E11 - The Beginning

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SIGN    Kabukicho Ichibangai
SIGN    Fortunes
[00:09] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    Think I filled out this questionnaire okay?
[00:12] High School Girl
    Looks good to me!
[00:13] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    Hey, is this place legit?
[00:15] Saimyouji
    Absolutely.
[00:16] High School Girl
    You mean it?!
[00:18] Saimyouji
    Yes.
[00:19] Saimyouji
    This is my second visit,
    but I was sure by the end of my first time.
[00:23] Saimyouji
    This fortune teller is the real deal!
[00:26] Saimyouji
    He even knew I hurt my leg,
    and only my coworkers know that!
[00:30] High School Girl
    Wow!
[00:31] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    I can't wait!
[00:35] Polka
    So, have you found out anything?
[00:37] Takumi
    I spent all night looking into
    that symbol, but no dice.
[00:43] Takumi
    I think it was part of a serious case,
    though. Public Safety got involved.
[00:47] Takumi
    And Inspector Hosorogi went
    missing while tracking it down.
SIGN    Well, that's mostly correct.  They got me right before I got them.  You know the rest.
SIGN    The ones who killed me in this building  were most likely hired assassins,
SIGN    not the enemy I was chasing themselves.
[01:04] Polka
    You mean...?
[01:06] Takumi
    If an IA inspector was on the case,
    the culprit must have been a cop.
SIGN    I'm sorry. I can't speak of the culprit without definitive proof. It would get you involved.
[01:16] Takumi
    Oh, I'd say we're plenty involved already.
[01:20] Polka
    I'll be fine,
[01:22] Polka
    but what about Polka-kun and the Shinoyamas?
[01:27] Polka
    Yes, I'm worried about them.
SIGN    Exactly. That's why I asked you to tread carefully.
[01:36] Xiaoyu
    So, this Hosorogi person is involved.
[01:39] Xiaoyu
    But corruption in the police?
[01:41] Xiaoyu
    What the hell are these
    crooks trying to fight?
[01:45] Sayo
    Xiaoyu-kun, I'm starving.
[01:48] Xiaoyu
    I'll be right there!
[01:50] Xiaoyu
    Still, there are strange
    pauses in their conversation.
[01:53] Xiaoyu
    And do I hear a mechanical pencil again?
SIGN    I was able to give my message to the right person.
[02:00] Polka
    You mean that detective? Iwanome?
SIGN    Although this is one of my regrets...
SIGN    I want... to entrust it to him. We pursued this case together.
[03:48] Iwanome
    As you can see, Solitaire is elusive.
SIGN    Special Investigation Team
    All Ten'a Sorimura Cases
[03:53] Iwanome
    While I realize an investigator
    shouldn't use that word lightly,
SIGN    Ten'a Sorimura
    self-professed
    magician
SIGN    Youji Iwazono
    (46)
    Yougan-gumi
    Leader
SIGN    The Poisoner
    (60–70~)
[03:58] Iwanome
    I hope you understand that,
    in his case, I have no choice.
[04:04] Iwanome
    However, the suspect has a tendency
    to move in for a closer look
[04:08] Iwanome
    at anything that catches his interest.
[04:12] Iwanome
    In other words,
[04:13] Iwanome
    if we follow this symbol Solitaire is after,
    we're likely to cross paths.
[04:19] Detective A
    What're these Shinjuku cops doing here?
[04:19] Iwanome
    You'll find the details
    on page 12 of my report.
[04:21] Detective B
    Even Arase and Pop Tozawa.
    It's like a loose cannon convention.
[04:23] Iwanome
    Solitaire likes to show off and
    attracts public attention by doing so,
[04:29] Detective B
    After the shit he stirred
    up with that IA inspector,
[04:30] Iwanome
    but he also excels at disguise.
[04:32] Detective B
    who does he think he is to lecture us?
[04:33] Iwanome
    He currently uses at least three
    identities that we know of, and...
SIGN    Fortunes
SIGN    Reception desk opens at 10:00 a.m.
