E15 - The Vampire

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[00:06] Takumi
    Are they gone?
[00:08] Misaki
    The reporter left, too.
[00:11] Takumi
    Well, covering us has to be the
    least of her worries today.
[00:15] Chief Editor
    Listen. Drop this story.
[00:18] Kochou
    Wh-Why?!
[00:20] Chief Editor
    That building's been cropping up
    in all kinds of rumors for decades.
[00:25] Chief Editor
    Five years ago, blood from a high-ranking
    cop who went missing turned up there.
[00:29] Chief Editor
    Now a mugger hides in it,
    and they force a search?
[00:33] Chief Editor
    That's not normal.
[00:35] Chief Editor
    This is no job for a cub reporter.
[00:37] Chief Editor
    Hand it off to a veteran like Himura.
[00:40] Kochou
    No, this is my story.
[00:45] Chief Editor
    If I force her to drop it, she'll take
    paid vacation and investigate anyway.
[00:50] Kochou
    I did it, Chief!
[00:51] Kochou
    I cracked the case, Chief!
[00:53] Kochou
    I've got photos to prove it, Chief!
[00:55] Chief Editor
    Still, it'd be a waste to fire her.
[01:01] Chief Editor
    Fine. We'll compromise.
[01:04] Chief Editor
    You can cover the occult story on
    this fortune teller, the Corpse God.
[01:09] Chief Editor
    But don't take the initiative
    to go after anything else,
[01:13] Chief Editor
    and don't report on anything
    but fortune telling.
[01:15] Kochou
    Aww...
[01:16] Chief Editor
    Don't look at me like that.
[01:18] Chief Editor
    The flip side is that, if anything
    happens, you'll be closest to the scoop.
[01:23] Kochou
    I know, but...
[01:24] Chief Editor
    But what?
[01:26] Chief Editor
    Don't you trust your instinct that
    Polka Shinoyama's at the heart of this?
[01:35] Kochou
    You ought to know me better than that, Chief!
[01:38] Kochou
    I'll make Polka Shinoyama the
    center of this story, all right!
[01:43] Kochou
    Just watch me!
[01:44] Chief Editor
    Hey! Whatever else you do,
     don't lie in print!
[03:19] Xiaoyu
    Excuse me, miss.
[03:21] Xiaoyu
    I bought the extra things you asked me to.
[03:25] Sayo
    Thanks.
[03:29] Takumi
    So, seriously, what is that stuff?
[03:33] Sayo
    Well, think of it as a rent payment.
[03:35] Polka
    Mana stones!
[03:36] Takumi
    Uncut gemstones?!
SIGN    Mana Stone
    
