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?