E4 - The Headliner Appears

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[00:00] Claude
    What did you just say?
[00:03] Aya
    Let me repeat myself.
    One of you is Madame Hannah's murderer,
[00:08] Aya
    and that I will prove that to you now.
[00:11] Claude
    I don't believe you.
[00:13] Lord Godard
    Claude, let's hear her out.
[00:16] Lord Godard
    I think we owe her that much.
[00:21] Aya
    Thank you very much.
[00:23] Aya
    Now, let us begin.
[00:26] Aya
    Let us solve the mystery of
     who killed Hannah Goddard
[00:31] Aya
    and how.
SIGN    The Headliner Appears
SIGN    Episode Four
[02:04] Aya
    After inspecting the scene of the murder,
[02:07] Aya
    I was left with seven problems.
[02:11] Aya
    First, the fact that there was no sign
    of Madame Hannah noticing the murderer.
[02:15] Aya
    Second, the fact that the attack did
     not take place during the day
[02:18] Aya
    when a vampire's powers wane.
[02:21] Aya
    Third, the fact that a still usable
    bottle was left at the scene.
[02:26] Aya
    Fourth,
[02:27] Aya
    the fact that the murderer seemed
    to know the layout of the mansion.
[02:31] Aya
    Fifth, the fact that the murderer
    left the silver stake in the storage room.
[02:35] Aya
    All of these actions would've
    been unnatural for any outsider.
[02:40] Aya
    But I'd like to bring the utmost
    attention to the sixth problem...
[02:45] Aya
    It has to do with sound.
[02:48] Lord Godard
    Sound?
[02:49] Aya
    At the time of the murder,
[02:50] Aya
    Claude and Alfred were both close
    to Madame Hannah's room,
[02:55] Aya
    but neither of them heard any
    sound from that room.
[02:59] Claude
    What's so strange about that?
[03:01] Claude
    It just means the murderer was cautious.
[03:03] Aya
    Indeed.
[03:04] Aya
    But if the murderer had driven the
    silver spike as hard as they could
[03:08] Aya
    into Madame Hannah's chest,
[03:09] Aya
    it should've made a loud noise,
    similar to that of hitting a nail.
[03:13] Aya
    There are four possible
    explanations for this.
[03:16] Aya
    First, that both witnesses are lying.
[03:19] Aya
    This would indicate that they
    colluded in the murder.
[03:23] Alfred
    B-But I would never—
[03:25] Aya
    Yes, I am aware of that.
[03:28] Aya
    Neither of you have alibis.
[03:31] Aya
    If you had colluded, you would have
    worked out fake alibis for each other.
[03:36] Aya
    Next.
[03:37] Aya
    There was a sound, but not
    when they were near her room.
[03:42] Aya
    Which means that the murder may
    have taken place before 1:00 AM.
[03:46] Lord Godard
    Ms. Rindo...
[03:47] Lord Godard
    I made certain that there
    was nothing amiss in the storage room.
[03:51] Aya
    Yes, yes.
[03:53] Aya
    Besides, before 1:00 AM, Raoul and
    Alfred were near her room.
[03:59] Aya
    Next.
[04:00] Aya
    What if the murderer did hit
    the stake with a hammer,
[04:02] Aya
    but placed something in between
    so it wouldn't make a sound?
[04:06] Aya
    But there was plenty of blood
    on the murderer's coat.
[04:10] Aya
    That would be proof that when
    they killed her with the stake,
[04:13] Aya
    there was nothing to get in
    the way of the blood splatter.
[04:17] Aya
    And so, there is only one explanation left.
[04:21] Aya
    The murderer held the stake in their bare hand,
[04:23] Aya
    and then used strength alone to drive it
[04:26] Aya
    into Madame Hannah's chest.
[04:28] Aya
    That's why no one heard
    any noise at any time.
[04:32] Aya
    So why didn't the murderer use a
    hammer to drive the stake in? Alfred?
[04:38] Alfred
    Y-Yes?
[04:40] Aya
    Let's say you heard a "clank, clank"
    noise from the lord and madame's room.
[04:45] Aya
    Now, what would you have
    thought that sound to be?
