Stand My Heroes: Piece of Truth (スタンドマイヒーローズ PIECE OF TRUTH)

Over here!

Can you hear me?

Please help!

Are you all right?

"Stand My Heroes"

The brand-new investigation agency that will be

specializing in unsolved drug-related cases that have been on the rise lately...

...AKA "STAND."

"Drug Control Department: Itsuki Aoyama"

"Drug Control Department: Itsuki Aoyama" You are the elite few who have been chosen to establish this new agency.

"Same Department: Daisuke Seki" You are the elite few who have been chosen to establish this new agency.

"Same Department: Daisuke Seki" Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Drug Control Department,

"Same Department: Daisuke Seki" and MPD Investigation Section 1.

I hope you'll both do your best with this new venture.

"The History of Drugs" "Drugs and Fear" "Opium and Asia" Seki, I expect that you'll be in charge of scouting other members.

"Cannabis Control Law" "Behavioral Analysis" "Addiction and Brain Functions" "Mind-Altering Drugs" Seki, I expect that you'll be in charge of scouting other members.

I'm terribly sorry, but my current department is fairly new,

so I don't think I could be in charge of another section.

We'll need the best of the best for STAND's full operation.

This is a very important role that will require

someone to scout qualified members of the police, the DCD, and civilians for STAND,

regardless of their current assignments.

Indeed.

We'd feel much better if you'd accept the job.

As you can probably tell,

"Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Satoru Watabe" As you can probably tell,

"Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Satoru Watabe" he's not exactly interested in moving up the ranks.

Actually...

I have the perfect candidate to act as a scout in my place.

Rei Izumi?

Isn't she the agent that's currently on probation

because she messed up the premises check the other day?

This isn't a job for a useless newbie that can't even do her job.

I beg your pardon,

but she has her own set of beliefs and the strength to see justice through.

And most importantly,

she has a talent that's rather hard to come by in the DCD.

I will vouch for her as her mentor.

She's perfect for the job.

Good morning!

Huh?

Good morning, Rei.

Congrats on breaking out.

Breaking out? Really?

Here. Want some coffee?

Thank you.

U-Um...

"Drug Control Department: Haru Natsume"

"Drug Control Department: Haru Natsume" Mr. Seki and Mr. Izumi aren't here yet.

I'm sure you'd rather get your lecture out of the way first, but...

Don't tease her too much, Natsume.

"Drug Control Department: Shun Imaoji"

"Drug Control Department: Shun Imaoji" Good morning.

Sorry, I gave her your coffee.

Huh?

Oh, I'm so sorry! Here!

No, no. Ladies first.

You pulled an all-nighter, didn't you?

Why don't you hold back on the caffeine and get some sleep?

Well, I'd rather not sleep at the office...

"Drug Control Department: Kotaro Yui"

What happened to him?

He was saying how he couldn't sleep when he thinks about you, Izumi.

Misleading, much?

Well,

it's true that he was worried about you while you were stuck on probation at home.

And so were we.

Welcome back.

How'd the meeting go?

Oh, well if it isn't Rei.

Mr. Seki.

I'm terribly sorry for the trouble I've caused.

My probation has been lifted as of today.

Welcome back.

What's the matter? You look so down.

Here you go. Everyone's favorite, a little gift from me.

How about we have some tea?

"The Shortcake" from Henri Charpentier.

You've heard of it, Itsuki?

It's famous, isn't it?

You make it sound like I should know this.

Watabe, don't you need to go back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?

Jeez, you're so cold.

Did you forget how I helped you out back there already?

Would you help me bring out some coffee?

Of course.

A new investigation agency that isn't the police or the DCD...

STAND?

I heard rumors about a super elite team being put together,

but to think that even civilians are being considered as candidates...

How surprising.

Pretty intense, right?

About that. Izumi...

There's a job I'd like you to do.

Me?

This is...

They're candidates for STAND, which we were just talking about.

As of today, you've been appointed as their scout.

Huh?

What?!

Oh? That's perfect.

I wish you could've heard Aoyama passionately talking about you.

Everyone's expecting great things from you. You've got this, Rei.

Mr. Watabe.

B-But...

Don't think you can do it?

No. I'll do my best!

I'm counting on you.

In that case, hurry up and eat.

Huh?

Now that you've taken the job, there's no time to waste.

I have somewhere to take you.

You're taking me somewhere?

Take another look at the list of candidates.

"Top Secret" "STand Alone National Department Candidate List" "Name - Itsuki Aoyama" "Age - 28" "Height - 181 cm"

"Top Secret" "STand Alone National Department Candidate List" "Name - Itsuki Aoyama" "Age - 28" "Height - 181 cm" I'm not exactly unrelated to this case.

I'll do everything I can to support you.

I'm a little worried.

Not only is she the scout, but once STAND goes into action,

she'll be on the front lines of any related cases, right?

Being on the front lines of unsolved cases dealing with drugs...

That's a pretty rough job for a girl.

He's already considered all of this.

Aoyama, that is.

Even then...

There's no one more suited for the job than her.

Right?

Yui.

How long have you been awake?

I mean, Izumi is a super rare case.

Drugs have no effect on her body.

She has special drug immunity.

Stop looking around so much.

I'm sorry.

Excuse us.

Oh, it's Mr. Aoyama and some girl.

What brings you here?

Good grief.

Who gave a narc like you permission to snoop around here?

Asagiri.

I see that you're as exhausting to look at as ever.

Look who's talking.

Okay, you two. That's probably enough.

So... Is this the girl?

She is. Izumi, this is Asagiri, and this is Sugano.

You saw their names on the list, right?

They're both candidates for STAND.

"Investigation Section 1: Natsuki Sugano" They're both candidates for STAND.

"Same Section: Tsukasa Asagiri"

Mr. Hattori's not back yet?

I'd be more surprised if he ever came straight back.

Mr. Hattori?

He's the chief of this section, and he'll be directing STAND.

Huh?

Yup!

That's why we, as his subordinates, are pretty much guaranteed to also be...

Oh.

"Investigation Section 1: Sosei Arakida" Oh.

"Investigation Section 1: Sosei Arakida" And here's another candidate.

Sosei, apparently that girl's the scout everyone's talking about.

Sosei?

Um, I'm Rei Izumi with the DCD.

I look forward to working with you.

Sosei...

Um, please wai--

Thank--

Can you properly do your job as a narc with those shoes?

This isn't a game.

I don't have time to help out someone who can barely do their job.

I'm really sorry about that.

Arakida's like that to everyone.

He's basically a lone wolf.

Do you want to quit?

I do not. I decided to do this, so I'm going to see it through.

This time, I'll...

You already paid for your mistakes from last time.

You need to move on.

I got distracted by something else

"Fukui Pharmacy" I got distracted by something else

"Fukui Pharmacy" and ended up interfering with a premises check.

and ended up interfering with a premises check.

That's unthinkable for an experienced agent to do.

I couldn't argue with anything that Mr. Arakida said.