E10 - The Emblem

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SIGN    Where was the leak?
[00:01] (Flashback) Izliz
    Remember well, boy.
[00:04] (Flashback) Izliz
    That is the emblem of the empire
    you'll live in from now on.
[00:08] (Flashback) Corpse God
    The emblem...?
[00:09] (Flashback) Emperor
    Yes.
[00:12] (Flashback) Emperor
    The version our father drew was quite simple.
[00:20] (Flashback) Emperor
    We personally redrew it upon
    our ascension to the throne.
[00:24] (Flashback) Emperor
    Pretty cool, eh?
[00:30] Polka
    That's...
[00:32] Polka
    ...the emblem of the fallen
    empire from my old world.
[00:37] Polka
    But how...?
SIGN    An alarming development
SIGN    -An alarming development.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 500 0 500 100 0 100
SIGN    -Why was it revealed?
SIGN    -How?
SIGN    In Japan, the "Bug"
SIGN    burned more of our brethren.
[00:46] [SONG] Text
    -Sharp-eared as always.
[00:46] [SONG] Text
    m 0 0 l 500 0 500 100 0 100
SIGN    -What matters is that the public has seen it.
SIGN    -This will be nearly impossible to hush up.
SIGN    -Hide it.
SIGN    -Hide it.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 500 0 500 100 0 100
SIGN    -Hide it.
SIGN    -Hide it.
SIGN    -Hide it.
SIGN    -But weren't they disguised as petty gangsters?
SIGN    -The Bug.
SIGN    -The Bug.
SIGN    -The Bug.
SIGN    -The Bug.
SIGN    Hide it in a forest.
SIGN    Hide it in a crowd.
SIGN    Bury it by revealing unrelated truths.
SIGN    Don't be rash.
SIGN    Claim it's the logo of some
    upstart cult.
SIGN    It's a trap.
SIGN    It's bait.
SIGN    It's a lure.
SIGN    No one will fall for it.
SIGN    But someone set the trap.
SIGN    That's the biggest problem.
SIGN    We don't want that emblem getting around.
SIGN    But it's a serious problem.
SIGN    The problem is that someone baited a
     hook for us.
SIGN    Who?
SIGN    The Bug?
SIGN    No.
SIGN    No.
SIGN    No.
SIGN    Solitaire.
SIGN    The Phantom Solitaire.
SIGN    An insignificant criminal.
SIGN    Send.
SIGN    Send.
SIGN    Send.
SIGN    Send.
SIGN    Send.
SIGN    Bury.
SIGN    Bury.
SIGN    Slaughter.
SIGN    Kill.
SIGN    Kill.
SIGN    Kill.
SIGN    Make it swift and painless. Don't give them time to suffer.
SIGN    Sadism feels satisfying, but it reveals more than necessary.
SIGN    Like that time five years ago.
[02:38] Iwanome
    What the hell is going on?
[02:40] Arase
    Is that the symbol you mentioned?
[02:42] Iwanome
    I guess I don't need to hide it anymore.
[02:50] Arase
    It looks slightly different.
SIGN    At least choose the brand of your yourself.
    
    Corruption is eating away from the top.
    
    Don't trust anyone.
    
    There's another garage on the west side of that place.
    
    The signpost is inside.
    
    The key is behind the mirror of I-383.
[02:52] Arase
    And Polka Shinoyama drew this?
[02:54] Iwanome
    Yeah.
[02:55] Iwanome
    If Solitaire is behind this, he must
    be mixed up with Hosorogi-san, too.
[03:00] Iwanome
    Or maybe with the people
    Hosorogi-san was after.
[03:03] Arase
    Either way, we keep running into this symbol.
[03:08] Arase
    And it's all five years after
    Inspector Hosorogi disappeared.
[03:12] Arase
    Shouldn't we assume that's
    more than a coincidence?
[03:15] Iwanome
    Good point.
[03:17] Iwanome
    It's also possible that Solitaire
    has me in his cross hairs.
[03:21] Iwanome
    Like, what if he was watching when
    Polka Shinoyama read my fortune?
[03:27] Iwanome
    We can't rule anything out yet.
    We need more info.