[04:48] Alfred
    I would believe that the madame was
    repairing some furniture again.
[04:54] Aya
    I see. What about you, Claude?
[04:56] Claude
    I'd think that Mother was tinkering
    with some furniture again.
[05:00] Aya
    Correct. Even if you had heard
    the noise of a hammer blow,
[05:02] Aya
    no one in this mansion
    would find that suspicious.
[05:05] Aya
    Then perhaps the reason the
    murderer couldn't use a hammer
[05:08] Aya
    was because it would break the stake itself.
[05:12] Aya
    Which would mean that the murder
     weapon wasn't the silver stake,
[05:15] Aya
    but a stake made from something else.
[05:18] Lord Godard
    What are you talking about, Ms. Rindo?
[05:20] Lord Godard
    I found that stake in the storage room...
[05:22] Aya
    What you saw was a silver stake covered
    in blood, and Madame Hannah's wound.
[05:27] Aya
    That's all.
[05:28] Aya
    It is entirely possible that the
    murderer used a separate stake
[05:32] Aya
    that was around the same size.
[05:34] Lord Godard
    But...
[05:35] Lord Godard
    But what would that second stake be?
[05:38] Aya
    A stake frail enough to break if
    it were hit by a hammer.
[05:42] Lord Godard
    There's no way something like
    that could kill my wife.
[05:46] Aya
    Then let us now talk about
    our seventh problem.
[05:50] Aya
    What we have now, ladies and gentlemen,
[05:52] Aya
    is a simple bottle left
    at the scene of the crime.
[05:55] Aya
    The murderer took it out for some reason
    and left it at the scene on purpose.
[05:59] Claude
    They splashed around holy water, right?
[06:01] Aya
    Precisely.
[06:03] Aya
    Now, this is the important part.
[06:06] Aya
    The bottle was dusty, but wiping
    it off did not remove the dust.
[06:10] Aya
    Which means the outer surface
    of the bottle was not dirty.
[06:15] Aya
    This is our final problem.
[06:17] Aya
    Why was there dust on the
    inside of the bottle?
[06:21] Aya
    If the bottle was full of liquid,
[06:24] Aya
    it would be impossible for the
    inside of the bottle to be dirty.
[06:28] Aya
    Which means that the bottle
    was empty from the start.
[06:33] Aya
    In order to make it look like
    they splashed holy water around,
[06:36] Aya
    the murderer left an empty
    bottle behind at the scene.
[06:39] Aya
    However, there were definite traces
    of holy water on Madame Hannah's body.
[06:44] Aya
    So where did the holy water come from?
[06:48] Aya
    Since the victim was a vampire,
[06:50] Aya
    a lethal weapon made out of
    something other than silver,
[06:54] Aya
    something much weaker,
    could be only one thing.
[06:58] Aya
    Holy water.
[07:02] Aya
    The murderer froze holy water,
    creating a stake made out of ice.
[07:07] Aya
    They then took that into the mansion,
[07:10] Aya
    stabbed Madame Hannah with the ice
    stake as she slept in her armchair,
[07:13] Aya
    and killed her.
[07:15] Aya
    The blood splatter was blocked
    by the coat they were wearing,
[07:17] Aya
    and the erstwhile holy water stake melted
    immediately from the high temperature.
[07:21] Aya
    The melting holy water soaked
    her clothes, and caused her skin to burn.
[07:27] Aya
    After the murder took place,
[07:28] Aya
    the murderer collected Madame Hannah's
    blood in some sort of container.
[07:32] Aya
    Then they left behind the
    coat they no longer needed,
[07:36] Aya
    and a blood-flecked bottle,
[07:37] Aya
    to make it look like the murder
    had been committed by an outsider,
[07:40] Aya
    and then left the room.
[07:42] Aya
    The murderer then waited quietly
    until Lord Godard left to go hunting.
[07:47] Aya
    Then, after Lord Godard
     checked the storage room,
[07:51] Aya
    they broke the lock and snuck inside.
[07:53] Aya
    They then poured Madame
    Hannah's collected blood
[07:56] Aya
    onto the silver stake to make it look
    like the true murder weapon.
