01x13 - Aniki...Aniki...

[bunniefuu]

With Kojima gone,
there's nothing we can do now.

Let's end this for now.

Yeah. There's only one thing
that needs to be done now.

[Sunagawa's lackey]
Ow, that hurts. Damn it.

Who the heck was that guy?

-[door opens]
-[gasps]

Hey, can you get up?

Sorry, I...

[Sunagawa's lackey grunts]

[♪ ominous music playing]

[Sunagawa's hire]
Why's he k*lling that guy?

Probably because he knows
who the target after Kojima is.

Now that the assassination plot
has been foiled,

he's got to snuff out
anyone else who knows.

But that puts us in danger too.

We're still useful to Sunagawa.

[hitman] At least more than that guy was.

What Sunagawa wants now is info on
that Fable guy who made off with Kojima.

[angry grunt]

[♪ theme music playing]

The Fable

Aniki... Aniki...

[Kojima breathing heavily, grunting]

[Kojima breathing heavily, grunting]

Aniki...

[groans]

I told you not to do call girls, right?

[Kojima grunts weakly]

I told you to wait until
after I got out of the hospital, right?

[Kojima grunts weakly]

Then what got into you, Kojima?

I was just being a yakuza, that's all.

It's been 15 years since I last could.

[Kojima breathing heavily]

By the way, why was he in for 15 years?

He k*lled a respectable woman.

Respectable?

Aniki, that woman was
totally one of our kind.

I'll admit, she wasn't a nice person.

But we're not here to talk about that.

And there's no woman
more respectable than the one

you made suffer so badly this time.

Oh, yeah. I remember what you told me.

[Akira] You said people like us
shouldn't get involved with her.

Didn't you tell the other members
of the group what you told me?

Of course I wouldn't tell
the other members.

She's not my daughter.

So, that's the yakuza way, huh?

Yeah. We're not a charity group.

[Akira sighs]

[Kojima breathing heavily]

Hey, Kojima.

Your penchant for being more violent
than you need...

I think I have an idea
where it's coming from.

[Takeshi] You've got erectile dysfunction,
haven't you?

Since you can't get it up anymore,
you take it out by being violent.

I know you're that type.

[scoffs]

Most guys,
after being locked up for 15 years,

they'd go for good food and a woman.

But I noticed you didn't want that at all.

[Takeshi] I bet you ended up like that
after strangling that woman 15 years ago.

You're no longer attracted to women,
are you?

[breathing heavily]

Sato, leave me and Kojima alone
for a while.

Okay.

I'll be at Yoko's place next door.

[breathing heavily]
Who the heck is that guy?

I have an idea what he is.

He's a hitman.
He does work for the Maguro Group.

Tsk. That's what I figured.

[Takeshi] Forget about that.
This is about you.

The way you did things wasn't good.

I want you to apologize to Sunagawa.

[breathing heavily]

How are things going over there?

I don't know.

What's the captain going to do
about the mess his brother made?

I wonder if it wouldn't have happened
if he hadn't been in the hospital.

Hey, what are you drawing over there?

This?

[Akira] It's Misaki.

[gasps, squeals]

[cackles]

-No good, huh?
-[Yoko squeals, laughs]

[Takeshi] I get it now.

Of course,
I'll bear in mind what you've said.

If you want to live and start over,
then do what I tell you to.

-[Kojima grunts softly]
-[Takeshi grunts]

[Takeshi] You really are a handful.

Anyway, I'll have the doc
look at that wound.

I'll cut off these zip ties, so relax.

[Kojima] Aniki, I'm sorry.

I...

[breathes heavily]

It'll be all right.

I'm on your side.

-[g*nsh*t]
-[grunts]

-[exhales deeply]
-[pen rustling]

[door closes]

[♪ somber music playing]

What do you think?

About what?

Never mind.

The clean-up guy is coming soon.

Sorry, but I need you
to stay with your sister tonight.

You mean at Yoko's place?

Even if it's just for show,
you have to stay out of stuff like this.

Can I at least get changed?

Yeah.

Don't come back until it's light.

[Takeshi] Hey, what do you think?

Either way...

If I hadn't been there,

Kojima would have been k*lled
at the factory.

[door slides close]

-[gulping]
-[doorbell rings]

Mm? Brother?

-Yoko...
-[Yoko] Huh?

-I'm cold. Can I use your bathroom?
-[Yoko] Huh?

