Mimi, bring me some water.
Yes.
Geez.
Vodka means water in Russian.
And you prefer it this way, right?
W-Wait a minute... Where is Kouki?
I gave him some work.
Work?
Business.
Hello.
Asougi Consulting
This is Asougi Consulting.
Are you doing your job properly?
E-Excuse me.
Is something wrong?
I can't find it.
Find what?
I'm very good at finding things.
I might be able to help.
I'm looking for an angel.
A stamp?
Sorry for not mentioning it earlier.
I am Saburou Kodaka, from the main office of Shinuma Funds.
Thank you.
Why is a large corporation like yours coming to us?
This isn't our speciality.
Wouldn't it be better to ask an expert about something like this?
It's a special stamp.
The Sutherland stamp.
We have heard rumours that the owner of this stamp lives in Shinjuku.
And that...
...this place has access to underground information.
You just have to find the owner.
We will conduct the negotiations.
Really, something like this—
Of course, we'll do it.
This place has the widest view of Tokyo's skies.
Here I feel like I could even find an angel.
P-Perhaps.
Will you...
...really help me?
Of course.
Why did you try to turn him down?
This says Secretary General Androvsky has decided to come to Japan.
He's coming here because the Berlin Wall fell. That's pretty tough.
Don't change the subject.
Even if we can't find it, we'll still get our per diem.
Isn't that a great job?
Is it...?
And of course, we do have some leads, right?
The Master...
Hi, Rin.
Hi. Where's the Master?
At his usual place.
Thank you.
Master.
Hi, Asougi.
There's something I wanted to ask you.
Do you know anything about the Sutherland stamp?
I'm the worst human being.
There are lots of people who are worse.
I should have stayed in academics,
but I went into the futures market.
Then the bubble broke, and I lost everything.
Even though I've ended up here,
I still can't discard my pride.
I'm the worst human being.
There's something else I can't discard, up here.
If there's something good about this life,
it's realising that the knowledge I carry is totally useless.
Even so, there are people like you who come to me in need of my knowledge.
Honestly, I am very happy.
Master...
Do you know about this?
I guess it was the right idea to talk to you.
The first stamp in Japan.
Published in 1871, the Ryuumon stamp.
Look at this.
The beauty of it.
This intricate pattern was made by hand.
The product of a craftsman's will and skill.
This is also one of those things I can't discard.
Even though I could probably get enough to live by if I sold it.
Really, I'm the worst human being.
It's not that there weren't any stamps before this one.
Eh?
That's the Sutherland stamp.
I heard this stamp was published in 1870 by the Sutherland Company,
but I don't know the details.
There are only a few of them?
That's right.
In the entire country, only about ten of them have been confirmed to exist.
That's a problem.
Only a few confirmed Sutherland stamps,
and we're looking for one that's already been used.
But a used one is less valuable, right?
Master?
Ah, sorry.
Sutherland stamps are different.
Every stamp that has been found up until now has been unused.
I don't believe that they were ever used as stamps.
It's hopeless?
Moreover, most that were found have a face value of one quarter.
There's only a single instance with a face value of one.
Totally hopeless, is it?
Whose request was this?
That's a bit...
You've been helpful.
No, I wasn't of much help.
Excuse me.
Yes.
Ah.
Is that right?
I've had an uneasy feeling in my chest recently.
I wonder why?
Of course I remember.
That's right. That's how it was.
That time too,
it was a night to make even the angels weep.
It's great!
I'm going to die!
You!
What's wrong?
This.
"Foreign Ministry employee killed in hotel"?
Look at the picture.
Jun Yahagi
Hotel
Him?
I am Saburou Kodaka, from the head office of Shinuma Funds.
His real name was Jun Yahagi.
Kodaka was a fake name.
A Foreign Ministry employee...
Something strange is going on.
Should we stop with just the advance payment?
Where are you going?
We have to work for the advance.
What's with that outfit?
I think it's going to be fashionable from now on.
Hey, have you been watching too many spy movies?
Don't look this way!
It's not funny.
I have to be really careful about this case.
