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I'm waiting for the day I pick the flowers that...

...will grow on earth 100 million years from now.

The Return of the Multiple Personality Detective Kazuhiko Amamiya

Let's talk about Kazuhiko Amamiya.

How to Produce the World

It feels like there's someone other than myself in my body.

Man, that's cruel for the zebra.

Busy.

Your wife's heart is about to stop.

Talking so long on the phone.

I told her to get call waiting.

Thank you.

It's stopping in 20 seconds.

I hope someone will pick them up.

Is this yours?

Mister.

Huh?

Don't you want photos of real dead bodies?

Hey, if life is a dream...

...what would happen if you woke up from it?

Don't know.

Repeat a new dream, I guess?

Why don't you answer it?

Give me real stuff.

What?

Photos of real dead bodies.

You've got lots, don't you? Toguchi Kikuo.

Ain't I famous.

Hey, Toguchi...

...it seems this girl carries a baby in her.

I see.

Be careful not to be killed and have it taken away.

Case of serial murder of pregnant women...

Maru.

Well, well, thank you for waiting.

Ah-ah, testing the mic, ah-ah.

Well, there's a report I'd like to make.

Yosuke Kobayashi, formerly of the 11th Section of the 1st Dept of the Metropolitan Police, has returned.

We are happy to announce his new position in my precinct.

I didn't hear anything about this!

Now good boys will be quiet.

Well then, we'll start the investigation conference on the return of the serial murders of pregnant women.

Well, as you know, the first serial murders of pregnant women occurred 27 years ago...

...the second 5 years ago, and we're in the third season, so to speak.

The murder method is exactly the same as in the previous cases.

By the way, this is the latest figure created by Officer Manabe, who performed the autopsy.

Officer Manabe, you really got the details down.

Nice work, Officer Manabe.

Can you appreciate it too, Sasayama-san?

I came up with a special design for the detachable parts for this one.

Officer Manabe!

Please refrain from any private talk.

Yes.

Well, the killer only targets women about to deliver.

The method is consistent.

First he makes the victim bleed to death...

...then slits her abdomen open with a sharp knife...

...takes the baby out and steals it.

Like this.

Wow...

You sure got the details down.

I can see why you had a hard time deciding where to work, Kaiyo-do or the police.

Yes.

Another thing in common, he leaves the telephone buried in the victim's stomach.

This aspect has been concealed from the media altogether.

This indicates...

The killer is not a copycat of the previous cases...

...but is one and the same person...

...or someone who was involved with the previous cases in some way.

The killer cuts out the abdomen without damaging the womb.

This indicates the killer is someone who works in the medical field...

...or a medical student, or someone with the equivalent knowledge, highly intelligent.

In addition, nothing in the house gets touched.

The victims are in no way related, except one thing, that they were pregnant.

Therefore, it seems logical to conclude that the killer...

...has a death fetish for pregnant women!

However, we have found no material evidence at the sites to help build the killer's profile.

Yes, that's so.

Hence, or because of where we're at...

...we need a brain which is more or less equally matched with the killer's.

That is, we need to do more thorough profiling...

...in order to narrow down the killer's identity.

I'd like to incorporate it in this investigation.

This is a rather common investigation method used by FBI and so on...

...and although at one time 5 years ago we had employed a psychological analyst...

...the practise had been suspended for a particular reason.

Because the psychological analyst committed murder.

Excuse me sir...

...but the case was reported as an accidental firearm discharge.

Wasn't it you who filed that report?

Excuse me sir...

...but I believe that without the help of high level profiling...

...we won't be able to solve this case.

So is that the reason why you...

...hired Kobayashi again without our permission?

Well, to be completely frank, it is.

This is so like you, the most eloquent one in our class.

Still, whatever the reason...

...I don't agree with hiring a profiler who's caused trouble in the past.

Listen please!

Both of the victims carried a barcode in their left eyes.

5 years ago, Shinji Nishizono also carried a barcode...

...and there were barcodes with the recent flower murder case.

Shu-u-ut u-u-up!

That's enough.

Do as you like.

Thank you so much.

l, Toru Sasayama, who used to be a career officer, shall be held accountable for everything.

If by chance Yosuke Kobayashi ever gets into any kind of trouble...

...please go ahead and transfer me to a deserted island or whatever.

Well, I advise you to at least take care so that his illness doesn't reoccur.

Please don't worry about that.

He's no longer Yosuke Kobayashi.

What?

What do you mean, he's no longer Yosuke Kobayashi?

It was a slip of the tongue.

Now...

The man who returned, Yosuke Kobayashi!

Please proceed to the stage!

Huh?

Kobayashi?

My colleagues gave you a hard time, didn't they?

This feels good.

Like being a rain tree.

Talking gibberish again.

I heard you returned to working with the police dept.

Sasayama-san summons me, and he announces it in front of everyone.

Oh, the order.

I got an official one at last.

It's a problem.

You can't just steal my employee.

Well...

...it's Yosuke Kobayashi, a former police dept profiler, who returned to the police dept.

You hired detective Kazuhiko Amamiya, the other personality.

