Makoto Presents
Raw Courtesy of [S^M]
I've heard the Voice of God.
From the worst desire, prepare the Throne as proof of the ruler.
There has been a crime directly committed by a mysterious person dressed in black.
The man appeared on the late-night outbound Ootomo Monorail,
and attacked passenger Tachiki Kyouichirou-san.
However, Tachiki-san bravely stood up to his attacker,
and despite being wounded, was able to repel him.
This is Ootomo Hospital, where Tachiki-san was brought.
Tachiki-san's condition is still unstable, so our requests for an interview have been refused...
If I hadn't refused, I'd have been eaten up by you guys.
You've become quite the hero, Tachiki-san.
Even so, you're amazing.
How in the world did you defeat the monster?
Let's see...
To speak figuratively, I had to float like a butterfly, sting like a bee...
Like they say!
Geez, you pervert!
Fifth Night - The False Blind Spot
So you were from a major newspaper...
Excuse me...that's the only one of those I have right now...
And so?
You're after that monster.
And you encountered him on the late-night monorail?
I took off before the cops showed up, so it wasn't made public,
but at that time I saw an interesting person...
Ressentiment...
Or perhaps I should say "superman".
This song...do you know it?
This solemn, yet sweet, melody...
The Tannhäuser Overture...Richard Wagner.
He was close with Nietzsche...
This place is inconvenient.
Let's meet on a different day.
If you want to get closer to the truth, you must be willing to bear hardship.
Ah, wait...
Damn it!
Son of a....
Yo, it's my tail!
To think you were into classical music...
Do you know it?
Ah?
This solemn, yet sweet, melody...
It's called "Wagner," y'know.
Hey you, wait!
Shh!
Pardon me...
Hey, stop right there!
Damn, what's up with you always getting in my way?!
That's my line!
What did you talk about with Usami?!
I didn't get a chance to talk to him...
Thanks to you creeping around!
Want me to bust you for obstruction of justice?!
You're the one interfering with my job!
Is this him? The sideburn guy you were talking about?
Damn, that bastard is always showing up where I go, like he's planned it or something.
I bet he's saying the same thing.
What?!
So, this is...
The weird guy you were talking about?
My only business card got ruined...
Hey!
This is a movie, you know.
The Fake Blind Spot Sunday 15:30 Ootomo Theater
It's a conspiracy mystery that's been popular lately.
The protagonist, who holds a terrible secret, tries to rise up in the organization and take it over.
But in the end...
So it turns out to be a date invitation...
I guess you wouldn't be happy about that, would you.
All my leads are fading away...
You're not talking about my pictures, are you?!
I'm talking about the Skeleton Man.
He shows up suddenly, then that happens...
I haven't heard anything about those monsters we saw...
The Byakureikai line is tapering off...
I'm not even a believer in the first place.
Seriously...I don't understand a damn thing anymore.
Hey...
Isn't it possible that this guy's the Skeleton Man?
He was at the scene, wasn't he?
I mean, his face is known now.
If that's the case...
It'd mean that Kagura Tatsuo was just a rumor after all...
Something smells.
So it's true?!
Not that.
It's my body!
I haven't taken a bath in a while, after all.
And it's your fault for using the bath to develop pictures!
Damn...I'll be exposed by the smell if I try to tail him.
Hey...
Hm?
Let's go to a bath house.
Yeah...
It's no good.
Usami Room Absent
Chief Usami...?
He hasn't been here for the last couple of days...
He just said to let him know if Supervisor Kumashiro came by...
This is heaven!
Hey, don't push!
Hey!!
Sorry to keep troubling you.
A bath is no problem.
Anyway, when did you become an existentialist?
Despite how I look, I'm quite the philosopher, you know.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
What's this, an introductory book?
Don't you have something a little more impressive?
Don't overreach yourself. Nietzsche is hard, you know.
I'm not an expert or anything, but...
He was an idealist who consistently raised objections against the values of Christianity.
His statements were repeatedly distorted, and were even used as Nazi propaganda.
However, the essence of his philosophy was...
I get it, I get it! Don't give it all away!
You always like to sum things up on your own, don't you.
Don't take the fun of reading from me.
That was impertinent.
Aren't you depending on him too much?
Huh?
You know, Kanzaki-san!
A car and a bath...and what's that book...?
I haven't borrowed money.
Even if I'll pay him back when I make it big, I've decided not to borrow money from him.
Because you know you'll never make it big?
This girl...
Ah, bulls-eye.
Give it a rest, already!
Oh, wanna fight?!
It's cold...
If you catch a cold because you just got out of the bath, we'll have to impose on him again, after all.
By the way...
What?
The guy in that picture...
Your boyfriend...?
Or could it be a keepsake from someone who dumped you?!
Ah, bulls-eye?
What're you getting all serious for?
