Do Hirscher-san's presents not make you happy, Triela?
He doesn't care what I like; he always gets me the same thing.
Listen, Triela!
No shooting without my permission!
Then why don't you increase the level of my conditioning?
Well, hold down the fort!
Will do.
Now, then. What shall I do today?
Amid the difficulty of sticking to that one feeling,
I want to protect you and fulfill my promise to the only one for me
In a world filled with doubt, I still can't find the answer
Even so, I continue forward... Why?
If I can change this dream-like reality with my own two hands,
amid the difficulty of sticking to that one feeling,
I want to protect the only one for me
I swear on my beating heart I will continue to run until I burn away
Amid the eternal love I feel simply by living,
I want to fulfill my promise
A Public Safety investigator has disappeared in the north.
As such, I would like Section 2 members to go there and investigate.
Are you up for it?
Given that the chief of Section 2 gave his approval the other day,
there is nothing I can say.
The Public Safety official was last heard from
in a small town named Montalcino.
He'd been investigating the identity of an assassin named Pinocchio,
who works for the Padania... the Five Republics Faction.
You'd best watch out for the Padania yourself.
I can go in your place, if you'd like.
After all, it'd be too much for a Section 2 doll to handle.
No, that's quite all right, Jeremiah.
My Triela is exceptional at her work.
If you won't increase her conditioning,
then it's your responsibility to train her right.
Though I'm no one to talk.
I won't give her conditioning when she doesn't need it.
That's what's bothering me.
Seems we both got stuck with a job we're not good at.
Good morning, Hirscher-san!
Good morning, Triela. Well, let's go.
Montalcino...
It looks like a town right in the middle of Tuscany.
It doesn't seem like I belong here...
Makes me uncomfortable.
Yeah, we usually never come to the countryside like this.
Are you sure about these clothes? I'm going to stand out.
They can be useful sometimes.
For getting into high-class restaurants, for example.
Besides...
Besides?
They look good on you.
Seeing as this Public Safety official's car is still in the parking lot,
does that mean he's still in town?
And who is this Pinocchio person he was looking for?
Good questions.
Let's start by finding the hotel Cohen was staying at.
Hirscher-san. Why are we being sent to find someone?
I'm not sure. Our Section 2 isn't the most respected in the agency,
so this could be a conspiracy that someone's cooked up.
There's too much to be paranoid about, though.
We're always surrounded by enemies, aren't we?
I'm not worried. I have a reassuring ally, after all.
Uhh, please don't tell me you mean me...
Is that bad?
I'll never betray you, Triela.
You can count on that.
Nicolas Cambio...
Here we are.
I thought we were looking for a man named Cohen?
Cambio is the alias he uses.
Say. I'd like to take a peek inside this room...
Certainly, sir!
You're rather good at that.
That was kind of impressive.
It's only natural. I was a police detective at one point.
This is my real ID, only "altered."
So I'm 99% a real policeman.
Compared to that, I'm completely fake.
Triela.
Open this suitcase.
Yes, sir.
You can break it if you have to.
It's all right. I've practiced.
It's an address or a phone number...
I'm going downstairs to check real quick.
Yes, sir.
"The Adventures of Pinocchio..."
Pinocchio was a puppet born from magical firewood.
He wanted to repay his debt to Mister Geppetto for making him,
but because his head was made of wood too, he always caused trouble.
Eventually, an incident he causes separates him from Geppetto...
so Pinocchio sets out on an adventure to find him.
After reuniting with the old man at the end of his adventure,
Pinocchio is reborn as a boy with the aid of a blue-haired fairy.
What a stupid story.
Hello!
Do you live here?
Eh? No, I just live nearby...
Do you need to see Pino for something?
I came to see a person named Massimo-san. Is this his house?
Massimo-san hasn't been here for a long time. He lives in Milan.
So he's renting it to his relative Pino now.
Oh, I see.
- What's that? - My mom made it.
I thought I'd bring Pino some.
I see! It looks delicious!
Thanks! You really helped me out!
I guess pretty girls have it easy in life, too...
It seems someone else is living in that house. A relative or something.
Pino, I believe she said.
A guy renting the second home of a rich man in Milan...
This is definitely the place the Public Safety official was looking for.
I hope the microphone I planted helps us learn something.
Things are getting a bit much for just the two of us.
It'll take an hour for help from the Florence branch to arrive.
Pino?
Freeze!
Drop the gun!
Freeze!
A kid?! Are you one of those government assassins?!
I-I'm...
Put the gun down! On the table!
- Who's this? - No! Let go!
I don't know.
Is she one of those assassins you were talking about?
Aurora!
Pino!
You know her?
Pino! Help! Pino!
I told you to stay away from me.
Pino! Why?! Pino! Please!
I told you not to bother with me.
This is bad. They've caught the girl.
Do you think the F.R.F. Is in that house?
Triela! Get ready to bust inside!
Are you sure, Hirscher-san?! Backup hasn't arrived yet!
Plus, we don't know the Public Safety official's status...
- or how many we're up against... - Help! I won't say anything!
Let me go home!
No, I can't ignore her!
Triela! Bust inside and help the girl!
Understood!
Pinocchio! Explain what's going on!
She's a kid from the neighborhood.
She kept hanging around me and wouldn't leave me alone.
What are you going to do?
What do you mean? Kill her, of course.
She's seen your faces.
Hold on! This isn't that big of a deal!
It'll interfere with my old man's work.
I told you, I choose who I kill!
Fine. You really are nice...
Let's leave this town for now and report to Cristiano later.
Freeze, Padania!
Drop your weapons and lie down on the floor!
It appears this one is a real assassin.
It would seem so.
Now lie down on the floor!
Why, you...
Franco! You go on ahead, too!
Stop!
I'm sorry. I'll let you go soon.
Freeze! Police!
What do you want, policeman?
I'll take the gun.
Franca!
- You alright?! - Yes...
Triela! Triela!
Are you all right, Triela?!
Hirscher-san!
Don't move yet. It was probably a concussion.
- Where's the girl? - She's safe and sound.
We let the local police take care of her.
The Public Safety official's body was in the wine cellar.
I guess it was Pinocchio who was staying here after all.
And them?
I'm sorry. They all got away.
I let them escape, without even giving them a scratch...
You saved the little girl's life, and we made it through alive, too.
There's nothing to regret.
We didn't know who we were dealing with. That's all.
And I was the one who decided to storm...
I'm a cyborg! And I was beaten with bare hands!
Why I've sacrificed my life, why I've taken these risks...
T-This makes it all meaningless...
Triela...
Please don't touch me!
Please let me be by myself for a while...
Let's go to the vineyards in Frascati.
Considering what just happened,
I'd prefer to head south, closer to Rome...
I'll contact Cristiano while I find us a rental car.
Let me see your hand. It's swollen.
That shotgun girl... Was she a government assassin?
I was going to finish her off...
but I couldn't kill her.
Forget about your pendant.
As full of memories as it may be, the object itself isn't what matters.
What's important is what's in your heart.
A doll without a heart, born from warm hands
I neither smile nor talk
I want you to hear about these feelings someday,
though they can't be put into words
I'll summon all my strength
to know what it means to live