What selfish reasoning!

But Machi...

...you see how it can be advantageous to look for Chizuko this way.

The high ranking officials decided that rather than having Yosuke Kobayashi snoop around as a civilian...

...they'd have him work under their control.

That's why they issued unprecedented permission to have him back.

Just the kind of idea career people would come up with.

Yeah.

Hey Amamiya...

...before you get involved in this case, will you promise me one thing?

Officer Yosuke Kobayashi will only need to loosely obey the orders from me...

...who's got a joke-like career and is the chief of the precinct.

But as Kazuhiko Amamiya...

...I want you to put your trust in me, man to man.

You're always so dramatic.

Shut up! I'm not talkin' to ya!

Hey...

...will you trust me no matter what happens from this point on?

Yeah...

I will trust you, Sasayama-san.

Alright!

You're as nice a guy as Yosuke Kobayashi!

So you're gonna trust me.

You're such a dork.

What!

Teacher, good bye!

Yes, goodbye.

Be safe.

What did you do today?

Um, we sang a song in English!

What's the matter?

Don't cry.

What're you afraid of?

Your life has just begun.

Teacher will teach you many wonderful things from now on.

You're going to be special kind of people!

That's our goal... the goal of the Faxons.

You're our precious, chosen children.

The genes of Lucy Monostone buried inside you...

...will show you the way.

Toru Sasayama, and Masako and Shota

Hi, Mr. Sasayama.

- Good evening.

Hi, Mr. Sasayama.

- How are you?

Fine, thanks.

It's me.

Yiippee! Hello!

You're home early! I'm glad.

Looks like I came too late.

Who're you?

Guess it's alright.

I'm taking the baby.

How come?

How come?

'Cause you're not worthy of this child.

You aren't able to draw out its infinite potential.

I've no idea what you're talkin' 'bout.

Give it back.

It's mine.

I gave birth to it.

I gave birth to it.

Mother... that's only the name of an organ that produces babies.

Once the baby's out, its existence is worthless.

Don't be so smug just 'cause you gave birth.

What, just 'cause the baby's taken away.

Big deal! Before long, we wouldn't know what to do with it either.

But I became a mom.

It's my baby.

Is that where the woman who stole your baby is?

Yeah.

I saw someone who looked like her going in there...

...so I have her being checked out by a friend.

Who?

Do you want me to steal it back from her?

What?

You won't be able to.

Sure, I can.

It's a piece of cake.

All I've got to do is scare her a bit.

It isn't possible.

That woman really isn't normal.

Why're you so afraid of her?

Just a kindergarten teacher, isn't she?

I'm not normal, either.

Because she's different.

She really is different from others.

Hey, what's the matter?

I still bleed sometimes.

Are you alright, Kaori?

What's with that?

The cell phone seems to be ringing.

Hey, she says the baby is over there.

Who's saying that?

Don't know.

Don't know.

What'd you mean you don't know?

It feels like there's another me inside myself.

I'm no longer myself.

Toguchi, how's business!

You seem to be in heaven, surrounded by these videos of dead bodies!

Welcome.

How 'bout some classics for all ages?

Such a white lie.

You, a snuff video dealer.

It isn't illegal to watch videos of murder, is it?

People have the right to know, you know.

Anyway, these are fake.

Not sure about that.

The rumor is you rent videos of real murder.

What, there's no way we carry things like videos illegally obtained from Sasayama-san.

This and that one over there, they're real, aren't they?

Aren't you in a bad mood.

Did you have a quarrel with one of your wives?

What?

It's known, Sasayama-san, that you've got your main home and an annex.

Are you blackmailing me?

Come on, it's just a joke.

Oh, would you be interested in this?

I've got nothing to bargain with today.

It's on the house.

What is it?

It's a list of pregnant women with the barcodes.

A list of pregnant women with the barcodes?

Toguchi, where on earth did you get this from?

When I hacked into the police dept's computer, this was floating around.

Sasayama-san, I bet you're becoming aware by now...

...we're all controlled by somebody.

What are you doing?

This place will be the investigation headquarters for us starting today. And you Manabe...

Yes.

Let's see, grab a desk from over there somewhere.

Oh, this is a gift for you.

My latest piece.

For your space.

Oh, thanks.

Now, Manabe, give me a report.

Where's Amamiya?

Outside in the rain.

Let him do what he wants.

It's OK, just begin, Manabe.

Uh, yes.

Since we have no evidence to work with, I've looked into the weapon once again.

A kitchen knife is something every home has, but with every case...

...the knife seems real sharp, like for professional use.

I guess it's logical 'cause with a dull knife it would require more effort...

...he embryo could be damaged. But I couldn't look over this fact.

So, I began looking into it, and...

So? What have you come up with?

Surprisingly, the victims had all purchased the knives themselves the day before murder.

I confirmed it with the receipts and the store clerks.

Does that mean the victims went out and bought the weapons used for their own murder?

Yeah, it does.

This is...

...the same one.

Yeah.

Who's he?

Her husband.

So when you called from outside, the phone was busy?

