Ten years ago, a
man named
"Sissel"...
...took a little girl
named Lynne
hostage...
...and then was killed
by a
meteorite fragment.
Tonight, a man named "Sissel"...
...met a detective named
Lynne at a
junkyard on
the edge of
town...
...and then was killed by a bullet.
But the scene I find waiting
for me
on the other end of
the
phone line...
...feels like the final nail in the
coffin of my lost memory.
I see...
..."myself."
Yomiel:
There you are, Commander Sith.
Finally.
Sith:
Sissel! Where have you been,
my
good man? We've been
looking
everywhere for you!
Yomiel:
Had a little unfinished business
to
take care of. Didn't
think it
would take this long...
Yomiel:
What about your people?
They sure went
out of
their way to mess me up.
Sith:
I say! I believe we fulfilled
every
one of your conditions
in
our little deal.
Sith:
What right do you have to
complain about anything
outside our
bargain?!
Yomiel:
We can talk about that
when we get
together.
Sith:
This will be our last communication
by telephone.
Sith:
We'll
arrive in one hour. I look
forward to seeing you, Sissel.
Dawn is approaching.
The darkness surrounding
my own
mystery is deep.
But I know it's always
darkest
before the dawn.
Sith:
Hmm, yes... We're nearing
the final
stages of our
little
deal, my good man.
Adjutant:
Yes, sir. All preparations
are
complete, sir.
Adjutant:
And we just had
a report, sir.
Lights have been spotted, sir.
Sith:
Have they, now?! By all
means, let
me have a look!
Sith:
Hmm,
yes... We're very close!
Adjutant:
We will now disconnect from the
communication cable, and have
no service until we arrive, sir.
Sith:
Very well.
Yomiel:
Nice try, Inspector Cabanela.
Yomiel:
But
you could never stop me!
Yomiel:
See ya, sucker.
****
Sissel:
So...
Sissel:
...that submarine guy and
his
people have a deal
going
on with me, do they?
Sissel:
If that's the case...
Sissel:
...they probably aren't the
ones who
killed me... right?
Sissel:
Anyway...
Sissel:
...there's definitely
something behind
the
inspector's death.
Sissel:
I think I'd better talk to him.
****
Minister:
Did I make the right decision...?
Minister:
I
can't believe I let a
death-row inmate go free,
if only for the night...
Minister:
Maybe I wasn't cut
out
to be
justice minister...?
Minister:
Just what kind of minister
I was meant to be?!
Sissel:
(It looks like there's no end
to
the minister's worrying...)
****
Minister:
How is it going?!
What is the
situation?!
Sissel:
It looks like it's all
coming to an
end.
Minister:
It is?!
Minister:
Don't hesitate to ask if
there's anything I can do!
Minister:
I'll even look the other way if
it comes to minor illegalities!
Sissel:
Thank you, Mr. Minister.
I'll let
everybody know.
Sissel:
(That's
quite a blessing,
but a little scary, too...)
Sissel:
(Daybreak isn't far off.
It'll all
be over soon!)
Minister:
Off you go, then!
Leave this place
to me!
****
Sissel:
The top of this bookshelf is
lined
with books.
Sissel:
This one one
top is balanced
so precariously, it's a
wonder it doesn't fall off.
Sissel:
How
did the
old pigeon
guy even reach up here?
Sissel:
(And I wonder if he makes
his pigeon
fetch
it for him?)
****
Sissel:
It won't move. It seems to
be stuck
on something.
Sissel:
(Just like
how my mind is
stuck on thinking about
the inspector's death...)
Sissel:
(It's
kind of
hard to
forget, with him
sitting right there...)
****
Sissel:
This is a pretty soft hat.
I bet
even I could wear
a hat like
this.
Sissel:
(Come to think of it...)
Sissel:
(...I don't remember seeing
it here
earlier.)
Sissel:
........
Hey, I wonder...
Sissel:
Does that old
pigeon guy
think of his pigeon
as a hat?
****
Sissel:
What an oddly hard hat.
I'd never
be able to wear
anything
like that.
Sissel:
(Come to think of it...)
Sissel:
(...I don't remember seeing
it here
earlier.)
Sissel:
It made a loud "clunk"
on the floor. It must be
pretty solid.
****
Cabanela:
........
Sissel:
Hey, do you think you
could wake up
for me?
Cabanela:
........
Sissel:
Oh, boy. Still unconscious, eh?
Sissel:
(I
guess he hasn't been
dead
for very long, then.)
Sissel:
I'll just go ahead and go
back to four minutes
before his
death.
Sissel:
(I'm a little nervous about what
I might see there, though...)
Sissel:
But if
that's where I'm
gonna find my answers,
I can't run away from it.
Cabanela:
Once the criminal gets the
punishment he deserves,
the
hostage will go free.
Cabanela:
Carry out the execution
immediately and wait
for
our call.
Yomiel:
That's a good boy. Gee, a
hostage
sure is a handy thing.
Yomiel:
It
gives me complete control over
the top police inspector in the
country.
Cabanela:
Ngh...!
Yomiel:
Whatsa matter? All those
broken
bones smart a bit?
Yomiel:
What's it
like to feel pain?
Does it make you feel ALIVE?
Cabanela:
Why... are you doing this?
Yomiel :
Now, is that any kind of
question
for a top inspector
to ask?
Isn't it obvious?
Yomiel:
Revenge, of course.
Yomiel:
Revenge on all the people who
stole my
life away ten years ago.
Cabanela:
Don't be ridiculous.
Cabanela:
It was a
meteorite that stole your
life.
Or have you forgotten that?
Yomiel:
Wrong!
Yomiel:
I was murdered! By ALL OF
YOU!
Yomiel:
Detective Jowd, who
chased me
down and forced me into a corner,
even though I was innocent.
Yomiel:
Lynne,
that girl who was right
there where I was running.
Cabanela:
Lynne? She was just an innocent
little girl playing in the
park!
Yomiel:
If that brat hadn't been
there, I
never would've
thought of
taking a hostage!
Cabanela:
That's the most self-centered
garbage I've ever heard.
Yomiel:
And, finally, you,
Inspector
Cabanela!
Cabanela:
Me...?
Yomiel:
If you hadn't done what you did...
Yomiel:
...I never would've
pointed
a gun at that kid.
Yomiel:
You were so proud of
your "spotless record."
Yomiel:
And my
case was the
one blot on it, wasn't it?
Yomiel:
Only two people know the real
truth --
me, and Detective Jowd.
Cabanela:
........
Yomiel:
I bet tonight's execution will be
quite a relief to you,
won't it?
Yomiel:
One of the people who know
about the stain on your record
will
disappear for good.
Yomiel:
That's why you didn't help
him escape from prison.
Yomiel:
That's
the kind of guy you are!
Cabanela:
........
Cabanela:
I got nothing to say to you.
You'd
never listen, anyway.
Cabanela:
Ye
gods...
Yomiel:
Now, then, Inspector.
Yomiel:
Time to make
a big red stain
on your
spotless white coat.
Yomiel:
This was another condition
of my deal.
Yomiel:
To wipe out
everybody
who knew about Temsik.
Sissel:
Revenge?! That's what I'm up to?!
Sissel:
(None of this makes any
sense...)
Cabanela:
Hey, maaan...
Cabanela:
Mind tellin' me
what's goin' on?
Sissel:
Inspector Cabanela!
(He's awake!)
Cabanela:
My head is spinnin', baby.
