19 - His Butler, Imprisoned

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    Can you believe it?
[00:18] ---
    They say there was a time long ago
    when people could bathe in this river.
[00:23] ---
    Though now it might as
    well be a rubbish heap,
[00:25] ---
    since all the filth of
    London gets poured into it.
[00:29] ---
    Mr. Havock, look!
[00:33] ---
    Oh, that's the Cutty Sark.
[00:36] ---
    They say she was built
[00:39] ---
    to carry new tea from China for the nobility.
[00:43] ---
    Is she faster than a steamship?
[00:45] ---
    According to the sailors, as long as
    there's a wind, she's faster than anything.
[00:51] ---
    The Cutty Sark...
[00:53] ---
    It's the name of that witch.
[00:57] ---
    If you stare at her too long,
    she'll have you by the tail.
[01:01] ---
    Could she take me to a faraway country?
[01:05] ---
    Who knows? I hear that canal in
    Egypt put her out of the tea races.
[01:15] ---
    The age of the old ships is passing.
[01:18] ---
    A new age is beginning.
[01:29] ---
    Cutty Sark...?
[01:37] ---
    What's wrong?
[01:51] ---
    "Black Butler"
[01:55] ---
    Since then, I've actually
    come to like the night somewhat
[02:02] ---
    In a sea of dependence,
    I forget even to breathe
[02:07] ---
    When I'm right on the verge
    of losing my head over you
[02:10] ---
    You just leave me lukewarm
[02:14] ---
    The aesthetic of leave-taking
    despises a self-satisfied kiss
[02:22] ---
    Don't leave me alone, show me
    compassion, paint me with death
[02:28] ---
    In your room, all words slip away
[02:34] ---
    I want to end like this, cloaked
[02:40] ---
    But the night ignores that
    wish and brings morning
[02:47] ---
    With your gentle,
    passionate, and dastardly kiss
[02:54] ---
    Paint this final night
[02:57] ---
    The moon illuminates us
[03:12] ---
    "His Butler, Imprisoned"
[03:21] ---
    It seems no one from this
    area recognizes him.
[03:25] ---
    I see.
[03:26] ---
    It must have been a robbery.
[03:28] ---
    I imagine he was murdered
    elsewhere and his body dumped.
[03:33] ---
    The victim was killed with
    one well-placed blow.
[03:37] ---
    That's rather neat work for a common thief...
[03:40] ---
    Then it was probably Mafia infighting.
[03:43] ---
    The Italians, or the Chinese...
[03:46] ---
    The word is that there's a queer
    new drug on the market, after all.
[03:51] ---
    In any case, we'll have to
    begin by identifying him.
[03:54] ---
    That won't be necessary.
[03:56] ---
    His name is John Stanley.
    Here are his particulars.
[04:03] ---
    For you.
[04:06] ---
    Just what are you playing at?
[04:08] ---
    It's our civic duty to
    provide information to the police.
[04:11] ---
    Isn't that what you always say?
[04:14] ---
    Spare me the playacting.
[04:16] ---
    What are you after? Just say it.
[04:20] ---
    All right, Sir Arthur, I shall.
[04:24] ---
    I want you to show me this man's belongings.
[04:27] ---
    Actually, he didn't have anything on him.
[04:30] ---
    There wasn't even any proof of identity.
[04:35] ---
    In that case, I'm happy I could
    be of service, Inspector Abberline.
[04:41] ---
    Let's go, Sebastian.
[04:42] ---
    Very good.
[04:44] ---
    That brat...
[04:46] ---
    Why would Her Majesty
    keep trusting a child like that?
[04:50] ---
    The "Queen's guard dog"...
[04:56] ---
    What's the matter, my lord?
[04:58] ---
    You seem even more cynical than usual.
[05:02] ---
    Who could look pleasant at a time like this?
[05:05] ---
    You are too modest, my lord.
[05:07] ---
    Your face looks quite pleasant to me.
[05:11] ---
    I'm simply at a bit of a loss.
[05:13] ---
    We don't have enough information.
[05:18] ---
    A man's body washed up at
    Regent's Canal Dock this morning.
[05:22] ---
    His name was John Stanley.
[05:24] ---
    He was in the merchant ship business.
[05:27] ---
    And?
