Monster Volume 6 : The Secret Woods Chapter the Forty-Ninth The Leftover Mystery - Page 171 - [Dr. Reichwein Counseling Center, Munich] Reichwein: And you haven't had a drink since then, correct?! Richard: Not at all! Not one... Chapter 49 : The Leftover Mystery Reichwein: Good!! You can pull yourself back together again as long as you stay away from the alcohol. Richard: As long as I keep meeting with you once a week, I won't be drinking any! I'm afraid of your thunder... Reichwein: Thunder?! No, this is called counseling!! Richard: I don't even have the TIME to drink. I've got my first big case since I decided to switch careers to a detective... Reichwein: Big case? - Page 172 - Richard: What do you think of this man, Doctor? Chapter 49 : The Leftover Mystery - Page 173 - Reichwein: What about him? Richard: What do you think of him, with your skills of divination? Reichwein: Divination? Richard! You're not confusing me for a fortune-teller, are you? Richard: But that's your reputation. That you can tell a person's personality at first glance!! Reichwein: That's experience from meeting with clients for many years!! Richard: Well, use that experience to tell me if this man is a swindler or not. Reichwein: Swindler...? Hmm, certainly not! Richard: I see... Reichwein: That's not the face of a man who could swindle others! He's the type who'd break down if he actually tried. - Page 174 - Richard: Aha... The type who could possibly kill himself? Reichwein: He wouldn't do that, either! A man like this would hardly commit suicide. Richard: Spoken so firmly, I feel the persuasion of your divination... Reichwein: It's a result of experience!! So... what about that man? Richard: Doctor, do you know of... Hans Georg Schuwald?! Reichwein: Schuwald? Yes... the rich one... the "Vampire of Baerlun". - Page 175 - Richard: Right, he's the one who hired me. The man in the photo... Edmund Fahren, passed himself off as the man's son... Reichwein: Hmph, and then he gave up and admitted his guilt, right? Richard: No, Schuwald totally fell for it. It was quite a crafty trick. It took me quite some time to determine that he wasn't actually the son! But there is still a mystery left! Why did he know the history of Schuwald's son so well, well enough to fool Schuwald himself...? Reichwein: Well, you could just ask him yourself. Richard: But the thing is, this man has committed suicide... - Page 176 - [Munich Police Station] Richard: Oh, come on Martin... are we not old friends? (clack)(clack) Just show me Edmund Fahren's last note. Martin: We've checked the handwriting. We know it's his! (clack)(clack) There's no need to show an outsider like you! Richard: Fine, then let me ask you about these two. The first witnesses, Karl Neuman and Lotte Frank... They were fellow workers with Fahren, correct? Martin: They're just friends. Richard: Just friends... - Page 177 - Richard: How are you guys doing, same as always? Martin: Yes, we never have enough men. There's been no rest ever since I took over your position. Richard: Hehehe... So "Martin the Slowpoke" is a big-shot now. Martin: Please stop calling me that. We are no longer boss and worker! Richard: Hey now, Martin... Martin: You don't understand the trouble we went through. After all the time we spent tracking that serial murderer, we were about to arrest him... And you shot him in a drunken stupor... The trouble we had cleaning that affair up... - Page 178 - Martin: May I ask you to leave? We don't have the time to deal with a simple suicide! Richard: Oh... I'd like to go check out the scene... You've got the place preserved, right? Martin: It's not a real case, so we've already had permission to clean it out. I think they're vacating the victim's apartment today. Richard: Christ!! When did "Martin the Slowpoke" get so damn crafty?! - Page 179 - Richard: Hmmm... Landlord: They'll be by to pick everything up soon. Richard: Ah... It'll only be 2 or 3 minutes! Made it in time... He hung the rope from that pipe... And he wrote his last words at this desk... - Page 180 - Richard: Writing an essay... "Bergson's Evolutionary Philosophy and Consideration of the Time Axis"... what the hell is that? "Birth of a Tragedy"... "Process and Reality"... "Worldview"... looks like he was a philosophy student! Here's some books about Berkson... They must have been materials for the paper he was writing... This is the "History of the Gallic Wars"... why is that one unrelated book there...? Spanish?! No, Latin... Can't read it at all! (flip flip) - Page 181 - Richard: This difficult text, and yet only that one spot is underlined...? Movers: 204... this is it!! Hey, get some more boxes!! Richard: Good work, guys!! (knock knock) - Page 182 - Student: Yes? Richard: I'd like to ask you some things about next door... Student: I've already told you guys everything I know. Richard: No, I'm a detective, not a policeman. Student: I don't care who you are!! I have a report due tomorrow. And because of all the ruckus I haven't been able to concentrate at all!! Richard: Okay, okay, just one question! Were these two people close to Fahren? Student: I don't know, I've never seen them around here. He... didn't have too many friends... Richard: I see... Student: Is that it? - Page 183 - Richard: AH!! W... wait, one more thing!! Student: Why can't you leave me alone?! Richard: Could you translate this for me? This underlined bit!! Student: Huh?! You must be kidding!! This is your fault if I lose my credits!! Richard: Thanks... Student: Let's see... "can't"... "any longer"... Richard: Mmm-hmmm. Student: "pretend"... - Page 184 - Richard: What does that mean...? Student: I don't know! Would you leave?! Richard: "can't"... "anymore"... "pretend"... I get the feeling I've heard it before... Karl: (tap)(tap) (creak) - Page 185 - Johan: Do you like coming here, too? Karl: Oh, it's you... Johan... - Page 186 - Johan: Come up here, the view is much better. Karl: Sure. T... thanks. Whoa!! Kinda scary... Johan: Nothing to be afraid of. - Page 187 - Johan: Go like this... Karl: H... hey, stop that!! Stop, it's dangerous! Johan: Do you come here often? Karl: Y... yes. This is about the time all the house lights start coming on. - Page 188 - Karl: The families come home... It smells like dinner everywhere... It's what I wished for... Johan: Wished for...? Karl: Yeah... I didn't have anything like that when I was a boy... What was your family like? - Page 189 - Karl: Oh... I... I'm sorry! Did I say something to hurt your feelings?! Actually... when I was little, I was adopted by foster parents... Johan: Would you let me hear about it? Karl: Huh? Johan: Your story... - Page 190 - Richard: Well I'll be damned!! This is it!! "I can't pretend any longer"... Fahren's last words... No... They weren't his last words! He was just translating that passage of the book... Karl: ...and that's the story of my life... Kind of gloomy, isn't it... - Page 191 - Karl: It's strange, with you I feel I can talk about anything. Johan: What you just said... Your rich father... Is that Schuwald? - Page 192 - Karl: Y... you're crying... For me...? - Chapter 49 Owari -