Why don't you stop hanging around here and go look for Snake?
My chances of getting Snake are better if I stay close to Maki.
Right...
Kaori, what's keeping you here? Go home!
Thanks to your escapades, our place is full of holes.
That Fall wind sure is cold.
Damn!
What a strange, mutually hostile atmosphere between those three.
Please...
Detective, Sir? Are the wounds on your back really all right?
I don't need your concern!
Look, she's just trying to be nice to you!
No, it's all right. Please forgive my rudeness.
Those shoulders, those broad shoulders...
Can't get to sleep?
Mr. Saeba...
It's a beautiful moon.
I can understand you wanting to gaze at it,
but we don't know where he'll strike next. Be careful.
I understand.
Mr. Saeba, about that detective.
I get the feeling that this isn't the first time we've met.
He has the same feel about him as my father did.
I'm not sure how to put it, but the atmosphere about him seems similar.
It's the same with you, Mr. Saeba!
Somehow your feel is different from that of other people!
What kind of nonsense am I spouting? Goodnight.
Same feel? Does that mean Ryo was a mercenary too?
Who knows?
You don't mean...
Be quiet and go to sleep.
This violin...
Sorry!
This violin...
...was my father's. It's all I have of his.
My father was an accomplished violinist.
He often played this for me.
Doesn't mean anything to me!
Please wait, Detective!
Why am I being targeted? You've checked into it, haven't you?
Well... Well...
A lady deceived by that playboy Saeba is getting her revenge!
Is that true?
Umibozu, how could you say such a thing?
Just kidding.
You're funny. Thank you, Detective.
You said that to relieve my anxiety, didn't you?
That's right. He's more attuned to that kind of thing
than you would think from looking at this huge body.
That violin's nostalgic, isn't it? She says it belonged to her father.
Nostalgic, right?
Yes, that's right! How nostalgic!
Your father often played songs on this violin for me.
Really?
There's a recital celebrating my recent award on Sunday.
I've decided to use this violin for that recital.
Would you mind listening to me practice?
Of course not.
That song...
Damn!
What a weakling. He remembers the past and starts blubbering!
Listening to music like this bores me.
That idiot! Couldn't he think of something else?
Hello? Who is this?
Hello?
Give it to me!
Speaking.
That voice! It's my old friend Falcon.
I so enjoyed your gallantry yesterday.
It was just my way of saying hello. Think you can stop me next time?
I will kill that little girl!
I'm looking forward to the concert on Sunday.
I'll dye that stage crimson.
Him?
The concert will be our showdown.
Thank you, Mr. Saeba!
I asked for the biggest, so that they would stand out.
Sorry! These flowers stand out even more!
What? That's not possible!
Come on! What idiot sent something that big?
Even the name is big! "Hayato Ljuuin," it says.
What's that? Hayato Ljuuin?
Know him?
Why wouldn't I? That's Umibozu's real name.
No way! No way! No way!
It's true.
His name is so grandiose I gave him one that fit him better, Umibozu.
Hayato Ljuuin?
Hayabusa?
Hayabusa! Falcon!
What's wrong? Are you worried about that man?
No, I'm not.
Don't worry.
Concentrate on the performance, and leave the rest to us.
Okay.
Okay, good luck.
Right!
I know that softie. I bet he's bawling as he listens to this song.
I'll change those tears into tears of sadness for him right now.
You bastard Falcon, with your little toy!
I used this "toy"
so that her performance would not be defiled by blood.
It's no use hiding. Come out!
Impressive, Falcon. I lose.
Sure didn't put up much of a fight.
Don't go trying any useless tricks now.
Don't...
Kit... kittens!
Just look at you.
Bastard, how did you know my weakness?
I've known you for a long time, you know?
But I had no idea that you had it this bad.
Okay, I'm going to shoot you in the arms and legs so you can't move.
And then I'll kill that girl.
You can just sit here helpless,
cursing yourself for not being able to save her.
After that, I'll enjoy sending you to the same place as the girl.
You bastard!
First, your right arm.
Who... who are you?
Ryo!
Sorry for breaking up this lovely reunion between comrades-in-arms.
I had no idea! Scared of kittens! I had no idea!
Don't laugh! It's not funny!
If you were here the whole time, why didn't you come out sooner?
