40 - The Secret Founding of the Detective Agency

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SIGN    The
    angels
SIGN    shall
    bring
SIGN    true death
     upon the
    performers.
     — V
[00:03] Man A
    This is Kanagawa Traffic Police Unit 205.
[00:06] Man A
    Arrest made at scene. Middle-aged male;
    requesting identity check.
[00:10] Rampo
    Mister Officer, are we there yet?
[00:14] Mitamura
    Almost.
[00:17] Mitamura
    That was impressive, though.
[00:20] Mitamura
    You're literally a little detective.
[00:22] Mitamura
    You and the bodyguard would
    make an excellent detective duo.
[00:27] Rampo
    I don't think that guy has any
    interest in working with me, though.
[00:31] Mitamura
    Oh, is that so?
[00:34] Rampo
    That guy's afraid of strangers.
[00:36] Mitamura
    You've only just met him,
    yet you know him so well.
[00:40] Mitamura
    You truly are gifted.
[00:42] Mitamura
    You have the ability to see
    through the truth, don't you?
[00:47] Rampo
    Though...
[00:48] Rampo
    You don't actually believe that, do you?
[00:53] Rampo
    I mean, you said I've only just met him.
[00:58] Rampo
    That means you just checked
    in with headquarters
[01:00] Rampo
    and found out that I only met Fukuzawa-san
    after the president's assassination.
[01:06] Rampo
    You wanted to test my ability.
[01:09] Mitamura
    Impressive.
[01:11] Mitamura
    Shucks, I really underestimated you.
[01:14] Rampo
    I hate that you're still doubting me.
[01:17] Rampo
    Want me to prove that I'm Gifted?
[01:20] Mitamura
    What an honor!
[01:22] Mitamura
    I get a front-row seat to a
    Gifted detective at work.
[01:26] Rampo
    This car isn't headed to
    the police station, is it?
[01:31] Mitamura
    I should have told you sooner.
[01:33] Mitamura
    I'm sorry.
[01:35] Mitamura
    I received a dispatch just before we left.
[01:37] Mitamura
    There's been an incident,
[01:39] Mitamura
    and they want me to take the
    expert detective there.
[01:42] Rampo
    I see.
[01:44] Mitamura
    But I don't think you needed to use your
    special ability to figure that out.
[01:48] Mitamura
    The police station is
    towards the train station.
[01:51] Mitamura
    It doesn't take much to realize
    we're going the wrong way.
[01:54] Rampo
    Let's do this, then.
[01:55] Rampo
    You can ask me anything
    about the last incident.
[01:59] Rampo
    If I can't answer your question, you win.
[02:03] Rampo
    If you run out of questions, I win.
[02:05] Rampo
    How's that?
[02:06] Mitamura
    Makes sense.
[02:08] Mitamura
    Okay, here's a question
     I'm sure is on everyone's mind:
[02:12] Mitamura
    You know the gentleman in the
    suit who was arrested on stage?
[02:16] Mitamura
    How do you think he was
    captured and taken there?
[02:20] Rampo
    A rug.
[02:22] Mitamura
    A rug?
[02:23] Rampo
    You remember the high-pile rugs in the hall?
[02:27] Rampo
    One of them was missing
    after the whole panic.
[02:31] Rampo
    Also, there was a faint odor
     where the rug was.
[02:36] Rampo
    It's like...
[02:38] Rampo
    That weird-smelling stuff they use
    to make paint and plastics and stuff.
[02:42] Mitamura
    Organic solvent?
[02:43] Rampo
    Yeah! That's it!
[02:45] Rampo
    I caught a whiff of the same smell
    from that gentleman in the suit.
[02:49] Rampo
    Which means the attacker must have wrapped
    him up in the rug and taken him there.
[02:55] Rampo
    The attacker used the organic
    solvent to knock him out first.
[03:00] Mitamura
    There was certainly a lot of commotion,
     with actors and municipal police at the scene.
