# E6 - Perilous Turquoise
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**[00:02] Richard**
I'd like to ask you something.
**[00:08] Richard**
Is every male college student in Japan
**[00:11] Richard**
a skilled enough cook to
make homemade pudding?
**[00:15] Seigi**
Hiromi taught me.
**[00:17] Seigi**
I made this to thank you for the other day.
**[00:21] Richard**
It's so smooth...
**[00:36] Richard**
Excellent.
**[00:37] Seigi**
All right!
**[00:38] Richard**
I'm well aware that I may be
overstepping in saying so,
**[00:42] Richard**
but why not show off this skill of yours
to your potential girlfriend?
**[00:46] Seigi**
Mind your own business.
**[00:49] Seigi**
I also made milk jelly,
but I guess I should take it home.
**[00:54] Richard**
Why didn't you say so sooner?
**[00:56] Seigi**
I thought I was supposed
to show off to Tanimoto-san.
**[01:00] Richard**
I never said I didn't want to eat it.
**[01:04] Seigi**
Got it. Would you like it now, then?
**[01:08] Richard**
If you don't mind.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
Perilous Turquoise
***SIGN*** Civil Service Lecture
**[02:50] Seigi**
Preparing for the civil service exam, huh?
**[02:53] Shimo**
Nakata, you free?
**[02:55] Seigi**
Yeah. What's up, Shimomura?
**[02:57] Shimo**
I really need to talk to you about something.
**[03:01] Shimo**
This is Okita Ayumi-san.
We're in the same club.
**[03:04] Shimo**
When I told her you work at a jeweler's...
**[03:06] Ayumi**
Please! I lost someone
very important to me...
**[03:12] Shimo**
We want you to help us look for him.
**[03:14] Shimo**
Please. I'm begging you, Nakata.
**[03:16] Seigi**
H-Huh?
**[03:18] Shimo**
It's okay now, Ayumi-chan.
**[03:23] Seigi**
So that's how it is...
**[03:27] Richard**
Welcome to Étranger.
**[03:29] Richard**
I'm the owner, Richard.
**[03:34] Richard**
Have a seat.
**[03:37] Ayumi**
Thank you.
**[03:39] Richard**
I heard you had a question about a gemstone.
**[03:43] Ayumi**
Yes, that's right.
**[03:45] Ayumi**
I'd like you to have a look at this.
**[03:52] Ayumi**
My boyfriend gave me this,
**[03:56] Ayumi**
and then he suddenly went missing.
**[04:03] Richard**
If I may...
**[04:06] Ayumi**
I want to know if there's a store
selling this same accessory.
**[04:12] Richard**
Do you have the box?
**[04:14] Ayumi**
No.
**[04:15] Seigi**
Without a box from the store,
there's nothing we can do.
**[04:18] Ayumi**
I don't have the box,
but he said it was real.
**[04:21] Seigi**
Well, is there anything else
that might serve as a clue?
**[04:26] Ayumi**
That was all he gave me.
**[04:28] Ayumi**
Oh, but I have his photo.
**[04:31] Ayumi**
His name is Furuta Yoshio.
**[04:34] Ayumi**
He works in IT.
**[04:36] Ayumi**
He asked me to marry him.
**[04:40] Ayumi**
I think there's probably some
reason he can't contact me...
**[04:48] Seigi**
But if he's really serious, I doubt
he'd disappear without saying anything.
**[04:53] Ayumi**
If he weren't, he wouldn't
have given me a gemstone.
**[04:57] Seigi**
That's true...
**[04:58] Richard**
Okita-sama, has Furuta-sama ever asked
you to look at an accessory he designed?
**[05:05] Ayumi**
Yes. How did you know?
**[05:08] Richard**
Did you purchase said accessory?
**[05:11] Ayumi**
No. As a student, I couldn't afford it.
**[05:17] Richard**
I see.
**[05:19] Richard**
Turquoise expresses the sender's wish
for the recipient's happiness.
**[05:25] Ayumi**
The recipient? You mean me?
**[05:29] Richard**
Yes.
**[05:30] Richard**
If Furuta-sama truly wished for
you to be happy before he left,
**[05:36] Richard**
is that not a distinctly
beautiful kind of love?