Are the police involved?
You shouldn't look this way, right?
Exactly as you said.
I don't know why, but we can't even visit the crime scene.
Anyway, it's pretty bad.
I won't say any more.
Give it up this time.
It can't be helped.
It's a job.
Job?
What—
No, it doesn't matter. I didn't hear anything.
I'll tell people what you did last year.
Even that's better than this.
It must be really bad for Tamo to be that scared.
Rin.
I caught you at the right place.
It's terrible.
Master...
The stamps have something to do with this after all?
Someone followed me...
Thank you.
This is a nice place.
Do you use computers?
That's my brother's.
You have a brother.
He hasn't been back for a week.
You don't have to worry any more.
It's okay.
It'll be over soon.
A week ago, my brother said he would end it, and just left.
How many times will you die today?
How... does she know where I am...
Who is it?
That was probably...
...an angel.
She noticed me.
That angel must know where my brother is.
That's why I have to find it.
Did Apos send you?
What is it?
Um...
Are you okay?
Kouki.
Rin!
No...
Are you okay?
D-Don't come near me.
Please.
Don't look.
Please.
Aren't you drinking too much?
Must have been your first time.
Seeing that.
It must have been rough.
Why...?
Why did something like that happen?
We can't die.
You too?
Because of the Fruit of Immortality.
Why it has this effect,
or whether it comes from this world, we don't know.
But when it entered our bodies, we became immortal.
In a forgotten time, long ago, both Rin and I...
...were exposed to it before we noticed.
Usually, if I just told you all of a sudden, you wouldn't believe me,
but you saw it.
You should decide.
If you want to quit, Rin won't say anything.
I'm sure.
Me either.
I'm going home for today.
Mimi.
See you tomorrow.
Idiot!
Don't go back! Drink!
I already...
Shut up!
Are you saying you won't drink my booze?
Seriously?
Apos.
Quite an unpredictable queen.
Speaking of which, an angel was born.
That's a silly question, isn't it?
Of course I made it.
You hate angels, don't you?
Because you are...
...one of the immortals.
This is...
It can't be...
An angel.
Where's Rin?
Calm down.
The police have her in custody now.
The police?
But I heard the man who was killed was just a pimp.
I don't know.
Anyway, she's an important witness in a serial murder case.
That's...
What should I do?
Hey.
You've been working at Rin's place for a long time, right?
It's only been a year.
Even babies can leave the womb faster than that.
It's enough time for you to grow up.
Do your best.
You know these people, right?
Like I said, I don't know anything.
A Foreign Ministry employee.
Female prostitutes.
Someone with a special relationship to them.
And a Chinese illegal immigrant.
These seemingly unrelated people have something surprising in common.
What's that?
I was thinking you'd tell me that.
4 new colors Now on sale!!!
Did you find the angel?
Not yet.
Ow-Ow-Ow...
Man up.
It's an honourable wound.
That Yanagisawa was mean.
Telling me to do my best just because he couldn't act.
Yanagisawa?
Ah, Tamo.
So, did you learn something?
The Chinese man who was killed, Lee.
He belonged to a Chinese Snakehead mafia.
When I was looking into that...
This happened.
Ouch!
Not only illegal immigrants,
they're also involved with other smuggling activities.
Anything in common with the other victims?
Well, the pimp might be related, but...
I don't think the Foreign Ministry employee is related.
What about the Sutherland stamp?
I couldn't figure that part out either.
It's like a jigsaw puzzle.
Eventually we'll find a new piece,
and maybe the picture will become obvious.
Another murder?
Probably.
Interrogation Room
You can go home.
You're releasing me?
We're not holding you in custody any more.
Someone else got killed.
Don't do that again!
Doing that on purpose.
An American named James McAndrew.
Thank you.
Shut up!
A grasshopper.
A kiddy drink that tastes like toothpaste.
You can say whatever you want,
since I haven't had a request from you in a long time.
And?
It's going to be expensive.
Give me that.
Hey.
Where is the info?
You're so mean.
Who's the mean one?
If you want this...