[03:05] Mitamura
    A man moving a rug around might not
    have drawn that much attention.
[03:12] Mitamura
    Still, we're certain that it was
    the accomplice, the stagewright,
[03:15] Mitamura
    who moved the man. Correct?
[03:17] Rampo
    It wasn't the stagewright.
[03:19] Rampo
    I think he was probably murdered
    before the performance.
[03:25] Rampo
    Everyone else besides me is thoroughly
    stupid and foolish and worthy of compassion.
[03:30] Rampo
    So I wish I could have saved him,
[03:33] Rampo
    but there isn't much I can do for someone
    who's been dead since before the case.
[03:37] Rampo
    Why would they do all that just
    to abduct one person, though?
[03:42] Mitamura
    An abduction?
[03:44] Rampo
    The whole project was a elaborate trap set up
     just to abduct the gentleman in the suit.
[03:53] Rampo
    The stagewright and the main star,
    Murakami-san, were just pawns to that end.
[03:59] Rampo
    Well?
[04:00] Rampo
    Now do you believe I'm Gifted?
[04:04] Rampo
    So come on...
[04:06] Rampo
    Just tell me where this car's going already.
[04:10] Rampo
    Well, Mister So-Called Officer,
    who smells of organic solvent?
[05:49] Fukuzawa
    Why can't you get in touch with them?
[05:51] Officer A
    We still don't have confirmation that
     they arrived at the station yet.
[05:54] Officer B
    Nor can we connect to the
    police radio in the vehicle.
[05:58] Fukuzawa
    The stagewright was murdered.
[06:05] Fukuzawa
    Judging from what Rampo told
    Egawa Joshi, this case isn't over yet.
[06:12] (Flashback) Rampo
    This crime is comprised of
    two different kinds of acts.
[06:16] (Flashback) Rampo
    You could think of it like
    a shrimp and a sea bream.
[06:19] Fukuzawa
    The real perpetrator is still on the loose.
[06:21] (Flashback) Rampo
    You could be satisfied with the shrimp,
     which is easy to catch.
[06:25] Fukuzawa
    He must be talking about
    the actor, Murakami.
[06:28] (Flashback) Rampo
    But if you want to catch the sea bream,
[06:30] (Flashback) Rampo
    well, you're going to
    have to use the shrimp.
[06:34] Fukuzawa
    So the true perpetrator is plotting an even
    larger crime using the actor, Murakami,
[06:37] Fukuzawa
    and the stagewright, Kurahashi.
[06:41] Fukuzawa
    Rampo is intent on
    exposing that perpetrator.
[06:44] Fukuzawa
    What's the name of the officer who
    went to the station with Rampo?
[06:47] Detective
    Senior Officer Mitamura.
[06:49] Detective
    His phone's been switched off, as well.
[06:55] Fukuzawa
    What's happened to Rampo?
[07:04] Fukuzawa
    Where is Rampo?
SIGN    Fukuzawa
    Yukichi
[07:23] (Flashback) Rampo
    See ya later!
[07:31] Fukuzawa
    That must be when...
SIGN    The perpetrator
     is Mitamura
SIGN    Find the cane
[07:36] Mitamura
    Unbelievable... Truly unbelievable!
[07:39] Mitamura
    To think we didn't have such an
    exceptional Gifted on our research list...
[07:47] Mitamura
    Officially, this place is an office
    for a shipbuilding firm.
[07:50] Mitamura
    It's what you'd call a shell company.
[07:56] Mitamura
    Anyway, have a seat.
[07:58] Rampo
    A gun, huh?
[07:59] Mitamura
    Oh.
[08:02] Mitamura
    I have no intention of using it...
[08:04] Mitamura
    As long as you do as I say.
[08:23] Fukuzawa
    That's the cane!
[08:31] Fukuzawa
    A concealed weapon.
[08:43] Fukuzawa
    Damn...
[08:45] Fukuzawa
    That gentleman!
[08:59] Fukuchi
    Have you changed your mind?