It's the same again!

Do you remember seeing this?

I don't really know.

We found the receipt for the knife.

From yesterday, isn't it?

Yeah... it was purchased from a supermarket in the neighborhood.

Chizuko...

Hey, what'd you find?

I remembered seeing something similar.

It's just like the incident from 5 year ago.

Was this too stimulating for you?

Not to worry.

That's Yosuke Kobayashi's memory, not mine.

I'm indexing the memory of Yosuke Kobayashi right now.

Indexing?

Shall I re-dial?

Hey stop, that's an important piece of evidence.

Hello.

Who's this?

What, you haven't got it yet?

Don't act like you don't know, Amamiya, dude.

You know it's me, don't you?

Shinji Nishizono, isn't it?

Bingo.

You win the prize, we'll bring Yosuke Kobayashi's lover back from the dead!

By the way, would Kazuhiko Amamiya...

...want Chizuko back?

Stop joking, Shinji!

That's right, I'm joking.

Anyway, it's been a while, hasn't it, Kazuhiko Amamiya?

Last time was when you killed me back then.

Where are you?

Don't know.

So the killer is Shinji Nishizono, is he?

No, the killer is...

...the victim herself.

What?

What?

The victim cuts her own stomach open and takes out the child.

This woman was holding the brand new knife in her hand, wasn't she?

I thought it was a diversion by the killer up to now, but it seems I was wrong.

Wrong about what?

The victim fell in a kind of state of hypnosis and committed the crime.

She cut up her own stomach and took out the child.

How? How did the victim fall in a state of hypnosis?

It's Shinji Nishizono.

He transferred himself into the victim over the telephone line.

He can transfer himself into certain people over the net or by physical contact.

Who can he do this to?

People who have these.

All victims had a barcode in their left eye.

I suspect this has something to do with his transfer.

It must have hurt.

Not sure.

The victims weren't in a normal mental state.

They cut their own stomach open, take out the baby, then slit their own wrist.

Before they die, they make a phone call somewhere.

For instance, the number I re-dialed is one.

He transfers himself to whoever answers, then some associate comes to pick it up.

Why go through such a complicated process?

It's a ritual.

Or perhaps...

...they don't want a case for murder legally established.

It's a challenge to the order protected by the law.

Who are they?

Somebody.

Something's fishy.

But there's one question I have.

Is Shinji Nishizono a doctor or something?

'Cause the way he handles knives, I can't believe it's a lay person!

If Shinji Nishizono were...

I don't think it matters.

He's just smart.

Hey, I won't let you tape it!

Why are you hiding it?

I'm not hiding it.

Didn't I give you a list to work with?

If you checked the list, you'd have noticed there are...

...victims who aren't on the list and didn't have barcodes.

So why are you hiding it from Machi and Amamiya?

Didn't think it was necessary to tell them.

You wanna make Shinji Nishizono a baddie.

He is a bad person.

Sasayama-san, we've traced the number that was dialed on the cell phone!

It's an infants' school in Hiratsuka-cho!

Guys, let's go!

Does this hurt?

Feels like you're dying, right?

Good timing.

Good timing to have a barcode carrier here.

It's in the back room.

What?

Which one is my baby?

I can't tell.

My baby...

...was in my stomach.

And I can't tell which one.

It's this one.

Really?

It's true.

Is it really the one?

Go.

And you, Ghee?

I've got one more thing to take care of.

Do as I say, or I'll kill you!

Go... go out the back door.

Then call me later... promise.

Thanks, Ghee!

Who are you?

I'm someone who was inside you until a moment ago.

What?

Sorry but I want you to die.

Die?

Me?

You have an idea, don't you?

Someone in your head ordered you to steal babies from the dead bodies of pregnant women...

...and not only that, you also killed several pregnant women yourself.

There were some victims who didn't carry a barcode.

You followed that high school girl wanting to kill her.

Then she gave birth to a baby in the restroom, and you had no choice but to steal it.

Isn't that right?

No, it isn't.

Someone inside me said I could kill more.

That's an excuse.

You wanted to do it.

No!

No!

Don't move! Police!

This must be the offender.

Looks dead but call the ambulance anyway.

Yes, sir!

Sasayama-san, there are babies in the back!

Must be the victims' babies.

Seems like Chizuko's not here.

What 'bout over there?

No one here.

I'm sorry.

We lost him.

But how come she cut open the stomach to steal babies?

Makes more sense to abduct them after they're born.

A denial of maternity.

What?

A refusal to be born through the mother's tube.

It could be an expression of such a will.

What is it?

Profiling Shinji Nishizono?

No, it's not.

Such a good baby.

It's your mom.

We meet at last.

Thanks to Ghee.

But isn't he late.

I've been waiting for three hours now.

Who are you!?

You got that baby by mistake.

It's not your baby.

You see, your baby hasn't got this.

'Cause you're an ordinary girl.

You'll die without pain.

Am I going to die?

I've gotta make a call.

I've...

I've got to...

...get out of this body.

Let's talk about Kazuhiko Amamiya.

Translated by Ann Jiitsu