You'll have to get it yourself.
I'm back.
Welcome back.
Rin.
I was so worried!
We got a call from Yanagisawa that you'd been released,
but you didn't come back.
Sorry.
Thank you.
It looks like we can see the picture at last.
You met that woman, right?
I hate her.
Her information's expensive.
This time it was worth it.
The victim last night, James McAndrew, was quite an infamous guy.
Alexander Koschiuszko?
A radical Stalinist.
A member of the Red March.
Don't tell me...
Probably.
Um...
I don't see it at all.
You know that Secretary General Androvsky is pro-Western, right?
Yes.
He's popular in the west,
but lots of people inside the Soviet Union are unhappy with him.
The Red March.
It's an extremely violent faction.
They're trying to eliminate the reformist Secretary General,
and to uphold Communism.
Even if they need to do it by force.
Then... in other words...
Assassination.
What are you doing?
What? Calling the police.
We don't have any proof.
But...
The police know too.
There's nothing we can do.
A call from your girlfriend?
It's not like that.
My client.
Then go. Quickly.
Yes.
See you.
You drove Kouki away, didn't you?
You knew?
What happened?
Our natural enemy.
An angel?
That's right.
I saw him.
That's...
You weren't mistaken?
But you're okay...
No doubt about it.
My body reacted to him.
You know, right?
Also, the police haven't said anything about it officially,
but the word "Angel" was written in blood at every crime scene.
I saw it too.
I'm scared, Rin.
I...
It's okay.
I'll defeat him.
For our sake.
I wonder where the angel went?
I wonder.
I did look for him.
Really?
You don't believe that angels exist?
I-It's not like that.
Look into my eyes.
Do you believe in angels?
Believe...
The angel is your brother.
That image of your brother disappearing...
You came to believe that was an angel.
That's what I think.
I thought...
...you'd believe me.
That's what I thought.
Yuki.
Yuki!
Someone must've wanted the stamps.
Master.
I'm back.
Welcome back.
Direct mail?
Lucky, we can use this again if I peel it off.
Since it doesn't have a stamp.
Mimi!
Am I being too stingy?
No.
It doesn't have a stamp.
It's the Stamp!
Why didn't I think of that until now?
It's the Stamp!
No doubt about it.
Is something wrong with the postmark?
Don't you understand?
The assassin. The Stamp.
Ah!
The legendary assassin who asks for stamps as his payment!
That's it!
I thought he was only a legend. I didn't even think about it.
Now, surely,
the assassination of the Secretary General and the Sutherland stamp are linked, right?
What about the woman and the pimp?
Right, just to get to that Ministry guy, Yahagi?
It was to make him talk and cooperate.
What about the Snakehead?
Must be a request to smuggle something.
Smuggle what?
I don't know, but probably something big.
Then, who is killing the conspirators?
In other words, who's the angel?
You are...
I don't know anything.
Someone asked me.
Here, I'll give this back to you.
Please, let me go.
I didn't tell anyone about you, and I won't say anything either.
Okay?
That's right. Let's do something fun.
You want to do what we were doing that time, right?
Okay? Here, leave it to me.
Now...
Brother!
Brother, wait!
No! Brother!
Brother...
Sorry.
For calling you so late.
But you're the only one I can rely on.
It's okay.
It's like you said.
The angel is my brother.
No, that's...
No, listen.
My brother is the angel.
He became an angel, and came back.
That's why...
...you don't have to look for angels any more.
I've found my brother.
That's right.
So...
...goodbye.
This is...
Let me borrow your phone.
Now then.
This is your brother's, right?
Yes.
You might not know it, but it's not a good place.
I know.
After my brother started going to that place, he changed.
Is that right?
Bingo!
It looks like the disk has been formatted and erased,
but the data's still there.
He forgot to delete it?
You know,
this is a 16-bit, 40MHz CPU, with 128MB of memory.
Only the hard drive has been expanded to 300MB.
Do you think a user like that would forget to delete things?
Of course it was done on purpose.
I don't really know about computers, so...
Probably.
Now then, what do you think the password is?