Cabanela:
Am I to
understand...
Cabanela:
...that
"Cabanela" character
who just got shot... is me?
Sissel:
Uh, that's right.
Cabanela:
And you're supposed to
be the
scoundrel there
who just shot
me?
Sissel:
I, uh... I guess so...
Cabanela:
But you couldn't be, could you?
Sissel:
Huh?
Cabanela:
After all, the guy in the
red suit
just walked out
the door,
right?
Cabanela:
So...
Cabanela:
...who are you?
Sissel:
(I guess I just have to face it...)
Sissel:
(I'm not that "Sissel"
guy!)
Sissel:
I... I'm somebody who's
searching for himself.
Sissel:
That's why I'm
here to
save you.
Sissel:
At the very least, you have
information about that guy
in
red,
information I need.
Cabanela:
So you came on a rescue mission,
now, did you? Nothing like
the
sound of that, baby!
Cabanela:
Because there's a very important
life here
somewhere,
a life
valuable to this nation!
Cabanela:
Okaaay, so do your thing, baby!
****
Cabanela:
So are you a
"manipulator," too?
Sissel:
I have ghost tricks -- powers
of
the dead, yeah. But...
Sissel:
...I
can't control
living creatures.
Cabanela:
Anyhoot, I think you'd
better be
veeery careful.
Cabanela:
That guy in
red is
a manipulator.
Cabanela:
Naturally, he knows about
powers like yours.
Sissel:
...!
Cabanela:
If he realizes you're here...
Cabanela:
...things might get
a liiitle
sticky.
Sissel:
(You're right. I'd
better be
careful.)
****
Sissel:
...!
Look at him...
Sissel:
There's that
"something"
emanating from
his body...
Sissel:
(Is it really the sign
of having special
powers of the
dead...?)
****
Sissel:
No good. I can't use
the phone
lines in
this past world.
Sissel:
(I'll
have to find something
I can do here!)
****
Cabanela:
That was a real
shocker, baby.
Cabanela:
Didn't he feel that?
He
grilled his own fist
to criiispy perfection.
Sissel:
It's just not natural, is it?
Sissel:
(Hmm.
It's kind of hard
to move
around here.)
Cabanela:
He has the same kind of
powers you
do, after all.
Cabanela:
If you do
anything too
obvious, he'll notice you.
Sissel:
(Hmm. Under these
circumstances, I
dunno if
there's a way to
save you...)
Cabanela:
Ouch! Don't admit that
right in
front of me, baby!
****
Cabanela:
Hey, I'm going to die
all over
again, maaan!
Sissel:
B-But...
Sissel:
...what can I do, when
he's
right there watching?!
Cabanela:
Well, nothing's going
to get solved
just
staaanding around.
Cabanela:
When in doubt, just keep
movin'! That's my secret!
Sissel:
Yes, I noticed you "just keep
moving" quite a bit...
Sissel:
(I'll
just try going
everywhere I can
and look for a path!)
****
Sissel:
It looks like it's gonna be
hard to
save you under
these
circumstances.
Cabanela:
As long as Suuunglasses is
watching, you mean?
Cabanela:
Well, maybe
it's time to stop
and smell the roooses, and
take a look around, baby.
Sissel:
(Smooth talking from a smooth
talker, but he's right. Maybe I
need a "change of scenery"?)
****
Sissel:
Wh-What's going on...?!
Sissel:
(I've never
seen the
Ghost World like
this!)
Yomiel:
So you're here, are you?
Sissel:
...!
(He sensed my presence!)
Yomiel:
I noticed you. You think you
can
stop me, do you?
Sissel:
........
Yomiel:
I don't know why you're
wearing my
face...
Yomiel:
...but you might
as well give
up now. I control everything!
Cabanela:
Dammit!
Yomiel:
Everything! Including the life of
this police inspector in
white.
Sissel:
W-Wait! Don't shoot!
****
Sissel:
This "other me" knows the
powers of
the dead well!
Cabanela:
Who WOULDN'T notice what you
just
did? You were practically
shouting "look at me," baby!
Sissel:
It looks like it might be
hard to
save you under
these
circumstances...
Sissel:
(I guess I can't use my powers
right in front of him
like
that...)
****
Sissel:
Look at this place...
Sissel:
What in the
world
happened here?
Cabanela:
........
Cabanela:
Think I'm startin'
to remember...
Sissel:
...!
Cabanela:
Something bad
happened here.
Cabanela:
And
now...
Cabanela:
...there's another
death
lying hidden here.
Sissel:
What?! Another death?
Cabanela:
Didn't I tell you
from the start?
Cabanela:
Didn't I say there was a
very
important life, valuable to
the nation, here?
Sissel:
I thought you were
talking about
you.
Cabanela:
Hmph. I'm just a crazy
character in
a white
coat, baby.
Sissel:
(Hey, come to think of it...)
Sissel:
(...where is that
old pigeon
guy...?)
****
Sissel:
It looks like it's gonna be
hard to
save you under
these
circumstances.
Cabanela:
I can see that. Heeere's
another
thought...
Cabanela:
How about lookin'
for the "very
important life, valuable to this
nation," I told you
about
instead?
Sissel:
(So there's another death
hiding
somewhere around
here, is
there...?)
****
Sissel:
This is... some kind of device.
Cabanela:
Very astute observation.
Sissel:
Uh, sorry. My memory
isn't
working...
Cabanela:
Yeah, mine isn't workin'
too well
right now, either.
Cabanela:
I do
remember seein'
somebody use this
equipment, though...
****
Sissel:
It's too heavy!
I can't budge it.
Cabanela:
Not surpriiising, what
with that
mountain of
rubble on top of
it.
Sissel:
And there appears to be
a death
buried underneath
that rubble.
Cabanela:
Please help that person!
****
Sissel:
Um, excuse me.
Pigeon Man:
........
Sissel:
Are you awake?
Pigeon Man:
Of course.
Pigeon Man:
I never sleep during
work hours.
Cabanela:
Professor! Do you recognize me?
Pigeon Man:
There's only one crazy character
in
a white coat that I know
of.
Sissel:
(He hasn't lost his memory!)
Pigeon Man:
I'm not the type who
likes losing
things...
Pigeon Man:
But never mind
that.
Pigeon Man:
Cabanela, this is quite
a surprising guest you've
brought with
you.
Pigeon Man:
Pretending like he didn't
just blow up the place...
Sissel:
Are you... talking about me?
Cabanela:
Oh, this is a different guy.
And
I'm his guest, actually.
Said he came to rescue us.
Cabanela:
Unlike you, my sharp
friend, he still hasn't
gotten
his memory back.
Pigeon Man:
Hmph. Pitiful.
Sissel:
(Ouch. That hurts.)
Sissel:
Anyway, now
we'll be going
back to four
minutes
before your death...
Sissel:
...in order to change
your fate, that is.
Cabanela:
But aren't we already
in the past,
maaan?
Sissel:
But we can go back even
further.
I've done it before.
Sissel:
(I
still don't see a path to
saving Inspector Cabanela...)
Sissel:
(...but if we go
back
further,
maybe I'll find a lead!)
Cabanela:
How many times do I have
to tell
you, Professor?
This place
is dangerous.
Pigeon Man:
Don't be daft. I can't leave now.
Pigeon Man:
He's completely dead,
but,
just as I thought,
I'm getting a reading.
Pigeon Man:
This is the source of his
powers. If
I remove it...
Cabanela:
He's not "dead"!
