I visited the novelist's
apartment again.

I'm hoping to be able to do
something about this "mistaken
identity" kidnapping.

As long as there's any possibility
that it could be his own daughter
who was kidnapped...

...I doubt the justice minister will
call off the execution tonight.

The key to dispelling
the minister's doubts is
now in bed, coughing.

And I need to use this key,
before that prison van arrives to
pick up our death-row inmate.

Amelie:
*cough, cough!*

Emma:
My darling angel!
Oh, just listen to that cough!

Emma:
You naughty thing! Did you
leave your nice warm bed to
go out into the night to play?

Emma:
A daughter after my own heart!
But, I must confess, I didn't
even notice you were gone!


Amelie:
I didn't go out to play!

Amelie:
I went to buy Papa
a birthday present!

Amelie:
He said he wanted a new lighter.


Emma:
But that's no reason to
go out this late at night!


Amelie:
But my fever finally went down!
I could barely move before that...

Amelie:
*cough, cough!*


Emma:
But look what it brought you!
Your fever is worse now than ever.

Emma:
Here is to the feverish
passion of my darling angel!


Amelie:
Mama?

Emma:
Yes, darling?

Amelie:
Let's call Papa and wish him
a happy birthday! Even though
it's already past midnight...


Emma:
........

Emma:
Not tonight, Amelie.

Amelie:
I hate you!

Sissel:
It looks like this little
girl was safe all along.

Sissel:
(I already knew that, but I'm
still relieved, all the same.)

Sissel:
And there's another lucky
development, too.

Sissel:
Amelie wants to
call her father.

Sissel:
(Now, if I can just make use
of that feeling somehow...)

Sissel:
(That would surely bring the
justice minister around!)


Amelie:
The phone!

Emma:
Amelie, I told you you
couldn't call him tonight!


Amelie:
Why not?!

Emma:
Listen to me, Amelie.

Emma:
Your father is about to make
a big mistake.

Emma:
I want him to reconsider.


Amelie:
What do you know about it,
Mama? He's the one who's the
justice minister, you know!

Amelie:
All you do is write weird novels!


Emma:
.......

Emma:
What do you mean, "weird"?!
How dare you disparage my
romantic expressions?

Emma:
Now you've really made
me angry. You really have!

Emma:
How do you expect me
to forgive such an insult?!


Amelie:
I hate you!

Emma:
There!

Emma:
I'll be keeping my eye on
you now, so you won't do
anything else mischievous!

Emma:
Like calling your father!


Amelie:
I hate you!

Emma:
I can hear you, you know!

****

Sissel:
Whew! What a pair...

Sissel:
I don't know what this
family's issues are...

Sissel:
...but I do know I have to
do something about this
lady so Amelie can call.


****

Amelie:
*cough cough!*

Amelie:
Mama, what is Papa about to do?


Emma:
........

Emma:
Never mind. Nothing you need
to know right now, Amelie.


Amelie:
Why is everything always
such a big secret? I'm part of
this family, too, you know!


Emma
It's not something for children's
ears. You'll understand someday.


Amelie:
I don't want to know "someday"!
I want to know "now"!

Amelie:
It's not fair! You just
don't want to tell me!

Amelie:
I just want to wish
Papa a happy birthday!


Emma:
Not tonight.

Sissel:
(If it was up to me...)

Sissel:
(...I'd let her call him...)


****

Sissel:
I'd better not put out
the lamp right now.

Sissel:
(It will only pour oil on
the flames of anger in
this lady's heart.)

Sissel:
If I want to give Amelie
a chance to use the
telephone...

Sissel:
...I have to think of a
way to keep her mother
out of the way.


****

Emma:
Oh, goodness! Look at the time!

Emma:
As I bask in my tale of love,
time has been moving on
at the speed of light!


Sissel:
Hmm. So even though she's
immersed in love, she
can still hear this, eh?

Sissel:
But this won't buy enough
time for her daughter to
make a phone call...

Sissel:
(There must be something
else I can distract her with...)


****

Sissel:
Hmm. The lady's dictionary...

Sissel:
Wasn't this on
her desk before?

Sissel:
The poor thing. Destined
to never be returned to
the bookshelves...


****

Emma:
Well, well. Having a good
time, are we, little rodent?

