Summary
: This computer is the only thing we can use in the room, so let’s get to it.
: “What is it?”
: “What a woman…”
: There’s a video that plays in the background here that consists of a lot of rapid-fire text. I took enough shots so that you can get the idea.
: “Plot stagnation” is a pretty good way to describe Persona 5.
: “It was made at this studio. About five years ago…”
: “Was it Kamui’s?”
: “Kamui designed it, and I put it together. How nostalgic.”
: “Kamui, huh…”
: Before we get any further into this scene, know that the first thing I did was contact Salty Vanilla about getting a version of this scene done with Big Dick Chinchilla doing the interrogation.
: “No.”
: I’d ask how she could be unaware, but then you remember that Sumio just kinda barged in here and started dumping his spaghetti all over.
: “Your relationship with Kamui. Kamui’s relationship with his three victims. There was a commonality not included in the file.”
: “?”
: “You’re beautiful.”
: I feel like Sumio should’ve let the chinchilla handle this.
: “What is that?”
: “It’s a fact.”
: “Are you hitting on me or something?”
: “After all this gets worked out…”
: “That might be nice…”
: “In that case, I want to take Kamui in as soon as possible. Please help us.”
: “With what…?”
: “You, too, are being targeted. It was thought that Kamui randomly targeted three women at first. However, when we looked into their backgrounds, we found that all of them had some sort of contact with Kamui.”
: “His counselor, his art school underclassman, and his client. They were all relatively close to him. And they were all beautiful… they may have been Kamui’s type.”
: “We think that the person most likely to be targeted next is you, Miss Shimohara.”
: “That’s interesting… does that sort of reasoning stand?”
: “It isn’t ‘reasoning’. It’s a gut feeling.”
: “Do these ‘gut feelings’ usually pan out?”
: “They actually tend to… I mentioned that I have a good nose. I have bad ears, though, so maybe it’s because of that, but my sense of smell is sharp.”
: “Not as sharp as a police dog, but… I know Kamui was here. I can almost see his image.”
: Well yeah, he worked here.
: “Really…?”
: “Yeah.”
: “How?”
: “While you were out…”
: “He broke in?”
: “It’s possible.”
: “Is that all?”
: “Or…”
: “…”
: I believe this interrogation has now reached peak awkward.
: “Maybe… he’s here!”
: “You’re pretty sharp. What a detective. You’re really good at your job, aren’t you?”
: “???”
: There’s a contact point on the closet…
: Uh… wow. Was not expecting to see that.
: “Yes.”
: “No way?”
: I’m picturing Sumio going “Dammit, every time I try to hit on somebody, this shit happens. Every time.”
: “Yes way.”
: “Kamui…”
: “I told him to stay hidden…”
: “You did?”
: “Yes.”
: “Why?”
: Uh, maybe it’s because he’s tied up and has a ball gag in his mouth? Just a theory.
: “The legend himself is right before our eyes.”
: “He’s keeping quiet.”
: " ‘Keeping quiet’ ? I get the impression that he can’t speak."
: “Aphasic deficit? Just like his medical report. Hyposthenic disorder…”
: Hyposthenic disorder isn’t a real thing - the word “hyposthenic” is just a fancy term meaning “weak”.
: “Damn. He’ll be taken away by the medical guys.”
: “We can buy time. We’ll lock down the station. I’ll prevent info from getting through to Central.”
: “Please do.”
: “We’re counting on you.”
: “What about the woman who found him?”
: “In the meeting room.”
: “How is she?”
: “Nothing particular to report.”
: “She doesn’t seem too shaken up. She’s got some balls on her, that one. She’d hold her own against Hachisuka.”
: “…”
: “Hachisuka, stay with her. We don’t know when she’ll suddenly lose it.”
: Yes, that seems like a brilliant idea. Let’s leave Chizuru alone with the lady who had Kamui bound and gagged in her closet.
: “Lose it?”
: “She says she locked Kamui up in order to kill him.”
: “Kill him? What are you talking about?”
: Metal Gear!? Actually, wait, this is only like a year after MGS1 so the meme hadn’t really set in yet.
: “Revenge. As her partner, he betrayed her. And he started killing again, too. Those three women…”
: “Then why didn’t she just hurry up and kill him?”
: “Yeah… the target of her vengeance was right in front of her. So if she wanted to kill him so badly…”
: “Killing a person isn’t so simple. Just keep an eye on her for the time being.”
