E6 - Logical Fiction
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SIGN Steel Lady Nanase Wiki
SIGN F o r u m
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/03 23:57
I was just attacked by Steel Lady Nanase
in a park in East Makurazaka City!
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/04 00:07
Just now? You're the fifth person to say they
saw and got attacked by Steel Lady Nanase
[00:10] Terada
A wiki site, huh?
[00:12] Kotoko
Monsters of the imagination only survive
through people's imaginations.
[00:17] Kotoko
So long as people fantasize
and desire their existence,
[00:20] Kotoko
Steel Lady Nanase will remain immortal.
[00:23] Kotoko
Even if we cut off her head,
she'll come back over and over.
[00:26] Kotoko
Her life comes not from within her,
but from the desires of others.
SIGN Nanase Karin's vengeful spirit haunts Makurazaka City
SIGN Nanase Karin's immortal because she's a ghost
SIGN You're safe from her wrath if you own merch from when she was an idol
SIGN A ghost that appeared in Makurazaka City
SIGN She's getting revenge on everyone who went after her
SIGN She's wearing a red dress
SIGN If you run into her, you're doomed
SIGN She carries around a steel beam and attacks you
[02:03] Kotoko
Steel Lady Nanase has neither
intelligence nor the ability to think.
[02:06] Kotoko
She's an automaton that just continues
to move in the way people want her to.
[02:10] Kotoko
This makes her completely different
from actual yokai and ghosts.
[02:17] Kuro
Iwanaga.
[02:19] Kuro
How are we supposed to defeat her, then?
[02:20] Kuro
Steel Lady Nanase is going to kill someone.
[02:24] Kuro
I've never seen a monster of the
imagination grow to this extent.
[02:28] Kuro
I saw the wiki, but it seems like
they're making her more violent.
[02:34] Kotoko
And that's why we'll have to use
[02:36] Kotoko
this site to our advantage to defeat her.
[02:39] Kotoko
If she's become immortal because
of everyone's imagination,
[02:42] Kotoko
then we'll just have to
conquer that imagination.
[02:46] Kotoko
This is where we'll need your abilities
as a police officer, Saki-san.
[02:50] Saki
Like have the police shut the site down?
[02:54] Kotoko
Of course not.
[02:55] Kotoko
It's not very realistic to shut down a
personal website without a valid reason.
[02:59] Saki
Then what do you want me to do?
[03:01] Kotoko
I need information.
[03:02] Kotoko
I need you to get me valid information
on Nanase Karin's death.
[03:06] Kotoko
Then we'll create a story that surpasses
the rumors of Steel Lady Nanase.
[03:11] Kotoko
Steel Lady Nanase is a ghost
SIGN Steel Lady Nanase is a ghost!
[03:13] Kotoko
as well as a monster of the imagination
created from that story.
SIGN Ghost!
[03:16] Kotoko
To get past that,
[03:18] Kotoko
we'll have to overwrite this story
SIGN Steel Lady Nanase is not a ghost!
[03:21] Kotoko
by writing that she's not a ghost.
[03:25] Kotoko
If the people who believed in
Steel Lady Nanase's existence
[03:27] Kotoko
start to believe the revised story,
[03:30] Kotoko
Steel Lady Nanase will lose
her vitality and cease to exist.
[03:34] Saki
A story where the ghost doesn't exist...
[03:37] Saki
So you plan to apply
[03:38] Saki
a rational explanation to an urban
legend and prove that it was a lie?
[03:43] Saki
That's impossible.
[03:45] Saki
Once a rumor is spread, it doesn't
matter if there's a rational explanation.
[03:49] Saki
Not everyone will accept it.
[03:51] Saki
If the rumor seems more believable,
then lies can replace the truth,
[03:55] Saki
even if there are some discrepancies.
[03:58] Kotoko
Correct. The truth isn't
always the strongest.
[04:01] Kotoko
But Steel Lady Nanase is also the truth.
[04:04] Kotoko
That's why I'm going to use
rational fiction to counter her.
[04:07] Kotoko
I'll post something more appealing
than "Steel Lady Nanase is a ghost,"
SIGN F o r u m
SIGN <333> Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:51 ID.ogyuaeiaj125
I live in Makurazaka, but yet again,
I didn't run into Steel Lady Nanase today
<334> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:00 ID.itrujhwa44
Apparently someone runs into her every day in Makurazaka City
<335> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:15 ID.optim31a8
But every time there's an incident, people keep putting their own
spin on it, so I don't know what's going on anymore.
