01x08 - With That, We Set Out on a Journey Once Again

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The carrots are as hard as iron.

Having me cook was a mistake.

How can you be so smug about it?

Well, I didn't see the usual kitchen knife

anywhere. But more importantly

Cerberus is dead. I don't think there's

any question about that.

So who was that impostor Fuubi-san?

Suppose the one posing as that female

police detective was in fact Hel?

Hel? But she didn't have any

shapeshifting capability.

Androids are beings born

with something as their core.

By taking over another's core,

they can inherit special capabilities.

You mean that black stone.

So are you saying Hel has inherited both

Cerberus's powers and his mission,

and is now harvesting people's hearts?

I wonder. Or it could be purely

for her own benefit.

So they can mix and match

parts like dress-up dolls?

They can. Because our

adversaries are androids.

Nevertheless, it doesn't change

what needs to be done.

We're going to put a stop

to this string of murders.

Looks as though we'll be

busy starting tomorrow.

That's right. But that being the case

If you're thinking about me,

no need to be concerned.

Huh? Alicia, when did you get here?

This sound makes it hard

to believe I'm eating curry.

Anyway, the m*rder case

needs to take priority, right?

You didn't come here just to make

that perceptive comment, did you?

I want you to let me

help you with this case.

I thought you'd say that.

But absolutely not.

Why not?

Because it's dangerous. Four people

have already turned up dead.

I resolved some cases with Kimizuka

in those two weeks!

Searching for cats, delivering

lost wallets to the police

Wh-Whether a case is big

or small shouldn't matter!

That's some far-fetched logic.

Far-fetched logic is still logic!

Cool it down a little.

I'm a detective, too.

Alicia, you were a substitute detective.

There's nothing more for you to do.

Hey, Siesta, isn't that

a little too harsh?

What? Are you on her side?

I didn't say that.

Ah, so you are a lolicon after all

Oh, you're right; that knife's not here.

This isn't the time to go looking

for something dangerous like that.

That's fine. I'll take action in

my own way. I'll solve this case.

And by doing it, I'll prove to you

that I'm a detective, too.

That's how it's going to be.

So I'll look forward to your help

from tomorrow forward, Kimizuka.

Okay, I hear you. Understood.

Yay! That's how it's going to be!

Kimizuka will still be

my sidekick after this!

No, he's my sidekick Mine

That was our notification that a fifth

victim had been robbed of a heart.

"Episode 8"

"With That, We Set out

on a Journey Once Again"

Sorry to approach you

so soon after the incident.

Not at all. That's your job, I guess.

If I can be of any help

I'll prepare some tea

Are you all right?

I'm sorry.

It's just, it was so sudden

I still can't believe she's actually gone.

You see, my husband died young, leaving

only my daughter and me for all this time,

so I laid nothing but burden

after burden on her.

And yet she'd say, "I'm going to figure

out how to make a lot of money

and make things easier for you, Mom."

She became truly amazing, and even

had a house like this built for me.

On the day of the incident, did your

daughter behave differently in any way?

Come on, Siesta.

No change in her behavior that

day before she left the house--

Then anything unusual

when you saw her body?

Siesta.

As a daughter, she was my pride and joy,

better than I ever deserved.

And yet I was never able

to give her anything.

I only took from her, and the fact

that I'll never be able to repay her

That's not true!

"Only took," or "only gave"--

there's no way

the relationship could've

been that one-sided!

If you're saying you only received

a lot of things from your daughter,

that had to be because you had already

given a lot of something to her!

Isn't that right?

Thank you. Somehow, I felt as though

it was my daughter saying that to me.

Back there why did you stop me?

These serial killings are crimes of

opportunity against random victims.

So there shouldn't be any

reason for questions like

whether a victim behaved

differently from usual.

Just because that's been

the case previously,

that doesn't guarantee

that it's the same this time.

Even if only to determine

that this case wasn't an outlier,

it was necessary for me

to ask those questions.

For the sake of taking down Hel,

I'll use any means necessary.

You'll see, I'll run her to ground,

without fail. But you

You're not like that, Kimi.

Siesta, I'm

You were the only one I trusted, though.