He's just "not
there"!
Cabanela:
The true form of the
manipulator isn't something
you can "detect." It's a spirit!
Pigeon Man:
Hmph. Ridiculous.
Yomiel:
Heh heh heh...
Yomiel:
So you figured it
all out, huh?
Yomiel:
You're a
clever man,
Inspector Cabanela.
Cabanela:
So it's really true...! Y-You're...!
Yomiel:
I wasted a lot of time tonight
because of you, Inspector.
Yomiel:
But
it's all just like you said.
Yomiel:
I died ten years ago. This
body is just a
vessel,
a shell.
Yomiel:
I control everything --
this shell, people...
Yomiel:
Just like I
controlled
the
justice minister and Lynne.
Cabanela:
So it's true. You were
manipulating
my baby
that time...?
Cabanela:
You
made her shoot
your "shell"...
Cabanela:
But why?! Why would
you do a thing like
that?!
Yomiel:
To create conclusive
evidence --
you know,
on that security
tape...
Yomiel:
Now she's a murderer, too.
She'll suffer just like Jowd did.
Yomiel:
Now, then,
Professor.
Yomiel:
I'm afraid it's time for you to die.
Yomiel:
I don't have any grudge
against
you. I'm even grateful to you...
Pigeon Man:
Oh, yeah? So why don't
you let me
live, then?
Yomiel:
I'll be leaving this country
forever tonight.
But before I
do...
Yomiel:
...I need to erase all
evidence that these
powers of mine exist.
Yomiel:
Along
with the "contraption"
in this room.
Yomiel:
This time, the thing will
work the
way it
was meant
to, and it'll all be over.
Yomiel:
Cupid won't turn this time. He'll
shoot
his little arrow this way.
Cabanela:
Professor! LOOK OUT!
Pigeon Man:
Dynamite, eh? When the
devil did he
put that there?!
Cabanela:
He planned it all out tonight.
Cabanela:
Having my baby shoot him,
having his corpse disappear...
Sissel:
His corpse... disappeared...?
Cabanela:
That medical examiner.
Remember
hiiim?
Cabanela:
He was a complete
and
utter imposter.
Cabanela:
He said he was going to take
the corpse back to the
lab...
Cabanela:
...but he'd already made a deal
with the manipulator to meet
him and
give him
the body back.
Cabanela:
But I wasn't going to
let that happen, baby!
Pigeon Man:
You saw through their plan, eh?
Cabanela:
I noticed right away the medical
"examiner" didn't know the
first
thing about examining a body.
Cabanela:
I knew he was a fake,
so I tracked
him down
and bought him off.
Sissel:
Bought him off...?
Cabanela:
I had him smuggle the
corpse to
this room.
Cabanela:
I thought we could
find
the source of his powers...
Cabanela:
Of course, never in my wildest
dreams
did I
think his abilities
were "powers of the dead."
Pigeon Man:
Anyway, there isn't much time.
Pigeon Man:
He's
leaving the
country
before dawn.
Sissel:
And I'm gonna follow him, of
course, after I save you two.
Sissel:
(But something's been nagging
at the back of my mind...)
Sissel:
(I remember what
Ray
said to me tonight.)
Sissel:
(He said that spirits cease to
exist when the day
breaks.)
Sissel:
(But if that's true...)
Sissel:
(...how could a spirit from ten
years ago still be
here...?)
Cabanela:
No time for thinkin' now, baby.
Action is the name of the
gaaame!
Cabanela:
Work your magic and
take us back... even
further into the past!
****
Cabanela:
All right, maaan. Jump in
there and
stop that
explosion,
would you?
Sissel:
Easy enough for you to say.
Pigeon Man:
Foolish of you to say, too.
Pigeon Man:
If you
stop the explosion,
he'll
just do me in some
other way.
Cabanela:
Fair enough. Then jump
in there and
take care of
that man in
red, would you?
Sissel:
I repeat. Easy enough
for you to
say.
Pigeon Man:
And most likely
impossible, to
boot.
Pigeon Man:
That huge explosion
didn't
even make him bat an eye.
Cabanela:
Well, what do you propose,
then, Prof,
pray tell?!
Pigeon Man:
Your best bet...
Pigeon Man:
...is to save me
during
the explosion
without
him noticing.
Sissel:
(Easy enough for you
to say!
Sheesh, what's
with all these
people?!)
Cabanela:
Anyhoot, jump in there
and do
SOMETHING!
****
Sissel:
(What in the world
is this
thing...?)
Pigeon Man:
This device has that
meteorite data
entered into it.
Pigeon man:
If it
detects Temsik
radiation, it responds.
Cabanela:
Got that, kiiid?
Isn't it a lovely
thing?!
Sissel:
(I guess sometimes it's
important
not to think
about things
too much...)
Pigeon Man:
Hmph. What a sorry pair.
****
Pigeon Man:
F-Fool! What do you
think you're
doing?!
Sissel:
I just thought I'd try it out.
Pigeon Man:
If you do, you're going
to set the
contraption
in motion!
Sissel:
...Oh, yeah.
Pigeon Man:
"I just thought..." Hmph.
He just
thought he'd blow
me up, is
what HE thought!
Sissel:
(Oops. That was my bad.)
Sissel:
(But there
aren't a whole
lot of
things I can use my
tricks on in this room...)
****
Sissel:
Wait! If I do that, it'll set
the
contraption in motion!
****
Sissel:
It's no use. I can't open it!
Cabanela:
Could the fact the Professor
is
standing on it have
anything
to dooo with it?
Pigeon Man:
I may look small, but
I'm pretty
heavy-set.
Sissel:
(He sounds so proud
of that fact,
too...)
Cabanela:
This door...
Cabanela:
Such a piiity. Too bad
it
doesn't open downward.
Cabanela:
Sometimes life can be
so hard, wouldn't you
agree, Professor?
Pigeon Man:
Yeah, that's why
we're both DEAD.
Sissel:
(Hmm. A door that opens
downward,
eh...?)
****
Sissel:
It's no use. I can't open it!
Cabanela:
Could the fact the guy in
red is
standing on it have
anything
to dooo with it?
Pigeon Man:
Is he more heavy-set
than he looks,
too?
Sissel:
(Why are you asking me?)
Cabanela:
This door...
Cabanela:
Such a piiity. Too bad
it
doesn't open downward.
Cabanela:
Sometimes life can be
so hard, wouldn't you
agree, Professor?
Pigeon Man:
Yeah, that's why
we're both DEAD.
Sissel:
(Hmm. A door that opens
downward,
eh...?)
****
Sissel:
(If I can stop this toy
from
spinning, I can halt
the
contraption...)
Sissel:
(But that won't really
solve anything!)
Pigeon Man:
There's a smart boy.
Pigeon Man:
If you stop
the explosion,
he'll just
find another way
to get me.
Pigeon Man:
And it would probably
give away the fact
that
you're here, too.
Sissel:
So I have to rescue you
without
stopping the
explosion.
Sissel:
(Is
that even possible?)
Pigeon Man:
That's what has to
be done. Deal
with it.
****
Cabanela:
As you perhaps have
aaalready
noticed...
Cabanela:
...time is running
out, baby!
Sissel:
Yeah, no "perhaps"
about it. I
know.
Sissel:
But, you know...
Sissel:
(...there aren't a whole lot
of things I can use my
ghost tricks on in
here!)
Pigeon Man:
It looks like it's all over.