Emma:
Sweet dreams!

Emma:
Did you fancy the vintage,
my whiskered friend?


Sissel:
She's more powerful
than I thought...

Sissel:
It looks like she tipped the
wall candelabra to one side,
too.

Sissel:
(Hmm. The angle of
those candles...)

Sissel:
(I get the feeling I've seen
something very similar to
that quite recently...)


****

Emma:
Oh, heavens! A blackout, at
a critical time like this?!

Emma:
Of course, dim lights suit my
story of love very well, but...

Emma:
...I, myself, am not very
fond of the dark.

Emma:
This chandelier just narrowly
missed the back of my head!

Emma:
I love the thrill of romance,
but I don't need these
kinds of thrills, thank you!

Emma:
Ah! What a wonderful atmosphere!

Emma:
Perfect for a clandestine meeting
in the dusky twilight.


Sissel:
I don't exactly know how
this situation came about...

Sissel:
...but I think I owe
the rat an apology.

Sissel:
(The rat seems to
be unconscious.)

Sissel:
But now that the room
has changed into this...

Sissel:
...maybe I can use it
somehow.


****

Emma:
What a naughty chandelier!

Emma:
Such insolence!


Emma:
Hmm....

Emma:
Is it "insolence" or "insolation"...?

Emma:
........

Emma:
Whatever. I'll look
it up tomorrow.


Sissel:
This lady is surprisingly
quick.

Sissel:
She dodged that
thing like a pro.

Sissel:
I guess I'd better
get serious here.


Sissel:
That's twice she managed
to dodge like that!

Sissel:
Who knew she was a
dodging champion?

Sissel:
I'm starting to
get annoyed...

Sissel:
(Let me try that again.
I'll get her this time!)


Emma:
That was close!

Emma:
Eeeeeeek!

Emma:
Amelie! Amelie, help me!


Amelie:
Mama!

Amelie:
I'm sorry, Mama. I'm too
dizzy. I can't get up.

Amelie:
I'm afraid I can't help
you right now.


Emma:
Ah ha ha! Here is to the
weakness of my darling angel!


Sissel:
That chandelier is
on there tighter than
her wedding band.

Sissel:
She won't be able to
escape on her own.


****

Sissel:
If I recall, the novelist said
she didn't like the dark.

Sissel:
I don't want her thrashing
around any more than
she is already...

Sissel:
(I'd better not put out
this lamp right now.)


***

Emma:
Help! Help! Help!

Emma:
Whaaat?! What is
going on here?!

Emma:
Amelie! Look! Do you see
this?! Help me, please!


Amelie:
*groan* Sorry. I'm too sick.
I can't get out of bed.

Amelie:
My head is spinning... So I guess
you'll just have to stay up there
spinning, too.


****

Sissel:
Looks like this lady won't be
going anywhere for a while.

Sissel:
Now the little girl
can call her father.

Sissel:
The only trouble is,
she can't reach it.

Sissel:
(I guess I'll just have
to deliver it to her.)

Sissel:
(Oh, that's right! The
angle of those candles...)

Sissel:
(I saw something very similar
just recently, didn't I?)


****

Emma:
Eeeeeeek!

Emma:
Whew... I swear, that
was just like...

Emma:
...the thrill of falling in love...

Emma:
I've got it! That could be
the title of my next novel!

Emma:
"Lady Chandelier Falls
in Love"! It's perfect!


Sissel:
Thank goodness she's tough.

Sissel:
(I have to give Amelie
a chance to make
that phone call.)

Sissel:
(Should I try shaking this
lady up a little more?)


****

Emma:
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Sissel:
Now I REALLY owe that
poor rat an apology.

Sissel:
But this might be a REALLY
good chance for me, too...

Sissel:
(I have to get that
phone to Amelie!)


****

Sissel:
I can't move the chandelier
right now with her thrashing
around like that...

Sissel:
I hear ominous creaking
coming from the ceiling,
too...

Sissel:
(This is a dangerous
situation...)


****

Amelie:
Mama!

Emma:
Wh-What in the WORLD
is going on here?!


Amelie:
Oh, goodie.

Amelie:
Excuse me a minute while
I call Papa, okay, Mama?
I'll only be a minute.


Emma:
Aaagh!

Emma:
Don't you dare,
Amelie!

