E12 - The Case of the Yadagami-sama Murders (Part 1)

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[00:07] Toto
    Hello. Ron?
[00:09] Toto
    Yeah, I just finished work
    and I'm on my way home.
[00:12] Toto
    What's up?
[00:13] Ron
    Do you remember Spitz Fire?
[00:17] Toto
    Well, how could I forget him?
[00:20] Ron
    About that matter he wanted
     me to look into...
[00:23] Toto
    He wanted you to look
    for his missing family, right?
[00:27] Ron
    Exactly.
[00:28] Ron
    Toto, do you think I should?
[00:30] Toto
    Well, he's been helping
    with our investigations,
[00:34] Toto
    and when I think about his family,
    I figure someone's gotta do it.
[00:37] Ron
    I thought you'd say that, Toto.
[00:39] Ron
    Please tell him you think we should do it.
[00:42] Toto
    You want me to tell him?
[00:44] Ron
    He's currently tailing you.
[00:46] Toto
    What? He's tailing me?
[00:49] Toto
    That's a crazy place to be watching me from!
[00:52] Spitz
    Sorry, Tototo. I've got you bugged, too.
[00:55] Toto
    Oh?
[00:56] Toto
    He seems frail...
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[02:32] Toto
    Thanks for having us.
[02:36] Toto
    Huh? There's furniture in here!
[02:39] Ron
    I'm not done with the place yet.
[02:41] Ron
    But this way, we can invite clients here,
    or anyone other than the two of us, right?
[02:45] Ron
    And our inaugural first client...
[02:47] Ron
    is Spitz!
SIGN    Nandan
    Black Sugar Syrup
SIGN    Nandan
    Black Sugar Syrup
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    Black Sugar Syrup
[02:56] Toto
    You seem kinda out of sorts today.
[02:59] Spitz
    Oh, no, not particularly!
[03:01] Ron
    He's freaking out because I've proposed
    absurd terms of exchange for this case.
[03:05] Toto
    Terms of exchange?
[03:07] Ron
    If he can get his hands on the Bloody
    Training Incident file from BLUE for me,
[03:11] Ron
    I'll start looking for his family immediately.
    That's my proposal.
[03:14] Toto
    The case file?
[03:16] Toto
    But the police should have that, right?
[03:19] Ron
    I've already obtained Scotland Yard's
     files on the case.
[03:23] Ron
    But a crucial section was removed
[03:26] Ron
    by an unknown actor.
[03:27] Toto
    How in the world did you get that?
[03:29] Ron
    That doesn't matter!
[03:31] Ron
    The important thing here
    is that vital files are missing.
[03:34] Ron
    The investigation was a joint operation
    between BLUE and the police.
[03:38] Ron
    BLUE should have everything they did.
[03:41] Ron
    I want Spitz to get the complete,
     unadulterated case file
[03:44] Ron
    by breaking into BLUE,
    and then bring it to me.
[03:47] Toto
    Can you prove your innocence with it?
[03:50] Ron
    That's also important, but I'm
    most interested in something else.
[03:54] Ron
    Mofu-sensei said my culprit-killing disorder
[03:58] Ron
    may have been caused by some
    kind of medical intervention.
[04:02] Ron
    And I have an idea about that.
[04:04] Ron
    There are three hours
    I don't remember at all from
[04:07] Ron
    when I was being treated after the incident.
[04:09] Ron
    And the records of that time
    were removed from the file.
[04:13] Toto
    So that's when it was done?
[04:14] Ron
    If we can find out what happened,
[04:16] Ron
    maybe we can figure out a way to deal with it.
[04:18] Ron
    And most importantly,
[04:19] Ron
    we should begin to get a sense of who it was
    that stole five years of sleuthing from me.
[04:26] Ron
    To that end...
[04:27] Ron
    If you promise to get that file for me,
     Spitz, I'll look for your family!
[04:34] Toto
    Enough, Ron!
