The Brain Man (脳男)

timing & qc: Melllllly

BRAIN MAN

hey, look at this! Come on, say cheese!

"Look at me."

"This person standing before you is neither God nor judge."

"I am just a mother whose child was murdered."

Her son, who was a gang member,

was targeted by a rival gang

and was killed by these boys.

In the beginning, this program was made for boys who had committed murder.

Its objective was to make them aware of the weight of their sins.

However, as the number of sessions increased

transformation was also seen on the side of participants who had suffered emotional trauma

at the loss of their family members.

They came to realize that these boys were not unfathomable monsters

but that they were also human.

This is a video that was taken one month later.

The mother of the victim

was battling depression for a long time.

However, after joining this program, her symptoms improved.

And she stopped hurting herself.

Of course, this is different for every individual

but as you can see from clinical results

there is considerable progress achieved.

Although this has never been adopted here in our country

I hope that you can consider

the implementation of this treatment program.

I will take full responsibility. So you are forcing a rabbit into a cage with a lion

and expecting some dramatic transformation?

I've seen enough. Let's wrap it up.

Serves you right!

Bye bye, auntie!

Damn kids.

Help me...

It's all right!

It's all right...

Somebody!

Call an ambulance now!

You'll be fine! You'll be fine.

Quick! Somebody!

Please! Call them now!

No way!

Did someone die?

Woah! Seriously?

It's a dead body!

This is so going on my blog.

Hey! Whaddya think you're doin'?!

This isn't a fucking show.

Chaya-San, this is a bad idea, Chaya-San!

You think it's amusing that someone's dead?

Hey, hey, hey!

Bastard.

Calm down, man. Don't be so immature.

All these youngsters nowadays

snapping away at everything with their cameras.

What's become of this country, dammit!

Earlier today

the Tokyo metropolitan police received a letter claiming responsibility for the attack.

It's most likely the same perp.

This time it says 'strike a match, for a brief moment fog thickens over the sea.'

'is this homeland worth throwing life away for?'

what's with the confusing poem?

Tanka: Japanese poem containing five lines with 5, 7, 5, 7 and 7 syllables respectively

Uh, it's not really a poem, but a tanka.

Can it, newbie.

This is written by terayama, isn't it?

Who's terayama? Some monk?

I like that part about you.

This is terrible.

They used a whole lot more explosives this time.

On top of that,

they even stuffed a ball bearing in.

It's like being shot point blank with a shotgun.

This lady had her tongue cut out, too.

Fuckers.

The victim is kinjou risuko, a famous fortuneteller.

She boasted that she could divine the hideout

of the perpetrators behind the serial bomb attacks, as well as when the next attack will take place.

My cards tell me

that there is a high possibility that a route bus will be targeted next.

The attack will take place in the evening.

O foolish criminals...

It's highly likely that she stung their pride with her words

and got her tongue cut out for it.

Up to date, people who berated these criminals on TV

like the female newscaster

or host and commentators of a talk show all had their tongues cut out and killed

with what we believe to be the same modus operandi.

Midorinodai train station where the incident occurred

was pinpointed by kinjou risuko in her show to be the area where the perpetrator's hideout was.

She also divined that a route bus would be targeted.

It's ironic

but this attack ultimately went exactly

the way she predicted it would.

It can be anything.

It would help if you could recall even just a little more.

But I've been telling you

whatever I told you just now is everything I know!

I understand, but...

Hey, newbie, don't just ask for her cellphone number.

Make sure you get her home number, too!

I've given you my workplace contact number.

I don't believe I'm obligated to let you know my home number as well.

Bye.

Uhm, wait!

This is the doctor from the treatment center who was present at the scene.

Oh yeah, the psychiatrist.

What of it?

If you psychiatrists could reduce the number of psychos by even a little bit

we wouldn't be having so much trouble.

Excuse me.

That child you saved?

I heard he passed away just now.

Mariko.

Coming.

Mariko!

Coming!

What is it?

You could at least change the batteries yourself, you know.

What about your medicine? Have you taken them?

If you get an attack you won't be able to recover.

Listen...

About that treatment program I was telling you about the other day

don't you want to give it a try?

All you need to do is meet with him and have a little chat.

If you were on that bus

you could've died.

Area is engulfed in black smoke.

According to the police, all passengers on the bus including the driver

you've always been a lucky child.

Were transported to the hospital

but the deaths of 23 of them have been confirmed so far.

I guess.

Apart from being your daughter, that is.

According to police and fire defense authorities,

as debris from the crime scene believed to be part of the explosive were discovered

they are of the opinion that this case is strongly linked to the string of bombing incidents.

You've got the face of someone who hasn't slept a wink.

Speak for yourself.

If you pull the long face from morning

luck will pass you by.

If you actually have a good joke to throw over

I might consider being friendlier.

I found it.

A lead.

All the bombs were assembled differently

but each of the parts used

weren't all that varied.

Even these pieces left behind at the crime scene were ready-made products you can get from anywhere.

That's why we have no way of tracking them.

Isn't that right?

What we found was a gadget with a severed wire.

Minute particles were lifted from the strands of this wire.

From this, we discovered that the blade used to cut them

was made from a special type of tungsten carbide.

It's so hard

it can cut through iron or concrete easily.

Seems like there aren't many of these sold.

Oh, this one.

It's a custom made product that hardly goes out.

We should still have a record of all the customers who've ever purchased this.

Really? Yep.

Wait a sec. Okay!

Chaya-San!

Newbie.

It's Hirono. We've been partners for 3 years, Chaya-San.

What are you looking all goggle-eyed for? Go get the list from him already!

Right!

According to the real estate agency

it seems this place was rented out for the purpose of exhibiting pictures and staging plays.

What's up with you?!

Go! Okay!

Hey, you all right?!

I-I'm fine!

Don't move!

It's the police!

Who in the world are you?

Turn around!

Who just took off?

Your buddies?

Get down on your knees!

I said down on your knees!

Put both hands behind your head.

Got yourself some battle scars?

Ouch!

Please, cut it out.

Heard his name was Suzuki Ichiro?

It's probably some alias.

Takin' us for fools.

He just clammed up after that.

Didn't you guys hear a woman screaming?

Yeah, I think there were 2 of them.

Most likely his accomplices.

Hq anticipated it to be a group job from the beginning, after all.

So they fell out with each other?

Well, that's the only way to look at it.

Good work today. You too.

Any problems?

Yeah, there's Yamada from cell 1.

Complained he had a stomachache, so I gave him some medication.