<336> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:23 ID.ijuowjiha59ae
But there must be some real accounts among the fake ones.
She should run into a police officer on patrol pretty soon
<337> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:31 ID.hgaea66ha
What's the police officer supposed to do if they run into her?
Question her?
<338> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:40 ID.rhnns71shrs
Police Officer: Excuse me.
Nanase: °Smack°
Police Officer: °Collapse°
<339> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:47 ID.dbzspsjig8
Right?
That's probably exactly what's going to happen
<340> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:55 ID.mmnbda211ea
But this is getting boring since people
write about it every day
<341> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:00 ID.2rgahr65
I mean, she was an idol, so she was
at least somewhat famous
<342> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:07 ID.ookjihnu33
She actually seems more famous now than when she was an idol.
I bet her songs will start selling again
<343> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:11 ID.ijhajhar21aj
If I run into her, I'm running like hell
<344> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:23 ID.imjbhy73ug
Nanase Karin came back to get revenge on everyone who went after her!
<345> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:30 ID.aad391haha
I wonder if she's really a ghost. There could just be a lot of people trying to act like they're her.
<346> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:38 ID.iknu8wja5
I wonder how she shows up. Does she just lurk around the corner?
<347> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:45 ID.25hhpame
I'd be nervous if I ran into her on my way home
<348> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:52 ID.pehgiajgoa56
How many people actually ran into Nanase? Talk about a persistent ghost
<349> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:11 ddpnjh82njh
I wonder if she keeps appearing in the same places
<350> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:34 ID.y6asfga
I heard she appears near Makurazaka Shrine
<351> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:50 ID.qawrsa56
[04:12] Kotoko
something like "Steel Lady Nanase
is fiction," on the forums.
SIGN <333> Name: Anonymous 09/04 17:51 ID.ogyuaeiaj125
I live in Makurazaka, but yet again,
I didn't run into Steel Lady Nanase today
<334> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:00 ID.itrujhwa44
Apparently someone runs into her every day in Makurazaka City
<335> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:15 ID.optim31a8
But every time there's an incident, people keep putting their own
spin on it, so I don't know what's going on anymore.
<336> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:23 ID.ijuowjiha59ae
But there must be some real accounts among the fake ones.
She should run into a police officer on patrol pretty soon
<337> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:31 ID.hgaea66ha
What's the police officer supposed to do if they run into her?
Question her?
<338> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:40 ID.rhnns71shrs
Police Officer: Excuse me.
Nanase: °Smack°
Police Officer: °Collapse°
<339> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:47 ID.dbzspsjig8
Right?
That's probably exactly what's going to happen
<340> Name: Anonymous 09/03 18:55 ID.mmnbda211ea
But this is getting boring since people
write about it every day
<341> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:00 ID.2rgahr65
I mean, she was an idol, so she was
at least somewhat famous
<342> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:07 ID.ookjihnu33
She actually seems more famous now than when she was an idol.
I bet her songs will start selling again
<343> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:11 ID.ijhajhar21aj
If I run into her, I'm running like hell
<344> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:23 ID.imjbhy73ug
Nanase Karin came back to get revenge on everyone
who went after her!
<345> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:30 ID.aad391haha
I wonder if she's really a ghost.
There could just be a lot of people trying to act like they're her.
<346> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:38 ID.iknu8wja5
I wonder how she shows up.
Does she just lurk around the corner?
<347> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:45 ID.25hhpame
I'd be nervous if I ran into her on my way home
<348> Name: Anonymous 09/03 19:52 ID.pehgiajgoa56
How many people actually ran into Nanase?
Talk about a persistent ghost
<349> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:11 ddpnjh82njh
I wonder if she keeps appearing in the same places
<350> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:34 ID.y6asfga
I heard she appears near Makurazaka Shrine
<351> Name: Anonymous 09/03 20:50 ID.qawrsa56
[04:17] Saki
Rational fiction?
[04:19] Kotoko
"Ghosts don't exist, therefore
Steel Lady Nanase doesn't exist."
[04:24] Kotoko
No one is interested in a story like that.
[04:27] Kotoko
The hopes and fears people have make
her existence more interesting to them.
[04:31] Kotoko
Steel Lady Nanase exists, but is no more
than a monster of the imagination.
[04:35] Kotoko
She'll disappear if people
stop fantasizing about her.