    - Stones charged with magical power
    
     - Known in this world as gemstones
SIGN    m 0 0 l 230 0 230 90 0 90
[03:38] Sayo
    I had Xiaoyu-kun visit a bunch
    of stores and buy them up for me.
[03:43] Polka
    Are you sure about this?
[03:44] Sayo
    It's no big deal.
[03:45] Sayo
    After all, you saved the real Polka.
[03:50] Xiaoyu
    Miss Sayo knows that Polka is a fake, too?!
[03:53] Xiaoyu
    What does she mean,
    he "saved the real Polka"?
[03:56] Xiaoyu
    And what is he going to use that
    pile of rough gemstones for?
[03:59] Misaki
    So, what can you do with all these?
[04:03] Polka
    Good question.
[04:04] Polka
    I think I could pull off one big task,
[04:07] Polka
    but I already have a use in mind
[04:10] Polka
    and that's...
[04:13] Xiaoyu
    What does he mean?
[04:15] Takumi
    Now, the question is, what will we do next?
[04:18] Takumi
    I got in touch with Clarissa, but what
    about the dead body in that tunnel?
[04:23] Xiaoyu
    A dead body?!
[04:24] Xiaoyu
    What are they talking about?!
[04:25] Polka
    For now, I'll make sure no one finds it.
[04:29] Takumi
    The dead guy is probably Nishida,
    one of Clarissa's bartenders.
[04:33] Takumi
    I sent Urai back to her in
    the confusion, but still.
[04:37] Polka
    That guy worked at Clarissa's bar?
[04:40] Takumi
    The cops showed up right after
    someone dumped Nishida's body.
[04:44] Takumi
    That's gotta mean that the cops
    are working with the killer.
[04:49] Takumi
    Huh?
[04:50] Takumi
    Oh, crap!
[04:51] Takumi
    We'll finish this some other time!
[04:52] Takumi
    I'll slip out the back,
    so you take it from here!
[04:55] Takumi
    Call me if there's news!
[04:57] Takumi
    Bye!
[04:58] Polka
    Uh... Okay.
[05:04] Misaki
    Wow! Looks tasty!
[05:07] Sayo
    I can never get over what
    a good cook you are.
[05:09] Xiaoyu
    It's part of my job.
[05:11] Misaki
    Thanks for making this!
[05:15] Iwanome
    Hi!
[05:16] Polka
    Hello.
[05:17] Iwanome
    Sorry. Were you in the middle of dinner?
[05:20] Misaki
    Did you come looking for that
    mugger, too, detectives?
[05:23] Iwanome
    Nah. Unfortunately,
    we're on the Solitaire case.
[05:27] Iwanome
    So, I'll cut to the chase.
[05:32] Iwanome
    You already know why Solitaire
    came here, don't you?
[05:38] Polka
    Why Solitaire came here?
[05:41] Polka
    This police officer shouldn't
    know about that symbol.
[05:45] Polka
    No, I have no idea.
[05:48] Hosorogi
    Huh?!
[05:49] Hosorogi
    P-Polka, you know how I drew
    something for this detective?
[05:53] Hosorogi
    That was actually...
[05:55] Iwanome
    As far as I know, only one
    thing links you and Solitaire:
[05:59] Iwanome
    the symbol painted on those blimps.
[06:02] Iwanome
    You're in contact, aren't you? Come on.
[06:06] Iwanome
    Won't you let me see Hosorogi-san?
[06:12] Polka
    You mean you've been suspicious
    of my fortune telling all along?
[06:18] Polka
    If you don't believe me,
    if we can't establish mutual trust,
[06:23] Polka
    then I have nothing to say to—
[06:24] Iwanome
    Hey.
[06:26] Iwanome
    You can't brush me off this late in the game.
[06:30] Polka
    I can tell
[06:32] Polka
    that danger is closing in,
    slowly but steadily.
[06:37] Polka
    How far can my hands reach?
[06:40] Polka
    Some souls may slip through my fingers.
[06:44] Polka
    All the more reason to be careful.
[06:45] Iwanome
    Let's be honest with each other, kid.