[03:32] Yamada
    Oh, there you are!
    Tsubaki-chan, Tsubaki-chan!
[03:35] Iwanome
    Yamada-san?
[03:36] Yamada
    They're asking for you, and it sounds urgent.
[03:40] Iwanome
    Me? Wait, who's asking?
[03:43] Yamada
    The top. Metropolitan Police HQ.
[03:46] Newscaster
    The metropolitan government
    and police have announced
[03:49] Newscaster
    that no blimps are cleared
    to fly in the impacted area.
[03:53] Newscaster
    Government insiders consider this
    unlikely to be an act of terrorism.
[03:54] Solitaire
    The web is probably better informed
    than the news at this point.
[03:57] Newscaster
    It may be an event staged by an extreme
    collective of foreign artists.
[03:58] Solitaire
    Still, this was a splurge, even for me.
[04:02] Solitaire
    I can't believe I sprang for blimps!
[04:07] (Flashback) Solitaire
    So?
[04:08] (Flashback) Solitaire
    How much does the information I want cost?
[04:13] (Flashback) Grocer
    Three trillion yen.
[04:17] (Flashback) Solitaire
    Excusez-moi?
[04:20] (Flashback) Grocer
    Three trillion yen.
[04:21] (Flashback) Grocer
    It would be a bit more, but
    for you, sir, I'll round down.
[04:26] (Flashback) Solitaire
    Wait just a minute.
[04:29] (Flashback) Solitaire
    How is that reasonable?!
[04:30] (Flashback) Solitaire
    You only charged me 30 million for
    three minutes of signal jacking!
[04:34] (Flashback) Grocer
    As I informed you earlier, sir,
[04:37] (Flashback) Grocer
    we adjust our prices to our
    customers' circumstances,
[04:41] (Flashback) Grocer
    by which we mean the contents of their lives.
[04:46] (Flashback) Solitaire
    I don't understand. Why does
    that make it three trillion?
[04:49] (Flashback) Grocer
    If you seriously devoted yourself to
    earning money by any means possible,
[04:55] (Flashback) Grocer
    we estimate that you would acquire
    six trillion yen over your lifetime.
[05:00] (Flashback) Grocer
    It's a simple calculation, but this symbol
    is worth spending half your life for.
[05:07] (Flashback) Grocer
    But please, don't misunderstand me.
[05:10] (Flashback) Grocer
    This price is only for you.
[05:12] (Flashback) Grocer
    If another customer made this request,
    we might charge only a few dozen yen.
[05:19] (Flashback) Grocer
    To them, you see, this symbol's true
    meaning would be merely a tall tale.
[05:24] (Flashback) Grocer
    A way to pass time, only as
    valuable as a gumball to chew.
[05:29] (Flashback) Grocer
    But you are different.
[05:32] (Flashback) Grocer
    We guarantee that knowledge of this
    symbol will shape your destiny.
[05:37] (Flashback) Grocer
    You might call it a miracle drug
    just for the Phantom Solitaire.
[05:41] (Flashback) Grocer
    If mishandled, it will
    poison and destroy you.
[05:46] (Flashback) Grocer
    For this prescription,
[05:49] (Flashback) Grocer
    three billion yen hardly strikes
    us as an unreasonable price.
[05:52] (Flashback) Solitaire
    I see.
[05:54] (Flashback) Solitaire
    Your predecessor trusted you, and so will I.
[05:58] (Flashback) Solitaire
    But our negotiation ends here.
[06:00] (Flashback) Grocer
    A wise choice, sir.
[06:02] (Flashback) Solitaire
    After that buildup, hearing the
    answer from you would be a letdown!
[06:07] (Flashback) Solitaire
    I'll find it out for myself!
[06:10] (Flashback) Solitaire
    Although I will pay for your help.
[06:14] (Flashback) Solitaire
    I'd like to fly several blimps.
    How much will that cost?
[06:18] Solitaire
    Oh-ho! A human rope to tether an ad balloon?
[06:23] Solitaire
    Now there's an i—
[06:31] Rinne
    Um, did I hit him?
[06:33] Hiiro
    You missed. Look and you'll see.
SIGN    Better luck
    next time
[06:37] Rinne
    So, we failed the mission?
