he didn't take Kumade     to a fully equipped hospital. [15:58] Takao     That's why he went to the     museum to continue treatment. [16:03] Sakurai     That's the part I don't understand. [16:06] Sakurai     Why sneak a dying patient into a museum? [16:10] Takao     It had drugs that could treat him. [16:12] Sakurai     Drugs? [16:13] Takao     Kotori, tell them how     methemoglobinemia is treated. [16:18] Yu     Huh? Um, oxygen therapy? [16:21] Takao     That's just treating the symptoms. [16:25] Takao     In order to properly treat him, [16:27] Takao     you'd need a medicine that turns     methemoglobin back into hemoglobin. [16:31] Yu     Um, that'd be... [16:31] Takao     Good grief. You should know this     as a doctor of internal medicine. [16:39] Naruse     That's Kumade's blood? [16:40] Takao     Nope. This is what would have     saved him: methylene blue. [16:45] Naruse     Methylene blue? [16:47] Takao     This aqueous solution     has a strong reducing effect [16:50] Takao     that can treat methemoglobinemia     when taken orally or intravenously. [16:56] Sakurai     Hold on a second. [16:58] Sakurai     Why would something     like that be in a museum? [17:01] Takao     Methylene blue is also      used to treat pathogens [17:04] Takao     that cause white spot disease     and water mold on fish. [17:08] Sakurai     Fish? [17:10] Takao     You know a lot about tropical fish. [17:13] (Flashback) Takao     Yellow tang, blue tang, bluestreak     cleaner wrasse, carpenter's flasher wrasse. [17:17] (Flashback) Hachisuka     Huh? Tropical fish? [17:20] Takao     You realized a museum that takes care     of so many fish must have methylene blue. [17:24] Sign     Grand Aquarium     of Tropical Fish [17:27] Takao     Kumade needed treatment      as soon as possible. [17:29] Sign     Equipment Storage [17:30] Takao     That's why you had to drag him     into that storage room. [17:30] Sign     Equipment Storage [17:30] Sign     Equipment Storage [17:30] Sign     Equipment Storage [17:30] Sign     Equipment Storage [17:31] Sign     Equipment Storage [17:31] Sign     Equipment Storage [17:31] Sign     Equipment Storage [17:35] Naruse     So the blue stain on the floor... [17:37] Takao     This man tried to treat Kumade     by making him drink methylene blue. [17:42] Takao     But he was already dead, wasn't he? [17:48] Takao     You panicked and spilled     the methylene blue on the floor. [17:50] Hachisuka     Hey! Hey! [17:53] Takao     That's why there's a blue stain     on the floor in the storage room. [17:56] Sakurai     Then, how'd he get his leg bitten off     by the Tyrannosaurus Rex? [18:00] Takao     Put yourself in this guy's shoes. [18:03] Takao     If the body had been left as it was, it would've      been obvious he'd received medical help. [18:07] Sakurai     That's true. [18:08] Takao     He severed the leg with the     bullet wound to hide the evidence. [18:14] Yu     So Kumade must have     been shot in the left leg. [18:17] Naruse     But severing a human leg isn't easy. [18:21] Takao     You're absolutely right. [18:23] Takao     And of course, he couldn't use     proper tools to do it, either. [18:26] Takao     He wanted to make it impossible to tell     that someone had tried to treat the leg. [18:30] Takao     He could only sever the leg forcefully     with some kind of sharp, heavy object. [18:35] Takao     That's when he chanced upon it. [18:39] Takao     A head with sharp fangs     that weighed tens of kilos. [18:46] Takao     The ideal sharp blade. [18:53] Takao     He then took the body through     the forest behind the museum, [18:58] Takao     and dumped it at the construction site. [19:04] Takao     Oh. [19:05] Takao     You didn't expect that someone     would find the body right away. [19:08] Takao     But you used that coincidence. [19:12] Takao     You gave chest compressions     to the already dead Kumade, [19:17] Takao     and called the emergency services. [19:19] Sakurai     I see. He wouldn't be declared dead while      a doctor was giving him chest compressions. [19:24] Sakurai     He delayed the involvement of the police. [19:28] Takao     And the rain took care of     the evidence during