01x05 - It's For the Future a Year From Now

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Feels great, huh?

No disagreement that it feels

great to be on this beach.

But you haven't forgotten our original

purpose, have you, Siesta?

Purpose?

To get hold of the supposed "Emerald

Tear" and make some money?

Otherwise, we're flat bro--

Too bad. Since you failed to dodge,

you're now my servant for life, Kimi.

Your penalties for being caught by

a surprise attack are too extreme.

Here, hit it back.

Is beach volleyball supposed

to be fun with just the two of us?

You don't enjoy playing games with me?

No, it's not that.

Then let's take a ride on that!

Are you seriously planning

not to row a single stroke?

I'm honoring the occasion since this

is your very first task as my servant.

I feel like I'm always doing what you say,

irrespective of any game penalties.

You're in surprisingly good shape.

Cut it out.

Nobody's looking.

"If nobody's looking, it's okay"

is a skewed standard.

You really aren't enjoying this?

It's not that

I'm just realizing, when I think

about it, how far we've come.

That day, we were in the air when I first

met you, and now it's been two years.

Now we're on the ocean

And? Are you enjoying yourself

now? Or are you not?

Hmm I'll let you know when

this journey ends, someday.

If that's your preference, that's fine.

Oh, but if you're planning

to profess any feelings to me,

it'd be better to do it soon.

Because I'm very sought-after.

I wasn't planning to.

Also, stop bragging about yourself.

Be that as it may

Be what as it may?

Once we've gotten the jewel and eaten

tasty meat dishes to our heart's content,

shall we set up a detective

office somewhere?

That doesn't seem like any way

for an utterly broke person to talk.

In this manner, our all-too-brief

summer vacation passed by,

and our absurd day-to-day life as

detective and sidekick recommenced.

"Episode 5"

"That Was Directed

at One Year in the Future"

This is the work of Cerberus.

Cerberus, you say?

That's an odd voice.

I don't handle the smell of blood well.

Maybe at least choose either to hunch

your neck or to plug your nose, not both?

So, this Cerberus is supposedly a Jack

the Ripper type who's recently emerged?

That's right: Codenamed Cerberus,

the guard dog of the underworld.

The k*ller gobbles up

human hearts, they say.

I was running late.

There's no smoking here.

Oh, then take this.

It's time for my flight.

I'm headed back to Japan.

What, already? I mean, what did you

come all the way here for, Fuubi-san?

A temporary transfer--although

that officially ended yesterday.

I've never heard of that kind

of personnel transfer.

For that reason, I'll leave the

legwork here to you two.

Nab this modern-day second coming

of Jack the Ripper for us.

Wait, but why?

Absurd. Why do I have to--?

What's that you've got?

Fuubi-san handed it over to me

just now when she left.

Said she'd give it to me

because she was quitting smoking.

I see. She handed over her

most valued possession

to a guy she was reconnecting

with after a long time.

She handed over too much:

A half-smoked cigar, a lighter,

and a serial k*ller investigation

So, what's the assailant's motive?

Why is Cerberus going around

poaching people's hearts?

It's hard to conceive of Cerberus

personally choosing to keep doing this.

I believe these deeds are being

directed by a higher entity.

Higher from SPES?

Well, we can get the assailant to tell

us the motive after we catch them.

Have you devised a way of doing that?

In fact, I was previously aware of

the ravages Cerberus was inflicting.

Yeah, you wouldn't ever let a case as

extreme as this escape your attention.

The assailant seems to have a great nose.

Try as I might to get close, the k*ller

has slipped away again and again.

Bat has his ear, so Cerberus could be

an android with a reconstructed nose.

But now, for some reason,

regardless of our being in town,

Cerberus is still committing these crimes.

A trap?

I meant to say this is our big chance.

You may say so, but how, specifically,

do we go about the pursuit?

You've got it backwards.

We're not going to pursue Cerberus.

Cerberus is going to come after us.

You can't possibly be planning

to use me as a decoy?

Your deduction skills

have really improved.

So how about we work out

the plan over afternoon tea?

You're the only human being in the world

who can go straight from a

m*rder scene to afternoon tea.

More to the point, before we came here

weren't you gorging on Sunday roast?

I'm constantly exhausting my brain,

so my three basic cravings are somewhat

stronger than other people's.

Is that why you're always napping?

You're one to talk, Mr. Morning Sluggard.

Your three basic cravings

are stronger than others'

My mistake: I only meant food and sleep.

It'll soon be three years since we began

traveling the world together, Kimi.

Feels like the blink of

an eye somehow, huh?

Don't suddenly get all

nostalgic about the past.

You are going to come save me

before I get m*rder*d, right?

Sidekick or no, I don't intend

to offer up my life.

So I wonder if Cerberus is really

going to come to this room.

Not to worry. If I've read

the situation right,

you'll be devoured by Cerberus tonight.

So I'm just going to be m*rder*d?

Honestly, I don't know if today

will be the day or not.

I guess that's true. We're only

saying it's more probable

that Cerberus will target me

when I'm separated from you.

I do have a plan, for what it's worth,

so whenever you're attacked, there's

a 1 in 10,000 chance you'll survive.

So I have only a 1 in 10,000

chance of survival, eh?

I can't come near you,

but I'll at least stay on the phone

with you, so you're not lonely.

Hate to say it, but I'm used to being

on the verge of being k*lled.