[05:30] ---
    He was operating in the underworld
    on secret orders from Her Majesty.
[05:35] ---
    Just like you, Lord Phantomhive.
[05:39] ---
    Her Majesty bids me tell you,
[05:41] ---
    "I'd like you to find something
    he carried on his person
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    and destroy it."
[05:49] ---
    Not find the killer?
[05:52] ---
    Correct. The Queen desires
    you to dispose of his belongings.
[05:56] ---
    That is all.
[05:58] ---
    And? What is this object?
[06:02] ---
    That's a secret.
[06:04] ---
    Then there's no way for me to find it.
[06:11] ---
    It's something Her Majesty
    hesitates to discuss even with you,
[06:17] ---
    the loyal dog she trusts above all others.
[06:23] ---
    Make sure curiosity doesn't
    drive you to examine its contents.
[06:29] ---
    The first thing we need is
    a better view of the situation.
[06:32] ---
    Meaning...?
[06:34] ---
    We need to know why Stanley was killed.
[06:38] ---
    Was he just in the wrong
    place at the wrong time, or...
[06:42] ---
    ...was he killed because of his mission?
[06:46] ---
    Then how shall we go about
    searching for witnesses, my lord?
[06:51] ---
    Leave it to the Yard. The best
    person to ask about Rome is a Roman.
[06:56] ---
    The murder happened in his territory.
[07:05] ---
    What a foul smell.
[07:09] ---
    It seems you've finally
    found this place, my lord.
[07:14] ---
    It's strange that we should
    face each other like this.
[07:19] ---
    But you know, I rather
    thought this day might come.
[07:24] ---
    What day?!
[07:26] ---
    Welcome, my lord! Long time no see.
[07:30] ---
    I'm not interested in pleasantries.
[07:32] ---
    I have a question for you, Lau.
[07:35] ---
    You're so impatient.
[07:38] ---
    You coming all the way to a den
    like this to see me can only mean...
[07:44] ---
    ...one thing.
[07:46] ---
    So you've heard?
[07:48] ---
    Just what I'd expect from
    the head of the English branch
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    of the Chinese trading company Kunlun...
[07:53] ---
    Or rather, from an officer of
    the Shanghai Mafia's Green Gang.
[07:58] ---
    I don't much fancy being called that.
[08:01] ---
    It's so stiff and formal.
[08:03] ---
    Right, Ran-Mao?
[08:05] ---
    I left you in charge of this area.
[08:09] ---
    I assume you're aware of
    all the neighborhood disputes.
[08:13] ---
    Naturally. I've done just as you ordered.
[08:17] ---
    That's the protection fee I pay so
    you let me do business in England.
[08:22] ---
    Well, then.
[08:23] ---
    More importantly, my lord,
    I have a question for you, too.
[08:27] ---
    What are you talking about?
[08:30] ---
    Why, you!
[08:32] ---
    So you were just talking
    through your hat... again.
[08:36] ---
    At any rate, shall we go upstairs?
[08:39] ---
    It's a bit stuffy in here.
[08:41] ---
    I told you before: get out
    of this business while you can.
[08:46] ---
    "One night, Zhuang Zhou
    dreamt he was a butterfly.
[08:50] ---
    He was a happily fluttering butterfly."
[08:53] ---
    There are people in this world, my lord,
[08:56] ---
    who find reality too painful to live through.
[09:00] ---
    I'm selling those people dreams.
[09:06] ---
    For you, I'd do anything to help,
[09:10] ---
    but I'm afraid I've never seen that man.
[09:13] ---
    Now, never mind that.
    How are you and Maria getting along?
[09:18] ---
    Well, Ma'am, the truth is...
[09:24] ---
    Goodness me! Congratulations, my boy!
[09:27] ---
    So, you've been doing a bit
    of slap-and-tickle, eh?
[09:29] ---
    But won't there be a scandal?
    You are a police inspector, after all...
[09:34] ---
    You'd best get married right away.
[09:37] ---
    I've already proposed.
[09:38] ---
    What did she say?!
[09:40] ---
    Wonderful! I'm so happy for you.
[09:44] ---
    You'll finally have a family,
    after all those years as an orphan!
[09:49] ---
    And that's why I want to make London safer.
