Shirahata Kiichiro!
He's a diplomat who once worked for the ambassador to Britain.
We suspect this Shirahata has learned the specifics of high command's "Grand Strategy."
I can confirm Graham is "black."
Kill without hesitation.
Die with honor.
You're now officially a part of "Wind Agency."
"We can't use War College grads."
The words of D-Agency's founder, Yuuki.
Yuuki...
I'm told you connected Shirahata to Graham.
Can you secure the location of the exchange?
Yes. I've already planted an operative inside Shirahata's villa.
Once you successfully complete this operation,
your "Wind Agency" will be
officially recognized as the Imperial Army's espionage agency.
D-Agency has also been informed of the Shirahata situation.
I have no intention of playing a double-joker game.
Whichever one of you fails will be considered the spare.
This mission will decide everything.
Whether or not my Wind Agency can
get the better of D-Agency...
The ones to survive
will be us.
As the embers of world war smoldered
in autumn of 1937,
the Imperial Army
Greater East Asia Cultural Society
established a clandestine spy training agency.
The histories, names, and even ages
of the elite men who pass its rigorous application process
are all treated as top-secret information.
They easily complete training exercises that push them
to their physical and mental limits.
Under the command of founder Lieutenant Colonel Yuuki,
they operate worldwide, within the shadows.
And so a brand-new intelligence agency was created.
Its name is "D-Agency."
Long ago, we'd cross the ridge riding in a palanquin...
Episode 8 - Double Joker (Part 2)
Now I lie dreaming, riding steam trains...
Take this to the Mist Room.
The smoke turns the tunnel black as pitch...
Yes.
My, oh my, black as pitch...
Oh!
Sir, your room is the next one down the hall.
Oh... I'm terribly sorry for the interruption.
No, no, don't worry about it.
This program is a work of fiction. The characters, organizations, locations, laws, names, etc. being portrayed are unrelated to actual events.
Who was that?
The man using the next room over.
He said he works for a company in Tokyo and is training here.
Anyway, how about it?
Sir?
I'm still plenty young, you know.
Oh, dear. Cut that out!
So then I said...
Mist
Really?
Huxley-san is at home relaxing.
Huxley (Shirahata)
I'm told the flower arrangement was delivered.
Flower Arrangement (Morishima)
Care for some more?
Thanks. Thanks.
The customer just left.
Customer (Graham)
So far, so good, then.
Excuse me. I apologize for interrupting your meal.
Another person from your party is here.
He said...
you'd know who he was without hearing his name...
He said he's here to see the manager...
Send him in.
You can go and rest now.
You needn't wake me up tomorrow morning.
As you wish, sir.
Oh, did you contact Churchill?
Yes, just before Morishima-san left.
Ah, he must've gone to the inn to see
that waitress again.
I envy how close they are.
Goodnight.
U-Um... Where is this?
What do you want from me?
Morishima Kunio.
A student living in Shirahata's villa since last year, serving as his houseboy.
Born in Tokyo, 1918.
Formerly named Ikeda Kunio.
After the Morishima family adopted you, they paid off an army doctor,
and you were sent home immediately after your physical exam.
Draft-dodging with falsified medical records gets you three years.
No...
If you're drafted and sent to the front lines, you'll likely only live a few months.
P-Please overlook this!
It was all my parents' doing!
We suspect Shirahata is a spy.
See where I'm going?
Here's your chance to prove your loyalty to Japan.
Well? Anything strange happening at the villa?
He usually leaves the dog out at night,
but tonight he wanted him put in the shed.
Also, he said there was no need to make breakfast tomorrow.
And the thing we discussed?
The desk in the study.
I see!
You've done excellent work.
So... As for that other matter...
Are you going to let me off the hook?
Of course!
You've more than met our expectations.
I thank you.
Hey. Someone call a car to take him home.
I'll do it.
Oh, no need!
I can get home by myself.
There's no need for that.
I won't see you much after this,
and they might be getting worried about you back home.
Get me a new sake cup.
Kill without hesitation.
Die with honor.
O-Oh...
Are you all right?
Yes... Just a bit tipsy...
I don't usually drink.
Is something wrong?
Oh, no, no.
He just drank a little too much, that's all.
Let's get going.
Listen up, men.
Our training excursion ends today.
You've all done well.
One final task remains,
and then we're done.
I expect to see your training pay off.
The exchange happens at 0300, as planned.