[07:59] Aya
    Then all that was left was to have
    Lord Godard witness that awful sight
[08:03] Aya
    after returning from his hunt.
[08:06] Aya
    Now, this reduces my deduction
     to but a single problem.
[08:12] Aya
    Why did our murderer use this trick?
[08:16] Aya
    Tsugaru, do you know?
[08:17] Tsugaru
    It's just like that soba shop rakugo story.
[08:19] Tsugaru
    Someone was messing with time.
[08:21] Aya
    You don't have to try to be clever every time.
[08:24] Aya
    Regardless, you are correct.
[08:26] Aya
    The construction of an alibi—
[08:28] Aya
    That's the only reason the murderer
    would do such a thing.
[08:31] Aya
    Lord Godard thought that
    the murder took place
[08:34] Aya
    while he was hunting from 1:00 AM to 1:30 AM.
[08:38] Aya
    But if the stake that was in the
    storage room was not the murder weapon,
[08:41] Aya
    it would become possible
    for the crime to take place
[08:44] Aya
    between 12:30 AM—when their
    meal ended—and 1:00 AM.
[08:47] Aya
    From this information, we now have
    five conditions the murderer must fulfill.
[08:52] Aya
    First, they must not have an alibi
[08:54] Aya
    for the actual time period when the
    murder took place, from 12:30 AM to 1:00 AM.
[08:58] Aya
    Second, they must be someone we originally
    thought unable to commit the crime
[09:02] Aya
    due to their arranged alibi
    from 1:00 AM to 1:30 AM.
[09:05] Aya
    Third, they must have had a few minutes
    to freely move around
[09:08] Aya
    during the latter time period.
[09:10] Aya
    Fourth, they must be strong enough
[09:13] Aya
    to stab someone with a thick
    stake and break a lock.
[09:17] Aya
    Fifth, they must be skilled enough
     to have committed the murder
[09:21] Aya
    without being noticed by vampires
    with their heightened senses.
[09:26] Aya
    Let's discuss the first condition.
[09:28] Aya
    The only ones who do not have
    an alibi from 12:30 AM to 1:00 AM
[09:31] Aya
    are the two servants and Raoul.
[09:34] Aya
    Of these three, the two that fulfill the
    second condition are Giselle and Raoul.
[09:39] Raoul
    B-But...
[09:40] Aya
    These two also fulfill the third condition.
[09:43] Aya
    Raoul came after Lord Godard
    a minute after he left.
[09:49] Aya
    He had plenty of time to go into the
    storage room and stage the silver stake.
[09:53] Aya
    Giselle also testified that she left
    Miss Charlotte's side for a few minutes
[09:58] Aya
    to go to the bathroom.
[09:59] Aya
    But the only one who has
    the abilities required
[10:03] Aya
    by the fourth and fifth conditions...
[10:05] Aya
    is Raoul.
[10:08] Raoul
    Wait a minute! There's no
    way I could've done that!
[10:12] Raoul
    I couldn't stage the stake!
    I can't even touch silver!
[10:15] Aya
    Indeed. There were fingerprints
    in the blood on the silver stake.
[10:20] Aya
    Probably, you reflexively grasped it when you
[10:23] Aya
    were covering it in Madame Hannah's blood.
[10:26] Aya
    But if Raoul is truly the murderer,
    his hand should be burnt.
[10:32] Aya
    And yet, his hand is unharmed.
[10:35] Aya
    On top of that, no one's hands show
    any signs of having been burnt.
[10:41] Raoul
    See?!
[10:42] Aya
    The deciding factor is a vampire's
    regenerative abilities.
[10:46] Aya
    This was the final trick
    in our murderer's scheme.
[10:52] Aya
    After the body was discovered,
[10:53] Aya
    he excused himself due to his anxiety.
[10:56] Aya
    He then took one of the swords
    from the wall in his room
[11:00] Aya
    and cut off his own fingers.
[11:04] Aya
    This would be unfathomable for a
    mere human, but he's a vampire.
[11:10] Aya
    That is how the murderer was able to destroy
     evidence of his burns so quickly.
[11:24] Aya
    Such an unrefined murderer...
