My fingers...
l need your help to execute Sergei's will.
You can just introduce me.
Hey, yeah
Do you understand where you are?
Yes, right now you're between truth and lies
Oh, the time is ripe
l don't need words of grief
Oh, at this rate we'll end up losing the means to change anything
Deep inside of my small heart, into the light
lt began to move
Nothing can be sweeter than your smile
What l sealed away was the sound of my life being saved
Sometimes l think that is me choosing the way
Body trembling
You must not say l don't care, tell me why
What l'm letting fly is the sound of my life being saved
Are you sure?
You're sure it's all right for you not to question me?
We're talking about $200,000. You sure you shouldn't ask me about it?
You're the one who planted the fake letter, aren't you?
Fake letter?
No one will believe a thing like that.
Once they check into what's written in it,
they'll see right away that it's all lies.
No, Lieutenant.
lf the Ministry of the lnterior checks into it, they'll find that it's all the truth.
What?!
Just like it says in that letter,
Andrei's deposited $200,000 into your account in the Altonian Bank in Sion, Switzerland.
lf you shoot me here,
won't it be viewed as an attempt to destroy the evidence?
l don't think you're someone who would betray your country.
You can just listen to what l have to say.
Lieutenant, you interrogated me and found the real ring.
But your organization doesn't know how to use the ring.
What do you mean by that?
An important message has been put into those two rings.
lf you don't decode it,
the rings are only worth what they'll fetch as antiques.
Why would you tell me that?
Because l trust you.
l want to negotiate directly with Major General Garrachova.
You should be able to arrange that.
The $200,000 is a token of my thanks.
l refuse!
lnterrogation
What part of this are you dissatisfied with?
All you have to do is create an opportunity for me to negotiate.
lt's not a difficult thing.
Don't move! Now why don't you tell me all about the rings?
l can prepare an interrogation room if you'd like.
l'll throw some truth serum in this time.
That's right,
the one l used on that college girl.
No one can hide the truth after they've been injected with that.
They confess everything they know.
Although it looks like that girl didn't know anything.
l'm sure you well know what happens afterwards.
lf you don't want to end up like her, you should just be obedient and tell me.
lt looks like you don't intend to talk voluntarily.
No, l want you to know this.
The legacy of the Romanovski family: 240 billion dollars,
funds comparable to the annual budget of the U.S. military...
lts location is the secret hidden in those rings.
240 billion dollars?!
Those rings are the key to obtaining that legacy.
l see... So that's why we were employing large-scale operations for rings like that.
Even a Swiss bank can't handle that large a sum by itself.
The bank created a syndicate and managed the money in separate units.
At that time, Prince Romanovski carved his access number into his ring, split it in two,
and entrusted the halves to his sons.
But an access number is sixteen digits.
There are six digits on the Mary ring.
And there are seven on the Kristos ring.
There are only thirteen digits in all.
The key to unlocking the remaining three digits
is a message put into the design of the two rings.
lf l report this,
l'm sure Her Excellency Major General Garrachova will greet me with the highest praise.
What is the message hidden in those rings?!
Sorry, but that is as much as l can tell you.
Lieutenant!
What happened?!
The negotiator infiltrated the building! Arrest him immediately!
Lieutenant!
This wasn't part of our agreement! What is this?!
You betray your country, and then you even betray me who paid you?!
That's crazy! You're going to take this man at his word?!
Are you really that dedicated to Number One, Lieutenant?
Shut up, you!
What are you doing? Get out of my way!
l'm sorry, Lieutenant, but please come with me.
You left Captain Elenova at a little past 10 PM, is that correct?
Yes, Sir.
ln which case, we can assume you arrived back at headquarters at approximately 10:15.
Yes, Sir.
Commander in Charge of Security!
Yes, Sir!
What time was the negotiator arrested, Melenkov?
Between 10:50 and 10:56, Sir.
There's quite a lot of time unaccounted for, isn't there?
Viktor, why didn't you arrest the negotiator immediately?
Answer!
l was interrogating him!
About what?
He told me he wished to have a place to speak alone
with Her Excellency Major General Garrachova.
That's not an interrogation.
But Lieutenant...
This is a lot of money. Even if your heart wavered, l can't find it in me to blame you.
Lieutenant Colonel, it's some kind of mistake.
lt's a trap, Sir! Please believe me. l was framed, Sir!
You're not making the inferences right now. We are.
Continue. Was that all the negotiator said?
No, he also...
l obtained vital information from my interrogation of the negotiator!
Vital information?
Yes, Sir. lt's about the Romanovski legacy.
He said an access number necessary
to withdraw $240 billion from a Swiss bank syndicate is inscribed into the two rings.
lf we solve the message hidden in the design of the rings
and add the three missing digits, we'll have all the numbers to access...
Silence!
Pardon me, Lieutenant Colonel.
l believe any further declarations are inappropriate to this place and time.
Captain Elenova's point is sound.
Anything further is not something that should be said here.
l'm breaking off the inquiry.
What do you mean, Sir?
l'll ask for direct instructions from Major General Garrachova on how to proceed from here.
All of you, forget everything you heard at this inquiry. Understood?
Dismissed.
All right...
Strip Viktor of his rank immediately.
Lieutenant Colonel Shekin,
l'll have you take an appropriate amount of responsibility too.
l am very sorry, Ma'am.
lf you had deported the negotiator promptly,
we should have been able to avoid unnecessary confusion. Do you disagree, Lieutenant Colonel?
