# 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
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***SIGN*** Thus, we return to the present.
***SIGN*** Next Episode: 41
***SIGN*** A Perfect Murder and Murderer (Part 1)