[04:35] Toto
    Whether you get the file or not,
     you should look for his family anyway!
[04:39] Ron
    Don't take this so lightly, Toto!
[04:42] Ron
    The odds of finding
     his family are incredibly low.
[04:44] Ron
    We aren't doing volunteer work here!
[04:46] Toto
    Even so, you should still do it!
[04:48] Toto
    When someone's in need,
    you give it all you've got!
[04:51] Toto
    Spitz has helped us!
    He's our friend, isn't he?
[04:58] Spitz
    That's all I needed! Thank you, Tototo!
[05:02] Spitz
    I'm ashamed of myself for hesitating!
[05:04] Toto
    What?
[05:04] Spitz
    When a friend gives their all for me,
[05:06] Spitz
    giving all I have in return is my motto!
[05:09] Toto
    That's not what I was going for...
[05:12] Spitz
    I accept your conditions, Ron-kun!
[05:14] Spitz
    If you'll look for my big brother,
    I'll go get that file!
[05:17] Ron
    Well, if you insist, then sure.
[05:19] Toto
    Don't do this, Spitz!
[05:21] Toto
    Ron is deftly setting us up
    to do what he wants!
[05:23] Spitz
    It's all right, Tototo.
[05:25] Spitz
    I think I was waiting for him to do this.
[05:28] Spitz
    Besides, after hearing Ron-kun's tragic past,
    it's the least I can do!
[05:32] Toto
    You're a real pushover when it matters most!
[05:34] Ron
    Welp, with that decided, it's time to go!
[05:36] Toto
    What? You're starting now?
[05:38] Toto
    Hang on! You can't just up and go
     to Europe or wherever.
[05:41] Ron
    Actually, we're going to Yamanashi.
[05:44] Toto
    In Japan?
[05:55] Spitz
    My big brother went all over the world
    researching folk beliefs.
[05:59] Spitz
    He was an ethnologist.
[06:01] Spitz
    This village we're going to, Yadamura,
[06:02] Spitz
    is one he visited a number of times.
[06:05] Spitz
    He disappeared eleven years ago
    over the summer.
[06:08] Spitz
    I happened to be on school vacation,
    so I came with him.
[06:11] Toto
    Oh, so you were in Japan at the time.
[06:19] Toto
    A-A snake! A white one!
[06:21] Ron
    Shh!
[06:22] Ron
    I hear something.
[06:27] Ron
    This way!
[06:28] Toto
    Hey, Ron!
[06:32] Ron
    Oh, a waterfall.
[06:35] Toto
    It's amazing!
[06:47] Toto
    What's she doing?
[06:49] Ron
    That's... a hokora folk shrine.
[06:52] Toto
    Is it?
[07:00] Toto
    Wh-Who's out there?!
[07:02] villager A
    Sorry. My hand slipped.
[07:05] villager B
    That nearly took your head off.
[07:11] Toto
    That's dangerous!
[07:13] villager A
    I'm sorry. I'll be more careful.
[07:18] villager B
    If you plan on going any further,
    do be careful, won't you?
[07:29] Spitz
    Once we trek down this slope,
    we'll be in Yadamura.
[07:32] Spitz
    This is the village where my brother vanished.
[07:40] villager C
    I'm against it!
    Yadagami-sama won't stand for it!
[07:43] villager D
    That's right!
    There'll be more disappearances!
[07:46] Toto
    Are they arguing about something?
[07:49] Ron
    Hey.
[07:51] Muroi
    And you would be?
[07:53] Spitz
    Hello, Mayor! It's been a long time.
[07:55] mayor
    Oh! Now, if I remember correctly...
[07:58] mayor
    That's right. You're Spitz-kun!
[08:00] Spitz
    I've brought some friends with me today.
[08:03] Spitz
    Sorry to impose.
    We came to look for my brother more.
[08:05] Ron
    If I might ask, Mayor,
    what's the commotion about?
[08:08] mayor
    You caught us at an embarrassing moment.