Siesta

I'm calling it a day for today. See you.

Stop hiding and come out, Alicia.

Oh, you knew I was here?

Well, how to put it?

That kind of thing tends to happen.

Traveling together for three whole years,

having a fight or two is only natural.

You could say that not fighting

would be even stranger.

This kind of thing's a common occurrence.

Well, this may be the first time we've had

a serious confrontation like this,

but what about it?

U-Umm, so the thing is

Wow, you're super worried.

M-Maybe we should quit talking

about this. On another topic

Huh? Is this from that time?

Yeah. It's not a thank-you gift, though.

I'm so grateful! It's the first time I've

ever gotten a present from someone.

Alicia, you haven't--

No, I just suspect that's true.

I'm sure that before I lost

my memory, I was a bad kid.

You say that as though

you're not a bad kid now.

Huh? I'm a ridiculously good kid--

lively, cute, upfront,

and loved by everyone!

That's a good one.

It's not a joke! Why, you

Hey

Slide this ring on.

Me?

You, Kimizuka.

On you?

On me.

If you put it on the wrong finger,

I'll be mad.

Why on your left hand? Well, after all,

it's just for show, nothing more.

And now your vow.

What, you're a minister now, too?

You're something else.

Well, what to say?

From now on, for a suitable length of

time, we'll work together; this I swear.

That was really wishy-washy, somehow.

Hush. Beggars can't be choosers.

I was too hard on you earlier.

Siesta

Well, I don't believe I was

wrong in my thinking,

and I also don't think I should

yield the point too readily.

However, you could say I was wrong to try

to force my thinking on you unilaterally.

That said, there are also some aspects

you could stand to rethink, too

Well, no, I don't mean to rehash what

we talked about, that's not my intent

I wish you happiness.

Siesta?

Come on Siesta. Can you hear me?

No, I can't.

What is she, a child?

Hey, Siesta, this whole Alicia thing

is really still a mystery, isn't it?

It's sure a complete mystery to me.

Excuse me. I'm going out for a bit.

My intended's in trouble.

Alicia!

Are you all right?

Kimi zuka

Hold on.

The left side of his chest

has been sliced up.

He seems to have lost consciousness,

but I don't think his life is in jeopardy.

This guy is a police officer.

So, Sidekick?

In any case--ambulance!

Hello?

I'm taking Alicia out of here;

you handle this!

Sidekick, is that the path

you want to take?

Really? You, too?

It's sweet.

Helps that you're so straightforward.

It's cute that I'm so

straightforward, you say?

Wait here; I'll borrow something

to clean out your ears.

Isn't that a harsh thing to say

to an injured person?

If you can toss around this

much banter, you're fine.

That aside, Kimizuka, how were you

able to get to that place right away?

Oh, because I'd attached

a tracking device to you.

Oh, I see.

You just offhandedly said a

horrifying thing again, didn't you?!

Don't spit out what you've

had in your mouth

What do you mean, a tracking device?

That's creepy! Stalker!

You've got it all wrong. Look, you take

off somewhere at the drop of a hat--

this was a precautionary measure.

When, and where did you attach it?

Alicia, you wear surprisingly

gaudy underclothing

You're the worst!

That's the worst place imaginable!

But thanks to that device,

you got rescued.

See, I can constantly monitor

your health status.

So what were you doing there?

I don't want anyone else to experience

that kind of sadness.

On top of that, it's my job.

Why is it you got so obsessed with this?

I was in a room with no

light or even sound

A dark, dark, boring world

of nothing but suffering. But

one day, suddenly, a wider

world opened up for me.

Light came in, I could hear sounds,

and I learned how sweet apples were.

I wanted to try a different way of living.

If I could be reborn as a new me, if the

task given to me was to be a detective,

I wanted to live for that and only that.

Alicia

Maybe I've been talking

too much I'm feeling sleepy.

I'll stay here until morning, too;

you can rest easy.

Then

hold my hand.

Someone will mock you for being

childish meaning I will.

Feel free to mock me, but hold my hand.

If such is your command

legendary detective.

What are you doing in this place?

Just what I need to ask you.