[06:40] Hiiro
    Beats me, but I doubt we'll get paid.
SIGN    Better luck next time
[06:43] Rinne
    Ugh!
[06:44] Rinne
    Shibuya, Ikebukuro, and now this!
    We never get any good jobs.
[06:47] Hiiro
    Wanna hit up Shinjuku? I hear good
    things about an intermediary there.
SIGN    Solitaire Shot?! Live
SIGN    Be afraid! A mysterious cabal lurks in our midst!
[06:54] Solitaire
    Fifty-eight minutes after my blimps took off...
[06:57] Solitaire
    That's how long it took
    someone to snipe my doll.
[07:01] Solitaire
    I wonder how they figured out
    that I was on top of that blimp.
[07:05] Solitaire
    The only things high enough to look
    down on it are police helicopters!
[07:09] Solitaire
    So, an organization with snipers accessed
    police information in under an hour.
[07:17] Solitaire
    Now to throw down the
    gauntlet to my audience.
[07:20] Solitaire
    Someone was ready to shoot me the
    moment I revealed this symbol.
[07:24] Solitaire
    I sense a conspiracy, a secret society.
    It's music to my ears.
[07:30] Solitaire
    It means such a dangerous group truly exists!
[07:33] Solitaire
    You must be dying to know about
    this symbol. Well, so am I!
[07:38] Solitaire
    Tell me anything you know about it,
    who uses it, and where!
[07:41] Solitaire
    I'll gift a few lucky
    winners 300 million yen!
[07:46] Solitaire
    Will I really pay, you ask?
[07:48] Solitaire
    Anyone who's followed my career
    should know the answer.
[07:52] Solitaire
    I'll tell you how to contact me later!
[07:55] Solitaire
    Until we meet again!
[07:56] Solitaire
    Oh! I forgot my sign-off!
SIGN    The live stream has ended.
[08:01] Polka
    This has turned into a real mess.
[08:04] Takumi
    Yeah. What're you gonna do about it?
[08:06] Polka
    Let's think this through.
    What should we focus on first?
[08:10] Takumi
    Well, you know.
[08:12] Polka
    I guess I do.
[08:14] Sayo
    Yeah. I'd like answers, too.
[08:17] Sayo
    About empires and reincarnation and stuff.
[08:24] Sayo
    You'll tell me, of course. Right, Polka?
[08:29] Polka
    Yes.
SIGN    THE
SIGN    CORPSE
SIGN    GOD
SIGN    The Corpse God
[08:38] Polka
    Previously on The Corpse God.
[08:40] Polka
    Polka Shinoyama (Fake) is the
    Corpse God, a reincarnation!
SIGN    Byady#erig Empire
SIGN    YEAHHH YEAHHH WOOHOO
[08:45] Polka
    In his past life he was hired as a court
    sorcerer by the Byady#erig Empire,
[08:50] Polka
    a military nation with no particular
    interest in world domination!
SIGN    The heroic Shagrua!
[08:54] Polka
    A hundred years after the empire fell,
[08:56] Polka
    the heroic Shagrua, the Calamity
    Crusher, struck him down!
[09:02] Polka
    But the Corpse God cast a spell!
[09:05] Polka
    He was reborn in Shinjuku,
    in the corpse of Polka Shinoyama!
[09:10] Polka
    There, for the sake of a peaceful life,
    he battles insecurities about his future!
SIGN    I've gotta
    get a job!
SIGN    We can skip the rest!
[09:15] Polka
    And there you have it.
[09:16] Polka
    The real Polka-kun's soul is safe,
    and I'll return his body before too long.
[09:22] Takumi
    You seriously expect her to buy that story?!
[09:25] Polka
    I thought things would actually
    be easier if she didn't.
[09:28] Sayo
    So you're not gonna tell me the truth, huh?!
[09:30] Sayo
    Well, see if I care! Harrumph!
[09:33] Sayo
    Interesting.
[09:35] Sayo
    I believe you.
[09:37] Takumi; Polka
    You do?!
[09:38] Misaki
    Wow.
[09:39] Sayo
    I could sort of tell that you aren't Polka.