It was just a joke. Don't get mad!
Are you unable to leave things to my discretion?
Eventually the Voice of God will be in my city,
and the sands of time will fall through the glass hour by hour.
Will it be the Throne? Or will it be...
The punishment of the Skull?
Take care, and decide!
Yes...
That's good, Kumashiro Masaki!
You no longer have any freedom to choose.
The Voice of God...
Is it not possible for me to hear it?
The Voice of God is the gospel of the chosen.
A servant like you hasn't the right to hear it.
You sure are working hard, Detective.
I cooperated with the routine police interview.
The routine one, yeah.
However, when I look at your face, I get the feeling you're still holding something back.
It's like I'm being treated as a suspect.
You'd better not underestimate my instinct.
There's definitely something you haven't given up.
Tell it to me.
You have some pretty clear eyes.
Eh?
I see a rare passion for justice in your eyes.
I never hear anything good about the Ootomo Police,
but it looks like they shouldn't be cast aside just yet.
It's just the higher-ups who are corrupt. It's different in the field!
There's a rumor that Chief Haniwa has even become famous in Manchuria.
That old octopus...
He's just a puppet of the higher-ups.
Oh...it goes even higher...
I guess so. Most of the...
I'm the one asking the questions here!
You were, weren't you.
Hmm...something I haven't talked about...
Oh, now that you mention it...
What is it?!
Before I was attacked by the monster, I saw a suspicious man around the station.
He had an eerie appearance, and unkempt long hair...
Yes! He looked like a skeleton!
So it was Usami?
I appreciate your cooperation!
Oh, pardon me!
Geez, that detective...
It's good to be enthusiastic about your job, but he's not paying attention to what's around him.
You say some good things.
Here's a commendation.
Geez...!
Pervert.
Even when the city's being unsociable, the pachinko parlors are always open.
Great Japan News Issue 101024
South-North Foreign Minister Conference Breakdown
The first South-North Japan Foreign Minister Conference since the Second Tsugaru Conflict took place, with restoration of harmony in Tsugaru being the mutual priority.
However, due to the dispute of the national loyalist Eurasian Union armies, there was a fierce battle, and...
What deceit!
What a farce!
Don't you think so?
Certainly, a homicidal maniac who wears a skull mask would...
Hey, now...
Shh!
The further breakup of those that are already tiny.
Neglect, rejection, and isolation!
It's just like some town somewhere.
Before long, isolation will lead to depravity,
and eventually to destruction.
How sublime and beautiful it must be to have the power to smash the ugly depravity and become the ruler of a new world!
Do you think it's just simple revenge?
Against those who killed him and his father...?
Can it be, you're...?!
Hey, I can't see!
It seems that you've been looking into the Byakureikai.
N-no way...
Hey, what're you doing?! I said I can't see!
That's because the world is filled with falsehood.
Kagura Tatsuo is alive, you know.
Not in rumor, but in reality.
Hey, you're going it again! Cut it out already!
Sorry, excuse me!
That's right!
We have no idea what's going on either...
The supervisor suddenly showed up and said that this lab wasn't needed anymore.
There's nothing for us to do...
So, where is Usami now? Do you know his address?
I wonder...he hasn't been around in a while...
And it's not like we want to know where he lives, right?
Right?
After all...
But, now that you mention it...
Play time is over. How does it feel to be chased out of your castle?
It appears that I've overestimated you.
You don't seem to understand who's holding the initiative here.
Why don't we make a deal?
The Throne has been prepared.
Allow me to give you a warning.
In the unlikely event that you get any strange ideas, the Voice of God will lose its effectiveness.
And...
The iron hammer will come crashing down!
By the hand of the skull, that is.
The time has finally come!
The preparations have been completed, yes?
This is...a holy war.
The path to God that cannot be avoided.
Do it according to plan.
Akira!
Oh, Akira, you've finally come!
You're Usami Akira's mother, aren't you?
You've finally...finally come to get me!
Now we'll be able to live together again, won't we?
I don't know what to say...
Retirement Home Byakujuuen (White Longevity Park)
Bingo!
What was he planning to do with something like this?
When a leader dies, they're garbage like everyone else.
In the end, you were just like the tail of a lizard.
The End
Once again, the mysterious villain has claimed a new victim.
The victim this time was Usami Akira, an employee at Ootomo Pharmaceuticals' Biochemistry Research Facility.
His body was found this morning in the under-construction Ootomo Tower.
He was a little strange, but he was a very good person.
He was so happy he would be able to live with his mother...
Usami-san's body was found thanks to a tip from a mysterious individual, whom it is believed might have played some part in these incidents.
Nietzsche's most famous words are...
"God is dead!"
Voice of God
In the end, this tape was all that was in the coin locker.
Hey...
Hey, you listening?
Hey!