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It's Sendai, Ro-38...

You want to find a car owner

from a license plate?

- Don't you know how?

- Is it possible?

Is it going to be illegal?

Perfectly legit.

Go to the Department of

Motor Vehicles.

They'll give you the name, address,

and any information that's registered.

Wow, it's easy!

How was Ozaki's room?

It was kind of weird.

You're weirder! You just pumped iron

and didn't steal a thing.

How did you know that we broke

into Ozaki's condo?

Because I gave him Ozaki's address.

Because he's Ozaki's biggest fan?

Kind of.

Didn't you say that you were

the same age as Ozaki?

Right.

Mom and I watched him play in the

high school game on TV.

She said, "He's your age, but he's

thrilling crowds with his homeruns!

"How come you didn't turn

out like that?"

Oh, did she...

I have to say, I didn't study

much in those days.

I was busy picking up girls.

And then did you take those

girls back home?

So you were at your own bat!

- Wakaba, give me a break...

- What?

That was vulgar.

It was like some old drunk's joke.

What will you do when you

find the car's owner?

I'll tell him to stop

bothering the girl.

Why help a girl with so

much attitude?

I thought I'd do it for him,

to save him the trouble.

Wow, you sure are a big fan...

- OK, off I go.

I need your car. - OK.

Hey, Tadashi.

Um... he's not here.

Wow, who are you?

Are you Tadashi's wife?

We're not married.

Are you his mother,

by any chance?

Oh, my God, you're gorgeous!

Well... thank you.

Any ideas about where we can go?

Let's see... Why don't I

buy you some clothes?

I always wanted a daughter.

So I could go shopping

with her, like this.

But I ended up with one

mediocre boy.

You could've had another baby.

Another kid might've turned

out just as bad.

Don't say 'bad'

How about this?

It's very expensive.

Thanks for shopping with us.

What I went through when Tadashi was

born turned me off for good.

The hospital was old and

understaffed.

There was a baby boom in our town,

so there were hardly enough cribs.

It was chaotic!

You could've swapped him

for a baby girl.

Yes, I could have!

OK, let's get drunk.

Do you see Tadashi often?

We didn't meet much before, but...

six months ago, he had a physical exam

and wanted me to do some tests.

I didn't know.

Some people came and did some tests

a few months ago.

Can we switch to the

all-you-can-drink deal?

- No, sorry.

- Too bad.

Why's switching to

a better deal so hard?

Good morning.

You smell of alcohol.

- Do I?

- Did you drink a lot?

It's just that we got along so well.

Who's 'we'

Well... it's a secret.

Was it a guy?

No, it wasn't.

What're you doing?

I just discovered something

incredible...!

What's that?

I had time to kill,

so I was drawing triangles.

Triangles?

I connected some dots and

I got triangles.

It would never happen to me.

Looking at the triangles,

I noticed something.

You carry a protractor with you?

- I bought it from 7-11.

- Do they sell them?

I measured all the angles and...

I found that, no matter the shape,

if you add the interior angles...

- It's 180 degrees.

- How do you know?!

- You learn it at school!

- Oh, you knew...

Did you ID the car?

I have his name and address.

Let's go.

Car Registration

Car Registration

He lives at 3-11, Yamato-cho.

He lives at 3-11, Yamato-cho.

Apartment Maison Ikaruga, #704.

His name is Shusuke Ochiai.

What a cool name.

It isn't cool at all.

Maison Ikaruga

Maison Ikaruga

What it all comes down to is fear.

Even arrogant punks

give in to fear.

He might not feel threatened.

- We'll make it supernatural.

- Supernatural?

We'll write messages on his

wall with blood...

saying, "Leave her alone."

We'll write in blood on the

windows and in the bathroom.

You're big on blood.

What about the blood?

Do you have red paint?

What's this?

Miracle Worker Ozaki's First Game

I photocopied this at the library.

You really are a big fan!

I told you about his high school days,

so I wanted to show you.

Look at this:

"3 Homers in 1 Game!"

- What's a 'homer'

- It means a homerun.

Wakaba, you know nothing

about baseball...

Were you picking up girls

on that day?

I can't remember...

I think I was at home.

It was my birthday.

- Was it?

- Yes.

And Ozaki's, too.

What?!

Yes, it says so right here.

"Ozaki hits 3 homers on..."

"August 21st, his birthday."

Really! You two share the

same birthday!

- You must feel like his twin!

- That's right.

That explains why you'd help

a girl on his behalf.

#704 is fourth from the end.

Over there.

Talk about supernatural...

- Are you OK?

- It's these shoes! It's like hopscotch.

- You always trip.

- It's these shoes.

It's not the same!

We're different.

- Hello.

- Hello.

They're playing us for fools.

I don't think that's it.

But they sure are schemers.

Any time something happens,

you call Mr Kurosawa!

Why did they lie?

Why are they mocking me?!

It's not about you.

Their target is Ozaki.

What?

- It's blackmail.

- I knew it.

What do you mean?

They probably planned to

extort money from Ozaki.

She might seduce Ozaki and

then the guy would show up,

and they'd blackmail Ozaki for money.

That girl looked like the

femme fatale type.

That's it.

They're trying to trick Ozaki,

I knew it!

Are you thirsty, Mr Kurosawa?

Anger gets me thirsty!

I'll get drinks.

Get some consomme-flavoured chips.

- Are you hungry?

- Anger gets me hungry!

Okay. You want chips,

Mr Kurosawa?

No, thank you.

I don't like snacks.

What's life without snacks...?

Okay, I'll be back.

How did you two get involved?

That's abrupt!

It just sort of happened.

"It just happened"?

Why do you ask?

Because he's kind of an oddball, so...

I wondered what it's like

to be with him.

You think he's odd?

He is odd, isn't he?

You're quite odd yourself.

- Don't you have a girlfriend?

- I don't.

Why not? You've got to

be popular with girls.

- I'm no good at empathising.

- That can't be true.

Back with the supplies!

Here.

They sound delicious.

- They are delicious.

- These aren't consomme!

Salted

Can you tell the difference?

Sorry, I've got the consomme.

Focus, or I'll kick your ass!

- Wait, I've changed my mind.

- How come?

Salted chips aren't bad at all.

Seriously, I wanted consomme,

but I noticed salted tastes great.

It was a mistake for the best.

What?

Nothing.

Any problem?

No, there's no problem.

What?

Why are you crying?

You wanted the salted chips?

We can swap, then.

Mr Kurosawa...

Tadashi's acting weird.

Why are you here?

We smelled a gas leak,

so we let ourselves in.

You can't do that.

I'm calling the police.

- Did you say the police?

- I know them...

She knows that we're not from

the gas company.

- What's going on?

- That's what I want to know!

You asked Ozaki for help

with a stalker,

but you're with the man who's

supposed to be stalking you.

- It makes no sense.

- No sense at all.

I think you wanted to

give Ozaki some trouble.

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