# E3 - The Correct Path
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***SIGN*** Three Days Since Nobuto's Murder, Monday
***SIGN*** Karino Auto Bodywork
**[00:05] TETSUO**
Wow, very nice.
**[00:08] FACTORY MANGER**
Were you in a fight?
**[00:09] FACTORY MANGER**
I heard you were off last week for an injury.
**[00:12] FACTORY MANGER**
That's rare.
**[00:13] TETSUO**
Oh no. I got drunk, fell, and hurt myself.
**[00:18] TETSUO**
It's embarrassing.
**[00:19] FACTORY MANAGER**
Oh, come on.
**[00:21] FACTORY MANAGER**
The true Tosu Tetsuo
bared his fangs, didn't he?
**[00:25] TETSUO**
No, no...
**[00:26] FACTORY MANAGER**
So, Tosu-chan. How about a drink tonight?
**[00:31] TETSUO**
Oh, tonight I have an
appointment I can't miss.
**[00:38] FACTORY MANAGER**
One of my big clients is gone.
**[00:41] FACTORY MANAGER**
At this rate, we're...
**[00:43] FACTORY MANAGER**
Oh, I've known you for a long time,
so I know you're an honest one!
**[00:50] FACTORY MANAGER**
Thank you for caring about our company.
**[00:53] TETSUO**
I'm sorry. I'll join you next time.
**[00:59] RADIO**
Nakano three to headquarters.
Nakano three to headquarters.
**[01:03] RADIO**
Two officers have arrived at the site.
**[01:05] RADIO**
Starting the patrol now.
**[01:12] TETSUO**
Jeez! Not so easy to get rid of, huh?
**[01:22] TETSUO**
I have to remove the odor by Friday
before Reika comes home.
**[01:35] [SONG] SIGN**
Father Arrested
***SIGN*** for Murder!
**[01:38] [SONG] SIGN**
Father Arrested
***SIGN*** for Murder!
**[01:46] TETSUO**
Work hard! Don't rest!
**[01:49] TETSUO**
I can do this!
**[01:52] KUBO/I**
*The daughter's apartment?*
**[01:54] KYOICHI**
Yes. There was a police patrol,
so I didn't follow him too closely.
**[01:59] KYOICHI**
He's been in there for over an hour.
**[02:01] KYOICHI/I**
*It's unusual.*
**[02:03] KYOICHI/I**
* And the story about the stalker those*
* two discussed in front of the bug,*
**[02:07] KYOICHI/I**
*that was a lie.*
**[02:09] KUBO**
How do you know?
**[02:10] KYOICHI**
I poked around at the daughter's college.
**[02:14] KYOICHI**
I used her friend to confirm
with the daughter herself.
**[02:17] KASEN**
A stalker?!
**[02:19] REIKA**
Yup. My friend Kana gave me a call.
**[02:23] REIKA**
She told me there was a guy who was
asking around at school if I had a stalker.
**[02:29] REIKA**
So gross!
**[02:31] REIKA**
Obviously, there isn't one.
**[02:33] REIKA**
So I told her it must be about Nobuto.
**[02:37] REIKA**
Man, that bastard!
**[02:40] KASEN/I**
*The stalker is a story Tetsuo-san made up.*
**[02:43] KASEN/I**
* Only those who were listening in on us*
* would know this false information.*
**[02:48] KASEN**
Your dad is late, huh?
**[02:50] REIKA**
What?
**[02:55] KASEN/I**
*They're already at her college?*
**[03:00] KYOICHI**
Those two are definitely hiding something.
**[03:03] KYOICHI**
Do I have your permission to make a move?
**[03:05] KUBO**
Don't create extra work.
**[03:08] KUBO**
That project is moving forward.
**[03:11] KUBO**
Making contact with those
two is the final step.
**[03:14] KYOICHI**
But if Matori-san leaves,
your position is in jeopardy!
**[03:17] KUBO**
Kyoichi.
**[03:18] KUBO**
What are we?
**[03:21] KUBO/I**
* What we need right now is to find*
* and secure Nobuto. That's all.*
**[03:26] MASK A**
Are you sure about this, Kyoichi-san?
***SIGN*** Same Day, 9:30PM
**[03:39] MASK 1**
Do we really have to stick our necks
out like this for someone like Nobuto?
**[03:40] MASK 1**
* Do we really have to stick our necks*
* out like this for someone like Nobuto?*
**[03:45] MAN A**
They're here, Kyoichi-san.
