Everything Becomes F: The Perfect Insider
Chapter Six Crimson Resolve
Saikawa-sensei! Wait, please!
I apologize for trying to hit you!
That isn't it.
Let's go back.
Everyone's waiting.
Are we really leaving the island?
That's always been the plan.
What about the case?
We haven't solved a single thing yet.
I know it has to be eating away at you!
The police will be here later.
The murderer may still be in the lab.
You understand what I'm trying to tell you, right?
Um, but...
Then let me ask this.
Do you have a good reason for wanting to stay?
Something that can persuade me?
Well...
No. So let's go back.
Sensei!
Where have you been?!
If you'd thought logically, you'd have known the lab was the sole possibility.
Where's everyone else?
Playing at the beach.
I... I was so worried
about you two, I stayed here!
There was a bit of trouble...
Yeah, after what happened, I'm tired.
After what happened?
I'm going to take a nap.
Me, too.
W-W-Wait!
What happened?
Let's begin the meeting.
I'll go over everything
that happened in the lab last night.
I want your honest opinions.
She came out.
So you told him you liked him?
Well, if you ask me,
a full evening is too long.
When you want to confess your feelings, you should be more direct.
It seems she got rejected.
Alcohol.
At times like these,
I think you need to drink!
You're a minor.
Two people are dead.
But I can't say anything more...
Someone bring some alcohol.
If we get her something non-alcoholic—
So this is...
Non-alcoholic.
And? And?
Two people are dead.
One was killed in a locked room.
The other, by contrast, was killed outdoors.
What they have in common is
that they belong to the Magata family.
Dr. Shiki Magata and Director Shindo.
This means the daughter and younger brother
of Magata Sachiro, who died fifteen years ago, were both killed.
When we consider who the killer could be,
we must first consider who stands to gain from this.
Magata Shiki's room was
as perfectly sealed as you can get.
No one should have been able to enter or leave.
But she was killed.
Which means the killer was in the room.
But the security cameras
didn't show anyone entering the room.
When did they enter and how?
And how did they get out?
That aluminum door can be opened from the doctor's side,
but only she could do it.
To open the door, her right hand is required.
But even if we assume that's why it was amputated,
that gives us no answer as to why her legs were cut off.
Simple camouflage?
Or is there some reason, after all?
That room was sealed for fifteen years.
The living space was carefully cleaned.
No one went in. No one left.
And no one was inside.
A robot which locks and unlocks doors.
Blocks.
Deflated balloons.
A stuffed bear.
A sewing machine and patchwork.
The strange messages left on the computer from three different people.
Three people?
Does that mean that someone other than Dr. Magata Shiki was in the room?
No, she was the only one.
The other two lived inside her head.
Multiple personalities, right?
Yes.
It seems she'd recreated the people around her
who'd died, as new personalities.
— Magata Shiki
The first was her twin brother, who died shortly after birth,
— Kurimoto Kishio
Kishio-san.
The second was Suma-san, the maid who took care of her when she was young.
— Sasaki Suma
And a doll that was thrown away after it was covered in blood,
Michiru
Michiru.
Do you mean that she left messages
from each of her different personalities?
Saikawa-sensei believes not.
If nothing else, Dr. Magata didn't write the messages.
If she had,
it would mean she'd foreseen her death.
And it's unbelievable that three different personalities
could each write messages in such a short time.
Everything is too perfect.
Which means they must
have been written by the killer.
And those words, as well.
Those words whose meaning I don't know.
The biggest mystery of this case.
"Everything...
...becomes F."
Everything Becomes F
Anyway, so we basically know nothing!
Why did the system go out of control?
And does the fact that Dr. Magata's sister, Miki-san,
came to the lab at this time mean something?
What was the purpose of that robot, Michiru?
And what is the significance of Magata Sachiro's statement before his death,
"I won't let you do this"?
When we answer all these questions,
we'll know who it was
that killed Dr. Magata and Director Shindo.
And so, this is what I think!
This has something to do with what happened fifteen years ago.
Dr. Shiki was overcome by death.
Overcome by death?
She tried to make me remember my parents' deaths.
You lost your parents, did you not?
Do you remember that day?
She wanted to know
how I felt when my parents died.
But Sensei...
Sensei?
She must mean Saikawa-sensei.
He's trying to run away from all the mysteries.
Saikawa-sensei...
It's hot out here, isn't it?
Any developments?
Actually, we have a request for you.
We're well aware of how selfish it is.
Wait.
This isn't one of those requests
that I can't turn down once I hear it, right?
We decided it at the meeting.
It's not my personal desire.
