E26 - I won't let it end here

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    This place exists between
    dream and reality, mind and matter.
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    So, he's getting close to rehabilitation, eh?
    Let him struggle for it.
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    Rehabilitation?
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    What's wrong, Justine?
    You're acting strange.
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    Caroline, I just had the oddest notion.
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    That this isn't just about
    the prisoner's rehabilitation,
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    but also deeply tied to
    our role as wardens.
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    I feel that there is more
    to this vital journey of fate.
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    I admire how thou hast been pulling
    the threads of memory.
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    We meet once again.
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    I am Arsene,
    another you that exists within.
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    Last spring, you awakened
    to this furious power.
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    Your fate will soon be determined.
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    Recall everything, until the end.
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    Remember the bonds you have forged
    with your friends.
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    If thou art fated to continue past this point,
    then we shall surely meet again.
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    What a showoff!
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    You're so reckless. Sheesh!
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    Huh? No way!
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    What's this reading?
[03:32] ---
    An ambush?
[03:34] ---
    We got us a crowd below!
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    Looks like a riot squad.
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    No way!
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    How could a riot squad be in the Palace?
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    Capture him!
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    Joker!
[03:52] ---
    Dammit!
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    Joker's response is getting fainter!
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    Get... out of here!
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    I lost him...
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    It can't be.
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    This wasn't supposed to happen!
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    Sure, the Phantom Thieves
    were to end after this mission...
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    But I didn't want it to end like this!
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    This isn't the justice I wanted!
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    Crow...
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    Let's go, everyone.
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    If we're caught here,
    his courage will be in vain.
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    Not yet...
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    I won't let it end here.
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    Stubborn brat.
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    But I know how to handle people like you.
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    Shall we give it a shot?
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    The police captured the Phantom Thieves?
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    Yeah, one of them.
    A boy thought to be the leader, apparently.
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    A boy?
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    They took advantage of your periodic reports,
    which will become post reports now.
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    I see.
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    Good work.
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    You can go on home.
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    No, I'm headed to where
    they're detaining the boy—
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    You will go home and stand by.
    Leave this to the police, for now.
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    Niijima-san?
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    TODAY'S WEATHER
    SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20th
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    BREAKING NEWS
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    POLICE ANNOUNCE THEY HAVE CAPTURED
    LEADER OF THE PHANTOM THIEVES
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    With the Diet dissolving, Masayoshi Shido is
    anticipating the election to form a new party,
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    holding a meeting with former Diet members
    who left the Liberal Mutual Prosperity party.
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    Yoshida, I'll ask one more time.
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    Are you not interested in becoming
    my second in the next election?
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    That's right.
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    I won't give up my own candidacy,
    even if I don't have a chance of winning.
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    You're a fool.
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    I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself
    after being labeled "No-Good Tora."
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    Labeled, huh? I suppose.
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    I took advantage of the boom and
    was elected as one of the "Kuramoto Children."
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    But out of pride, I got caught up in a scandal
    and was ousted from office.
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    Well, that was 20 years ago...
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    But there's a youngster
    who's been encouraging me.
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    Come on, look at reality.
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    The majority of the youth
    favor Shido's new party.
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    He appeals with the idea
    of eradicating social unrest,
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    and now that the Phantom Thieves have
    been arrested, they favor him even more.
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    The Phantom Thieves...
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    I can't think of them as simply being "evil."
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    Now that they've been arrested,
    they understand how the weak feel.
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    That's possible, too... Isn't it?
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    You...
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    I believe they're innocent.
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    And now, we bring you
    a startling follow-up report.
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    PHANTOM THIEF LEADER ARRESTED
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    This morning, lead investigators publicly
    announced the person believed to be
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    the leader of the Phantom Thieves
    was arrested late last night.
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    And he's still a minor!
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    Currently, the detention center
    he is being held in is staying silent.
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    Everything on this case, including
    methods and motives, remains unknown.
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    This is shocking, isn't it?
    To think the criminal leader is a minor...
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    But for the police to announce so soon
    that they've taken a minor into custody,
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    we can assume that they're very confident.
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    With a major case like this, what kind of
    sentence will there be for the one responsible?
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    Did you see the news?
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    Yeah...
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    I didn't want to be alone,
    I was so stressed.
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    Well, now we're all here, but...
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    I used my connections to look into it.
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    Ren is being held prisoner in an underground
    interrogation room for serious crimes.
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    An interrogation room...
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    I'll say this... I'd refrain from doing
    anything reckless trying to help him.
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    I discovered a few things after investigating.
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    First, how did the riot squad appear at
    the Palace when they shouldn't know it exists?