Come on! When I saw you like that,
I broke down laughing, and couldn't move any faster.
When I hear kittens meowing, all the strength runs out of my body.
Get rid of them now!
Look here, that'll be about enough of your tricks.
Focusing all your attention on Umibozu was your downfall.
Who in the hell are you?
Next time we meet, you'd do well to remember the name City Hunter.
Truth is there are few foolhardy enough to mess with me
once they hear that name.
Ci... City... You're that guy?
Hey, what should I do with this guy?
Looks like a kitten would make a nice good luck charm.
He didn't appear after all.
Looks like it was just some kind of sick joke.
But what about those shots? And the detective was shot in the back.
We found out that the shots he took came from a powerful air gun.
I mean, do you really think there's a human alive
who could take two shots from a real gun, and not feel a thing?
Umibozu himself says he doesn't think you're in danger any longer.
If a pro says so, you can count on it.
I see.
But it's too bad.
What with patrolling the concert and all, I didn't get to hear you.
Well...
Why not allow me to express my appreciation
by inviting you to hear me play at my place?
Really?! Wonderful!
Detective, if you like, you're welcome to join Mr. Saeba.
No, I don't think...
Don't worry about him!
He'd just get bored anyhow.
Please play for me alone, just the two of us!
I'm coming too.
We got rid of Snake and all!
You ought to go ahead and make yourself scarce!
You think I'm going to leave you two alone together?
What's that mean?
There's only one reason you don't want me to come.
I know what you're up to.
What I'm up to? I wonder about that.
What?
Okay, let's go home, Kaori. What?
Okay, let's go home, Kaori.
See you.
What was that smug look about?
Has he thought up a way to be alone with her despite my presence?
Could it be a visit in the night?
No!
H... H... Help!
I will not allow it!
Ryo, is Maki really safe from Snake now?
Unless he's really stupid, he won't try anything.
We left him a little gift too.
A gift?
That's it, no more. I've had it.
Umibozu by himself is one thing,
but I won't live long with City Hunter as an enemy.
I've had it! I'm going to miss my flight!
He didn't come after all.
Yes!
Detective, you're early.
What about Saeba?
Not here yet. Please, come in.
Please...
Well, Mr. Ljuuin?
How did you know my real name?
Mr. Saeba told me.
I apologize for not thanking you earlier for the lovely flowers.
That's okay.
Shall I begin?
But Saeba's not here yet.
Mr. Saeba will not be coming.
You're him, aren't you? Falcon?
Ridiculous!
Mr. Saeba told me before the concert began.
Please wait, Mr. Ljuuin!
I haven't learned why you helped me under an assumed name,
nor why you never let me meet you.
But that's because I don't need to.
If this is as you, my father, and Saeba wish it, I will not ask.
I won't ask. So please, at least listen to me play my violin.
Listen to me play my violin.
Get on with it!
Okay!
Okay, shall we go.
It's not like you, Ryo, to just give up without trying something.
Not likely! I'm done playing the Daddy Longlegs that's all.
I'm her boyfriend now. See? I have her study abroad address.
I'm impressed.
Tomorrow, I fly to Vienna. I was invited to study abroad there.
I don't know when I'll come back to Japan.
So during my short stay here, I wanted to meet you.
It was your father's dream.
For you to become a world-class violinist.
When you've truly matured, I'll tell you the whole story.
If you still want to hear it then, that is.
Mr. Ljuuin?
Stop using that name. It makes me uncomfortable. Umibozu will do.
Why do you stop? Continue.
Right!
You should be ashamed, drinking so early in the day!
What else am I supposed to do? That Umibozu used them as payment.
The floor's going to get a hole in it, and we just fixed it!
Yeah, and then I'll send this giant, good luck cat to him!
Here's to Daddy Longlegs!
Ryo, you little busybody.
You're being asked to take care of three men for 500 yen?
It must be a bad joke.
No, it's an official request.
Yuka's asked me to save her favorite children's author.
She can't release her books all by herself,
so she ended up dealing with this nasty publisher's demands.
I feel sorry for her,
but I can't believe you took the job for 500 yen.
Yikes! But I can't believe you took the job for 500 yen.
Yikes! Saori must be a beautiful woman!
See you then!