[11:26] Aya
    I hadn't even finished my explanation,
     and yet you decided to out yourself.
[11:30] Tsugaru
    It's quite all right, Shizuku-san.
[11:32] Tsugaru
    Please look after Master for me.
[11:33] Tsugaru
    I'll take care of the lad.
[11:52] Tsugaru
    Now, now...
[11:55] Tsugaru
    We can't have you trying
    to rough up my master.
[11:59] Aya
    Raoul set his plan in motion
    after last week's attack.
[12:04] Aya
    He contacted a hunter named Hugo,
[12:07] Aya
    and told him that he would create an
    opportunity for Hugo to attack Lord Godard.
[12:10] Aya
    Unfortunately, Hugo went along with this.
[12:13] Aya
    Raoul's plan was to get his silver
    stake into the storage room
[12:18] Aya
    while he held onto the stake's case.
[12:21] Aya
    I heard that you all go to church.
[12:25] Aya
    In that case, it must've been easy
    to secretly obtain some holy water.
[12:29] Aya
    He filled the case with holy water,
[12:32] Aya
    and created an ice stake exactly
    the same size as the silver stake.
[12:38] Aya
    As for his motive, it was probably his
    objection to being a human ally,
[12:43] Aya
    since it appears as though your sons
    aren't fond of humans the way you are.
[12:47] Aya
    If you need proof, I'm sure you'll
    find quite a few things in his room.
[12:52] Aya
    The bottle he used to collect
    Madame Hannah's blood,
[12:55] Aya
    the sword he used to cut off his fingers,
[12:57] Aya
    the cloth he wrapped his hand with
    to hold the ice—
[13:00] Aya
    Lord Godard?
[13:02] Aya
    Lord Godard, are you listening?
[13:05] Lord Godard
    Did Raoul really...
[13:08] Aya
    He clearly tried to kill me just now.
[13:11] Aya
    Nothing could be a clearer confession.
[13:18] Lord Godard
    What...
[13:21] Lord Godard
    What am I to do?
[13:24] Aya
    Fear not.
[13:26] Aya
    Let's just leave this to my assistant.
[13:28] Aya
    In Japan, we'd say...
    this is when the headliner appears.
[13:34] Raoul
    They're all so damn weak.
[13:37] Tsugaru
    Oho?
[13:38] Raoul
    Father just does everything Mother says.
[13:41] Raoul
    My brother's all talk, too!
[13:43] Raoul
    But I'm nothing like them!
[13:46] Tsugaru
    Is that so?
[13:47] Raoul
    Vampires are meant to be solitary creatures.
[13:50] Raoul
    So why do we have to stoop to their level?!
[13:54] Tsugaru
    Dearie me.
[13:56] Raoul
    That's why I thought if I made it
    look like a human killed that woman,
[14:01] Raoul
    Father would finally come to his senses!
[14:04] Raoul
    But even that didn't work!
[14:06] Raoul
    Which means...
[14:08] Raoul
    this household is standing in my way.
[14:11] Raoul
    I'll just have to kill all of them.
[14:16] Tsugaru
    Upsy-daisy!
[14:26] Tsugaru
    Now, now, now...
[14:29] Tsugaru
    Come one, come all!
[14:31] Tsugaru
    Everyone is welcome here!
[14:34] Raoul
    I'm not healing?
[14:35] Tsugaru
    What you're about to witness...
[14:37] Tsugaru
    is a grand, fearsome, goosebump-raising
    event that silences crying children.
[14:42] Tsugaru
    Behold one of the rarest creatures
    in the world, the Oni Slayer.
[14:47] Tsugaru
    I know not of my parents' fate,
    but behold my seething flesh!
[14:52] Tsugaru
    One hit is enough to kill, meaning
    it's as one-hit-kill as it can be.
[14:56] Tsugaru
    In this world, there isn't a
    single monster he can't kill.
[14:59] Tsugaru
    No, no. You can pay after
    you see the performance.
[15:10] Tsugaru
    But...
[15:15] Tsugaru
    That's only if you survive it.
[15:19] Raoul
    What the hell are you?!
[15:21] Tsugaru
    Why, I'm going to have you see just that.