**[03:47] KYOICHI**
It's a go.
***SIGN*** Episode 3: The Correct Path
**[05:30] KYOICHI**
Tosu Tetsuo.
**[05:33] KYOICHI**
Answer my question.
**[05:35] KYOICHI**
Two nights ago, you and your wife talked
about a stalker in front of the bug.
**[05:41] KYOICHI**
Didn't you? Answer me.
**[05:43] TETSUO**
A bug?
**[05:48] KYOICHI**
Answer my question.
**[05:50] KYOICHI**
About the stalker...
**[05:54] KYOICHI**
You discussed it with your wife, correct?
**[05:56] TETSUO**
Y-Yes I did! We did!
**[05:59] KYOICHI**
But in reality, there is no stalker.
**[06:03] TETSUO**
Th-There is a stalker!
**[06:10] KYOICHI**
We've confirmed it with your daughter.
**[06:12] TETSUO**
With Reika?! When did you speak to her?!
**[06:26] KYOICHI**
The stalker.
**[06:27] TETSUO**
Reika has... nothing to—
**[06:34] TETSUO**
Please, I'll tell you everything!
**[06:39] TETSUO**
My wife noticed it first.
**[06:42] TETSUO**
It was November last year.
**[06:44] TETSUO**
She said someone was stalking our daughter.
**[06:46] TETSUO**
I wanted to tell my daughter immediately,
**[06:52] TETSUO**
but my wife said it would disturb her
preparation for college entrance exams.
**[06:57] MASK 2**
The daughter is on the second floor.
**[06:58] MASK 1**
Wait for instructions!
**[07:00] TETSUO**
So we never told her and hired a P.I.
when her entrance exam was over.
**[07:09] TETSUO**
An odd-job man named Suzuki...
**[07:18] KYOICHI**
*That guy!*
**[07:21] [Messenger] SIGN**
Unknown Caller
**[07:21] [Messenger] SIGN**
Incoming Call
***SIGN*** Answer
**[07:23] KYOICHI**
Hold him down.
**[07:24] MAN A**
On it.
**[07:26] TETSUO/I**
*How many are here?*
**[07:30] KYOICHI**
Hello?
**[07:31] MATORI/I**
*Kyoichi-kun?*
**[07:34] KYOICHI**
Matori-san?
**[07:36] KYOICHI/I**
*How can I help you?*
**[07:37] MATORI**
I heard from Kubo-kun that you've
been put in charge of the search?
**[07:43] KYOICHI/I**
*Yes, sir. Currently I'm with the suspect—*
**[07:45] MATORI**
Kyoichi-kun.
**[07:46] MATORI**
I can't focus on my work.
**[07:49] MATORI**
I'm useless if I can't see Nobuto.
**[07:53] MATORI**
I am finished...
**[07:56] MATORI**
It's over. All of it.
**[07:59] MATORI**
Kyoichi-kun...
**[08:02] KYOICHI/I**
*Man, he's ready to give up on everything.*
**[08:05] KYOICHI/I**
* If he leaves now, the*
* organization will dissolve.*
**[08:08] KYOICHI/I**
*All my efforts will be...*
**[08:12] KYOICHI**
I'll find him.
**[08:13] KYOICHI**
No matter what!
**[08:17] MAN C**
They're waiting.
**[08:23] KYOICHI**
I know.
**[08:25] KYOICHI**
Bring him upstairs.
**[08:26] MAN A**
Got it!
**[08:56] REIKA**
I wish I could have talked
with him before he left me.
**[09:03] MAN B**
Move your feet and you're done.
**[09:05] MAN B**
See ya.
**[09:11] TETSUO/I**
*It's... moving?!*
**[09:15] TETSUO/I**
*It can't be...*
**[09:18] TETSUO/I**
*No way!*
**[09:23] KYOICHI**
Next question.
**[09:27] KYOICHI**
I'm looking for a man named Nobuto.
**[09:30] KYOICHI**
Last Friday, he came to
your daughter's apartment
**[09:35] KYOICHI**
and hasn't been seen since.
**[09:37] KYOICHI**
What do you know?
**[09:40] TETSUO/I**
*How should I answer?*
**[09:42] TETSUO/I**
* I told Reika that he left*
* after he said he'd kill her.*
**[09:50] TETSUO/I**
* If these men have already*
* heard from Reika about it,*
**[09:55] TETSUO/I**
* then telling them "I don't know"*
* would be a mistake.*
**[09:58] TETSUO/I**
*But...*
**[09:59] TETSUO/I**
*There's a good chance that they have not.*
**[10:04] TETSUO**
What did Reika say?