[09:01] Fukuzawa
    I have a request.
[09:05] Rampo
    Well?
[09:06] Rampo
    Where are we?
[09:09] Mitamura
    Like I said, it's one of
    our convenient outposts.
[09:13] Rampo
    "Our"?
[09:15] Mitamura
    I don't mean the
    municipal police, of course.
[09:20] Rampo
    Four career soldiers with guns on guard.
[09:24] Rampo
    No...
[09:26] Rampo
    There are five.
[09:28] Mitamura
    Magnificent!
[09:30] Mitamura
    How did you know?
[09:31] Rampo
    Because that's my special ability.
[09:34] Mitamura
    They don't have the slightest
    intention of harming you, though.
[09:39] Mitamura
    Those men were prepared to keep
    an eye on the original target—
[09:46] Mitamura
    the gentleman you
    revealed on the stage.
[09:51] Rampo
    And the gentleman got away.
[09:54] Rampo
    So, why did you bring me here?
[09:57] Mitamura
    The plot at the theater
    was pretty elaborate.
[10:01] Mitamura
    The brass is furious that their
    investment's been ruined.
[10:05] Mitamura
    They're insisting that I catch the
    guy who messed everything up.
[10:10] Mitamura
    Make him explain how he
    saw through the scheme.
[10:12] Mitamura
    Where he got the information.
[10:16] Mitamura
    Otherwise, we'll be forced to follow our
    orders to hurt you, though we disagree.
[10:23] Mitamura
    You wouldn't want that, would you?
[10:25] Mitamura
    So I have a proposal for you,
    Mister Gifted Detective...
[10:30] Mitamura
    Would you like to work with us?
[10:34] Mitamura
    We have a vision.
[10:36] Mitamura
    To rid this country of evil people.
[10:41] Mitamura
    An excellent Gifted such as yourself
    would be more than welcome.
[10:46] Mitamura
    What do you think?
[10:49] Rampo
    Oh, sorry,
[10:52] Rampo
    I got bored of your long rambling.
[10:54] Rampo
    I wasn't listening at all.
[11:00] Fukuzawa
    How do you like your cell?
[11:03] Odasaku
    Not bad.
[11:05] Odasaku
    There's air conditioning.
[11:08] Odasaku
    I told them I was bored,
    and they gave me this.
[11:10] Odasaku
    I guess they're telling me to repent.
[11:13] Fukuzawa
    I'm here with a question.
[11:16] Fukuzawa
    Look at this.
[11:19] Fukuzawa
    This is a memory device employed
    by a certain government agency.
[11:23] Fukuzawa
    It's a device used by those
    under witness protection
[11:26] Fukuzawa
    to communicate with the protection agency.
[11:29] Fukuzawa
    Only high-priority people being targeted
    by criminal organizations would have one.
[11:34] Fukuzawa
    Such people all have one thing in common:
[11:38] Fukuzawa
    They're all Gifted.
[11:41] Fukuzawa
    I'm sure someone as capable as you would
    have taken external clients, as well.
[11:47] Fukuzawa
    Have you accepted any requests
    to capture a Gifted recently?
[11:51] Odasaku
    I can't talk about my clients.
[11:53] Fukuzawa
    It doesn't have to have been a client.
[11:55] Fukuzawa
    Have you heard anything recently
    about capturing a Gifted alive?
[12:02] Fukuzawa
    The request may have come from
    someone who calls themselves V.
[12:09] Odasaku
    I don't want to talk about them.
[12:13] Odasaku
    Do you know what their objective is?
[12:16] Fukuzawa
    No.
[12:17] Odasaku
    It's a "great cause."
[12:19] Odasaku
    Killing for money, killing out of spite...
[12:22] Odasaku
    Those causes make sense to me.
[12:25] Odasaku
    But to them, the killing itself is the great cause.
[12:28] Odasaku
    I don't want to get involved
    with those types.
[12:31] Odasaku
    When the killing itself is the great cause,
     it doesn't matter who you kill.