Even without your agreement—
You want to hide the fact that Dr. Magata is dead?
I refuse.
You see,
the lab has the contract for a major project coming up next week.
It's for NASA.
We've been working on it for a year.
I understand your situation, but I can't agree to that.
Just for a week...
If her body's found next week...
I won't say that it will all work out,
but we can get through somehow.
And what about Director Shindo?
We'll leave that to the police.
Someone killed him.
We'll have them investigate that.
Once that investigation starts,
how do you intend to hide the fact that Dr. Magata isn't here?
We have her sister, Miki-san.
That won't work!
Lately, Dr. Magata has appeared in the media in small amounts.
If you try to use her as a double, they'll realize immediately.
I know that, of course.
She'll just take over the director's position.
She's already agreed.
Right now, I just want
to focus on getting through the next week.
Yamane-san,
would you please not make my impression of you any worse?
The cutting-edge design of that lab...
The lifestyle you all lead there...
If I'd known about it in high school,
I'm sure I would have
decided to spend my life within it.
Yes, I agree.
Please go.
I'm leaving the island on the ship tomorrow.
We're packing up the leftovers.
You want some?
No, thanks. My stomach isn't feeling well.
Where's Nishinosono-kun?
Asleep in her tent.
It was a rough time...
Half of those are hers.
She was pretty upset.
She's a minor, though.
They're non-alcoholic.
But...
She's a mean drunk.
That's strange...
When did it get to be night?
How do you feel?
Still a little light-headed.
They told me you drank non-alcoholic beer.
I know that!
It's just a lot of bad things have happened.
Bad things?
Two people were killed.
I got in a fight with you.
And the fact that you insist on going home.
But it's okay...
I'm light-headed now, so it's okay.
That...
There was one lying on the ground.
Want to do it?
Sure.
When I was a kid, I was scared of fireworks.
I couldn't hold one of these.
A sparkler?
I wondered why everyone was so happy, doing something so dangerous.
Sensei...
I'm staying on the island, too.
I didn't say I was staying.
You didn't say it aloud, but you said it.
Those fireworks...
You understand how people feel
when they willingly do something dangerous, right?
Even if it's dangerous, you want to return to the lab and solve the mystery.
No, I—
I feel the same.
I figured out why I want to stay.
I want to know
what she wanted to tell me.
Why she agreed to meet me.
Why she asked about my parents' accident.
There must be some meaning there.
Meaning?
I don't know,
but something that will help solve this case.
And I also...
You also?
Anyway, I don't think I can run away!
If I look away from what I'm facing now,
I'll regret it the rest of my life!
But that kind of directness
can destroy the things you care about.
Some things are better looked away from—
I don't care, as long as you're here.
In the end, you're relying on me.
Is that a problem?
You're going back to the lab right now?!
We may not be back for a while.
Take care of everyone.
But—
Understood.
Goodbye.
Kunie-sensei!
Tomorrow afternoon, the boat will come to pick you up.
Right. You take care.
What do you mean?
Can you give us permission to investigate the facility?
Saikawa-sensei and I will find the killer before the cops arrive.
In exchange,
we'll help you with the cover-up for one week.
Bravo.
Can you print out a list of everything Dr. Magata had sent to her room?
Yes.
For what time period?
The last year or so?
Roger.
And I want to see the footage of when it happened again.
Sure thing.
In slow motion.
Huh?
Play that once more.
Wait... Stop it.
Look here.
The elevator is displaying "B2."
I can't see. It's too small.
I can't either, but it's two characters, right?
The other two are "R" and "1." Both are one character.
This has to be B2!
So what does that mean?
Go forward.
Stop.
Look carefully!
The elevator's number is changing.
It isn't on B2! It's on R!
When the body came out, the elevator was on B2,
and then it moved to the roof.
That's right...
Someone summoned it from the roof!
So they moved by elevator?
Let's hurry.
I'll look in the bedroom.
Hey, Michiru?
Yes, I am Michiru.
Are you alone?
To be alone is lonely.
Lonely is seven.
It's saying the same thing as Dr. Magata.
Seven is a number.
Very philosophical.
Did you know what she meant?
There's something interesting. Come with me.
What about them?
All of them only reach volume 15.
Insects of the World Children's Literature of the World
You're right!
So there you go.
What do you mean?
Fifteen.
Fifteen?
Fifteen years.
Dr. Magata was here for fifteen years.
Everything is fifteen...
"Fifteen."
I'll do it.
Shiki!
I won't
let you do this!
Good evening, Aunt Yumiko.
But it looks like you're a little late.