# 29 - My Ill Deeds Are the Work of God
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**[00:03] Karma**
*It's not as though I'm unaware...*
***SIGN*** It's not as though I'm unaware
**[00:05] Karma**
*I have terrible luck.*
***SIGN*** I have terrible luck
***SIGN*** What an awful life
**[00:08] Karma**
*What an awful life.*
**[00:19] Karma**
Is that really him?
**[00:22] Abductor**
Yeah.
**[00:24] Abductor**
That's the monster you asked for.
**[00:27] Karma**
The prize, as promised.
**[00:32] Abductor**
Even twice this wouldn't
have made it worth it.
**[00:35] Abductor**
Be careful.
**[00:38] Abductor**
Speak to him, and he'll suck out your soul.
**[00:41] Abductor**
His ability is quite dangerous.
**[02:43] Ougai**
Fyodor?
**[02:44] Ace**
Yes.
**[02:45] Ace**
The one behind the destruction
of the Moby Dick.
**[02:48] Ace**
I hired a professional
kidnapper to capture him.
**[02:52] Ace**
He's the leader of a thieving organization called
the Rats in the House of the Dead.
**[02:55] Ace**
It seems he was also involved in
the Shibusawa Tatsuhiko incident.
**[02:59] Ace**
But to me, he's no more than a sewer rat.
***SIGN*** Port Mafia Executive A (Ace)
***SIGN*** Ability: Madness of the Jewel King
**[03:05] Ougai**
Describe this man to me.
**[03:07] Ace**
He's a soulless man, like a vampire.
**[03:15] Ace**
Actually, he's really just the
boss of a band of arctic mice.
**[03:18] Ace**
Using my organization's finances,
**[03:21] Ace**
capturing him was easier than taking
money from a casino dealer.
**[03:25] Kouyou**
"My organization," huh?
**[03:30] Ougai**
Either way, that man knows
**[03:34] Ougai**
how viciously the Port Mafia retaliates.
**[03:37] Kouyou**
Shall we have our interrogation team do it?
**[03:40] Ace**
One moment.
**[03:42] Ace**
Allow me to take this task.
**[03:46] Ougai**
You?
**[03:48] Kouyou**
Well, well, you're hard-working.
**[03:51] Kouyou**
Especially for the Guild executive
who was the first to flee for shelter.
**[03:54] Ace**
Am I not more qualified than the ones who
were the first to be captured by the enemy?
**[04:00] Ace**
Like him or not, this is a
man who betrayed the Guild.
**[04:03] Ace**
We'll need to be prepared.
**[04:05] Ace**
I have a plan.
**[04:10] Ougai**
I'll leave you to deal with
the rat you captured.
**[04:14] Ace**
I am honored.
**[04:17] Ace**
Pardon me.
**[04:21] Kouyou**
Are you sure about this?
**[04:23] Kouyou**
He's a gambler who made a mess
of the Port Mafia's casino.
**[04:27] Kouyou**
He doesn't have a shred of loyalty.
**[04:30] Kouyou**
He became one of the five executives
by paying a large sum,
**[04:34] Kouyou**
but he thinks of the Port Mafia as no more
than as his personal bodyguards.
**[04:39] Ougai**
Exactly.
**[04:40] Ougai**
And financial capacity is in
itself a kind of strength.
**[04:43] Ougai**
Let's see what he can do.
***SIGN*** Episode 29 My Ill Deeds Are the Work of God
**[04:58] Ace**
Open it.
**[05:05] Ace**
The knife.
**[05:08] Ace**
Hey.
**[05:09] Ace**
Nice to meet you.
**[05:21] Ace**
Don't let our guest stay
locked up in this place!
**[05:25] Ace**
Get him clothes and something
to drink immediately!
**[05:28] Ace**
Get to it!
**[05:31] Ace**
You dimwits!
**[05:44] Ace**
I happen to be a lonely man.
**[05:48] Ace**
The Port Mafia doesn't trust me.
**[05:50] Ace**
Of course, I don't trust them, either.
**[05:55] Ace**
All I believe in is poker,
**[05:59] Ace**
the gems in my vault,
and the fifty men in my engineering unit.
**[06:07] Ace**
Diamond straight flush.
**[06:10] Ace**
I win.
**[06:14] Ace**
And, today, I've found the fifty-first.
**[06:18] Ace**
Well?
**[06:19] Ace**
Would you like to join me?
**[06:23] Ace**
Let's team up to take Mori Ougai's head.
**[06:27] Ace**
That town doctor won't suspect
you and I have joined forces.
**[06:31] Ace**
A man who's capable of outwitting
the Guild is worthy of commendation.
**[06:36] Fyodor**
And if I refused,
**[06:39] Fyodor**
I'd never see the light of day again.
**[06:42] Fyodor**
Is that right?