: “OK.”
: “Nothing in particular. Just a few mouth movements.”
: “You can lipread, can’t you? So what’s the word?”
: “The word ‘shelter’ over and over.”
: “Shelter?”
: “I don’t know what it’s supposed to mean. Maybe some sort of guidance?”
: “The shelter area?”
: This part is a little odd, because the shelter area is something that everyone seems to know about… but for some reason, Sumio doesn’t immediately come to that conclusion.
: “Wanna go check it out?”
: “No, it may be a trap. We can’t move lightly.”
: “That’s true.”
: “A clue…”
: “If Kamui can’t speak, then further detainment may be pointless…”
: “Yeah, I agree. We’re getting nothing from Kamui. Apart from the fact that he killed someone…”
: “Then maybe we should hand him over to Central…”
: “We can’t do that.”
: “We can’t?”
: “According to Naka, Central knows we’ve captured Kamui.”
: “How does Central know…”
: “He’s here on Central’s orders.”
: “What? What’s Central trying to…”
: Something tells me Central is applying the Weyland-Utani method of dealing with a killing machine.
: “Maybe they’re purposely trying to keep him at arm’s length… in some sort of scheme.”
: “Scheme…? What is this, a TV show?”
: “So it’s the end of the line… can we get anything from the girl who found him?”
: “It would be dangerous to get her close to Kamui…”
: Why are they so intent on keeping Kamui alive when they have what’s basically a license to kill?
: “She did try to kill him, you know…”
: “Hold on… but she didn’t kill him, did she? Are we sure she really was trying to kill him?”
: “?”
: “Why would she have to lock him up in her house? And why was she the only one Kamui didn’t kill?”
: “Apparently he was passed out in front of her door… maybe he was too excited from all that action?”
: “That doesn’t make sense.”
: “That’s how he was found. I wouldn’t be surprised if he simply wasn’t able to kill her.”
: “That’s not it… Kamui has been like that for a long time now.”
: “You mean ever since he escaped?”
: “Yeah. He isn’t capable of killing anyone like that.”
: “He had a weapon.”
: “That’s not what I mean; I mean he’s physically unable.”
: “Physically?”
: Metal Gear!?
: “What about his medical records?”
: “I checked them.”
: “What did they say?”
: “A lot.”
: “No, I mean about his condition when he was apprehended.”
: “Hyposthenic disorder… incapable of living on his own.”
: “Well then, how was he able to escape?”
: “Maybe he was faking it?”
: “You think he’d be able to fool modern medical technology? He may be a criminal, but…”
: “Yes, that would be impossible.”
: “Yeah, that’s just his ‘shell’. He doesn’t have the power to kill anyone. He hasn’t killed anybody.”
: “We’re talking about Kamui, though…”
: “He isn’t some kind of ghost, you know. He’s just a man.”
: “…”
: “A legend is a legend.”
: “Well then, who… no way…?”
: “What was Kamui doing while he was on the run?”
: “He was locked up…”
: “Why would he need to be locked up?”
: “Bingo!”
: “------! Hachisuka!!”
: “Shit!!”
: Wait, where the hell did Ayame get a gun? Man, this police department sucks.
: “Oh Christ…”
: “I’ll contact the Medical Unit. Let’s go, Timrod! There’s only one place Ayame would go. The shelters!”
: I’m going to cut out a lot of this next part, because it’s very repetitive.
: The real question is why does this even exist? I don’t think bomb shelters work that way - the whole point is that they’re custom-built.
: “She’s gotta be here. Timrod, let’s split up and look for her. I’ll check around from the back. You start checking the front. Keep in contact via radio.”
: This part is a lot like those scenes in Snatcher and Policenauts where you just kinda have to dick around for a bit to progress the plot.
: The game highlights which shelter is which - numbers 1 through 4 are in the front.
: Here’s why I’m cutting a lot of this - all four shelters are exactly the same inside… which also makes you wonder why they needed an exhibition hall for them if they’re all identical.
: Each shelter has a bathroom, a TV room, and a room in the back with nothing in it. Three of them also have contact points - but the last one only appears after you’ve checked them all.
: Being a chinchilla and also a detective, obviously.
: As you can see from the thing on the top, we’re in Shelter 2. We have to go through Shelter 3, and then in Shelter 4…
: This must be one of those shelters for helicopter parents.
: “What the hell… looks like we’ll have to check one more time. Get on it.”