[09:54] ---
    I want it to be a city where
    children can safely be children.
[09:59] ---
    All right, my boy.
[10:01] ---
    If anything happens, I'll
    be sure to let you know.
[10:05] ---
    I'm counting on you, Ma'am.
[10:08] ---
    Well, nowadays all the gang fights
    in this area
[10:15] ---
    have been over drugs.
[10:17] ---
    Recently someone's been
    spreading a new product around.
[10:21] ---
    Frankly, it's an inconvenience for me, too.
[10:24] ---
    A new product?
[10:25] ---
    Yes.
[10:26] ---
    Everyone says it's cheaper, lighter,
    and more effective than opium.
[10:31] ---
    It's known as "Lady Blanc."
[10:33] ---
    "Lady Blanc"? A white woman?
[10:40] ---
    Is something wrong?
[10:41] ---
    No...
[10:43] ---
    What was the name of the man they
    found at Regent's Canal Dock, again?
[10:48] ---
    John Stanley, though that's
    most likely an alias.
[10:54] ---
    He doesn't look familiar.
[10:56] ---
    I believe I'd recognize just
    about any drug dealer around, but...
[11:00] ---
    What about you, Ran-Mao?
[11:03] ---
    There you have it.
[11:05] ---
    I'm looking for something
    this man is supposed to have had.
[11:09] ---
    "Something"?
[11:10] ---
    Yes. It's possible he was killed for it.
[11:15] ---
    Therefore, there's something
    I'd like you to do.
[11:18] ---
    What, my lord?
[11:20] ---
    I want you to spread a rumor
[11:22] ---
    that I got something valuable
[11:26] ---
    from the dead man at the dock.
[11:28] ---
    Nothing simpler. But might I ask why?
[11:32] ---
    If that rumor spreads, the person
    who killed him and stole this object
[11:38] ---
    should fear it wasn't the
    genuine article,
[11:41] ---
    and come after me.
[11:44] ---
    I see, you mean to use yourself as bait.
[11:48] ---
    They don't call you the Queen's
    loyal guard dog for nothing.
[11:53] ---
    Say, my lord, I've been wanting to ask you...
[11:57] ---
    How can you be so loyal to her?
[12:00] ---
    She just asks you for the unreasonable.
[12:04] ---
    You wouldn't understand.
[12:06] ---
    You left your country
[12:08] ---
    to travel the world,
    never putting down roots.
[12:12] ---
    You've got me there.
[12:19] ---
    Now then, Cáo, will you do me a favor
[12:23] ---
    and spread the rumor the Earl wanted?
[12:26] ---
    Tell everyone that he got a
    certain document from the dead man.
[12:30] ---
    A document?
[12:32] ---
    My lord, this may turn out to be
[12:37] ---
    the greatest of all the games
    we've been involved in.
[12:56] ---
    Hello there, my good boy.
[12:58] ---
    Huh?
[13:01] ---
    Mr. Havock told me you
    were collecting rubbish
[13:05] ---
    at Regent's Canal Dock this morning.
[13:08] ---
    Y-Yes...
[13:09] ---
    Then would you mind telling me
[13:12] ---
    about this "witch" you saw... Cutty Sark?
[13:29] ---
    Oof!
[13:31] ---
    These, please, yes!
[13:34] ---
    Say, Mey-Rin, you serve at the
    Phantomhive estate, don't you?
[13:39] ---
    Yes, yes...
[13:41] ---
    Would you give me some?
[13:43] ---
    Some what?
[13:45] ---
    A "white woman"...
[13:47] ---
    Sebastian, do you think that
    woman is involved in this case, too?
[13:53] ---
    You're like a lost puppy
    right now, aren't you?
[13:58] ---
    I am merely one hell of a good pawn.
[14:01] ---
    Isn't it rather absurd for a
    player to ask a pawn his opinion?
[14:07] ---
    I'm still here.
[14:09] ---
    Which means that my wish
    hasn't been fulfilled.
[14:13] ---
    Quite right, my lord.
[14:15] ---
    And as a man of the Phantomhive line,
[14:20] ---
    I will play the guard
    dog again on her orders,
[14:24] ---
    like so many of my ancestors before me.
[14:27] ---
    Yes, it's just how it's always been.
