Trickster: Edogawa Ranpo "Shounen Tanteidan" yori

Damn it!

Hanasaki!

That was close...

What's going on?

Proceed with caution.

Hey... What happened?

Oh, good! All's well!

No, it's not! The shuttle...

They got us...

Was it my fault?

Huh? Nah, it wasn't anyone's fault.

Well, Noro? Is there another way?

Huh?

Another way to get to Sensei.

Of course there's not!

What about that?

That thing downstairs.

Yeah! That's it!

Wait a second! Do you know what the stratosphere is?!

It's above the clouds!

What are our odds of getting there?

Practically zero!

So that means it's not zero!

Hanasaki! Wait a minute!

Then is there any other way?

Noro, let us know when you come up some other ultra high-difficulty plan!

We'll switch over to it once you do!

That's not the answer!

You should meet up with Inoue and work out a new strategy!

I can't do that.

You think something happened to the two of them?

What should we do?

We're going to stay here and hold them off.

That's what I promised him.

Fire.

Capture them!

Damn it.

Experience a brand new thrill,

Akechi-kun.

Return of the Evening Star

Warning. Cease unlawful activity at once.

Should you fail to follow orders, the right to self-defense will be exercised.

Damn it!

Warning. Cease unlawful activity at once.

Should you fail to follow orders, the right to self-defense will be exercised.

Unlawful?! We weren't the ones who caused that explosion!

Repeat. Cease unlawful activity at once.

Would you listen to me?!

Shit!

Yamane!

Inoue-senpai!

Ryou!

Let's regroup.

Senpai, is your leg okay?

It's fine.

You really are amazing, Inoue-senpai!

I know I can count on you, too, Yamane-kun.

Yeah!

How long can we hold out?

Good question. Three games...

No, I'd say one more game.

We can't do anything at this rate.

Damn it, we don't have time for this!

You go on ahead.

Huh?

Look. I won't die.

Oh, yeah.

Now!

Cease unlawful activity at once.

We're not being unlawful!

Play with that for a while!

Damn, he's awesome!

Yes!

Don't have the guts to shoot someone, eh?

Wh-What's going on?

An earthquake?

Th-The moon excavator?!

What's a thing like that doing here?

You came to help us,

Ohtomo-senpai!

Jeez, this test vehicle shakes like you wouldn't believe...

Aim for that guy!

Whoa, now!

These are nothing.

He's...

Get away!

Damn it! Put your masks on!

It's sleeping gas!

Prioritize shooting down those bug things!

I don't even care what happens to Akechi...

But I'd appreciate it if you didn't bully my friends.

Damn it!

Why won't it move?!

Come on, move already!

It's gonna work!

This way! Hurry!

Can you drive this thing?

It's an evacuation vehicle designed for use by anyone.

The actual driving part isn't hard.

Hang tight, Sensei!

Incredible!

It's working, Ohtomo-senpai!

What happened?

Well, I guess that's it for this thing.

Everything in the Space Expo venue, while real, is for display only.

Hey, what the hell?!

They're only powered enough to put on a simple performance.

You...

Let's stop pretending,

Akechi-kun.

I have been given a gift.

And you know, Akechi-kun,

I couldn't be more grateful for this miracle.

So I want to repay the debt.

I want to give someone a gift that will make them grateful.

And yet...

I was such a fool

for taking what you said seriously.

What are you...?

"You got what you had coming. It serves you right."

That is how you really feel toward your father.

To give his life to act as a shield for his child...

It's what any adult should do.

That is how you really feel toward the first Akechi-san.

Bastard!

You killed your father. Both your fathers. You are a villain.

"Thrills... More thrills..."

I was so moved by those words you kept spouting

that I tried hard to keep giving you thrills to make you happy.

But I had no idea that you couldn't even sense the pain of others.

When someone says "it's my fault," people tell them that isn't so.

If one is repentant, others will forgive them.

Bastard!

Would you call that "self-interest?"

What do you...

Even now,

you're still pretending to care about those boys.

What the hell do you know?!

And yet you tell them that they're responsible for their own actions.

Hey, Akechi-kun...

When people act unnerved,

it's either completely fake

or because they've been presented with irrefutable proof.

You've never felt any awareness of your crimes,

nor any pride, responsibility, or anything else.

For you to even speak of good and evil is absurd.

Don't talk like you know me!