Galileo (ガリレオ)

Fukuyama Masaharu as Yukawa Manabu

Shibasaki Kou as Utsumi Kaoru

~Chapter One~

"Beneath The Wheel"

By Hermann Hesse.

Hans Giebenrath was

an unmistakably gifted child.

Just seeing him running with the other kids

was enough for one to take note of his courteous and extraordinary qualities.

Never before has an exceptional child like him

been born in this small town in Schwarzwald.

The journey from this boringly peaceful town—

- Here we are! - Hey man, that girl you introduced me to last time was so ugly!

Why did you hit on such a girl?

Hey! Shut up!

You're disturbing the whole neighborhood!

Everyone! I apologize!

Forgive us!

If it hits someone, the person can die.

The fire extinguisher might actually explode!

- Seriously, we'll get in trouble. It's a crime. - People might think we are criminals.

Hey. Why don't we throw it from the middle school's rooftop next time?

- Good idea! - Sneak into the school at night!

- I'm in. - I'm in, too!

- What if we get caught? - Don't worry!

The security guard is just some old fart.

If we get caught, we'll just beat the crap outta—

The incident occurred around 22:20.

Exactly an hour ago.

The accident scene is on a sidewalk along the Sakura River in Sanou, 5th district.

Yamashita Ryousuke-san, 19 years old, burned to death.

Shut up already.

It's all written down here so I know.

I'm sorry.

I'm getting car sick from reading these small letters.

Hurry up!

Okay.

Kusanagi-san!

- Ok, then, please take care of the rest. - OK.

Hey, what's up?

His head caught on fire, right?

How can that happen?

No! You can't be in there!

You can't be in there.

Stay behind the line, okay?

I'm sorry, that's my daughter.

Must be this.

He caught on fire from these fireworks.

That's not it.

His head just ignited!

Calm down!

He's panicking.

The witness from that other incident was like this too, right?

You know? That "Rat Man" incident in the Denenchoufu area!

I've heard of it.

That incident where a man controlled rats to kill people?

Kusanagi-san, it was you who solved that case, too, right?

And that psychokinesis murder in Kamata

and that levitation incident in Haneda, too!

His achievements were recognized, and now he's being promoted to the central office!

Amazing... I wish we could've worked on more cases together.

Unfortunately, tomorrow is the last day.

I will become your successor!

Stop with the nonsense, rookie!

This is the beautiful medical examiner, Jounouchi Sakurako-san.

I'm Jounouchi, the beautiful medical examiner.

I'm Utsumi Kaoru, nice to meet you.

This is her first case of this kind.

So do you admire Kusanagi-san?

Yes, because he's the mystery hunter of the North Kaizuka Police Department!

"Mystery Hunter" huh?

Everything above his neck is scorched.

Having contact with heat on the head and the neck is the direct cause of death.

So much heat...

that his skull carbonized.

Barf bags are over there.

Wait, wait, wait! Vomit in the restrooms if you can.

Are you alright?

I'm fine.

How cute.

This incident...

I wonder if we can uncover the real truth behind this case, without you.

Utsumi, it seems you are not confident.

That's not true...

You wanted to be a detective ever since you were in the traffic department?

Yes.

I heard you became a decoy and arrested 60 molesters.

65 molesters.

Every day, I wore short skirts and rode the morning trains.

I even wore a high school uniform once!

Alright...

I'll tell you the truth.

Hm?

You know...

I'm not a mystery hunter.

Huh?

All the crime cases I solved

are thanks to a certain person.

A certain person?

Teito University

What a carefree place a university is!

- Hey, hey. What's your major? - Huh?

Let's go on a group date! It'll help you get job hunting info!

I'm not a student!

Sorry.

- No way! - Are you serious?

I still look young!

He's at Teito University's School of Science and Engineering.

Physics Department, Lab 13.

He was my classmate when I was in college.

His name is Yukawa Manabu.

He's considered a super genius in the field of physics. -Physics Lab- Yukawa Manabu, Associate Professor

Genius...

But it just so happens that he's strange.

We used to call him

Galileo, the weirdo.

Galileo the weirdo?

Hello?

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Who are you?

My name is Utsumi.

I'm looking for assistant professor Yukawa.

I'm Yukawa.

I've never seen this face before.

I'm from the North Kaizuka Police Department.

Detective Kusanagi told me about you.

Kusanagi?

I would like your assistance in—

No, no, no. Please leave.

We're busy with an experiment.

Please continue.

Students, back to your positions.

- I'll talk to you later then. - We can't help you with investigations.

The plasma phenomenon here...

He cooperated with Kusanagi-san only because he was his classmate.

We need your assistance.

- Please leave. - There was a mysterious incident and...

You're too persistent!

I'm not talking to you.

I'm his assistant.

Then keep your mouth shut.

What did you say?

Someone caught on fire!

No, Professor.

The filaments in light bulbs contain copper, so...

Please leave.

It happened in a normal neighborhood!

Let's ignore her.

His head suddenly ignited and he died!

Focus! People, don't look at her.

That's impossible!

Impossible?

Who proved that?

Eh?

Yukawa-sensei?

July 2, 1951. St. Petersburg, Florida.

Mary Harder Reeser, a 67-year-old woman, spontaneously combusted at home and turned to ashes within minutes.

September 15, 1952.

Jeannie Safin, a woman in Edmonton, England, suddenly breathed fire and her head caught on fire.

In recent time, August 24, 1998...

Agnes Philips, a woman in Sydney, suddenly started burning in her car.

The phenomena of spontaneous human combustion, where the human body suddenly burns, are observed everywhere.

Such an occult phenomenon just occurred!

Occult?

You say strange things.

Every phenomenon has a cause.

There are theories on why human bodies combust.

The phosphorous combustion theory,

the bacteria combustion theory,

the human candle combustion theory,

and what you saw now,

the plasma combustion theory.

Plasma?

However, so far...

There is no decisive proof that explains spontaneous human combustion.

Was there fire on the scene?

The news called it a fireworks-related accident.

Can pinwheel fireworks

carbonize a skull?

Amusing.

Galileo Burns.

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The victim was sitting here.

The other three with him were

buddies who graduated from the same middle school.

They were sitting below,

around here, looking up at the victim.

Wait, wait, here.

They put out cigarettes here.

What enjoyment did they get out of this?

According to witness accounts, he started burning from the back of his head.

The back of his head?

As soon as they noticed the back of his head on fire,

his whole head suddenly burst into flames.

Did he have any oily hair product on his hair?

Yes, he did.

But if hair products are so flammable,

everyone in this town would be burning like matches.

Like matches, huh?

You say amusing things.