Devil (Maou / 魔王)

A pre-notified murder!?

Someone I know might be the target again.

"Build everything into one whole" "One reverberates with the rest, they function mutually"

A stuffed teddy-bear.

Anything else?

A handgun.

There's a possibility the criminal possesses a handgun.

What is this? a stuffed teddy-bear.

- There's also a strange card. - It's a tarot card!

- Give me my daughter back. - I don't know what you're talking about. Get out!

I'll beat you to death!

- What's this smell!? - Yosuke!

Come on! Yosuke!

Yosuke~!

What's the matter?

Are you lost?

Yes.

You're fine now.

What's your name?

Shintani Sora.

Sora-chan?

Where did you come from?

The amusement park.

The amusement park?

Who were you with?

With oniichan.

Your oniichan?

No.

Then, who?

Yosuke. Hey, Yosuke!

Hang in there! Yosuke!

I don't know.

You were with a person you don't know!?

Yes.

Sora-chan.

Do you know where you live?

Yes.

Time of death, 7:57 PM.

Yosuke.

Open up your eyes, Yosuke!

Yosuke, wake up! Yosuke!

You're the doctors! Do something!

That's a cute teddy-bear. Who did you get it from?

Was the amusement park fun?

Yes. There was a magician in a haunted castle.

We are magicians, too, you know.

Really!?

Yes.

So, we'll definitely make you meet your mother.

Okay!

That's great, right!

Mommy!

Looks like she's not home.

Mommy...

I'm sure your mother wants to meet you so bad she's looking for you.

Mommy!

Sora!

Where were you!?

Looks like she went to the amusement park with a stranger.

And you are...?

My name is Naruse.

You're a lawyer?

They gave me a ride here.

My girlfriend and my mom are excited about it, too.

While I'm at it I was thinking I'd hire that idiot Soda.

I'm indebted to you! My bosom friend!

You're suffocating me!

Yosuke...

I'm sorry...

I'm sorry...

Don't follow strangers anymore.

Okay.

Excuse me, Lawyer-san...

I...

It's nothing.

Thank you.

Don't mention it.

Natural death!?

His asthma attack caused the block in the respiratory tract.

- Yosuke was murdered! - Calm down!

There were no external wounds or poison reactions.

For now, we can only deduce it's natural death.

You're wrong. It's murder.

Yosuke was murdered!

Mao

Ono Satoshi

Ikuta Toma

One light sways slowly

disappears without healing pain

One tear falls numbly

disappears without any emotions reaching

It won't stop

traces of spilled tears

at that moment

color of tears about to overflow

it hides

Love is surely like incessant rain

They can't go back

traces of spilled tears

those memories

color of tears about to overflow

they come around

At the extremity of this world that had everything snatched away

is sadness

Though no matter what ending I picture, my heart remains wrapped in mystery

That's like a truth drawing near, just like darkness

Though no matter what world I depict, tomorrow is not visible

That's like a lily, not knowing impurity

a desire that remains untarnished

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Is something wrong?

That stuffed teddy-bear...

No, it's nothing.

Would you like to come in for a coffee or something?

It's late already. I'll take my leave for today.

Excuse me...

That piece, "Over the Rainbow",

I love it, too.

I'm happy about that.

It's my favorite piece, too.

Goodnight.

Goodnight.

Serizawa.

The tarot card.

The delivery from Amano Makoto.

It's all the same technique as with Kumoda-san.

It's a pre-notified murder!

What about that stuffed teddy-bear?

A stuffed teddy-bear...

The afterimage...

Did Shiori-san see it?

It was sent together with the card.

Damn it!

Yes.

It's Shiori.

I saw that stuffed teddy-bear from the afterimage.

Where!?

Is it really okay to sneak out of the hotel?

My number 1 priority is you, Mari-san.

It's Naoto. Excuse me.

Hello?

Yosuke was murdered.

What? Murdered!?

If you get a package that no one knows anything about, notify me immediately!

The suspect is after the people who are around me.

Who was murdered?

Ishimoto.

From junior high...

Why...

Shintani-san. Sorry for the late hour.

Shintani Tae-san!

Hey!

What time do you think it is!

I'm a police officer.

I'm the landlady here.

I thought it was the debt collector again.

Debt collector?

Is that a chubby, blond man?

Yes.

Truth is, the last person I have to collect from

is an employee at your hotel.

Murdered!? Ishimoto...

The criminal is perhaps an employee at this hotel.

- What!? - Who?

It's a woman by the name of Shintani Tae.

But, the one to pull the strings is another person.

Another murder might occur again.

You two, please be careful.

Alright.

What are you talking about?

String-puller and such. This is all a foolish delusion!

I'm sorry.

You and you, too.

Is this what that terrible threat of being targeted boils down to?

Is this what you call being a detective?

I'm looking for a lady by the name of Shintani Tae.

While I was on duty...

Just a moment, please.

Excuse me.

I'm looking for a lady employed here by the name of Shintani Tae.

An advance on her salary?

Yes.

She probably was in deep debt at best.

Do you have any idea where she could be?

I don't.

But, wasn't she driven out of her apartment?

It was around the time she got a delivery at her workplace.

Delivery!?

It's Amano again.

Amano manipulated this woman and had her murder Yosuke.

What were the contents of the delivery box?

Perhaps a dangerous weapon.

But, there were no external wounds.

People can kill even without a gun!

Search for Shintani Tae as a potential suspect.

Yes.

Serizawa!

You're off the search.