SIGN    Please fill out the questionnaire
    you receive with...
[04:37] Polka
    Shouta Yamanoura-san,
[04:39] Polka
    you are standing at a crossroads
    of great significance,
[04:43] Polka
    or so I read in the currents.
[04:46] Polka
    Your ship is about to founder on
    unseen rocks steeped in ostentation.
[04:52] Yamanoura
    What?!
[04:53] Polka
    Before it sinks, you should
    seek another vessel to board.
[04:57] Yamanoura
    I... I didn't mention anything
    about that in my survey,
[05:02] Yamanoura
    but you got everything right.
[05:05] Solitaire
    If I really were Shouta
    Yamanoura-kun, that is!
SIGN    Exclusive Exposé!
    
    
    Three Secrets of the Office Worker!
SIGN    1) He's actually
    Solitaire!
SIGN    2) He uses Hollywood special effects makeup (self-taught)!
SIGN    3) The real
    Yamanoura
    is a normal
    guy who has
    nothing to do 
    with Solitaire!
SIGN    The   End
[05:12] Solitaire
    But he did all that using hot reading,
[05:15] Solitaire
    probably courtesy of that hacker
    Nanny mentioned, Takumi Kuruya.
[05:21] Solitaire
    Yamanoura's company cooking the
    books hasn't made the news.
[05:25] Solitaire
    Finding out about it in such
    a short time is impressive...
[05:29] Solitaire
    but unfortunately, I suppose,
[05:32] Solitaire
    this fortune teller is a mere mortal.
[05:36] Polka
    Huh? Was something I said that shocking?
[05:39] Polka
    Oh, well.
[05:40] Polka
    Now, um...
[05:42] Polka
    Do you have any questions for me?
[05:45] Yamanoura
    Questions? Well, let me see...
[05:50] Yamanoura
    You know that symbol?
[05:51] Yamanoura
    The one Solitaire offered
    300 million yen for figuring out?
[05:56] Yamanoura
    Do you think you could
    see what it really is?
[06:01] Polka
    Ah. I'm afraid that is beyond even my sight.
[06:05] Solitaire
    Well, no surprise there.
[06:10] Polka
    However,
[06:12] Polka
    I sense something not quite
    right about that symbol.
[06:15] Yamanoura
    Not quite right?
[06:16] Polka
    As if something unnecessary
    has been added to it.
[06:20] Polka
    And drawing on the power of fate,
    which makes the world go round,
[06:24] Polka
    I will now reveal it.
[06:28] Solitaire
    Well, now, this is something.
[06:31] Solitaire
    The writing's too firm for it to be
    wires or magnetism.
[06:35] Solitaire
    Hmm...
[06:36] Solitaire
    His magic tricks are more
    interesting than his fortune—
[06:41] Polka
    The proper symbol has one
    less horizontal line.
[06:45] Polka
    So I have seen.
[06:50] Solitaire
    I got a bite?!
[06:52] Solitaire
    I can hardly believe it!
[06:56] Solitaire
    Wait, wait, wait. Don't be hasty!
[06:58] Solitaire
    Would an affiliate of a secret society
    expose himself so carelessly?!
[07:03] Solitaire
    Calm down! I'm being tested!
[07:12] Polka
    I know. I'll stop.
[07:14] Polka
    I can't pass anything more off as coincidence.
[07:17] Polka
    But...
[07:19] Polka
    there are some things I can't tolerate.
[07:22] Polka
    Ignoring that incorrect
    emblem wouldn't feel right.
[07:28] Polka
    Of course, I'd have to correct Solitaire
    himself to make a difference.
SIGN    Critical Hit!!
[07:34] Yamanoura
    I... I see. I'll take that under advisement.
[07:38] Yamanoura
    Now, if you'll excuse me.
[07:40] Polka
    Oh, one last thing.
[07:42] Polka
    Do you know a girl with pigtails
    who uses a wheelchair?
[07:49] Polka
    I can no longer understand
    what she is saying,
[07:53] Polka
    but she appears distressed
    by the path you walk.