Get in here! What happened?

Thank you.

I'm so glad you live nearby.

You want to warm up in the bath?

I just got out so the water is still hot.

I lost my purse.
It had my phone and house key too.

Never mind that.
Hurry up and get warmed up first.

Take your clothes off there.

I'll get you a change of clothes.

[Misaki] Thank you.

-[Akira] What's wrong?
-[surprised gasp]

Oh.

Would you not sneak in like that?
You scared me.

I just came in normally.

That's Misaki, right?

I can't go back to my place tonight.

Can you handle this alone?

Sorry, but I can't help.

I've just had surgery.

No problem.

I've just got to wrap him up
and load him in the car.

I'll turn him into mincemeat
to feed to the fish tomorrow.

I know that. Don't give me the details.

He's family, you know.

I haven't done this in a while,
so I was just explaining.

[zip tie snaps]

I've got a question for you.

-You sold Kojima a g*n, didn't you?
-[zip tie snaps]

You should have told me first.

It's better for both our businesses.

What the heck are you talking about?

You think I sold Koji a g*n?

After being in the joint for 15 years,
he must know somebody with a g*n.

Just because he had a g*n
is no reason to blame it on me.

If only I hadn't been hospitalized...

[grunts]

Hey, don't turn him into mincemeat.

[Takeshi's friend] What?
You want me to bury him?

I don't want him to be fish food.

He's not plankton.

If I have to bury him, it'll cost you.

I've got to bury him deep enough
in one night

so wild dogs can't dig him up.

This isn't about money. He is, after all,

my younger brother.

[Takeshi]
Even if he can't have a gravestone,

I at least want him
to go back in the ground.

[thudding]

Huh? Did she just...

[Yoko] Did she faint?

Oh, Misaki!

Don't come in here. Misaki's naked.

-[door closes]
-[Yoko] What? You've got a fever, Misaki!

[Yoko exclaims]
I can't do this alone. Give me a hand.

[Yoko] Hey! Don't stare!

[Akira] I've got to size up the situation.

[Yoko] Don't touch her there!

[Akira] It's easier to carry her this way.

[♪ ominous music playing]

[Sunagawa's lackey] You remember this.

-In real life, it's the bad guys who win.
-[gasps]

[Kojima] Here, suck this.

Miki Kawamura? Tsubasa Yamakawa?

Misaki Shimizu?

Which should I call you?

Shh.

[whimpers]

How come it's destroying me too?

I can help.

[soft gasp]

Oh, you're awake.

[Misaki] Yoko...

[Yoko] Oh, those pajamas? They're mine.

You had a little fever,
so I put them on you.

I mean, you fainted in the bath.

[gasps]

In the bath?

Oh, that's right. Yesterday...

It was a lot of work.

Since you fainted suddenly,
I had to get my brother to help.

-[gasps]
-[glass thuds]

-[Yoko] Okay, I'm going to bed now too.
-[Misaki] He helped?

How did he help?

If I fainted in the bath,
then I was naked, right?

You didn't have anything on, that's all.

That's naked!

[chuckles]
It's all right. It's all right.

I was the one who carried you.

My brother went to work.

That's not what I mean...

[Misaki] Oh, dear! This is awful!

[snoring softly]

[Misaki gasps softly]

Yoko?

-[snoring softly]
-[Misaki] What? She's asleep!

By ending Kojima's life,

we're totally even.

"We're totally even"?

Yes. Totally.

The boss of the call-girl business
that Kojima k*lled

borrowed money and never paid him back.

His life for 15 years of interest, huh?

He wiped out the business
that I invested in, you know.

But you're alive.

Yeah.

But it was your decision to k*ll Kojima.

If Kojima were alive,
I could have salvaged my losses.

You liar.

You hired two outsiders to m*rder Kojima,
didn't you?

[Sunagawa grunts]

Captain, I've got a question for you too.

What's this Fable stuff?

[♪ tense music playing]

I heard it's a hitman organization
that does work for the Maguro Group.

I've been in this business a long time.

Is this a secret
that only the boss and you know about?

It's nothing us guys at the bottom
need to know, huh?

How about it, Captain?

Why don't you tell me the truth?

What? Fa... Hable?

A hitman? An organization?

What's that all about?

I don't know who told you that,
but it must be from some movie.

Then who was that guy in the mask?

You sent him to abduct Kojima, didn't you?

