Original subtitles

"Subject" "Kiki Asukai" "Date of Birth" "06/24/1995 (24 years old)"

"Subject" "Kiki Asukai" "Date of Birth" "06/24/1995 (24 years old)" Kiki Asukai...

"Ms. Kiki Asukai's Schooling and Career, Personality, and Reputation" Born to a family residing in Fukui Prefecture.

"Ms. Kiki Asukai's Schooling and Career, Personality, and Reputation" Rarely attended elementary and middle school.

Expelled from boarding school.

Parents refuse to take her. Sent to an institution.

Hospitalized at 18 for a suicide attempt.

Leaves the institution and becomes an artist,

but is repeatedly hospitalized for three suicide attempts.

Kidnapped by the Challenger at age 21,

and then rescued by Momoki when Narihisago went rogue and shot the Challenger.

Despite being hospitalized, she disappears three months later.

Still hasn't been found.

The night of her disappearance, a mass coma incident occurs among the nurses.

Connection is unclear.

That's the information that Director Momoki had stored on the cloud.

So Momoki was independently investigating this Kiki Asukai person?

Why?

Who knows.

"13 Nurses in Mysterious Mass Coma" "Cause Unknown Rush to Investigate" "Accident? Terrorism?" For 13 nurses to lose consciousness at once...

What drug could do that?

I don't know.

Other than the Challenger files and coma incident news articles,

everything's gone--the school and institution records,

hospitalization charts, coma incident files.

What?!

However, we know exactly who scrubbed it all.

If we know who it is...

They're from the Wellside...

Momoki.

You got it.

Fill the Metropolitan Police in.

Yes, ma'am.

Let's continue Hondomachi's rescue operation.

Numbers, numbers, numbers.

There are countless numbers.

Looks like the lightning will go on forever, too.

The lightning and the numbers.

What could the connection be?

What meaning does this arrangement of seemingly random numbers hold?

Does it mean anything at all?

No, it doesn't.

It can't.

It's impossible for someone here to ascertain the sequence the lightning makes.

There are too many numbers.

The strikes are too far away.

In other words, to survive in this world,

you don't need to ascertain the sequence!

Thank goodness.

With so many numbers around...

This run lasted two minutes 17 seconds.

This is the third run over two minutes.

You're lasting longer.

I've been struck over 20 times,

yet it hasn't gotten any less harrowing.

We are managing your vitals.

Though, to be frank, your heartbeat's become irregular.

I know you're not actually concerned about my life.

And of course you don't need to be.

Did you see the cockpit?

Yeah.

I see.

It was 89 meters to the cockpit. Do you think you can make it?

I'm not sure.

Are we gonna continue?

No, that's not necessary.

Oh, really?

We have another well for you to dive into.

Aww. Of course.

The cognition particles weren't on the body or the outfit, but in the bedroom?

Dammit.

In Director Momoki's id well, sir?

Yes.

Just as Akihito Narihisago's well had a cockpit, there must be one in his as well.

Should that cockpit have Kiki Asukai's id well loaded,

you might be able to find Ms. Hondomachi there.

Further, in order to attempt that, you need someone to press the eject button.

But to have serial killers working together...

Hey, partner!

How does it feel?

To have someone digging around in your unconscious?

The id well has no effect on my mind.

A stored drive to kill from the past.

Certainly it wouldn't contain all of your psyche.

But you of all people must know.

For us serial killers, it could even be called our core.

The kind of thing you could potentially use to drive a person to suicide.

No private conversations.

You can allow a little greeting between colleagues.

This is Togo.

Fukuda, you and Mr. Narihisago will dive into the same well.

Why are you a Mr.?

Does she know you?

Inside the well, you'll be strangers,

but do your best to work together.

Okay, but may I say something?

Go ahead.

If there are two detectives, will there be two of Kaeru?

We don't know yet.

This is unprecedented.

But if there's any danger, we'll extract you.

Sure, whatever.

One more thing.

Tell me, have you ever read a mystery?

--Come again? --A mystery. A detective story.

A few when I was a student.

Including classic ones with a brilliant detective?

Several.

That makes things easier.

See, normally two brilliant detectives can't coexist in one mystery novel.

If there's only one solution but two brilliant detectives,

then one of them has be wrong, right?