    It's about the dam construction.
[08:12] mayor
    A certain outsider is demanding
    that everyone in the village move out.
[08:18] official
    Calling me that casts me in a negative light.
[08:20] official
    I'm a government representative.
[08:22] villager C
    Yadagami-sama won't allow you
     to build a damn and drown the town!
[08:25] villager D
    Yadagami-sama's divine wrath
     will strike again!
[08:27] Toto
    Yadagami-sama?
[08:30] Muroi
    It's written with the characters
    for "night snake god."
[08:33] Muroi
    It's a deity said to have protected
    this village since ancient times.
[08:38] Toto
    I see.
[08:39] Muroi
    Ah, I'm an ethnologist. My name is Muroi.
[08:43] Muroi
    I came here to research Yadagami, but...
[08:51] Muroi
    given the uproar over the dam,
    this isn't the time for it.
[08:54] mayor
    Firstly, let's all calm down, everyone.
[08:57] mayor
    They're not going to flood the village
     today or tomorrow, you hear?
[09:01] official
    Exactly. I've only come
    for the initial surveying.
[09:05] villager C
    If we let you do that,
    it's like giving you approval!
[09:08] villager D
    Before we know it, we'll be
    at the bottom of the dam!
[09:12] official
    Dear, dear. You need
    to instruct them better, Mr. Mayor.
[09:16] official
    Instead of just teaching them
    to have faith in Yadagami,
[09:20] official
    you should be teaching them to have manners.
[09:23] official
    I'll start work tomorrow.
[09:25] official
    If you interfere, I'll sue you.
    Keep that in mind.
[09:29] villager C
    That jerk!
[09:30] mayor
    Will you stop?
[09:31] mayor
    Enough already. Scatter! Disperse!
[09:39] Spitz
    E-Excuse me, Mayor!
[09:40] Spitz
    If this place ends up underwater,
     I'll be in a real bind too!
[09:43] mayor
    I feel the same way.
[09:46] mayor
    But it's what our country is asking of us.
[09:50] Spitz
    Even so...
[09:51] mayor
    Now then, all of you will be
    staying the night, won't you?
[09:56] Spitz
    Yes. Would it be all right
    if I borrowed the guest hut again?
[10:00] mayor
    That official you saw just now
     is staying there.
[10:03] mayor
    I'll take you all to my house.
[10:15] Toto
    Wow, that really came out of nowhere!
[10:17] Toto
    It was clear just a second ago.
[10:21] mayor
    We call this sort of rain
     Yadagami-sama's rage.
[10:24] mayor
    There are times when even gods
     can't suppress their anger, you see?
[10:28] mayor
    Now, do come in.
[10:30] Toto
    Thank you for having us.
[10:35] Mii
    Why are you here...?
[10:37] Spitz
    Oh, Mii-chan! It's been a while!
[10:40] Spitz
    That was you at the waterfall, right?
[10:42] Toto
    You know her?
[10:44] Spitz
    Yes.
[10:45] Spitz
    This is the mayor's granddaughter, Mii-chan.
[10:49] Mii
    I haven't seen you in a while, Spitz-kun.
[10:51] Spitz
    He's letting us stay the night here.
[10:54] Mii
    Really? Please make yourselves at home.
[11:03] Spitz
    Here's my big brother.
[11:06] Spitz
    This photo is from the day
    before he disappeared.
[11:09] Spitz
    We were going around asking the
    villagers for legends about Yadagami.
[11:14] Spitz
    After this, we went back to the guest hut
    across the river to sleep.
[11:18] Spitz
    When I opened my eyes the next morning,
[11:20] Spitz
    I couldn't find my brother anywhere.
[11:23] Spitz
    I thought he'd just gone out,
    so I went looking for him, but...
[11:28] Ron
    You never found him?
[11:31] Spitz
    I asked all the villagers,
    but everyone said they hadn't seen him.
[11:35] Spitz
    I went to the police immediately after.