**[10:17] TETSUO/I**
*Huh?*
**[10:33] TETSUO/I**
*I'm... I'm alive?*
**[10:41] TETSUO/I**
*I'm still alive.*
**[10:51] TETSUO/I**
*Someone kicked me!*
**[10:52] TETSUO/I**
*So I'm close to the ground?*
**[10:56] KYOICHI**
After entering your daughter's
room, Nobuto disappeared.
**[11:00] KYOICHI**
What do you know?
**[11:02] MAN A**
Hey, answer him!
**[11:05] MAN A**
You daughter knows Nobuto-san made
a scene and left her apartment.
**[11:11] MAN A**
Someone had to have seen that,
or how else would she know?
**[11:15] KYOICHI**
Shut your goddamn mouth!
**[11:17] MAN A**
But, I mean... This is going nowhere.
**[11:26] MAN C**
Let's continue.
**[11:28] TETSUO**
A-A guy named Nobuto...
**[11:31] TETSUO**
I'm the one who told Reika about
how he left her apartment.
**[11:38] TETSUO/I**
* There's no doubt these guys*
* got in touch with Reika.*
**[11:42] TETSUO**
I heard it from Suzuki-san, the P.I.
I hired, and told Reika about it.
**[11:48] TETSUO/I**
* Then I'll make them believe my*
* innocence with false information...*
**[11:52] KYOICHI**
Search his cell phone!
**[12:04] MAN C**
It really is here. "House Call
Cleaning Service, Suzuki."
**[12:08] MAN C**
But only the email address.
**[12:08] [Messenger] SIGN**
House Call Cleaning Service, Suzuki
**[12:11] MAN A**
What's his phone number?!
**[12:14] TETSUO**
H-His company's selling point
is anonymity and privacy...
**[12:18] TETSUO**
So we only corresponded via email.
**[12:23] MAN C**
No message history.
**[12:24] MAN A**
Does this company really exist? Huh?!
**[12:28] TETSUO**
The contract says to delete all the messages.
**[12:32] TETSUO**
Ah, excuse me.
**[12:35] TETSUO**
I can't think straight because
the blood is rushing to my head...
**[12:39] MAN A**
Huh?! Don't be such a baby!
**[12:52] MAN C**
How many hours? Or rather, minutes?
**[12:55] TETSUO/I**
* I'm going to die before*
* I can prove my innocence!*
**[13:00] KYOICHI**
Then let's confirm with Tosu Kasen.
**[13:04] KYOICHI**
If it's true, she'll say the same thing.
**[13:07] TETSUO**
My wife?!
**[13:08] TETSUO**
Where is my wife?!
**[13:09] KYOICHI**
Depending on your answer, I might have to
keep your daughter captive too.
**[13:15] TETSUO**
I-If she says the same thing, what
she says matches what I said...
**[13:19] TETSUO**
Are you going to release us?!
**[13:21] TETSUO**
My wife and me, and my
daughter too! All of us?!
**[13:25] TETSUO**
Please! Promise me! I'm begging you!
**[13:30] KYOICHI**
This is our job.
**[13:32] KYOICHI**
All the resources we spent on you...
**[13:35] KYOICHI**
Human resources, money, taking risks...
All substantial expenditures.
**[13:38] KYOICHI**
And if we come out with nothing...
**[13:42] KYOICHI**
So, all of you will have to die.
**[13:45] KYOICHI**
Regardless of the answer.
**[13:47] KYOICHI**
Don't you worry, I'll tie up
the loose ends for you.
**[13:52] TETSUO**
What are you talking about?!
**[13:55] TETSUO/I**
*That's insane!*
**[13:58] TETSUO/I**
* What was the point of me trying*
* to come up with answers, then?!*
**[14:02] TETSUO/I**
**You're *the bad guys!*
**[14:05] TETSUO/I**
*I was... I was only...*
**[14:18] TETSUO/I**
*Trying to protect my daughter.*
**[14:27] TETSUO/I**
*I should have thought it through more calmly.*
**[14:30] TETSUO/I**
*I should have noticed...*
**[14:35] TETSUO/I**
*That there was no right answer here.*
**[14:42] REIKA**
I can't with this! I'm so hungry.
**[14:54] REIKA**
But it's awfully late...
**[14:56] KASEN**
The first time I noticed the stalker
was last November.
