The new life I got from Kimizuka, as a legendary detective, had begun.
And not as an ordinary detective, but as a detective who fights against androids.
The first night after I resolved to be reborn into a new me
as a legendary detective, I had a dream.
It was a dream about a person who had formerly fought against
the world's enemies as a true legendary detective.
I could consider the one in the dream,
Siesta-san, to have the exact opposite personality to me.
She, the intellectual one, and I, the intuitive one,
had a big squabble in the dream.
It was unbearable to see, a quagmire of drama.
In the end, though, I won; but no, I feel as though Siesta showed more maturity
and ceded the argument to me of her own accord.
But in the end, Siesta-san said she would leave responsibility of Kimizuka to me.
With that, both in name and in reality, I can become a legendary detective.
At last, I can become a somebody.
Or, to put it in opposite terms, failure is unacceptable.
I hate the me that's a nobody.
I don't ever want to go back to that place,
like a birdcage, to the days of nothingness.
That darkness was just...
"Episode 10" "So I Can't Become a Detective"
One week after Saikawa's live stadium show, school's summer vacation had begun.
It was the ideal chance to follow through on promises I'd made
to Natsunagi and Saikawa.
I was thinking of just going to a nearby seashore for starters, but...
We're now on our way-- on course for the Aegean Sea!
Hooray!
The scale of this is too huge!
Umm, Saikawa, we did say let's go to the sea together,
but how did that turn into an eight-day shipboard journey?
Well, come on. The ship has left port, so let's shift into vacation mode!
She's absolutely right. Everybody hates a wishy-washy guy.
Still, it's my first time on one of these, too, so I'm looking forward to it.
Thank you, Yui-chan.
Don't mention it, Nagisa-san. It's the very least I can do to repay you.
Fight by our side against SPES. If you'll do that for us, I have no complaints.
Yes, of course. I'll do anything I'm able to.
Well, for nothing to happen at all would be ideal.
Kimizuka?
Huh?
Char?
It's been, what, a year?
Yeah. Since that day...
Kimizuka, she's someone you know?
Yeah, Char was my-- our associate back in the day.
By this point, I didn't think we'd ever meet again.
Yeah, I was surprised, too. Have you been doing well?
By the look of it, it seems like you're on this ship by chance.
Is there something on this ship?
Seriously... what on Earth have you been doing all this time?
All this time?
Since Mom passed away.
Kimizuka, did you have no intentions of taking up Mom's work?
If you mean her dying wishes, I've taken on that task.
And you are?
I'm Nagisa Natsunagi. Legendary detective.
Nagisa Natsunagi? Oh... You're...
Could you go play cops-n-robbers somewhere else?
Don't parade your game of make-believe that exploits Mom's life in front of me.
I'm not playing any game!
There absolutely has to be some purpose to my being given life this way!
A purpose that she entrusted to me! So I'm taking up her dying wishes.
I swear it by this heart!
I see. Do as you like.
But... I'm the one who's taking on Mom's dying wishes.
Umm... I'm sorry.
On account of my inviting you two on this ship, it's turned into all this...
No, it's not your fault, Saikawa. My apologies to you, too, Natsunagi,
for entangling you in this weird--
Natsunagi?
That pisses me off! There's nothing make-believe about it!
She has no idea what I've been through...
How about going for a dip in the pool as a mood changer? Eh, Saikawa?
Right! There's even a waterslide, Nagisa-san! Let's go!
--Off, off, off we go... --H-Hold on, Yui-chan!
So...
How come?
This makes 17 losses in a row, only for me.
Something's definitely off about this. One more hand. One more hand!
What are you doing, goofball?
Who was--?
Who's stupid enough to keep gambling until they're in tears?
So? You were looking for me for a reason, right?
Yeah. Weren't you saying earlier that there might be something on this ship?
Mom's bequest.
Siesta's bequest?
Yes, shortly before dying, Mom left behind her dying wishes--her bequest--
for the goal of defeating SPES across the world.
And one of them lies untapped on this ship.
It took time to delve into it, but my information is accurate.
A bequest from Siesta is on this cruise ship...
What's the connection to the casino?