[04:37] Kotoko
Telling that truth will
produce the same result.
SIGN Steel Lady Nanase
[04:39] Kotoko
In fact, there'll be more people
writing that they hope she exists.
[04:42] Kotoko
Because that's far more interesting.
[04:45] Kotoko
But even if it is a lie,
SIGN New
SIGN New Theory
[04:47] Kotoko
if we can create a story that's
more interesting than the spectre,
[04:50] Kotoko
people will flock to it instead.
[04:53] Kotoko
Though people do believe in ghosts,
[04:56] Kotoko
they also wish that such
terrifying things didn't exist.
[05:00] Kotoko
These desires exist on opposing
vectors, but they coexist,
[05:03] Kotoko
so we can easily flip their direction.
[05:06] Saki
I'll admit that all makes sense.
[05:08] Saki
Still, since you sympathize with spectres,
[05:11] Saki
the idea of you trying to prove that
they don't exist is basically fraud.
[05:16] Kotoko
Indeed, it is. It's all a hoax.
[05:19] Kotoko
But there's no other way to exterminate her.
[05:24] Kotoko
Let's talk about something
a bit more realistic.
[05:26] Kotoko
In order to convince the forum posters
that Steel Lady Nanase isn't a ghost,
[05:31] Kotoko
we need to address two problems.
[05:33] Kotoko
First, we have to explain
who's causing all of these
SIGN Perpetrator
SIGN Perpetrator
[05:36] Kotoko
attacks around Makurazaka City.
[05:39] Kotoko
Second, we have to explain
why they're doing it.
SIGN Motive
[05:44] Kotoko
If we can offer a realistic
[05:46] Kotoko
and appealing solution that
explains these two factors,
[05:49] Kotoko
we'll be able to bind Steel Lady
Nanase in rational fiction.
[05:53] Kotoko
And to make this happen,
I need accurate information.
[05:57] Kotoko
If I were to write something with just
the information that's available online
[06:01] Kotoko
and someone points out
later that it was in error,
[06:03] Kotoko
our solution won't sound as credible.
[06:06] Kotoko
And that's exactly why I need
more information from the police.
[06:10] Kotoko
Especially concerning Nanase Karin's death.
[06:13] Saki
Are you asking a police officer
to leak personal information?
[06:16] Kotoko
What's this?
SIGN Nanase Haruko
Investigation Documents
[06:18] Kotoko
I thought this might prove difficult since
you're an officer in a different division,
[06:21] Kotoko
but you already have
documents on Nanase Karin!
SIGN Nanase Haruko
Investigation Documents
[06:25] Saki
Give that ba—
[06:27] Saki
Kuro-kun!
[06:29] Saki
What's with this girl?!
[06:30] Kotoko
I warned you yesterday!
[06:34] Kotoko
I told you not to get involved
with Steel Lady Nanase!
[06:36] Kotoko
But seeing how you have documents on her,
[06:39] Kotoko
I'm sure you can't let
Steel Lady Nanase go, either.
[06:42] Saki
As I told you yesterday,
[06:44] Saki
the detective I work with
believes Steel Lady Nanase
[06:46] Saki
is part of a larger incident
and is looking into it, so...
[06:48] Kotoko
We have the same goal.
[06:50] Kotoko
We want to defeat Steel Lady Nanase,
[06:52] Kotoko
and that's exactly why I need these.
[06:54] Kotoko
Will you help me out, Saki-san?
[06:58] Saki
I'm fine with helping you
gather more information,
[07:01] Saki
but what about the perpetrator?
[07:03] Saki
Even if you're going to make
up some rational story,
[07:06] Saki
a suspect we can actually arrest doesn't exist.
[07:08] Saki
And I don't really like the idea
of framing someone, either.
[07:13] Kotoko
I'll figure out a way to avoid all of that.
[07:15] Kotoko
Our ultimate goal is to offer a story
more appealing than the truth
[07:20] Kotoko
that there's some ghost
actually causing these incidents.
[07:24] Kotoko
So it doesn't matter if we
can't pinpoint a suspect.
[07:28] Kotoko
Steel Lady Nanase was deliberately
thought up by someone.
[07:32] Kotoko
We just need people to believe that solution.
[07:36] Saki
So it doesn't matter if the
police can solve this or not.
[07:40] Saki
As long as the people who
believe in Steel Lady Nanase
[07:42] Saki
are convinced by something that
makes sense to them, we win, right?
