Dead Mount Death Play (2023): Season 1, Episode 10 - The Emblem - full transcript

Young man, you must remember this well.

That is the emblem of the empire
where you will live from now on.

That is…

That's right.

The emblem used by Father was too simple.

So, when I ascended to the throne,
I personally redesigned it.

Cool, right?

That's…

the emblem of the empire
that was destroyed in my original world.

How?

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.



WHY WAS IT EXPOSED? WHY?

ANOTHER COMRADE BURNED BY THE "BUG"

SO WELL-INFORMED
WE NEED TO HIDE THIS

CAN'T HIDE IT NOW
DIDN'T WE DISGUISE IT AS GANG WORK?

DON'T ACT RECKLESSLY,
CAN'T EXPOSE THE SIGN, KILL SOLITAIRE

MAKE IT SWIFT AND PAINLESS

VENGEANCE COULD EXPOSE US

JUST LIKE THE INCIDENT FIVE YEARS AGO

What's going on?

Is that the sign mentioned earlier?

It seems there's no need
for me to hide it anymore.

It's slightly different.

Polka Shinoyama drew this?

Yes.



Since Solitaire directed this,

he has a connection with Mr. Hosorogi.

No, maybe a connection with the group
that Mr. Hosorogi was investigating.

Either way, the same sign keeps appearing.

At this point, five years after
Inspector Hosorogi's disappearance,

this can't be a coincidence.

It all must be connected.

Yes.

It may be that
Solitaire has his eyes on me.

He might've somehow seen
Polka Shinomiya tell my fortune.

It's too early to draw any conclusions.

We need to get information…

Ah, I finally found you! Tsubaki!

Ms. Yamada.

I know there's trouble going on,
but someone's looking for you, Tsubaki.

Me?

Who is looking for me?

The Metropolitan Police Department HQ.

Both the city and the police department

have said that the airships in this area
do not have a flight permit.

Hm, looks like there is more information
on the internet than on the news.

But I really went all out this time.

I even bought the blimps.

So,

how much is the information
that I'm looking for?

Three trillion yen.

Pardon?

It is worth three trillion yen.

It actually cost a bit more than that,

but I'll round it down
and give you a discount.

Hold on, hold on.

Isn't that strange?

Last time, you helped me hijack the radio
three minutes for 30 million yen, right?

As I said before,

I set prices according to
the money the customer has.

The money mentioned here

refers to the value of
the customer's life.

I don't understand.

So why does it cost three trillion yen?

According to my estimate,

if you do your very best
to try to obtain money,

I've estimated that you can earn
six trillion yen in your lifetime.

It's a simple calculation,

but this sign has the same value
as half of your life.

Please don't misunderstand.

This price is only for you.

If someone else came to
buy this information,

I would sell it for a few dozen yen.

Because for others,
the true meaning of this sign

would just be idle gossip.

It would be no different from
a piece of gum chewed to pass the time.

But you are different.

I guarantee you

that this information will be
a wonder drug that determines your fate.

This is no exaggeration.

However, improper use will destroy you.

I don't think three trillion yen

is too much to pay for this prescription.

I see.

I'll accept it as it is the opinion
of someone revered by the last generation.

But let's forget about the transaction.

That's a wise decision.

Since we've come this far,

it's boring to just listen to
the answer you give me.

I'll try to find the answer on my own.

But I still need to borrow your strength
in exchange for money.

I want to get a few blimps.
How much will they cost?

Using people as ropes to control balloons
is something worth learning from--

Huh? Did I hit it?

It missed. You can tell by looking.

Did I fail our mission?

I don't know, but I don't think
I'll get our reward.

We can't get any decent jobs
in Shibuya or Ikebukuro.

How about Shinjuku?

The intermediary agency there
has a good reputation.

My puppet was sniped 58 minutes
after the airship took off.

How did they know
that I was on that blimp?

Before this, only the police helicopter
could climb up high enough to see me.

In other words, within less than an hour,
an organization capable of sniping me

had already infiltrated the police.

Therefore, I am here
to challenge the audience.

The moment I revealed this sign,
someone wanted to assassinate me.

You could call them a secret society.

I bet they had a wonderful plan.

There are such dangerous things
in the world.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'm just as interested
in this sign as you are.

If you have any information on it,

I'll choose the few who provide
the best information

and give them 300 million yen.

As for whether
I will really fulfill my promise,

people who know what I have done so far
should know, right?

I'll tell you how to contact me later.

See you next time.

Oh, I forgot my farewell greeting--

THE LIVE BROADCAST HAS ENDED

The situation's gotten out of hand.

Yeah, what should we do?

Let's take one thing at a time.

What's the first thing to consider?

That's naturally…

Yeah.

Right, I want to hear an explanation.

Empires and reincarnations?

You're going to fill me in, right, Polka?

Yes.

CORPSE GOD

Last time on Corpse God,

Corpse God, or the so-called
Polka Shinoyama,

is a reincarnated human being.

In his previous life,
he was transformed into a court wizard

by the Byandy Empire,

which was an armed country
with no ambition to dominate the world.

