XX: Beautiful Weapon (XX ダブルエックス 美しき凶器)

- Double X Utsukushiki Kyoki ~ XX BEAUTIFUL WEAPON

Think you can keep doing this?

Will the alcohol get you first...

or your own soul?

Either way, you'll end up committed to an institution.

I'm fine.

Don't worry about me.

You're getting worse day by day.

With all of your stress, even the alcohol...

won't beat back the pressure.

Our boss is also worried.

I'm determined to overcome it.

Please don't tell him.

You're like the parent that brought me up.

You're the one who also trained me.

To think you'd use my body like this.

Or is this supposed to be a reward?

How dare the politicians come and ask me for handouts in these times.

They come wanting 50 or 100 million yen.

When the economy was strong, they'd come around...

and have me pad their pockets.

They don't know the meaning of debt.

And they swindle and cheat...

against the laws they created themselves.

Well? Don't you think?

Yes.

I received information that a fraud investigator...

will be heading to that bank tomorrow.

All right?

You can count on us.

For me to wield my influence any more than this...

I've got to make sure they're not going to...

want to destroy this sugar daddy.

Yes, sir.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Hello? Coffee Shop Bee.

I want you to carry out tonight what we discussed.

Call me on an outside line.

We'll talk about details.

Sure thing. Bye.

I have to step out for a bit. - Sure.

At around 2:50 this afternoon...

police announced in: the death of bank employee Tsunoo Endo...

of the Marunouoh Branch of the Town Bank...

found dead on the last train out of Shinjuku Inn night...

was the result of a sudden heart failure.

Hello?

You have a client tonight.

You know what to do.

Right.

What's the matter?

You all right?

Welcome.

That's good.

I won't complain. I'll take any job you send my way.

I'm just here to kill time.

What?

This isn't about a job?

Yeah. It's quiet these days.

What?

Seems like you have someone who's a lot better.

Who is it? The one getting all the work.

Wasn't the banker that was killed...

the guy that passed on your boss's bribes?

Never mind.

If it weren't for that mouth of yours and the booze...

we could still be using you.

A request.

'In A Sentimental Mood?' Stupid fool.

Who's the idiot that requested...

You should out out the crap...

and get yourself in better shape.

Are you leaving?

I thought you were getting there with a hard-on...

but you do have your soft spots.

Start playing. I'll be back soon.

We can go now.

Go as slow as you can when you pass in front.

What about this one?

I'll wash it tomorrow.

Just wash it now.

I said wash it.

I admire your cautiousness.

It's a part of my character.

A rush job?

The earlier the better.

Preferably tonight

Tonight?

It's only six hours until daybreak.

Seems pretty sudden.

The boss said that you should do it precisely because it's a rush job.

He specified me?

It's not a particularly difficult job.

A woman living alone.

Sounds like a real easy one.

Made any arrangements?

Yeah.

Since it's so sudden, I'm going to drive you there.

Seems you've already decided that I'll take the job.

That's what the boss wants.

I see.

Sorry.

When you finish the job, I'll bring you back here.

That's awfully good service.

But there's one condition.

No...

There's two.

Here it comes...

It's no big deal.

You can't use a gun.

I don't like guns, anyway.

Not very creative.

And you've got to sleep with her.

I'm not interested in necrophilia.

Before you kill her. Not after.

That's what she'll be expecting.

That she'll be killed?

NO.

That she'll be having sex.

That's the kind of woman she is.

So, I'd be considered a client of hers.

Right.

Are those the only conditions?

The boss specified me, and those are his conditions?

That's right.

Payment will be made in the usual way.

Same amount as last time.

It's easy, isn't it?

Compared to last time?

I wonder.

I wouldn't know until I actually do it.

Who is it?

The boss sent me.

Come in. And leave your shoes on.

Would you like...

a drink?

Sure.

No. Thank you.

How strange.

It seems everyone who comes here...

doesn't want a drink.

The bedroom's over there.

Wait until I call for you.

Come in.

Come right in. And close the door.

How about some light?

I don't need it.

I prefer it dark.

Take your clothes off there.

And come here.

There's nothing there that you'll trip over.

Just wait till I'm ready to come...!

Out that out.

Why would you even care?!

Because I can't stand to look at you.

You think I enjoy watching you...

slowly destroy yourself?

I guess I didn't make the wrong choices, did l?

After all, I moved the spirit of an evil man...

who sheds no tears and whose blood runs cold!

To think...

that I stirred the conscience of an evil man!

I just don't like to see filth!

Even the boss...

only loves beautiful things.

As I get dirtier and dirtier...

everything around you guys becomes cleaner and cleaner.

That's why I want you to stop doing this.

There are a lot of others who'd take on dirty work like this.

That's exactly why I have to be the one to do it!

It can't be anyone else!

Every man who comes here comes to have his mouth sealed.

It's the ultimate outcome of the dirty work you bring me.

I'm the one that finishes off that dirty work.

So, I have to be the one that gets dirty.

Are you...

doing this out of some sense of pride?

I-...

Want to take it on. The dirty work you...

You can't handle it.

I'll keep doing it!

And I'll get in the way, do what you will to me.

You're letting your emotions take over.

How can you, with the stench of blood all over you...

do anything more?

Do you realize that your face is covered...

by that man's blood splatter?

How'd it go?

Yes. It went according to your instructions throughout.

I'll personally go to the police to have a talk with them.

Now that the little pest...

won't be talking...

and as long as those politicians resign...

we can keep this whole thing under wraps.

Outside, there's a right-wing militia group...

at the ready, waiting to pounce.

They've got the courage not to quit even when faced with death.

I'd quit.

Whatever they do, there's no way they can get near you.