**[06:44] Ace**
Exactly.
**[06:50] Fyodor**
It seems I cannot refuse.
**[06:52] Fyodor**
I'm locked in an inescapable
underground room.
**[06:55] Fyodor**
And as you can see, I'm rather sickly.
**[06:59] Fyodor**
So how about this:
**[07:02] Fyodor**
I'll kill you instead.
**[07:10] Ace**
I'm slightly disappointed, Fyodor-kun.
**[07:15] Ace**
Very well.
**[07:17] Ace**
I'll have you understand
the position you're in.
**[07:30] Ace**
This is my gift.
**[07:33] Ace**
The ability to exchange my subordinates'
remaining lifespan for gems of equal value.
**[07:37] Ace**
I can turn worthless lives
into something valuable.
**[07:42] Ace**
It's a merciful ability indeed.
**[07:45] Ace**
The collar is a symbol
of your servitude to me.
**[07:47] Ace**
It can't be put on without
the subject's agreement.
**[07:51] Ace**
And, once it's put on, it can never be removed.
**[08:03] Ace**
If you decide to put on the collar by the
time I return, I'll allow you to live.
**[08:08] Ace**
Don't worry.
**[08:10] Ace**
I'm sure it'll look good on you.
**[08:26] Karma**
Give it up, man.
**[08:29] Karma**
You don't stand a chance against Ace.
**[08:31] Karma**
The only way to survive is to wear this.
**[08:35] Karma**
Leaving this room is impossible.
**[08:37] Karma**
Ace is the only one with
the key to open the door.
**[08:41] Karma**
Even we can't get enter or leave
this cell without Ace's permission.
**[08:50] Karma**
I remember you told Ace...
**[08:55] Karma**
that you'd kill him.
**[08:57] Karma**
Honestly, I was blown away.
**[09:00] Karma**
I wish I could say something like that.
**[09:02] Karma**
But I can't.
**[09:04] Karma**
If I went against him,
he'd turn my lifespan into gems.
**[09:07] Karma**
You know, it was my dream
**[09:10] Karma**
to become the boss
of the Port Mafia someday.
**[09:14] Karma**
I wanted to become the boss
and try my hand at running this city.
**[09:18] Karma**
But now, I'm one of Ace's collared slaves.
**[09:22] Karma**
I was sold to a human trafficker
before I can even remember,
**[09:25] Karma**
and I drifted all the way here.
**[09:29] Karma**
I dreamed of a ridiculous miracle,
**[09:33] Karma**
where someone would come to
free me from this collar.
**[09:37] Karma**
I finally realized that no one
would save a villain like me.
**[09:45] Karma**
What are you doing?
**[09:46] Fyodor**
I cut my finger on a glass shard earlier.
**[09:51] Karma**
You weren't listening to me, were you?
**[09:55] Karma**
Aren't you scared?
**[09:58] Fyodor**
No.
**[09:59] Fyodor**
This room might as well be my own bedroom.
**[10:03] Fyodor**
My ability allows me to
control consciousness and space.
**[10:14] Fyodor**
Well?
**[10:16] Ace**
A game?
**[10:17] Fyodor**
You want to hire me.
**[10:20] Fyodor**
But if you can't, you'll need me to tell you
about who I work with, my finances,
**[10:24] Fyodor**
and what I plan to do next.
**[10:28] Fyodor**
Therefore, you can't kill me right away.
**[10:32] Ace**
*He's right.*
**[10:34] Ace**
* If I kill him before I can get*
* information out of him,*
**[10:36] Ace**
*I can't stamp out the other rats.*
**[10:38] Ace**
* Worse, it'll be difficult to*
* prove he was the real one.*
**[10:43] Fyodor**
So, how about we play a game with this?
**[10:51] Fyodor**
If you win, I'll wear this collar.
**[10:54] Fyodor**
If I win, I'll take my own freedom.
**[10:58] Ace**
Very well.
**[10:59] Ace**
But I'll be determining
the conditions myself.
**[11:03] Fyodor**
Go ahead.
**[11:05] Ace**
We each take one card
at a time from the deck,
**[11:07] Ace**
and guess whether the card is higher
or lower than the previous.
**[11:10] Ace**
It's a simple game.
**[11:12] Ace**
If you're correct, you draw another.
**[11:14] Ace**
If you're wrong, it's the opponent's turn.
**[11:16] Ace**
At the end, the winner will be the one
who guessed correctly more often.
**[11:21] Ace**
You can have the first turn.
**[11:25] Ace**
Is the next card higher or lower than nine?
**[11:29] Fyodor**
The deck contains cards
from one to thirteen.
**[11:31] Fyodor**
Chances are slightly higher that the
next card will be lower than nine.
**[11:36] Fyodor**
Low.
**[11:39] Ace**
Correct.
