It doesn't have to be for long, but we're looking for someone to take him in.
Isn't wanting to get closer to an ideal another of my freedoms as a Dollar?
What the hell? That was just a flick!
Ruri-chan's very existence will be squashed.
And I'm savoring that moment.
Celty...
Perhaps he wanted to go back to that time.
To restart the flow of time once again, maybe.
No way...
Um... Yuhei-kun's apartment building...
Mikado
Celty-san! Where are you now?
If you're out, please hurry back to your apartment!
Shinra-san might be in danger!
A Cat Has Nine Lives
Um...
Huh?
If we're going somewhere, can we go to Russia Sushi?
There's something I've got to thank Simon for, too...
What the hell? So you know Simon, too?
Well, since he was the leader of the Yellow Scarves, I'm sure he must have plenty of contacts.
I have a warning to issue.
What is it?
Please look ahead.
We're being followed.
Celty...
Whoa. What's this?
I just made everyone taking part in this chat members of a secret conversation.
No logs will be left now.
Is this discussion that dangerous?
About Hijiribe Ruri's stalker?
Yes... Hijiribe Ruri's stalker seems to be someone on her agency's blacklist.
According to the tabloids, all of them had alibis...
That's the key issue.
Those blacklisted people...
...were all in cahoots!
He's coming.
In cahoots?
Yes. The stalker wasn't just one person.
They made it seem like it was the same culprit, but someone else did the actual deed.
That's why he had an alibi, huh?
Acid? Are you serious?
You bastard, what were you planning to do with that freakin' bottle? Huh?
Look out!
H-Hey!
The Blue Square! Why would they save Shizuo-san?
What's going on here?
Kanra has entered the chat room
Hey.
Hello! Everyone's idol, Kanra-chan, has made a triumphant return!
What's this, what's this?
You guys... you stopped speaking out quite a while ago!
Don't tell me you've got a private mode lovey-dovey party going on?
Who is this hyper person?
It's the admin for this site.
I want to slug 'em!
He gathered comrades on the Dollars site.
Posting to a Hijiribe Ruri fan site forum,
by keeping an eye on reactions, he sniffed out like-minded fans.
Secret photos of Hijiribe Ruri for sale!
Those who fell for his shady posts
were invited to an underground forum created within the same site
accessible only to a handful of members, where they traded information.
But among them all, he was the only one who knew the serial killer Hollywood's secret.
Cat.
The cat Hijiribe Ruri held in her arms.
Wish I could've done the cat, too!
I wish I could love it for Ruri, in her place!
No. 3
This isn't what I signed up for!
D-Did you set me up? Who are those masked men?
Masked?
Those guys, they ambushed me!
When I tried to set that girl's apartment on fire...
There he is!
Over here!
There's a stalker among the Dollars.
Hearing this rumor, the boy used his admin privileges to obtain the data.
Via a dangerous workaround, probably not legal - practically hacking the system.
Data on people thought to be acquainted with Hijiribe Ruri
No way...
And then he warned her.
Shinra-san might be in danger!
And offered a helping hand.
Celty-san?
Shinra's hurt The stalker was here Anri-chan, be careful
Are you all right, Celty-san?
I'm fine Just took Shinra to the hospital You be careful too, Anri-chan
Hey you, are you a Blue Square?
What the hell are you plotting? Who's your boss?
Did that bastard Izumii get out of prison?
Are you kidding me?
Hey... hey... hey!
Jeez!
Mikado? Why?
Please round up a number of people near Sonohara-san's home, and continue to be on the alert. Make sure that Sonohara-san doesn't catch on.
What the hell? What's going on here?
What the hell are you doing... Mikado!
Dokusonmaru?
What a surprise... what a surprise... Hey!
If I hadn't had these safety shoes on, I would've gotten slashed.
Hey, so you're not human?
Just as I thought...
Ruri-chan's not human, so do you all gravitate to her? You non-humans?
Hey. Don't run away.
Anri's in danger? What's that supposed to mean, Mikado?
Is it Orihara Izaya again?
Or is it...
No word from Mitsukuri yet, huh?
I thought he'd gone after Heiwajima Shizuo.
Well, then, we're heading back to Sonohara-san's apartment.
This Kuronuma Aoba guy...
Seems like he's the leader of the Blue Square...
Make sure you keep a low profile.
We're cool!
All right, we're heading out.
Is that him?
Huh? What's that?
A cat?
Wait, but that cat...
You're in my way!
Wh-What's the big idea, damn you?
Damn you!
You're in my way, you're in my way, all of you...
He's so powerful... Who is that guy?
What the hell was that? He's just an amateur! That Aoba bastard!
Hey, you... You're about Hijiribe Ruri-chan's size.
Well, without the chest, of course.
All right, you. Starting now, you're Ruri-chan, okay?
No need to answer.
Or else how can I destroy you, thinking of you as Ruri-chan?
You sadistic bastard!
Are you a friend of Ruri-chan's, too?
If I were to kill you, Ruri-chan would be totally crushed, right?
Ruri-chan? Which Ruri-chan do you mean?
If you don't know her, fine.
If some stranger died because of her, that would make Ruri-chan sad, too!
That guy...
...did he set that guy on fire?
A guy like this, using Mikado?
You're Kuronuma Aoba, aren't you?
If you were trying to protect Anri, then thanks.
But if you're using Mikado for some plot of yours... You better brace yourself!
Masaomi?
This isn't a dream, is it?