I don't know.

Somebody else probably had a grudge
against Kojima.

Are you telling me to accept that story?

[scoffs]

I see.

I guess that means
my question was a dangerous one.

Let me repeat myself.

This matter is settled.

And leave the woman alone.

[annoyed grunt]

[gasps]

Hands off the woman. Understand?

Tsk. Give that back to her.

[car door opens]

[door slides open]

[soft chuckle]

[chuckles]

-[page rustles]
-[gasps]

[Misaki] Naked?

[gasps]

[♪ quirky music playing]

[gasps]
Is this...

What?

[gasps]
Then that means...

[exclaims dramatically]

[chirps]

Actually, Yuji, I've broken up with Ai.

Really?

Are you okay, Tatsuya?
[chuckles]

Now's your chance, Jackal.

[chirps]

-[announcer] The Shozo Hamanoya CD gift...
-[♪ lively music playing on TV]

I should buy that soon.

[Takeshi] How's your leg?

Is it getting better, Kuro?

[Kuro] Yes.

They'll take off the cast soon.

I'm a fast healer.

Every night, I imagine
the bones fusing back together.

Is that right?

I'll be released in two days.

There's something
I want to tell you about.

Sunagawa knows
about the existence of Fable.

He might come around asking questions.

The only people who know this secret
are me, you, and the boss.

It's my fault this happened.

[Kuro] I see.

Truth is, you shouldn't know about it.

[nervous breathing]

This needs to be kept top secret.

You can never be too sure
about this kind of thing.

[Takeshi] Kojima is still missing.

What happened to him, Captain?

Why did you get Misaki involved
in that call-girl business?

Leave upstanding girls like her alone.

It seemed like she wanted money,
so I thought it would be good for her.

[Takeshi grumbles]

Even though you're yakuza,

there are some lines
that you just don't cross.

There are limits.

[Kuro] Okay. Sorry.

[Takeshi] At any rate,
be careful of Sunagawa.

-Act like you know nothing.
-[Kuro] Yes, sir.

Then what happened?

Uh, then I did like Takahashi told me
and gave Misaki her purse back.

And her phone, right?

Who cares about Misaki?

It's Fab... It's the guy in the mask
that I want to know about.

-It's like I told you just now.
-Yeah.

Remember everything you can.

Are you sure you didn't forget anything?

Well, basically, he's incredibly tough.

I've been a kickboxer for a long time,

but I've never seen
anyone move like he did.

That's what I want to hear more of!

What else?

It was like he had eyes
in the back of his head.

He's got good intuition.

Come to think of it,
he instantly knew my g*n was a model.

[Takahashi]
He even shot Mr. Kojima through the wall.

-[Kuro] Oh, yes!
-[♪ whimsical music sting]

[kickboxer] And he swooped down
when I was about to get knifed...

[Kuro] Amazing.
That real hitman is amazing.

-[kickboxer] Um...
-[grunts]

Why do you want so many details?

"Why"?

Because Mr. Kojima's been abducted.

We've got to investigate this.

We've got to find out who hired
such a cool... I mean, cruel pro,

who they are,
and what their intentions are.

Then maybe we should talk
to that Misaki woman.

Uh, no. That guy only saved her.
She doesn't know a thing.

Captain ordered us
not to get anywhere near Misaki again.

[sighs in relief]

You know, I never realized
there really are pro hitmen out there.

Huh?

I thought those guys only existed
in movies and manga.

That guy was more intense
than any movie or manga.

Who told you he was a pro hitman?

Did Fab... Did that guy in the mask
tell you so himself?

-Huh?
-He said to me

something about being a pro
in this line of work and stuff.

Yeah.

A pro at what?

-Did he say in k*lling?
-[both grunt softly]

This is Japan, man.
This is the 21st century, man!

A pro hitman?

Think before you spout that garbage,
you moron!

[♪ whimsical music sting]

You can't be known at all.

That's what a pro is in this line of work.

[Kuro] This is what you mean, isn't it?

This is what you mean, isn't it?

I've made up my mind!
I'm going to call you sensei!

Okay, Sensei?

Sensei! Sensei!

[content grunt]

[♪ gentle music playing]

[exhales softly]

[crackling]

[blowing air]

[♪ gentle music continues]

[sizzling]

[sniffs]

[exhales deeply]

[Akira] It's so peaceful.

[♪ closing theme music playing]

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