**[05:54] Ayumi**
Nakata-kun, thank you so much.
**[05:58] Ayumi**
Um...
**[05:59] Ayumi**
I'd like to thank Richard-san.
**[06:01] Ayumi**
What does he like?
**[06:03] Seigi**
Huh?
**[06:05] Seigi**
Oh, I just work here part-time. I don't know.
**[06:09] Ayumi**
Oh...
**[06:11] Ayumi**
Well, see you.
**[06:17] Seigi**
Shimomura, you can rest easy.
**[06:27] Seigi**
What is it?
**[06:29] Richard**
I'm hesitant to discuss it with you.
**[06:34] Seigi**
Discuss what?
**[06:37] Richard**
Look at this.
**[06:39] Seigi**
What? Is this the same accessory Okita-san had?
**[06:42] Seigi**
Does this mean...
you know her missing boyfriend?
**[06:47] Richard**
Don't be stupid. Try polishing it.
**[06:52] Seigi**
Will it turn into a dove or something?
**[06:58] Seigi**
It came off! The color came off!
**[07:01] Richard**
It was probably colored using a felt-tip pen.
**[07:04] Richard**
This is a false turquoise.
**[07:06] Seigi**
Is that common in Turkey?
**[07:08] Richard**
Turkey?
**[07:10] Richard**
Oh, don't get the wrong idea.
**[07:12] Richard**
Turquoise isn't from Turkey.
**[07:15] Richard**
Currently, most turquoise
in circulation is from America.
**[07:19] Seigi**
What? Then why is it called turquoise?
**[07:22] Richard**
Because it first entered
Europe through Turkey,
**[07:24] Richard**
the French called it "turquois."
**[07:29] Richard**
That became the English "Turkeis,"
**[07:31] Richard**
signifying its origin from Turkey—
**[07:34] Richard**
the namesake of both the stone and its color.
**[07:38] Richard**
Howlite is a gemstone with a luster
very similar to turquoise.
**[07:42] Richard**
Colored howlite is commonly
sold as "imitation turquoise."
**[07:49] Richard**
Which isn't a problem if
everyone knows that's what it is,
**[07:53] Richard**
but this is different.
**[07:55] Seigi**
Why do you have that?
**[07:58] Richard**
I borrowed it from a colleague.
**[08:02] Richard**
According to him, a group of scam
artists pretending to be jewelers
**[08:06] Richard**
is systematically preying on young people.
**[08:10] Seigi**
Scam artists?
**[08:12] Richard**
Yes. Are you familiar with date fraud?
**[08:16] Seigi**
Oh, yeah. Like when a guy follows
a pretty girl to a shady place
**[08:19] Seigi**
and gets talked into buying a case of water
at a thousand yen per bottle, right?
**[08:24] Richard**
Yes.
**[08:25] Richard**
It's the use of romantic feelings
to sell expensive products.
**[08:30] Richard**
Apparently, these people make money selling
**[08:33] Richard**
other worthless fakes
in addition to turquoise.
**[08:36] Seigi**
Like the accessory Okita-san
said she couldn't afford!
**[08:40] Richard**
Good for you.
**[08:42] Richard**
I never imagined I'd have the opportunity
to see one of these fakes so soon.
**[08:50] Seigi**
That's unforgivable.
**[08:52] Seigi**
Where is this group of con artists now?
**[08:55] Richard**
They move around shuttered streets.
**[08:58] Richard**
Even if their neighbors complain
and they get kicked out,
**[09:01] Richard**
they simply reopen their business elsewhere.
**[09:05] Seigi**
Really? Did you hear that
from your colleague, too?
**[09:08] Richard**
No, I looked into it.
**[09:10] Seigi**
Looked into it? You did?
**[09:14] Seigi**
Do you know who they are?
**[09:18] Richard**
If I did, I wouldn't be telling you.
**[09:20] Seigi**
Why are you mad?
**[09:24] Richard**
I'm not mad.
**[09:28] Seigi**
Well, whatever. This kind
of scam happens all the time.
**[09:37] Richard**
It certainly does. But while this may seem
inconsequential, they've gone too far.
