01x04 - Mask

[bunniefuu]

[electronic bleeping]

[cheering and applause]

["Cryptogram" playing]

Cryptogram, ooh ♪

Ooh ♪

Ooh ♪

We'll never solve it ♪

- We try to fight it ♪

- Fight it ♪

[lyrics in Japanese]

- I decided ♪

- Decided ♪

Everything is in between ♪

- [lyrics in Japanese]

- [laughs]

Whoo!

[Hugo] Kai! Come back to the garage.

You're not safe there.

- Narcs are headed your way! [grunts]

- [song fades out]

SUMA GARAGE

[Ieuji] The Narcotics Department

is highly active right now.

They've been scoping out public events,

including yesterday's Tokyo Warp.

It's possible that they're onto something.

You think they're expecting

to hit pay dirt soon. Is that right?

What, like a big bust?

Right. Due to the incident with the child,

there's a chance your names

or descriptions

will be on their arrest lists.

I'm working to find out more.

Well, I guess our delivery service

will need to go on hiatus.

- [Kai] Hey, uh

- What's up?

- I'm gonna go to a concert.

- [Watari] Huh?

Have you not been listening?

The narcs are specifically

targeting big events right now!

Going to a concert is out of the question.

[Ieuji] Watari's right.

In an optimized city like Tokyo,

massive gatherings of random swaths

of people represent a rare opportunity,

and Lizard's aware of this,

so he'll definitely have agents there.

[Kai] But Ayumi I mean,

my friend is going to the concert.

If anything happened to her

The narcs are gonna focus

on trying to catch dealers,

so this friend of yours

should be perfectly safe.

The drugs you had on you the day we met,

was Ayumi the one who asked you

to get them for her?

She might use, but she's not a dealer.

- Sure she can be trusted?

- Yeah, of course I'm sure!

Look, there's nothing you can say

to flip us on this.

If these Narcotics guys catch you,

this garage and everyone in it

could go down with you.

[pensive music playing]

[Kai] Fine then.

In that case, I'll stay here and tidy up,

so you guys can come up

with a plan, okay, mm?

We're on it.

- Hmm.

- [music fades]

[Ieuji] By the way, where's Hugo?

[Hugo] Mm. Oh. Mmm!

[sighs] So you had a gambling habit

you couldn't afford, huh?

Yeah. I was at my wits' end

until I got a job delivering drugs.

I don't do it anymore though.

And not to ask favors

of the guy that just fed me, but

Huh?

This book, you're done with it, right?

Um

You're still going, right?

Your hacking skills

just might see you through,

but wireless has its limits.

This is an old-fashioned device,

but if you end up in a pinch,

it might help.

Depending on compatibility,

a direct connection hack

could leave your device even worse off

than your target's.

I'm hoping you'll never need to use this,

but you can't be too prepared.

Thank you. I, uh Huh?

I still got lots of soup in the pot.

Have some if you're hungry.

[gentle music playing]

- [beeping]

- What's up?

[Watari] Hmm? You actually answered?

Wait! Don't "What's up?" me.

Where have you been?

[Hugo] I'm on a treasure hunt.

It's going well.

[Watari] This is not the time

to act all carefree!

[Hugo] Why? What happened?

Kai what?

She stole a bike?

[suspenseful music playing]

- [pop ballad playing]

- Every day, I move wrong ♪

Everywhere, I wander ♪

Every day, I move wrong ♪

Everywhere, I wander ♪

[lyrics in Japanese]

Kai?

Ayumi!

[man] Huh?

- We need to go.

- Wait! What? Why would we go?

- Narcs are coming.

- Huh?

They're led by a man named Lizard,

and he's happy to k*ll

if it puts a closed case on his record.

- So come on, before they track us down.

- This isn't my problem.

I'm not who they want.

Question for you.

These drugs you're collecting,

who are they meant for?

[sighs]

[gasps]

Were you hoping

they'd get you in with the Idols?

[gasps]

[mysterious music playing]

What did Kai do?

She stole our bike like a moron

and took it to this concert.

- [Ieuji] Any narcs there?

- [grunts] Don't see any yet.

Maybe we can Kai out before they show.

[Ieuji] Let's hope you can. Hurry.

[Watari] Right. I'll reach out after.

Whoa, whoa. No ticket, no entry.

- Piss off!

- Get back!

[music fades]

Hmm.

Their base is called Suma Garage, huh?

She's new, so he drove.

Since they work with vintage vehicles,

they can run drugs across the Walls

without fear.

Confirmation at the music venue.

If you like, we can deploy.

Dealers are at the arena,

along with that hacker brat.

[chuckles] All right.

Let's go.

[pop music resumes]

Answer me!

Look, Kai, I'm just here to have fun.

Can I trust you?

- Ayumi, let's go!

- Huh?

- Hurry!

- Hold on! Stop! We're not done talking!

- [man] Come on!

