Vatican Miracle Examiner (バチカン奇跡調査官)

Thank you so much for helping out when I was away.

It was nothing.

You have my deepest condolences for the loss of Father Samson.

He must have been killed by a follower of the Bazuna faith...

At the very least, I will continue to pray for the salvation of his soul.

There's something I'd like to tell you, though it's very difficult for me to say...

What happened?

Roberto and I have extremely different opinions on the canonization of John Jordan.

Despite all my experiments, I cannot find a scientific reason for why Father John's body has not decayed.

I can only accept it as the work of a miracle.

But Roberto stubbornly refuses to acknowledge a miracle has occurred!

Not only that, he is so engrossed in his study of your old books, he has even forgotten his daily prayers!

I cannot stand by his side any longer.

There are those who would examine claims of holy miracles from around the world,

and verify a miracle has indeed occurred.

Please show them the way, O Lord, the Vatican Miracle Examiners!

Ikeru mono tsumibukaki kakugo de The living reach out their hands

Ataerareta fukashigi ni te wo nobasu yo With sinful resolve to the mysteries they've been given

Itami ga yobu negai wo tokiakashite The pain calls for resolution of their wish

Hikari yo ashiki tamashii sukuitamae to For the light to save their sinful souls

Koe dake ja tarinainda My voice isn't enough

Kiseki no nai jinsei iranai I don't need a life without miracles

Abunai jounetsu ga miseta akenai yoru no naka de A dangerous passion showed me a vision in an endless night

Dare no yume ga hiraku darou Whose dream will be opened?

Yami to boku wa niteru kai Do I resemble the darkness?

Abunai jounetsu o kaketa kore ga key ad mysterium I took the risk with that dangerous passion for this key ad mysterium

Ima wa semete shinjitetai I want to at least believe now

Dakedo nanimo wakaranai But I don't know anything

I'm surprised.

I knew Father Hiraga would come, since he believed,

but I never imagined you would come to this presentation.

I've found out some very interesting things as a result of my investigation.

Still, you're doing this on quite a large scale.

Well, we have to announce John's final prophecy to all his followers around the world.

His final prophecy?

Yes, a prophecy of the End you have not yet heard.

Today is the day John becomes a saint.

Today, Mr. Kid has an important announcement about John's prophecies for you all.

John's final prophecy!

Psalm 4,206.

"The Earth will split in two in a land of J. The windmill will turn, and Vulcan's workplace will spew fire."

And just where is there a wind energy plant at the base of a volcano?

Jimbafo!

That's right.

John was warning us that a huge volcanic eruption would happen in the Kingdom of Sofuma, in Jimbafo!

My friends in Jimbafo, please flee from that place before this terrible disaster happens!

This prophecy was John's last message, a prophecy to save our lives!

I don't know about that.

What do you mean?

The claim that a volcano will erupt in Jimbafo is just your interpretation, is it not?

What?

The conditions he gives are a wind energy plant at the base of a volcano, in a place starting with a J.

There are hundreds of places around the world that could satisfy those conditions.

That isn't it! It must be this-

And, this painting, which is not painted in a realistic style,

does not contain accurate details from which we could discern a specific location.

Additionally, we can interpret the words "Vulcan's workplace" in the written prophecy

as signifying Vulcan's workplace in Roman mythology, Mount Etna in Sicily.

That's...

No way...

I thought that sounded fishy from the beginning.

The priest is right. I thought that sounded fishy from the beginning.

Now then, I'd like you to hear the results of my inspection of John's prophecies.

Are you not going to attend the presentation?

No. I am not allowed to speak on the matter of John's sainthood.

And... have you seen Oriola?

All the things you're saying are just false accusations!

Perhaps.

Now, let's read Psalm 522.

"A hero will be born near the Nile."

"He will make the neighboring countries pay a high price."

This prophecy-

It clearly foretells the birth of Jairobian President Andoa!

He was born in a village close to the Nile, and his birthday is May 22nd!

And, ever since he took office, he has not stopped contesting with the neighboring countries!

True, but how close to the Nile is "close to the Nile"?

You could say that Egypt and Sudan are both "close."

And, in all of my research, I could not find one major conflict in all of history

that one could describe as the Jairobian government forcing others to pay a "high price."

