Let's get going now please.
You don't need to be so anxious.
I'll have you back soon.
I want you to give me what you inherited from him.
He's going to cause a terrible calamity.
If you could give me your cooperation, we can stop that from happening.
I don't believe that.
That's fine. I have something I'd like you to see.
It will help you learn who he truly is.
Young lady, it's almost time for dinner.
Note: To Tome-san. I will definitely be back. – Chizuko
Young lady!
There he is.
Chiko!
Where's that old man planning to take Chiko?
Which way did they go?
Damn it! Without my bike, I'll never catch up to Chiko.
She's a monster.
I've found you.
I knew it. You've got reinforced muscles.
How ugly.
Take this!
She had a beautiful body with no side effects.
And her emotions were completely repressed.
Hey, what was that?
Do you know the old man in the car?
He took a girl I know with him.
Mikamo Chizuko...
The Daughter of Twenty Faces, right?
You know about Chiko...
Who are you?
The sound of water?
There's a system of underground waterways laid out beneath Tokyo that I suppose you might call a parting gift from the war.
You see, water was essential for my research.
Chizuko-san, did you know that besides liquid, gas, and solid,
water can take on a fourth form?
But imagine if there was a fourth form that no one knew about.
Twenty Faces said the same thing.
We refer to it as the fourth state of water.
I heard that Twenty Faces was involved with the fourth state of water.
The fourth state of water is produced when you apply extreme heat and pressure to water.
It's a compressed mass of vast energy.
When it happens, it's like witnessing a miracle.
Water turns into light.
Light?
Turn water into light...
It's all connected.
That poem by Éluard is what I inherited from him.
Come.
But he took the research for himself and broke away from me.
And if that wasn't bad enough, he's plotting to cause a great disaster using the fourth state of water.
In order to stop him I must be allowed to finish my research,
even if I have to do it all by myself.
What's going on, Akechi-san? I wasn't expecting you.
I'm very busy.
Kawada-san, I have something important to discuss.
Do you know a man named Kakishima Kouhei?
Hmm, I guess not.
During the war, he was a researcher who was involved in weapons development for the military.
It appears that man is going to attempt a very dangerous experiment underneath Tokyo.
What, now? The war's over, you know.
In that case, what if I said that Kakishima was connected to Twenty Faces?
What?
Kakishima disappeared from normal society shortly after the war ended.
Around that exact time, the phantom thief Twenty Faces appeared.
But that's not really...
There's more.
A man who worked in his research lab was murdered in Toran, England.
Immediately afterwards, Twenty Faces was spotted in Toran.
Are these just coincidences?
There's some sort of connection between Kakishima and Twenty Faces.
They may even be the same person.
What?
Kakishima is dangerous.
He spent the days of the war together with the military.
We can't wait until after he acts!
We haven't a moment to spare.
It's my fault.
I scolded her, telling her to stop thinking about Twenty Faces.
It'll be fine, Tome-kun.
Chizuko-kun is a level-headed girl.
She knows what she should do.
But, she's just a normal girl.
No matter what fate may have in store for her, she's still just a thirteen-year-old child.
That's why I'm so worried.
I couldn't agree more.
So we adults must stay strong, right?
OK! How about the two of us go in search of Chizuko-kun?
Yes.
How about it?
Why did you bring me here?
I wanted you to see it.
The research he and I sacrificed everything for.
Watch closely.
Oscillation waves from the three towers will awaken a reaction in the water.
And that will give birth to the fourth state of water.
It's pretty.
Heh, it may appear beautiful,
but this amount of light isn't even close to the fourth state.
The oscillation waves aren't tuned to the exact parameters.
The cause of that is its natural resonance.
In order to make water reach the fourth state,
you need to input the exact parameters so as to cancel out that resonance.
He discovered them and left with the values of all three parameters.
And I believe you know them.
Three parameters?
Could they have been in that Éluard poem he sang to me?
Resonance?
I knew it. He left all of it behind...
...somewhere inside this girl.
Why?! Why did you tie us to the military without consulting me?
F-For your sake, I...
...I've become a murderer.
Why?
Why isn't it working?
What am I missing?!
Why?
We need to cancel out its natural resonance.
Did you see the light?
It was a beautiful light.
Much too much for us to handle.
I intend to seal away all my research.
It's as you see.
If he hadn't betrayed me...
If he didn't take the research for himself...
I would have obtained the light!
And to entrust it to a girl who doesn't know anything!
Come now! Please give me what you inherited from him.
You still don't get it?
He didn't just betray me.
He's trying to betray you too!
The man who you trusted from the bottom of your heart...
...is trying to take away your future!
He's not like that.
How do you know that?
You're just one of his pawns.
You don't know a single thing about him.
I do know!
I learned it during the two years I spent with him.
He rescued me from despair.
And then he gave me a new family and times that were irreplaceable.
He found the light that lives within me!
He even told me about the fourth form of water.
It's pretty, isn't it?
Beautiful things enrich the heart.
He smiled.
He didn't perform his research just as a scientist!
He wanted to see that unbelievably beautiful form of water!
But you never picked up on that feeling!
You're not like him.
I will not give you what I received from him!
I see.
So you've chosen him as well?
Then I have no choice.
It's you!
Koito-san!
You said you'd always protect her, didn't you?
I plan to find out what's really important to you.
Stop!
You are aware that the human body contains water, are you not?
So I'm going to use her for an experiment.
Fine.
Mister...
Chiko, you can hear songs here too.
The sound of the grass, wind, and sky...
Their natural resonances play a spectacular melody.
The resonance is a song?
Yes, exactly.
C'est la chaude loi des hommes
It is the warm law of men
Du raisin ils font du vin
From grapes, they make the wine
Du charbon ils font du feu
From coals, they make the fire
Des baisers ils font des hommes
From kisses, they make the men
C'est la chaude loi...
It is the warm law...
...des hommes
...of men
Du raisin ils font du vin
From grapes, they make the wine
Du charbon ils font du feu
From coals, they make the fire
Des baisers ils font des hommes
From kisses, they make the men
That's the song I heard on that hill.
He taught me that song.
Just as water is changed into light,
there are three transformations within Éluard's poem.
Grapes to wine.
Coal to fire.
Kisses to men.
If you use the difference in the musical pitch of each word...
...as the parameters...
I see.
He hid the three parameters in a song.
That's something he'd think of doing.
Thank you, Chizuko-kun.
Thanks to you, I can complete the research now.
Stop!
Sorry to keep you waiting, Chiko.
Mister?
Mister.
D-Damn you!
Let's settle this once and for all,
Professor.