Hey! Stop jumping to conclusions!

Char! Why are you?

Ah, I see. Siesta asked you to be here?

That's right! Seriously, using all your

might to hurl a girl onto a bed

Where'd you learn to behave like that?

If you're going to harp on that, isn't it

beyond threatening to sneak into a room

with the lights off

and approach without a word?

That's because, you know,

there was a possibility that Cerberus

might've gotten here ahead of me.

Even so, Siesta could've told me

if she was asking you to help.

Keeping things under wraps

is part of Siesta's strategy, right?

What?

Who are you?

Char doesn't ever refer

to Siesta by her name.

I see. So I've been found out.

You've got that kind of ability?

It's a full moon tonight.

My blood is crying out.

I'll take that heart.

So you're Cerberus.

You are way too packed.

I have to buy myself time somehow

Hmm? You seem to handle yourself well.

I thought you were just the

legendary detective's flunky,

but I'll have to alter that assessment.

Why are you doing all this?

What's your purpose?

I have no motive. I'm only carrying

out my assigned mission.

k*lling you is also part of that mission.

Prepare yourself!

"Siesta"

Get down.

Took you long enough to come.

I got here in time, so it's fine,

right? Did you miss me?

I couldn't sense your presence with

the acuity of this nose why is that?

I think it's because, up until a moment

ago, this room was full of a special gas.

Gas?

It can't be

She anticipated this would happen

and rigged gas to supplement the water?

As a result, Cerberus's sense

of smell was incapacitated

As usual, you've taken

preparation to extremes.

I had faith that you'd

definitely do just what you did.

And with that, I win. Time to accept that.

I can't be apprehended yet.

It's no use.

Sidekick!

You're not getting away!

This is absurd!

I have a mission. One more

We have to acquire one more living heart!

In that case, you can just leave yours.

Sidekick!

Be careful.

It's our first time actually meeting

face to face like this, isn't it

Legendary Detective?

Who are you?

My name is Hel. Codename Hel.

Codename so she's also

She's SPES's supreme leader.

Well, now

With this, the last of the parts

have been gathered.

Now to take this back

and execute the pla--

You think I'll allow you to put

your plan into action?

You won't be able to fire.

What's that supposed to mean?

Siesta!

Well shall we go and see

the netherworld together?

Where am I?

Looks like you're awake.

Hel

How are you feeling? Not in pain anywhere?

Hard to believe those are

the words of an abductor.

I think it's only natural to be

concerned about a partner.

I'm your partner?

I don't follow what that means.

How could doing such a

thing possibly benefit you?

You have a low opinion of yourself.

Call it modesty.

You're capable of laughing, too, eh?

What do you think I am?

I'm just a normal girl, after all.

I don't believe a normal girl could k*ll

a compatriot like that, though.

Compatriot? No, he was no more than a cog

for the purpose of executing a plan.

Do you intend to use and

discard me in that way, too?

I wouldn't do anything like that.

Still

what's inscribed in

the Sacred Writ is absolute.

The Sacred Writ?

Have you ever heard of

the Leaves of Agastya?

I seem to recall something

about a prophetic scripture written before

the common era by a certain sage.

That's right. This Sacred Writ originated

with the Leaves of Agastya as its basis.

And your future, too, has been

set down in these pages.

Your eyes show you don't

believe a word I'm saying.

Yeah, but don't fret about that. There's

only one person I trust besides myself.

So you were a magnet for trouble

That's your nature

Why do you know that?

But I believe your nature is

a little different from that.

You're not a magnet for trouble.

You bring out trouble in the world.

What are you talking about?

Your That is an ability to cause

changes in things, to provoke incidents.

You yourself are a pivot point

for the world. Therefore

I'm going to have you become my partner.

In order to save the world with me.

You misspoke--you mean

to destroy the world.

To me, that would be salvation.

Well, according to the Sacred Writ, your

joining me will apparently come later.

Still, having things move

quickly is Father's--

It's unfortunate, though. There'd be

a lot of perks in partnering with me.

So, what do you say, Kimi?

Become my partner.

Right, of course

I refuse. Even you didn't actually

believe I'd take that hand.

Was it that obvious?

Well, instead, there's something

I'd like you to see.

This.

What is that?

It's a biological weapon.

This fella can exhale a special breath

that contains some toxins.

You mean to use it to engage

in some sort of terrorism?

Exactly.

On that note, I never answered

your question about where we are.

It's an underground facility directly

beneath this nation's Parliament building.

So if you were able to set up such a site

in a nation's nucleus of power,

I must be safe in assuming you've

got some powerful collaborators.

And? Do you mean to release that

thing in the city to feed on people?

No, that's not it. We've given

it plenty of provisions.

Given it provisions So that's it

That monster eats human hearts They're

its provisions, or its power source.

You truly do have good intuition.

Petelgeuse time to go to work.

By all means I want you,

who will become my partner someday,

to see what comes next for yourself.

No.

You're going to be stopped, here and now.

How? What on Earth can you do,

without even a weapon?

When did I say I'd stop you?

Sidekick! Sidekick, where are you?

Sidekick! Where are you, Sidekick?

Come on, Sidekick! Are you not here?

Sidekick Sidekick!

This wall is in the way. Who needs it?

I'll take the whole thing out!

You are the most burdensome sidekick ever.

Your "it's whatever" act

towards me isn't convincing.