[07:58] Polka
    Her ghost is materializing
    the form of a wheelchair.
[08:02] Polka
    She must have used it for a long time.
[08:05] Polka
    And she doesn't seem capable
    of conversation anymore, so...
[08:08] Yamanoura
    I suppose that must be my guardian spirit.
[08:11] Yamanoura
    If I remember anyone of that description,
    I'll be sure to face her.
[08:20] Polka
    I'd better not force her to pass on, then.
[08:23] Solitaire
    You've got me intrigued, fortune teller.
[08:26] Solitaire
    I thought he was a fraud, passing
    off hot reading as supernatural,
[08:31] Solitaire
    but then, how would he know about her*?
[08:34] Solitaire
    What can he see?
[08:39] High School Girl
    That was so cool! And wasn't he hot?
[08:43] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    You only care about looks.
[08:45] High School Girl
    Oh, is it starting to rain?
[08:48] High School Girl
    Crap! I didn't bring an umbrella!
[08:51] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    You can borrow mine. I've got a raincoat.
[08:54] High School Girl
    For real?! Thanks!
[08:54] Solitaire
    Water will damage my makeup.
[08:57] Solitaire
    I wish I had half those girls' energy.
[09:03] Solitaire
    I see.
[09:05] Solitaire
    So, you've set your sights on the same place.
[09:12] Polka
    Still, what a weird coincidence.
[09:15] Polka
    Two people in a row asked the same question.
[09:20] Solitaire
    That said,
[09:22] Solitaire
    that raincoat makes me question your taste.
SIGN    Fire Safety
[09:34] Arase
    I have an update on the
    Solitaire investigation.
[09:36] Arase
    We have 100 investigators on the streets,
    and we're checking surveillance cameras.
[09:41] Arase
    We've left him with fewer places to go,
[09:44] Arase
    but we still have no idea
    what he's trying to achieve.
[09:51] Iwanome
    We know what's got his attention right now.
SIGN    Ten'a Sorimura
    self-professed
    magician
SIGN    Youji Iwazono
    (46)
    Yougan-gumi
    Leader
SIGN    The Poisoner
    (60–70~)
[09:59] Arase
    Should we lure him out?
[10:01] Iwanome
    Only a few people know there's
    an error in that symbol.
[10:06] Arase
    But we can't point that out here, can we?
[10:10] Iwanome
    No. The enemy could be anywhere.
[10:15] Iwanome
    Whoever they are,
    they drove Hosorogi-san into hiding.
[10:18] Iwanome
    If we scatter bait carelessly,
    we'll be the ones who get eaten.
[10:26] Iwanome
    I know hunting down Solitaire is my job,
[10:30] Iwanome
    but having more than one goal
    throws off my instincts.
[10:33] Arase
    If we catch Solitaire,
    they'll make their move, too.
[10:37] Arase
    We should just be glad that we have
    more officers at our disposal.
[10:41] Detective B
    You're sipping coffee while you
    make us work our asses off?
[10:46] Detective B
    For a guy whose career hit a dead end,
    you sure act high and mighty.
[10:50] Iwanome
    Thanks for the compliment. I've at least
    risen high enough to order you around.
[10:56] Iwanome
    And if you've got the energy to gripe,
    you're not "working your asses off."
[11:03] Detective B
    Don't let this go to your head.
[11:05] Detective B
    Lots of guys still hold grudges from
    your time as Hosorogi's flunky.
[11:10] Iwanome
    Oh, is that so?
[11:13] Iwanome
    The only ones mad at me
    about Internal Affairs cases
[11:15] Iwanome
    would be crooked cops who
    can't get away with it anymore.
[11:20] Detective B
    I'm telling you to know your place!
[11:22] Detective B
    You might be a big shot in your precinct,
    but you'd better watch it here.
[11:29] Iwanome
    Are you too scared to hold any conversation
     you can't turn into a pissing contest?
[11:33] Iwanome
    Is that your problem?
[11:35] Iwanome
    Even internet trolls have better manners.
[11:38] Detective B
    Why, you—
[11:42] Arase
    Now, now.
