E16 - The Fake

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[00:01] Solitaire
    Everyone has a public and a private face.
[00:04] Solitaire
    Some hide one side of
    themselves deliberately.
[00:07] Solitaire
    Others, not so much.
[00:10] Solitaire
    Some people's designs change
    every time you flip them over,
[00:15] Solitaire
    and occasionally you meet someone
[00:18] Solitaire
    whose front and back are both jokers.
[00:24] Solitaire
    Cards like that
[00:25] Solitaire
    have a strange tendency
    to gather in one place.
[02:03] Xiaoyu
    Hold still.
[02:07] Takumi
    S-Sure. Thanks.
[02:09] Takumi
    Hey,
[02:10] Takumi
    are you really from a
    group called the Heilei?
[02:14] Xiaoyu
    I have questions for you, too,
[02:19] Xiaoyu
    but talk can wait.
[02:29] Momoya
    Those are your fingers stretching, right?
[02:35] Momoya
    Know your limits, kid. Your legs are shaking.
[02:40] Momoya
    By the way... tell me. What
    happened to your arms and legs?
[02:44] Momoya
    Last I checked, your severed limbs were
    still in my eldest sister's collection.
[02:52] Momoya
    Well, I don't know if you
    want a rematch with her,
[02:57] Momoya
    but we've already seen
    through your Heilei tricks.
[03:01] Xiaoyu
    Don't get the wrong idea.
[03:03] Xiaoyu
    I'm not a Heilei anymore.
[03:06] Xiaoyu
    Do you think I'm shaking because I'm scared?
[03:09] Momoya
    What, are you quivering with anticipation?
[03:12] Xiaoyu
    Not quite.
[03:14] Xiaoyu
    This is the growl of a savage beast!
[03:32] Momoya
    Now I get it!
[03:35] Momoya
    This is great! I'm having a blast!
[03:38] Momoya
    You really don't fight like a Heilei!
[03:50] Momoya
    But
[03:51] Momoya
    the way you use malice and misdirect
    opponents is still just like them.
[03:59] Momoya
    Bingo.
[04:02] Momoya
    So close.
[04:05] Momoya
    Missed by a hair.
[04:07] Momoya
    Targeting Higuro-san now
[04:09] Momoya
    is just what a Heilei would do.
[04:12] Momoya
    It looks like you couldn't quite escape
[04:15] Momoya
    your Heilei karma.
[04:18] Higuro
    Momoya-san!
[04:19] Momoya
    Huh?
[04:28] Takumi
    Misaki!
[04:29] Xiaoyu
    Sakimiya-san.
[04:32] Misaki
    So you are one of us,
    Xiaoyu-kun! I kind of figured!
[04:39] Xiaoyu
    P-Put me down!
[04:42] Higuro
    What's going on?
[04:45] Higuro
    I know Momoya-san killed that girl.
[04:48] Higuro
    Is she "something beyond this world's laws"?
[04:52] Higuro
    I was told to report anything like that,
    separate from my current orders,
[04:57] Higuro
    but I never expected to
    actually see something.
[05:02] Higuro
    First, though...
[05:05] Higuro
    can I make it out of here alive?
[05:11] Momoya
    Okay, okay.
[05:13] Momoya
    I get what's happening,
     even if I can't figure out how.
[05:17] Momoya
    The girl I know I killed is alive,
     and she got a power-up.
[05:22] Momoya
    How scary. How creepy.
[05:26] Momoya
    The world's going to hell.
[05:28] Momoya
    But more than that, it's fun.
[05:31] Momoya
    So, let's get started.
[05:36] Momoya
    We'll have so much fun
[05:39] Momoya
    playing our trump cards.
[05:43] Misaki
    Your long legs are gorgeous!
[05:45] Misaki
    And sexy, like a model's!
[05:48] Misaki
    Are you trying to seduce me?
[05:50] Momoya
    Oh, my big sisters are always
    saying the same thing.
[05:54] Momoya
    "You're a wimp,
[05:56] Momoya
    so use your looks as a distraction."
[06:03] Xiaoyu
    He's fast!
[06:05] Xiaoyu
    No, he barely moved.
[06:21] Xiaoyu
    Sakimiya-san can react to him.
[06:34] Misaki
    Close call!
[06:36] Misaki
    I barely dodged that one.
[06:38] Misaki
    So, what's the plan, Xiaoyu-kun?
[06:40] Xiaoyu
    Huh?!
[06:41] Misaki
    Wanna team up on him?
[06:43] Misaki
    Or are you the type who
    thinks one-on-one is cooler?