We'll be on our way, then.
Take care not to bother Huxley-san.
Yuuki...
I hope to see you show up in person, if I can.
And when you do...
There's our customer.
Sir.
Status?
In position.
Yuuki...
He couldn't nail down the location, huh?
Fool.
Come on.
Sir.
We wait here until 0300.
Sir.
Detain anyone who shows up.
If they even try to resist, kill them.
What the hell...
Why isn't anyone here?
You're late.
Yuuki!
You bastard, how'd you—
How did I?
I drove in through the front gate.
You tipped off Graham and Shirahata!
Don't tell me the Grand Strategy's...
Grand Strategy?
Nothing like that was here to begin with.
Well, even after reading it,
it was really just absolute nonsense.
Absolute nonsense?
It's the Imperial Army's greatest secret!
It contains high command's most fundamental strategies!
In the end,
it's nothing more than general theories
and principles related to strategy.
What good does it do to treat that as some kind of
legendary treatise on the military arts?
In other words, it shows the limits of Army War College graduates.
You're an Army Lieutenant Colonel yourself, and you—
Yuuki.
Know what the biggest difference is between your D-Agency and my Wind Agency?
Your motto is, "Don't die. Don't kill."
But we believe in killing when necessary.
It's true you beat us to the punch,
but the Grand Strategy is definitely here.
And we'll get it, even if it means killing Shirahata.
That's how Wind Agency operates.
I win, Yuuki.
Oh, boy.
Son of a...
We had such great bait, and all we caught were shrimps like you guys.
You're... from D-Agency?!
The fake history and draft-dodging
was a half-hidden cover story.
You know, a type of security alarm.
If another spy agency tried to get to Shirahata,
they'd go after Morishima without question.
But you...
were Shirahata's houseboy
for over a year...
Morishima...
Impossible! How are you on your feet?
I had the same tool as you.
I just used it the opposite way.
Kaminaga and Hatano have detained
everyone hidden around the villa's grounds.
Shirahata informed Graham of the army's movements.
Graham feared being arrested, and left with his wife
to catch a boat to Shanghai.
What?!
We've had our eye
on Shirahata since long before your group started to act.
He's one of
the very few channels to England we have left.
If we keep him under tight surveillance,
he's still plenty useful to us.
Don't you lay a finger on Shirahata over a trifle like this.
Though even if you did try to arrest him,
you've got no evidence.
No evidence?!
That's because you disposed of it all!
Yuuki!
Killing is the worst decision a spy can make.
All it does is spur outside investigations.
It's a meaningless, foolish act.
In other words, proof you're not qualified to be a spy.
Your reasons don't matter.
It doesn't change the fact that you leaked our plan to Shirahata!
I hope you're ready to be court-martialed!
Unfortunately,
we're not the ones who told Shirahata.
Do you remember the waitress who served you at the inn tonight?
How do you know about her?
Were you staying at the same inn as us?
Oh, you didn't notice?
We ran into each other once.
Excuse me.
The customer leaving just now was a bit unsteady on his feet.
Yes, he's a student earning his keep working as a houseboy for Shirahata-san.
Apparently he's not used to alcohol.
That was quite
the doting look you had on your face.
Though if he returns to the villa in that state, he'll probably be scolded, poor thing.
I-I'll go and phone Shirahata-san's villa.
I'll tell them he was goaded into drinking a lot.
Yes, good idea.
Shirahata figured out the situation from the waitress's call,
and quickly fled.
That's all.
Attempting to court-martial
will only humiliate you further.
And I'll tell you one more thing.
All the women at that inn were fully aware
of your true identities as military men.
What do you mean?!
The ground war is intensifying,
and young men are constantly being called to battle.
There's been a huge decline
in groups of young men staying at the inn.
Students would be suspect enough,
but a group of seven or eight young businessmen?
Anyone would notice.
Do you know the meaning of the War College emblem?
It's the currency of the Edo period,
worth eight rin.
"It's so large, yet not even worth one sen."
That means in the real world, it's worthless.
But for some reason,
for those affiliated with the army,
it carries the opposite meaning.
That's why even a lowly inn waitress saw through you.
You're all emperors with no clothes,
running around playing spy.
Preview
An English expedition has gone to Egypt.
You need to be prepared for consequences if you go tomb-raiding.
Sometimes the mummy hunter ends up becoming the mummy.
Episode 10 - Pursuit