[07:47] Kotoko
Correct.
[07:48] Saki
That seems a bit harsh.
[07:50] Kotoko
Compared to a fake solution that relies
[07:52] Kotoko
on a police investigation and trial,
it doesn't seem that difficult.
[07:56] Saki
I guess I can at least tell you
everything I'm allowed to tell you.
[07:59] Saki
How about we start with an outline
and go over any questions or doubts?
[08:03] Saki
Nanase Karin was suspected
of killing her father,
[08:06] Saki
and the media was after her,
so she hid in Makurazaka City.
SIGN Nanase Haruko
[08:10] Saki
Her body was discovered on January
30th of this year, just after 8:00 AM.
[08:14] Saki
One of the first questions to
come up in the investigation
[08:17] Saki
was what Nanase Karin was even doing there.
[08:20] Saki
She was found at an unattended
construction site for a future condo.
[08:24] Saki
That's a very unlikely place for
a 19-year-old girl to visit,
[08:27] Saki
and after midnight, it was pouring, so there
was really no one around in the area.
[08:32] Saki
It was very unnatural for her to be
out in that weather and at that time.
[08:36] Kuro
The only plausible explanation
[08:38] Kuro
is that someone called her
out there to meet with her.
[08:41] Kotoko
But according to the reports,
there were cigarettes near her body.
[08:45] Saki
There was an umbrella and
five cigarette butts.
[08:48] Saki
Even in her coat pocket, they found a
lighter and an open pack of cigarettes.
[08:53] Saki
Nanase Karin was a minor, so she
wouldn't legally be allowed to smoke.
[08:58] Saki
The police think that she came over here
[09:01] Saki
to have a smoke without being noticed.
[09:06] Kotoko
Nanase Karin was called out
there to meet with someone,
[09:08] Kotoko
and was smoking while waiting
for them to show up.
[09:10] Kotoko
Or perhaps the person who called her
there was already there and was smoking?
[09:17] Saki
That wasn't completely ruled out.
[09:19] Saki
It was pouring the whole night,
[09:21] Saki
so even if someone else was there,
their footprints would've been washed away.
[09:25] Saki
But if someone was trying
to get a hold of her,
[09:27] Saki
you'd think there'd be a record of
someone trying to call her phone.
[09:31] Saki
But all they found in her phone history
[09:33] Saki
was her and her manager
contacting each other.
[09:35] Saki
The police were trying to rule
this as an accident even early on.
[09:40] Saki
Steel beams suddenly falling as she was
smoking and killing her instantly
[09:43] Saki
would be the easiest and
most rational explanation.
[09:49] Saki
But if that's the case,
some other problems arise.
[09:53] Kuro
Like what?
[09:54] Kotoko
The fact that there was no sign
of her trying to defend herself
[09:56] Kotoko
from the steel beams falling on her face.
[09:59] Saki
If a steel beam was about to fall on you,
even if you knew it was useless,
[10:02] Saki
you'd try to move away
[10:04] Saki
or instinctively try to
defend yourself somehow.
[10:07] Saki
But there was no sign of that,
[10:09] Saki
so it's also questionable that
she just let herself get crushed.
[10:13] Kuro
I guess that's a good point.
[10:15] Saki
There was a theory that
[10:16] Saki
if it was murder, the suspect could've hit
her just hard enough to knock her out,
[10:19] Saki
then laid her down on the ground,
and just knocked the steel beams onto her.
[10:24] Saki
But Nanase Karin was on
the run from the media
[10:27] Saki
and was suspected of killing her own father.
SIGN Nanase Karin's True Form
SIGN I'll be back soon, my dudes
[10:30] Saki
They thought she might be at her wit's end.
[10:33] Saki
It seemed likely that she was desperate,
[10:35] Saki
so if steel beams had fallen
on her around that time,
[10:38] Saki
it wouldn't be surprising if she was
too out of it to react in time.
[10:41] Saki
That theory seemed more likely,
[10:43] Saki
so the theory about someone
knocking her out was thrown out.
[10:47] Kotoko
So Nanase Karin was tired
from running from the media
[10:50] Kotoko
and had even contemplated suicide.
[10:53] Kotoko
The steel beams fell on her amid all that,
[10:55] Kotoko
so she just didn't bother
to avoid getting crushed.
[10:59] Kotoko
That's another possible explanation.