[14:30] ---
    Nothing is different.
[14:32] ---
    And yet...
[14:37] ---
    B-Bad dog, no!
[14:39] ---
    Get off her, you stupid mutt!
[14:41] ---
    You mustn't do that, Plu-Plu!
[14:44] ---
    I told you to get off her!
[14:46] ---
    Sebastian, do something
    about that stupid dog.
[14:49] ---
    Certainly.
[14:51] ---
    Kennel, Pluto.
[14:59] ---
    What was that all about?
[15:02] ---
    Maybe he's rutting?
[15:04] ---
    R-Rutting?!
[15:05] ---
    He seemed extremely interested
    in Mey-Rin's pocket.
[15:10] ---
    M-My pocket?
[15:16] ---
    Hey, that's one of Funtom's sweets.
[15:19] ---
    Someone gave it to me, yes.
[15:21] ---
    It's the rage all over London!
[15:23] ---
    I hear it's sold out almost everywhere, yes!
[15:26] ---
    But when we said we'd never heard of it,
[15:28] ---
    a nice lady gave us some so we could try it!
[15:33] ---
    She said even adults fancied
    it. Amazing, isn't it?
[15:36] ---
    It's supposed to make you feel all wonderful!
[15:39] ---
    She says it's addictive, yes!
[15:41] ---
    Huh, let's have a look.
[15:43] ---
    Wait!
[15:48] ---
    My lord, this sweet was not
    produced by our company.
[15:53] ---
    What?
[15:55] ---
    This wrapper is genuine,
[15:57] ---
    but our quality control is not so lax
[16:01] ---
    as to permit a shipment
    of something so unshapely.
[16:05] ---
    This is...
[16:10] ---
    His time ran out!
[16:18] ---
    This is a narcotic.
[16:20] ---
    I believe it's a form of morphine,
    derived from the opium poppy
[16:23] ---
    and then even further refined.
[16:26] ---
    Presumably it's the new
    drug Mr. Lau spoke of.
[16:29] ---
    Lady Blanc...
[16:32] ---
    A visitor? For me?
[16:36] ---
    Hey, you! What right do
    you have to sit there?!
[16:40] ---
    That's my seat!
[16:42] ---
    The chair of the
    Commissioner of Scotland Yard!
[16:46] ---
    It's quite comfortable, isn't it...
[16:49] ---
    ...Sir Arthur?
[16:50] ---
    Y-You're...!
[16:53] ---
    I bring a message from
    Her Majesty, Sir Arthur Randall.
[17:00] ---
    Take me to the sweets factory,
    and be quick about it!
[17:05] ---
    Damn and blast! Why have
    our products become drugs?!
[17:10] ---
    And those secret orders from Her Majesty...
[17:13] ---
    How is this connected to
    the dead man at the docks?
[17:17] ---
    We're missing a vital piece of the puzzle!
[17:23] ---
    I say, Ran-Mao...
[17:25] ---
    Which do you think is worse:
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    never waking from your dreams,
[17:30] ---
    or never being able to dream?
[17:33] ---
    Still, all things that seem eternal,
    whether dreams or realities,
[17:39] ---
    one day end, don't they?
[17:44] ---
    Shì dà gē.
[17:47] ---
    Surrender yourselves quietly!
[17:56] ---
    Halt!
[18:06] ---
    You're a reckless man.
[18:08] ---
    You do realize that if I were
    anyone else, you would be dead?
[18:11] ---
    I did this because of who you are, Sebastian.
[18:20] ---
    What's all this, Sebastian?
[18:22] ---
    Ciel, Earl Phantomhive,
[18:25] ---
    I am detaining you for suspected
    violation of the Pharmacy Act!
[18:30] ---
    Young master.
[18:34] ---
    My, my. You, detain me?
[18:37] ---
    The Earl Phantomhive?
[18:41] ---
    You, a mere untitled police inspector?
[18:45] ---
    That's right, Ciel.
[18:47] ---
    You're suspected of conspiring
    with that Chinese fellow, Lau,
[18:51] ---
    to sell a new form of narcotic.
[18:54] ---
    With Lau?
[18:55] ---
    Ha! Ludicrous.
[18:57] ---
    He's nothing but one of my pawns.
