The Fable (ザ・ファブル)

With Kojima gone, there's nothing we can do now.

Let's end this for now.

Yeah. There's only one thing that needs to be done now.

Ow, that hurts. Damn it.

Who the heck was that guy?

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Hey, can you get up?

Sorry, I...

Why's he killing that guy?

Probably because he knows who the target after Kojima is.

Now that the assassination plot has been foiled,

he's got to snuff out anyone else who knows.

But that puts us in danger too.

We're still useful to Sunagawa.

At least more than that guy was.

What Sunagawa wants now is info on that Fable guy who made off with Kojima.

The Fable

Aniki... Aniki...

Aniki...

I told you not to do call girls, right?

I told you to wait until after I got out of the hospital, right?

Then what got into you, Kojima?

I was just being a yakuza, that's all.

It's been 15 years since I last could.

By the way, why was he in for 15 years?

He killed a respectable woman.

Respectable?

Aniki, that woman was totally one of our kind.

I'll admit, she wasn't a nice person.

But we're not here to talk about that.

And there's no woman more respectable than the one

you made suffer so badly this time.

Oh, yeah. I remember what you told me.

You said people like us shouldn't get involved with her.

Didn't you tell the other members of the group what you told me?

Of course I wouldn't tell the other members.

She's not my daughter.

So, that's the yakuza way, huh?

Yeah. We're not a charity group.

Hey, Kojima.

Your penchant for being more violent than you need...

I think I have an idea where it's coming from.

You've got erectile dysfunction, haven't you?

Since you can't get it up anymore, you take it out by being violent.

I know you're that type.

Most guys, after being locked up for 15 years,

they'd go for good food and a woman.

But I noticed you didn't want that at all.

I bet you ended up like that after strangling that woman 15 years ago.

You're no longer attracted to women, are you?

Sato, leave me and Kojima alone for a while.

Okay.

I'll be at Yoko's place next door.

Who the heck is that guy?

I have an idea what he is.

He's a hitman. He does work for the Maguro Group.

Tsk. That's what I figured.

Forget about that. This is about you.

The way you did things wasn't good.

I want you to apologize to Sunagawa.

How are things going over there?

I don't know.

What's the captain going to do about the mess his brother made?

I wonder if it wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been in the hospital.

Hey, what are you drawing over there?

This?

It's Misaki.

-No good, huh? -

I get it now.

Of course, I'll bear in mind what you've said.

If you want to live and start over, then do what I tell you to.

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You really are a handful.

Anyway, I'll have the doc look at that wound.

I'll cut off these zip ties, so relax.

Aniki, I'm sorry.

I...

It'll be all right.

I'm on your side.

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What do you think?

About what?

Never mind.

The clean-up guy is coming soon.

Sorry, but I need you to stay with your sister tonight.

You mean at Yoko's place?

Even if it's just for show, you have to stay out of stuff like this.

Can I at least get changed?

Yeah.

Don't come back until it's light.

Hey, what do you think?

Either way...

If I hadn't been there,

Kojima would have been killed at the factory.

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Mm? Brother?

-Yoko... - Huh?

-I'm cold. Can I use your bathroom? - Huh?

Get in here! What happened?

Thank you.

I'm so glad you live nearby.

You want to warm up in the bath?

I just got out so the water is still hot.

I lost my purse. It had my phone and house key too.

Never mind that. Hurry up and get warmed up first.

Take your clothes off there.

I'll get you a change of clothes.

Thank you.

- What's wrong? -

Oh.

Would you not sneak in like that? You scared me.

I just came in normally.

That's Misaki, right?

I can't go back to my place tonight.

Can you handle this alone?

Sorry, but I can't help.

I've just had surgery.

No problem.

I've just got to wrap him up and load him in the car.

I'll turn him into mincemeat to feed to the fish tomorrow.

I know that. Don't give me the details.

He's family, you know.

I haven't done this in a while, so I was just explaining.

I've got a question for you.

-You sold Kojima a gun, didn't you? -

You should have told me first.

It's better for both our businesses.

What the heck are you talking about?

You think I sold Koji a gun?

After being in the joint for 15 years, he must know somebody with a gun.

Just because he had a gun is no reason to blame it on me.

If only I hadn't been hospitalized...

Hey, don't turn him into mincemeat.

What? You want me to bury him?

I don't want him to be fish food.

He's not plankton.

If I have to bury him, it'll cost you.

I've got to bury him deep enough in one night

so wild dogs can't dig him up.

This isn't about money. He is, after all,

my younger brother.

Even if he can't have a gravestone,

I at least want him to go back in the ground.

Huh? Did she just...

Did she faint?

Oh, Misaki!

Don't come in here. Misaki's naked.

- - What? You've got a fever, Misaki!

I can't do this alone. Give me a hand.

Hey! Don't stare!

I've got to size up the situation.

Don't touch her there!

It's easier to carry her this way.

You remember this.

-In real life, it's the bad guys who win. -

Here, suck this.

Miki Kawamura? Tsubasa Yamakawa?

Misaki Shimizu?

Which should I call you?

Shh.

How come it's destroying me too?

I can help.

Oh, you're awake.

Yoko...

Oh, those pajamas? They're mine.

You had a little fever, so I put them on you.

I mean, you fainted in the bath.

In the bath?

Oh, that's right. Yesterday...

It was a lot of work.

Since you fainted suddenly, I had to get my brother to help.

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- Okay, I'm going to bed now too. - He helped?