Emma:
I won't have it!

Emma:
Get me down!


Amelie:
Hello? Papa?

Minister:
*gasp*

Minister:
Amelie!

Minister:
Is that you?!


Amelie:
Of course it is, silly.
What did you think?


Minister:
But I heard-- They
said you were--!

Minister:
...No, never mind. It's nothing...


Amelie:
Silly ol' Papa.

Amelie:
Happy birthday, Papa!


Minister:
Birthday...? Oh, right. It was
my birthday today, wasn't it?


Amelie:
I'm sorry we couldn't
celebrate tonight.

Amelie:
Thanks to mean ol' Mama...


Minister:
Oh! Your mean ol' Mama...!
I mean, your mother! What
is she up to right now?!


Amelie:
Well, she's certainly
"up" all right...

Amelie:
My stubborn mother is kind
of tied up at the moment...


Emma:
Get me down!

Amelie:
She needs to be taught a lesson
for causing us so much trouble.


Minister:
No, Amelie...

Minister:
I'm the one who was wrong.


Amelie:
Huh?

Minister:
Could you tell your
mother I'm sorry?


Amelie:
What do you have
to be sorry about?


Minister:
I was just about to make
a terrible mistake.

Minister:
But it's all right now.


Amelie:
Oh... Okay...

Minister:
You're still young. There's a
lot I can't tell you right now.

Minister:
The job of justice minister is
very complicated, you see.


Amelie:
Okay.

Minister:
But just remember... You're
always the most important
thing to your mother and me.


Amelie:
........

Minister:
Did you do something naughty
to your mother? If you did, I
want you to apologize.


Amelie:
I don't THINK I did anything...

Amelie:
But, okay. I'll apologize.


Minister:
That's a good girl.

Amelie:
Okay, Papa. Have a
good night. I love you!


Minister:
I love you, too, Amelie.
Good night, sweetheart.


Amelie:
Um... Mama...?

Amelie:
I'm sorry.


Emma
:
My goodness!
Why the sudden change?


Amelie:
I... I guess I was wrong about
you. I didn't understand.


Emma:
Oh, Amelie...

Amelie:
I thought all you ever did was
write these weird novels...


Emma:
That makes me a little sad...

Amelie:
Papa said the job of justice
minister was complicated.


Emma:
Yes, your father's job is very,
very complicated and difficult.

Emma:
That's why I couldn't talk
to you about most of it.

Emma:
But you're right. I shouldn't treat
you like such a little girl anymore.
You're growing up, after all.


Amelie:
And I promise to stop calling
your novels "weird" and try
actually reading them.


Emma:
What?! Oh, uh...

Emma:
Maybe you'd better wait until
you're a little older for that...


Amelie:
Tsk. Oh, okay...

Emma:
So, Amelie, if you're feeling
a little more charitable
toward your ol' Mama...

Emma:
...do you think you could
let me down now...?


Amelie:
You know, I would
LOVE to do that...

Amelie:
...but I'm just feeling too
dizzy and sick right now...


Emma:
Tonight, on this holiest
of nights -- my deadline...

Emma:
...it looks like the only
thing pressing on me
will be this chandelier...

Emma:
Here is to Papa and
Mama's darling angel!


All of a sudden, everybody
is getting along again.

It's such an abrupt change...
I can't understand it.

Is this what "family" is all about?

In any case, the situation has
changed dramatically now.

I just hope the mysteries of me
can be cleared up as quickly as the
furrows on the minister's brow...

I don't know where Kamila is...

But at least now the justice
minister's doubts are dispelled.

I think I'll go back to his
office, where everybody is
waiting for the prison van.

The minister's family now has
their smiles and harmony back.

But Kamila is still in the
hands of the kidnappers...

I decided to go back to the
justice minister's office.

Surprisingly, the minister's brow
is still just as furrowed as ever.

Quite unlike a father who has just
learned his daughter is safe...

...he seems to still be in
the depths of despair.

The atmosphere in this room
is very different now.

It seems to have an air
of unfocused anxiety.

I get the feeling something
big is gonna happen...

Minister:
I just found out that my
daughter is safe. I'd like
to express my gratitude.

Minister:
Thank you. Thank you
for my daughter's sake,
and for mine.