[12:39] Odasaku
    That's where you ultimately end up.
[12:56] Fukuzawa
    I'm not ordering you to fight them.
[12:59] Fukuzawa
    An acquaintance of mine
    has been abducted by them.
[13:03] Fukuzawa
    Do you know where they might be holding him?
[13:06] Odasaku
    I have no reason to tell you.
[13:08] Fukuzawa
    You're absolutely right.
[13:11] Fukuzawa
    But if you do tell me,
[13:13] Fukuzawa
    I'll testify that you fired in self-defense
    and killed him by accident.
[13:21] Fukuzawa
    They'll let you out immediately.
[13:33] Odasaku
    I'm surprised.
[13:35] Odasaku
    You don't look like the kind of person
    who would sell out on justice like that.
[13:41] Fukuzawa
    I didn't think I was, either.
[13:44] Odasaku
    I've always worked as a killer on my own.
[13:49] Odasaku
    I've never wanted any
    coworkers or superiors.
[13:53] Odasaku
    But if a skilled martial
    artist such as yourself
[13:57] Odasaku
    would go against your principles
    just to save your subordinate...
[14:00] Odasaku
    He's lucky to have you.
[14:02] Odasaku
    I envy him a little.
[14:05] Fukuzawa
    No.
[14:07] Fukuzawa
    He isn't a subordinate.
[14:09] Odasaku
    I've heard about several buildings
    they use for their dealings.
[14:15] Fukuzawa
    Do we have an agreement?
[14:17] Odasaku
    I could escape at any point if I wanted to.
[14:21] Odasaku
    The reward you're promising
    isn't quite worth it.
[14:24] Odasaku
    But the food at this facility is awful.
[14:28] Odasaku
    If you happen to have some sway here,
    would you mind talking to them?
[14:33] Fukuzawa
    Any requests?
[14:39] Odasaku
    Curry rice.
[14:45] Mitamura
    Listen up, great detective.
[14:48] Mitamura
    Our organization is formidable and flawless.
[14:51] Mitamura
    I think it would be far more rewarding than
    teaming up with that bodyguard.
[14:57] Rampo
    Moo.
[14:59] Rampo
    I can't pay attention to things
    I have no interest in.
[15:04] Rampo
    It just sounds like cattle mooing to me.
[15:06] Rampo
    Moo!
[15:07] Rampo
    Moo!
[15:09] Mitamura
    You're extremely fortunate that
     I'm the one you're negotiating with.
[15:13] Mitamura
    Anyone else might have started sawing you
    apart from your nails upward by now.
[15:18] Rampo
    He's mooing again.
[15:19] Rampo
    Moo!
[15:20] Rampo
    Moo!
[15:22] Mitamura
    Looks like we need to use this to
    move the conversation forward.
[15:27] Mitamura
    You can use your gift to see
    through the truth. So what?
[15:31] Mitamura
    You're too feeble to stop a single bullet.
[15:35] Mitamura
    I only gave you my time for the
    sake of our grand objective.
[15:40] Mitamura
    We'll wipe out all the Gifted
    rotting this country's foundations.
[15:45] Rampo
    I see.
[15:48] Rampo
    V is an organization of Gifted
    brought together to drive out Gifted.
[15:54] Rampo
    Oh, wait, gimme a sec.
[15:58] Rampo
    By my predictions,
[16:00] Rampo
    you have three seconds.
[16:03] Rampo
    Two.
[16:06] Rampo
    One.
[16:13] Fukuzawa
    I took out one of the guards outside.
[16:16] Fukuzawa
    How many more are there?
[16:19] Rampo
    Four.
[16:37] Mitamura
    One more.
[16:48] Guard
    Freaks!
[17:06] Fukuzawa
    Are you all right?
[17:07] Rampo
    Yeah!
[17:10] Rampo
    Wow, that went better than I expected.
[17:12] Rampo
    Although you arrived just in time,
     just as I calculated.
[17:27] Fukuzawa
    Screw you!