[11:01] Saki
Other investigators came
to that same conclusion.
[11:03] Saki
In the end,
[11:05] Saki
even though the police officially
ruled Nanase Karin's death an accident,
[11:09] Saki
considering the situation,
there was an unofficial conclusion that
[11:13] Saki
this accidental death
could've also been suicide.
[11:16] Saki
The person who seemed most likely
[11:18] Saki
to have a motive to kill her, her older
sister Nanase Hatsumi, had an alibi.
[11:23] Saki
There weren't any other likely suspects,
[11:25] Saki
so the police came to a conclusion
a month after her body was found.
[11:28] Kuro
Her sister had a reason to kill her?
[11:31] Saki
Yes. The fact that she had told others that
[11:33] Saki
her sister was responsible
for their father's death.
[11:36] Saki
If Nanase Karin were to die, her entire
inheritance would go to Hatsumi.
[11:40] Saki
Basically, her younger sister dying was
convenient to Hatsumi in many ways.
[11:44] Saki
And among all the questions
surrounding Nanase Karin's death,
SIGN Nanase Hatsumi
[11:47] Saki
the biggest one is Nanase Hatsumi.
[11:50] Saki
During the investigation,
Nanase Hatsumi was the only one
[11:53] Saki
who denied the fact that her sister
was in a suicidal state at all.
[11:58] Kuro
It's strange that she'd object to the police's conclusion that it was an accident.
[12:04] Kuro
You'd think an older sister
being suspected of murder
[12:06] Kuro
would want it wrapped up quickly.
[12:09] Saki
But it bothers me how she
seemed convinced that if
[12:11] Saki
her sister was going to die,
it wouldn't be in such a way.
[12:14] Kuro
So, Iwanaga, what actually happened?
[12:17] Kotoko
What do you mean?
[12:18] Kuro
Considering how things usually go,
you probably know what happened.
[12:22] Kotoko
I'm glad you know me so well, Senpai.
[12:25] Kotoko
But I didn't use my usual methods this time.
[12:27] Kotoko
There were too many people around during
the day, so I couldn't go to the crime scene.
[12:31] Kotoko
So why don't we head
over there right now?
[12:32] Saki
Go where?
[12:34] Kotoko
We're going to go find a witness.
SIGN Logical Fiction
[12:46] Saki
Why in the world did you bring me here?!
[12:48] Saki
It's been over six months
since Nanase Karin died here!
[12:51] Saki
What's the point in coming to
the scene of the crime now?!
[12:54] Kotoko
Correct. You won't find anything here.
[12:56] Kotoko
Which also means no one will be watching.
[12:58] Kotoko
And that means it's an opportune time
for those who aren't human to act.
[13:06] Kotoko
All right... Let's have a look!
[13:13] Kuro
She's not satisfied unless
she goes through all this.
[13:16] Kotoko
It is a holy priestess's dance!
[13:18] Saki
Priestesses draw magic circles now?
[13:20] Kotoko
Didn't you see how cool it was?!
[13:22] Saki
Who are you trying to show off to?
[13:24] Kotoko
Well, of course, the one
who's about to show up.
[13:28] Haunt
Jeez, you guys are loud.
[13:32] Haunt
What are you doing here
this late at night?
[13:36] Kotoko
Ah, we're quite lucky to
run into a human spirit.
[13:40] Haunt
Oh, are you the lady
of one eye and one leg?
[13:43] Haunt
All the ayakashi around town
have been talking about you.
[13:46] Haunt
So that would mean he's...
[13:48] Haunt
The creature that's part
kudan and part mermaid?
[13:51] Kotoko
He's part human, too.
[13:52] Haunt
My goodness, how horrifying.
[13:55] Kotoko
So have you been here for a while?
[13:58] Haunt
Yup. Ever since I died last year.
[14:01] Kotoko
So you're aware of the accident that
occurred here in late January, right?
[14:05] Kotoko
An accident in which a 19-year-old girl died.
[14:08] Haunt
Oh, you mean Nanase Karin, right?
[14:11] Kotoko
Ah, so you know of her.
[14:13] Haunt
Well, after all...
[14:14] Haunt
I witnessed the moment she died!
[14:17] Haunt
That night in the rain, she was all alone.
[14:21] Haunt
She seemed terribly depressed.
[14:23] Haunt
And then...
[14:27] (Flashback) Haunt
Look out!
[14:37] Haunt
She didn't even try to
dodge the steel beams.