There's only one, right?
Right.
"Angel."
Secretary General Androvsky Security Details Regarding Visit to Japan
Bingo again.
This is...
Looks like information from the police and the Foreign Ministry.
Yahagi got his hands on this.
Your brother must be a skilled hacker.
I don't know.
My brother never told me anything.
We'll leave this to you.
Kouki, come with me.
Yes.
She asked you to look for an angel, right?
Sorry.
I meant to tell you.
It's okay.
Recently, Mimi told you about the Fruit of Immortality, right?
Yes.
When the Fruit of Immortality enters your body, you become immortal.
But that only applies to women.
Men...
...become angels.
Angels?
They're only called that because their appearance is similar.
They're not real angels.
Then, Yuki's brother is...
Yes.
He really has become an angel.
Men who become angels acquire superhuman powers.
In exchange for that, they only live a short time.
A short time? How short?
I don't really know.
But probably about two or three weeks.
That's...
When they become angels, they lose their own will,
and act according to certain instincts.
Yuki's brother suppressed his instincts with a strong will,
and killed all those who tried to bring him down.
What is it?
That instinct.
Angels are our natural enemies.
Even though it's not right,
we immortal women are attracted to angels.
Attracted, you say.
Not... mentally.
Physically.
We're sexually attracted to them.
That's...
In simple terms, we want them to embrace us.
We can't help ourselves.
Angels search for immortal women,
embrace them, and then erase them.
That's why...
...when we find angels,
we must kill them.
But Yuki's brother is...
No matter who it is.
It's finally time.
Inspecting
You're The Stamp?
Ah, continue.
I don't intend to interfere with your work.
I can see very well from here.
There's a faint smell of gasoline throughout the park.
The Secretary General is visiting a new city.
In order to make it to the next dinner party on time,
they're cutting through the park to get on the freeway.
The sewage that flows beneath them underground...
...has been mixed with gasoline and rigged with detonators.
That will cause an explosion there.
Then when the cars stop, you'll have your shot.
The Secretary General's car is probably armoured.
That's why you need an RPG.
And that's why you needed help from the Snakehead.
Like I said, I won't interfere with your work.
But...
...can you give back the Sutherland stamp you received as your payment?
Secretary General Androvsky's car...
...is now leaving the Metropolitan Government Office.
The Secretary General is attending a dinner party...
...at the State Guest House tonight.
The Kuril Islands dispute, which has received a lot of attention lately, will be discussed tomorrow—
Stop that.
It's enough already.
You already killed everyone who tried to bring you down, right?
For your revenge...
for Yuki's sake...
No...
Don't come over here.
Brother...
I'll go.
You wait here.
Brother!
The park?
The angel is...
Rin, please.
Embrace me.
Angels...
...consume us all...
Yu... ki...
I'm sorry.
It's beautiful.
A Fruit of Immortality that has absorbed blood.
Apos.
I didn't think you'd be eaten by an angel.
Because you have that guy...
Stop that.
Don't you talk about him.
Well, it's okay.
Hey, can you give that to me?
It was you, after all.
Yeah.
He was worried about his sister, even when he was about to die.
I pitied him a bit.
You told him about Yahagi and the others.
I thought it would be a bit interesting.
How much longer do you intend to toy with humans?
Aren't you tired of living as a human being?
They're fools.
Doing meaningless things with their limited lives.
They're helpless.
I'm with them because they're helpless.
Because they only have limited lives, they try to live to the fullest.
Well, you could say that too.
Go away already.
Looks like I'm really hated.
I can't maintain this.
Rin!
Are you okay?
Where is Shougo?
You can see this too, right?
A Fruit of Immortality that has absorbed human blood.
This?
Then...
Rin?
Leave me alone.
Ken, thank you for waiting.
Not yet. I'm saving it.
What happened here?
What was that?
For something like that...
I made a mistake in my life.
"Good things will happen as long as you're alive."
I won't say something like that.
But only you can give meaning to your life.
It's okay. I know.
My brother is dead, right?
This is...
The last thing your brother left behind.