In short, the conditions for such a man:

the numbers 5-2-2, born in an unspecified swath of land "near the Nile,"

and "hero" of a country who has strife with its neighbors, are conditions that could apply to anyone.

Then explain to me Psalm 317!

"When Venus is with Ten, a nation of many islands will incite the wrath of Poseidon."

What about that, huh?!

Venus with Ten, meaning Venus in Libra, which it governs, at an aspect of ten degrees,

which precisely predicted the disaster in the Solomon Islands on October 8th!

Now we're using astrology?

Venus does govern Libra, but it also governs Taurus, or the month of May.

And, if you measure the angle of Venus with very precise astronomical measurements on October 8th,

you'll find that it was actually at twelve degrees.

Which would, of course, diverge from the words of the prophecy.

Th-there's no way John could've measured it that precisely!

Didn't John get his prophecies directly from God?

Are you saying that God made a mistake in measuring the angle?

Moving on, Psalm 930:

"In the north of this continent, Uranus lifts his voice and screams."

"A plague of locusts will spread over the land and ravage all living things."

You have interpreted this psalm as predicting the nuclear accident in Finland on September 30th.

But this is, once again, just a convenient explanation.

The only parts of the prophecy that coincide with that interpretation,

are the numbers 9-30 and the connection between Uranus and uranium.

Trying to connect a plague of locusts to radioactive contamination is a bit too much of a stretch.

Out of nearly four thousand prophecies, you have only presented sixty-two as accurate predictions.

I can only surmise that you chose those because you could easily connect them with real events.

Th-then what about that other one?

You saw it yourself when you came here!

Amy Boness died, just as he foretold!

That prophecy was fake, one that you prepared yourself.

The ink still smelled fresh on the paper.

What?!

Had John typewritten it a year before, the smell would have been much different.

"One will befall a trap laid by an old snake-demon, and on the day of the Shin-Shin Festival, he will die."

That was another one of his prophecies, yet it is past the day of the Shin-Shin Festival, and I am still alive.

Yes, but Father Samson died instead!

That's right.

Father Samson died in my stead!

"In his stead"?

I knew it! John Jordan's no saint at all!

It's alright, Hiraga. I'm not possessed by a demon or anything.

Well, it's true that I've been acting a little weird the last few days.

But it's okay. Don't worry about me.

Alright!

Will you, ah... will you trust me, no matter what?

Of course I will.

Roberto, I trust you now, and I will trust you forevermore.

Thanks.

So, what's your reasoning for John Jordan not being a saint?

Well...

I'll explain later.

Special Agent Bill Suskins, I'd like to ask you for your help on something.

You too, Hiraga.

Just say the word.

Let's go back to Samson's home one more time.

Wh-what?

Father Samson was killed in order to make the prophecy true.

"Killed"? For the prophecy?!

That's ridiculous!

Then what about this one?!

"Naomi, adorned with thorns, sleeps in the river."

No other prophet has ever predicted the tiniest details of a real murder case so accurately!

No. This prophecy is proof that John Jordan is not a saint,

because that painting is a picture of John's own desires.

He painted this because he wanted to kill that girl!

H-he wanted to kill her himself?!

What proof do you have?!

Look closely at the marks on the girl's neck.

The hands were not painted onto the canvas with a brush.

John applied paint to his own hands and pressed them directly onto the canvas.

The proof is in the scars from his stigmata on the marks on her neck!

The fingerprints match John's as well.

And, according to the police report, on the victim, Modania's, neck,

they found hand marks with the same cross on them- and the same fingerprints.

This is not a prophetic painting at all.

It's a painting by a criminally deranged man who put his desires on a canvas!

John is no saint.

Far from it- he's a murderer!

Wh-what are you...

Y-y-y-you don't have any proof!

You made all of that up!

I have proof!

I knew this man well.

You... knew him?!

Yes. The Prophet John Jordan's real name...

is Brono Puccini.

And my real name is Roberto Nicolas Puccini.

He was my father, and the murderer that killed my mother!

Yes, don't worry.

Nobody will be angry at you for it.

Twenty-one years ago, my father, Brono, killed my mother Naomi.

Before then, my mother ran away from him with me, fearing his violent tendencies.

But...