You know... something worthy of being a bequest from Mom,
I thought maybe if I kept winning in the casino,
they'd bring out some jackpot prize kind of thing...
"Bequest"
they'd bring out some jackpot prize kind of thing...
You really are a proper idiot.
What do you mean a "proper idiot"?
Well, since you have no intention of taking on Mom's dying wishes,
at this point, it has nothing to do with you anyway.
I'm sorry I made you worry.
So why didn't you try to become a detective in Mom's place?
It was what she, Siesta, said to me on that day four years ago.
You... Be my sidekick.
So I can't become a detective.
On into the future, I will always continue to be her--
the legendary detective's--sidekick.
I'll live on, for her.
You're a fool. The one who's truly tied down by Mom is you, not me.
Well, it's fine. I'll handle things in my own way.
So you find Mom's bequest-- your own answers--in your own way.
Ha. I guess it's good they're cutting loose while they can.
After all that, I didn't come across any leads.
Something's weird here.
What's weird?
Sitting face to face with you like this and eating.
What else can we do? Saikawa said she's making the rounds as a guest of honor.
Are you dissatisfied being with me?
I didn't say that.
Kimizuka, what were you doing when you didn't come to the pool?
Well, I--
After I went and bought a new swimsuit...
What?
Nothing.
Natsunagi, do you have time after this?
Huh? Well, um...
If so, there's a little something I want to discuss with you.
Discuss? I mean, we could discuss it here, now...
Yeah... It's something that'd be a bit awkward to discuss here.
I'm remembering there was a bar across from this place.
Would you meet me there an hour from now?
Umm, just me? You and I alone together at a bar?
Yeah, that'd be the situation.
Yes, that would be fine...
Huh?
Did you wait long?
You went to the trouble of changing?
Eh? Oh, no, it's just, after showering, this happened to be all I had to wear...
So, what did you want to discuss?
That was not the discussion I expected. It's a different...
Ultimately, it's the influence of my heart's former owner...
What are you muttering under your breath?
Huh? What's that now?
Eh? Why are you suddenly flipping out?
I'm not flipping out.
You are flipping out.
I said I'm not flipping out! Here's your payback!
This is absurd!
But still... she's not as bad a person as I thought, that Char.
Yeah, she's a pure and simple fool. That's also her strong point.
The truth is, I knew that I was the one who was wrong.
I merely received this heart,
and got it into my head that I was taking on her dying wishes.
But, Natsunagi, why did you decide you wanted to take up Siesta's mantle?
Because... from a young age, my body was a wreck.
That sickroom was just like a birdcage,
and I thought I'd never get out of it for my entire life.
I felt sure that stuck in there, I could never be anything at all.
That was really frightening.
But I received a newfound life, and I wound up flying free of that cage.
And yet... I didn't know how to, you know, fly.
How to fly?
Yeah, and so the way of living of the one who relied on this heart previously
would become my own way of living... that's what I thought.
So that was it. The only way Natsunagi could live was by relying on Siesta.
And that was the same for me as well.
Excuse me... I'm going to go to bed.
Okay.
Repeat. This is an announcement for all passengers.
Hey, what's this announcement? Where's that voice coming from?
There wasn't anyone in the radio room. What's going on?
What's all this?
A girl is being held in the lounge. The girl's name is Nagisa Natsunagi.
Kimizuka-san!
Saikawa!
It's Nagisa-san... I checked her room, but she's nowhere to be seen.
So is that bequest of Siesta-san's related to this incident?
Yeah, we can't rule out that possibility.
We've finished a sweep for explosives...
--All right, once more...
--Any sign of Natsunagi-san? --All right, once more...
Saikawa-sama... It's regrettable, but we did not find her.
However, we did find this...
Kimizuka-san, this is...
"At 8:00 p.m., bring the legendary detective's bequest
and come to the main deck."
Would this be SPES?
If it's the legendary detective's bequest they're after,
that's sufficient as circumstantial evidence.
But unfortunately, we don't know what that is.
If that's the case...
All we can do is search for Natsunagi herself, rather than for Siesta's bequest.
Nothing here either, eh?
I'm using my left eye; there shouldn't be anything I'm overlooking.
I guess... that's true.
