Monster Volume 5 : After the Carnival Chapter the Thirty-Seventh A Wonderful Holiday - Page 103 - [Nice, So. France] Chapter 37 : A Wonderful Holiday Muller: How would you like an ice cold Moscow Mule? - Page 104 - Barbara: Oh, thank you, Michael! Fritz: Haha!! Barbara: You should relax more. It's your hard-earned vacation time... Muller: Yeah. Fritz, I brought you some juice!! Barbara: Aren't you going to thank your father, Fritz?! Fritz: Thanks, mister. Barbara: Fritz!! Don't call him that!! Muller: Don't worry... He'll get used to me eventually. - Page 105 - Muller: This new art business is hard, but eventually I'll get into the swing of things... It's all eventual... Barbara: But it's all so sudden for me. Muller: Huh? Barbara: Coming to such a beautiful place... Living in such a wonderful house... Having such a generous husband to make me cocktails. (peck) Muller: Hehehe... Window: (glint) - Page 106 - Muller: Hey, can you feel something? Barbara: What? Muller: From that window across the way. As if something's watching us every once in a while... Barbara: No... don't try to scare me. Muller: Sorry... I know nobody's living there at the moment... Barbara: I heard from Mrs. d'Autrey... Muller: What? Barbara: There was a couple next door... A husband and wife, who were murdered about 20 years ago... They never found the killer or a motive. Ever since then, everyone who moves in leaves soon after. And that's what Mrs. d'Autrey told me. - Page 107 - Barbara: That there were ghosts in that house... What's wrong, Michael? Don't tell me you believe that story. Muller: Huh? Ha... haha... What a ridiculous tale... Ridiculous... - Page 108 - Roberto: Are you going out? Muller: Yes. Roberto: I'll get the car. Muller: Oh... no, it's fine. It's good to go out and walk about the town as a family sometimes. It's the middle of the day, there's only businessmen going shopping. I don't need a bodyguard. Roberto: I see... I think that will help Fritz attach himself to you better. Muller: That's exactly what I was thinking. Roberto: Good luck, father! - Page 109 - Detective: I walked long enough until my legs felt more like logs. Dusseldorf, Frankfurt... Heidelberg, all nice places to relax... Muller: Detective? The result of your search? Detective: Ah yes... (shuffle shuffle) Exactly as you said... The murder of the drug dealer at Heidelberg Castle is being treated as a separate case... the police are chasing Dr. Tenma in relation to the murder of the couple in town. But they haven't found any trace of him. - Page 110 - Detective: And Nina Fortner... the child of the couple... She is also unaccounted for at this time. Also, when he was summoned as a reference in the case, Dr. Tenma had this to say. A decade ago, a 10-year old boy whose life he saved through surgery killed the director and two others at a hospital in Dusseldorf... The boy's name was Johan... Later, Johan came forth to Dr. Tenma as a young man, and committed another murder right in front of his eyes... But a necktie belonging to Dr. Tenma is being used as evidence in the Heidelberg Castle murder case. Here's a rough summary of Dr. Tenma. You can look at the report for more detailed information. And then... regarding Mr. Messner... - Page 111 - Detective: He made it to Frankfurt. Muller: And... where is he now...? Detective: He has passed away. It was a random stabbing. About two months ago... It was determined that he got caught up in trouble from a drug deal... Muller: He... - Page 112 - Muller: When I was a police agent... Messner was my partner... Detective: I see... Mr. Muller, do you know... who the "Baby" is? Muller: "Baby"...? Detective: Mr. Messner got involved with drugs, and was dismissed from the police force. The one who saved him after that happened was the "Baby". He's like a leader of the Neo-Nazi movement in Frankfurt. It's not clear, but according to rumor, the "Baby" was the one behind the idea to burn down the Turkish neighborhood in Frankfurt this winter. - Page 113 - Detective: This case of arson was quite mysterious. It's already becoming something of a legend... You can choose whether to believe it or not. Muller: What are you talking about...? Detective: Well... it is said that the reason the "Baby" started this fire is to attract the attention of the leader of his organization, a certain young man. Muller: A certain young man...? Detective: However, that effort ended in failure, of course... Why do you suppose that is? - Page 114 - Detective: They say an Oriental man put out the flames. And the Oriental man's name was Tenma... Mysterious, isn't it? If that was Dr. Tenma, then this relates to the job of Mr. Messner's search, which you wanted done for a different reason. Muller: It's... just coincidence, isn't it? Detective: There is another coincidence. What is the name of the boy Dr. Tenma saved through surgery...? Muller: ...Johan. - Page 115 - Detective: The name of the young man whom the "Baby" was trying to raise as a leader... was also "Johan". - Page 116 - - Page 117 - Muller: AAAAAAH!! Barbara: What's wrong, Michael? A nightmare...? - Page 118 - Roberto: Aha, so THAT'S what you're after... Michael: Hey, Roberto... My life has been just like this chess pawn... Roberto: Is there something in the past that's bothering you? Michael: In the past... That phone call... - Page 119 - Michael: Everything in my life had been a failure until I received that phone call. [At the time, my partner Messner and I had sullied our hands selling some confiscated heroin...] [The caller knew all about it.] [If we wanted him to stay quiet, we had to follow his directions...] [All we had to do... was kill a certain couple...] [The Fortners, in Heidelberg... we didn't know what kind of people they were...] [All we had to do was kill them... and then we would be safe!!] - Page 120 - [That night, there was another... some kind of newspaper writer...] [Messner and I killed all three.] [We should have set up the crime to be Dr. Tenma's...] Muller: After that, we received a large bank deposit. A syndicate picked me up after I quit the force... And I was placed in this perfect spot right away... My work went well. The money I made was easily cleansed and retrieved legally... As much money as you'd make in a lifetime... In one year... - Page 121 - Roberto: And so you met your wife, and got out of that business... It's an enviable life. Muller: No... how could I get away from the syndicate that easily? Who was it? The person who called... The one who gave us all that money... Who was it that made all that money for us so easily? The one who controls my life... WHO IS IT?! - Page 122 - Muller: You have my thanks, Roberto. I'm sure a qualified bodyguard like yourself could find a much better job... but you still stay here to protect me... Roberto: Do you think you could take back that move just now, then? Muller: Huh? Roberto: Ha... Muller: Ahahahaha... I'm afraid I can't help you there. Roberto: Ooh, you're so tough. - Page 123 - Barbara: Okay, honey... we'll be back. Muller: Take care now. Fritz: Let's go buy some toys!! Barbara: Aren't you going to say goodbye to your father, Fritz? Muller: Hahaha, don't worry. He's only thinking about his toys right now. Fritz: Goodbye, Father!! - Page 124 - Muller: Roberto!! Has the detective called? It's about time for him to be here... Robertoooo!! - Page 125 - Muller: Ah... Ah... ROBERTOOOOOOO!! The detective... oh my God!! Come quick, Rober... Nina: (tap) Do you remember me? Muller: Y... y... you're... Nina: Yes... The daughter of the people you murdered, the Fortners. - Page 126 - Muller: Y... y-you killed him... Nina: You have to run away!! Muller: ROBERTOOOOO!! Nina: I've been watching from the window next door!! It was your bodyguard, Roberto, who killed this man!! You have to run away now! He's coming!! - Chapter 37 Owari -