Hirano Itaru
Aoyama Gou: 7:30 PM
What’s goin' on here?
The place is deserted...
Maybe I should get out of here...
No need for that, Aoyama-san.
How do you know my name? Who are you?
I’m Hirano from prefectural.
You’re Aoyama from headquarters, right?
I’ve heard quite a few stories about you.
What? What stories?
As I've said, quite a few.
Bad ones as well.
No way!
How much do you know?
A lot, actually.
Even... that one?
Of course.
What about that other one...?
Yes, that too.
I’m feeling very exposed...
What do you want from me, coming to me like this?
I don’t think Akama has booked you for anything.
Yes, in fact, I don't even know Akama-san.
I’m just a stalker.
Stalker, you say...
Of detectives?
I’m just a fan of headquarters.
I know the full names of all of its detectives.
Even those unique individuals that Public Security sends on special missions.
And all their undercover investigators, of course.
So what of it?
I’m here to help you with your investigation by giving you a list of names.
I can be quite useful.
Can’t trust you, man. You’re way too suspicious.
Then please, have this.
It's a complete list of Saburi Electronics' test subjects.
Well, almost complete.
Woah, amazing...
As I said, it's not exactly complete.
It's missing one page.
What do you mean?
There’s a file in the chief’s office that will help you uncover the truth about this incident.
It might be the key to understanding the anomalies occurring around town.
Go get it, then.
No, you should see it with your own eyes.
So you can get the full experience.
But like, am I even allowed in the chief's office?
We wouldn't want him to find out, right?
It’s fine, the door’s unlocked.
Did you unlock it?
Of course I did. I'm the chief.
Huh? Y-you're the chief!?
I did say I could be useful, didn't I?
I'm the structure that holds together the façade of Shiki.
Huh... That’s pretty cool.
Feel free to call me if you ever need anything.
That’d be helpful.
But listen, I really am impressed...
That you made chief, you know? Even though you’re a stalker...
I’m an elite, after all.
Were you trying to be humble?
HIRANO: "Please, find that file. Collecting all that information wasn't easy, you know."
WATANUKI: "Hmm? I don't know that face... Who are you?!"
WATANUKI: "What? A detective? With that hairdo!?"
WATANUKI: "Hmm.. No, you’re too suspicious!"
WATANUKI: "You can’t go in! You say you got permission? I don't believe you!"
WATANUKI: "You'll never get through here! No matter what! A file? It's not here!"
WATANUKI: "Teshigawara just came and took it!"
WATANUKI: "This office is off-limits! You’re suspicious! Your aloha shirt is suspicious!"
WATANUKI: "Go ask Teshigawara! He went to the evidence room on the third floor!"
TESHIGAWARA: "Teshigawara? Aha, me is meant."
TESHIGAWARA: "Aha, sorry, me was born in Massachusetts, that why..."
TESHIGAWARA: "Sometimes English is end up spoken."
TESHIGAWARA: "By the way, a file, you say? Hmmmm... Where was it..."
TESHIGAWARA: "Me’s memory bank is a floppy disk."
TESHIGAWARA: "Without a floppy disk, me’s remembering is can’t."
TESHIGAWARA: "Mister Mitarai’s hands is where floppy is."
TESHIGAWARA: "Mister Mitarai to the front went."
MITARAI: "What's that about a floppy disk? Ah, Mr. Teshigawara’s?"
MITARAI: "Wait, I thought I had it..."
MITARAI: "Apologies, I don’t have it on me at the moment."
MITARAI: "I am very sorry, could you ask Mr. Fukazume?"
MITARAI: "I'm afraid I really don't know where I left it."
MITARAI: "Mr. Fukazume is on the second floor. I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful."
FUKAZUME: "Teshi’s floppy? Ah... I think I saw it somewhere."
FUKAZUME: "I saw... I saw... I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop."
FUKAZUME: "Yep, I'm sure it was a shoe shine shop. Yep, I saw it on the first floor, yep."
FUKAZUME: "Teshi’s actually from Osaka, did you know?"
FUKAZUME: "I think by 'Massachusetts' he actually means Setsu City in Osaka."
FUKAZUME: "He must be from Osaka. He doesn’t even own a passport."
FUKAZUME: "Well, either way, Susie sits in a shoe shine shop."
You found a floppy disk.
Floppy disk
It belongs to Teshigawara. For some reason, Susie sits in a shoe shine shop.
You handed the floppy disk to Teshigawara.
TESHIGAWARA: "Oh my floppy! Very well!"
TESHIGAWARA: "Thank you my guy!"
TESHIGAWARA: "Oh, little by little, me is remembering."
TESHIGAWARA: "...... Ooh! Remember!"
TESHIGAWARA: "Turns out boss has it. The file."
TESHIGAWARA: "Now, gogogo to boss! Just go!"
HIRANO: "Yeah, sorry. Turns out I had the file all along."
HIRANO: "I really thought I left it on the desk."
HIRANO: "Again, I'm very sorry. Here you go, there’s the file."
HIRANO: "Don't get mad, we don't want your rooster's crest growing any larger."
You received the file.
It’s Aoyama.
Have you made any progress?
I found that last file, so what’s with that Yoshioka guy?
He’s a killer.
Six years ago, Yoshioka, Murakami, and Izawa killed a guy who was dating a woman named Ikezawa!
So there's three of them...
This Ikegawa...
And a guy... that she was dating?!
I'm not following here.
The gist of it is, Yoshioka really liked Ikegawa.
They’ve known each other for a long time, you might say they were inseparable.
Ikegawa and the other three grew up together.
I'm having trouble keeping up, but it sounds like... some kind of stalker situation?
Ikegawa's father is an executive in the NPA, so they released the three of them to an old estate in the back of the residential area.
Hold on, why would he cover up the incident?
I've got no idea, but for some reason Ikezawa's father swept the whole thing under the rug.
I can see it... microcosm... a microcosm...
What microcosm?
The microcosm of this desolate modern age!
You just wanted to sound cool, didn’t you!?
Listen, Ikegawa’s the key to all this.
Please, take me to her.
Understood, I’ll be right there.
Woah... Here he comes again!
That’s Yoshioka.
He doesn't look like a Yoshioka.
That one’s a failed experiment.
When the patient doesn't mix well with the drug, he ends up turning into a failed Chiropteran.
Watch this.
See?
Amazing.
Aoyama-san, you can leave this one to me.
You got it!
Over here, Yoshioka-kun.
I’ll turn you into swiss cheese.
Be careful with that thing!
Just go, hurry.
Understood!
Get on!
Yeah, sorry for the wait.
Shit... failed experiments, harmful drug tests, what the hell is going on in this town!?
Maybe that Chiropteran was trying to protect Ikegawa.
Perhaps Yoshioka's feelings for her were strong enough to survive the transformation.
I’m just guessing, though.
I doubt it's anything that sentimental.
Not to mention he's not even a real Chiropteran, he's a failed experiment.
To brand something a failure is to deny it a reason to live, isn't it?
Isn't that tragic?
It's just a mindless killing machine.
The only truth we’re left with is the relatives that are left behind.
It’s just routine at this point.
These failed Chiroptera used to be human.
That’s another truth.
Either way, those experiments are horrifying.
Chiroptera... Is there something drawing them to me?