Indeed, the first one would appear to have revealed the great mystery,

but afterward the second one would guess at a further layer

and turn everything on its head.

You don't qualify as a brilliant detective if you get it wrong in the end.

Though, it might barely work if it turns out

the first detective only pretended to get it wrong.

My point is, when one of us inevitably loses brilliant detective status,

will we still be able to remain?

Alternatively, will the world start to malfunction?

We won't get anywhere by debating the issue.

Well, whatever problem occurs, you guys won't be concerned about us anyway.

I do feel like he just presented a pretty fundamental problem.

Injecting Sakaido and Anaido!

Anaido has opened his eyes.

Though, we aren't receiving information.

Every aspect of this is untested.

Be sure to make observations and records about what's different from normal, too.

Oh, Sakaido is also waking up.

We have information.

Hey there.

You're awake now.

Who're you?

Who are you?

What's this?

I don't remember who I am.

Oh, so that's what's going on.

Then did that girl have amnesia, too?

Girl?

Hey!

Kaeru.

Oh, Kaeru.

Sakaido and Anaido have awakened.

Has anything malfunctioned so far?

Not that I can tell.

I see.

Then they're both fully in the world of the same well.

As far as the eye can see, sand, sand, and more sand.

Momoki's well is so desolate.

I've remembered.

My name is Sakaido.

No full name. Just Sakaido.

The brilliant detective.

My name is Anaido.

Seems I don't have a full name either.

I'm also a brilliant detective.

It's a pleasure.

Yeah.

Wow. How cool.

I have a job to do.

Me, too.

Is yours also to solve the mystery of Kaeru's death?

In other words, we are here for that purpose.

Anyway, Kaeru doesn't have any external wounds.

But she most likely searched for water in the sand.

We were buried unconscious in the sand.

But unlike us, Kaeru was conscious and active.

Her activity wore at her stamina, her dehydration progressed,

and she died of organ damage.

Her cause of death seems to pose no mystery...

Were we wearing watches or something? They're gone.

A watch thief, eh.

It might be pretty simple to catch the guy, though.

His footprints are still visible.

Let's go after him. He must know something.

Wait. Let me ask you something first.

Do you have any belongings with you?

Empty-handed.

We have neither food nor water.

If we move around in this heat,

before you know it we'll be dehydrated, and then we might die.

Wow. That's harsh, but you're exactly right.

Don't point at me.

Basically, Kaeru's body is here so that we can endure

by drinking the blood and eating the meat?

Don't be stupid.

If you drink the blood,

the salt concentration will be so high, processing it will make you thirstier.

Besides, this is not the time to be eating anything.

Water is also used in the digestion process.

Oh.

You're a brilliant detective?

Yep.

Of that much I'm certain.

Okay.

Let's just prevent as much water loss as we can.

How?

Take off your coat.

Oh, that's a good point. I'm dressed rather warm.

No, you need it to protect your body from direct sunlight.

Then why remove it?

To soak it in urine.

Isn't that a waste of urine?

"Waste"?

Isn't it our only source of water?

If you drink urine, you'll just expend more water.

Water in the bladder doesn't return to the body, and it's gotta come out anyway.

Okay.

What do I do with these now?

Put 'em on.

This will prevent some water loss through our skin.

Wrap your coat around your head.

This stinks.

That takes care of heatstroke and dehydration for a while.

We have other things to think about.

Yep.

Okay, let's go catch the watch thief.

Wait.

We haven't finished making observations here.

The sand will bury both her body and our footprints in no time,

so I doubt we can return once we leave.

Then the watch thief's trail will be buried even faster, won't it.

Shall we split up?

It's best not to act rashly.

On top of not knowing the situation at all,

we might not catch up to whoever was here.

The trail might disappear partway,

or we might run out of steam before we catch up.

All these mights.

Four of them.

Don't you mean three?

If only, right?

But you see, you said it at the beginning.

"If we move around in this heat,

before you know it we'll be dehydrated, and then we might die."

Yeah. Still, it's true.

I'm not saying to ignore the footsteps.

I'm saying we should prioritize deductions.

Deductions?

Kaeru's cause of death isn't suspicious.

But the watch thief did leave footprints we can follow.

What else is there?

Just hold on.

There are two of us. Maybe we're supposed to split up.

That must be it.

