Key of the Light
Chain reaction
mitsumeru
Stare,
Red eye
kotae wo sagashiteitanda
I searched for answers,
atemonaku samayoinagara
while wandering around aimlessly
ikusen oku no karamiau Elements
Billions of intertwined elements,
shikou no naka de
in our thoughts
yureteiru Chaotic town
Unsettled chaotic town
marude so Confusion
Just like a confusion
kienainda Spiritual pain
Unwavering spiritual pain
Where do we go?
hikari to yami ga mugen ni yureru
Light and darkness is infinitely unstable
tenshi ga akuma to odoridasu
Angels start dancing with devils
toki o koeta idenshi no kioku Key of the Life
The memories of the DNA that exceed time, the key of life
kotae wa sugu soko ni
The truth is just right there
FFFpeeps presents
Yakumo... Here.
Thank you.
You finally spoke.
My uncle is a registered donor.
You mean for organ transplants?
His organs will be removed as soon as I, as his family, give consent.
So what did you tell them?
I don't see my uncle's soul with my left eye.
So I didn't give them consent.
You're right.
Mr. Isshin looks as if he's just asleep.
I feel for those who made my uncle like this...
hatred.
Yakumo...
Th-That's...!
Beyond Despair ~Hatred~
Mamiya Yoshiko
What's the matter?
I couldn't make out her face,
but judging from her stature, the ghost earlier was this patient here.
But, this girl's alive...
This is just between us,
but she only has half a year left unless she gets an organ transplant.
Although her attending physician, Professor Sakakibara, tried everything he could...
nothing came of it.
It makes my heart ache to think about what must be going through his head.
After all, Yoshiko is...
No, never mind.
Hey, did you find someth-
Yakumo.
It's definitely the vehicle that went missing.
The suspect that was in transport may be hiding somewhere.
Be alert.
Good timing.
You are...!
Don't move!
Yakumo found the culprit?
You mean the culprit isn't Yakumo's dad?
I think so, though Yakumo won't tell me anything.
He's keeping things quiet to you, too, huh.
Well, he's always like that.
Still, Yakumo seems different than usual.
Huh?
It's probably because of what happened to Mr. Isshin,
but I sense seething hatred within him...
He looks as if he despises the whole world.
It's like back when he was in middle school.
So you know about Yakumo's middle school days?
More or less.
Please tell me.
I'm not asking out of mere curiosity.
I'm just worried about Yakumo.
So...
It's kind of a nuisance, but oh well.
Yakumo always tells me that I'm hard to understand, because I always explain things out of order.
So, this'll take awhile, but let me start from the beginning.
If you would.
I first met Yakumo...
on the night that his mother almost killed him.
That was also when I learned that his name was "Yakumo".
But that was about it.
A few years later...
Whilst I was investigating a case, I met Yakumo again by coincidence.
Shit. Where did he go?
Hey, kid! What are you doing here this late?
I'm killing time.
Huh?
This is no time for a kid to be out hanging around all alone.
It's none of your concern.
I'm a policeman.
I know.
Oh?
You're annoying.
Do you think just waving your badge around will make everyone back off?
How silly.
What?!
Kid, what's your name?
I told you before, didn't I?
I don't know you.
It's a wonder you can be a detective with such poor memory...
Sergeant Gotou.
Why... do you know my name?
It was only after some time had passed...
that I realized that brat was Yakumo.
Hey, you!
What are you doing?
This is bad!
Are you all right?
You're the one from the park the other day...
Perfect timing. I've got some questions for you.
I have nothing to say.
You brat!
Quit acting so tough!
That eye...
You...
can't be...
from that time...
Are you all right?
He...
asked with a scary face...
"When my mother was about to kill me, why did you save me?"
Yakumo said that?
"Nobody asked you to." he said.
Back then Yakumo...
He didn't know the real reason why his mother tried to kill him, did he?
I punched him.
"What's wrong with saving a life that's about to disappear right in front of me?!"
Once that was clear in my mind,
I knocked him down before I knew it.
My inseparable relationship with Yakumo has gone on since then.
He's really changed a lot.
Not that he'd ever admit it.
I think it's because of you, Haruka.
Because of me?
Yeah. But this time...
with what happened to Isshin and all, even Yakumo couldn't...
He's going back to how he was in the past.
No way!
I, too...
don't want to see Yakumo like that.
No matter what.
We have a problem, Detective Gotou!
What's wrong?
Nanase Miyuki, she's escaped.
What?!
Two policemen have been injured, and their guns taken.
Who is it?!
Oh, it's you.
Nao and I are here for a visit. We'll be back late so-
Nao! Where are you going?
Ah, Nao!
Good afternoon.
Oh, it's you, the journalist lady.
Eh? Yakumo? Over there?
But he was acting a little strange...
as if he isn't here to visit Isshin.
That bastard Yakumo.
What's he up to?
Mr. Gotou!
Bring the car here!
Yes!
Are you saying I purposefully made your uncle brain dead?
I certainly am in a position to promote organ transplantation...
but I would never do such thing to a patient just because of that.
No use playing dumb, Professor Sakakibara.
Brain death is a legally recognized form of death.
What you have done...
is clearly murder.
Huh?
I can see the spirits of the dead.
However, on rare occasions I can also sense another kind of spirit...
the souls of the living.
