XX: Beautiful Killing Machine (XX 美しき機能)

NATSUME Rei

ENDO Kenichi KARIYA Shunsuke

NAOMASA Mousaka

ISHIKI Ayako

Directed by HARA Takahito

XX Utsukushiki Kino XX BEAUTIFUL KILLING MACHINE

Thanks.

Mark.

Looks good on you.

She's here.

Her strides are just the proper length.

You can hear the click of her ankles.

Her footsteps are virtually silent.

Hi, Cheryl.

Checkmate.

I never want to be the bodyguard for a kid again.

Real pros don't pick and choose their jobs.

Pros, huh.

Either I kill them, or they kill me.

That's fine with me.

I'm looking forward to my next job.

You imagined it.

You know better than anyone that it couldn't be your period.

But, Doctor.

There's nothing wrong.

You're in excellent shape.

Relax yourself.

Let go of all your tension.

That's the way.

Don't you feel much lighter now?

Shut out all distractions.

All of them.

Well?

Did you make him beg for mercy?

That wasn't part of our contract.

This is Kou Sawamura.

He's coming from Hong Kong to pick up some goods.

Get the stuff and kill him.

She's disciplined.

My ears are shells...

that long for the sound of the sea.

Catch anything?

No luck.

There are some big ones out there.

Don't have the right tackle.

Well?

Sounds like Mark turned him down.

What are you two hanging around here for?

We had a bet on how many fish you'd catch.

Right, Cheryl?

The sea is dead.

Can't even catch a minnow.

Maybe you're the one who's dead.

Cheryl.

What's that supposed to mean?

I'll do it.

What?

Back off, or you'll get yourself killed one of these days.

I hear you, Mark.

So tell us about the offer.

I didn't like the sounds of it. The guy's a creep.

Real pros don't pick and choose their jobs, right?

Mark!

Kou Sawamura.

He's a gem cutter in Hong Kong.

Lucky Ear!

Freeze.

Kou Sawamura?

Yeah.

I'm Cheryl.

You're a woman!

I asked for a professional bodyguard!

lam a pro.

Don't waste my time.

There's a man 300 meters up ahead.

If he's a sniper then he'll blow your head off.

Where's the man?!

Those idiots.

I never asked for any woman!

I'l make them pay a penalty!

Absolutely no outside calls.

Got it?

Tell me your plan.

Fat chance.

I can't trust a woman. Gems make women crazy.

Get me a male replacement.

Give me a break.

There isn't a single woman who doesn't lust after gems.

Every woman I've had sex with did.

You want them too, right?

Don't pretend otherwise. Woman only have eyes for things that glitter.

I'm not like other women.

Women throughout the world are all the same.

Gluttonous, selfish and lusty.

Beautiful women like you are the most dangerous of all.

Well you don't have to worry about me.

I have no womb.

What do you want me to do?

I have some important gems hidden somewhere.

Once I get them, help me escape back to Hong Kong.

Okay.

What do you mean, you have no womb?

We'll go as soon as the sun comes up.

Get some rest in the meantime.

How much do you want?

Isn't some action with you included in the contract?

I've never met a woman with no womb.

I'll pay you.

Damn you!

I'm the client here!

A woman.

Get me a nice woman!

A woman.

Mari from the escort service.

I called for her. Open it up.

Hands on the desk!

What's this?! What's going on?!

Forget about her!

Money will take care of everything, right?

I'll pay you a third more.

I'm glad you're here.

Got a thing for being watched?

You stupid woman!

Let's go in there.

Mari, was it?

That's right.

I'm Kou Sawamura.

Wait up!

Move!

How'd they find me?

How did they know?!

The line was tapped.

They sent their escort instead of the real one.

Hey!

Maybe I underestimated you. A real pro makes all the difference.

My judgment is flawless.

I knew right away you were the only one who could protect me.

You!

Shoot him!

Sawamura!

They hired the Owl!

The Owl?

Once the Owl comes after you, there's no escaping!

Why didn't you shoot him?!

You had him unarmed!

He'll come back for me.

He'll hunt us down if he has to go to every corner of the earth.

That's what the Owl is like!

If you'd just shot him, I would've beaten them!

Why didn't you shoot him back there?!

Why didn't you shoot him?!

Those gems you have hidden.

Did you steal them from the people after you?

You're curt but you have good perception.

I'm a good shot, too.

They run an underground bank in Hong Kong.

They get me to produce fakes of their bank clients' gems.

Then they steal the real ones.

I can doit in a single night.

But I'm even better than that.

In one night, I knock off two fake gems.

Why do you figure?

Because I steal the original and give them back two fakes.

You're revolting.

A great bodyguard for a revolting man.

Hey!

What's the meaning of this, locking me in here?!

Stop fucking around!

Open up!

Open up right now! Hey!

Stop screwing around! Come on!

Open the door!

It's just a flesh wound.

Your body is strong. It'll heal up before you know it.

Why do you put yourself in such danger?

Want to die 30 young and beautiful?

I can't let you die.

Trust me.

Your beauty will last for along time yet.

I'll do anything to make your body last forever.

What's the matter?

You have to release the tension.

The way you always do.

Shut out any distractions.

What's wrong?!

Something's different about you!

Cheryl?

Cheryl!

Cheryl.

What's happened?

Cheryl!

Catch anything yet?

No, not even a bite.

Maybe you lost your bait.

The fish was better than you.

What did he mean, "lost your bait'?

Something's wrong with Cheryl.

I can't go into details, but she's acting different.

I was wondering if something had happened on her job.

Where's Cheryl?