[06:48] Misaki; Sayo
    Dinner...
SIGN    Dinner...
[06:50] Polka
    Can you prove
[06:51] Polka
    that you haven't been drawn to
    the dark side of the police?
[06:57] Polka
    "The answer lies in the
    paper that once guided you."
[07:00] Polka
    "If you still believe in yourself,
     go on chasing it."
[07:04] Polka
    Or so the person you're waiting for says.
[07:13] Takumi
    Ugh.
[07:14] Takumi
    Way too much happened today.
[07:16] Takumi
    For now, I'd better get all my info in order.
[07:20] Takumi
    Huh?
[07:21] Takumi
    I don't remember ordering anything.
[07:24] Takumi
    It couldn't be Arase... could it?
[07:27] Takumi
    H-Higuro-san?
[07:30] Takumi
    Why now, of all times?
[07:34] Momoya
    I wonder.
[07:36] Momoya
    Won't you come out?
[07:38] Momoya
    Higuro-san is so lonely, he might cry.
[07:43] Momoya
    Of course, you might end
    up crying a whole lot more.
SIGN    Unlock
[07:49] Higuro
    Sit tight. I'll be right there.
[07:53] Arase
    So, Polka Shinoyama really is in
    contact with Inspector Hosorogi?
[07:57] Iwanome
    Who knows?
[07:58] Iwanome
    But either way, he's right.
[08:01] Iwanome
    Following the lead on that
    fortune-telling paper comes first.
[08:06] Arase
    Why not act now?
[08:08] Iwanome
    I'd love to, but our plans will
    leak if we do anything careless.
[08:13] Arase
    Nothing's easy when we can't
    trust our own organization, huh?
[08:17] Iwanome
    You said it.
[08:18] Iwanome
    No wonder Hosorogi-san
    decided to disappear.
SIGN    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.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 280 0 280 190 0 190
[08:23] Iwanome
    Oh, damn it.
[08:25] Iwanome
    Looks like more rain.
[08:30] Higuro
    Long time, no see.
[08:31] Takumi
    What do you want this time?
[08:34] Higuro
    You don't like me much, I see.
[08:36] Takumi
    Of course not!
[08:38] Takumi
    You've gotta know I work for Clarissa now!
[08:42] Higuro
    I know.
[08:44] Higuro
    That's why I'm here.
[08:48] Higuro
    Figured it out?
[08:49] Takumi
    You're the one who made Nishida a mugger?
[08:55] Higuro
    Just now, you paused for a
    moment to think, didn't you?
[09:00] Higuro
    And to choose your words.
[09:02] Higuro
    You were wondering whether
    to say "mugger" or "corpse."
[09:08] Takumi
    It was you!
[09:10] Higuro
    You knew about the body.
[09:13] Higuro
    Pain is good. It slows judgment.
[09:17] Higuro
    Makes people fall for leading questions
    that would never normally catch them.
[09:21] Higuro
    Especially people who fear pain, like you.
[09:26] Higuro
    How did you hide the body in that situation?
[09:30] Higuro
    You see, my employer wants
    to use official power
[09:33] Higuro
    to lay everyone involved
    with your building bare,
[09:36] Higuro
    so I really need a mugger's
    corpse to turn up in it.
[09:40] Takumi
    You sure you oughta blab all that?
[09:43] Higuro
    Of course. A smart guy like you must realize
[09:46] Higuro
    that you have no choice now
    that you've heard my plans.
[09:51] Momoya
    Higuro-san.
[09:53] Momoya
    He might still have options.
[10:03] Takumi
    Misaki?
[10:06] Sayo
    Oh? Where's Misaki-chan?
[10:08] Polka
    She went to pick up Takumi-kun.
[10:10] Polka
    Clarissa-san called her about it.
[10:13] Higuro
    So, Shinjuku's intermediary
    predicted what I'd do.
[10:25] Momoya
    Are you using some kind of trick?