Sissel:
(Unless I find another
path, I'm
sort of at a
deadlock
here...!)
****
Missile:
Sissel...
Sissel:
...!
(Hey, I know that voice...)
Missile:
Help me...
Sissel:
Wh-Where are you...?!
Missile:
Find me...
Missile:
...before I'm carried
away...!
Cabanela:
Hmm?
Cabanela:
What's with the frail-
sounding
call for heeelp?
Sissel:
(He's here somewhere!)
Pigeon Man:
A friend of yours?
Sissel:
Yup. A little guy that looks
a
little fragile, but has
strength that'd surprise you.
Pigeon Man:
Well, he's asking
you to find him.
Cabanela:
And before he's "carried
away," no
less!
Sissel:
(But I'm almost out of time!
Should
I look for him...?)
****
Sissel:
Wait! I have to find a way
to
rescue him without
stopping the
explosion!
****
Missile:
Sissel...
Sissel:
...!
(There he is again...!)
Missile:
Farewell...
Missile:
........
Cabanela:
Sounds like your little
pal was
carried away.
Sissel:
(Where was he?!)
Pigeon Man:
Maybe you should've tried
to find
him somehow.
Cabanela:
Maybe you should've looked
around,
you know, from
corner to
corner, baby!
Sissel:
(Now what?! Maybe I
should start
over...?)
****
Sissel:
Under these circumstances, I
don't
think my powers alone
are
enough to solve anything.
Sissel:
I think I'd better find the
owner of that
voice that
was begging for help...
Sissel:
(Let's see... If I want to look
around, I can
slide the
screen...)
Missile:
And you can use [D-PAD]
to look for
me, too!
Sissel:
(I'll try taking another
look
around.)
****
Missile:
Sissel! Here I am!
Sissel:
Oh, hey! It's...
Missile:
...Missile!
Sissel:
What are you doing there?
Missile:
Do you really have to ask...?
Missile:
Seriously, are you really
going
there?!
Sissel:
Uh, no, that's okay.
Never mind.
Sissel:
Anyway, I need your powers.
Sissel:
Will you help me out?
Missile:
Of course!
Missile:
Here, let me come join
you!
Missile:
Okay, here I am,
Sissel!
Sissel:
(Now maybe things will
"flow" in a
new direction!)
Missile:
Even though the "flow"
of the sewer
is a little
bit stinky!
****
Missile:
Okay, let's stop
that explosion!
Sissel:
Uh, no... We can't do that.
Missile:
Okay, let's take care of
that man
in red, then!
Sissel:
No, we can't do that, either.
Missile:
We can't do this! We can't
do that!
What can we do?
Sissel:
We let the explosion happen.
Sissel:
Then
we rescue the old
pigeon
guy without the
man in red noticing.
Sissel:
And your powers are the
key to all
of it,
Missile.
Missile:
Oh, I don't know about
that... but
I'll do my best!
Sissel:
(We're talking about a
matter of
seconds. We
can't miss our
chance!)
****
Missile:
Do you remember how
to use my
powers?
Sissel:
Yeah. You can swap things that
have
the same shape, right?
Missile:
Well, to be precise...
Missile:
...I can
swap things that LOOK
like
they have the same shape.
Sissel:
What's the difference?
Missile:
As I was being carried by
the wind
and falling into the
river, I realized something.
Missile:
If you look at a thing
from different
angles,
it
looks different!
Sissel:
(You know, that's a pretty good
point... for a little doggie
who
came in with the sewage...)
****
Sissel:
So I have to save you without
the
"other me" noticing...
Sissel:
And
the "moment of truth" is
just as the explosion occurs.
Missile:
We can do it, Sissel!
I know we can!
Sissel:
(The key to success here is
this
little doggie's powers...)
****
Sissel:
Those "squeaky guys"
are making a
fuss
about something.
Missile:
Sissel...
Missile:
My animal instincts are
starting to surface!
Sissel:
If you mean you want to
chase them,
I think you
have to be
alive to do that.
Sissel:
(Hmm...)
Sissel:
(There must be some kind of
rat feast in that
trash
can.)
Pigeon Man:
Those things usually
make a bigger
commotion
than that.
Sissel:
(A bigger commotion, eh...?)
****
Cabanela:
Now THAT'S what I'd call
some
proper commotion!
Pigeon Man:
They're making that
trash can dance.
Cabanela:
Truth be told, I feel a bit
like
dancin' now, myself!
Missile:
It's getting harder and
harder to
hold my wild
instincts back!
Sissel:
(What a dangerous bunch...)
****
Missile:
Sissel!
Missile:
I've seen this shape
somewhere before!
Sissel:
You have?!
Missile:
Ever since I got these
powers, I've
really been
aware of
shapes.
Sissel:
The same shape, huh?
Where did you
see it?
Missile:
........
Missile:
I said I've been aware of
shapes,
not locations.
Sissel:
Oh, okay. That's too bad.
Pigeon Man:
Now that you mention
it... I see
it, too.
Sissel:
Huh?
Pigeon Man:
This could be the
breakthrough
we've
been waiting for.
Sissel:
(The lid of a trash can...?)
****
Yomiel:
Sorry, little pigeon.
Yomiel:
As for you,
Inspector...
Cabanela:
Ngh...
Yomiel:
I have a little job for you.
Cabanela:
I-I can't move... I think I have...
four or five broken
bones...
Yomiel:
I don't mind. It won't prevent
me
from manipulating you!
Yomiel:
It
might make it hurt a little
bit when I move you, though...
Quite a bit,
actually.
Cabanela:
D-Damn you!
Pigeon Man:
I can't believe it.
Pigeon Man:
You lot
actually pulled it off.
Sissel:
Sorry, Inspector Cabanela.
I
couldn't do anything to
help
you...
Cabanela:
And there I am, a poor, broken
heap
of arms and legs...
Cabanela:
But,
no matter.
I enjoooyed the show!
Cabanela:
The magic disappearing act,
that is!
Nothing
like it, baby!
Pigeon Man:
Yeah, except...
Pigeon Man:
...unlike a normal
magic trick,
I'M the one
that managed to
vanish without a trace here.
Cabanela:
........
Pigeon Man:
What's the matter? You look like
you'd rather be dead, not
that
you aren't.
Cabanela:
I was just rememberin' the
fact
that, right about now...
Cabanela:
...the "real" me is givin' the poor
justice minister a real fright.
Sissel:
Oh, that phone call? Yeah...
he was
pretty upset...
Missile:
Um, excuse me, mister.
Cabanela:
...?
Missile:
You really shouldn't
be mean like
that.
Cabanela:
........
Cabanela:
And what's this lively
little
creature?
Sissel:
Oh, this little doggie is the
warrior who keeps Kamila safe.
Sissel:
Or... he would be, if he was
actually still "full of life."
Cabanela:
Kamila...
Cabanela:
Gods in heaven!
What a
terrible thing!
Cabanela:
That poor
little girl...
taken hostage...
Pigeon Man:
It's a cruel twist
of fate indeed...
Missile:
Wait just a minute!
Miss Kamila
is... a hostage...?
Cabanela:
Yes, we're sorry, little warrior...
Missile:
M-Miss Kamila...?! A hostage...?!
Missile:
...What's a "hostage"?!
Sissel:
...Anyway, Inspector Cabanela...
Sissel:
It's time to save your life
now.
Cabanela:
But you couldn't get very far
when
you tried befooore,
am I
right?
Missile:
But this time, it's different!