**[15:02] KASEN**
I didn't want to distress my daughter,
**[15:04] KASEN**
who was studying for college
entrance exams at the time.
**[15:06] KASEN**
* who was studying for college*
* entrance exams at the time.*
**[15:08] KASEN/I**
*So I spoke to my husband,*
**[15:10] KASEN/I**
* and we secretly hired a private*
* investigator named Suzuki-san.*
**[15:13] MAN C**
It tracks.
**[15:15] KYOICHI**
Yeah.
***SIGN*** Sunday
**[15:21] KASEN**
What's this?
**[15:24] (Flashback) TETSUO**
It's a list of possible questions
and answers I made.
***SIGN*** About the stalker:
Found someone suspicious around the house
November last year. Figured out it was Reika's
stalker. Considered telling Reika about it, but
decided against it as to not worry Reika who was
preparing for college entrance exams. To solve
the problem, we decided not to tell Reika and hire
a private investigator, Suzuki.
***SIGN*** About P.I. Suzuki:
This is the Same Suzuki as the House Call Cleaning Service.
Because of anonymity and privacy, the correspondence
is only via email, not phone. The contract says to delete
history and all messages.
**[15:29] (Flashback) TETSUO**
There's a chance they might get
in touch with us in the future.
**[15:34] (Flashback) TETSUO**
Just to be on the safe side...
**[15:40] KASEN/I**
*They bought it.*
**[15:42] KASEN/I**
*It's working, Tetsuo-san!*
**[15:47] REIKA**
Aw, cute! It's an AV!
**[15:50] SIGN**
AV = Animal Video
**[15:50] REIKA**
Meow!
**[15:53] MASK 1**
Moving on.
**[15:59] MASK 1**
Tell us everything you know about
where Nobuto could have gone!
**[16:01] MASK 1**
Come on!
**[16:03] KASEN/I**
*This question wasn't on the list.*
**[16:05] KASEN/I**
*How would Tetsuo-san answer?*
**[16:09] KASEN/I**
*Are these people on a time limit?*
**[16:13] MASK 1**
Tch. Is there a point to this?
**[16:20] KASEN/I**
*And these people...*
**[16:23] KASEN**
Y-You can take the money!
**[16:26] KASEN**
Please spare my life!
**[16:28] MASK 1**
Huh?
**[16:29] KASEN**
Please don't kill me!
**[16:33] MASK 1**
No, no, no. Just answer the question.
**[16:38] KASEN**
I'm sorry, I was confused.
**[16:41] KASEN**
But what kind of grudge do you have
against us to do something like this...
**[16:44] MASK 1**
Shut up!
**[16:47] MASK 1**
Ten, nine, eight—
**[16:51] KASEN**
S-Stop with the countdown, please!
**[16:53] KASEN/I**
*When I panic, my mind goes totally blank!*
**[16:57] MAN C**
Dumb old hag.
**[17:00] KASEN/I**
*Is this Nobuto person injured?*
**[17:05] MASK 1**
Huh? Why?
**[17:08] KASEN**
I saw a stray cat poster the other day.
**[17:13] KASEN**
I thought to myself, "Poor thing,
I hope it's not scared to death."
**[17:19] KASEN**
And three days later,
**[17:20] KASEN**
I found a cat that had been hit
by a car on the side of the road.
**[17:25] KASEN**
I was worried that it was
the cat from the poster,
**[17:30] KASEN**
but when I looked at its pattern,
I realized it was a different cat.
**[17:34] MASKS/I**
*It was?!*
**[17:36] KASEN**
I was so relieved.
**[17:39] KASEN**
But even if it's a different cat,
it's still a cat, you know?
**[17:43] KASEN**
So I said some prayers for the dead cat.
**[17:47] MASK 3/I**
*Where is this going?*
**[17:49] KASEN**
There are a lot of refugees
right now, you see?
**[17:53] MASK 4/I**
* Wait, what?! She's talking about*
* something totally different now!*
**[17:57] KASEN**
So I say prayers for those people every day.
**[18:01] KASEN**
If your friend is in danger somehow,
**[18:07] KASEN**
I'd be happy to include him in my prayers.
**[18:11] MASK 1**
Who the fuck cares about that?!
**[18:14] MASK 1**
We're being forced to do this
shitty job because of him, all right?!
**[18:19] KASEN**
I-I'm so sorry!
**[18:23] MASK 2**
I don't think we can go any longer.
**[18:25] KASEN/I**
*I knew it. These people...*
**[18:28] KASEN/I**
*They might be a group, but not a monolith!*
**[18:32] MASK 1**
Kyoichi-san, we're wrapping up here.