I only came to look for Hel.

Why'd you think Hel would come here?

You've realized it by now,

too, haven't you?

Realized what?

The perpetrator is looking for hearts--

no, is only after hearts.

Yeah. And today, that police officer

was on the verge of being a victim.

That's right. That officer sustained

a wound on the left side of the chest.

Without question he was attacked by Hel.

But why was she--Alicia--

wounded in her right shoulder?

Why was she shot by that officer?

Was the shot not fired in self-defense?

Get out of my way, Siesta. I have to

Didn't you recognize the knife

that was dropped at the scene?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I didn't check every little thing.

It was unquestionably the knife

that was at our place.

What really matters is that

we find Alicia right away!

You had to have known, too.

What's the real reason you put

a tracking device in that ring?

Stop it!

Alicia being Hel That's just not--

Then what about the impostor Fuubi-san?

At first you said that was Hel, right?

And yet Alicia was there, too.

Alicia herself is Hel, transformed.

And so we have to assume that

impostor was another adversary.

You're saying there's

another one like Hel?

It seems reasonable to think so.

Some sort of ringleader

over them all, for example.

That's ludicrous.

But Hel comes first.

We have to find Hel, quickly.

You mean Alicia! She's not Hel;

she's Alicia! She's She's

Immediately after Hel was

wounded in the heart,

the opportunist k*ller

harvesting hearts appeared.

At that very time, an unidentified girl

appeared in front of us. So, Sidekick

are you going to insist that this is all

consistent with being just coincidence?

Did you know from the beginning?

No. If I had realized earlier,

we wouldn't have allowed

so many to become victims.

Yet I was utterly unable to distrust her.

But it's ridiculous. Are you saying

everything about Alicia was a lie?

So those shrieks, the words

she said to that mother

you're saying those

were all faked, too?

I think they were real. That woman was

definitely helped by Alicia's words.

At that moment, inside the

left side of Alicia's chest

that woman's daughter's

I'm sorry. Guess I'm disqualified

from being a legendary detective.

Alicia

You see, it seems that inside of me,

there's one more me.

I'm the behind-the-scenes one, so I have

no memories and don't know who I am.

That's why I kept saying

the real me was 17 years old.

Honestly, on some level I realized it.

But I pretended not to know

that the other me was

committing these crimes.

But for some reason, as Kimizuka and I

carried on the investigation, I prayed

that someone else might be

the culprit--that it had to be true.

Alicia!

You're not bad.

You may be somewhat self-centered,

and you've been the

source of a lot of trouble,

but you're a kind human being, Alicia.

You can share in people's

joy and heartbreak.

You're even capable of getting

angry for, or crying for, others.

Alicia, you're not

I knew it was an impossible

hope. Yet still

Kimizuka. Thank you.

It was a short time, but it was fun.

Honestly, I wanted to do

more detective work

but I can't stay with you anymore.

I only wanted Alicia

to remain as Alicia

In truth, I was never anything but bad.

I was wishing only for that miracle!

Alicia!

Sidekick!

I'm sorry.

Don't do it, Siesta!

Are you stupid or something, Kimi?

This has to be done here and now

Don't you understand that these emotions

will warp your crucial decisions?

Didn't you just learn recently that

that's what being human is?

My, my, are you two having a falling out?

At last I've found her. So troublesome

Here I believed she'd just strayed

when my attention was elsewhere,

but she'd not only changed form,

but also lost her memory

Chameleon! Where do you

intend to take Alicia?

Well, now. Approximately 700

nautical miles northwest of here

is a solitary island we use as a base.

If you're saying you mean to come for her,

we'll be awaiting you there.

Wait!

I thought I'd been shot.

Are you stupid or something, Kimi?

I'm not going to apologize, you know.

It's fine if you don't.

You were trying

to do the right thing,

and I was also trying

to do the right thing.

So you won't apologize,

and neither will I. It's fine that way.

What do we do now?

Let's go to a grocery store first.

And let's buy the biggest,

reddest, roundest apples.

Then we'll make lots of delicious apple

pie and brew some outstanding tea.

And then

we'll set out on a journey

to rescue our comrade.