JINKEIEN
Thank you all for being here tonight.
As you all know, I'm Takeshi Miura, the governor of Tokyo.
I'd like to address all my fellow citizens.
First of all,
I apologize for the late hour.
Regarding the recent disturbances involving the Human Vapor…
How's he still alive?
…Fujita Fujikawa, a video streamer…
EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE FOURTH VICTIM
…has been killed in a fire…
POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK
…of unknown origin.
The loss of any human life is tragic.
While the investigation is ongoing…
Mr. Okamoto?
Yeah?
Sorry to disturb you,
but dinner is ready, if you'd please come to the dining room.
Any chance we can eat in here?
Oh, of course, I'll bring it in.
- No, don't worry, I'll get it. - Whatever you'd like.
…the Human Vapor has not been acting alone.
We now know the identity of his accomplice,
famed JNT reporter Kyoko Kono.
A manhunt is underway.
Her whereabouts are unknown,
but we believe that she's hiding out with the Human Vapor as we speak.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department…
…the possibility of a link between Fujikawa and White Center
is extremely low.
They are not ruling out any possibilities at this time.
Of course, there will be more to come.
That said, it seems increasingly likely
that the series of murders carried out by the Human Vapor and Kyoko Kono
is completely random.
I am asking my fellow citizens to please stay home
unless it is absolutely necessary.
This is a very dangerous situation.
If you must leave your home,
I urge you to exercise extreme caution.
Once again,
I don't wish to cause alarm,
but the possibility of an indiscriminate terrorist act is significant.
Please take every precaution you can and refrain from any unnecessary outings.
I cannot emphasize this enough.
I can assure you,
the authorities are doing everything possible to keep you safe.
Times change, and the notion of the strongest beings,
you know, gods and great powers, and all that crap, it changes.
Think about where we were in the 1800s till now…
Very exciting, we got two applications come our way,
from Yajima and Komoto Bad.
Our two chosen ones!
Fujita Occultic's Point!
Okay!
That was two screams.
But unfortunately, it's not enough!
We need more blood!
- More blood, more blood! - They're gonna complain again.
Yajima, I have five words for you.
Aim for the scream empire!
Oh my God, you need to stop!
That was epic!
Kaho…
- Kaho, come here. - It's not happening.
What's his name again? The guy? Tomato, or, uh…
Komoto Bad?
Let's say thank you to Komoto Bad, on camera.
I told you. Not gonna happen.
Let the world see your beautiful face! Get over here!
Not happening…
JNT REPORTER KYOKO KONO WANTED!
- Come on, my sister. - Stop it!
Everyone wants to see you. It'll be fun. They're gonna love you.
Give it up.
- Please! - Bye-bye.
The Metropolitan Police held a press conference
in response to the recent murders involving the Human Vapor.
A new development has revealed that famed JNT reporter Kyoko Kono
has been working with the man
and is now on a nationwide most wanted list.
Kono is a member of JNT's Social Affairs…
Excuse me, sir.
I have the recent approval ratings for the gubernatorial election.
As you can see, until about midway through the campaign,
Kirishima had a considerable advantage.
However, since the Human Vapor arrived…
KIRISHIMA 36.2% MIURA 35.8%
…our approval ratings have been climbing steadily.
The more the public seems to panic, the more I think
they're inclined to choose stability instead of rocking the boat.
Having said that,
there's still a sizable gap between us and Kirishima.
HUMAN VAPOR
Doo-doo-doo-doo! It's no good, Doctor. Even Zaorik can't revive them!
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Okay, as you can all see, my brother's rampage is in full swing.
When she gets this, I think Kaho will contact us.
All right.
Something's been bothering me.
Is it okay if I ask you about it?
Mm.
Why… were you there?
At White Center?
My mother…
left me there.
After my dad died,
she…
treated me like I was a burden.
After a little while, she moved in with another man,
and handed me over.
When I ran away from White Center,
I met Ren. Uncle Ren.
Something about the bowl of ramen he bought me that day…
I don't know, I can't explain it.
But it was the best thing I ever ate.
And then he found out that I had no home, no one to take care of me.
You're not alone, you know.
When I was your age, I had nowhere to go.
Sometimes, when I look at you, Kyoko,
it's like looking at myself back then.
That's why…
I couldn't just leave you.
Well…
does that mean I can stay with you for a little bit, Uncle Ren?
Whoa! Huh?
I found one!
Uncle Ren! Uncle Ren, I found one!
Here, let's see your hand.
Oh! Oh!
Ha! Wow!
- Ah! Oh, oh! - It's working!
- Oh wow! There it goes! - Whoa!
Great job!
- Yay! - Ha!
Ellie
My love
So sweet…
Those few months I spent with him,
they were…
the only happy childhood memories I have.
Go right ahead and make a wish. Let's hear it. Go on!
Uh…
- Come on, make a wish, you got it! - Hmm…
Tell me your wish, Kyoko.
Say cheese!
Over here…
Ah, ah…
Nice.
Oh.
What's wrong?
You don't like the picture?
You wanna take another one?
KYOKO AND REN
Uncle Ren.
Hmm?