**[09:45] Richard**
We have a client coming.
Please prepare for their arrival.
**[09:57] Shoko**
I couldn't forgive someone who
uses gemstones to commit fraud.
**[10:02] Seigi**
Yeah, but I have a feeling that's not
the only thing Richard was mad about.
**[10:08] Seigi**
That's why I specifically
said it's a common scam.
**[10:12] Shoko**
Specifically?
**[10:13] Seigi**
Yeah. Then Richard smiled.
**[10:21] Seigi**
I've never seen him like that before.
**[10:24] Shoko**
Seigi-kun, you must really like Richard-san.
**[10:28] Seigi**
Huh?
**[10:29] Shoko**
You keep talking about him today.
**[10:34] Seigi**
B-But I like...
**[10:38] Shoko**
You like what?
**[10:40] Seigi**
This chocolate tart is delicious, isn't it?
**[10:49] Richard**
I found them.
**[10:51] Seigi**
The scam artists?
**[10:54] Richard**
Yes. This is them.
***SIGN*** Happy Étoile
***SIGN*** Brings good fortune! Clear the fog of past lives!
**[10:57] Seigi**
Happy Étoile...
***SIGN*** It brought me
happiness
***SIGN*** All my wishes keep coming true!!
***SIGN*** Is there something
worrying you?
**[11:03] Seigi**
What's all this about?
**[11:04] Seigi**
"Brings good fortune"?
"Clear the fog of past lives"?
**[11:07] Richard**
It seems there are many reasons
to disapprove of them.
**[11:11] Seigi**
They're into fortune-telling scams, too?
**[11:20] Seigi**
Okita-san's boyfriend...
**[11:22] Richard**
His real name isn't Furuta Yoshio,
but Sasaki Yoshitsuna.
**[11:26] Seigi**
So they're not just selling fakes.
He's using a fake name, too.
**[11:32] Richard**
By the way, Seigi,
I noticed something interesting.
**[11:37] Richard**
Tomorrow is a Sunday, but we don't
have a single appointment scheduled.
**[11:42] Seigi**
You're not going to raid
their business, are you?
**[11:44] Richard**
Raid? I'm not familiar with the term.
**[11:49] Seigi**
It's when you barge in
somewhere and start a fight.
**[11:52] Richard**
I see.
**[11:54] Seigi**
Are you serious?
**[11:55] Richard**
No, I've never raided anyone before.
**[11:59] Richard**
Seigi, do you have any acting experience?
**[12:02] Seigi**
Me? Of course not.
**[12:05] Seigi**
Do you?
**[12:07] Richard**
Well, I *am* from the land of Shakespeare.
**[12:10] Seigi**
Shakespeare...
**[12:12] Richard**
It wouldn't be wise to
directly confront evildoers
**[12:15] Richard**
who deceive law-abiding consumers.
**[12:19] Richard**
But I do think they could use
a taste of their own medicine.
**[12:24] Seigi**
Gotcha.
**[12:30] Sasaki**
I had to remake it a bunch
of times. It was tough.
**[12:33] Miki**
Wow, really?
**[12:34] Sasaki**
But I think it turned out pretty well.
**[12:36] Miki**
Great. I can't wait.
**[12:46] Richard**
This is your last chance to turn back.
**[12:48] Seigi**
Don't you need a translator?
**[12:51] Richard**
Let's go.
**[13:05] Reception**
Welco...
**[13:07] [Richard**
[I'd like to see your gemstones.]
**[13:11] Reception**
What?
**[13:12] Seigi**
I'm sorry for the sudden intrusion.
**[13:14] Seigi**
This is the miracle worker who
can sense the aura of gemstones
**[13:18] Seigi**
and evaluate their luck
to bring people happiness,
**[13:21] Seigi**
Edward Baxter-sensei.
**[13:24] Reception**
Edward Baxter?
**[13:27] Seigi**
When he passed by your shop,
**[13:29] Seigi**
he said he detected
some very powerful auras,
**[13:33] Seigi**
so we couldn't help dropping in.
**[13:35] Seigi**
Might we have a look at the goods?
**[13:39] Reception**
Goods?
**[13:41] Seigi**
Your gemstones.