[11:45] Detective B
    You—
[11:47] Detective B
    H-Hey! Let g—
[11:49] Iwanome
    Arase, I'm fine.
[11:54] Iwanome
    Arase.
[11:58] Iwanome
    I said I'm fine.
[12:05] Iwanome
    How about we all agree to stop
    picking on the weak, then?
[12:13] Detective A
    Do you know where you stand, Arase?
[12:16] Detective A
    That sting operation of yours was illegal.
[12:18] Detective A
    What do you think'll happen to
    you if you make more trouble?
[12:21] Detective B
    If you like, we could always 
    make up some trouble to—
[12:24] Arase
    Don't be silly. I've already
    been punished for the sting.
[12:28] Arase
    Tozawa-san really let me have for that, too.
[12:31] Yatsu
    Oh, there you are.
[12:33] Yatsu
    What are you wasting time picking
    fights here for, Iwa-san?
[12:37] Tozawa
    Whoops! Close one.
[12:39] Tozawa
    Are you okay?
[12:40] Detective B
    Y-Yeah.
[12:42] Detective B
    Huh?
[12:45] Tozawa
    Well, now. Is this that trouble you
    were going to "make up"?
[12:49] Tozawa
    Honestly.
[12:51] Tozawa
    You used that fall to 
    dislocate your own shoulder?
[12:54] Tozawa
    You're lucky I was here. Arase-kun
    wouldn't know how to treat this.
[13:00] Tozawa
    There. That's one problem solved.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 280 0 280 100 0 100
SIGN    Shinjuku Precinct Community Safety Division
    Assistant Head of Materials Compiling Group #3 
    
    Danjo Tozawa
[13:05] Yatsu
    Man, what a relief. I'm so glad
    there wasn't any major trouble.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 340 0 340 100 0 100
SIGN    Member of the same group
    MPD Shinjuku Precinct Arrest Technique Tournament 
    Individual Division Champion
    
     Ranmaru Yatsu
[13:12] [SONG] Text; right
    I looked pretty cool
    reining in Arase, right?
SIGN    They both saw me do that, right?
[13:12] Iwanome
    Y-Yeah.
[13:15] Habaki
    What's going on here?!
[13:17] Tozawa
    Why, Senior Commissioner
    Habaki. Nothing at all, sir.
[13:22] Tozawa
    I just performed first aid on an
    injured colleague. Isn't that right?
[13:28] Detective B
    Y-Yes.
[13:31] Detective B
    W-We'll be on our way.
[13:37] Habaki
    So, what happened,
[13:39] Habaki
    Iwanome?
[13:43] Habaki
    I understand the situation.
[13:45] Habaki
    They may be in the wrong,
    but try not to provoke them, would you?
[13:51] Habaki
    Solitaire's video already has us all on edge.
[13:55] Iwanome
    That stuff about a mole?
[13:57] Habaki
    Yes, although the brass seems to
    think he staged the shooting himself.
[14:03] Habaki
    Still, try not to make waves.
    I can only cover for you so much.
[14:10] Iwanome
    I'm grateful that you're willing
    to cover for me at all, sir.
[14:15] Iwanome
    Now, if you'll excuse me.
[14:19] Habaki
    Be careful.
[14:24] Iwanome
    This is still only a possibility,
[14:26] Iwanome
    but more troublemakers could be mixed
    up in this case. Lemmings included.
[14:31] Tozawa
    There's a scary thought.
[14:34] Iwanome
    That's why I need all the
    trustworthy people I can get, Pop.
[14:38] Tozawa
    Oh?
[14:39] Iwanome
    I was going to ask you not to make things 
    any worse between HQ and the precinct.
[14:44] Yatsu
    Those guys just have it in for you, Iwa-san.
[14:48] Iwanome
    Real funny, Yatsu.
[14:50] Iwanome
    Well, either way, Comps-3's
    job doesn't change.
[14:54] Iwanome
    We'll put our hearts and souls
     into seeing it through.