**[18:36] KYOICHI**
Hey! Who gave you permission?
**[18:38] MASK 1/I**
*Do you want us to get caught?*
**[18:42] MASK 1**
If anybody saw us, the police
should be arriving soon.
**[18:46] MASK 1**
Even with the protection we have,
they won't make an exception for *this*.
**[18:50] KASEN**
I-I heard from P.I. Suzuki-san that a man
was making a scene at my daughter's,
**[18:57] KASEN**
but I don't know anything
about what happened after!
**[19:00] MASK 2**
Hey! Why are you answering
the question now?!
**[19:04] TETSUO**
Honey...
**[19:06] MASK 1/I**
* I'll make a report to Kubo-san,*
* so do whatever you like after this.*
**[19:10] KASEN/I**
*I answered your question, didn't I?*
**[19:14] KASEN/I**
*I don't want to die!*
**[19:16] KASEN/I**
*I haven't watched the soap opera I recorded!*
**[19:19] MASK 2**
*Okay, fine! Just shut up!*
**[19:23] MAN C**
What a waste.
**[19:33] REIKA**
Hey, did I hear a man's voice earlier?
**[19:37] KASEN**
Hm? Oh, must've been the TV.
**[19:37] [Messenger] SIGN**
Anime film ranks #1
in the U.S.
**[19:37] [Messenger] SIGN**
COVID Latest
Information
**[19:37] [Messenger] SIGN**
Man
**[19:37] [Messenger] SIGN**
Reunion
**[19:37] [Messenger] SIGN**
Residence Ranking
**[19:39] REIKA**
Okay. Where's Dad?
**[19:43] KASEN**
He said he'd be late today.
**[19:46] REIKA**
Is that so?
**[19:46] KUBO/I**
*Kyoichi, what are we?*
**[19:50] KYOICHI**
I'm begging you, Kubo-san!
**[19:52] KYOICHI**
I'm so close, I only need a little longer!
**[19:54] KUBO**
Answer me! What are we?!
**[19:57] KYOICHI/I**
*A team.*
**[19:59] KUBO**
Wrong.
**[20:01] KUBO**
We're individual professionals.
**[20:04] KUBO**
Don't you dare use a pathetic word
like "team" to describe us.
**[20:09] KUBO**
Takeda will be in charge from here on.
**[20:12] KUBO**
Now, what should we do...
**[20:35] TETSUO/I**
*The guy who picked the door lock!*
**[20:41] TETSUO**
Where are my wife and daughter?
**[20:43] KYOICHI**
They're safe.
**[20:45] TETSUO**
I really don't know anything! I don't!
**[20:48] KYOICHI**
Yeah... Maybe so.
**[20:51] KYOICHI**
But I need you to die here.
**[20:54] KYOICHI**
I'll make it so that you killed Nobuto
and dumped his body somewhere.
**[20:57] TETSUO**
Why? What's the point?!
**[21:00] KYOICHI**
To persuade the higher-ups.
**[21:02] TETSUO/I**
*Just so he can survive?*
**[21:05] TETSUO**
I wouldn't have the guts to kill your friend,
**[21:08] TETSUO**
and what if he comes
back after you kill me?
**[21:13] TETSUO**
Can you really get off scot-free
if you murder someone totally unrelated?
**[21:18] TETSUO**
Let's calm down and think about this.
**[21:21] TETSUO**
Please? Please?
**[21:22] KYOICHI**
Sorry, but we don't have a lot of time.
**[21:25] TETSUO/I**
*Damn it! He's given up on thinking!*
**[21:31] TETSUO**
Then work with me!
**[21:33] KYOICHI**
Huh?
**[21:34] TETSUO**
I-I have information from Reika and the P.I.
**[21:38] TETSUO**
We can work together to find Nobuto-san!
**[21:42] TETSUO/I**
*There might not be a right answer anymore.*
**[21:45] TETSUO**
Isn't that the best option you have here?!
**[21:50] TETSUO**
I'll do my very best!
**[21:52] TETSUO**
So please!
**[21:54] TETSUO/I**
*Then I'll just have to create the right answer.*
**[21:58] TETSUO/I**
*A story where we can survive...*
**[22:01] TETSUO/I**
*No matter who else we may have to sacrifice.*
**[23:10] SIGN**
To protect my family
is all I can do right now
***SIGN*** Next Time
Episode 4 The World of Violence