- [Ayumi] Stop! Let me go!

- [Kai] He blocked me!

- [Ayumi] Kai!

Ah! Ayumi!

[man] Target's on the move.

[Lizard grunts]

Think they'll try to do the big deal

at the concert?

No. Seems like they're changing locations.

If they go to the second g*ng's hideout,

we'll have a bigger bust

than we hoped for!

[enigmatic music playing]

KAI, SAVE ME

[music builds]

ON MY WAY

[Kai grunting]

You can't hide. You've got no future.

[Kai] Damn it!

[groans]

Ah! Ayumi!

Kai!

No!

[music fades]

[Ayumi] So cool!

Hey, do you hack your way through school?

Tell me. Is that how you pass?

Well sometimes.

Wait a sec. Could you, like,

make an autopilot for my classroom avatar?

I mean, it's not impossible.

So you'll do it?!

Thanks, Kai! You're the best.

So, you know, I always got the vibe that

you were a little out of the ordinary.

Uh Oh.

[Ayumi] And I noticed

that you keep to yourself in class.

Kai.

Are you not from West District?

- Huh?

- Where are you from?

Well, I, uh, wish I could say I knew.

Oh, wow.

[Kai] I'm rootless.

I don't belong anywhere.

[wistful music playing]

[Ayumi] Good for you.

Roots just end up holding people in place,

but you're free to drift around

wherever you'd like.

I long for that.

[Hugo] Got a lot of horsepower there, Kai.

What are you planning to do with it?

Oh. Hugo!

Yo.

Please, you need to get out of my way.

That's not an option for me,

and I've got three reasons.

First, that bike does not belong to you.

Second,

no one teach you how to ride it yet.

And reason three,

you're part of this ragtag crew now.

We care about you, so we won't stand by

if we think you're in danger.

[Kai] You'll understand then.

Hugo, it's like you said.

Sometimes you have to follow your gut.

And when someone's counting on you,

giving up on them isn't an option.

Ayumi needs me, so I'll do

whatever it takes to reach her!

We are talking about the girl

that made you buy drugs for her, right?

Are you sure

she's not taking advantage of you?

There's no way!

[Hugo sighs]

Kai, you gotta listen to me.

The narcs aren't playing around tonight.

If you act without thinking,

you're just gonna make things worse.

People might even be k*lled.

[Kai gasps]

I long for that.

[Hugo] That's not what you want, right?

Let's go back to the garage

and talk this out.

We'll plan our next step together, 'kay?

Just move!

- [engine revs]

- [Hugo grunts]

[both grunt]

Ugh, damn it!

[groans]

Hmm?

- Watari!

- [Watari] Huh?

- Your watch!

- [beeping]

Hugo?

[Hugo] Ah! She's gone. Find her.

[both gasp]

[dramatic music playing]

What is this?

She left a wall of Container Trucks?

- [Ayumi] Kai! Can you hear me?

- Ayumi? Are you okay?!

- [Ayumi yelps]

- Ayumi!

Ayumi!

Oh. [straining]

Ayumi!

[screams] Ah!

[rapid g*nf*re]

- [g*nf*re stops]

- [Kai whimpering]

Uh Huh?

What the hell?

- Found her! Turn! Take that off-ramp!

- Okay!

Oh.

[gasps]

[gasping]

[disconcerting music builds]

[music crescendoes, fades]

A Ayumi?

- [light gasp]

- Huh?

[sobbing]

Ayumi! [grunts]

- Are you okay?

- [Ayumi] Why?

Why did everyone have to be k*lled?

They said that that once I drew you here,

they would let me go.

[Kai gasps]

[Ayumi sobbing]

- [Watari] Kai!

- Uh?

[somber music playing]

Watari, Spoke. I didn't I

[Watari] Right now, we need to run.

We'll talk later.

[Spoke] Come on.

[Lizard] Hold up! End of the line!

- [Kai] Huh?

- [Lizard chuckles]

My, you've certainly made a mess here,

haven't you?

No sweat. Thanks to your little rampage,

we'll look even better

when we file a report

on your apprehension, so thank you.

- Lizard, you b*stard!

- [Lizard] My, my.

It seems the prey I've been hunting

fattened itself up

and stepped right back into my trap.

[softly] Kai,

think you can create a distraction?

We can make a run for our bikes.

Huh?

Now!

- [g*nsh*t]

- [Watari yelps]

- [Kai] Watari!

- [Lizard laughs]

Kai! Did you think we'd underestimate

your abilities again?

We know how you operate now,

so, naturally, we took precautions.

[Spoke] Watari, your leg.

- [beeping]

- [Lizard laughs] Don't be so dramatic.

It's just a chip b*llet used for tracking.

You won't die, although, to you,

being tracked is probably

just as bad as being dead. Am I right?

[Ayumi screams]

Oh, I'm sorry if you were hopin'

to use that leg.