[14:58] Iwanome
    Protecting this town
[15:01] Iwanome
    from those troublemakers' crazy games.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 220 0 220 280 0 280
SIGN    From: Big Sis
    
    Dear Little Brother,
    I couldn't trace Miyabi Hosorogi 
    through finance, communication, 
    relationships, or any other means.
     Oh, and there's a summer cold 
    going around, so take good care 
    of yourself. Curry goes bad 
    sooner than you'd think,
     so make small batches and
     finish them. Whatever you do,
     don't make any mistakes
     with Young Miss Sayo.
    
    Your ever-loving sister,
    Imbi
[15:09] Xiaoyu
    I don't believe it. Not even the Lei
    intelligence network can find Hosorogi?
[15:15] Xiaoyu
    Footsteps on the roof?
[15:17] Solitaire
    Whew!
[15:18] Solitaire
    No matter how often I do it,
    landing on rooftops always gives me a thrill!
[15:22] Solitaire
    Is it the guilty pleasure of knowing
    I'm about to commit a crime?
[15:25] Solitaire
    The tension of knowing my
    enemies might be lying in wait?
[15:30] Solitaire
    No! No, no, no!
[15:33] Solitaire
    This is intoxication!
[15:35] Solitaire
    And since the works of the great Edogawa
    Rampo are now in the public domain,
[15:40] Solitaire
    perhaps no one will get mad if I call
    myself the Phantom With Twenty Faces?
[15:47] Solitaire
    No, wait.
[15:48] Solitaire
    Rampo's fans will still
    take umbrage, won't they?
SIGN    And quite seriously,
     too...
[15:52] Solitaire
    What do you think?
[15:57] Solitaire
    Well, this is certainly a warm reception.
[16:00] Solitaire
    It seems my hunch was right on the money.
[16:03] Solitaire
    Now, would you kindly tell me
[16:05] Solitaire
    about the organization you belong to,
    and about that symbol,
[16:11] Solitaire
    Fortune-Telling Corpse God?
[16:13] Solitaire
    Or should I say... Polka Shinoyama-kun?!
[16:18] Xiaoyu
    Please don't lump me in with that weakling.
[16:23] Solitaire
    Who are you?!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 80 0 80 130 0 130
SIGN    Meanwhile, 
    Polka is...
[16:42] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    Kagome kagome.
[16:47] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    The bird in the basket, locked away.
[16:51] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    When will it come out to play?
[16:56] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    At night before the break of day
[17:01] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    the crane and turtle slipped away.
[17:05] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 4
    Who's that behind you?
[17:09] (Flashback) Man A
    Hurry! The pit swallowed the army!
[17:12] (Flashback) Man B
    What about General Daryl?!
[17:14] (Flashback) Man A
    The Home-wrecker Dragon took
    him and his whole force!
[17:16] (Flashback) Man B
    They deserted?! I told him
    dragons couldn't be trusted!
[17:20] Woman A
    Where are the prince and empress?!
[17:20] (Flashback) Izliz
    What are you doing, fool of an apprentice?
[17:21] Man A
    I can't contact the imperial guard.
[17:24] (Flashback) Izliz
    I placed wards to shield us from notice.
[17:24] Man A
    Has an annexed principality revolted?!
[17:26] Woman A
    No, nothing human could cause that!
[17:27] (Flashback) Izliz
    Otherwise, they'd be dragging us
    to the front lines as we speak.
[17:31] (Flashback) Izliz
    Won't I go, you ask?
[17:34] (Flashback) Izliz
    I've no taste for joining in the
    fools' self-inflicted downfall.
[17:38] (Flashback) Izliz
    I left all our acquaintances I
    could reach in Romelka's care.
[17:45] (Flashback) Izliz
    Utsurojuza spoke the truth. The time is ripe.
[17:49] (Flashback) Izliz
    You should get ready, too.
[17:52] (Flashback) Izliz
    Ready for what, you ask?
[17:54] (Flashback) Izliz
    For living free, off the empire's leash.
[18:00] (Flashback) Izliz
    Honestly, I had you possess
    an older skeleton,
[18:05] (Flashback) Izliz
    but mentally, you were
    a child to the very end.
