"Hasuda Arata isn't a Facultas graduate." "He shouldn't have a Minimum." "Who's the one pulling the strings?" "We still don't know the killer's purpose." "What is his objective?" "Nothing you can ever understand." "Huh?" "Golden... a new collaboration was announced a Hollywood director." "You have an inflamed muscle under your armpit." "There's no need for concern. but I'll prescribe some pain medication." "Thank you." "Your medical expertise is the talk of the neighborhood." "People say it's like you can actually see what's wrong with your patients." "I can only imagine how nice it'd be to have that kind of superpower." "my." "Ah!" "What happiness!" "This place is heaven for anyone with a foot fetish." "hospitals are supposed to prevent anyone from going to heaven." "You're done with your checkup?" "Yeah." "Still the same old." "Nothing good or bad." "I see... and is well-known for her ability to express moods and emotions through color." "What color would your mood be today?" "Sky blue." "She's changed a lot!" "She's now a bigwig." "sales profits first!" "700)}File 06:" "Prophet's Torment" "Prosperity!" "Prosperity!" "The kidnapper demands the annulment of the feature film collaboration project between the victim and Director Maykid." "Chiyuu will be killed." "The hell?" "!" "The abduction happened because someone didn't like a collaboration?" "That's unreal!" "Has the police been contacted?" "Well..." "Chiyuu had made a request in advance not to contact the police if anything should happen to her." "Why do you think she did that?" "Chiyuu may have thought she knew who might wish her harm." "Huh?" "She may not have wished to make troubles in her personal life into a police matter." "So she's protecting the kidnapper?" "That is why she asked me to come to you for help if anything like this happened." "and she trusts you." "going through the trouble of leaving the body in front of a police booth. a Facultas Academy graduate and Minimum Holder working at an insurance company in the city." "I take it his brain was removed?" "This is the eleventh case." "No concrete leads as of yet..." "Art." "What?" "Why won't you tell Nice and the rest about Moral?" "We can't disclose details about the investigation to civilians." "That's all there is to it." "Even though you did tell them about Minimum Holders being targeted?" "It seems to me that your principles are extremely blurry." "Am I just imagining that?" "He seems to be having a lot of fun." "Looks like he's having fun." "He might be kind of like me." "Aren't you overthinking this?" "Is there another reason you don't want to tell them about it?" "Just drop it!" "you had submitted a request to take this afternoon off." "I can't go off-duty when we have a case—" "I insist." "We happen to value our lives." "we can't do our jobs if we're taking orders from a boss who's lost his cool." "Inspector-dono." "All right." "Thank you for handling the rest." "He's a basket case." "I know." "I'm psyched!" "Thank you so much!" "I'll go to your next exhibition for sure!" "Thanks." "Chiyuu's Collected Works" "That's not my work." "but Chiyuu's gone." "Thanks to you." "What?" "!" "Illustrator Misty's Autograph Session for Her New Collected Works" "Misty-sama" "Green Room" "You think I kidnapped Chiyuu?" "That's ridiculous!" "too." "But it makes the most sense." "You were the other candidate for the collaboration project with Director Maykid." "One could say you would've landed that spot if Chiyuu weren't around." "you two are friends." "it makes sense that she'd protect you." "That's ridiculous!" "Do you know how much we each make from sales of our collected works?" "I sell five times as many copies as she does!" "Why would I become jealous of Chiyuu and kidnap her?" "It makes no sense!" "True... you're more popular." "But what if you don't care about that?" "You've apparently said to people that you no longer want to draw pretty-girl illustrations geared toward a male audience." "So you were obsessing over the opportunity to collaborate with Director Maykid because he's received worldwide acclaim for his artistic filmmaking chops." "Are you done?" "I have to go home and draw more." "Time is money for freelancers." "I can draw a lot of valuable illustrations in the time I'm spending talking to you." "but we don't give a crap about your time and valuable drawings." "Our friend's been abducted." "we'll pay you for as many days as we need!" "These cookies might've been from Birthday." "That manga's from Three." "They're so easy to guess!" "Everyone came." "My little brother'd be happy." "It's just like us to come separately." "Who left these?" "They're cosmos." "I don't know." "I wonder who..." "There's a place nearby that has good pancakes." "if you have the time?" "Sorry." "I've got something to take care of." "doesn't being around me make it tough for you to blurt stuff out?" "What?" "You seem to be hiding something." "What?" "Nice..." "I..." "It's fine!" "Of course you have stuff you don't wanna talk about." "crap!" "I'm running late." "Later!" "Sure... does it?" "Made it!" "Here comes the war criminal of the day..." "Huh?" "What?" "We came here because you said we should watch the live performance of Torao on TV so that it'd feel like we were at the concert hall." "But the live broadcast's tomorrow." "What?" "!" "You're so careless." "Ah!" "Sorry!" "can I order something?" "Of course." "Tequila." "Okay." "T-T-T-Torao?" "!" "Torao?" "The real deal?" "Why?" "Huh?" "!" "Why?" "!" "Wait!" "Why?" "Why's he here?" "What's a top artist like you doing in a shabby shop like this?" "Sorry for being shabby." "There you go." "T..." "T..." "T..." "I have a job for Hamatora." "Really?" "!" "Huh?" "be right there." "I'll be back in a bit." "All right." "How long are you going to stick