[06:48] Misaki
    I'm fine either way!
[06:52] Momoya
    How strange. How mysterious.
[06:54] Momoya
    I know I timed that slash
    perfectly to cut you.
[07:00] Misaki
    How do you explain that?
[07:02] Xiaoyu
    Something's been bugging me for a while.
[07:04] Xiaoyu
    Sakimiya-san has no heartbeat.
[07:10] Sayo
    So,
[07:11] Sayo
    Misaki-chan is a "vampire larva" right now?
[07:15] Polka
    Yes. You could say she's almost a vampire.
[07:19] Polka
    I used necromancy to alter the
    link between her body and soul,
[07:22] Polka
    making her more like a vampire physically.
[07:26] Polka
    So Misaki-chan's only new abilities
    now are heightened regeneration...
[07:32] Misaki
    Whoopsie!
[07:33] Polka
    ...and turning into a bat.
[07:42] Xiaoyu
    Damn him!
[07:45] Xiaoyu
    He uses footwork with his long legs
    and his posture to mislead opponents.
[07:50] Xiaoyu
    He really is using his
    "looks" as a distraction.
[07:53] Xiaoyu
    Even the colors on his
    jacket must be calculated
[07:56] Xiaoyu
    to make it seem like his
    arms and torso stretch!
[08:00] Momoya
    Are you awake?
[08:01] Momoya
    I wonder what you'll show me next.
[08:04] Momoya
    Hmm?
[08:05] Misaki
    Well, you know that thing where
    it looks like your arms stretch?
[08:09] Misaki
    Mind if I copy it?
[08:10] Momoya
    Oh? Thinking of throwing your crowbar?
[08:14] Misaki
    I've got
[08:16] Misaki
    nothing up my sleeve!
[08:22] Xiaoyu
    What is that?
[08:24] Takumi
    Come on! You could at least try* to hide it!
[08:31] Misaki
    Too bad. I guess I couldn't
    split you in half.
[08:35] Momoya
    That wasn't centrifugal force from her throw.
[08:38] Momoya
    It consciously tore into me.
[08:41] Momoya
    You wouldn't happen to be Solitaire's
    apprentice, by any chance?
[08:46] Sayo
    Speaking of Misaki-chan, among other things,
[08:49] Sayo
    don't you think it's time you
    told Xiaoyu-kun what's going on?
[08:53] Polka
    You have a point.
[08:55] Polka
    When he gets back, I'll explain how things—
[08:59] Polka
    Is something wrong, Hosorogi-san?
SIGN    I'd like to ask a small favor of you.
[09:11] Solitaire
    The board we stand on is
    already awash in jokers.
[09:15] Solitaire
    A hand full of jokers won't win any game.
[09:19] Solitaire
    So, don't you think it's high time
[09:22] Solitaire
    the players holding the cards
    looked up and studied each other?
SIGN    Number Withheld
    Incoming call
[09:32] Iwanome
    What?
[09:34] Iwanome
    Hello?
[09:37] Hosorogi
    I'm surprised I reached you.
[09:40] Iwanome
    Who're you?
[09:42] Hosorogi
    You're easily exploited.
[09:44] Hosorogi
    I told you to change phones
    and numbers regularly.
[09:49] Iwanome
    It can't be.
[09:52] Iwanome
    Hosorogi...san?
[10:02] Kochou
    How are the Shinoyamas tied to that building?
[10:05] Kochou
    Let's see...
[10:06] Kochou
    The building's owner is Lisa Kuraki,
[10:09] Kochou
    granddaughter of industrialist Luis Kuraki.
[10:12] Kochou
    Her parents disappeared,
    and she inherited their assets.
[10:14] Kochou
    Then, while in high school, she got
    caught up in a kidnapping case.
[10:18] Kochou
    Wait. This kidnapping was solved by
    the cop who vanished in that building.
SIGN    Inspector Miyabi Hosorogi
[10:26] Iwanome
    Hosorogi-san?!
[10:28] Iwanome
    Hosorogi-san, is it really you?!
[10:30] Hosorogi
    Calm down.
[10:31] Hosorogi
    What kind of idiot goes around shouting
    my name? What if someone overhears you?
[10:43] Iwanome
    Anyway, are you the real deal?
[10:46] Hosorogi
    Well, I've lost my ability
    to speak like most people.
[10:49] Hosorogi
    Or should I say it was taken from me?
[10:53] Iwanome
    Where are you now?! Can we meet in person?!
[10:56] Hosorogi
    A smart guy like you should
    already realize that we can't.