When experiencing strong emotions, the soul sometimes separates from a living person.
In her case, she might have been born with a predisposition for out-of-body experiences.
Her spirit appeared before hospitalized patients nightly asking when they'll die.
That was because you, her attending physician, told her that without a transplant, she only had half a year left to live.
Are you telling a doctor ghost stories?
"If only some other patient would die and have their organs used for a transplant, I won't need to die."
That strong feeling of hers subconsciously caused her soul to separate from her body.
Her name is Mamiya Yoshiko.
Professor Sakakibara,
I'm talking about your daughter.
Doctor Arai was behaving strangely, so I looked into your past.
You've been through a divorce.
Your ex-wife took your daughter,
and gave her her maiden name, Mamiya.
Well yes, she is my flesh and blood.
I only hid it so that other patients wouldn't misunderstand.
That's all it was.
The rest is just my guess, but...
When my uncle came for a full check-up...
you heard that he agreed to organ donation.
So you secretly checked his compatibility with your daughter.
The result was a perfect match.
Moreover, after you verified other conditions necessary for organ transplantation,
such as; urgency, waiting time and delivery time,
you determined that my uncle's organs would certainly be transplanted to Yoshiko.
However, my uncle had a year left; it would be too late if you waited for him to die.
That's why you...
After you stabbed him...
you had to return to the hospital immediately...
so that you could admit him as the doctor on duty and make sure he was brain dead.
Quit wasting my time!
I have to go now.
Don't bother me.
These marks are?
Near home I...
Liar.
These appeared that night, when you were rushing to the hospital...
and brushed against a car travelling in the opposite direction.
W-What evidence is there?
That car, was being driven by me.
What can these marks prove?
Besides, all your reasoning is nothing but speculation!
If you're trying to accuse a doctor, such as myself, present some actual forensic proof!
Besides, what about the announcement of the crime?
Didn't one of the culprits arrested announce a murder?
Why am I under suspicion? That's ridiculous!
What you just said is the concrete proof.
What do you mean?
This time, the police released to the media...
nothing about the announcement.
Wh-What did you say?
The only ones who knew that...
besides the police who are investigating,
and those around me,
are those involved in the incident.
Who are you?
He's a detective I know.
Wait, you bastard!
Why are you following him?
You chase the one who's running away, it's just a given!
In a hospital this big, there are facilities for emergency helicopters.
If you couldn't escape by car, the only choice left was to come here.
But it's useless.
No matter what the reason for the request,
in this weather a helicopter won't fly.
You've got nowhere to run.
How old would your uncle be this year?
My daughter is just twelve!
She's lived just twelve years!
A life that would end in a year anyway...
What's wrong in ending it early to save my daughter...
to save a life that could be saved?
But that doesn't justify stealing others' lives.
Yes, it does!
If it's to save Yoshiko, I would...
I would...
People are utterly foolish.
Don't you think so, Yakumo?
That Yakumo! Where the hell did he go?
Where haven't we searched yet?
Did somebody check on the roof?
No, I didn't.
Me neither.
Nao!
Huh? You want to come too?
No, Nao, you shouldn't get in everyone's way.
Nao.
You must be worried about Yakumo.
Come with us.
But, darling...
You wait in the lobby. I'm a detective after all,
I'll protect this girl here.
Parent-child love is noble.
However, a parent wouldn't mind taking somebody's life to let his own child live.
That, Yakumo,
is the true nature of the people you believe in so much.
Were you the one who instigated Professor Sakakibara to do it?
Instigate? Not quite.
All I did was give him a chance.
Are you saying that you'll bear all the sin?
That's right.
All that matters to me, is that Saitou Isshin disappears from this world.
However,
if I do it myself,
I might damage the organs that your daughter needs.
That's why... I should...?
B-But...
As a person involved in medical practices, I can't do something like that!
Is that a pang of conscience? Or a doctor's morals?
I don't have time for such things.
Mr. Sakakibara...
a person's true nature... is darkness.
I can feel it, Yakumo,
your intense hatred!
Yakumo!
Wait!
You've got a nice look in your eyes.
Just what I'd expect from my son.
What is he doing?
Just as I thought.
You are...
a spirit of the dead!
Spirits of the dead are just bundles of feelings.
Yakumo, can you make out these feelings of mine?
Despair and hatred...
are the feelings that form me.
Much like your own heart that's lost Isshin.
But you know, Yakumo...
Not yet.
It's not over yet!
me ni utsuru
Reflected in the eyes
ikusen no hoshi wo
are that of a thousand stars
mune no oku ni
deeply etched
yakitsuketeta
in the heart
mou aenai
We can't meet anymore,
anata no namae wo
so I breathed out
sasayaite wa
your name
hitomi tojita
and closed my eyes
mamorenu
There are promises,
yakusoku nado
that cannot be kept
ano hi wa shiranu mama ni
If that day you, still unaware,
unmei dato iikireru nara
flatly state that is fate
toki wo koete ai ni yukitai
I would transcend time to go and meet you
haruka tooku kono koe hibiku yo
and the sound of this voice will resonate far beyond
towa ni negai tsudukeru
So I eternally wish,
maiochiru hoshikuzu no kakera
these cascading fragments of stardust
anata no mune ni todoku kitto
will reach your heart for sure
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Beyond Despair ~Eternity~