Cabanela:
No need to thaaank us,
Mr. Minister. It was nothing.


Sissel:
(What did HE do?)

Cabanela:
But one question.

Cabanela:
I can't heeelp but notice...

Cabanela:
Your daughter is safe...

Cabanela:
...and yet, you still look
unhappy. How about a
little smiiile for us?


Minister:
Aaaaagh...

Cabanela:
Of cooourse, there is
still the matter of the
other kidnapping victim...

Cabanela:
But is that really the
only thing that troubles
you, Mr. Minister?


Minister:
Please, let me think in peace...
until the prison van arrives.


****

Sissel:
I wonder if Lynne
is at the park yet?

Sissel:
Until we get her report,
I guess I'll just have to
wait here.

Sissel:
This continued distress
of the Minister's...

Sissel:
...is there really something
more to it, like the
inspector in white said?


****

Jowd:
It seems to me the justice
minister has some kind of
big problem on his mind.

Jowd:
Why don't you try talking
to him instead of me?


Sissel:
I don't even think he's ready
to acknowledge my existence yet.


Jowd:
He's an anxious fellow,
yes, but I bet he knows
when to accept the truth.

Jowd:
Would his face be so
furrowed otherwise?


Sissel:
(What does one have
to do with the other?)


****

Sissel:
Psst... Hey, Ray!
Are you there...?

Ray:
.........

Sissel:
(I guess he's... gone...)

Sissel:
Don't tell me...

Sissel:
(...he ceased to exist...?)

****

Sissel:
It looks like the little girl
is having sweet dreams.

Sissel:
Meanwhile, it looks like
"Mama" is still in the
middle of a nightmare.

Emma:
.........

Emma:
"Oh, Mr. Prime Minister!
Squeeze me tight enough
to take my breath away!"


Emma:
"My darling lady! Let us be free,
spread our wings and fly!"


Emma:
I think I'll edit those lines
out once I'm back down
on the ground...

Emma:
Being squeezed tight enough
to take one's breath away is
not as much fun as I thought!

Sissel:
(I guess the novelist is
getting a lesson in reality...)

****

Sissel:
Hello, Justice Minister.

Minister:
........

Sissel:
How about you finally
admit I do exist?


Minister:
........

Minister:
That "thank you" I expressed...

Minister:
...that was meant for you.


Sissel:
...!

Minister:
You're a ghost, aren't you?

Minister:
And you have the power
to control and manipulate
people, don't you?


Sissel:
No, I don't have that kind of
power. I can't control you.


Minister:
........

Minister:
We've actually known, you
know... for quite a while now...

Minister:
But I had no idea they were the
powers of the dead, of ghosts...


Sissel:
Known? Known about what?

Minister:
We knew about the existence
of somebody who could control
others -- a "manipulator."


Jowd:
What's this?!

Minister:
That's why your execution
order caused me so much
anguish, Detective Jowd.


Jowd:
Mr. Minister.

Jowd:
Why don't you just tell us
everything you know?


Minister:
Yes, I suppose I should.

Minister:
You need to hear it all...

Minister:
...all about the huge mistake
this foolish man made...


[Manipulator]

Minister:
There are some cases in this
country right now that are
under a top-secret investigation.

Minister:
Of course, you wouldn't
have known about them,
Detective Jowd.


Jowd:
Right. They don't share too
much top-secret information
with the inmates in prison...


Minister:
There are three prisoners,
including you, in the Special
Prison you just escaped from.

Minister:
All three cases have certain
points in common.


Jowd:
They do, do they? Tell us more.

Minister:
The rock singer who leaked
national secrets in his lyrics
during a TV broadcast.

Minister:
The curry-loving fellow who took
the chief commissioner hostage
at the Metro Police Department.

Minister:
Neither of these men had a
motive for their crime. And both
of their crimes were... impossible.


Jowd:
Impossible...?

Minister:
The curry lover had no way of
knowing how to infiltrate the
commissioner's office.

Minister:
And the rock singer had no
way of knowing the national
secrets he leaked.

Minister:
The Special Investigation Unit
submitted an investigative
report to me on them.

Minister:
They concluded that these
men's criminal acts were
not of their own volition.


Jowd:
But how could that be...?

Minister:
The theory the Unit came up
with was the existence of a
"manipulator."