He'd like to see your gemstones.
**[13:44] Reception**
Our gemstones?
**[13:49] Richard**
Thank you.
**[13:52] Reception**
One moment, please.
**[14:08] Woman**
These are our gemstones.
**[14:10] Seigi**
And what type of stone are they?
**[14:12] Woman**
They're turquoises.
**[14:15] Woman**
All of our gemstones possess
auras of good fortune,
**[14:18] Woman**
with a brilliance that brings
about a rich future.
**[14:22] Seigi**
Sensei, what do you think?
**[14:27] Richard**
They're cursed.
**[14:28] Woman**
What? Japanese?
**[14:30] Richard**
All of these gemstones are cursed.
**[14:33] Richard**
Just looking at them is dreadful.
**[14:36] Woman**
Huh? What?
**[14:37] Seigi**
I do beg your pardon.
**[14:39] Seigi**
This is the miracle worker who
can sense the aura of gemstones
**[14:43] Seigi**
and evaluate their luck
to bring people happiness,
**[14:46] Seigi**
Edward Baxter-sensei.
**[14:50] Richard**
Since your store is called Happy Étoile,
**[14:53] Richard**
I thought we could discuss gemstones
that bring happiness.
**[14:57] Richard**
But I can hardly believe this.
**[14:59] Richard**
These gemstones bear curses
and not an ounce of good fortune.
**[15:06] Seigi**
Sensei, are you all right?
**[15:08] Richard**
Their auras are affecting me.
**[15:10] Woman**
Um...
**[15:12] Richard**
Show me your other gemstones.
**[15:14] Woman**
Y-Yes, sir.
**[15:21] Man**
If you're here to interfere with
our business, you can leave.
**[15:24] Man**
Otherwise, you're in for a bad time.
**[15:27] Richard**
Are you saying there's
something worse than this store?
**[15:31] Man**
Why, you...
**[15:33] Richard**
Take these turquoises.
**[15:35] Richard**
Normally, these charming gemstones
**[15:38] Richard**
are said to bring happiness
to those who receive them.
**[15:42] Richard**
However, I can't sense a shred
of good will from these
**[15:48] Richard**
and their mass-produced auras.
**[15:50] Man**
Keep making false accusations and...
**[15:54] Richard**
It's not the recipient
who experiences misfortune.
**[15:57] Richard**
It's the sender.
**[15:59] Man**
What? The sender?
**[16:01] Richard**
Yes.
**[16:02] Richard**
What would happen if you sold gemstones
**[16:05] Richard**
with the intention of deceiving
someone or out of greed?
**[16:08] Richard**
The gemstones would never forgive
those who defile them.
**[16:13] Man**
Don't be ridiculous.
**[16:15] Richard**
He who hurts another...
**[16:16] Seigi**
...hurts himself, Sensei.
**[16:18] Richard**
That's right.
**[16:20] Richard**
Every one of these gemstones
is surrounded by a black aura.
**[16:24] Richard**
How truly miserable.
**[16:26] Richard**
They don't even know how their wrongdoing
spreads as they pass from person to person.
**[16:30] Man**
If you keep talking...
**[16:32] Richard**
Sasaki-sama over there is
the perfect example.
**[16:35] Sasaki**
Huh?
**[16:37] Richard**
The aura I sense from him is unique.
**[16:40] Richard**
Perhaps he gave countless women
counterfeit gemstones,
**[16:45] Richard**
but there is a powerful
grudge hanging over him.
**[16:48] Miki**
What?
**[16:49] Sasaki**
H-He's wrong!
**[16:51] Richard**
I don't sense any of that coming from you,
**[16:55] Richard**
so you must have only met recently,
**[16:58] Richard**
or perhaps you don't seek a close
relationship with each other.
**[17:02] Sasaki**
Hey, Miki-chan! Wait!
**[17:10] Man**
Listen, you—
**[17:11] Richard**
The aura I sense around you
is not nearly as evil.
**[17:15] Richard**
However, you should be careful.
**[17:18] Richard**
We only get one life.
**[17:20] Man**
If you keep up this nonsense,
I'll call the cops!
**[17:24] Richard**
Go ahead and call them.
