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 killer 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 killer 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 killer 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 murder 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 murdered, 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 murdered?
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 killed.
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.
Killing 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 kill 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.
"Episode 6" "Crimson Devil, Ice Queen"