[14:41] Haunt
It happened so quickly!
That was basically suicide!
[14:44] Haunt
If only I were stronger...
[14:46] Haunt
I might've been able to stop them.
[14:49] Kotoko
There's no reason for
you to feel responsible.
[14:52] Kotoko
This now clarifies the truth.
[14:54] Haunt
Huh?
[14:54] Kotoko
The Japanese police are indeed efficient.
[14:57] Kotoko
This is truly an accidental
death bordering on suicide.
[15:00] Saki
W-Wait a sec! Is this really
a good way to learn the truth?
[15:03] Saki
There was no deduction
or theorizing involved!
[15:05] Kotoko
We have eyewitness account from
an unrelated third-party witness.
[15:09] Kotoko
What could be better?
[15:11] Saki
You didn't even need to confirm
the police investigation, then!
[15:15] Saki
You could've found everything
out by asking ghosts and yokai.
[15:18] Kotoko
The truth is important.
[15:20] Kotoko
But it's also important to see what
is generally seen as the truth
[15:24] Kotoko
and the conclusion that stems from it.
[15:27] Kotoko
That's how those on the Internet
who fantasize about Steel Lady Nanase
[15:30] Kotoko
get their ideas and function.
[15:33] Kotoko
Openly, I won't be using anything
beyond what's available to them, either.
[15:36] Kotoko
And even if there's information
that's not the truth
[15:39] Kotoko
but is being believed as the
truth, I will use that, as well.
[15:42] Kotoko
I am the Goddess of Wisdom.
[15:44] Kotoko
If I need to make fiction sound more
convincing to create this fiction,
[15:47] Kotoko
I will use any means necessary.
[15:50] Haunt
That's our lady!
[15:51] Haunt
I will use this frustration I'm
feeling to do my best, as well!
[15:54] Haunt
By the time this building is done,
[15:55] Haunt
I'll be strong enough
to be a guardian spirit!
[16:01] Saki
All of this is starting to feel reckless.
[16:04] Saki
Even if the conclusion
you post is well-written
[16:07] Saki
and can draw people's attention,
[16:10] Saki
in the end, whether people
accept it or not is
[16:12] Saki
going to depend on luck, isn't it?
[16:16] Saki
People aren't always logical.
[16:19] Saki
Some are impressed when
something mystical gets resolved,
[16:22] Saki
but others want to believe in ghosts.
[16:25] Saki
Will your lies be able to hold up
[16:27] Saki
when we don't even know
where that balance lies?
[16:29] Kotoko
But that's also why monsters of the
imagination aren't so easily created.
[16:34] Kotoko
We can't know if a lot
of people will believe it
[16:36] Kotoko
or not unless we give it a try.
[16:38] Kotoko
Our chances against the
rumors of Steel Lady Nanase
[16:41] Kotoko
that have already spread
aren't going to be the best.
[16:43] Kotoko
But every rumor is at least
believable to some extent.
[16:47] Kotoko
Besides, we have
[16:49] Kotoko
Kuro-senpai.
[16:51] Kotoko
If there's a chance that I can
produce a somewhat appealing lie,
[16:55] Kotoko
Kuro-senpai will be able to make it 100%.
[17:01] Kotoko
He didn't eat kudan meat and still
manage to survive for nothing.
[17:05] Kuro
Well, Saki-san, goodnight.
[17:08] Kotoko
Goodnight.
[17:09] Saki
Right... Goodbye.
[17:11] Kotoko
Senpai, did you get a hotel in the area?
[17:14] Kuro
No, I hadn't gotten that far yet.
[17:17] Kotoko
I figured that might be the case, so I'm
staying in a room with a double bed.
[17:21] Kuro
I'm pretty sure I saw a
business hotel by the station.
[17:24] Kotoko
Why do you refuse to sleep with me?!
[17:26] Kuro
Now's really not the time for that.
[17:29] Kuro
Iwanaga.
[17:30] Kuro
Do you have an idea of what kind of
"solution" you're going to create?
[17:34] Kotoko
Why does the perpetrator
take Nanase Karin's form
[17:36] Kotoko
and attack people every night?
[17:38] Kotoko
I could come up with countless motives.
[17:42] Kotoko
But if you're asking whether it'll be
impactful enough to draw attention...
[17:45] Kotoko
It's hard to say.