[09:43] Sayo
    You stayed calm when that cop
    grabbed you. That's not like him.
[09:50] Sayo
    Still, I'm pretty shaken,
[09:52] Sayo
    partly because I don't want
    to believe Polka got murdered.
[09:57] Sayo
    I'll go shower and calm down
    before I ask for more details.
[10:02] Sayo
    Oh, and don't worry. I won't tell Xiaoyu
    when he gets back from shopping.
[10:10] Polka
    I can't get a read on her.
[10:12] Polka
    Do you think I could show
    her the dancing skeletons?
[10:15] Takumi
    Well, I don't think she'll
    go around telling people.
[10:18] Takumi
    If worse comes to worst,
    could you wipe her memory with a spell?
[10:22] Polka
    I can make a spirit in my service possess
    someone and remove parts of their memory.
SIGN    Soul
[10:28] Polka
    The spirit would serve as a scalpel to
     amputate a piece of the person's soul,
SIGN    Memory
[10:32] Polka
    and that would indirectly
    affect their physical brain.
[10:36] Polka
    It's a different school than Geldwood
    brainwashing and forced-confession spells.
[10:41] Takumi
    Is it hard to do?
[10:43] Polka
    To be honest, not really.
[10:46] Polka
    But that was on humans in my world.
[10:49] Polka
    If this world's humans are
    different in the wrong ways,
[10:52] Polka
    a slight mistake could leave
    the target broken.
[10:56] Takumi
    I guess we'd better not risk it, then.
[10:59] Polka
    Of course, if we knew someone was an enemy,
[11:02] Polka
    cutting corners and destroying their
    minds could make things easier.
[11:07] Takumi
    Don't tell me... you messed
    with those goons' memories?
[11:12] Polka
    I did hold back.
[11:14] Polka
    They won't be completely broken.
[11:17] Takumi
    Man, sometimes you scare the crap out of me.
[11:22] Takumi
    What?
[11:23] Polka
    I'm kind of happy that you said "sometimes."
[11:28] Takumi
    Well, unlike Misaki, I didn't
    actually get killed, so—
[11:32] Takumi
    Hey, wait...
[11:34] Takumi
    Where's Misaki?!
SIGN    See no shark
[11:44] Sayo
    Do you need something?
[11:45] Misaki
    Let's chat.
[11:48] Sayo
    About what?
[11:49] Misaki
    Didn't that story make you wonder
[11:53] Misaki
    who killed Polka-kun?
[11:59] Misaki
    Or does that not bother you,
[12:02] Misaki
    because you already know?
[12:05] Sayo
    I'd rather talk about sharks.
[12:09] Misaki
    Come on. Don't change the subject.
[12:12] Misaki
    If I told you I killed Polka-kun,
[12:17] Misaki
    what would you do?
[12:19] Sayo
    Oh, okay. So that's it.
[12:25] Sayo
    You want someone to chew you out, right?
[12:28] Sayo
    I'm guessing Polka forgave you.
[12:32] Sayo
    He's a gentle kid.
[12:34] Sayo
    He'd watch a man-eating shark
    get killed at the end of a movie
[12:37] Sayo
    and say he felt bad for the shark,
    as well as the people it ate.
[12:43] Sayo
    I'm going to ask for the details
    of what happened later,
[12:46] Sayo
    but I'd bet that Polka
    forgave you for killing him.
[12:51] Sayo
    You still haven't made your
    peace with that, have you?
[12:55] Sayo
    So you want me to lash out at you.
    It'd be part of your atonement.
[13:01] Sayo
    You're sly, but I don't mind. I forgive you.
[13:06] Sayo
    I won't chew you out, though.
[13:17] Misaki
    You're sharp. I bet you'd
    make a great detective.
[13:22] Misaki
    Aren't you scared?
[13:24] Misaki
    I'm the assassin who slit Polka-kun's throat.
[13:28] Sayo
    You don't scare me.
[13:30] Misaki
    Why not?
[13:32] Sayo
    No one who likes shark
    movies is a bad person.
[13:38] Misaki
    Umm...
[13:40] Sayo
    It was only for a little while, but I liked
    talking about shark stuff with you.