[10:27] Momoya
    No one your size should
    be able to overpower me.
[10:32] Misaki
    I'm a growing girl!
[10:43] Momoya
    Missed by a hair.
[10:53] Momoya
    No one's ever jumped over me before.
[10:59] Momoya
    In all honesty,
[11:02] Momoya
    that was a close one.
[11:04] Takumi
    Misaki. Hey.
[11:06] Takumi
    Misa... ki...
[11:09] Higuro
    Oh, dear. This could start a feud
    between Shibuya and Shinjuku.
[11:13] Momoya
    Sounds fun.
[11:14] Momoya
    If it means I get to fight a lot
    more like her, I'm all for it.
[11:19] Higuro
    I think I'll pass.
[11:22] Higuro
    Yes. Please forgive me.
[11:25] Higuro
    There was a slight irregularity.
    I'll give you a report later.
[11:30] Higuro
    Under Sabaramond's aegis,
    failure is impossible.
[11:34] Sayo
    Hey, are you sure that was the
    best thing to do with those gems?
[11:38] Polka
    Yes. I can only do so much, after all.
[11:42] Polka
    I'd already decided to use
    the first stones I got
[11:46] Polka
    on Misaki-chan's evolution.
[11:49] Polka
    I don't just want to extend
    the reach of my protection.
[11:53] Polka
    I want to make more allies who
    can protect people with me.
[11:57] Polka
    Misaki-chan isn't a zombie anymore.
[12:01] Polka
    She's a vampire larva.
[12:03] Misaki
    What do you know?
[12:05] Misaki
    I got killed, but I didn't die.
    What a weird feeling.
[12:08] Misaki
    But maybe now I finally get
[12:11] Misaki
    how it feels to be a whole new me.
[12:18] Misaki
    Nope. I haven't changed.
[12:28] Misaki
    I've always been inhuman.
SIGN    10 Years Ago
[12:40] (Flashback) Clarissa
    You...
[12:41] (Flashback) Clarissa
    don't smile, do you?
[12:45] (Flashback) Clarissa
    You'd look lovely if you did.
[12:48] (Flashback) Misaki
    I want to smile, but I forgot how.
[12:53] (Flashback) Clarissa
    Well, everyone smiles for different reasons,
[12:57] (Flashback) Clarissa
    but why don't you try doing something
    that someone else seems to like?
[13:01] (Flashback) Clarissa
    Any ideas?
[13:03] (Flashback) Misaki
    Something that someone else seems to like?
[13:08] (Flashback) Misaki
    I know.
[13:09] (Flashback) Clarissa
    What is it? I'll help you try it.
[13:14] (Flashback) Misaki
    Killing people.
[13:22] Higuro
    Something just hitched a ride.
[13:23] Momoya
    A pursuer, do you think?
[13:29] Misaki
    Whoops.
[13:33] Misaki
    They're gone.
[13:34] Misaki
    But I can catch up in no—
[13:40] Misaki
    Huh?
[13:41] Misaki
    Wow!
[13:43] Misaki
    I guess flying up is harder!
[13:48] Misaki
    Oh, found 'em!
[13:57] Misaki
    Whoa! Close call!
[13:59] Misaki
    But wow! This is amazing, Polka-kun!
[14:02] Misaki
    This body does just what I want,
    even though it's all new to me!
[14:08] Misaki
    Being a vampire rules! I love it!
[14:13] Misaki
    Hey, Clarissa,
[14:15] Misaki
    I'm having a ball right now!
[14:17] Misaki
    I found something fun
    apart from killing people!
[14:22] Misaki
    Who knew going to rescue
    someone would be so exciting?!
[14:26] Misaki
    Or that taking on someone
    way stronger than me
[14:30] Misaki
    could give me such a thrill?!
[14:33] Higuro
    I know you're awake, Takumi-kun.
[14:37] Higuro
    If you really are asleep, I could
    peel the skin off your arms to wake you.
[14:41] Takumi
    Fine!
[14:43] Takumi
    I'm awake! Just lay off the pain!
[14:45] Higuro
    Oh, good. I didn't want to lose
    face in front of Agakura-san.