[18:09] (Flashback) Izliz
    Oh, well. I suppose you'll grow up eventually.
[18:14] (Flashback) Izliz
    We have unlimited time.
[18:18] (Flashback) Izliz
    But by the same token,
    you'd better treasure those who don't.
[18:26] Corpse God
    Oh, forgive me.
[18:28] Corpse God
    Forgive me, Teacher.
[18:31] Corpse God
    I failed.
[18:34] Corpse God
    I couldn't protect them.
[18:37] Corpse God
    I couldn't save them.
[18:39] Corpse God
    I couldn't even forgive.
[18:42] Corpse God
    I've tarnished the powers you taught me.
[18:46] Corpse God
    And I'm ashamed to face
    anyone from the empire.
SIGN    I became an enemy
SIGN    of the world.
[18:49] Corpse God
    I became an enemy of the world.
[18:54] Corpse God
    I fled from the world.
[18:59] Corpse God
    I no longer felt affection for any—
[19:05] (Flashback) Emperor
    You're as dimwitted as ever, my dear friend.
[19:09] (Flashback) Corpse God
    Your... Majesty...
SIGN    FWAP
SIGN    FWAP
SIGN    FWAP
SIGN    FWAP
SIGN    FWAP
SIGN    FWAP
[19:16] Polka
    C-Cut it out! I'm awake!
[19:21] Polka
    I smell something burning...
SIGN    This world is a buggy program
SIGN    Are you a termite?
SIGN    Or are you a bird eating the bug?
[19:30] Polka
    What's this?
[19:33] Polka
    What, now you're afraid of ghosts?
[19:36] Polka
    No, if a ghost was behind this, I would know.
[19:41] Polka
    It's still hot.
SIGN    Incoming Call
SIGN    Number
    Withheld
SIGN    Incoming Call
[19:50] Polka
    Hello?
[19:51] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2
    Is this Polka Shinoyama?
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[19:55] Polka
    Who is this?
[19:59] Polka
    Hello?
[20:00] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2
    Are you also
SIGN    Number Withheld
[20:03] Alpha Fire-Breathing Bug 2
    a Bastard Child of Sabaramond?
[20:09] Polka
    How...?
SIGN    Speaking
SIGN    Number
    Withheld
[20:11] Polka
    How do you know that name?
[20:17] Solitaire
    I see. So that's how it is.
[20:20] Solitaire
    Really, they're so inconsiderate!
[20:22] Solitaire
    Forcing me to play along with
    a quirk of fate like this!
[20:27] Xiaoyu
    "They"? Who does he mean?
[20:30] Xiaoyu
    Isn't he the wanted criminal*
    everyone's talking about?
[20:34] Solitaire
    No reaction?! Who is that boy?!
[20:37] Solitaire
    I said that like I know what's
    going on, but I'm winging this!
[20:40] Solitaire
    Think, Solitaire!
[20:42] Xiaoyu
    Well, whatever. Once I catch you,
[20:46] Xiaoyu
    I can take my time with the interrogation.
[20:51] Solitaire
    Don't be hasty, lad.
[20:53] Solitaire
    You're still still young,
    and it's 3:00 in the morning.
[20:57] Solitaire
    So go to bed like a good little—
[21:00] Xiaoyu
    I'm 19.
[21:04] Solitaire
    He's fast!
[21:06] Solitaire
    I'll admit, no child moves like that.
[21:09] Solitaire
    But you're not so fast that I can't—
[21:19] Solitaire
    Excuse... me?
[21:32] Takeru
    So, there's been activity.
[21:34] Takeru
    But not quite the sort I was expecting.
[21:39] Takeru
    I can't believe that thrill-seeker
[21:42] Takeru
    is fighting one of my
    grandfather's bodyguards.
[21:47] Takeru
    We'll make our move, as well.
[21:51] Takeru
    When it comes to securing a conflict zone,
[21:57] Takeru
    the most important question
[22:00] Takeru
    is how to walk off with the spoils.