**[11:41] Ace**
Now, is the next card higher
or lower than four?
**[11:46] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[11:49] Ace**
Not bad.
**[11:52] Ace**
*But that won't last long.*
**[11:54] Ace**
*As a gambler, I'm adept at card counting:*
**[11:57] Ace**
* the ability to determine the*
* number of remaining cards.*
**[12:00] Ace**
* I have an overwhelming advantage*
* in the second half.*
**[12:04] Fyodor**
Next.
**[12:05] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[12:10] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:12] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:14] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[12:17] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:18] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:19] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[12:21] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:22] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[12:23] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:24] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[12:25] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[12:26] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:27] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:28] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[12:29] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:30] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:31] Fyodor**
Higher.
**[12:32] Fyodor**
Lower.
**[12:37] Fyodor**
Oh?
**[12:39] Fyodor**
Is that it?
**[12:41] Fyodor**
That was a fun game, was it not?
**[12:48] Ace**
Call my unit!
**[12:49] Ace**
We're done messing around.
**[12:51] Ace**
Cut this swindler's limbs off!
**[12:54] Ace**
What's wrong?
**[12:56] Ace**
Answer me!
**[12:57] Fyodor**
It's no use.
**[13:05] Ace**
What?
**[13:07] Fyodor**
The door won't open, either.
**[13:09] Fyodor**
It took a little time, but my friends
have taken control of the outside.
**[13:15] Fyodor**
The underground is for rats, after all.
**[13:20] Ace**
Was the provocation and the gambling
all an effort to buy time?
**[13:23] Fyodor**
What will you do?
**[13:25] Fyodor**
If you hand over the key to the vault,
I'll guarantee your safety.
**[13:33] Ace**
You're lying.
**[13:36] Ace**
Not even the boss knows
about this secret hideout.
**[13:38] Ace**
We aren't underground.
**[13:43] Ace**
We're inside a ship at sea,
**[13:47] Ace**
and the ship is equipped to prepare
for a battle against gifted.
**[13:51] Ace**
There was never going to be a way
to subjugate you peacefully.
**[13:54] Ace**
Besides, you said it yourself:
**[13:57] Ace**
your ability allows you to control
consciousness and space.
**[14:02] (Flashback) Fyodor**
My ability allows me to
control consciousness and space.
**[14:08] Ace**
I've been listening in on your conversation,
**[14:11] Ace**
and now I'm certain.
**[14:14] Ace**
Your ability is to trap your
victim's mind inside your own head.
**[14:20] Ace**
Which means this isn't reality,
but somewhere inside your head.
**[14:25] Ace**
That's right. An ability space.
**[14:28] Ace**
That's why you can manipulate
the cards' numbers as you wish.
**[14:32] Fyodor**
What makes you think that?
**[14:34] Ace**
The broken communicator, the locked door,
**[14:39] Ace**
and that clock.
**[14:43] Ace**
Don't underestimate how observant I am.
**[14:45] Ace**
It hasn't moved since I entered this room.
**[14:49] Ace**
I see right through your tricks,
you dirty rat!
**[14:53] Fyodor**
I should have expected no less of one
of the Port Mafia's five executives.
**[14:56] Fyodor**
I'm impressed.
**[14:59] Fyodor**
So?
**[15:02] Fyodor**
So what if you've figured it out?
**[15:05] Fyodor**
The fact that we're conscious
in my ability space
**[15:08] Fyodor**
means that our bodies in
reality are unconscious.
**[15:12] Fyodor**
Until we starve to death, even.
**[15:14] Fyodor**
I'm well-trained, but what about you?
**[15:18] Fyodor**
You're the one with the
real key to this room,
**[15:21] Fyodor**
so your subordinates can't come to your aid.
**[15:24] Ace**
*That's true.*
**[15:26] Ace**
* But it's also certain that we're in an*
* ability space and not in reality.*
**[15:33] Ace**
*In which case...*
**[15:35] Ace**
I want to ask you something.
**[15:37] Ace**
When you were abducted and brought here,
**[15:40] Ace**
why didn't you use that ability?
**[15:44] Ace**
The man who abducted you is one of the top
professional kidnappers in the nation.
**[15:49] Ace**
He carries out his work perfectly prepared
and with intimate knowledge of his target.
**[15:53] Ace**
He researched how to escape
your ability space.
**[15:59] Ace**
That's why you didn't use
your ability.
**[16:02] Ace**
No, you *couldn't* use it.
**[16:05] Ace**
I was born a king.
**[16:08] Ace**
He who controls information becomes king.
**[16:12] Ace**
Foolishly, you passed on an
opportunity to serve the king.
**[16:17] Ace**
This is how to return to reality.
**[16:22] Ace**
I'll watch as your body
dies in the real world.
**[16:26] Ace**
Good day.
