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.