Right, Sissel?
Sissel:
That's right. With us
working
together, it's a
whole
different situation.
Sissel:
We'll save the inspector
in white, and then we'll
go
rescue Kamila. Okay?
Missile:
Okay! Let's hurry up
and get
through this!
Cabanela:
Gee, kiiids, you're makin' me
feel
like an afterthought...
Sissel:
All right. Let's get started.
Sissel:
Inspector Cabanela is upstairs.
Sissel:
So, our first step
is to get up there.
Missile:
Sissel, I'll go up first
and wait
for you!
Pigeon Man:
Okay, Lovey-Dove. We
need your
help.
Pigeon Man:
Carry this measuring
device
upstairs. It has Mr. Ghost in
it, so don't drop it!
****
Sissel:
You've got grit,
little pigeon.
Sissel:
I'd
better get up there,
before the little pigeon's
strength gives out.
Sissel:
(Missile is waiting for
me. I'd
better hurry.)
****
Sissel:
Oops!
Sissel:
Looks like my little pigeon
friend ran out of steam.
Cabanela:
Or maybe that was her
way of
"throwing in
the towel"?
Sissel:
(Anyway, I won't get
anything done
from
down here.)
Cabanela:
It all sort of ended before it
begaaan this time, didn't it?
Sissel:
Maybe I'd better start over...
Pigeon Man:
Hey, don't go working my
Lovey-Dove
too hard!
Sissel:
(Seriously? His pigeon's
name is
"Lovey-Dove"?)
****
Sissel:
The poor thing. Her
strength gave
out...
Sissel:
Rest in peace.
Pigeon Man:
My Lovey-Dove isn't dead!
Sissel:
(Seriously? His pigeon's
name is
"Lovey-Dove"?)
****
Sissel:
Well, I won't be able to get
anything done unless I get
upstairs.
Pigeon Man:
Hmph. My Lovey-Dove was trying
to
be nice, and you had to go
and
trample on her feelings!
Cabanela:
Maybe you should try extending
an
olive branch to her, Sissel.
Sissel:
(Right. I'll take that
into
consideration.)
****
Sissel:
It's stuck on something.
It won't
budge.
Missile:
Maybe the man in white
put a curse
on it!
Pigeon Man:
Yeah, like a message: "Do
something
to help me!"
Missile:
Ooh! That's spooky!
Cabanela:
If I have a message for you,
I'll
tell you myself, thaaank
you very much.
Missile:
Okay. Go ahead!
Cabanela:
Uh, stop messin' with the
battered
old hoist and do
something
to help me!
Missile:
You heard him, Sissel!
Sissel:
(Oh, boy...)
****
Missile:
There you are, Sissel!
Sissel:
Sorry for the wait, Missile.
Sissel:
Four
minutes from now,
the
inspector will be killed
by a gun.
Cabanela:
You just jump in there
and stop him
from firing,
would you?
Sissel:
*sigh* There you go
again with that
stuff.
Pigeon Man:
Besides, it doesn't
make any sense.
Pigeon Man:
If you stop him from
firing, he'll just kill
you some other way.
Sissel:
Wait a minute! That
sounds
familiar...
Pigeon Man:
Yup. Same situation as mine.
Pigeon Man:
Your
best bet this
time
around...
Pigeon Man:
...is to allow him to shoot,
and then save Cabanela
without him
noticing.
Sissel:
(Whew. It's even WORSE
than last
time...)
Cabanela:
Anyhoot, jump in there
and do
SOMETHING!
Missile:
Okay, I'm ready to
jump in, Sissel!
Missile:
Don't forget! Whenever
you want to use my powers,
just touch the [SWAP] icon!
****
Missile:
So, Sissel... Could you
explain
something to me...?
Missile:
Exactly
how did the
man in white die?
Sissel:
He got shot with the gun.
Missile:
"Gun," huh? I've always
wondered
about those things...
Missile:
How
come people die when
they hear that loud "bang"?
Sissel:
Huh? Oh, uh...
(Hmm... Why DO
they...?
I don't remember.)
Pigeon Man:
Oh, brother. I hope I
never lose my
memory...
Pigeon Man:
Mr. White Coat
here died because
he got shot with a bullet.
Missile:
"Bullet"?
Pigeon Man:
A little lump of metal.
It proves
fatal when it
gets lodged
in his head.
Missile:
Aha! I get it.
Missile:
It's like a little
tiny "Mino," right?
Sissel:
Yeah, um... Something like that,
I
guess. Different shape,
though.
Missile:
In that case...
Missile:
...I ought to be
able to
use my powers on it
to
save the man in white!
Pigeon Man:
Hey, good news, eh, White Coat?
Cabanela:
Can't anybody here just
call me
"Cabanela"?
****
Missile:
Oh! Did you see that?!
Missile:
That bad
Sissel
turned around!
Sissel:
Do you have to
call him that?
Sissel:
(But,
yeah. Maybe this
is our
chance to try
some ghost tricks!)
Cabanela:
This is the only time
he takes his
eyes
off of me, too.
Pigeon Man:
If you have something
to do, do it
now.
Sissel:
(Time to take the
first steps
toward
saving the inspector!)
****
Sissel:
The top of this bookshelf is
lined
with books.
Sissel:
How does the
old pigeon
guy even reach up here?
Sissel:
(And I wonder if he makes
his pigeon
fetch
these books
for him?)
Pigeon Man:
I ain't telling.
Missile:
Hmm. So many mysteries
surrounding
this old man!
Sissel:
(But never mind those...)
****
Missile:
Yikes. I'm a little
scared right
now.
Missile:
Why didn't he die?
Cabanela:
Because he's already dead.
He died
ten years ago.
Cabanela:
I knew full
well he
wouldn't die if I shot him.
Sissel:
(Then why did you go to
the trouble
of shooting
him at all?)
Pigeon Man:
Time's almost up.
That's enough
chitchat.
Sissel:
(But now the situation
has changed
slightly.)
Sissel:
(These last
split-seconds
are our chance!)
****
Sissel:
(So what exactly
is this thing?)
Sissel:
(It
looks like a giant
nail
clipper to me...)
Pigeon Man:
No, it most certainly
does not.
Pigeon Man:
It's
an instrument used in
analyzing radiation-
emitting matter.
Sissel:
O-Oh. Ahem. Yes, I see...
Cabanela:
You're not alone, kid.
Cabanela:
None of the
rest of us
understand it,
either, baby!
Missile:
Yeah! You said it!
****
Sissel:
Old pictures... of what
look like
little fragments
of rock.
Pigeon Man:
Those are Temsik fragments.
Pigeon Man:
That's
an article from back
when
it was big news.
Cabanela:
Ten years ago, nobody
really
understood it.
Pigeon Man:
I guess that's
still true today.
****
Pigeon Man:
He's going to shoot!
It's too late!
Cabanela:
Again? I'm going to
get shot AGAIN?
Sissel:
No, wait! Our chance
is coming up!
Missile:
The last split-second, right?
Leave
it to me!
Pigeon Man:
W-Would you look at that...
Pigeon Man:
The
bullet is hanging in mid-
air,
between the gun and
the inspector's forehead!
Missile:
Now's our chance!
Missile:
I'm here in the
bullet right now!
Missile:
Let's
swap this little thing
with something else!
Cabanela:
Wh-What?!
Sissel:
(It's our only hope.)
Sissel:
(There's gotta
be something
here with the same
shape
and direction as the bullet!)