But come on. You did know

that living free as a c*ck

would mean meeting your end

beneath somebody's boot, right?

[chuckles]

- [narc] What's that?

- Huh?

- [glass smashing]

- [yelling]

[narcs groaning]

[Kai] Hugo!

Yo! Hope you guys don't mind

if I interrupt your fun.

Watari, can you make it to your bike?

Spoke, help the young lady out.

[narc] Ah, these punks!

- [Lizard] Take them down!

- [narc] Right.

[narcs groaning and coughing]

[energetic rock music playing]

Kai, get on!

[narc] Stop right there!

- Huh?

- [Hugo] Get down!

[dramatic music playing]

[Hugo] Let's go!

[all grunting]

Hugo! Ah!

[Hugo groaning]

What's wrong with you? Why go this far?

"This far?" Ha! [chuckles]

Let me ask you a better question.

Why are vermin like you hiding

in every stinking crevice here in Tokyo?

Could it be that you're some kind of

waste product created by the system?

Or is it the other way around,

and the system was created

to deal with garbage like you?

[Hugo grunting angrily]

- Ah!

- [Lizard grunts]

[gasping]

[Lizard chuckling maniacally]

You know what?

I've realized that I don't give a damn.

As long as you c*ck endure,

skilled exterminators like me

are bound to be needed.

So, unwanted as you may be,

a meaningful existence

is still within reach.

Even for a tagless brat like you.

Please don't do this. Let us go!

Even without a tag,

you managed to fool Traceability

and entrench yourself in our city.

Your deceitful brand of greed

is too chaotic for a roach.

You're corrosive.

You're an infectious germ.

Your very touch is ruinous.

You're as noxious to your fellow man

as you are to the system.

Just ask the tagless kid

you used as a drug mule.

Shut your mouth!

[Lizard] No! Stop! Stop it!

[both cry out]

- [all coughing]

- [beeping]

[gasps]

Oh!

Damn. They're getting away.

- Hey! Get it together now! Come on!

- [narcs] Right!

[bikes rev]

[trigger clicking]

[narc] What's with this thing?

No!

[Lizard yells in anger]

[grunts]

[narc] Sir! Are you all right?

I'm sorry about that.

My device just wouldn't fire.

She exploited its security response.

It was only possible

'cause she hacked into mine directly.

I didn't see it coming.

[narc sighs] No wonder.

The good news is that her device

should be as fried as mine is,

so she won't be hacking for a while.

We've got them pinned

to a mass-m*rder scene.

Their days of freedom

should be numbered now.

That said, I'm confused, sir.

What did they k*ll the other dealers for?

Is this, like, a g*ng w*r?

[Lizard grunts]

Have you found any weapons?

[narc] No.

All the dead dealers are unarmed.

[Lizard] What?

Thanks for agreeing to help us, Doctor.

We really owe you.

[doctor] Mm.

Just make sure he stays in bed, okay?

[monitor beeping]

[Watari] It's a miracle that he managed

to ride his bike, given his condition.

Bet he was running on pure willpower.

[Watari] How's Ayumi?

["Cryptogram" playing faintly on device]

We'll never solve it ♪

- We try to fight it ♪

- [sound distorts]

It's broke. I'll need a new one.

Ayumi, can I ask you something?

I'm fine. My injuries aren't bad at all,

and that's pretty much

thanks to you swooping in!

I was scared out of my mind at first, Kai,

but, as expected, you came to my rescue.

But you were just bait. It was a setup.

Uh [sighs]

[Kai] You lured me out

so the narcs could catch me, right?

- Is that why you gave me the ticket?

- [gasps]

Of course not.

I did it 'cause you're my friend.

[somber music playing]

I didn't expect any of this.

If I had known that people were gonna die,

I never--

- You never even considered it.

- No, I just--

Shut up.

You thought of nothing but yourself!

Ah!

I'm sorry. I didn't realize

that I forced you to come save me!

Don't blame me

just because you regret it now.

[somber music continues]

What?

No, you're right.

Wait! Where are you going?

[Kai] I'll call you a ride.

Your parents must be worried.

No! Don't call anyone!

Especially not my parents!

I wanna stay here with you, Kai.

So don't leave. Just be with me, 'kay?

[Kai] Put your jacket on. You'll get cold.

Wait! Kai!

Hey. How'd it go? Is she okay?

- [nurse] Please stop! You can't do this!

- [Father] Oh, it's um, not what you think.

I'm sorry, but this hallway's off-limits.

[Watari] It's impossible to optimize

the bonds that form between people.

[both gasp]

[Watari] Truly broken ties

cannot be reconnected,

nor can ill-fated entanglements

be severed.

Every day, I move wrong ♪

Everywhere, I wander ♪

Every day, I move wrong ♪

Everywhere, I wander ♪

[lyrics in Japanese]

Your spotlight ♪

[lyrics in Japanese]

We live in Tokyo ♪

[lyrics in Japanese]