All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa Page #3

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You really couldn't speak it?

No, I couldn't.

Hey...

...let's try to find the real one.

Row one, top...

...and five, top.

This one's fake.

Row one...

...and four, top.

Six, top...

...and two, top.

Three top, and five bottom.

That one.

So which one's genuine?

That one, I think.

So do I.

We were right!

For the first time!

We did it!

What's wrong?

I don't know...

My head hurts.

Are you all right?

Yes...I'm fine.

This is lavender tea.

It'll relax you.

Thank you.

Maybe it's just because I'm in a strange place.

You're probably tired.

You've been up nights studying.

I don't have the education you have.

I have to catch up.

This is good.

My father was an art dealer.

I naturally always wanted

to be in the art world myself.

Incredible.

But my father was fooled into selling

a picture found to be counterfeit.

Buyers lost faith in him

and his business fell apart.

It was hard after that.

I had to give up on becoming a dealer.

So...

...why do you think a work of art

can last for centuries?

If people find something in a work

it will transcend time.

Because it's genuine,

there's something to find in it.

You and I are seeing

that radiance of the real thing.

Isn't it wonderful?

Yes.

I've devoted everything to art.

I won't let anyone do anything...

...to trample on it.

The essential element in confirming...

...if the Mona Lisa is genuine...

...is not the smile, but the eyes.

Look at the position of the eyes.

Today we will continue with a work...

...by Leonardo's 'Third Disciple'...

...Bernardino Luini.

'Baby Jesus Holding a Lamb'.

Correct. Very good.

Experts examining the letters...

...experienced a loss of function...

...of the occipital lobe.

'Last Day'

From among these twelve...

...find the real Mona Lisa.

With this your training ends.

Use what you have learned...

...to find the true original.

This is your final test.

Riko, will you begin?

Third from the left...

...and sixth from the right.

Discard the left one.

Let's see.

Turn it.

The first round goes to you.

Now Misa.

Now you face your final choice.

Two left.

Misa.

The one on the right.

Riko? What do you think?

Me, too. The one on the right.

Let's see.

Turn it.

That's the one! Very good!

You've learned very quickly.

Thank you!

I have nothing more to teach you.

Thank you!

We did it!

Great!

Are you OK?

Are you OK?!

Riko?

- Are you OK?

-Riko

Call a doctor.

Riko?

Riko?

Riko!

You haven't been yourself since you got back.

Sorry.

What are you doing?!

This picture...

It looks like Tsunenobu Kano.

That's a copy.

But the vase!

The Mashiko-yaki!

That's not a Tatsuzo Shimaoka, is it?

Yes!

You handled a national treasure

just to look at a copy!

What's wrong with you?!

'Out of Business"

We're sorry, but your call

cannot be connected at this time.

I can't reach her by phone.

Do you know where she is?

No, I don't.

But...

...the last time I saw her,

she was acting strange.

Strange?

A 5-sen coin?

It's in good condition.

3,000, maybe?

3,000?

It's large, and nickel.

Minted in...

...1938?

That's aluminum bronze.

Are you all right?

She can't appraise any more.

She just wasn't herself. I was shocked.

What happened?

She was muttering...

...that she'd seen letters

in the Mona Lisa's eyes...

...so she couldn't work.

The Mona Lisa's eyes?

Did you know about the eyes?

The eyes?

Ms Rinda says that's why she can't work.

You mean the letters?

That's just a crazy story.

Ms Ryusenji...

Sorry. I have to get back.

I'm told she's been disqualified as a curator.

What?

Now I'm confused, too.

Tell me what you find out.

Impossible.

A loss of brain function from

seeing the Mona Lisa's eyes?

I'm 100 per cent sure no hypnotism

or mental illness could cause that.

Then why?

That I can't say.

But if she's that talented and she's lost

her ability, there must be some reason.

Such as?

I have no idea.

I can't analyze her without knowing

what she's done.

Ogasawara!

What day is today?

Sorry?

It's deadline day!

Look...

There's been a problem...

No excuses!

Write me an article, or get out!

Now what?

Now what?

Now what?!

Wait a minute...

I can't analyze her without knowing

what she's done.

What was she doing?

One original...

Fake...

Fake...

Fake...

Choose two...

Discard one, put one back.

Wait...

I sea m.

Hello?

Mr Ogasawara?

I know where Riko is!

She sent back some old coins!

Where is she?!

Here I am.

Ms Rinda! Wail!

Look at this.

Please!

Don't let me down!

Please.

I've never been so into a story as I am now.

Meeting you...

...has made it so much fun.

I'm grateful to you

for making me feel like that.

And so...

...just give me a minute.

If it doesn't make sense to you...

...you'll never see me again.

Choose two of them.

This, and this.

I'll discard one...

...and put one back.

Now it's my turn.

This, and this.

Ms Rinda...

I'll put this back.

This, and this.

We discard this.

I'll discard this.

HOW'?

I figured it out.

You can choose this over and over,

but I can always put it back.

This, and this.

I'll discard this.

I'll put this back.

When I choose, I always pick Xs.

As long as it's an even number,

I always choose last.

Sol lead us to the answer.

That 'training' didn't need appraising.

It was just a trick.

That's what confused

your powers of discernment.

A psychiatrist told me

that repetition has an effect...

...on brain circuitry.

You were led to the wrong answer.

Synapses...

If you repeat the wrong thing,

it starts to seem right.

And the right one starts to seem wrong.

So what messed me up...

...wasn't the letters in the eye.

But that article...

I saw a newspaper article.

I'll bet it was fake.

It's true that researchers have found

an 'L' and a 'V' in the eye.

But there's nothing about them

affecting anyone's brain.

So those twelve Mona Lisas I saw...

Were all fakes.

It all started when you got

those materials in Paris.

That M. Bret who gave them to you

is an imposter.

And Misa?

She's with him.

You've gotten into something big.

If we don't hurry...

...there'll be trouble!

Starting one week from today...

...the painting will be shown in Japan

for the first time in 40 years.

Heavy security will be in place

at the Tokyo Museum of Art...

...for this exhibition.

Good luck, Misa.

Museum Security...

For plumbing?

Five men, beginning at 1900 hours.

I'll read their names.

Museum Security...

Yes.

Yes.

Good evening.

Loading out?

Yes.

Would you mind?

Hello.

Ah, posters.

Thank you.

Thank you.

The real Mona Lisa, at last!

Well done.

We'll destroy that fake...

...and expose the Louvre's lie.

Abel...

I'm deeply grateful.

It's because of you we have won.

We'll celebrate later.

Ms Rinda...

Give back the Mona Lisa.

The Mona Lisa may have been stolen.

Hurry.

Why can I never get in?!

Huh?

That's the same guy!

Damn!

Taxi! Taxi!

Taxi!

So where is it?

What's so funny?

We were both worried about

your ability to appraise.

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