Missile:
I never saw a bullet before!
Missile:
It has
such a cute little
shape,
doesn't it!
Sissel:
(I can check out the bullet's
shape
on the top screen.)
Sissel:
(Okay,
got it. Now I know
what it's shaped like...)
Pigeon Man:
Hurry, now!
Pigeon Man:
Swap that hanging
bullet
with something else!
Sissel:
(I can check out the bullet's
shape
on the top screen.)
Sissel:
(There's gotta be something
here with the same shape!)
****
Pigeon Man:
That didn't go well.
Sissel:
We tried swapping what
we could
find, but we
just made things
worse.
Cabanela:
Not nice, kids. Not nice at all.
You put a dent in my lovely
mask.
Sissel:
(I guess we'd better look for
something softer to swap
with...)
****
Missile:
There you are, Sissel!
Sissel:
Sorry for the wait, Missile.
Cabanela:
Good luck, kiiids!
Sissel:
(So, when we save this
character in
white...)
Sissel:
...we should do
it without
stopping the guy from firing
and without him noticing.
Sissel:
In
other
words...
Pigeon Man:
...once it's fired, the
bullet will
be the key
to this whole
thing.
Missile:
Don't forget! Whenever
you want to
use my powers,
just touch
the [SWAP] icon!
****
Yomiel:
What was that?
Cabanela:
........
****
Pigeon Man:
He's going to shoot!
It's too late!
Missile:
It's no use!
Missile:
Even with my powers,
there's nothing I can do!
Sissel:
(I don't see anything to
swap the
bullet with...)
Pigeon Man:
I guess you didn't
make it in time.
Sissel:
I'm so sorry, Inspector!
Sissel:
(I guess
I'll have
to try again.)
Cabanela:
Again? I'm going to
get shot AGAIN?
****
Sissel:
If I want to save the
inspector in
white without
that guy
noticing...
Sissel:
...then I have to do
something about that
bullet after it's
fired.
Missile:
I can swap it with
something, you
know!
Sissel:
(Then I guess I'd better look for
something with the same
shape!)
****
Sissel:
I guess using my powers right
in
front of the "other me"
wasn't such a good idea...
Cabanela:
Especially when somebody
gets shot
because of it.
Sissel:
I guess the only thing I can
do is
aim for that break
when he
looks away.
Sissel:
(I just have to be sure
I don't miss my chance!)
****
Missile:
Well! Would you look at
that! Right
on the hook!
Cabanela:
I looove knit hats. So warm...
and,
most of all, soooft.
Pigeon Man:
Hey, now that I'm
looking at it...
Pigeon Man:
...that hat is the same
shape as the helmet
you just knocked down.
Sissel:
(Aha! I thought so!)
****
Sissel:
This is a really thick book.
Sissel:
I
can't read, so I don't
know
what it's about...
Sissel:
(Will I ever get my
memory back...?)
****
Pigeon Man:
I don't think he noticed.
Pigeon Man:
Looks
like you pulled off another
magic disappearing act. Heh heh.
Cabanela:
And now I say again...
Cabanela:
I looove
knit hats. So warm...
and,
most of all, soooft.
Missile:
Did I... Did I do all right?!
Pigeon Man:
You did a fine job, little one.
Pigeon Man:
You
saved another life.
Missile:
And I'll keep doing it, too!
Missile:
Over
and over!
Pigeon Man:
What I saw in just
these four
minutes...
Pigeon Man:
...gave me all the
answers
I've been looking for.
Cabanela:
All our research these
past ten
years pales in
comparison,
right, Professor?
Sissel:
So you two were
working together?
Cabanela:
That's about the size of it, yeah.
Cabanela:
Who would believe a story
about a manipulator?
Cabanela:
So we pursued it ourselves,
just the two of us.
Pigeon Man:
I'm quite a "crazy character,"
myself, after all.
Missile:
Okay, let's hurry back!
Back to
"our time"!
Missile:
We have to rescue
Miss Kamila!
Sissel:
You're right, Missile.
Sissel:
(And there's
a certain guy
I have to
follow, too!)
After completing his revenge
on
Inspector Cabanela, the
man
in red left.
And now, a new story is about
to
unfold, in a new "present."
Pigeon Man:
How are you feeling, you
ol' crazy
character?
Cabanela:
Hey, there, Prof!
We're both
aliiive, I see.
Yeah, nothing
like it, baby!
Cabanela:
But I don't know if I'm gettin'
old, or what... I've got
a few
aches and pains here and there.
Cabanela:
Used to be, a liiittle
thing like an
explosion
wouldn't bother me!
Pigeon Man:
Yeah, right. Like I'm
going to
believe that.
Pigeon Man:
So, what? The
guy
in red is gone, eh?
Cabanela:
Just in case, I posted Special
Investigation units all around
the building.
Cabanela:
Let's just pray the boooys
came through for us...
Cabanela:
Dammit!
You
picked a
bad time not to listen
to me, body of miiine...
****
Sissel:
Well, it looks like both of
their
deaths were erased.
Sissel:
Unfortunately, in the case
of the inspector in white...
Sissel:
...I can't call
it a
complete success.
Sissel:
(But, in any case...)
Sissel:
(...these two have the
information I need
to start
tracking the manipulator.)
Sissel:
(I'd better talk to them.)
****
Missile:
All right, Sissel! It's time to go!
Missile:
Out into the big, wide
world,
to rescue Miss Kamila!
Sissel:
Hold on a minute, Missile.
Sissel:
I have
to talk to these two first.
Missile:
Oh... Okay. I understand.
Missile:
But just
know one thing...
Missile:
...I go
where the wind takes me!
Sissel:
(Is this little doggie trying
to
put pressure on me?)
****
Cabanela:
If I knew things were
going to end
up like this...
Cabanela:
...I
would've tried to die
in that explosion, baby!
Cabanela:
That way, I could've
been
dancin' after "big red" by now!
Sissel:
(Hmm...)
Sissel:
(I might be able to erase
deaths, but it's true I
can't
do much about injuries...)
Sissel:
But, really, you shouldn't
talk that
way.
Cabanela:
Yes, sorry. I suppose
you're right.
I just hate
feelin' so...
helpless.
Cabanela:
He was right there
within my grasp...!
Cabanela:
All our plans were
resting on
tonight! And then... this... had
to happen!
Sissel:
(I guess he's thinking about
his
"spotless record"...)
Sissel:
It's
not too late, Inspector.
We still have a chance.
Sissel:
Maybe I can catch him.
Cabanela:
Say... you're right. That's
not a
bad idea...
Cabanela:
I'll cooperate
with you fully. Go
ahead and fire away with any
questions you like, Mr.
Ghost.
[Revenge]
Sissel:
That guy mentioned "revenge"...
Sissel:
Revenge against the people
who
stole his life away ten years ago...
Pigeon Man:
Hmph. He's a fool!
Pigeon Man:
He's the one who
made the
decision to take
that little girl
hostage, and he wound up dead.
Pigeon Man:
He only has himself to
blame.
Sissel:
But what about
when he said this?
Yomiel:
I was murdered! By ALL OF YOU!
Yomiel:
Detective Jowd, who forced me
into a corner... Lynne, the girl
who was playing in the park...
Yomiel:
And,
finally,
you,
Inspector Cabanela!
Yomiel:
If you hadn't done what
you did, I never
would've
pointed a gun at that kid.
Cabanela:
........
Cabanela:
Yes... Ten years ago, on that
day...