[14:50] Takumi
    That beanpole's an Agakura?!
[14:53] Momoya
    "Beanpole"? Talk about retro vocabulary.
[14:57] Momoya
    Although I am the tallest in my family.
[15:01] Momoya
    Still, I guess we're pretty famous.
[15:06] Takumi
    Of course you are.
[15:07] Takumi
    The whole underworld knows the Agakuras
    are a family of elite nutjobs.
[15:12] Takumi
    "Never mess with that cult-like Crazy
    Bones Kagura gang or the Agakura family."
[15:17] Takumi
    You're the one who taught me that,
[15:19] Takumi
    Higuro-san.
[15:20] Higuro
    Yes, exactly.
[15:23] Higuro
    That's why I paid to get
    Agakura-san's family on my side.
[15:27] Higuro
    Just like you've allied with the Heilei.
[15:31] Takumi
    The who?
[15:33] Higuro
    You don't look like you're playing dumb.
[15:35] Higuro
    The Shinoyamas must not trust you completely.
[15:39] Takumi
    What do you mean?
[15:41] Higuro
    You know that black-haired
    boy in your building?
[15:44] Higuro
    He's an assassin on the
    Shinoyama family's payroll.
[15:49] Xiaoyu
    I was hoping to plant a listening
    device at Takumi's place
[15:52] Xiaoyu
    and learn more about that "dead body."
[15:55] Xiaoyu
    But why... why is one of* them here?
[15:59] Xiaoyu
    An Agakura!
[16:04] Xiaoyu
    I guess the Agakuras are off-limits.
[16:07] Xiaoyu
    No.
[16:09] Xiaoyu
    I'm not a Heilei anymore.
[16:11] Xiaoyu
    It wouldn't hurt to rescue that guy
    and put the fake Polka in my debt.
[16:16] Higuro
    Now, let's continue our chat.
[16:20] Higuro
    You have no choice. I got that far, didn't I?
[16:23] Momoya
    Hey.
[16:25] Momoya
    Doesn't he have two? Choices, I mean.
[16:27] Momoya
    Cooperate or die.
[16:30] Higuro
    Oh, not in his case.
[16:32] Higuro
    Right, Takumi-kun?
[16:34] Higuro
    To avoid imminent death, you'll sacrifice
    the present without a second thought.
[16:39] Higuro
    This thing on your head is proof of that.
[16:42] Higuro
    As a child, you believed
    in the good in people,
SIGN    Dad
SIGN    It's your fault.
[16:45] Higuro
    but society and your parents
    betrayed you spectacularly.
SIGN    Family Suicide
[16:48] Higuro
    Then you believed that evil was the way to go,
    so you joined the Sanzu Sons...
[16:55] Higuro
    only for Arase to crush the
    gang and your convictions.
[16:59] Higuro
    Good and evil don't feel real to you.
[17:02] Higuro
    I heard
[17:04] Higuro
    that you've developed a phobia of reality.
[17:08] Higuro
    For peace of mind, you pretend everything
    you see through your cameras is a game.
[17:14] Higuro
    How courageous. I could cry.
[17:17] Takumi
    You seem to know a lot about me.
[17:20] Higuro
    Because I valued your ability
    to gather intelligence.
[17:23] Higuro
    I would have liked to recruit
    you again if I got the chance,
[17:26] Higuro
    but Kuraki-san seems to have
    taken quite a liking to you.
[17:30] Higuro
    What were you doing in
    that infamous building?
[17:33] Higuro
    I'd appreciate it if you'd
    tell me that and so much more.
[17:38] Higuro
    You don't want to get a
    game over yet, do you?
[17:43] Clarissa
    I really can't reach his phone.
SIGN    Recent Calls
SIGN    Takumi
    Kuruya
    Mobile
    Takumi
    Kuruya
     Mobile
     Takumi
    Kuruya
    Mobile
     Takumi
    Kuruya
     Mobile
     Izuna
     Mobile
     Koruto
     Mobile
     Izuna
    Mobile
     Carla
    Mobile
SIGN    5 seconds ago
    