Sissel:
A manipulator, huh...?

Minister:
That's when the Special Prison
was established as a facility
to research that theory.


[Jowd's case]

Minister:
Some unknown power
has been at work.

Minister:
These past several years,
Inspector Cabanela has
been studying these cases.


Jowd:
He has, has he?

Minister:
Manipulating somebody into
committing a criminal act...
According to the inspector...

Minister:
...the first case of its kind was
a locked room murder involving
our nation's best detective.


Jowd:
Are you trying to say I was
manipulated somehow
into shooting Alma?

Jowd:
I appreciate the theory,
but, unfortunately...

Jowd:
...I don't recall being
"controlled" by anybody.

Jowd:
It's just not possible to
manipulate another's
behavior like that.


Sissel:
(My powers certainly don't
work on living creatures.)


Minister:
That's what I thought
when I first heard the
theory, too.

Minister:
However...

Minister:
...I was seriously mistaken,
and it proved to be a big
mistake.


Jowd:
What...?!

[The minister's mistake]

Sissel:
You mentioned a "mistake."
Could you tell us about it?


Minister:
........

Minister:
I suppose everybody here
has the right to know.

Minister:
All right, fine. I'll speak out
loud so that Inspector
Cabanela can hear this, too.

Minister:
There's something I'd like
the two of you to hear.

Minister:
It's about a mistake I made.

Minister:
Inspector Cabanela, when
you first made that report
about a "manipulator"...

Minister:
...I'm afraid I didn't believe it
at all. "Impossible," I thought.


Cabanela:
Perfectly understaaandable,
Mr. Minister.


Minister:
But... I was wrong. That
kind of power does exist.

Minister:
And I...

Minister:
...I learned the truth
of that firsthand.


Cabanela:
What's thiiis...?

Minister:
A month ago, I signed the order
to carry out Detective Jowd's
execution.

Minister:
However... that act wasn't
of my own volition.

Minister:
I was being "controlled."


Cabanela:
What?! You never told me
about this, Mr. Minister!


Minister:
What's going on? Th-This
document... What am I doing?!

Minister:
No! I mustn't... sign it...!

Minister:
Wait! Don't deliver...
that document...!


Minister:
That's when it started.

Minister:
That's when all of my fear,
despair and suffering began.


[Fear, despair and suffering]

Minister:
At the time, it didn't even
cross my mind that I had
been "manipulated."

Minister:
And my memory of the event
was only hazy, at best.


Sissel:
(Hmm, so the memory of
being manipulated doesn't
clearly remain, eh...?)


Minister:
Signing execution orders is
part of a justice minister's job.

Minister:
At the time...

Minister:
...I just thought my psyche
was rebelling against the task.

Minister:
But the next day,
it dawned on me.

Minister:
I remembered Inspector
Cabanela's report on the
existence of a manipulator.

Minister:
As a minister of justice,
I couldn't admit what
had happened to me.

Minister:
"I only signed the execution
order because I was being
controlled."

Minister:
If something like that got
out, this nation's judicial
system would crumble!

Minister:
Besides, I had no evidence
to present that I had actually
been "controlled."

Minister:
So, in the end, I couldn't
admit to anybody what
had happened...


Cabanela:
Hmm... I suppose... But it
sounds a bit like an excuse.

Cabanela:
You should've at least
told us, Mr. Minister.


Minister:
Yes! Yes, I know... I should have.
I was... running away from the
problem.

Minister:
And then my wife found out I
was worried about something.


Sissel:
Well, if you go around with
an expression like that, I
guess it's bound to happen...


Minister:
I explained it to her, and
she was dead set against
the way I was handling it.


Emma:
If you don't withdraw that order
and tell everyone the truth
immediately, I'm moving out!


Minister:
And then, with the
kidnapping tonight...

Minister:
...with it thrust under my
nose like that, I could no
longer deny my mistake.

Minister:
This "manipulator" comes upon
us from somewhere unseen.

Minister:
That's why I've been keeping
my distance from everybody.


Sissel:
So that's why you've
been telling people
to "stay back"...


So there's somebody
else besides me with
the powers of the dead.

I'm fine with that.

After all, I already knew
about a certain desk lamp...

What I'm not fine with is the fact
that person can control and
manipulate living creatures.

That's certainly not
something I can do.