[17:47] Kotoko
Linking it with the past incident
[17:50] Kotoko
and polishing it into more of a tearjerker
might make it more appealing.
[17:54] Kuro
So not exactly something realistic,
but a truth that seems more like a story.
[17:58] Kotoko
Yes, the world is filled with harsh truths.
No one finds them desirable.
[18:03] Kotoko
It'll all be up to you
after that, Kuro-senpai.
[18:07] Kuro
Yeah, I'll go get the future that
goes along with your solution.
[18:11] Kuro
I'll die as many times
as I need to for you.
[18:16] (Flashback) Kuro
There's not just a single future.
[18:18] (Flashback) Kuro
When you look into the
future from the present,
[18:21] (Flashback) Kuro
it splits, changes, and spreads
out into different paths.
[18:26] (Flashback) Kuro
There are paths to various kinds of
futures, and any future is possible.
[18:32] (Flashback) Kuro
And when you choose a
path and move forward,
[18:35] (Flashback) Kuro
all the splits behind you disappear,
and your past becomes one path.
[18:40] (Flashback) Kuro
One path to the past and
infinite paths to the future.
[18:42] (Flashback) Kuro
The future is always
unknown and undecided.
[18:45] (Flashback) Kotoko
But wouldn't that make telling
the future impossible?
[18:49] (Flashback) Kotoko
If the future continues splitting infinitely,
[18:51] (Flashback) Kotoko
there's no way to find
a single destination.
[18:54] (Flashback) Kotoko
But the kudan is able to predict
the future without fail.
[18:57] (Flashback) Kotoko
So why the contradiction?
[18:58] (Flashback) Kuro
The kudan doesn't make predictions
by looking into the future.
[19:01] (Flashback) Kuro
The kudan is able to make those
infinite splits into a single future.
[19:06] (Flashback) Kuro
It has the power to determine
which future will occur
[19:09] (Flashback) Kuro
and what destination awaits.
[19:11] (Flashback) Kotoko
So that's the true power
of the prophet beast kudan?
[19:14] Kotoko
What a terrifying power.
[19:17] (Flashback) Kuro
In exchange for using that power,
the kudan loses its life.
[19:20] (Flashback) Kuro
It looks through the endless amounts
of futures and chooses one,
[19:25] (Flashback) Kuro
so its life probably burns out.
[19:29] (Flashback) Kuro
But it can't determine any kind of future.
[19:33] (Flashback) Kuro
They can't use it to
their advantage, either.
[19:34] (Flashback) Kotoko
Are there limits?
[19:36] (Flashback) Kuro
Well, if I'm not prepared to die,
[19:38] (Flashback) Kuro
I can't see the splits in the future and choose.
[19:41] (Flashback) Kotoko
Perhaps the kudan doesn't die
because it states its prophecy,
[19:44] (Flashback) Kotoko
but is able to state its prophecy
because it's about to die.
[19:48] (Flashback) Kuro
Then I guess seeing the future is a
privilege for those who are about to die.
[19:53] (Flashback) Kotoko
You talk like it doesn't apply to you.
[19:55] (Flashback) Kuro
Well, I can return to life.
[19:57] (Flashback) Kuro
Also, I can only choose futures that
have a high probability of occurring.
[20:01] (Flashback) Kuro
If we're talking about
a year into the future,
[20:04] (Flashback) Kuro
there are too many splits, so I can't choose.
[20:06] (Flashback) Kuro
And if the probability of that
future happening is too low,
[20:09] (Flashback) Kuro
the branch is far away
and hard to grasp.
[20:12] (Flashback) Kotoko
This all sounds like a pain.
[20:14] (Flashback) Kuro
Yeah.
[20:15] (Flashback) Kotoko
By the way, Kuro-san,
[20:16] (Flashback) Kotoko
I wanted to report
something to you today.
[20:19] (Flashback) Kuro
Report?
[20:20] (Flashback) Kotoko
Yes! I just received my
letter of acceptance!
[20:20] (Flashback) Sign
Iwanaga Kotoko-dono
[20:20] (Flashback) Sign
Letter of Acceptance
[20:20] (Flashback) Sign
We are pleased to inform you that you have passed the entrance exam
for our law program.
[20:23] (Flashback) Kuro
Oh, congrats.
[20:25] (Flashback) Kotoko
We'll be going to the same university
in the spring, Kuro-senpai.
[20:29] Kotoko
Kuro-senpai, when Steel Lady
Nanase killed you earlier,
[20:33] Kotoko
were you not able to see a
future in which she was destroyed?