[11:39] Spitz
    The villagers helped them search
    deep into the mountains,
[11:42] Spitz
    but there was no sign
    he'd ever left the village.
[11:45] Spitz
    It was like he'd really vanished.
[11:47] Toto
    Like those tales of getting spirited away.
[11:49] Spitz
    I've been wondering, Ron-kun, is that...
[11:52] Toto
    What?
[11:54] Ron
    Tofu, tsukemono, and wild vegetables.
[11:56] Toto
    And enough black sugar syrup to drown them!
[11:59] Spitz
    May I try some?
[12:01] Ron
    Down it in one big bite!
[12:04] Toto
    They seem like they're having fun.
[12:08] Toto
    The rain's letting up.
[12:09] Toto
    The mayor went to the trouble of giving us
    a room with a view of the river,
[12:14] Toto
    but at night, the scenery
    isn't very impressive.
[12:17] Toto
    So that's the guest hut that
    the official is staying in, huh?
[12:20] Toto
    Wait.
[12:22] Toto
    What?!
[12:25] Ron
    What's wrong?
[12:31] Spitz
    What is that?
[12:32] Spitz
    A giant snake? It's glaring right at us!
[12:35] Toto
    It's wrapped around someone.
[12:36] Ron
    Let's go check it out.
[12:39] Toto
    We're going out for a sec!
[12:45] Spitz
    This is the only entrance to the guest hut!
[12:48] Ron
    Wait!
[12:51] Ron
    The ground is muddy from the rain
    and there are no footprints.
[12:54] Ron
    No one has gone in or out here.
[13:01] Ron
    It's unlocked.
[13:03] Ron
    We're coming in!
[13:07] Toto
    What was that sound?
[13:10] Toto
    There's no one here.
[13:12] Spitz
    The bathroom's empty, too!
[13:20] Ron
    They vanished?
[13:29] Toto
    The following morning,
[13:31] Toto
    in the pool of the waterfall near the village,
[13:33] Toto
    they found the official
    dead of unnatural causes.
[13:36] Toto
    On his neck was bruising
    that resembled the scales of a snake.
[13:50] Toto
    The cause of death appears to be
[13:52] Toto
    a blow to the head
    from falling into the basin.
[13:55] Toto
    He has rope-like strangulation marks,
[13:58] Toto
    but no weapon has been found.
[14:01] Ron
    Don't worry. I'll avenge you.
[14:03] Ron
    So tell me everything, won't you?
[14:05] Toto
    The marks on his neck really
    do look like snake scales.
[14:09] Spitz
    Strangled by a snake? That can't be.
[14:16] mayor
    What you three saw was Yadagami-sama!
[14:19] mayor
    Yadagami-sama took the official
    from the guest hut!
[14:23] Toto
    But there was no evidence of anyone
    entering or exiting the guest hut.
[14:26] Toto
    Yadagami-sama would've had to whisk him away.
[14:29] mayor
    And you think that's not within a god's power?
[14:32] Toto
    That's...
[14:38] Mii
    Grandpa!
[14:39] Mii
    Why aren't you doing anything?!
[14:40] Mii
    Outsiders aren't supposed
    to enter the waterfall!
[14:44] mayor
    Circumstances being what they are,
    I gave them permission.
[14:49] mayor
    Mii, Spitz-kun is a sleuth now, and that man
     next to him is a detective from Tokyo.
[14:55] Mii
    My! A police detective?
[14:58] Ron
    Meet Detective Isshiki. People
    in the know consider him a great detective.
[15:02] Mii
    I see. Is that so?
[15:07] Mii
    And who is that?
[15:09] mayor
    I believe this gentleman is...
[15:11] Toto
    Oh! He's, um...
[15:14] Spitz
    Ron-kun is a friend who shares my interests.
    We collect rare wrapping papers together!
[15:19] Toto
    That's a very niche hobby!
[15:22] Ron
    By the way, Mii-kun,
[15:24] Ron
    what were you doing up there
    by the waterfall yesterday?