Apparently, different ghosts
get different ghost tricks...

Minister:
But I never imagined
that tonight...

Minister:
...I would find out where this
kind of power comes from.


Cabanela:
Where it comes from...?

Minister:
Inspector Cabanela...

Minister:
...this "manipulator" is a
ghost, a departed spirit.


Cabanela:
A spirit...?!

Minister:
As a matter of fact, there's a
ghost talking to us right now.


Cabanela:
Wha...

Cabanela:
What did
you say?!

Cabanela:
Jowd! Don't tell me you
can hear this ghost, too?!


Jowd:
I'd say the only person who
CAN'T hear him is you.


Cabanela:
"Spirit"...? "Ghost"...?
Gods in heaven...

Cabanela:
Excuse me, Mr. Minister. I
suddenly have some urgent
business to attend to!

Cabanela:
I recommend you think
long and hard before making
your final decision, sir.


Minister:
Inspector!

Lynne:
This is Lynne! I'm at the park!

Minister:
We've been waiting to
hear from you! Have you
found the evidence?


Lynne:
Well, uh... The situation here is...
It's kind of difficult to explain...

Lynne:
Sissel! If you're there, come
to the park immediately!


Minister:
It looks like your help
is needed, Sissel.


Sissel:
Yeah, I guess so, huh?

****

Sissel:
I never saw that coming.

Sissel:
The minister was being
controlled, huh?


Minister:
I'm truly sorry, Detective Jowd.
I have no excuse to offer you...


Jowd:
You know, maybe
it was all for the best.


Minister:
What... do you mean...?

Jowd:
If you had never
been manipulated...

Jowd:
...you never would've believed
the power existed.

Jowd:
After all, you're a "realist," right?

Jowd:
It just goes to show you, you
never know when even the
worst things can turn out good.


Minister:
Detective Jowd... I... I don't
know what to say...


Jowd:
All right, Sissel. You'd
better go help Lynne.

Jowd:
She's a good kid, but she's
got a habit of taking on
other people's problems.


Sissel:
Yeah. I know.
(Let's see... She's in Temsik Park, eh?)


****

Minister:
I knew, actually... right
from the beginning.


Sissel:
Knew what?

Minister:
That you saved my life, the
first time we met tonight...


Sissel:
Oh, that.

Minister:
When I talked about that
miserable, pathetic, short-
sighted, disgraceful man...

Minister:
...I knew I was talking about
me. I hated who I had become.

Minister:
But you helped me
appreciate the truth.

Minister:
Now I truly understand the
wonderful support I’ve been
getting from so many.

Minister:
Including that of
my loving family.


Sissel:
I'm glad to hear that.

Minister:
I'm starting to realize
what a lucky man I am.

Minister:
And it’s all thanks to you.


****

Sissel:
Hmm... I wonder why the
inspector in white went
running out like that?

Sissel:
But I'm more concerned
about Lynne. She looked
really upset.

Sissel:
(I'd better go see her... fast.)


****

Bailey:
I can't take much more of this!

Bailey:
When is that chief supposed
to get here, anyway?!

Co-worker:
How should I know?
You're the one who
talked to him, ain't ya?

Bailey:
Aaaagh! I feel that
feeling coming on...

Bailey:
Shall I... dance...?

Co-worker:
Hey, don't get me
involved in this.

Bailey:
All you have to do is
say the word "Panic"!

Bailey:
Just say the word
and I'll do it!

Co-worker:
No way. I'm not gonna
be responsible for that.

Bailey:
Aaaaaargh!

Bailey:
Please! Won't somebody just
say the word "Panic" to me?!

****

Sissel:
I sense somebody's presence
in this dimly-lit place.

Pigeon Man:
When the morning comes,
I think I'll leave this town.

Pigeon Man:
This place has too many
memories... and I'm just
too weary...

Sissel:
("When the morning comes,"
eh? Must be nice...)


Sissel:
(The morning will
never come for me...)

Lynne calls, and I oblige.

I take off toward Temsik Park...

...the place where clearly,
something big is taking place.

The manipulator...

The person whose very existence
sheds new light on everything:

Detective Jowd's "crime,"
the execution orders,
and even... my own death.

Could it be...?
Could Lynne have been...

...manipulated into shooting me?