[15:28] Tsugaru
    These blue veins tell a story that involves
    the inhuman and the supernatural!
[15:33] Tsugaru
    And of course it does, because even
    if I may seem human, I indeed am not!
[15:37] Tsugaru
    "Inhuman" may sound a bit rude,
    but please, lend me your ears,
[15:43] Tsugaru
    as I tell you the humiliating tale
    of Tsugaru Shinuchi.
[15:46] Tsugaru
    Away we go!
[15:58] Tsugaru
    After the restoration, around
    the year Meiji 30,
[16:03] Tsugaru
    the powers above declared a massacre.
    The supernaturals were going to be purged.
SIGN    The Great Purge
[16:07] Tsugaru
    The rampant yokai were
    chased, captured, and purged.
[16:11] Tsugaru
    And this purge was carried out by ruffians...
[16:16] Tsugaru
    who were aptly named the Oni Killers.
[16:19] Tsugaru
    The ultimate squad, the Oni Killers!
[16:34] Tsugaru
    Here you see just one of its
    treasured newcomers,
[16:36] Tsugaru
    the one and only Tsugaru Shinuchi.
[16:40] Tsugaru
    Despite being so far away from home,
    he's here to perform this terrible charade.
[16:50] Lord Godard
    Where could I have gone wrong?
[16:53] Lord Godard
    I thought we were doing so well.
[17:00] Raoul
    I... I... I'm not like the others!
[17:04] Tsugaru
    Everyone who's around your age
    says the same exact thing.
[17:08] Tsugaru
    Which means you're exactly like the others.
[17:10] Raoul
    No... Because I'm a vampire!
[17:14] Raoul
    I'm noble... and strong!
[17:17] Tsugaru
    Strong? I don't know about that.
[17:21] Tsugaru
    I must say that Count Dracula
    had a much harder bite.
[17:30] Tsugaru
    I've finished my work.
[17:33] Aya
    Well done.
[17:34] Tsugaru
    A light workout before breakfast...
[17:36] Tsugaru
    As it is still 3:00 AM.
[17:40] Aya
    Lord Godard...
[17:41] Aya
    Our job ends here, though I'm not
    sure if it was the best ending.
[17:48] Lord Godard
    How could this happen?
    With Hannah's ideals guiding our family...
[17:54] Tsugaru
    Humans and monsters can't live in harmony.
[17:58] Lord Godard
    Huh?
[17:59] Tsugaru
    This is straight from the horse's mouth,
     so there's no doubt about it.
[18:08] Annie
    Um, who are you waiting for?
[18:11] Mark
    Some weird guy holding a birdcage.
[18:13] Annie
    A birdcage?
[18:14] Annie
    Are you talking about the Cage User?
     So he's already here!
[18:18] Mark
    Of course he's here. He's about to leave.
[18:21] Annie
    Huh? What about the case? Was it solved?
[18:27] Annie
    Mister Shinuchi!
[18:29] Tsugar
    Well, well, hello there.
[18:31] Tsugar
    What a coincidence, Miss Annie.
     How can I help you?
[18:34] Annie
    Why... I came here to interview you two.
[18:37] Annie
    How are you doing, Ms. Rindo?
[18:39] Aya
    Other than the fact that I'm a severed head,
    I'm doing quite well.
[18:43] Annie
    I heard that you solved the
    case in a single night,
[18:46] Annie
    but could you tell me how it wrapped up?
[18:49] Tsugaru
    My, word travels fast.
[18:52] Annie
    Well, I work for the great
    Epoc News after all.
[18:54] Tsugaru
    Ms. Shizuku, you heard the lady.
[18:56] Tsugaru
    Could you start loading our lugga—
[18:58] Tsugaru
    Wh-What are you doing?! Look out!
[19:00] Shizuku
    I just remembered Lady Aya's
    order from yesterday.
[19:05] Shizuku
    She wanted me to strike you.
[19:07] Tsugaru
    You don't need to remember that
    when you're holding a trunk!
[19:11] Tsugaru
    Look after my master for a minute, would you?
[19:15] Annie
    They really don't get along.
[19:17] Aya
    They're basically like siblings.