[15:29] Mii
    I was...
[15:34] Mii
    I was leaving an offering for
    Yadagami-sama at the shrine.
[15:39] Mii
    This waterfall is where we show our gratitude
     for the village's protection.
[15:43] Mii
    It's tradition for a villager to visit
    every day to make an offering.
[15:50] Ron
    All of you truly believe
    that Yadagami-sama exists?
[15:53] Mii
    H-How dare you ask such a thing?
    Of course he exists!
[15:57] Mii
    Just as he has until now
     and will continue to for ages!
[16:05] mayor
    That's right! The divine punishment
    visited upon the official is proof!
[16:08] mayor
    Don't you all think so?
[16:11] villager A
    That's right! He suffered
    Yadagami-sama's wrath!
[16:14] villager B
    This is why we hate outsiders!
[16:15] Toto
    When did they show up?
[16:26] Toto
    I thought they were gonna attack us.
[16:28] Ron
    When beliefs are coupled
    with an exclusionary attitude like that,
[16:31] Ron
    it can sometimes present as a
    state resembling mass hypnosis.
[16:34] Ron
    That's exactly what we saw here.
[16:37] Ron
    I wonder what's driving them
    to such fanaticism.
[16:43] Muroi
    How were things at the waterfall?
[16:45] Toto
    Oh, you're that ethnologist.
[16:49] Muroi
    Muroi.
[16:50] Muroi
    And I heard that you're a detective.
[16:52] Muroi
    Outsiders aren't allowed at the waterfall,
    you know, so I got curious.
[16:58] Muroi
    Is the rumor that Yadagami-sama
    killed the official true?
[17:01] Toto
    We don't know if it was
    Yadagami-sama or not, but...
[17:05] Muroi
    So there really was a death...
[17:09] Muroi
    I've studied legends of gods passed
    down all throughout the countryside,
[17:13] Muroi
    but Yadagami-sama is unique.
[17:15] Muroi
    His legends are still alive, you see.
[17:18] Muroi
    There are even reports
    of his power of vanishment.
[17:20] Toto
    Power of vanishment?
[17:23] Muroi
    There was a plan to build
    a dam fifteen years ago, too.
[17:27] Muroi
    But when it came time for construction,
    all the heavy machinery disappeared.
[17:31] Toto
    What?
[17:33] Muroi
    And your older brother disappeared
    here eleven years ago, right?
[17:37] Spitz
    Y-Yes.
[17:38] Muroi
    When you spend time here in this village,
[17:41] Muroi
    it's impossible not to
    feel Yadagami-sama's power.
[17:44] Muroi
    I once fell down the mountain here
    and lost consciousness.
[17:48] Muroi
    But when I came to,
    I was no longer on the mountain.
[17:50] Muroi
    I found myself lying at its foot instead.
[17:53] Toto
    Are you serious?
[17:55] Muroi
    To be honest, lately, I...
[17:58] Muroi
    I feel so enthralled by Yadagami-sama,
[18:00] Muroi
    I'm thinking of moving
    to live here in the village.
[18:04] Ron
    Muroi-kun, yesterday when it rained,
    what were you doing?
[18:08] Muroi
    D-Do you suspect me?
[18:10] Muroi
    I went to the temple where
    Yadagami-sama is enshrined!
[18:13] Spitz
    Oh, I've been there.
[18:15] Spitz
    It holds the shed skin of a huge snake.
[18:17] Muroi
    They also have eyes and fangs,
[18:20] Muroi
    plus hanging scrolls and old manuscripts
    depicting Yadagami-sama.
[18:23] Muroi
    It doubles as an impressive
    museum and archive.
[18:25] Toto
    I see.
SIGN    Temporarily Closed
[18:26] Muroi
    But for some reason,
    it was closed yesterday.
[18:29] Muroi
    I had no choice but to go back
    to Suzuki-san's house, where I'm staying.
