Monster Volume 11 : The Dead Angle Chapter the Eighty-Eighth The Monster's Afterimage - Page 31 - Nepela: This is the largest scandal since the founding of the Czech Police!! Chapter 88 : The Monster's Afterimage Nepela: Beginning with the murder of Inspector Zeman, and now the poisoning of Chief Hamrik, Agent Patera and Agent Janacek... Furthermore, investigations have now shown they were linked to the former Czechoslovakian secret police! - Page 32 - Nepela: With this out of the way, I hope that it will be the end of any black connections with the Prague Station. But I know that there is great power in the shadows trying to lure you into its grasp. You are all members of the proud and just Czech police force. I expect your actions to speak well of it!! Furthermore, I must begin to make sweeping changes as our new chief, in order to win back the trust of our people!! I will now introduce a special five-man investigation team sent to us by the government. I want you to cooperate with them so that we can get this heinous series of events settled and behind us!! - Page 33 - Nepela: Agent Suk... right? Suk: Yes, Chief Nepela!! Nepela: Your investigation into these events lead to the exposure of a corrupt officer in our station. As the new station chief, I would like to extend to you my gratitude for your work. Suk: T... thank you, sir. Nepela: Now, what case are you currently working on? Suk: The murder of Petrov, the unlicensed orphanage owner. The same case Inspector Zeman had been in charge of. Nepela: I see... - Page 34 - Nepela: I want you to continue giving that investigation your full attention. Suk: Yes, sir! Nepela: Oh... and one more thing! This tall man suspected in the killing of Inspector Zeman... Do you know anything more about him? Suk: N... no, I haven't discovered anything else about him... Nepela: I see... You may return to your duties! Suk: Pardon me. - Page 35 - Nepela: Jan Suk... one year of service at the Prague Station... Always had a close friendship with Inspector Zeman from the start... Suk: (tmp)(tmp) (tmp) Nepela: Discovered the backgrounds of both Patera and Janacek... Met with Chief Hamrik directly before his death... Mark that man! Agent: Yes, sir! - Page 36 - Suk: (TMP)(TMP) Chapter 88 : The Monster's Afterimage [Republic Square, Prague] - Page 37 - Grimmer: Hiya... Suk: Oh... I was quite happy to actually reach you at the hotel phone number you left me. Grimmer: Did you think you'd been betrayed again? Suk: Nah... Grimmer: Orange juice!! Suk: Mr. Grimmer... Are you sure you should be out in such a visible, crowded place? Grimmer: Am I sure...? - Page 38 - Suk: The new chief hasn't removed you from suspicion of Inspector Zeman's murder. Plus... those Czechoslovakian secret police are after you too, aren't they? Oh... maybe you're thinking that an open space like this is safer... Grimmer: There's no such thing as a safe place. Suk: Huh? Grimmer: If they want to get me, they can do it anytime, anywhere. For example... That window... - Page 39 - Suk: Who are you really, Mr. Grimmer? Grimmer: Just an unsuccessful journalist. Suk: But... But why would they do this to you...? Grimmer: I guess I overstepped my bounds, hehehe... Suk: It isn't funny! Your life is in danger... Grimmer: No... it's all right. I overstepped because I WANTED to. Agent: Suk is currently at a cafe in Republic Square. - Page 40 - Agent: He is indeed meeting with a tall, skinny man... undoubtedly Grimmer. Shall I let him continue this way a little more?! Suk: So you came looking for material on Petrov, who had been doing brainwashing experiments on children in East Germany... Grimmer: Yep... Suk: And right before he died, Petrov left you the key to a safety deposit box... Is the experiment data in the box? Grimmer: Yep... And he said something about the "monster's history"... Suk: Monster's history...? Grimmer: I don't know what it means, but apparently a lot of people want it... Suk: The former secret police? Grimmer: And a blond woman... - Page 41 - Suk: The kids at the orphanage said that too. That right outside the house, before Petrov died, they saw "a pretty blond lady"!! Do you know who that could be? Grimmer: I haven't the slightest idea... Are you gonna be okay? Suk: Huh? Grimmer: You didn't tell your bosses you're meeting with me, did you...? Are you sure you want to betray the police this way? Suk: I'm not hiding anything. It's my investigative discretion. I will deliver a full report when I am finished with the investigation. - Page 42 - Suk: If I search hard enough, I'm sure I'll be able to prove your innocence! What is it? Grimmer: Don't look to your left just yet. Suk: Huh? Grimmer: Slowly. The guy reading the newspaper under the parasol to your left... something's wrong! - Page 43 - Suk: Secret police...? Grimmer: Maybe... Okay then!! Shall we go? Suk: Go...? Go where? Grimmer: You brought that deposit box key, didn't you? Suk: Yes, I did! Grimmer: Don't you want to know who this "monster" is...? - Page 44 - Suk: Oh... yeah! Grimmer: Then let's go! Although you might be better off not knowing. Hahaha, lookin' pale there! - Page 45 - Grimmer: That woman just passed through my vision of sight... Suk: Is something wrong? Grimmer: N... no. - Page 46 - Grimmer: Probably my imagination... Agent: Suk's on the move. I'll follow him! - Page 47 - - Page 48 - [Prochazka Bank] Suk: Suk, from the Prague Police. I called you earlier. Clerk: Please wait a moment. - Page 49 - Clerk: Sorry to have kept you waiting. Right this way, please. Suk: Whewww... Clerk: Here are the deposit boxes. Suk: (tmp)(tmp) - Page 50 - Key: (click) Clerk: You may verify the contents in that room over there. - Page 51 - Suk: A data report and a cassette tape... Well, I've got a tape recorder... (click) Okay, here we go! Tape: (click) (shrrr shrrr) - Page 52 - Tape: Where are we? Kinderheim 511... Suk: A child's voice... Tape: What is your name...? My name is... Johan. - Chapter 88 Owari -