Do…
Do you wanna hear my wish?
I'm ready to say it now.
Of course.
Into the mic.
Okay, my wish is that you…
That you…
But it didn't last long.
Welcome!
And right then,
the door opened, and my mom came looking for me with a man.
Yasutoshi Mori.
So?
What?
Is that Kyoko?
Yup.
Who's this guy?
No clue.
Oh…
I guess introductions are in order. Who might you be, exactly?
Huh?
I'm her… guardian.
Guardian, huh?
Well, I'm her mother, so…
…what does she need a guardian for?
Mother?
Some mother you've been till now.
You've been gone all this time. You're not her mother!
Hey, I gave birth to her.
It was a pain in the ass!
Now, now, now. Relax.
What, are you…
getting your rocks off?
You a perv? Huh?
Protecting children from sick predators like you
is our job!
No! No!
All right, shut up! Come with us!
- Stop crying. We're going! - No! No!
Run, Kyoko!
Stop! Stop!
Come on, Kyoko, let's go. Let's not get into more trouble.
Come on! Come here, Kyoko!
Run!
Hurry up and kill this guy already!
Hello? I need the police.
I'm at Bunko Ramen in Tateishi!
THEFT DIVISION 2
Listen, I was entrusted with this child by her mother.
- They're bad people. Ask her. - That pervert kidnapped her.
He did.
He tried to do awful things to my daughter.
I didn't touch her.
Hey, pervert!
Don't try and lie. We got you!
Uncle Ren didn't do anything wrong.
Shut up!
It's that kind of lip that got you sent to the center!
- Hey! - Stop it! Sit down!
What's the problem?
Oh, Okamoto.
Oh, Mori.
- What the hell d'you do now? Huh? - Mr. Okamoto.
- It's a misunderstanding. - Sit.
Is there anyone who can verify your identity?
What did he do?
Nothing, these two were the victims.
- Ren Tsutsumida. - I see.
That your real name?
- What about work? You got a job? - Uh…
Well, I could tell you I was working.
You can call and verify me with White Center.
White Center?
Oh. Seems to be a kinda social welfare facility
supported by the government.
Oh, this must be him.
Uh… I'm sorry to keep you waiting.
Um, hello, I'm the director of White Center.
- Hiroki Obata. - Thanks for coming.
I'm so sorry about all the, um, trouble today.
What are you looking at?
You wanna see something cool?
Hmm?
You wanna try?
Go on.
You know, you can tell me if that tall man did something to you.
Did he try to touch you or anything?
Maybe yell at you, or did he hit you?
Uncle Ren would never do something like that.
Okay.
And your mom?
Has she ever hit you maybe?
Do you wanna go back to White Center?
Mr. Okamoto, please.
We already settled this whole thing upstairs. We're done.
Kyoko, we've talked it all out, okay?
We think
it's best that you go home with Uncle Ren.
- Really? - Yeah.
Oh!
I assume we can count on you to keep your promise?
All right then. You take care.
Bye-bye.
Hey, whoa, wait up, will ya?
I'm starving!
It's your brat's fault.
Don't be mad at me. I'll buy lunch, okay? I'm sorry…
Thank you.
So…
That detective…
I don't remember his name.
But he was a really good person.
That was probably…
my father.
Really?
Here.
Check it out.
My dad's old notebook.
He was looking into White Center.
Till he was killed in an accident.
I'LL BE BACK TOMORROW. WAIT FOR ME UNTIL THEN, OKAY?
Uncle Ren!
Hello? Mister? Hello? Are you there?
- What's wrong? - I can't find Uncle Ren!
Huh? Uh, where was it again? Uh, where the meteorite landed…
He said he was going to help the cleanup crew.
Where is that?
We can't go past here, unfortunately.
No, no, stop! It's dangerous!
Kyoko! You can't go in there!
Come back here!
Uncle Ren!
- Help me! - Uncle Ren!
Uncle Ren!
- Stay back! Get the hell off me! - Help me!
No!
Uncle Ren!
No! Uncle Ren!
After that…
I never saw him again.
I'm sorry I couldn't tell you before.
No.
I understand.
Thank you.
I'm glad you told me now.
It's this one.
Mr. Okamoto? Do you mind if I come in?
Mr. Okamoto?
Open the door. It's the police.
- Mr. Okamoto? - He's not here.
I can promise you he was in here last night.
PAY PHONE
Yes, hello?
Hello.
Kaho?
Yeah.
How are you? Are you okay?
Yeah.
Kaho, listen.
I'm so sorry
about everything.
I want you to know that.
Governor Miura was the one who killed Fujita.
He found out how to control the Human Vapor,
and then he ordered him to kill us.
Well, then… he's coming for you.
We need to meet up right now.
Okay?
Okay.
Kyoko.
When did you…
realize that Ren was the Human Vapor?
About six years ago.
Back when JNT was still in Shinagawa.
- We'll be counting on you, Ms. Fuji. - Yes, sir.
So up next, we have The Lost Time.
Kataoka's feeling a little under the weather today.
Can someone cover?
Hmm, I would,
but I gotta get over to the Iwaki fishing port.
