Monster Volume 7 : Richard Chapter the Fifty-Third In Broad Daylight - Page 51 - Richard: It's fine...?! What do you mean, it's fine, Mr. Schuwald? Schuwald: I mean the investigation I hired you for is to be discontinued. Chapter 53 : In Broad Daylight Richard: Wait a minute, please. True, the investigation of Karl Neuman is over. He is your son. The child born of you and the prostitute Margot Langer. Schuwald: And I thank you for that. - Page 52 - Richard: N... no, but wait! Not all has been solved yet. There is a possibility that the death of Fahren, who CLAIMED to be your son, was not suicide!! The person who was controlling Fahren still isn't clear!! Schuwald: All has been resolved. Door: (knock knock) Karl: I've made some tea, Father. Schuwald: Good! - Page 53 - Karl: Ah... good day. Schuwald: Would you like some...? Richard: Oh... no, I'll be fine. Schuwald: Good work. Just send me your bill. Karl: This is nice weather. Schuwald: Yes... nice weather... Karl: Johan is coming, too. Schuwald: Aaah, Johan's coming. - Page 54 - Richard: (za...) {Amazing... That icy, unapproachable, untrusting man... has found a son, and now... he's turned into a happy-go-lucky soul... That smile... was not the smile of the "Vampire of Bayern"...} "Aaah, Johan's coming"...! - Page 55 - Chapter 53 : In Broad Daylight - Page 56 - Reichwein: ...so you're currently trying to locate this dog. Richard: Yes... But it's only a matter of time. I will find the puppy. It seems my client's recently-divorced husband carried it off. Reichwein: Ahahaha, parental custody of a puppy is a tricky problem! Richard: You're tellin' me... Reichwein: Pardon me, I'm going to have some wine. - Page 57 - Richard: Go right ahead. I've got my water. Reichwein: Even with a bit of a break in your work, you don't seem concerned about liquor at all. Richard: Yes, I'm fine on that point. Reichwein: That point?! Is there something else to be worried about? Richard: Well, I do silly things when I'm not occupied. Reichwein: I see... Richard: I look at the personal scrapbook from my police detective years. The one about unsolved cases... Reichwein: Aha! ...and how does looking at it make you feel? Richard: It hurts! This murder, that murder... Such-and-such's accomplice is still living out in this corrupt world we call home... - Page 58 - Richard: And I'll never complete them. Because of my lack of ability... Reichwein: You have ability... but Richard! You identify with your cases far too much! Your irritation at not being able to read a criminal's heart leads to frustration... Richard: And then alcohol... Reichwein: Exactly! Waiter: Here is your food. Reichwein: Ahh, wonderful! I don't think it's a bad thing. Looking at your old scrapbooks... Richard: It only irritates me further. - Page 59 - Reichwein: No, you're fine. I want you to use your current viewpoint to express what you feel when you look at them. You shot that young serial murderer while you were drunk. You are prepared to face that truth with all openness. But you're still trying to escape remembering your feelings as you pulled the trigger. You still see him, don't you? The image of that boy... Richard: Yes... - Page 60 - Reichwein: When all is made clear... when it comes into broad daylight... That ghost will disappear. - Page 61 - Richard: When it comes into broad daylight... huh! - Page 62 - Richard: "Murder Case of Holmer the Accountant"... The victim, Joachim Holmer, had a solid career... Never got involved in any dirty business... Not the type of guy to attract the hatred of others. And he was stabbed... no signs of robbery... "The Voice of God Murder Case"... Victims were a former housekeeper and driver... In both crime scenes, a scribbled message reading "I have heard the voice of God" was found on the walls... "Murder Case of the President of Dornach Co."... The body of Lute Gauk, an asset holder well known even in Bayern, found in Hartholtz Forest. - Page 63 - Richard: "Murder Case of the Spilars"... Middle-aged couple found drowned upstream the Izar River... A BKA agent took the reins for this case... The BKA was investigating it as part of a series of murders of middle-aged couples occurring all over Germany... The critical reference, a Japanese doctor, is still on the run... Ahh well!! (click) I've worked on every single one of those until I nearly fell apart... And then came liquor... the more unsolved cases, the more I drank... - Page 64 - Richard: But now... it's not like back then... I get it... the doctor was right. This is what it's like to think without alcohol... Mm... Huh?! W... wait a minute... Think, think... Thin... - Page 65 - Richard: Someone's watching me from that window... - Page 66 - Richard: Gah! [Dr. Reichwein Counseling Center] Reichwein: ...and? What had you recalled at the time? - Page 67 - Richard: Well... that's the problem. I remembered something, but... Reichwein: The sight of that boy's ghost pushed the insight right out of your head? Richard: Yes... Reichwein: Nothing to rush here! That insight will come to you again. Richard: What did I remember...? (tmp)(tmp) Some very important key that would solve one of those unresolved cases... (tmp)(tmp) - Page 68 - Richard: Just my imagination... (tmp)(tmp) (tmp)(tmp) (tmp...) (tmp) Who's there?! - Page 69 - Richard: Who is that?! Who's following me?! (TMP)(TMP)(TMP) (tmp) {It's the same... as before...!! (tmp)(tmp)(tmp) The same way I chased him through these alleys...} hahh hahh - Page 70 - Richard: {And then...} - Page 71 - Richard: Forgive me for disturbing you so late, doctor... Reichwein: No, if you feel like telling me something, I don't mind at all! Richard: When it happened, I saw into that boy... And I realized that it does exist in this world... True evil... That's why I... I sh... - Page 72 - Richard: I shot him. Reichwein: There! Well said. This is where your true recovery begins! Richard: There's more... I remembered... Reichwein: Hm? Richard: That thing that floated in my head for an instant... All those unsolved cases I agonized over were all... Part of a single case. - Chapter 53 Owari -