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if I have to go back there.

That's the only reason I

stayed with you, Robert.

Can I make it any clearer than that?

Look at her, Tara.

Take another look at Emiko.

You knew her, Tara,

when she was, oh, what shall we say?

When she was an ordinary woman.

Not a bad looking woman.

Remember?

Can you hear me, Emiko?

Can you understand what I'm saying?

You think I'm heartless, don't you, Tara?

You like to pretend to be

a woman without a soul,

but these things really

bother you, don't they?

I think you forget that Emiko

was my first human experiment.

That she begged me to

try the enzyme out on her.

And when I wouldn't, she took it herself.

And you forget that my

brother, Genji, volunteered,

after I gave him full warning.

I know all that.

Is that supposed to excuse you?

I don't have to make

excuses to anyone, Tara.

I'm just trying to

remind you of something.

Your very good friend, Larry Stanford,

is going to change completely.

Nothing can stop that now.

I might be able to separate his new self,

but I'm not gonna take that chance.

Do you know what that means, Tara?

It means when he changes

he'll be an alien thing,

a species that's never

walked this earth before.

Do you think they'll let

a thing like that live?

Do you think anybody will?

Think it over, Tara.

Ask yourself if you can

afford to fall in love

with a monster like...

Like Emiko, the woman

who used to be my wife.

Come in.

Hello Larry.

I'm glad we found you in.

Any reason why you wouldn't?

Put out the sputtering fuse, will you?

Are you gonna ask us in?

All right, come in, you

know where the drinks are.

This is my friend Dr. Jennsen, Larry.

I happen to be with him tonight,

and asked him to come along.

I hope you don't mind.

Why should I?

Hi doc.

How do you do?

Larry, I think you can guess

why I wanna talk to you.

I think you know your behavior lately

has not been exactly like your old self.

Now, listen to me Ian...

Don't blow your cork.

I've got a couple of

questions I mean to ask

whether they're my business or not.

All right, go ahead and ask it.

First question.

Do you remember when I saw you in a bar

after that old Buddhist

priest was murdered?

You had a string of Buddhist

prayer beads with you,

and you never did say why.

Now, I suppose this is far fetched,

but I couldn't help feeling

there was a connection.

Now, tell me the truth, Larry.

Did you accidentally see the

murder or something like that?

Did it set you off, put

you in that rotten mood?

Yeah, I'll tell you the truth, Ian.

I don't know what you're talking about.

All right.

Second question.

Do you realize that your behavior lately

has had every aspect of

a man flipping his lid?

What are you trying to say, Ian?

Larry, Dr. Jennsen is a psychiatrist.

The best in Tokyo.

That's why I brought him.

I'd like you to let him talk to you.

World Press will pick up the bill.

So you're a witch doctor, eh?

Well, some people do call us that.

I can see right now that your case

would be most interesting.

Here's my card.

What about an appointment

tomorrow morning?

Say 10 o'clock?

Get out of here, both of you!

Doc, you go and rattle

your bones somewhere else.

I gotta look after my own problems.

You shut up and get out of here!

Just let me alone, that's all.

Get out!

Just let me alone, that's all!

Just let me alone!

Leave me alone!

Hello, police.

This is Dr. Jennsen.

Akasaka.

Five.

One three two.

Please send police here immediately.

This is urgent.

All right, fellas, go

on back to the office

and write this up.

I'll see you in about a half an hour.

I'm afraid I've got a

personal interest in this

from the Superintendent.

I knew Dr. Jennsen very well.

Mr. Matthews, I'm going to ask a favor.

I wish you wouldn't print

this story just yet.

Print it, now wait a minute.

Dr. Jennsen was internationally known.

This is news.

Mr. Matthews, there's

a killer loose in Tokyo.

The worst known in 30 years,

and I've gotta stop him.

Now, so far we've reported

every murder he's committed.

This time I want to throw him off guard.

Perhaps he'll wonder

why it wasn't reported.

Perhaps he'll come back.

When you say don't print this story,

you're asking quite a bit.

I have a responsibility

to my readers, you know.

You also have one to

your friend, Dr. Jennsen.

Believe me, Mr. Matthews,

I'm determined to catch this murderer.

I have to answer to my own superiors,

and if I don't catch him,

I'll be obliged to resign.

Well, I'll hold off for the time being,

but you can't keep a thing

like this quiet for long.

Tomorrow, there'll be a press conference

in my office at five o'clock.

I'll try to have something

more definite for you by then.

All right, and perhaps by that time

I'll have something for you.

Larry.

Larry, are you here?

Larry.

You must be the cleaning woman.

Gentlemen, the killings

have been at these places.

Usually, we get a pattern

from something like this,

but not this time.

He seems to strike

blindly, without reason.

That's a very impressive

map, Superintendent.

But just exactly what are you

doing about these murders?

Well, we've doubled the police on duty,

and every officer carries extra arms,

and we've deployed our men

so that reinforcements are always nearby.

I'd like to know, sir,

when do you expect to catch the killer?

I'm sorry, I don't know.

If we could find a pattern,

I might be able to estimate,

but this killer,

well, he doesn't even seem to be human.

Anymore questions, gentlemen?

Is that all you've got for us?

That's all I have right now.

Well, thanks, Superintendent.

The next time you call us in,

I hope you've got more of a story.

Well, Mr. Matthews, I suppose

you're not satisfied either.

Superintendent, I've come to a decision.

Not an easy one.

But I'm thinking of your men out there,

and all the others who may

shortly find themselves victims.

Yes.

I'm afraid I have something

very important to tell you.

Yes, it does look bad.

But still, you can never

tell about evidence.

It can be very deceiving.

Hi.

Hmm, hmm.

Well, he's killed someone else.

This time one of my policemen.

Are you sure it was the same killer?

No doubt.

And he got away again.

I just can't believe it was Larry.

Well, whether we're sure

of it or not, Mr. Matthews,

the time has come to

take some precautions.

Pick up Larry?

Yes, if we can find him.

Well, he's bound

to return to his

apartment sooner or later.

I suppose you can put a stake out on him.

I'm gonna handle this personally.

And I'd like you to come along.

Larry.

Larry.

There he goes.

What happened?

He got away.

I think I know where

he's going, to Tara's.

Follow me.

All right.

Well, it's fortunate she wasn't here.

But I wonder where she went to.

He's gonna try and get her.

Still looking for that

pattern, Superintendent?

No, I'm afraid I'm just

trusting to luck now.

Superintendent.

Yes.

When you find him,

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