[19:00] ---
    And Randall knew full well
    that he was running an opium den.
[19:06] ---
    If that's a problem, you can just arrest him.
[19:10] ---
    Lau knows he operates his
    opium business at his own risk.
[19:14] ---
    There's a Funtom warehouse
    in the Docklands, am I right?
[19:17] ---
    Yes.
[19:18] ---
    A large store of opium was
    just discovered there.
[19:25] ---
    Far too great an amount of it
    for you to claim recreational use,
[19:29] ---
    sitting there with Funtom's sweet wrappers.
[19:32] ---
    And Lau?
[19:34] ---
    He fled.
[19:36] ---
    The police team who went to arrest
    him suffered a good many casualties.
[19:39] ---
    That's as good as an admission of guilt.
[19:41] ---
    What shall we do, young master?
[19:45] ---
    Should I let them take me in, or...?
[19:49] ---
    Sebastian, I order you to--
[19:51] ---
    Shut your mouth, brat!
[19:54] ---
    Abberline, I told you to separate
    him from the butler straight away.
[19:59] ---
    Randall...
[20:01] ---
    I trust you understand what
    it means to point a gun at me.
[20:05] ---
    If you want to resist, by all means, do.
[20:09] ---
    But that will be the end of
    the sullied Phantomhive crest.
[20:14] ---
    What?!
[20:16] ---
    I've just received a direct
    order from Her Majesty the Queen.
[20:21] ---
    Only the criminal would know
[20:25] ---
    that what Her Majesty seeks is a document.
[20:27] ---
    Therefore,
[20:29] ---
    please arrest Lord Phantomhive and Lau.
[20:34] ---
    There's no need to worry;
[20:37] ---
    we'll construct a suitable pretext.
[20:39] ---
    A-And what shall I do after I arrest him?
[20:44] ---
    In the name of the Queen,
[20:47] ---
    I hereby suspend all the
    Earl Phantomhive's authority
[20:50] ---
    until these suspicions are laid to rest!
[20:53] ---
    If you defy me, you shall be
    stripped
[20:55] ---
    of your noble title on the
    charge of high treason.
[20:59] ---
    Furthermore, Lau, the head of
    the English branch of Kunlun,
[21:02] ---
    who is deeply involved in opium smuggling,
[21:04] ---
    shall pay for his crimes with his death.
[21:10] ---
    Ciel Phantomhive,
[21:12] ---
    will you agree to confess
    to Lau's whereabouts
[21:16] ---
    or to the whereabouts of the Queen's letter?
[21:19] ---
    I'm afraid not.
[21:22] ---
    A letter? So that's the missing piece!
[21:27] ---
    I should very much like to push you on that,
[21:30] ---
    but unfortunately Her Majesty forbids it.
[21:34] ---
    I suppose I'll ask your butler instead.
[22:00] ---
    Offer no resistance.
[22:02] ---
    When the time is right, I will call for you.
[22:05] ---
    And then we will teach them
[22:08] ---
    what becomes of those
    who humiliate me.
[22:12] ---
    Have you got that, Sebastian?
[22:15] ---
    Yes, my lord.
[22:49] ---
    The moonlight that reveals
    sorrow was coldly illuminating
[22:56] ---
    The despair and the future
    which grew intimate in the dark
[23:06] ---
    With the secret you gave me as my guide
[23:13] ---
    I move through the blue night's stillness
[23:20] ---
    Lacrimosa, I want to love once again
[23:27] ---
    The dazzling world that
    crumbled and vanished in the distance
[23:35] ---
    I'll hide my dreams within my eyes
[23:42] ---
    Until the tears fall on my sullied heart
[24:04] ---
    You intend to torture me?
[24:07] ---
    Impossible, I'm afraid.
[24:08] ---
    The only time I feel pain is
    when I dance with my master,
[24:11] ---
    who has made no progress
    whatsoever in that art.
[24:15] ---
    A whipping or two, compared to
    that feeling of abysmal futility?
[24:21] ---
    Bring it on!
[24:25] ---
    Next time on Black Butler:
    "His Butler, Escaping."
[24:26] ---
    "Next Time" "His Butler, Escaping"
[24:29] ---
    You see, I am merely one hell of a butler.