Mikado... You're kidding, right?
What the hell... No way...
What's up...
...with that?
Mikado-senpai!
Are you all right?
Yeah... I'm fine.
But the other guys all got clobbered pretty bad...
Judging by your face, they hit you pretty hard, too.
So who's this?
Masaomi.
Kida Masaomi. He's a friend of mine.
Oh, so you're...
H-Hey, Mikado?
Sorry, Masaomi. I want you to wait just a little longer.
Wait for wait? What do you mean?
I'm almost there... I'm this close to making it.
A place for you and Sonohara-san to come home to.
So I want you to wait till then.
I promise... that I'll save you and Sonohara-san.
Hey, Mikado!
So until then...
...I think it'd be better not to see each other yet.
What about Sonohara-san?
She seems to be safe for now.
Really? That's good.
Sorry, Masaomi, I need a favor from you.
Wh-What is it? Ask me anything!
You're probably going to see Sonohara-san after this.
I want you to keep quiet about me.
Huh?
Also, that cat...
I want you to give it back to her.
He wasn't being manipulated or even used. Not his precious, precious friend...
Mikado, you...
Kida-kun?
Kida-kun, what are you doing here?
Anri?
Dokusonmaru!
Kida-kun... was it you who rescued Dokusonmaru, by any chance?
I'm sorry, Anri!
What?
I'll explain it all another time! So for now, just...
Just wait a little longer for now!
Kida-kun?
I promise I'll come back to you guys, Anri.
And when I do, I'll explain everything for sure, so... Sorry!
Kida-kun?
Kida-kun!
I'm thinking of leaving home for a while.
Where's this coming from?
Because Masaomi might make a move.
I don't want to drag either Masaomi or Sonohara-san into this.
When you invite Sonohara-san and Masaomi, use the Dollars...
...more...
Hey, is that you, Yatabe?
Don't call me "leader."
Listen, it's been a while, want to meet up?
Get the other guys to come too, if you can.
Thank you very much.
I never thought I'd be the one to master Private Mode first.
I'm sorry.
Why are you apologizing?
By the way, how do you read your chat name, Anri-chan?
It's "Saika."
What does that mean?
It's kind of like a fairy tale my mother told me.
Akabayashi-san?
Orihara Izaya?
Yes. He seems to have returned to Ikebukuro.
As for Ryuugamine Mikado, as we suspected, he's aggressively purging the Dollars from within.
Also...
Uh, the young lady with glasses that you used to look after...
Apparently, she and Ryuugamine Mikado, although not dating, are a little more than friends.
I thought that if I hurt that man, she'd go berserk...
But she doesn't seem to be the kind of monster who goes on rampages every time she's provoked.
Personally, I would've preferred that you bought Hijiribe Ruri instead,
but since those stalkers failed to come through...
No, that Headless Rider has piqued my interest far more than I imagined.
I want them at all costs now.
Meaning?
The dullahan's body.
The young girl possessed by a demon sword.
Hijiribe Ruri.
And the dullahan's head... I want them all.
That's what I'm saying, Yodogiri-san.
I'll do my very best.
Now you've gone and done it!
I've done nothing.
If you knew about it, and couldn't stop it, you're just as guilty.
Now that my son's been harmed, there's only one thing I can do for you as a friend...
Smash your face in with everything I've got!
So anyway, I want you to show me a deadly punch that I can learn in two minutes!
Get out.
If it's money you want, I've got it.
If you don't believe me, I'll be glad to smack your face with a roll of bills!
Make that your deadly punch. Get out.
All right, then...
How about if you put on this gas mask and pretend to be me?
I'll reward you handsomely! One hundred thousand in cash!
This is starting to sound appealing...
Cut the crap, will you? I'm done for the day. You take over, Brother.
Then what if that boyish girl passed herself off as me—?
Get out!
Photos from the location of new film leaked to internet
...from President Max's computer, infected with a virus?
Dammit... what the hell?
Every last one of them... Thwarting my and Ruri-chan's love...
So it took a half hour to get rid of that old dude in the gas mask...
A white gas mask? That's amazing!
Is there really someone like that out there? Sharo-san, are you sure you're not making this up?
No, I'm serious.
I wish I could've seen him.
Truly, it's like a modern urban legend.
One of the two most bizarre entities, along with the black Headless Rider!
We should spread rumors about this mysterious Gas Mask Man...
Chrome: There was a movie about a gas man, wasn't there?
Oh? So you like movies, Chrome?
Chrome: Well, most of them.
Then tell me what movies you'd recommend!
Sure, why not?
I thought he was one of those people without friends, but...
Let me guess - you're thinking that the friendless guy has started doing something weird, right?
It's not weird, it's very sad.
Go ahead and say whatever you want.
When you have multiple personalities on the internet,
it's convenient for manipulating people's impressions of you.
And I'm offended that you'd call me friendless.
I love this world and human beings, and everyone in this room...
I think of as my friends.
Welcome to the Dollars. The Dollars welcome you all equally.
Doesn't it bring back memories for you, too?
The air in this city?
For now, as a sign of friendship... want to all have hotpot together?
Next Time on Durarara!! x2 (The Second Arc) Mouth of Honey, a Needle in the Heart
How do you feel, Information Broker?
We have brought shame upon Heaven's Slave.
What do you want with Amphisbaena?
Don't ever take your eyes off Orihara Izaya.
Kumoi-san is in a rage.
Next episode: "Mouth of Honey, a Needle in the Heart"