**[16:33] Karma**
*I'm sure Ace will kill that man.*
**[16:37] Karma**
*Those two are opposing evils.*
**[16:41] Karma**
*One thing that's certain*
**[16:43] Karma**
* is that he won't be leaving*
* that cell for all eternity.*
**[16:57] Karma**
You...
**[16:57] Karma**
How did you get out?
**[16:59] Karma**
Where's Ace?
**[17:01] Fyodor**
Is this the vault Ace kept his gems in
to avoid a market crash?
**[17:11] Karma**
How did you get those keys?
**[17:13] Fyodor**
It was simple.
**[17:16] Fyodor**
My ability isn't one that allows me
to control consciousness or space.
**[17:27] Karma**
Hey, what do you mean by that?
**[17:30] Fyodor**
I lied.
**[17:32] Fyodor**
I expected the surveillance.
**[17:35] Karma**
Where's Ace?
**[17:37] Fyodor**
People are quick to believe they
are thinking of their own will.
**[17:43] Fyodor**
Whether it's the surveillance or the clock,
**[17:45] Fyodor**
we believe that everything
we discover is valuable.
**[17:48] Fyodor**
We're loath to believe that our
thoughts are being controlled.
**[17:52] Fyodor**
The method of escape he heard
from the kidnapper was one
**[17:56] Fyodor**
that erases a person's consciousness
from an ability space.
**[17:59] Fyodor**
But I gave that information to
the kidnapper deliberately.
**[18:41] Fyodor**
Just before he returned to this cell,
**[18:45] Fyodor**
I destroyed the clock and
communicator with wine.
**[18:48] Fyodor**
I stuffed bits of cork into the lock and
pretended that we were in an ability space.
**[18:55] Karma**
* He killed one of the Port Mafia*
* executives with such ease.*
**[19:00] Fyodor**
I enjoyed the card game we played together.
**[19:04] Fyodor**
He was mistaken from the beginning.
**[19:07] Fyodor**
In fact, I didn't win the game using my ability.
**[19:11] Fyodor**
I simply memorized all of the faint
scratches on the surface of each of the cards.
**[19:16] Karma**
*He memorized all of the scratches?*
**[19:19] Karma**
* What kind of superhuman intelligence*
* does it take to do such a thing?*
**[19:23] Fyodor**
The rest is as you see it.
**[19:25] Fyodor**
He thought it through himself,
and ended his own life.
**[19:31] Fyodor**
Crime is thought.
**[19:33] Fyodor**
Crime is respiration.
**[19:35] Fyodor**
He was freed from all of it.
**[19:39] Karma**
*Freed?*
**[19:40] Karma**
*What is he talking about?*
**[19:43] Karma**
* He just killed a man, and yet he acts like*
* he's looking at a stain on the wall.*
**[19:50] Karma**
So it was part of your plan to be abducted?
**[19:55] Karma**
Is it the gems you're after?
**[19:58] Fyodor**
Gems?
**[20:00] Fyodor**
I have no interest in such pebbles.
**[20:06] Fyodor**
I'm interested in the list
he secretly compiled,
**[20:10] Fyodor**
of the Port Mafia members' abilities.
**[20:15] Fyodor**
It even details the boss' top-secret ability.
**[20:20] Fyodor**
With this, I'll bring the mercy of
death upon the evil of this world.
**[20:27] Karma**
*I see.*
**[20:29] Karma**
*Ace never stood a chance.*
**[20:33] Karma**
*Ace was evil for sure,*
**[20:36] Karma**
*but this man isn't even evil.*
**[20:39] Karma**
*He comes from the beyond.*
**[20:41] Karma**
*He's a* thing *that exceeds human limits.*
**[20:45] Fyodor**
If the Port Mafia were to learn that
their abilities have gotten out,
**[20:49] Fyodor**
this list would lose half its value.
**[20:52] Fyodor**
Thus, I can't allow the events
here to be known to the outside.
**[20:56] Fyodor**
Therefore, I will grant
you the great silence.
**[21:04] (Flashback) Karma**
But I finally realized that no one
would save a villain like me.
**[21:12] Karma**
*That's when I understood who can save evil.*
**[21:23] Fyodor**
This is my true ability.
**[21:29] Karma**
*He's a thing darker and more hideous than evil.*
**[21:33] Karma**
*He's going to destroy the Port Mafia.*
**[21:40] Karma**
* If that's how my life has*
* to come to an end...*
**[21:45] Karma**
*It was an awful life,*
**[21:48] Karma**
*but hey, this isn't too bad.*
**[21:54] Fyodor**
May you be freed from the shackles of
your crimes, and your soul salvaged.
**[22:00] Fyodor**
Next, the Port Mafia...
**[22:02] Fyodor**
and the Armed Detective Agency.
**[22:07] ---**
***SIGN*** Next: Episode 30