[13:46] Sayo
    A bad person could never chat
    about sharks and shark movies!
[13:50] Sayo
    You may have slit my relative's throat,
    but sharks will forgive you!
SIGN    His relative had
    more of a screw
    loose than he'd
    thought.
SIGN    Faced with that fact,
    the soul of
    Polka Shinoyama
SIGN    decided to
    pretend he
    hadn't heard
    anything.
SIGN    Hear no shark!
[14:01] Sayo
    Plus, you saved Kazuki and Shizuki.
[14:06] Sayo
    That's my second reason,
    although it doesn't count for much.
[14:15] Misaki
    Really? That part's the afterthought?
[14:19] Misaki
    Oh, jeez.
[14:21] Misaki
    I don't even know what to say anymore.
[14:27] Sayo
    For now,
[14:29] Sayo
    say something about sharks.
[14:33] Misaki
    So you see,
SIGN    Silky Smooth
SIGN    Soft and Springy
[14:34] Misaki
    I tried to find out if Sayo-chan
    paid for that hit on Polka-kun,
[14:39] Misaki
    but I screwed up!
[14:41] Misaki
    Still, I'm pretty sure she
    had nothing to do with it.
[14:45] Takumi
    Yeah, yeah. Whatever.
[14:47] Takumi
    What's wrong with you? Are you stupid?
[14:49] Takumi
    The only thing you proved is that
    she's out of her goddamn mind.
[14:54] Sayo
    How rude. I just don't care much
    about anything except sharks.
[14:59] Sayo
    So I wouldn't hire someone to kill Polka.
[15:01] Takumi
    I don't get your logic.
[15:04] Sayo
    Isn't it obvious?!
SIGN    GLARE
SIGN    GLARE
[15:05] Sayo
    If I killed him, I'd turn
    him into shark food! Duh!
[15:09] Takumi
    I wish that wasn't so convincing.
[15:12] Takumi
    Don't tell me you took that
    plushie into the bath?
[15:15] Sayo
    Not into the water.
[15:17] Sayo
    But I did borrow your Sharkborg
    without asking. Sorry.
[15:21] Takumi
    With family like this,
    you must've had it rough.
[15:25] Sayo
    I've never met that little guy before,
[15:27] Sayo
    although I do aspire to
    make all sharks my family.
[15:31] Takumi
    Wait, you mean you didn't know
    when you took him in there?
[15:35] Sayo
    U-U-U-U-Un...
SIGN    THUD
[15:38] Sayo
    Unbelievable.
[15:40] Takumi
    Yeah, getting seen changing can't have
    been fun, even if you had no idea.
SIGN    I didn't peek!
[15:44] Sayo
    That doesn't matter!
[15:46] Polka
    It doesn't?
[15:47] Sayo
    How could one of my
    relatives become a shark?!
SIGN    I didn't peek!
[15:49] Sayo
    I thought for sure two souls were
    fighting for control of that body!
[15:54] Polka
    Rozan-san said the same thing.
[15:56] Sayo
    All right, then!
[15:57] Sayo
    Polka can borrow my body, so sharkify me now!
[16:01] Polka
    What?! Wh-Why?!
SIGN    Totally
    lost
SIGN    Speak no shark
SIGN    Polka's soul chose to let sleeping dogs lie.
[16:08] Takumi
    Seriously, though.
    What's our next move, Polka?
[16:12] Takumi
    This symbol is a big deal to you, right?
[16:15] Polka
    I don't mind people showing it in public.
[16:18] Polka
    But if someone is trying to
    use this emblem for something,
[16:22] Polka
    I need to meet them.
[16:25] Polka
    To us, it's a precious memory.
[16:28] Polka
    I can't sit by while someone defiles
    it and still live in peace.
[16:35] Takumi
    Okay.
[16:37] Takumi
    We'd better find out if some shadowy
    organization really does use it, then.
[16:43] Takumi
    I mean, Solitaire could just
    have been making shit up.
[16:46] Misaki
    You mean, that Solitaire guy is another
    sorcerer from Polka-kun's world?
[16:52] Polka
    No. He wanted information about the emblem,
[16:55] Polka
    so I don't think he could be from my world.
[16:59] Takumi
    Can't you check with an identification spell?