SIGN    Using the vocal cords of a dead pigeon found in an alley with its (ghost's) permission
SIGN    m 0 0 l 550 0 550 70 0 70
    
[11:01] Hosorogi
    Of course, I can hardly expect you
    to understand my whole situation.
[11:07] Sayo
    This looks... Wow.
[11:09] Iwanome
    You're right! I don't!
[11:11] Iwanome
    The old you would never have gotten
    a high-school kid involved!
[11:16] Hosorogi
    You mean Polka Shinoyama?
[11:19] Hosorogi
    The old me died.
[11:21] Hosorogi
    The current me is not the
    Miyabi Hosorogi you knew.
[11:26] Sayo
    The awful part is that none of that is a lie.
[11:29] Hosorogi
    That should give you an idea of
    the kind of enemies we've made.
[11:34] Hosorogi
    I assume you still have that note?
[11:37] Iwanome
    Yeah.
SIGN    Don't be a prisoner of the past.
    At least choose the brand
    of your indulgences 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.
SIGN    m 0 0 l 265 0 265 210 0 210
[11:38] Hosorogi
    I left numerous clues in it,
[11:41] Hosorogi
    but we can't afford to take our time anymore.
[11:44] Hosorogi
    I'll tell you the bare minimum,
[11:48] Hosorogi
    since it seems like Clarissa is
    about to be dragged in again.
[11:52] Hosorogi
    If the enemy has started making moves again,
[11:54] Hosorogi
    we'll have to get ready to counter them.
[11:57] Iwanome
    Clarissa, huh?
[11:59] Iwanome
    She's a crook, too, you know?
[12:01] Hosorogi
    That's beside the point.
[12:04] Hosorogi
    I won't ask you to agree.
[12:06] Hosorogi
    Let's save that discussion for another time.
[12:09] Iwanome
    Yeah, all right.
[12:11] Iwanome
    We'll have a nice, long talk later.
[12:14] Iwanome
    Now, what do I need to know?
[12:18] Hosorogi
    The final murder suspect
    I narrowed it down to—
[12:21] Hosorogi
    the mastermind at the heart of the
    infection in the police force—is...
[12:29] Iwanome
    That's... not funny.
[12:33] Takasu
    So?
[12:34] Takasu
    Am I one of these "players"—
    these masterminds you're talking about?
[12:39] Solitaire
    As the head of the police,
     I'd say you're more than qualified.
[12:44] Takasu
    The superintendent general is
    merely one supervisor among many.
[12:50] Takasu
    The organization's head would
    be the National Police Agency,
[12:54] Takasu
    or, above it, the National Public Safety
    Commission and the prime minister.
[13:01] Takasu
    And given popular sovereignty,
    the PM answers to the citizens!
[13:06] Solitaire
    No, that's not what I was trying to—
[13:09] Takasu
    In which case, each and every
    citizen is one of your "players"!
[13:14] [SONG] Text
    Indeed!
[13:15] Solitaire
    Indeed.
[13:16] Takasu
    Everyone is a player, a pawn,
    and a cog in the machine.
[13:22] Takasu
    Just like you used Prime Minister
    Kubikigawara as a pawn to show off.
[13:29] Solitaire
    That takes me back.
[13:30] Solitaire
    I never expected one snide remark
    to earn me such a lengthy lecture.
[13:36] Solitaire
    Do you think you can baffle
    me by blowing smoke?
[13:41] Takasu
    So, you insist that I'm
    some kind of mastermind?
[13:45] Takasu
    Why show yourself to me,
    then? What are you after?
[13:51] Solitaire
    Can't you tell?
[13:53] Solitaire
    No, you could never guess my plan,
    Mr. Superintendent General.
[13:58] Solitaire
    Can you imagine
[14:00] Solitaire
    that from here on out,
    I'm completely winging it?!
[14:05] Solitaire
    An enigmatic entity ordered me killed.
[14:08] Solitaire
    I guessed the mastermind was a big shot,
    so I went to rattle one, but...
SIGN    Better luck
    next time
SIGN    Results So Far
SIGN    Got a talking-to
[14:15] Solitaire
    What now?
[14:20] Xiaoyu
    Do you have any more plans?
[14:22] Xiaoyu
    I don't think he'll fall for that...
    trick where you stretch your arm again.
[14:28] Misaki
    I bet not.
[14:29] Misaki
    That guy's good!
[14:37] Xiaoyu
    Huh?
[14:38] Xiaoyu
    But if I do that...
[14:41] Misaki
    Trust me, okay?
[14:44] Xiaoyu
    Don't blame me if you die.
