Bloody Monday 25

Chapter 25

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Fujimaru: You wanted...to talk with me?

Fujimaru: Orihara-sensei...

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Maya: I want to make a deal.

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Fujimaru: ...A deal?
Maya: Yes... A most advantageous deal.
Maya: Especially for you all...

Fujimaru: And for you too, Orihara-sensei. Isn't that right?

Maya: Of course.
Maya: That's what a deal is.
Maya: Takagi-kun.

Fujimaru: I don't want to hear it.
Fujimaru: My dad taught me not to listen to the demands of criminals.
Maya: Oh...

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Maya: But you hacked into...
Maya: the transformer substation for us, didn't you?

Fujimaru: Well, I did hack into it.
Fujimaru: But... that was to thwart the plans of enemies who had the virus...
Maya: So you shouldn't give into the demands of terrorists...
Maya: Is that what you think?

Maya: Is it really?

Fujimaru: And if I...
Fujimaru: say it isn't?

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Maya: Did you think that our objective was just to get you to hack into it?
Maya: Did you not think that we would take it into consideration that you would place some kind of trap?
Maya: Or...
Maya: Did you think that the people you were up against were too stupid to think of that kind of thing?

Maya: Didn't you have a vague feeling...
Maya: that it was all a little too easy?

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Houshou: Kanou-san.
Houshou: How far did you go with Orihara Maya's interrogation?

Kanou: I used drugs, electric shocks, sound, and light...
Kanou: She got the full course in half a day.
Kanou: A normal person would have given in at that level.

Houshou: And there was no effect?
Kanou: That we could see.
Kanou: But she might be right at her limit.

Kanou: That might be why she suddenly...
Kanou: called for Fujimaru-kun talking about a deal...

Kirishima: Is there a possibility...
Kirishima: that she has any contact with her comrades?

Kanou: Hey, hey. Are you serious, Kirishima?
Kanou: She got a complete body search at "Third-i".

Kanou: They said she doesn't have any kind of communications device.

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Houshou: It's possible.
Kanou: Huh? You, too, Sayuri-chan...

Houshou: The timing was too good.
Houshou: She hinted at a confession right after we got custody of Cap Takagi...

Kanou: You found the vice chief?
Houshou: He's in the hospital.
Houshou: His life isn't in danger, but, due to his injuries and fatigue, he hasn't come to yet...

Kirishima: Then...
Kirishima: Our only lead right now...
Kirishima: is Orihara Maya...

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Maya: If things stay as they are...
Maya: a lot of people are going to die.

Maya: And you all have no way of stopping it.
Maya: If you don't have my help, that is.

Fujimaru: Why exactly...
Fujimaru: do you people...
Fujimaru: have the...
Houshou: Fujimaru-kun.

Houshou: We'll hear what you have to say.
Fujimaru: Eh!?

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Houshou: The choice of whether to do what she says is still ours.
Houshou: Right?

Houshou: What are...
Houshou: your demands?

Maya: A plea bargain.

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Maya: That's where, in exchange for information that helps resolve the case, the criminal's punishment is lightened.
Maya: It's a commonly used tactic in criminal investigations.

Fujimaru: Hey...this isn't America.
Houshou: Quiet, Fujimaru-kun.

Houshou: Fine.
Houshou: We'll discuss this.
Fujimaru: Houshou-san!?

Houshou: There's no real system for it...but plea bargains do informally happen even in Japan.
Fujimaru: But...

Houshou: If we can save a lot of lives by reducing the penalty of one criminal...
Houshou: then this really is an advantageous deal.

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Houshou: I'll talk to the higher ups about this.
Maya: Do it here.

Maya: If my information gets you the expected results, I want to be released regardless of my crimes.
Maya: That is my wish.

Houshou: ...Kirishima-kun.
Houshou: Could you make the call?

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Kirishima: It's been a while.
Kirishima: This is Kirishima of "Third-i".
Masamune: Kirishima-kun.

Masamune: It sounds like...
Masamune: my grandson has helped you out.
Kirishima: So you've already heard.

Kirishima: Um...
Kirishima: I have a favor to ask about the case that Otoya-kun got caught up in...

Masamune: So basically what you're asking for...
Masamune: is a plea bargain?

Kirishima: Yes...
Kirishima: The suspect is hoping for a pardon.

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Masamune: Fine.
Masamune: I, Kujou Masamune, the Minister of Justice, give you approval.
Masamune: Make sure to get some results.

Kirishima: We have approval.
Kirishima: We'll get the fax and the PDF file with the Minister of Justice's signature later.

Maya: Thank you.
Maya: The negotiations are over.

Kirishima: Don't forget that this...
Kirishima: is dependant on this getting us results.