Cabanela:
...the Special
Investigation
Unit was working on a
certain big case...
Cabanela:
We hauled in a
young
man,
an important witness to
our investigation.
Cabanela:
And then I did it... I
made
two, very stupid mistakes.
Yomiel:
Detective, I'll telling ya! I don't
know anything about it!
Cabanela:
Fine, fiiine. You're under no
obligation to talk, of course.
Cabanela:
But if you don't, the Special
Investigation Unit can make the
reeest of
your
life a living hell...
Yomiel:
B-But... I...
Cabanela:
I'd just been assigned to
the
Special Investigation
Unit, you
see.
Cabanela:
They didn't share much info on big
cases with a newbie like me
yet,
and I
wanted to impress them.
Cabanela:
It was only supposed to
be a simple matter of
taking
his statement...!
Cabanela:
But I was too green...
Cabanela:
I pushed him too hard. I drove
him
into a corner and made
him lose all hope...
Cabanela:
That was my first mistake.
Cabanela:
And then
I made another
mistake on top of that.
Officer:
Cabanela! Got a minute?
Officer:
The chief
wants to see
you about your
report.
Cabanela:
Got it. I'll be right there.
Cabanela:
...You
stay right here and
be a
good boooy, now.
Cabanela:
And that's when I did it...
Cabanela:
I left
it behind in the
interrogation room...
Cabanela:
My gun...
Pigeon Man:
How could you...?!
Cabanela:
He used my gun to escape.
Cabanela:
What he
said is true.
Cabanela:
If I hadn't
made that mistake...
Cabanela:
...he never would've
had a gun to point at
Lynne
in the
first place.
[Manipulator]
Cabanela:
We first found out about the
manipulator's existence during a
certain overseas communication.
Sissel:
Overseas communication?
Cabanela:
For national security purposes,
this country keeps tabs on
the
communications network.
Cabanela:
This particular communication
was about
makin' a
deal with a
certain foreign country.
Cabanela:
He said he wanted them
to "buy"
him -- him
and
his powers...
Cabanela:
That's how we first heard about
him. Of course, we
didn't
know
what he looked like at the time.
Cabanela:
And in order to prove
these
powers of
his...
Cabanela:
...he gave them two predictions.
He foresaw two completely
preposterous,
impossible cases.
Cabanela:
The case of a man who would
sing national secrets
during a
live rock concert broadcast.
Cabanela:
And the case of a man who would
take the
chief
commissioner
hostage in his own office.
Sissel:
(Hmm. Those two inmates at
the
Special Prison, eh...?)
Cabanela:
We kept tabs on their
communications, and
launched an
investigation.
Cabanela:
And then, finally, we pinpointed
where they were going
to meet
tonight, and staked it out.
Sissel:
(That restaurant, the
Chicken
Kitchen...)
Cabanela:
The manipulator plans on
leaving
this country tonight.
Cabanela:
On a
submarine that belongs to
the other country in this deal.
Sissel:
S-Submarine?
Cabanela:
But we haven't been
able to find
out where
it's going to
surface...
Cabanela:
It's terrifying to think what would
happen if his powers
were to
fall
into their hands...
Pigeon Man:
Right. Highly unlikely they'd
use
them for peaceful purposes.
Cabanela:
And now they have that
little girl
as a hostage...
Sissel:
(Kamila...)
Cabanela:
We have to stop him, before
he
leaves the country!
[Spotless record]
Sissel:
This "spotless record" of yours...
Sissel:
...is it really that
important to you?
Cabanela:
Of course, baby.
Cabanela:
In some ways, it's
more
important to me than
my life.
Sissel:
(Than your life, eh?)
Cabanela:
After all, it's because
of my
record...
Cabanela:
...that I'm able to
get my hands
on all intel -- as head of the
Special Investigation Unit.
Cabanela:
And
because of my position...
Cabanela:
...I get to direct all aspects
of the
investigation
into
the manipulator case.
Sissel:
...!
Sissel:
The manipulator case?!
That's
why you cared about
your
record so much?!
Cabanela:
........
Cabanela:
Of cooourse. Why else, baby?
Cabanela:
I just
never could believe it,
maaan. Jowd... shooting Alma...
Cabanela:
I didn't care that he "confessed."
There was
definitely something
more to the story, some secret...
Cabanela:
I did everything
I could
to climb the
ladder -- everything in my power.
Cabanela:
And then I finally found
the
answer. It took fiiive
long years, though...
Cabanela:
The manipulator... He's
going
to
prove that Jowd is innocent!
Sissel:
........
(What incredible determination...)
[Cabanela's determination]
Sissel:
There's one thing
I just don't
understand.
Sissel:
If you were so
determined
to help Detective Jowd...
Sissel:
...why didn't you help him
escape
from
prison?
Cabanela:
That's an easy one, baby.
Cabanela:
Escaping
from prison is a crime.
Sissel:
...!
Cabanela:
I wasn't about to help him commit
a
crime after spending five
years
trying to prove him innocent.
Cabanela:
And he himself asked to
be
executed, you
know.
Cabanela:
As a man of the law, I had
to make sure the execution
was stopped
legally.
Cabanela:
And that's why I brought him
before the justice minister, too.
Cabanela:
I
needed to buy as much time
as I possibly could, baby!
Sissel:
(So that's it, eh...?)
Sissel:
But there's
one little unfortunate
result of all this...
Sissel:
Lynne completely misunderstood
your intentions.
Cabanela:
Ha! What's a liiittle
misunderstanding? My baby
will come
around. Give it time.
Cabanela:
But there are more
important things to do
with
our time
tonight.
****
Sissel:
Mr. Superintendent...
Sissel:
Do you mind
if I talk
to you for a
minute?
Pigeon Man:
I haven't always been a junkyard
superintendent, you know.
Pigeon Man:
I
used to be part of the police.
Sissel:
The police, huh?
Pigeon Man:
Not as a detective... but as a
medical examiner. I
investigated
victims' cause of death.
Pigeon Man:
Ten years ago, I was asked to
autopsy a
strange corpse.
Pigeon Man:
"Hit by a meteorite fragment
and died instantly."
That's
what
the police report said.
Pigeon Man:
There were no signs of life.
He was definitely
dead.
Pigeon Man:
But I never filed
an autopsy report.
Pigeon Man:
That's because the corpse
suddenly
vanished...
Pigeon Man:
...leaving behind only one clue.
Sissel:
(An unusual corpse...)
Sissel:
(I bet that's
what I've been
chasing all
night...)
Sissel:
Could you tell me more?
Pigeon Man:
Yeah, sure.
Pigeon Man:
I have an interest in
you
recovering your memory
and
finding your true identity, too.
[Unusual corpse]
Pigeon Man:
That's the only way I can describe
it, too. It was an
"unusual corpse."
Pigeon Man:
He was dead all right.
No question about that.
Pigeon Man:
But
there
wasn't a scratch on him.
Sissel:
Not a scratch...? But I thought he
was hit by a meteorite
fragment?
Pigeon Man:
I don't understand it
any more than
you do.
Pigeon Man:
I was completely
bewildered.
But when I tried to autopsy
him, I was even more puzzled.
Pigeon Man:
I
couldn't perform the autopsy.
Sissel:
You "couldn't"...?
What do you mean?
Pigeon Man:
The scalpel went in,
but I couldn't
cut.
Pigeon Man:
As soon as I tried
to make
an incision, it would heal
up in the very next instant.