[14:46] Misaki
    Oh, wow! Are you worried about me?
[14:49] Misaki
    That's so nice!
[14:51] Momoya
    Are you done talking strategy?
[14:55] Misaki
    Yup! Thanks for waiting!
[14:57] Momoya
    No need for gratitude.
[14:59] Momoya
    I wanted some time myself.
[15:02] Momoya
    Time to think about your trick,
[15:05] Momoya
    and time to steel myself.
[15:12] Momoya
    I knew it. Her clothes are cut.
[15:14] Momoya
    My blade is reaching her.
[15:16] Momoya
    In which case...
[15:38] Momoya
    Caught you.
[15:53] Misaki
    Caught you.
[15:55] Xiaoyu
    Am I dreaming?
[15:59] Xiaoyu
    Well, who cares?
[16:08] Takumi
    They did it?!
[16:10] Takumi
    They beat an Agakura?! For real?!
[16:13] Xiaoyu
    We pulled it off, but...
[16:17] Xiaoyu
    what just happened?
[16:20] (Flashback) Misaki
    Once that guy grabs me,
    stab through my gut to get him.
[16:25] Xiaoyu
    It was too dark to see clearly,
[16:29] Xiaoyu
    but Sakimiya-san looked and
    sounded like fluttering bats.
[16:34] Misaki
    We did it!
[16:37] Takumi
    Ah!
[16:38] Takumi
    Watch out!
[16:39] Takumi
    Higuro's packing hea—
[16:40] Misaki
    Oh, that guy ran out on us.
[16:44] Takumi
    Huh?
[16:45] Takumi
    What?!
[16:48] Higuro
    Man. What a lifesaver.
[16:50] Higuro
    Trust Momoya-san to cut loose
    and draw everyone's attention.
[16:55] Higuro
    I'm truly grateful.
[16:57] Higuro
    If you beat those two,
    I'd love to work with you again.
[17:02] Higuro
    If you lose, well... rest in peace.
[17:06] Higuro
    I won't waste your sacrifice.
[17:10] Higuro
    Now, I'd better report that I saw
SIGN    Metropolitan Police Department
[17:15] Higuro
    "something beyond this world's laws."
SIGN    Number withheld
SIGN    Incoming call
[17:23] Tozawa
    Aren't you going to pick up?
[17:24] Yatsu
    It's a personal call, and I'm on duty.
[17:28] Tozawa
    I see.
[17:31] Iwanome
    Is this another one of your warnings?
    To suspect even old friends?
[17:38] Hosorogi
    Hopefully it will end up as a funny story.
[17:40] Hosorogi
    But you know, Tsubaki,
[17:42] Hosorogi
    when you're in the police, everyone
    on the force is one of your own.
[17:46] Hosorogi
    Whether they're rural personnel you've
    never met or longtime partners,
[17:51] Hosorogi
    you can't afford to make a distinction
    once you start suspecting officers.
[17:56] Iwanome
    Now I'm sure.
[17:59] Iwanome
    You're definitely still the same old you.
[18:02] Iwanome
    Consider you dead? No can do.
[18:05] Iwanome
    You're still alive inside us,
[18:08] Iwanome
    so I won't let you bite the dust easy.
[18:13] Hosorogi
    Suit yourself.
[18:14] Hosorogi
    It's time I hung up. I'll be in touch.
[18:17] Iwanome
    Oh, one more thing, Senpai.
[18:21] Iwanome
    Did you ever consider that I might
    be a spy for your mastermind?
[18:25] Hosorogi
    Have you forgotten what I'm like?
[18:28] Hosorogi
    If you are, I'll just shoot
    you between the eyes.
[18:32] Iwanome
    That figures.
SIGN    Number Withheld
    Incoming Call
[18:35] Iwanome
    Number withheld, so I can't call back.
[18:38] Arase
    Should we trump up a warrant
    to have it disclosed?
[18:42] Iwanome
    Don't even think about it.
    Any mole would catch on.
[18:46] Arase
    That's a relief.
[18:47] Arase
    You're still yourself, Inspector.
[18:50] Iwanome
    Well, yeah.
[18:51] Iwanome
    If anything, I've got my old edge ba—
SIGN    Number Withheld
    Incoming call
[18:55] Iwanome
    Again?
[18:57] Iwanome
    Did Hosorogi-san forget to tell me—
[18:59] Solitaire
    Question: I've just finished a job. Who am I?
[19:04] Iwanome
    Huh?
[19:05] Solitaire
    Hint one: my name is Ten'a Sorimura.