[19:19] Aya
    By the way, could you ask the butler
    how everything turned out in the case?
[19:24] Aya
    I have a few things to speak
    with Lord Godard about.
[19:27] Annie
    Roger!
[19:33] Aya
    Is it all right, Lord Godard?
[19:36] Aya
    Lord Godard?
[19:37] Lord Godard
    Yes... I know there's no way to
    keep this a secret from the world.
[19:42] Aya
    No, that's not what I meant.
[19:44] Aya
    Is it all right for you to be outdoors like this?
[19:47] Lord Godard
    Ah, yes. That's right.
[19:51] Lord Godard
    The sun will be rising soon.
[19:53] Aya
    But then nightfall will come once more.
[19:56] Aya
    There's nothing to regret, Lord Godard.
[19:59] Aya
    Even if we lose our reputations, we can
     retry as many times as we need.
[20:05] Aya
    We're undying monsters, after all.
[20:09] Lord Godard
    Right...
[20:11] Lord Godard
    By the way, what did you
    want to speak with me about?
[20:13] Aya
    Ah, yes. Do you know anyone
    who fits this description?
[20:19] Aya
    A man in his early seventies
    with a slender build,
[20:21] Aya
    sunken eyes and terrible posture.
[20:23] Aya
    His right leg is a prosthetic,
    and he carries a black cane.
[20:26] Aya
    On the handle, there's an "M"
     engraved in gold.
[20:31] Lord Godard
    That man visited a couple of days ago.
[20:35] Aya
    You don't say.
[20:36] Lord Godard
    He didn't tell me his name. He just
    asked me to call him "Professor."
[20:40] Lord Godard
    He then asked me if I'd like
    to go to London with him,
[20:43] Lord Godard
    but I have a family, so I declined.
[20:48] Lord Godard
    How do you know him?
[20:50] Aya
    He's the fool who took the rest
    of my body and about half of Tsugaru's.
[20:56] Lord Godard
    Is that why you're...
[21:01] Annie
    Are you all right, Mister Shinuchi?
[21:03] Annie
    Your head seems to be bleeding.
[21:06] Tsugaru
    Oh, don't you worry. I'm used to this.
[21:08] Mark
    Boss, the dawn's gonna break soon.
     We should get goin'.
[21:11] Tsugaru
    Master, the bumpy road of
    terror awaits us once more.
[21:15] Aya
    Wheedle a consolation fee from
    the coachman, if you would.
[21:19] Tsugaru
    Easily done!
[21:20] Annie
    Hey, hang on a sec...
[21:23] Annie
    I'd like a comment from you to sum up the case.
[21:27] Tsugaru
    Well, Lord Godard said he'd lost family
     members three times during his long life.
[21:33] Tsugaru
    Here he lost his wife, and thought
    it would just be the fourth,
[21:38] Tsugaru
    but then he lost a son as well.
[21:42] Annie
    It's quite the tragedy.
[21:44] Tsugaru
    Yup.
[21:45] Tsugaru
    I'm sure that my lady will try to laugh this
    off as a farce, but it's a true tragedy.
[21:50] Tsugaru
    Really, insult to injury.
[21:52] Tsugaru
    As we say in Japan, "What happens
    twice will happen thrice,"
[21:57] Tsugaru
    but the Godard incident took things
    even further than that.
[22:00] Tsugaru
    You see...
[22:02] Tsugaru
    What happens four times will
    go-dhard into a fifth.
[22:12] Moriarty
    It seems that Arsene Lupin has
    appeared at the Opera House.
[22:16] Moriarty
    Just as he declared in his letter of warning,
[22:19] Moriarty
    he stole the jewel on the leading
    actress's costume and fled.
[22:24] Carmilla
    Lupin... The phantom thief
    everyone's talking about lately?
[22:27] Moriarty
    "The phantom thief has taken
    the Phantom of the Opera,
[22:30] Moriarty
    and then disappeared into the city night," it says.
[22:34] Carmilla
    What would you like to do?
[22:36] Moriarty
    Let it go, of course. We don't have time
    to deal with that phantom thief brat.
[22:41] Moriarty
    At least not right now.