**[17:26] Richard**
A place shrouded in a miasma this thick
might need the rescue squad.
**[17:32] Richard**
Why would you stain them with such ugliness?
**[17:38] Richard**
Misused gemstones bring misfortune.
**[17:41] Richard**
I wholeheartedly recommend
that you all find better employment
**[17:46] Richard**
and get yourselves exorcised
at the appropriate places.
**[17:56] Richard**
Now, everyone, do take care.
**[18:00] Richard**
Bending an ear to the
murmur of these gemstones
**[18:05] Richard**
is all I can do for you.
**[18:21] Man**
Get the salt!
**[18:27] Richard**
I apologize for involving you
in something so dangerous.
**[18:31] Seigi**
I knew what I was getting into.
**[18:34] Seigi**
Anyway, are you okay?
**[18:36] Seigi**
They know who you are now.
**[18:39] Richard**
This business isn't as
clean as you think it is.
**[18:44] Seigi**
Is that why you used the name Edward Baxter?
**[18:50] Seigi**
When I heard you were going,
I was determined to go with you.
**[18:57] Seigi**
Do you know why?
**[18:58] Richard**
Because you're a hero of justice?
**[19:00] Seigi**
Because I was worried!
**[19:02] Seigi**
You were being reckless for once.
**[19:06] Seigi**
Do you have some kind of history
with turquoise fraud or something?
**[19:11] Richard**
No.
**[19:12] Richard**
I simply abhor those who use the
power of gemstones for selfish desires.
**[19:19] Richard**
It goes without saying that I feel similarly
about con artists who prey on others.
**[19:23] Seigi**
Is that really all?
**[19:30] Richard**
Men who use their looks to
sell counterfeit gemstones
**[19:34] Richard**
make me want to vomit.
**[19:36] Richard**
On top of that, his pick-up line
is, "It's real"? Laughable.
***SIGN*** Happy Étoile is a scam!
#pleaserepost #faketurquoise
***SIGN*** Richard
***SIGN*** You have a new message.
**[19:55] Seigi**
Richard?
**[19:58] Richard**
*My colleague contacted me.*
**[20:01] Richard**
*Happy Étoile disappeared overnight.*
**[20:04] Seigi**
You're way more of a hero
of justice than I am.
**[20:23] (Flashback) Saul**
Edward Baxter.
**[20:29] (Flashback) Richard**
Who are you?
**[20:30] (Flashback) Saul**
You're the Caucasian jeweler who's been
**[20:34] (Flashback) Saul**
scamming tourists for the
past month, aren't you?
**[20:39] (Flashback) Richard**
That's the gemstone I sold yesterday.
What's going on?
**[20:43] (Flashback) Saul**
It seems the German couple you sold this to
**[20:47] (Flashback) Saul**
bought it thinking it was a topaz,
**[20:50] (Flashback) Saul**
but no. This is a blue zircon.
**[20:53] (Flashback) Richard**
What's wrong with selling the more expensive
blue zircon at the price of a topaz?
**[20:59] (Flashback) Saul**
Lying in order to sell a customer
something they don't want
**[21:03] (Flashback) Saul**
isn't something a jeweler should do.
**[21:07] (Flashback) Richard**
Gemstone scams are an everyday occurrence.
**[21:15] (Flashback) Saul**
Is your real name Richard?
**[21:18] (Flashback) Saul**
You sell fake gemstones and use a fake name.
**[21:21] (Flashback) Saul**
Bad for you.
**[21:22] (Flashback) Saul**
You diminish yourself.
**[21:26] (Flashback) Saul**
That said, there's some value
in your conversational skills.
**[21:30] (Flashback) Saul**
That German couple was quite happy.
**[21:34] (Flashback) Saul**
Even without those looks of yours,
there's still something to you.
**[21:39] (Flashback) Richard**
Don't talk about my face. It offends me.
**[21:44] (Flashback) Saul**
I see. So that's your strongest asset.
**[21:48] (Flashback) Saul**
I apologize for the slip of the tongue.
**[21:52] (Flashback) Saul**
I am Saul Ranashinha.
**[21:54] (Flashback) Saul**
I have a proposal for you.