Squeeze the hands together.
Roll out the shoulders, too. Breathe in rhythm.
Close the eyes once, breathe in deeply, and let it out. The blood will flow.
Open your eyes, and your field of vision, which was clouded, will be clear.
What is all that?
It's a kind of an incantation to calm my heart
when it feels like it's about to burst from stress before a live performance.
I apologize for troubling you. Pretty pathetic.
Pathetic? You, Kimizuka-san?
Yes, don't you think? Shamefully losing my cool...
That's a funny thing to say.
I didn't expect that much of you from the very start, Kimizuka-san!
Wait, am I being dissed in a huge way right now?
No, it's not like that.
I was the same way, too.
The same way?
Just like you, Kimizuka-san, I used to be a person who couldn't live life alone.
After my parents died, I lost sight of any reference points for living.
I got completely caught up by promises from the past,
and as a result, I attempted to commit an act that could never be undone.
Saikawa...
But the ones who saved me, of all people, were you, Kimizuka-san,
who were seemingly in the same circumstances as me, and also Nagisa-san.
The two of you, trying to save me, encouraged me to move forward.
That's why I was able to take the hand you offered without hesitating.
That's why, I'm sorry to say, I won't expect any more of you than is necessary.
So in the same way, please don't be concerned
about me any more than necessary.
That's the kind of partners we are.
Yeah, that works. That's fine.
If you call yourself the legendary detective's sidekick,
then maybe I should be the sidekick to the sidekick.
The legendary detective's sidekick's sidekick?
Yes, that's right!
True, it's an arrangement somewhat like Matryoshka nesting dolls.
I don't know if I could become your right hand,
but I do think I could become something like your left eye.
Yeah, that would be ideal.
After all that, we haven't found anything yet.
But, Kimizuka-san--
Yeah, we were able to achieve the result of not being able to find anything.
If our adversary can't be found even using your left eye...
Has something occurred to you?
Yeah. From here on, we don't need deduction or tactics or anything.
It's all-out war, you lowlifes.
Enough with these roundabout dealings.
Show yourself, Chameleon! You're going to return Nagisa Natsunagi.
Astute of you to know I was here.
Natsunagi!
Easy, now.
I'd like you to hold still for me there.
What is it you're after?
I believe I've already told you what I'm after.
We'd be thrilled to hand over that supposed "bequest,"
but unfortunately, we don't know a thing about it.
Won't you just civilly return Natsunagi to us?
Well, this is a problem...
That's not any sort of bargaining at all.
Stop, Chameleon.
Kimizuka...
Natsunagi!
I really seem to have screwed things up. Sorry...
All right. This girl's life,
--or the lives of the passengers they're now desperately trying to evacuate.
--Everyone, come along! This way! --or the lives of the passengers they're now desperately trying to evacuate.
I shall give you the honor of choosing between these!
What's the point of doing that?
Well, it's frosting on the cake, of sorts.
Frosting on the cake?
Yes. If the legendary detective's bequest can't be found,
then this entire ship should be sunk.
So why Natsunagi? What do you creeps gain by taking her life?
That's an extremely simple matter.
It's because this girl is imbued with the legendary detective's blood.
Well, now. Make your choice: This girl's life, or the passengers' lives.
Kimizuka...
Shoot me.
What are you saying, Natsunagi?
The response that's called for now is to shoot me and save the passengers' lives.
That kind of dispassionate way of thinking is unlike you.
Is it? Maybe so...
But what's needed in this situation right now
is a legendary detective's reasoning, not my strong emotions.
You're a legendary detective, too!
No, I'm not. I'm not anything at all.
Kimizuka, when you said I didn't need to replace anyone, I appreciated that.
Thank you.
Keep your "correct response."
You say you're not anything at all?
If you're not anything at all yet,
you should be free to become anything you want.
If you don't know how to fly,
you can learn from someone how to flap your wings.
If you don't know how to live life, you can walk in line with someone else!
Have you arrived at your answer now?
Yeah. My answer was settled from the very start.
The arrangement is that Nagisa Natsunagi can't die before I do.
Sorry, but that's what was promised.
"Episode 11" "A Light in the Midst of Hope"