    
    
    1 minute ago
    
    
    
     3 minutes ago
    
    
    
     10 minutes ago
    
    
    
    Yesterday
    
    
    
     Yesterday
    
    
     2 days ago
    
    
    2 days ago
[17:46] Izuna
    I've been wondering for a while now.
[17:48] Izuna
    Can we even trust that guy?
[17:51] Clarissa
    He'll obey as long as we leash him with fear,
[17:53] Clarissa
    but I can't guarantee his loyalty if
    something scares him more than we do.
[17:58] Koruto
    So, he's a lost cause if
    our enemies catch him?
[18:01] Izuna
    We should have rigged him to self-destruct.
[18:05] Clarissa
    You have a point.
[18:06] Clarissa
    That's what made this a perfect fit.
[18:09] Clarissa
    He needed a shackle other than fear.
[18:13] Clarissa
    A new connection, different from us.
[18:18] Takumi
    I'm stumped.
[18:20] Takumi
    Sure, I'm scared of a game over,
[18:23] Takumi
    but wouldn't giving in to you
    now be a bad ending, too?
[18:28] Higuro
    Don't worry. I only grazed you.
[18:32] Higuro
    Most movies treat being shot in
    the arm or leg as a minor injury,
[18:37] Higuro
    but in the real world, you'll bleed
    out if the shot hits a major artery.
[18:41] Higuro
    Besides, you're going to
    talk in the end, anyway.
[18:46] Higuro
    No secret is worth more to
    you than your life, is it?
[18:51] (Flashback) Polka
    I've got no secrets worth
    more than a friend's life.
[19:00] Takumi
    Yeah. That's right.
[19:04] Takumi
    Higuro-san.
[19:05] Higuro
    Do you feel like answering now?
[19:08] Takumi
    No one likes a guy who nitpicks
    unrealistic stuff in movies.
[19:14] Momoya
    Oh, I second that.
[19:17] Higuro
    Do you think I'm bluffing?
[19:20] Higuro
    Something feels... off.
[19:23] Higuro
    Like he's afraid of pain,
    but not actually afraid of dying.*
[19:29] Takumi
    If I die,
[19:31] Takumi
    salvage my life, too, Polka!
[19:36] Higuro
    You know, I had shumai for lunch.
[19:39] Higuro
    I only eat them with mustard.
SIGN    Soy Sauce
[19:46] Higuro
    Do you feel more talkative now?
[19:49] Takumi
    I want...
[19:52] Takumi
    to dig my heels in a little, too.
[19:55] Takumi
    'Cause if I don't,
[19:58] Takumi
    I'll never get anywhere.
[20:01] Higuro
    I wish you'd been this stubborn
    when Arase threatened you.
[20:06] Higuro
    Just so you know,
[20:08] Higuro
    I could do this just as
    well with someone else.
[20:13] Higuro
    For example,
[20:14] Higuro
    that girl hugging the plush shark.
[20:19] Takumi
    Hold on. Do you know who she is?
[20:22] Takumi
    You'd turn the Shinoyamas against you.
[20:25] Higuro
    Oh, don't worry about that.
[20:27] Higuro
    The higher-ups will step in for me.
[20:29] Takumi
    "Higher-ups"?
[20:31] Higuro
    So rest easy and writhe on the ground.
[20:34] Higuro
    Even if you happen to die,
[20:36] Higuro
    I have replacements all lined up.
[20:42] Xiaoyu
    I found a reason to save him.
[20:45] Xiaoyu
    If Miss Sayo is next on
    your list when he dies,
[20:48] Xiaoyu
    I'd better keep him alive as a decoy.
[20:51] Momoya
    Oh?
[20:53] Xiaoyu
    And I found a reason to kill you.
[20:55] Xiaoyu
    If you're out to hurt the Shinoyamas,
[20:58] Xiaoyu
    that makes you my enemies!
[21:02] Habaki
    A mugging in Shinjuku?
[21:04] Iwanome
    Yes. They searched that building where
    Solitaire appeared for the culprit.
[21:08] Habaki
    Hang on. That's not—
[21:12] Habaki
    No, wait. The building
    where Solitaire appeared.
[21:16] Habaki
    Isn't that
[21:17] Habaki
    where Hosorogi's...?
[21:20] Habaki
    I'll look into it. But remember,
    don't get emotional.
[21:25] Habaki
    I can't cover for you
    if you go off the rails.
[21:29] Iwanome
    I'll be fine, sir.
[21:31] Iwanome
    I have subordinates to stop me now,
    and they'd punch me out to do it.
[21:37] Takasu
    Enter.
[21:51] Solitaire
    A fine chair.
[21:54] Solitaire
    I daresay it's fit to bear the
    weight of your responsibilities.
[21:58] Takasu
    If you want to turn yourself in,
    you've come to the wrong place,
[22:01] Takasu
    Phantom Solitaire.