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Maya: Of course.
Maya: There's somewhere I want to lead you to.
Maya: Oh, and...if possible...
Maya: Takagi-kun...
Maya: I'd like you to come along, too.

Houshou: Don't be ridiculous. Why do you want him to...?
Maya: Will you come?

Maya: Or...
Maya: are you afraid?

Fujimaru: Houshou-san.
Fujimaru: I'll go.
Houshou: Fujimaru-kun!!

Kanou: Ahh...Sayuri-chan.
Kanou: I'll go along.

Maya: Oh...Mr. Sadist is coming, too?
Kanou: Geez...you've only just met me.
Kanou: Normally I'm quite the gentleman.

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Kanou: But...well, if you turn out to be lying, I might do something out of the ordinary.
Kanou: And who knows what would happen then?

Maya: I understand.
Maya: A little more than I'd like to.

Kirishima: Then, I'll go, too...
Houshou: Wait, Kirishima-kun.

Houshou: I'll go.
Houshou: You're more of a technical person.
Houshou: We leave HQ to you.

Kirishima: ...Okay...

Maya: ...Hee hee.
Maya: It looks like things will be bustling...
Small text on the edges of Maya's bubble: Hee hee hee

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Mikhail: "J".
Mikhail: Maya has moved from "Third-i".
J: Is that so?
J: Then can you connect with her?

Mikhail: Roger.
J: Come to think of it, how are you connecting with her?

Mikhail: There's an ultra-small receiver in her tooth.
Mikhail: It uses Morse code through her jawbone.

J: Ah, I see.
J: They use metal to fix teeth...
J: so it doesn't raise too much suspicion for the metal detector to find it.

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Mikhail: Yes.
Mikhail: But due to technical limitations from its size, it can only receive.

Mikhail: We can't receive any transmissions from her, and as for the receptions she picks up herself...
Mikhail: Those are just the signal from the outside broadcasting vans we deployed near "Third-i", so they can't be picked by radar.

J: Interesting.
J: I'm glad I got to work with you, Mikhail-kun.

Mikhail: It's an honor, "J".
J: Yeah.
J: Okay, let's begin.

J: Her and us...
J: We're on the same side, but we live in different worlds.

J: It's not impossible that she would betray us.
J: I want to...
J: give her my instructions directly.

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Kirishima: Sawakita-san, how's the pursuit using N System?
Sawakita: It has begun.

Kirishima: Just in case, put the satellite tracking system on standby.
Kirishima: Synchronize it with N System and give the pursuing cars the satellite data.

Sawakita: Why, Kirishima-san?
Sawakita: There are 2 "Third-i" investigators onboard...

Kirishima: ...Sawakita-san.
Kirishima: What did you think of the interrogation of Orihara Maya?
Sawakita: I only saw a little bit of it.
Sawakita: They wanted her to confess quickly.

Kirishima: But she didn't break.
Sawakita: Yes... She must have undergone a lot of training...

Text in right margin: N System: A machine that photographs and records the license plates of passing cars.

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Kirishima: Or...
Kirishima: The interrogation wasn't as bad as it looked...

Sawakita: Eh...?

Kanou: What is it, Fujimaru-kun?
Kanou: Have you lost your nerve after all?
Fujimaru: Eh?
Fujimaru: No, not at all!!

Kanou: Acting tough, huh? You certainly got your old man's obstinateness.
Fujimaru: Wait...Kanou-san.
Fujimaru: The road! Keep your eyes on the road!!

Fujimaru: Oh.
Fujimaru: Kanou-san, about the virus...
Kanou: The virus?

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Houshou: Fujimaru-kun!!
Fujimaru: Eh...?

Fujimaru: Ah...right.
Houshou: It means there's a spy in "Third-i".
Houshou: From now on, you two aren't to speak of the "Christmas Massacre" video or the virus...
Fujimaru: ...Nothing.
Fujimaru: Crap.
Fujimaru: This is harder than I thought it would be...
Fujimaru: It's hard to know how much I can talk about...

Kanou: What? Sayu-chi, what's with that face?
Kanou: You keeping a secret from me?
Houshou: ...Sorry.

Kanou: Well, whatever.
Kanou: I am an analog person after all.
Kanou: I wouldn't get it even if you did tell me.

Fujimaru: Hm?
Fujimaru: An analog person?
Fujimaru: What does he mean?

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Fujimaru: Something's...off.
Fujimaru: What is it? I had this feeling before, too.
Fujimaru: I need to remember.
Fujimaru: When was it...!?

Kanou: "Damn it..."

Kanou: "Was it some kind of weird virus or something!?"
Kirishima: "It couldn't be..."

Fujimaru: Wait a second...!!
Fujimaru: Does that mean...!?

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Fujimaru: It couldn't be...
Fujimaru: The spy is...