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    It appears someone leaked info
    about the Metaverse and Palaces to them.
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    Sae-san has already been removed
    from the investigation.
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    She doesn't have that information yet.
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    I suspect her superior,
    the SIU Director, is involved.
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    Next question, how did the riot squad
    enter the Palace?
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    They obviously had to
    use a Metaverse Navigator.
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    Someone other than us with
    a Meta-Nav acted as their guide.
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    The man in the black mask.
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    But I'm sure he's just a pawn
    to the true mastermind.
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    Signs show that this person has major pull,
    with both the prosecutors and Internal Affairs.
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    In other words, the enemy is someone
    who can manipulate the prosecutors,
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    the police, and the man in a black mask.
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    Keep it together, Ryuji.
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    Go on.
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    Metaverse aside, there's a limit
    to what you guys can do in the real world.
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    Do anything rash and it'll just backfire.
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    That's...
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    I'll be the one to save Ren.
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    I can sneak into the police building
    and get him out in secret.
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    Hearing that so suddenly may surprise you,
    but there's no other way.
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    Trust me and let me handle it.
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    This may be different than what the world
    would call an act of justice...
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    But Ren and I made a deal.
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    Besides, I know now that someone
    is pulling the strings.
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    I will stick to the justice
    that I believe in now.
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    I hope you can understand.
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    Rescuing him will be more difficult
    if anything else happens.
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    So again, don't make any careless moves.
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    I promise I can do this.
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    Wait for the good news.
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    Don't make me repeat myself.
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    Niijima, this case is
    already out of our hands—
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    I will not be convinced unless I confirm it.
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    Director, this is my case.
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    I never win when you're like this,
    so I went ahead and cleared it with them.
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    Good luck...
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    ...but I won't be expecting much.
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    Well done on making it this far, Inmate.
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    Now that you have traversed your long, perilous
    recollection, you truly have entered the present.
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    Time will link up momentarily.
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    A fragment of the truth that has been lost
    will appear once again before you.
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    The evil influence who wishes you dead
    is fast approaching.
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    If you want to win this unreasonable game...
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    If you wish to take back your stolen future...
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    Recall the bonds you formed with you allies.
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    And grasp the truth that will save you
    from the brink of ruin.
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    I know you're busy, Akechi-san,
    so thanks for joining us today.
[12:40] ---
    No problem, thank you.
[12:43] ---
    Then we'll see you tomorrow,
    same time, same station.
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    I see...
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    So that's what led to your ending up here.
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    For now, I have an idea
    of your criminal methods.
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    There's much more I'd like to ask,
    but my allotted time is nearly up.
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    I do have a suggestion though.
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    If you cooperate with me,
    I'll consider lightening your sentence.
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    A deal?
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    I have a responsibility to solve this case.
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    I will win...
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    Even if it means
    brokering a deal with you.
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    You hear me?
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    I'm going to read a list of people
    who are closest to you and this case.
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    Tell me honestly whether or not they
    are involved with the Phantom Thieves.
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    First, the friend you've been with since
    transferring to Shujin, Ryuji Sakamoto.
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    One of the victims of
    the Kamoshida case, Ann Takamaki.
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    Ichiryusai Madarame's pupil,
    Yusuke Kitagawa.
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    The daughter of Wakaba Isshiki,
    Futaba Sakura.
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    The daughter to Okumura Foods' CEO,
    Haru Okumura.
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    And...
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    Student council president
    of Shujin Academy, Makoto Niijima.
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    They're your accomplices,
    are they not?
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    No answer?
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    So you won't sell out your friends?
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    Then I'll change the question.
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    I find it hard to believe that high schoolers
    could have pulled off these crimes alone.
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    Other than your friends,
    did you work with anyone?
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    Your operation was leaked.
    Because of that, you were captured.
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    It's possible that one of your collaborators
    is a traitor that ratted you out.
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    What do you think? Now will you talk?
[14:41] ---
    You mean to tough it out
    this late in the game?!
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    There's one last thing I want to confirm.
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    Ohoribata, near Sakuradamon, please.
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    It's about Goro Akechi.
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    He and I went our separate ways.
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    I don't know what he did after that.
[15:05] ---
    But if he was influenced
    by the Phantom Thieves...
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    Don't tell me he's one of you?
[15:17] ---
    Again no response?
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    Then my take is there was something
    that connected all of you.
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    And there's a reason you won't answer,
    so you're keeping your mouth shut.
[15:29] ---
    That's fine.
[15:30] ---
    You clearly have no intention
    of bargaining with me.