that delay. [19:31] Takao     So there you have it. [19:33] Takao     That was the truth hidden behind this case. [19:36] Takao     But seriously, using the T-Rex to cut off     his leg and giving him chest compressions... [19:41] Takao     Those were brilliant on-the-spot decisions. [19:44] Takao     He would've pulled off the perfect crime... [19:47] Takao     if there hadn't been a genius like me     at the hospital the victim was taken to. [19:54] Takao     Now, is there anything you'd like to clarify? [19:57] Hachisuka     D-Do you have any proof? [19:59] Takao     Hey, come on now. Did you forget     what I said when I was at your clinic? [20:04] (Flashback) Takao     Oh, yeah. Sakurai. [20:06] (Flashback) Takao     Have your crime lab take a look around     the museum first thing tomorrow morning. [20:10] (Flashback) Sakurai     The museum? [20:14] Hachisuka     Surely not. [20:15] Takao     I surely did. [20:17] Takao     You panicked and came back... [20:20] Takao     to get the bottle of methylene blue     with your fingerprints all over it. [20:24] Takao     You fell into my trap. [20:26] Hachisuka     E-Even if my fingerprints are on it, [20:29] Hachisuka     you can't prove I cut off that guy's leg      and abandoned the body. [20:32] Hachisuka     That's not enough to arrest me! [20:33] Takao     You don't get it. [20:36] Takao     You're not being arrested for     damaging the body or abandoning it. [20:41] Takao     You're being arrested for breaking and     entering the museum with intent to steal. [20:47] Takao     Of course, your clinic will     be searched after your arrest. [20:50] Takao     Then, surprise! [20:51] Takao     Kumade's fingerprints and blood     might strangely be found in your clinic. [20:56] Takao     We might even find a severed leg there. [21:05] Takao     With that, my diagnosis is complete. [21:07] Naruse     Please accompany us to the station. [21:09] Sakurai     Thank you for all your help, Dr. Ameku. [21:12] Takao     The rest is up to you guys. [21:14] Takao     Kotori, let's go home     and have our study session! [21:16] Yu     This late? [21:17] Yu     It's already past midnight. [21:18] Hachisuka     If it weren't... [21:19] Takao     Oh, I know! [21:21] Takao     We should celebrate solving the case, too. [21:23] Yu     What? [21:24] Hachisuka     If it weren't for you... [21:27] Hachisuka     You damn brat! [21:31] Hachisuka     Outta my way! [21:53] Takao     "Brat"?! How dare you call     a mature lady like me a brat! [21:57] Yu     Hey, stop, Dr. Takao. [21:59] Yu     That's enough, okay? [22:00] Takao     Let me go, Kotori! [22:02] Takao     Shut up! This is self-defense! [22:08] Sign     Tenikai General Hospital [22:08] Takao     Your karate comes in pretty handy. [22:11] Yu     Well, I trained for six tough years at my club. [22:15] Takao     You were so valiant, using your     own body to protect your superior— [22:21] Yu     What's wrong? [22:22] Yu     Oh, Mazuru-san! [22:25] Mazuru     Welcome back. [22:26] Takao     Wh-What are you doing in     my house this late at night, Sis?! [22:30] Mazuru     I was worried and waited for you     because you weren't home. [22:33] Mazuru     You didn't answer your phone, either. [22:35] Mazuru     What were you doing so late at night? [22:37] Takao     Well, we were investigating a case... [22:41] Mazuru     Dr. Takanashi. [22:43] Yu     Yes! [22:44] Mazuru     My little sister's caused you trouble again.      Thank you for all you've done. [22:48] Yu     Oh, not at all. [22:50] Mazuru     By the way... [22:52] Mazuru     Didn't you promise me, Takao? [22:54] Mazuru     You said you wouldn't ignore my calls, [22:56] Mazuru     you wouldn't eat too many sweets and cakes, [22:58] Mazuru     and you'd only drink in moderation. [23:00] Takao     W-We just wanted to celebrate     the resolution of a case... [23:03] Mazuru     Takao. [23:06] Mazuru     Dr. Takanashi, may I borrow      Takao for a moment? [23:10] Yu     Yes, of course! [23:11] Takao     Kotori?! [23:12] Takao     You traitor! [23:13] Mazuru     Come with me. [23:14] Takao     I-I won't forget this! [23:22] Yu     Guess I'll prepare for the study session     and wait for her here.