A hundred years
after the empire's collapse,

the so-called Calamity Crusher,
the hero Shagrua,

defeated Corpse God.

However, Corpse God cast a spell…

and was reincarnated into
the body of Polka Shinoyama in Shinjuku.

He must fight for a stable life
against the uncertainty of the future.

That's how it is.

The soul of the real Polka is safe.

I will return his body later.

There's no way she'd believe all this.

It'd be better if she doesn't believe it.

It seems you don't intend
to tell me the truth.

Enough, I'm angry.

I see.

I believe what you said.

-You believe it?
-You believe it?

I could vaguely tell
that you are not Polka.

When you were doing the divination,

even when the police officer grabbed
your collar, you remained very calm.

Polka's not like that.

However, my mind is still a mess.

I don't want to believe
that Polka was killed by someone.

I need to take a bath to calm down

before hearing your detailed explanation.

Xiaoyu went out shopping. I won't tell him
about this, so please rest assured.

Her personality is
extremely difficult to understand.

Is it okay for her
to see the dancing bones?

I don't think she'd spread it around.

Can you erase her memories
if it comes down to it?

There is necromancy that drives a soul
to possess a target's soul

and remove a part of the memory.

You remove a piece of the target's soul
by using the other soul as a scalpel.

This approach causes
a chain reaction in the physical brain.

It's not the same system as

the brainwashing or interrogation magic
used by Geldwood.

Is it difficult magic?

Honestly, it's not too difficult.

But this is for people in my world.

If it is applied to people in this world,

a fatal mistake can leave them brain-dead.

We can't easily test it then.

If the target is clearly an enemy,

messing with them casually
to break their spirit might not be bad.

Did you manipulate
the memories of those thugs?

I made sure to be careful
to avoid leaving them brain-dead.

You can be quite frightening at times.

What's wrong?

You said I'm only frightening "at times,"
which made me a little happy.

Although I do feel a bit scared,

you're not as bad as
Misaki when you killed her.

Uh, where is she?

Misaki?

SHARK PEEK

What do you want from me?

I want to talk to you.

Talk?

Aren't you curious about
what was just said?

Curious about…

who killed Polka?

Or maybe you don't care,

because you already know?

Let's talk about sharks instead.

Don't change the subject.

If I said it was me who killed Polka,
what would you think?

Is that so?

I see.

You want someone to blame you, don't you?

Polka must have forgiven you.

After all, he is a kind child.

After seeing the man-eating shark
get killed at the end of the movie,

he would say he felt sorry
for both the person and the shark.

I'll ask you more about
what exactly happened later on.

But, although Polka has forgiven you,

you still cannot accept
his forgiveness in your heart.

So, you wanted to alleviate
your guilt a little

by having me scold you.

What a cunning child.

But it's okay. I forgive you.

I won't scold you.

You saw right through me.

You're like a detective.

Aren't you scared?

I'm the killer who cut Polka's throat
and killed him.

I'm not scared.

Why?

People who like shark movies are kind.

Huh?

We haven't known each other for long,

but I had fun talking to you
about sharks and shark movies.

Someone who can talk to me
about sharks and shark movies

couldn't be a bad person.

Even if you cut off
the heads of my family,

the sharks would forgive you.

MY FAMILY IS MORE UNHINGED
THAN I THOUGHT

POLKA SHINOYAMA'S SOUL CHOOSES TO ACT

AS IF HE HEARD NOTHING

THE SHARK DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING!

By the way,

you saved Kazuki and Shizuki.

It's not related, but that's
the second reason why I forgive you.

Really? That's not your main reason?

Ah, jeez.

I don't know what to say.

Then for now,

let's talk about sharks.

So,

I was originally going to test

whether Sayo was the one
who commissioned me to kill Polka.

But I failed.

However, I think Sayo had nothing to do

with the assassination of Polka.

Got it. What are you doing?

Are you an idiot?

From the conversation just now,

all I found out is that
she's messed up in the head.

That's rude.

I simply don't have much interest
in anything besides sharks.

So I wouldn't commission
someone to kill Polka.

Is there a connection between the two?

Basically,

if I wanted to kill Polka,
I would definitely feed him to the sharks.

That's surprisingly persuasive.
How annoying.

Did you soak the doll in hot water?

I didn't do that.

Sorry, I took Sharkborg
without your permission.

Living with someone like this
must not be easy for you.

I'm seeing that one for the first time.

I want to be family with all sharks.

Did you take this one in because you knew?

What… How could this happen?

I know you didn't know,

but I'm sorry to hear
he saw you get changed.

I don't care about that!

You don't?

I never thought a family member
would turn into a shark.

I thought there were two souls
fused together in that body.

Mr. Rozan said the same thing.

I understand now.

I'll lend my body to Polka.

Then you can turn me into a shark!

Why?

I CAN'T KEEP UP
THE SHARK DARES NOT SPEAK

POLKA’S SOUL STAYS QUIET

Speaking of which,

what should we do then, Polka?

This is a very important sign
to you, right?

There's no problem
with making this sign public.