[17:29] Fukuzawa
    To hell with your damn calculations!
[17:30] Fukuzawa
    When I got here, I saw a
    gun pointed at your face.
[17:35] Rampo
    That was only because I knew you would come!
[17:38] Fukuzawa
    Showing off your abilities is fine.
[17:41] Fukuzawa
    And using your intellect to
    face powerful enemies is good.
[17:44] Fukuzawa
    But stop wagering your own
    life on your gambles!
[17:53] Fukuzawa
    You're still a child.
[18:03] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:05] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:07] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:08] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:11] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:12] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:13] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:14] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:15] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:16] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:17] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:19] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:20] Rampo
    I'm sorry.
[18:34] Fukuzawa
    Officer Mitamura was
    murdered while in custody.
[18:37] Rampo
    He's been silenced.
[18:41] Fukuzawa
    So the plot continues.
[18:44] Fukuzawa
    But who is the perpetrator
    of the last incident, V?
[18:51] Fyodor
    It's not "V."
[18:54] Fyodor
    It's Five.
[19:04] Fukuzawa
    What is it?
[19:07] Rampo
    I was just thinking, the cityscape looks
    different somehow, compared to yesterday.
[19:13] Rampo
    Why do you think?
[19:15] Fukuzawa
    Because you understand now.
[19:18] Rampo
    That I'm Gifted?
[19:21] Fukuzawa
    Not that.
[19:23] Fukuzawa
    You understand what's important.
[19:32] Odasaku
    Curry...
[19:38] Odasaku
    So spicy!
[19:39] Odasaku
    But so good.
[21:18] Fukuzawa
    Is this it?
[21:20] Rampo
    Should be.
[21:33] Soseki
    Welcome to Bankoudou.
[21:39] Soseki
    Oh.
[21:40] Soseki
    The cane I lost a while back.
[21:44] Fukuzawa
    I happened to hear about you,
[21:47] Fukuzawa
    so I took the liberty of coming
    to discuss your proposal.
[21:52] Soseki
    Don't be so formal about it.
[21:54] Soseki
    Have a seat.
[21:55] Fukuzawa
    Sir.
[21:59] Rampo
    No way...
[22:01] Rampo
    I never noticed at the time,
    but is this man really so...
[22:05] Soseki
    I owe you one, boy.
[22:08] Rampo
    Right!
[22:09] Rampo
    You saw through the trap from
    the beginning of the play,
[22:13] Rampo
    and you let capture you anyway.
[22:16] Rampo
    You flushed out the enemy
    so that we would catch them.
[22:21] Soseki
    Though the sea bream seems
    to have gotten away.
[22:24] Fukuzawa
    I have come with a request.
[22:27] Fukuzawa
    As I'm sure you're aware,
[22:29] Fukuzawa
    Edogawa Rampo here is building a reputation
    for himself as a Gifted detective,
[22:33] Fukuzawa
    but it's taboo for a Gifted
    to promote themselves publicly.
[22:39] Fukuzawa
    That's why I would like your help.
[22:43] Soseki
    A Gifted Business Permit. I see.
[22:46] Soseki
    So you intend to start a business.
[22:50] Fukuzawa
    Yes.
[22:52] Fukuzawa
    In order to obtain a permit
[22:54] Fukuzawa
    from the Gifted Special Operations Division,
    I require your vast knowledge in that area.
[23:00] Fukuzawa
    Natsume Soseki, sir.
[23:04] Soseki
    It won't be an easy path,
[23:08] Soseki
    but I think you can make it happen.
[23:13] Soseki
    If anyone can, it will be you two.
SIGN    For Fukuzawa and Rampo
SIGN    this was when it all began.
SIGN    Episode 40
SIGN    The Secret
    Founding of
     the Detective
     Agency
SIGN    m 0 0 l 130 0 130 240 0 240
    
SIGN    Thus, we return to the present.
SIGN    Next Episode: 41
SIGN    A Perfect Murder and Murderer (Part 1)