[18:38] Toto
    What is it?
[18:39] Spitz
    It's just that conversation from earlier...
[18:42] Spitz
    Something about it is nagging at me.
[18:45] Toto
    Then why don't we try sorting out
    the sequence of events?
[18:49] Toto
    At dinner, when we looked outside
    from the mayor's house,
[18:52] Toto
    we could see a snake wrapped around someone.
[18:55] Toto
    We hurried to the guest hut,
    outside of which was muddy,
[18:58] Toto
    but there were no footprints.
[19:01] Toto
    All of the windows there have bars over them.
[19:05] Ron
    Meaning no one got in or out.
[19:08] Toto
    When we entered the hut,
    we heard a loud bang,
[19:12] Toto
    but there wasn't anyone inside.
[19:14] Ron
    What do you think that noise was?
[19:19] Spitz
    The sound of Yadagami teleporting?!
[19:22] Toto
    That's on the table?!
[19:23] Ron
    I love a good occult story myself.
[19:27] Ron
    But, unfortunately, I've never
    encountered the real thing.
[19:30] Toto
    Then you think there could be
    some other culprit here?
[19:34] Ron
    Of course, I can't say
    I'm a hundred percent sure...
[19:37] Ron
    I'm two hundred percent sure!
[19:38] Toto; Spitz
    He went over a hundred!
[19:42] police officer
    Sorry to keep you waiting. Please come in.
[19:51] Toto
    It's a fact that we saw
    Yadagami-sama in this room.
[19:54] Toto
    How did it manage to disappear?
[19:56] Toto
    Oh! Could there be a hidden room
    or something somewhere?
[19:59] police officer
    Well, we searched the whole place.
[20:03] police officer
    The dust beneath the roof was undisturbed.
[20:05] police officer
    No sign anyone had been up there.
[20:07] police officer
    The walls and bars are sturdy
    and can't be removed.
[20:09] police officer
    We turned over all of the tatami mats too,
[20:12] police officer
    but there's nowhere to hide.
[20:15] Toto
    I see.
[20:17] police officer
    But we did find one clue.
[20:20] Toto
    What?
[20:21] police officer
    This, here.
SIGN    Nandan
    Black Sugar Syrup
[20:22] Toto
    Ron's black sugar syrup!
[20:24] Ron
    So this is where it was!
[20:26] Ron
    I had it in my mouth when we rushed out
    yesterday, but it disappeared at some point.
[20:30] Toto
    Look at that! You got
    the tatami mats all dirty.
[20:34] Toto
    I'm sorry. That's something he dropped.
[20:37] police officer
    I see.
[20:38] police officer
    In that case, we have no other leads.
[20:42] Spitz
    No... other... leads...
[20:47] Toto
    Huh?
[20:48] Spitz
    So Yadagami really does exist...
[20:51] Spitz
    And my brother...
[20:53] Spitz
    He would've been powerless against a god.
[20:58] Spitz
    Big brother...
[21:01] Brotz
    You tend to be a bit of a baby, but you have
    a talent for getting people to like you.
[21:05] Brotz
    Find yourself some good friends
    and take a path that lets you help others.
[21:11] Brotz
    I expect great things from you.
[21:14] Spitz
    Why...?
[21:20] Toto
    What's wrong, Spitz?
[21:23] Spitz
    A white snake in the river!
[21:25] Spitz
    It's Yadagami!
[21:29] Toto
    What? I don't see anything.
[21:44] Ron
    When you officers got here, where
    was the bottle of black sugar syrup?
[21:47] police officer
    We replaced the tatami mats
    after we removed them,
[21:50] police officer
    so it was right where it is now.
[21:53] Ron
    Detective Isshiki...
[21:54] Ron
    your expression says that you've seen
    through Yadagami's disappearing act.
[21:58] Spitz
    What?
[22:00] Toto; internal
    You solved it, didn't you, Ron?
[22:03] Ron
    Living legends are created by the living.