I'll go ahead.

Once you're satisfied with your observations, you can follow my trail.

Finish up before the wind erases it.

What's got him in such a rush?

Don't think that all brilliant detectives are as weird as him, Kaeru.

So far, we haven't seen a single bug.

Also not a single plant.

But there is one thing.

The sun hasn't moved from its apex south of zenith.

Time is stopped.

Still, at least Anaido is surviving this time.

Hopefully he'll at least reach whoever left the footprints.

Sakaido is moving.

Hey. You finally made it.

Are you all right?

I'm great.

Your legs are wobbling. You're expending too much energy.

Do you think this desert has an exit?

I expect not.

That was quick.

Why do you think that?

The sun isn't moving.

This place is not normal.

Yeah.

I wonder how that works.

Did the speed of Earth's revolution suddenly rise?

Or did the speed of rotation suddenly fall?

I don't think that's the issue.

This place... how do I put it... feels like it's a desert world.

Like there's nothing but desert.

Well, even if there is a world outside this desert,

I expect it's utterly impossible for us to reach it.

In other words, what comprises this world is a massive amount of sand,

Kaeru's body, the watch thief who might know the mystery of her death,

and of course, us, the brilliant detectives.

Seems like once we solve the case, this world will lose its raison d'être.

And him.

Which one of us is unsteady on his feet now?

Be quiet. The sand collapsed.

Shit!

That's quicksand.

Don't panic.

Stop struggling.

If you thrash around, it'll only suck you in faster.

Here I thought you were well-versed in desert survival,

but maybe it was just piss and blood.

Shut up.

All hells are the same.

The more you struggle to escape the pit, the stronger its hold becomes.

Skip the lecture.

But this is important.

It takes time for hell to completely swallow someone up.

During that time, you can just gradually crawl out.

What do you know? He really is a brilliant detective.

I heard that!

I told you, didn't I?

But you know, to be honest,

I didn't specifically know how to escape quicksand.

I just applied the general theory concerning hell.

I'm glad it worked out.

Brother.

"Brother"?

You're a strange one.

Do you intend to remain silent?

As a fellow officer, help us out with this.

We have you.

No matter.

Your friends might just deliver the missing pieces to us for you.

How does it feel to have the people you once led trying to take you down?

They're exploring a well?

Yeah, yours.

Mine?

Stop them!

They need to extract right now!

Are you okay?

Yep.

Are you okay?

I could carry you.

As if you were any state to try that.

Doesn't one of us need to last longer?

If we go down at the same time...

Good point. In that case...

I'll die first.

I get the feeling I should.

Hey, just hold on.

I'm serious.

No, I'm saying there's no need.

Look.

The wind didn't do this, did it.

Certainly not.

This is quite something!

He made it all this way just to succumb to quicksand.

He's one unlucky fellow.

Let's get a look at this watch thief.

Yeah.

We made it here together.

Good grief. Just dig him up.

This is more macabre than just quicksand.

Run facial reconstruction.

Ma'am.

Hey.

Look there.

It was here?

What... is this thing?

Although the quicksand got him...

He led us here. With his footprints in the sand.

Yeah. Come to think of it,

it's strange to steal a watch in the middle of a desert.

You just realized that?

I thought you said "watch thief" out of convenience.

What?

Oh well.

Regardless, this machine was waiting for us.

Look at this.

"In Operation" "Well Source" "Kiki Asukai"

Kiki Asukai!

I don't know who that is.

And I don't know what this is.

But for now, I guess I'll try this "enter" option.

After ten minutes, push eject.

Ten minutes, huh.

Assuming we live that long.

I'll just go solve the mystery.

You're right.

Good luck, brilliant detective.

Thanks.

We're not extracting them, right, Director?

It's just temporary. Stick with Assistant Director.

Yes. Let Sakaido do this.

It certainly looks like the Mizuhanome is inviting him,

and this is why we dispatched two brilliant detectives in the first place.

If there really is a well within the well, I hope he can find Hondomachi in it.

Also, I'd appreciate it if he could find out more about this Kiki Asukai.

I get the feeling this is reckless, but here goes.

Don't worry. This is the answer.

As a brilliant detective, I can tell.

We were right about everything.

And this was all arranged so things would turn out this way.

They need to extract!

It was all a trap!