The Case Book of Arne (アルネの事件簿)

Guten Abend.

Ladies and gentlemen, Lynn Reinweiß here to summarize what happened

in the previous episode of The Casebook of Arne.

After Little Red Phantom Thief threatened to steal the Blue Heart,

the latest work by the jeweler Mr. Yelle,

the director of the art museum went to Lord Arne for protection.

However, both the Blue Heart and Mr. Yelle himself had disappeared.

We then received requests to find three other people who had gone missing.

After that, I learned that Mr. Yelle had made the Blue Heart for someone special,

and he'd also commissioned a portrait that he never went to pick up.

And then, with Mr. Yelle's whereabouts still unknown, Lord Arne faced off

against Little Red Phantom Thief at the museum!

However, her true goal was merely to deliver another warning—

Before Lord Vampire gets a chance, I will find the missing Mr. Yelle,

and claim the Blue Heart for myself!

Then, something even more terrifying happened at the art museum!

I have located the missing humans.

Huh?

Or more accurately, I have located the corpses of the missing humans.

Will the Arne Detective Agency be able to solve this mystery?!

What? This intro is too long?

What—

THE CASEBOOK OF ARNE

DESIRE AND LOVE MAKE ALL BURDENS LIGHTER

The statues, the pride of our collection, are p-people's corpses?

Did I really put corpses on display?

Sir?

In order to make them incomplete,

the killer deliberately cut off their heads.

That's some twisted taste.

Taking lives for the sake of art is unforgivable!

The question is, who were they in the first place?

Can't you already take a stab at that, Lynn Reinweiß?

Huh?

Oh no! They're the missing boyfriends?

Can a corpse be art? Of course it can.

Art is art because art transcends ethics!

This is no time for laughter.

Director, please pull yourself together.

Art is the f#$%¬@> s#@%!

Aw, yeah!

Director!

Wh-What was I just doing?

Please tell us the name of the sculptor who made these statues.

The sculptor?

Oh, of course. Let's see.

Frau Silke? Gusteinstraße 3-B?

I'll go there now.

Hold it, Lynn Reinweiß.

Yes?

How many corpses do you see?

One, two, three, four...

There's one too many.

Oh! Mr. Yelle?

It's possible.

No, it cannot be! Mr. Yelle was turned into one of these?

Sir!

This is Mr. Yelle.

Well then, Lynn Rein—

Lord Arne, please follow up on this clue and try to find Mr. Yelle.

I'll go visit the sculptor.

This must be the place.

Wait! Wait a second.

What's wrong?

If you ring that, she might run.

Oh, gotcha.

Yup, pretty darn twisted.

It appears she is indeed the killer.

How are we going to explain this to our clients?

This is so cruel!

Oh, do I have guests?

Are you here to see me? Or to see my art perhaps?

Aren't they wonderful?

Even if you put all of the greatest artists in history together,

they couldn't produce anything close to my work.

Leaving off one part of the body allows the viewer of the work

to imagine whatever kind of perfect form they choose.

But that isn't all.

Artists sacrifice their own vitality to bring their work to life,

but my works are life itself.

Don't you think that's wonderful? There is no greater art than life itself.

Huh?

Medusa! Don't look into her eyes or you'll be turned to stone!

Did you turn Mr. Yelle to stone, too?

Who knows? I'm only interested in their looks, after all.

If this "Yelle" was beautiful enough, he could very well be up there.

That's awful.

But you know what? You're adorable.

In fact, the three of you are so cute, I'll turn you all into a work of art.

I'll take care of this. You have to run.

B-But...

Get moving, kid! Uh...

Hurry!

Amy!

You have to run!

But what about Amy?

It's too late! Run!

She let herself get turned to stone to save you.

A bluebell?

Mr. Yelle's talents have truly been flourishing recently.

"Bluebell"? Are you sure he didn't actually say "Blue Heart"?

He definitely said "bell."

A bluebell.

Zisye?

It's Lynn.

Nach, are we going to be all right?

Nach!

Oh, you can't speak because Lord Arne is too far away.

Turn around and look at me, darling.

I'll turn you into a work of art that everyone will find beautiful!

Lynn, turn at the next corner.

Zisye!

Go straight, then turn left down the next alley.

Take the next right. Now left at this corner.

Oh no.

It's no use hiding.

Found your hiding spot? No, not yet.

Found your hiding spot?

Found your hiding spot?

I'm not that naive.

Of course not.

Huh?

You'd never fall for a trap like this.

Wha—

Lynn.