Monster Volume 13 : Escape Chapter the Hundred-and-Seventh Lawyer - Page 57 - Judge: ...I sentence the accused... to twenty years of imprisonment. Chapter 107 : Lawyer [My life changed the moment my father was found guilty...] [After WW2, my father moved to Germany from Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, and opened an appliance shop in Munich.] [Using that as a foothold, he opened the KWFM radio station in 1949.] - Page 58 - [However, during the height of the Cold War in the 60's, while East and West engaged in a heated battle of information...] [My father was arrested in 1968, on charges of spying and the murder of a Parliament secretary.] [It was a huge shock to West German society, and became the largest spy trial next to the case of the Bauhofers after the war.] [He plead innocent, but was found guilty.] [He was sentenced to twenty years in prison.] [My mother died in 1971, after years of maintaining my father's innocence.] [My father drew his last breath in jail, in 1972.] [In 1973, while I was in high school...] [The snow between East and West began to thaw, and the media began to discuss the events of the Cold War.] - Page 59 - [My father was proven innocent.] [The goverment restored his good name, and paid me reparations.] [After I graduated from Dusseldorf University, I entered the famous Hoffman Law School.] [I proved my first client, Heinz Holliger, innocent and his charges were found false.] [Every case I represented after that ended with an innocent verdict.] [I... Fritz Verdeman, the "son of the spy", Stefan Verdeman...] [Was the star child of the legal world.] - Page 60 - Button: (click) Fritz: The radio station my father ran played this song at the start and end of everyday's broadcast. Man: "Over the Rainbow". I love this song. Living in East Germany, this song held a special meaning to many. It was a symbol of freedom and liberty. Fritz: My father died while in prison, maintaining his innocence... and to set his memory at ease... I want to become involved in all the cases I can that could possibly turn out to be false charges. - Page 61 - Fritz: I want you to tell me more. About Dr. Tenma... Chapter 107 : Lawyer - Page 62 - [Verdeman Legal Office, Dusseldorf] Door: (knock knock) Fritz: Ilsa, how was the maternity hospital checkup? Ilsa: Fine. The baby could come any day now. Fritz: Did you pass by a man in the lobby? Ilsa: Yes... is he the one who...? - Page 63 - Fritz: Yes... Alfred Baul... The lawyer who chose me as his partner in this next case. The one who said he wanted me to help him represent Dr. Tenma. Ilsa: I thought you turned down the Dr. Tenma case yesterday. Fritz: Yes... because the one who asked me yesterday was Hans Georg Schuwald. The man they call the "Vampire of Bayern". Why would a rich man like that want to protect Dr. Tenma...? I simply couldn't figure out how it fit together, which is why I declined the request. But after the story Mr. Baul told me, the reasons are entirely clear. Ilsa: What reasons? - Page 64 - Fritz: The ones who brought this case to Mr. Baul... were patients whose lives were saved by Dr. Tenma. Ilsa: Ohh... Fritz: Dr. Tenma... was a fabulous doctor, that much is certain. Between Schuwald's request and the patients' request, the one similarity... was that both entirely believed in Tenma's innocence. Ilsa: Why don't you accept? Fritz: Schuwald's terms called for large remuneration in the case of a victory, but the patients didn't want anything. Ilsa: If you were so concerned with personal advantage, I'm sure we'd be in a much larger building by now. (click) - Page 65 - Ilsa: Oh, listen. "Over the Rainbow"... Fritz: Turn it off. Ilsa: Huh? Fritz: Turn that song off. Ilsa: Y... yes, dear. Fritz: Let's go get some dinner. - Page 66 - Fritz: You have to eat two portions, for you and the baby. Ilsa: It kicks when I'm hungry. Fritz: So, what will it be? Ilsa: Let me think. [Dusseldorf State Police Station, Dusseldorf] - Page 67 - Tenma: ...and then he disappeared into the flames... In the fire at Munich University's Friedrich Emmanuel Library... That was the last time I saw Johan. - Page 68 - Tenma: Shall I start again from the beginning? I'll tell the truth. As many times as I need to... You're the fourth one... The fourth lawyer to see me in the interest of representing me in court. But all of them were concerned with simply making my sentence as light as possible. They all thought I was guilty. - Page 69 - Fritz: I can imagine. Tenma: But that's not what I want. I want... Fritz: Wait... While I was listening to your story, I was hit with a distinct impression. Just like... you didn't want to prove yourself innocent, you wanted to prove the existence of this Johan... that's what it seemed like to me. Tenma: That's right. Fritz: In that case, you don't need a lawyer. - Page 70 - Fritz: How does one defend a man who does not wish to be found innocent? It simply cannot be accepted... am I wrong? Dr. Tenma. What was the real beginning to this? Tenma: I told you, a boy who had been shot in the head was wheeled in... Fritz: No. Was there something that happened before that? Tenma: A Turkish woman... - Page 71 - <