Pigeon Man:
And
that's how
it went. And
no scarring or blood, either.
Pigeon Man:
And I never had the chance
to solve
the mystery.
Cabanela:
That's because the corpse
up and
vanished on us.
Pigeon Man:
The morgue is well-guarded.
Nobody
could've stolen that body.
Pigeon Man:
But there is one way the corpse
could've disappeared...
Sissel:
What's that?
Pigeon Man:
It got up, opened the door,
and
walked out on its own.
Sissel:
What?!
Pigeon Man:
He was dead, but...
he wasn't dead.
Cabanela:
We saw it with our own
eyes
tonight. Not even that
explosion
could kill him.
Sissel:
(And he didn't even feel it when
he
slammed his fist on that
stove...)
[Clue left behind]
Pigeon Man:
The corpse left behind some
data
from some testing I did.
Pigeon Man:
I
got some readings for
some kind of radiation
coming off that body.
Sissel:
Radiation...?
Pigeon Man:
I used all kinds of instruments,
but I couldn't determine
exactly
what kind of radiation it was.
Pigeon Man:
Some undiscovered type,
from a
world
unknown...
Sissel:
...!
Wait a minute... Could it
be...?
Pigeon Man:
That's right. It was coming from
that meteorite fragment.
Pigeon Man:
I
went to that park and
tested the spot where
the meteorite fell.
Pigeon Man:
And,
just as I
expected,
I detected radiation
coming from that crater.
Pigeon Man:
It was the
exact same
pattern of radiation as
that of the corpse.
Pigeon Man:
At the time, I thought he
was
some
kind of immortal being.
Pigeon Man:
He would die, only to
come back to life.
Pigeon Man:
I
wanted to
research it all in
depth, so I quit my job as
a police medical
examiner.
Pigeon Man:
Several years later...
Pigeon Man:
...I came to learn the connection
between my
research
and the
"manipulator" case.
Pigeon Man:
Thanks to the arrival of
this crazy
character here.
Cabanela:
Oh, stooop, now, Professor!
Do you
want to see me blush?
[Cabanela's arrival]
Pigeon Man:
It was... about a year ago, I'd
say.
Pigeon Man:
This man in white came
dancing
into my "research lab" here.
Cabanela:
I heard there was an oddball
here
who's researching Temsik.
Is that youuu, baby?
Pigeon Man:
Who are you to be calling
anybody
an "oddball"?
Cabanela:
I was investigating the
manipulator
case then.
Cabanela:
And then I
heard there was
a man who'd quit the police
force to study the
meteorite.
Cabanela:
When
I heard that, it was
like a meteorite had
struck me on the head.
Cabanela:
At the
time,
we were
just starting to get leads
on this "manipulator."
Cabanela:
We didn't
know
who he
was yet...
Cabanela:
...but we knew he was
communicating with a
certain foreign
country.
Cabanela:
In one of those
communications, we heard
the manipulator say this:
Yomiel:
The source of my power
is not of
this world.
Cabanela:
And that's when I put two
and two
together, baby.
Cabanela:
The
manipulator case and Temsik
were somehow connected.
Pigeon Man:
Which also explained how five
years
ago, he used his
powers...
Pigeon Man:
...to manipulate a birthday surprise
a little girl made for
her
mother!
Cabanela:
He added that gun to the
contraption, most likely
by
controlling Kamila.
****
Sissel:
So that contraption in
the basement
here...
Sissel:
...you built that
to try and
help Detective Jowd?
Pigeon Man:
That's right.
Pigeon Man:
Jowd and I worked
together
back when I was with
the force.
Pigeon Man:
I used the reports of his case to
try and recreate the
device.
Pigeon Man:
But
there was just one part of it...
Pigeon Man:
...that I couldn't reproduce,
no
matter how
hard I tried.
Sissel:
(Kamila told Jowd it did
something
it shouldn't have,
made an
impossible move.)
Pigeon Man:
I added that part to the
device I
recreated.
Pigeon Man:
I put in a part
that would allow
Cupid to rotate. Otherwise,
the gun wouldn't fire.
Sissel:
(So that must mean
somebody
manipulated
Kamila's contraption!)
Cabanela:
As a result...
Cabanela:
...we proved to
ourselves
that the manipulator
actually existed.
Lynne:
Inspector
Cabanela!
Cabanela:
Hey, baby.
Cabanela:
Sorry 'bout that phone
call. I must've sounded
like a real villain.
Cabanela:
I hated to spoil
your image of me...
Cabanela:
...of that
cool-cat
inspector
you always looked up to...
Sissel:
(Is that really the image
she had
of him?)
Lynne:
Inspector Cabanela, I'm sorry...
I
just heard...
Lynne:
You were
chasing after that
man all this time to try and
help Detective Jowd.
Cabanela:
This "manipulator" is such
a
dangerous character...
Cabanela:
I was
hoping you didn't
have to be involved.
Lynne:
So that's why you had me
arrested
tonight, isn't it?
Cabanela:
Like I aaalways say, if
somebody's
in the way,
throw 'em in
the slammer!
Sissel:
(Yikes.)
Cabanela:
Tonight...
Cabanela:
...I really thought we
finally
had him...
Cabanela:
...but
my body gave out on me
right at the critical moment.
Cabanela:
It's like a cruel
joke.
Jowd:
Ha ha ha!
Jowd:
But a joke is a joke.
You
might as well laugh!
Cabanela:
Jowd!
Lynne:
The minister called off
the
execution order!
Lynne:
And while he was
at it, he let
Detective Jowd go free until
tomorrow morning, too!
Pigeon Man:
That's a pretty extreme
"while he
was at it"...
Jowd:
Sorry I took so long to get here.
Jowd:
You can leave the rest to
me.
Cabanela:
There you go again. You've
always
been like that...
Cabanela:
You make
everybody else
run around, and then you
swoop in at the last second.
Pigeon Man:
Jowd.
Pigeon Man:
Five years ago...
Pigeon Man:
...you left
this coat with
me, just
before you
turned yourself in.
Pigeon Man:
I promised to give it
back to you one
day...
Lynne:
I've been waiting so long,
Detective Jowd...
Lynne:
...waiting for
this day to come!
Jowd:
Thanks for not giving
up on me,
Lynne.
Jowd:
Okay, I'm off, then.
Cabanela:
Good luuuck, my old friend.
Jowd:
This "present" you gave me...
It's
just what I needed. Thank
you!
Cabanela:
Glaaad you like it.
Lynne:
Sissel, are you there?
Sissel:
Yeah, I'm here.
Lynne:
You and I have to
go find that man.
Lynne:
I need your help.
Will
you do this with me?
Sissel:
Sure, but how...?
Sissel:
We don't know
where the
submarine is, and
the
phone line doesn't work...
Lynne:
They use communication
cables to
make their calls...
Lynne:
We'll
get you hooked up
somehow -- you'll see!
Lynne:
Could you wait here
until we
do?
Please?
Sissel:
Okay... fine.
I'm counting on you.
Lynne:
This "true self" you're
looking
for...
Lynne:
...I bet you'll find
it soon!
Lynne:
All right, I'm leaving,
Inspector Cabanela!
It's almost dawn.
I'm not who I thought I was...
I'm
actually further from
knowing who I am than ever.
But, now, I don't feel so alone.
Each one of us, for his or her own
reasons, is looking for
the truth.
Together, I think we can
shed light
on these mysteries
and
drive away the darkness...
But it's almost dawn...