[20:36] Kuro
There probably was one,
but I couldn't reach it.
[20:39] Kuro
There were too many splits, so I
couldn't sort through them in time.
[20:42] Kuro
Determining the best future
to defeat that thing
[20:45] Kuro
and coming back to life
took everything out of me.
[20:48] Kotoko
Though, you didn't actually defeat her.
[20:50] Kotoko
You always think you can
solve everything on your own.
[20:53] Kuro
Look who's talking.
[20:55] Kuro
I can come back to life,
but if you die, that's it.
[20:58] Kotoko
You leave me alone for a week, and now you
act like you're my guardian or something?
[21:04] Kotoko
Back then, Senpai died once,
determined a future, and came back.
[21:09] Kotoko
But even then, he couldn't choose
a future where he was able to
[21:12] Kotoko
defeat Steel Lady Nanase and win.
[21:15] Kotoko
That was a future outside
of Senpai's grasp.
[21:19] Kotoko
That's why I have to make
it something obtainable.
[21:22] Kotoko
If I can at least set up an opportunity,
we can defeat Steel Lady Nanase.
[21:27] Kotoko
Senpai will make that opportunity a reality.
[21:31] Kuro
So you haven't told Saki-san
about her, have you?
[21:35] Kotoko
Not a single word.
[21:37] Kuro
Yeah. It hasn't been determined that
she's actually involved in any of this.
[21:42] Kotoko
Senpai, didn't you try
picking a future where you
[21:45] Kotoko
and Saki-san didn't break up
with your power over the future?
[21:48] Kuro
If I can do that,
[21:50] Kuro
I'm going to go grab a future where
it's okay for me to break up with you.
[21:53] Kotoko
Th-That's totally unfair!
How dastardly can you get?!
[21:57] Kotoko
Stop laughing!
SIGN Makurazaka Central Park
[21:59] Kuro
Don't worry.
[22:00] Kuro
It's not as if I think I can
get back with Saki-san.
[22:03] Kuro
I'm pretty sure she feels the same way.
[22:05] Kotoko
I don't appreciate you two
agreeing like that, either.
[22:08] Kuro
So what exactly do you want me to say?
[22:11] Kotoko
Passionately say that you'll
make me happy, no matter what.
[22:15] Kotoko
What's so funny?
[22:17] Kotoko
Kuro-senpai's attachments to
others can seem rather weak.
[22:21] Kotoko
So weak that I can see him leaving
me one day and seeing it as a favor.
[22:27] Kotoko
He's such a pain.
[22:29] Kotoko
Why can't you be true to your feelings?
[22:33] Kotoko
Let's head to the hotel. Once you
get through the park, turn right.
[22:36] Kuro
Okay.
[22:38] Kotoko
I need to think.
[22:40] Kotoko
If a victim turns up, creating this
solution will become even more difficult.
[22:46] Kotoko
It's okay. I'm sure Steel Lady Nanase
won't be able to kill anyone yet.
[22:50] Kotoko
As long as no one tries to approach
her, nothing should happen tonight.
[22:56] Terada
I'm a police officer.
[22:57] Terada
What are you doing at this
hour dressed like that?
[23:01] Terada
Just like the rumors said...
[23:02] Terada
A woman without a face, wearing a
red dress, and carrying a steel beam.
[23:06] Terada
Are they using special effects
makeup? It's pretty well-done.
[23:09] Terada
Is she charging me?
Then I have no choice.
[23:16] Terada
What...
[23:18] Terada
What just happened?
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:1
Did you see the news this morning?
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:15 ID.9jivbci
Did you see the news this morning?
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:17 ID.pkndzz
I saw it, and that's why I came here. Anyone have any details?
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:18 ID.kredco
Did Steel Lady do this?
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:24 ID.
Apparently a detective from the Makurazaka
Police Department was killed
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:2
What does that have to do with Steel Lady Nanase?
SIGN Name: Anonymous 09/04 09:26
The victim's face was crushed in
SIGN To Be Continued
SIGN Preview
[23:46] Kotoko
Detective Terada was killed
by Steel Lady Nanase.
[23:49] Kotoko
At this rate, we might see even more victims.
[23:52] Kotoko
We have to defeat Steel Lady Nanase tonight.
[23:56] Kotoko
Next time, "Preparing to
Conquer the Steel Lady."
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