VACANT LOTS ARE A PROBLEM FOR NEIGHBORS
I was looking over the plans during a meeting…
I can make it work.
It was abandoned at the time, but there was no doubt in my mind.
It was the place Uncle Ren and I used to live.
No one had rented the warehouse,
and it had been abandoned for over 20 years.
RECORDING
When I went down to the basement,
I saw that Uncle Ren had become this… kind of statue.
I can't explain it,
but maybe the parts of his body that had turned to gas had somehow
been pulled back together.
Uncle Ren?
I thought that maybe he'd finally found peace.
I wanted to ask him, talk to him,
but he never answered.
I immediately bought the warehouse. Cleaned it up.
Every few months, I would go back and visit.
ELLIE MY LOVE SOUTHERN ALL STARS
And it was after that
that I met you.
For the first time in a long time,
I thought I might be able to…
forget about everything from the past and live happily.
Here we go.
Bastard's never gonna face the music.
He's just gonna do it again and again and keep getting away with it.
He's gonna learn from this time and get smarter.
ELLIE MY LOVE SOUTHERN ALL STARS
Uncle Ren,
I…
I found someone I really care about.
And I also found someone else.
The guy who did this to you.
I…
I don't know what to do. Do I go after him?
What should I do?
Uncle Ren…
Ellie
My love
So sweet…
Is that really you?
Ellie
My love…
What's wrong with you?
Please talk to me.
My love
So sweet…
Greetings, listener.
Go right ahead
and make a wish.
So…
what did you wish for?
I found a good spot. Let's go there next time.
Yeah, I'd love that.
Look forward to it. Let's put something on the books.
Excuse me! Excuse me! Yasutoshi Mori?
Who the hell are you?
You were recently questioned by the police
about a high-school girl who died of an overdose.
- Care to comment on that? - Hey, get that camera out of my face.
Get that camera off me.
Seeing as there are shareholders here,
wouldn't it be a good idea to prove your innocence, sir?
I'm not guilty of anything.
Then why refuse to provide your cell phone to the police during questioning?
Speaking of police, I'm calling them now.
Hey! Get them out of here, would you?
Nice phone, Mr. Mori. Is it new?
You got rid of your old phone, didn't you, so they couldn't see what was there?
Don't you feel guilty at all, sir? She was a young girl!
Leave quietly.
Come on, move away, please! Come on.
- Hey, stop. Stop! - Answer me, sir!
- I told you to stop filming. - Don't touch my camera!
I could give a comment, you know.
Nope, not to you.
Sorry, sweet cheeks.
Hey, Uncle Ren.
I know
what I wanna wish for.
I wish…
to kill the man who took you away back then.
The man with the snake tattoo.
I want to kill Yasutoshi Mori.
Please,
Uncle Ren.
I knew it when you smiled at me
That in my arms you soon would be…
Dancing all night long…
It was a hot and steamy night
Music played…
As we began to carry on
Dancing all night long
Cha-cha-cha, mambo too
The rhythm was…
I made myself clear.
Not you.
Will you hold on?
- I need to talk to you a minute. - I've got nothing to say to you!
Now, get lost!
What's happening? What is this?
Let go!
Stop! Stop, please! Please! Stop!
Let me go! Please, stop!
I'm sorry, okay? I'll tell you anything you want, please!
Anything! Please, stop!
When the meteorite crashed 27 years ago, who was in charge of the cleanup?
Wait, what? Uh…
Look, the boss just ordered me to help out with some work at White Center!
"The boss"? Does that mean yakuza?
Yeah.
Otomo…
Otomo Saburo.
So yakuza was involved with White Center?
Tell me how they were connected.
I swear, I don't know!
I just transported people to the professor.
Professor? What professor?
Sano…
I think his name is Kyugo Sano.
He did an interview on the TV the other day,
pretending to be some kind of upstanding citizen.
Saburo Otomo, Kyugo Sano…
Anybody else?
I swear to you, that's all I know.
Wait, maybe… there was someone on the police force.
On the police force?
Give me his name.
I told you, I don't know!
Please, let me go! I told you everything I could!
- Let me down! - I just have one more point.
Do you recognize the man in front of you?
Does his face ring a bell?
No. Should it?
What? Should I know?
Who is he, then?
Okay.
Hey, whoa.
You… You said if I told you everything…
Hey!
Help! Someone, help me! Please!
Please!
That's what he said to you too.
I imagine Ren wanted revenge.
Is he actually…
the Human Vapor, Kyoko?
Or is he possibly…
just a monster with his face?
That can be controlled by anyone who knows how?
No, I'm telling you, it's him.
Well then,
if Ren is really in there…
was he the kind of person who would want to kill people?
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I believe…
you're the one who wanted revenge.
The only thing we can do…
is to make sure that we don't forget those who are gone.
So you're saying I should just deal with it?
Can you forgive Miura?
After everything that man did,
the suffering he caused you and me, can you forgive him?
No, I can't.
And that's why I'll make sure he faces justice.
Oh my God! Hey!
Hi! Oh, you look amazing!
Kaho?
Wait, stop. Kyoko!
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