[17:03] Polka
    What do you mean?
[17:05] Takumi
    You know, where you see his level,
    class, and skills just by looking at him?
SIGN    Title
    Great Guy in Shinjuku
    | LV 01 |
    HP 001/001 |
    MP 001/001 |
    ATK 001 |
    DEF 001 |
    SPD 001 |
    DEX 001 |
    CHA 001
SIGN    m 0 0 l 110 0 110 120 0 120
SIGN    Title:
    Corpse God
    | LV 99 |
    HP 999/999 |
    MP 999/999 |
    ATK 999 |
    DEF 999 |
    SPD 999 |
    DEX 999 |
    CHA 999
SIGN    m 0 0 l 110 0 110 120 0 120
[17:10] Polka
    Oh, you mean what you
    do when I tell fortunes.
[17:14] Takumi
    Huh?
SIGN    I cast a spell
[17:16] Takumi
    I cast a spell on the customer's name!
SIGN    on the customer's name!
SIGN    Polka Shinoyama
[17:18] Takumi
    Now their info's mine!
SIGN    Now their info's mine!
SIGN    (Security)
    Ineffective on targets of a
    higher level.
[17:21] Takumi
    I was an identification wizard all along?
[17:24] Polka
    Anyway, I spent years crafting my
    secret art of resurrection on my own,
[17:30] Polka
    so I don't know if anyone else has come here.
[17:33] Misaki
    But you summon these guys
    from your world, right?
[17:37] Polka
    Yes. I was surprised that it worked.
[17:40] Polka
    I only summon their souls, though.
[17:42] Polka
    The bones are temporary vessels
    I happened to find nearby.
[17:47] Misaki
    Then, do you know any
    ghosts who can talk more?
[17:52] Polka
    I... do.
[17:54] Polka
    But I set most of them free before the
    Order's last subjugation unit arrived.
[18:00] Polka
    Some of them kept their pacts with me anyway.
[18:04] Polka
    But how can I face them after I got
    declared a threat to the world?
[18:10] Polka
    That's why I want to at
    least save my memories.
[18:12] Sayo
    Okay, enough whining.
[18:15] Sayo
    Call them whenever you want,
    and do it with a smile.
[18:18] Sayo
    If they get mad or hit you, just apologize.
[18:23] Polka
    Do you think... they'd forgive me?
[18:27] Sayo
    They trusted you enough to make
    a pact. Have some faith in them.
[18:32] Polka
    Sayo-san...
[18:34] Polka
    I'm sorry I ever suspected you
    of having Polka-kun killed.
[18:39] Sayo
    And if all this necromancy is real,
    there must be sharkomancy, too!
[18:44] Sayo
    That's what really matters now!
[18:46] Takumi
    What's wrong? Shark got your tongue?
[18:50] Polka
    Well, some people in the ocean
    controlled schools of fish...
SIGN    Sorceresses of the Deep
    
    
    
    
    
    The Grimrope Sisters
[18:54] Takumi
    Did that really deserve a serious answer?
[18:57] Sayo
    Anyway, you're wondering what
    to do about that symbol, right?
[19:01] Takumi
    Pick the right man for the job.
[19:03] Takumi
    Leave that stuff to identification
    wizards like me.
[19:08] Sayo
    You like that title, huh?
[19:10] Takumi
    Now,
[19:11] Takumi
    let's take a hint from Solitaire
    and start by checking out the cops.
SIGN    I can't reveal specifics yet, but I have my suspicions.
[19:19] Polka
    Really?
SIGN    Still... I won't stop you now, but tread carefully.
SIGN    The police organization, or at least part of it,
SIGN    is more sinister than you know.
[19:29] [SONG] Text
    Metropolitan Police Department
[19:30] Habaki
    Sorry to call you up so suddenly.
[19:33] Iwanome
    Don't be. I'm glad you're here,
    Senior Commissioner Habaki, sir.
[19:37] Iwanome
    I never expected to come back
    here after I was transferred out.
[19:41] Habaki
    I wish you'd played by the
    book and climbed the ranks.
SIGN    Superintendent General
[19:47] Habaki
    The superintendent general
    wears many faces.