But if there's a group who plans to
use this sign for something,

I must go meet them.

That sign is a precious memory of ours.

But if it's tainted and I sit idly by,

I can no longer live peacefully.

I got it.

The only thing we can do is investigate
to see if a shady organization

really is using that sign.

This might also be
a trap set by Solitaire.

So in other words,
that person named Solitaire

is a wizard from the same world as Polka?

No.

He wanted information about that sign.

That means that he's not from my world.

Can't you use something
like analysis magic to find out?

Analysis magic?

You know, the thing that shows you
someone's level, profession, or skills.

Isn't that the same thing as what you do
during my divinations?

Casting a spell on the customer's name!

Target identity revealed!

Could I be considered
an analysis magician?

I only know
the secret art of reincarnation

because I spent years learning it.

I don't know if there are other people
who have come to this world.

But these bones were summoned
from your world, right?

Yes.

I was surprised to be able to summon them.

For the bones, I just used whatever
was nearby temporarily for the spirits.

What I summoned was only the soul.

Are there more articulate souls?

There are.

However,

I freed almost all the souls before
the last church subjugation unit arrived.

Even so, there were still people
who continued to fulfill their contracts.

But how do I face those souls
once I summon them,

as someone who was
once considered a world calamity?

So, only memories…

Stop your whining.

When you want to summon them,
just summon them with a smile.

If they get mad or beat you up,

just apologize to them sincerely.

Will they really forgive me?

Please believe in those
who made a contract with you out of trust.

Sayo.

I'm sorry. I once suspected you were
the bad guy who wanted to kill Polka.

Also, if there is such necromancy,
there must be shark-related magic.

That's the most important thing right now.

What?

Are you trying to force
another conversation about sharks?

Indeed, there were people in the ocean
who could manipulate fish.

You don't need to go along with it.

In summary,

what we need to consider now
is how to deal with that sign.

Everyone has their own talent.

For something like this,
leave it to me, an analysis magician.

You really like that title, huh?

In that case,

according to that jerk Solitaire,

I'll start by investigating the police.

I CAN'T SAY MUCH YET,
BUT I HAVE MY SUSPICIONS

Really?

I CAN'T STOP YOU,
BUT BE CAREFUL IF YOU PURSUE THIS.

ALTHOUGH IT IS JUST A PART OF IT,

THE POLICE ORGANIZATION IS
MUCH MORE FORMIDABLE THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

Sorry for suddenly calling you here.

No problem. It's great to
have Inspector Habaki here.

I ended up returning here
after leaving my original jurisdiction.

I was hoping you'd pursue
a respectable career.

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

The director is a man of many faces.

Be careful not to be
overwhelmed by him. Go in.

Alright.

You're Tsubaki Iwanome,

the one in charge of
the Solitaire's case, right?

Yes.

You look more like
a male host than a police officer.

Well, your department's special.

As for the earrings and dyed hair,
I'll consider them as your disguise.

There's only one important thing.

Can you become a cog that
maintains the organization's operation?

I hope your cog can
mesh smoothly with mine.

POLICE DIRECTOR
JIROTAROU TAKANOSU

Is this the current police director?

Although judging people
by their appearance is bad,

he looks frightening.

He's so cool.

What's so cool about him?

Iwanome has been
frequently investigating Mr. Hosorogi.

HE USED AN INTERNAL POLICE COMPUTER?

Until a few years ago.

It seems he was punished for that.

It's in the records.

Meshing with the cogs?

I think it is not a problem,

Director Jiroutarou Takanosu, right?

After all, I'm very good at
cooperating with others,

unless a stone falls into
the gap between the cogs.

Are you referring to

Inspector Miyabi Hosorogi as a stone?

It seems I am right.

I can't agree.

Although he is still missing,
you refer to your superior as a stone.

To you, Hosorogi is as worthless
as a small stone on the road.

Right?

You're joking.

What I mentioned is not that person.

It's the dirty rat that cornered him

and is currently in this building.

I thought you would impulsively attack me.

But you turned out to be
unexpectedly calm.

However,

your words and deeds can hardly be
called calm, which is quite interesting.

I see.

I think the system will sound different
with your cog in the mix.

But you need to pay more attention.

Once I feel that the sound is dissonant,

I will not hesitate in the slightest
to destroy that cog.

I will keep that in mind.

By the way, one thing before we begin.

My name is not Jiroutarou, but Jirotarou.

Pronounced Jiro, not Jirou.

Don't drag it too long
when pronouncing it.

I'll keep this in mind as well.

The reason I called you here today

is because of the Phantom Solitaire case.

The police decided to reorganize
the investigation team.

And you have
an inexplicable connection with him.

Thus, I hope you can lead
the investigation.

SHINJUKU GYOEN

And then?

Is there any news from the police?

Yes, several people hacked into
the police's internal system.

Among them, one person has a clear goal.

This is really interesting.

Have you figured out
the signal source, granny?

Of course I have, young master.

It is in Shinjuku.

A diviner's shop with a recently submitted
application for a new business?

It seems I have to ask him
to predict my own future for me.