Chameleon Page #3

That's a little harsh.

But your little scheme won't work.

- Why not?

- Listen, with wedding fraud...

...the marks have no idea

they've been tricked.

With your scheme they'll know...

...they've been tricked

when the son comes.

Oh, guess you're right.

No, please hold on.

This new millionaire with

the kid and the fancy car.

Say, I stuff a pillow up

my dress and...

"It's true!"

"He is your son, right?"

"He's definitely

my baby's father!"

"How can you be so cold?"

That's the pitch.

All of you, Granny, Grandpa, too,

start crying.

All my brothers are furious

and then it's your turn.

You're training to be

a yakuza, right?

Yo, my older sister here...

Younger sister.

Younger...

You think you can

get off knockin' up.

...my younger sister without paying?

This way, even when the son

comes home.

...after the panicked parents

have paid money...

...they won't figure it out because

the son plays with lots of girls.

And they won't go to the cops.

Sounds like a really meaty role.

Sounds like we got ourselves

a new young actress.

A genius!

Being called a genius

is a little...

You had a hard time, didn't you?

Have you prayed for the baby?

I've been praying for mine,

all these 50 years.

Grandma Nori, are you nuts?

It's just a story she made up.

It's all right.

Women use tears

to flush their pain.

Then you'll be ready for new pain.

OK?

What's all this about?

I want to party hard tonight.

It's time we all got

drunk together.

What! For real!

It's true!

For real!

I'll die, I'll die on you!

That's how they crashed

into our car.

That's back when they were

seriously depressed.

Kosuke and Goro were.

And that's how we all

started living together here.

Idiots!

I'm depressed!

Depressed! Depressed!

Enough to shoot you!

So, Kosuke's going back to the sea

to become a fisherman.

It'll fix his depression.

It's fixable!

A man of the sea!

Who? Who goes there?

Shut up.

Who? Who goes there?

"As requested, I presumptuously

announce myself"

"I hail from the village

of Kunisada... "

Boss!

Hey Asa!

Should I die in obscurity here...

Kunisada Chuji's name

would be dishonored.

"If you're going to dance

the dance,"

"dance to the Song of Tokyo"

"In the glorious capital"

"In the middle of

the glorious capital... "

See ya.

See ya.

See ya.

Hey, Jun, this way.

Hey, Blackie.

Kosuke.

"Witness Saw Ishibashi Kidnapped"

"Midtown Hotel

Afternoon before Hearing"

Hey, kitty, hey.

"Witness to Kidnapping

in Hotel Basement Lot"

"Mystery Man

Delivers Evidence to TV Station"

"A man delivered

recorded evidence to NMN TV,"

"shortly before Ishibashi... "

It's me. I'm the one that did that.

From that drawer.

I didn't give it to them.

I ran away.

Kosuke...

Money... I needed a lot

of money right away.

What's the rush?

I got a call from Mom yesterday.

Dad can't raise the money

to buy his boat back.

They're both sick and broke.

So you sold us out?

Tried to.

You sold out our lives.

Is it that bad?

We're leaving here. Get ready.

We're being evicted?

That's right.

We didn't pay into

our pension plans.

We need to find ourselves

a cheap nursing home.

Can't rely on the government now.

I'll go see what I can find.

Hold onto this.

If things get really bad,

you take it to the cops.

- Just me?

- Goro!

Jun and Tatsu...

You can't reach them?

Darn.

Did you grab the cash?

You're the only one who saved up.

I can't make it. What did I do!

Take your meds. Let's go.

The cops.

Should we confess?

It's just a cover.

So they can walk right in.

I'm sorry... I got you involved.

Kosuke, look after her.

Anybody home?

You already rub out

Tatsuo and Jun?

Speak proper Japanese.

Say.

Who is Goro, really?

I've never figured him out either.

Run!

Hurry.

Let's go!

Over there.

Goro.

What!

This card...

Look after it.

Let's go.

Kosuke?

No!

Guys...

Kosuke!

Hey!

Kosuke!

Buckle up.

Let's go.

What's an

"ecological" dress code...

You kept us waiting 1 hour.

Bet things are crazy around here.

It's the media that's going crazy.

R.C.A.

What?

We checked the vehicles visible

on that surveillance video.

...and found one vehicle,

registered to R.C.A., so they say.

R.C.A. Risk Coverage Agency.

Covert ops that handle discord

at the center of power.

A shadow military, so they say.

The boss?

Kijima Ko.

What? No "so they say"?

You can have your picture back.

It's blurry.

It's probably a look-alike.

No smoking.

That day, we were at that hotel...

We scoped you out.

You squeak by on some

two-bit scams, right?

I'm the only one left.

Just arrest me.

Use this to indict that Kijima guy.

I want to make sure

nothing happens to her.

I want you both to go home.

There'll be no record of

your visit to this station.

...or what you told me.

Oh, yeah?

Let's go.

The chief only cares

about his career!

If I get us in over our heads,

his future is over!

What an idiot.

Minister, can we have a word?

A word!

Minister Atsugi, please.

Do you really know nothing

about R.C. A?

I know nothing.

But the allegations against you

will remain.

Japanese bureaucrats

may be cowards...

...but when provoked,

turn into monsters. That's all.

So, Vice Minister. That's his move.

So, I'm a monster?

The sly fox himself,

telling it like it is.

If he's backed against the wall...

...his plan is to blame it all on you.

He already has.

I was supposed to get

30% of his take.

And now I'm the cash delivery guy.

Here's your final payment.

As usual, I can't write a receipt.

You won't mess up

this time, right?

What?

You had witnesses to the scene and

your car recorded by surveillance.

Those risk factors

are all covered...

...by the extra fees R.C.A. Charges.

Monster.

Cremate all of them.

Yes, sir.

The young folk all ran off

just when we need them.

Don't break your hip.

I won't.

Next... Hurry up.

Forget the trophy.

Oh, load the trophy up.

"Should auld

acquaintance be forgot"

"And never brought to mind"

"Should auld acquaintance

lose their minds"

"And wind up in a ditch"

Kosuke said, 4, 6, 4, 9

Come on.

Please take your card and receipt.

Thank you.

Go straight and right at the hill.

Thank you.

That way.

"Harukawa Kenichi,

Yoshiko, Kosuke"

A pen.

"From Kosuke"

Kosuke made it back to the sea.

Where's the Chameleon star?

You can't see it

in the bright of the day.

You've got a point.

Actually...

- Not true

- Not true.

It's on the far side of the Earth...

...visible from the

Southern Hemisphere.

For real?

The Chameleon star's always trying

to catch the Fly star.

In the North, the Fly's

catching the Chameleon.

The matches Kosuke gave me

won't light.

- Let's...

- I'm Goro.

I'm Goro...

...and Goro is me.

Living like cinders and ash...

...and imagining you'll die...

But then the weak flame

glows again.

The flame flickers out

and turns to ash again.

Let's split up here.

I want to thank you...

For sticking around.

Oh, yeah?

I get it.

Is what I'd like to say,

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