[19:50] Habaki
    Don't let him take you in. Now, get going.
[19:53] Iwanome
    Yes, sir.
[19:58] Takasu
    You're in charge of the Solitaire case?
[20:01] Takasu
    Tsubaki Iwanome-kun, isn't it?
[20:04] Iwanome
    Yes, sir.
[20:05] Takasu
    You look more like a host
    than a police officer.
[20:10] Takasu
    Of course, given your division,
[20:11] Takasu
    I'll accept piercings and
    dyed hair as camouflage.
[20:17] Takasu
    Only one thing matters.
[20:19] Takasu
    Can you function as a cog in this machine?
[20:24] Takasu
    I hope our teeth mesh well.
[20:25] [SONG] Text
    Metropolitan Police Superintendent General
    Jirotarou Takasu
SIGN    Jirotarou Takasu
[20:29] Takumi
    So, this is the superintendent general.
[20:32] Takumi
    I know looks aren't everything,
    but his face gives me the creeps.
[20:36] Misaki
    He looks so cool!
[20:37] Takumi
    You think so?
[20:38] Takumi
    Hm? That Iwanome guy keeps looking
    for info about Hosorogi-san.
SIGN    Are you telling me he used a police computer for that?
[20:50] Takumi
    Until a few years ago, anyway.
SIGN    He was never good with computers...
[20:52] Takumi
    Looks like it got him in trouble.
    There's a record.
[20:58] Iwanome
    A cog?
[21:00] Iwanome
    I'm sure we'll mesh nicely,
[21:02] Iwanome
    Superintendent General
    Jiroutarou Takasu, sir.
[21:06] Iwanome
    I'm good at fitting in.
[21:09] Iwanome
    Unless... there's a pebble in the works.
[21:14] Takasu
    Would this "pebble" be
    Inspector Miyabi Hosorogi?
[21:21] Takasu
    I'll take that as a yes.
[21:23] Takasu
    I don't approve of you calling
    a superior officer a pebble.
[21:27] Takasu
    Even one who's currently missing.
[21:31] Takasu
    Is that all Hosorogi-kun meant to you?
[21:42] Iwanome
    Very funny, sir. I didn't mean the inspector.
[21:46] Iwanome
    I meant the rat in this huge building
    who drove the inspector out.
[21:55] Takasu
    I expected you to reject my suggestion
    in a rage, but you're surprisingly calm.
[22:00] Takasu
    Although, amusingly, the way you
    comport yourself is anything but.
[22:05] Takasu
    I see. Your cog may send a
    new sound through the system.
[22:11] Takasu
    But take care.
[22:14] Takasu
    If I find the sound of a cog discordant,
    I crush it without hesitation.
[22:23] Iwanome
    I'll remember that, sir.
[22:25] Takasu
    Oh, one more thing before we begin.
[22:28] Takasu
    My name is Jirotarou, not Jiroutarou.
SIGN    Jiroutarou
SIGN    Jirotarou
[22:32] Takasu
    Jiro, not Jirou. Mind you
    keep that vowel short.
[22:36] Iwanome
    I'll remember that, too, sir.
[22:40] Takasu
    Now, as for why I called you here today...
[22:43] Takasu
    The Phantom Solitaire investigation has
    been reorganized after today's incident.
[22:49] Takasu
    Given your history with him, I want you
    to play a key role on the local end.
[22:55] [SONG] Text
    Shinjuku Gyoen
    Shinjuku Gate
[22:56] Solitaire
    So?
[22:57] Solitaire
    Has there been any activity
    around the police?
[23:00] Nanny
    Yes. Several people have
    attempted to hack the police.
[23:05] Nanny
    One of them seems to know
    what they're looking for.
[23:09] Solitaire
    Oh? Fascinating.
[23:11] Solitaire
    And do you know where they're
    hacking from, Nanny?
SIGN    Nanny Café Amaguri
[23:13] Nanny
    But of course, Young Master.
[23:20] Nanny
    The source is Shinjuku.
[23:22] Solitaire
    Well, now.
[23:23] Solitaire
    The office of a fortune teller
    who just registered his business.
[23:29] Solitaire
    I simply must have him read my future.