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    Why are you going this far
    to stand your ground?
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    It goes against justice.
[15:42] ---
    Don't be ridiculous!
[15:43] ---
    Then tell me what this "justice"
    you speak of is!
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    Sticking to the right path.
[15:50] ---
    Are you implying that I've lost sight
    of what's right? Of the truth?
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    The truth, huh?
    I don't even know what's right anymore.
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    And it's all due to your strange story.
[16:07] ---
    The side effects of the truth serum
    should be wearing off.
[16:10] ---
    I won't be deceived by such a poor act.
[16:13] ---
    Won't be deceived...
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    It seems your mind is clearing up.
[16:24] ---
    But unfortunately, my time has run out.
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    Are you giving up...
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    ...on justice?
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    What are you getting at?
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    Yes, that's right.
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    No matter the results of this case,
    I won't be receiving credit.
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    I even had to call in a large favor
    just to conduct this interrogation.
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    Interrogation room...
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    A special interrogation room, huh?
    Yeah, that could work.
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    All right, if we lure him there...
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    Hey, are you listening?
    We're done here.
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    Goodbye.
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    Why did you come here?
[17:03] ---
    Why?
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    It's my job.
    What an odd thing to ask.
[17:10] ---
    Anyhow, there's one last thing
    I want to ask you.
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    Don't you have any idea
    of who could have sold you out?
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    My suspicions were true in the end.
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    Thought I'm surprised it turned out so.
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    All that's left is to figure out
    a way to hand it over.
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    It's all up to you, Leader.
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    Got it? The smartphone.
[17:30] ---
    We'll be counting on you to pull this one off.
[17:33] ---
    A deal?
[17:34] ---
    If you know something, tell me.
[17:37] ---
    That.
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    Your phone?
[17:41] ---
    I've been told the lock on it
    is quite complicated.
[17:46] ---
    What's so important about this?
[17:48] ---
    Are you going to unlock it?
[17:50] ---
    No...
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    Show it to him.
[17:54] ---
    Show it? To whom?
[17:58] ---
    Spit it out! Show this to whom?
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    Answer me!
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    I'm sick of this silent treatment!
    If you won't say anything—
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    Silent...
[18:12] ---
    You mean to show it to him?
[18:16] ---
    What are you plotting?
    I can't even begin to fathom it...
[18:22] ---
    Fine.
[18:24] ---
    I'll do it since you talked.
[18:26] ---
    You can take this to mean we have a deal
    and that I'll stick with you to the end.
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    I used to have that look in your eyes.
[18:38] ---
    I'll place my bet on you.
[18:41] ---
    I just need to show him the phone, right?
[18:44] ---
    Sounds like it's time. I'll be going.
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    Akechi-kun!
[19:03] ---
    Sae-san, what are you doing here?
[19:06] ---
    What am I doing?
    I was questioning him, of course.
[19:10] ---
    How did you get approval?
[19:12] ---
    I have my connections.
[19:15] ---
    And anyway, nobody else is imprisoned
    this deep underground, right?
[19:21] ---
    Nobody would ever know
    if things got a little violent.
[19:25] ---
    Hey, Akechi-kun...
    Have you seen this before?
[19:28] ---
    Seen what?
[19:30] ---
    That phone?
[19:32] ---
    It belongs to the leader
    of the Phantom Thieves.
[19:35] ---
    I don't remember seeing it,
    but if you're curious...
[19:39] ---
    No, I'll look into it myself.
    It's one of the rare pieces of evidence.
[19:44] ---
    That so? Well, it's my turn
    to question him now, so...
[19:51] ---
    What was the point of showing him this?
[19:57] ---
    Calm down.
    We need to be patient a little longer.
[20:04] ---
    All we can do is wait.
[20:09] ---
    I have to have faith that it'll work.
[20:17] ---
    It's too late to go back now.
[20:24] ---
    Knowing Ren, I'm sure...
[20:26] ---
    I'm sure...
[20:28] ---
    ...it'll be okay.
[20:31] ---
    Anyway, right now...
[20:34] ---
    All I can do is have faith
    that he'll succeed.
[20:37] ---
    Everything depends on him.
[20:43] ---
    Akechi!
[20:47] ---
    May I ask that you accompany me?
[20:49] ---
    I'm unarmed and he's a murderer...
[21:09] ---
    Sorry it took me so long.
    I'm here to rescue you.
[21:13] ---
    Is that what you thought I'd say?
[21:24] ---
    This is how your "justice" ends.
[21:27] ---
    Case closed.
[21:41] ---
    Attic trash.
[23:28] ---
    Yeah, right.