around?" "Chiyuu's manager asked me to bring you to him." "Then why don't you?" "There are still some things that bug me about you being the kidnapper." "Half of what you said is true." "I was jealous of Chiyuu. they are wonderful and have universal merit." "Unlike mine..." "That's why I like Chiyuu." "I'm glad Chiyuu's work gets credit." "I know truly good works should receive their just due." "too." "You wouldn't understand why I can care so much about someone who just steps over my worthless art on her path to greatness." "I do." "I also have a friend who destroyed my worthless past." "Birthday..." "Incoming Call Unknown Caller" "Yes? you'll have to bring Misty to where I tell you." "Prosperity!" "Prosperity!" "Who the hell are you?" "!" "Sales profits first!" "third floor." "Got it?" "Who was that?" "I heard something..." "What?" "A parakeet." "Isn't this where Chiyuu's managing agency has its office?" "The kidnapper told you to come here?" "this is where he was." "Prosperity!" "Sales profits first!" "Prosperity!" "Hey!" "These are my works..." "I get it now." "What?" "His true target was you!" "That can't be..." "Your hunch seems to be correct." "Calling all units." "an illustrator." "We received a tip that the kidnapper is in" "Honmoku district of Naka Ward." "tipped off by the kidnapper himself." "I knew it." "What's going on? This is 67." "I will be arrested as the one who kidnapped you." "No movement on-site." "Stand by until backup arrives." "The story will be that you were kidnapped by Chiyuu and me." "Chiyuu used her friend from high school times to abduct a rival illustrator. and you'd be the next in line to get it." "The kidnapper's goal is to get a hold of you once your "market value" has increased." "but to kidnap you." "Red..." "Chiyuu." "Been a while." "There was a lot of blood in the parking lot." "Could he be..." "That's not possible!" "He..." "Birthday will not die." "He promised me that he'd never die until he could kill my past." "sorry." "Oh..." "What's wrong?" "That old man will die soon." "What?" "That's the boy who can see when people are about to die." "Then it's true?" "He predicted Grandpa's death?" "I'm scared!" "He's in the same class as my little girl!" "I was just telling them what I saw." "But everyone left me." "That's why I... he was a piece of work." "I'm a lone wolf" and stuff." "It was so obvious that he kept his distance from people to avoid getting hurt." "Guys like him annoy me." "That's why... jerkface." "You seem to be calling yourself a prophet or something." "I was shocked." "I'd never seen anyone who had such a massive presence of death about him." "he had an incurable disease and was told he didn't have much longer to live." "You're... going to die soon." "that's your prophecy?" "Lame!" "It's true!" "So you thought everyone'd run away if you said scary stuff like that?" "I won't run!" "Because I won't die!" "You will." "I won't!" "You will!" "You're gonna die." "It's not because of my prophecy!" "It's just how it is." "Then let's make a bet." "Huh?" "you'll die instead." "I was facing a surgery one week later." "I was terrified." "anyone." "Operation in Progress" "Operation in Progress" "Operating Room" "His will to live is incredible." "His will to live allowed him to cause his own miracle." "You missed." "my ass." "I'm still alive!" "like you promised." "The fake prophet's now dead." "I killed him." "Serves you right!" "a worthless prophet. but my condition will never be fully cured." "No one knows when I might relapse." "But I can't let death get me that easily. his prophecy will have come true!" "That's why I..." "I can't die!" "What's that?" "!" "Yo!" "You're late." "Birthday!" "Chiyuu!" "Your right!" "Black!" "I figured you were the mastermind." "Chiyuu's manager? I wouldn't have had to kidnap your partner." "Surprise attacks are for cowards." "Why did you do this?" "All I have to do is deny that I'd been kidnapped to make it seem staged!" "What do you have to gain from doing that? you can get the collaboration deal with Director Maykid." "Don't underestimate me!" "I want to ask you something." "Why did you want Misty?" "What was wrong with Chiyuu?" "Critical acclaim for being avant-garde is useless!" "Misty's work sells more." "doesn't it?" "Heh." "You poor bastard." "It seems I asked you in vain." "I guess idiots just don't get it." "obviously!" "It's useless." "The Hardening Minimum renders all attacks meaningless!" "Chiyuu?" "Pink... please." "Thanks!" "Useless!" "Useless!" "Useless!" "You bastard..." "Your lightning attacks just feel like static electricity to me." "Light blue!" "Yellow!" "Chiyuu." "If neither lightning nor punches work how about both at once?" "!" "Fools!" "This isn't happening!" "Wait!" "You think we'll let you go?" "Nice!" "Roger." "Go!" "Touchdown!" "will you?" "What if I die?" "Of course I wouldn't let you." "you should've done the job right." "I will never let you die." "That's a tall order." "I got him!" "Looks like the job's over." "well done." "My manager happened to overhear this guy's plan." "But his company president's been good to us. without getting the police involved." "The question is what to do with him." "Let me handle that." "Don't worry." "I won't kill him." "I got the power for nothing..." "Wait." "Did you say "got"?" "Can you tell me more?" "Thank you." "What did you want to talk to me about?" "Well..." "About that serial killer..." "I want to meet him." "the killer." "The root source of all Minimum powers is said to be the human brain." "the Forbidden Minimum Holder." "why did you figure out his name— Moral?" "Want me to teach you how to say sorry?" "This has nothing to do with you!" "0)}File 07:" "Black Cosmos" "The black... cosmos..." "Jealousy and despair." "Another cheap job." "What's new?"