However, Your Excellency,
the truth is that as a result of our inquiry into the Lieutenant's breach of trust,
we determined that the negotiator had vital information about the rings.
How much does he know?
We haven't gotten that far in the interrogations yet, Ma'am.
He only testified that the design on the ring
is closely connected to the missing three digits of the access code.
However, l cut off further questions at that point,
partly in response to Captain Elenova's suggestion.
l respect your judgment.
Lieutenant Colonel,
bring the negotiator and Viktor here to lrkutsk within the next four hours.
But Your Excellency,
given the weather we can't use aircraft.
Even if we depart immediately, it's two and a half days' journey by train...
lt seems you don't yet understand the situation our country is currently in, Lieutenant Colonel.
Of course, l do understand, Ma'am.
Then act at once!
We're carrying out an important mission where every second counts!
Bring them to lrkutsk!
l'll interrogate them myself.
But Your Excellency, four hours is quite...
Lieutenant Colonel Alexsandor Shekin,
are the stars on your uniform just decorations?
You have four hours.
lt's me. Get me the Air Force. lt's an emergency!
Salute!
l'm disappointed in you, Viktor.
Please, You Excellency, let me just explain...
Don't cause me any more trouble.
All l want to know is the full access code.
Now let's hear everything the negotiator told you.
What is this message that's hidden in the rings?
Yes, Ma'am...
There are a total of thirteen digits carved into the rings.
But that's not enough digits for the access code used to deal with the bank.
Quite. And?
There's a message in the hidden in the rings in order to supply the missing three digits.
What kind of message?
l don't know. l only know that there's some kind of message.
And?
That's all l was told.
You've been brought here and you still want to hide it?
l really don't know, Your Excellency. Please believe me.
lt looks like you really don't want to tell me.
Please! The negotiator only told me that much, Your Excellency.
Viktor...
You've done well for this country.
l wanted to settle this peacefully, but you leave me no choice.
l was told about the $240 billion dollar fortune.
But l don't know the contents of the message!
Viktor, l think you know better than anyone that in my position these things have to be done.
Your Excellency, l don't know! l honestly don't know any more!
This is...
That's right. lt's gasoline.
Even at low temperatures, gasoline continues to vaporize without freezing,
and it drastically decreases the temperature of what it touches through evaporative cooling.
You're a scientist,
so you know as well as l do how dangerous gasoline is in cold areas.
What's the temperature outside?
About -40 degrees Celsius, l believe.
lf l open the window now,
the parts of your body touching the gasoline will get frostbite in three seconds.
And in thirty seconds, the skin will die completely.
lt will freeze into the consistency of sherbet,
the cells will be destroyed, and your entire body will necrotize.
l believe you were the one who wrote the report on how agonizingly painful that is.
Major General Garrachova, Your Excellency...
What's the message of the rings? What's the meaning in their design?
Tell me.
l don't know! Please believe me! l beg you!
l... l don't know anything...
That's a shame, Viktor.
Viktor, even l am not merciless.
When you can't stand the cold, warm yourself with this.
Your Excellency, Viktor really didn't...
How much was there?
How much money was there in Viktor's Swiss bank account?
Ma'am, l confirmed approximately $1 ,800,000 in it.
Certainly not the kind of money a mere Lieutenant could hope to save.
l will not forgive those who betray my mother country.
lt's the negotiator's turn next.
This is cold even a Russian can't withstand.
An Oriental will break easily.
Your Excellency,
he's a man who walked through -40° temperatures for the sake of his goals.
Well? Has he confessed anything?
No, nothing yet.
You're Yugo Beppu?
l never guessed that the commander of the Siberian Division
of the Ministry of lnternal Affairs' Federal Counterintelligence Service was a woman.
No small talk.
The only time you're permitted to speak is when you're answering our questions.
Major General, you're not thinking that Russia will be restored
through the Romanovski legacy, are you?
Shut up!
Leave his face alone.
lt will be inconvenient if he can't talk.
l apologize, Ma'am.
Now, do you understand the position you're in a little better?
l can't imagine that the majority of Russian citizens aren't welcoming this free Russia.
Crime, corruption, poverty, disorder...
This is not Russia!
Discipline and equality are what befit Russia.
Secret informers, internment camps, forced labor and government by terror...
You're trying to bring a time of nightmares back to Russia.
Watch your mouth!
Now, let's get down to business.
l know you don't really think you can get me to talk with a little interrogation like this.
You're right, and for my part, l don't intend to let you go alive.
Alone, your organization will never be able to solve the mystery of the rings.
Now that l've met you l'm certain of that.
Why, you!
What's that supposed to mean?
l'm certain because it's a mystery anyone who loved Russia could solve.
You and your organization...
don't love Russia!
What?!
Are you saying that l don't love Mother Russia?
Your Excellency!
That was close. You almost had me.
You know what this is, don't you? A truth serum.
Now, let's hear it.
The piercing words that are horribly tangled up in my heart
Can't be so easily untangled
A friend leaves me again
l don't want to become a doll adrift in a sea of humanity
l'll sing my own kind of song
This town has a smell to it that makes me nostalgic
lt brings back memories of my childhood
lt gets you, gets you, grabs your heart and never lets go
Baby, baby, when will l be able to slip away?
l don't know
Next Episode
Garrachova and Olga believe that if the mystery of the rings is solved, they can save Russia.
However, Yugo stopped thinking about the mystery
so that he could not be forced to confess.
Yugo is tortured and made to suffer once again.
Can what's hidden in the rings really save Russia?
Next time on Yugo the Negotiator, sixth episode of the second negotiation:
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