[19:09] Iwanome
    Solitaire?!
[19:10] Solitaire
    Correct!
[19:11] Solitaire
    I'm amazed you got it after only one hint.
[19:15] Solitaire
    What intellect! What sagacity!
[19:17] Solitaire
    As a prize, I'll tell you
    something interesting!
[19:21] Iwanome
    I don't have time for your games.
[19:23] Solitaire
    It's about the mastermind you just
    discussed with Inspector Hosorogi.
[19:28] Solitaire
    Wouldn't you like to hear it?
[19:31] Solitaire
    Act boldly now and then, and you'll
    gain things you didn't expect.
[19:36] Solitaire
    Just like I have.
[19:41] Hosorogi
    Sorry for the trouble.
[19:44] Hosorogi
    I didn't want to involve you
    any more than I had to,
[19:47] Hosorogi
    but if the police—if they—are here,
    I have no choice.
[19:50] Sayo
    That Iwanome guy must be over the
    moon now that he thinks you're alive.
[19:57] Sayo
    That was awfully cruel of you.
[20:00] Hosorogi
    Funny though it may sound, I agree.
[20:02] Hosorogi
    I always figured I'd meet a bad end.
     And then I actually did.
[20:07] Hosorogi
    Well, for now, I only hope Iwanome plays
    his cards as well as I think he will.
[20:14] Arase
    Hosorogi-san was one thing,
    but now you're going to trust Solitaire?
[20:18] Iwanome
    No, I don't believe a word he said.
[20:22] Iwanome
    But as I've told you before, true or false—
[20:25] Arase
    "Words people blurt out
    always mean something"?
[20:30] Iwanome
    I'm just parroting Hosorogi-san, of course.
[20:34] Higuro
    Come on. Pick up already.
[20:41] Tozawa
    Shouldn't you get that?
[20:45] Yatsu
    Excuse me for a sec.
[20:57] Yatsu
    Don't call me when I'm at work.
[20:59] Yatsu
    I know I've told you that before.
[21:01] Higuro
    I have a top-priority report to make.
[21:04] Higuro
    It's the schoolgirl from that building.
[21:06] Higuro
    I know we killed her,
    but she came back to life.
[21:10] Higuro
    She's "something beyond this
    world's laws," as you put it.
[21:14] Higuro
    Also, I annoyed the Shinoyamas on
    this job, so I'll lie low for a bit.
[21:19] Higuro
    Can I ask you to keep me safe from them?
[21:23] Habaki
    Have no fear.
[21:29] Habaki
    Your position is secure
    under Sabaramond's aegis.
[21:34] Habaki
    You've done well, Higuro.
[21:44] Habaki
    Wh-Why are you...?!
[21:46] Yatsu
    Are you nuts?!
[21:47] Yatsu
    No way can I take a call from
    a reporter like you inside HQ!
[21:51] Kochou
    But I couldn't wait to tell you, Ran-nii!
SIGN    Yatsu
    (eight ports)
SIGN    Eightport
SIGN    Real Name
     Kochou
     Yatsu
SIGN    m 0 0 l 100 0 100 190 0 190
    
[21:57] Kochou
    After Hosorogi-san died, one person rose
    through the ranks suspiciously fast!
[22:02] Iwanome
    To be honest, I'm shocked.
[22:05] Iwanome
    You saved me from getting the boot.
[22:08] Iwanome
    I thought of you like family,
    and you stabbed me in the back.
[22:12] Iwanome
    I screwed up recently, too, but saying your
    contact's name was beyond careless,
[22:19] Iwanome
    Senior Commissioner Habaki!
[22:25] Misaki
    This guy's not moving. What should we do?
[22:28] Xiaoyu
    We should steer clear of him.
[22:32] Takumi
    Still, it's over now... isn't it?
[22:36] Yatsu
    Stop kidding around!
[22:38] Yatsu
    Jeez! Why Habaki-san?!
[22:40] Yatsu
    Listen, if you breathe a
    word of this to Iwa-san—
[22:41] Cop
    That stream, where carp I caught.
[22:50] Schoolgirl
    Even now, I dream of naught...
[22:59] Fire-Breathing Bugs
    ...but my old country home.
SIGN    Fire
    Safety
[23:16] Phone
    Your call cannot be completed
    because the number you have dialed
SIGN    Momoya
    Calling
[23:20] Phone
    is not in service or is
    outside the service area.
[23:24] Majiri
    Time for a scolding. Yes, a scolding.
[23:27] Majiri
    Oh, Momo-kun, how could you ignore an
    important call from your big sister?