: Fortunately, we don’t have to check them all again - we just need to check the second one, specifically in the empty back room.
: I like to think that Big Dick the Chinchilla is trying to tell Sumio about the freaky bomb shelter kids, and Sumio’s pretending not to understand.
: “OK, that’s enough for that area. Check the two shelters to the left of the one in back. I’ll meet up with you later. Get on it.”
: All we have to do at this point is go into Shelter 5 and head to the empty room in the back.
: “What, you still don’t get it? Our mark is in the back there. Anyway, you really helped. This is my job from here on.”
: “Timrod… it sucks, huh? Not being able to protect the one you love…”
: This scene was used for a lot of the game’s promotional art.
: “I am a detective, so…”
: “Nice work.”
: “Thanks.”
: “…”
: “…”
: “Kill me…”
: Funny that we’re the one Kusabi calls a chinchilla for not immediately shooting someone.
: “?”
: “I’d be happy to have you kill me.”
: “Are you coming onto me?”
: I wonder, if Sumio goes to a dating agency (given this is 1999) does he accuse everyone of trying to kill him?
: “Yes, after this is all over…”
: “That would be great.”
: “Wouldn’t it?”
: “Let’s hurry and finish this. I can’t kill you.”
: “Let me go…”
: “I can’t.”
: “Hurry…”
: “I can’t.”
: “Even if I kill the kids?”
: “Don’t do it.”
: “I can’t do that, either.”
: “Aren’t you a man?”
: “Yeah, but…”
: “I don’t like this.”
: “What?”
: “This kind of thing…”
: “Are you nervous?”
: “That’s not what I mean…”
: I feel like both of them heard the term “shotgun wedding” once and assumed this is how it works.
: “Then what?”
: “Leaving things incomplete like this.”
: “Incomplete? What is?”
: “You’re kinda slow, huh?”
: “Me?”
: “Yeah.”
: “Slow?”
: “Slow.”
: “Things will be incomplete for me, too…”
: “I’m kinda happy.”
: “Really?”
: “Yeah…”
: “OK then, can I ask you something?”
: “What?”
: “Age.”
: “You mean, like, my age?”
: “Yes.”
: “Why?”
: “Just because.”
: “You’re asking a lady her age?”
: “I wasn’t really able to ask before, so…”
: “Same as me.”
: “You’re 26?”
: “Yeah, so there’s no need to be extra polite.”
: “Is that why you were so courteous?”
: “Well, I didn’t want to be rude.”
: “That’s weird.”
: “Yeah, it is.”
: “…”
: “…”
: “What?”
: “The kids of those women I killed…”
: “Three of them…”
: “So I got my revenge.”
: “…”
: “I was so sad… I thought about killing the kids, too, but…”
: “…”
: “I couldn’t.”
: “That’s good…”
: “I hope so…”
: “I mean, murdering someone…”
: “You really are kinda slow.”
: “Huh?”
: “I’m so glad I met you…”
: “What’s wrong?”
: “No, it’s nothing. I felt I saw something in Kamui’s expression…”
: “In this plastic mask?”
: “Yeah… he looked really sad.”
: “Morikawa, you’re such a romanticist. And good at making stuff up, too.”
: “No, seriously. Just now, look…”
: And now we’re back where we started, only almost a month later. All we have to do is move forward to end Decoyman.
: “She’ll likely get the death penalty. Kamui’s children have been put into a facility. And… the secret of Kamui’s birth has finally been discovered.”
: “Finally?”
: “Yes… it was designated top secret, so it was pretty tough. And there were casualties, but…”
: “Someone got killed?”
: “Four people.”
: “Fuck…”
: “So where was it found?”
: “An FSO paper company.”
: The game’s touched on this before, but Japan in The Silver Case is more or less run by mega-corporations.
: “You mean the Frontier Conservation Alliance?”
: “That’s their old name, but yes. The ghost of the FSO.”
: “They had Kamui?”
: “They managed him. That’s where we learned where Kamui was from.”
: And I guess we know now why they haven’t killed him - Kamui operates off the same rules as Golgo 13.
: “The file says Cape Kamui…”
: “A complete fabrication.”
: “So his ID, they just made that up?”
: “Kamui was born in the shelters.”
: “Shelters? You mean, those shelters?”
: We’re being introduced to a whole bunch of major story concepts that… we actually won’t see again for some time.
: The way I’ve seen it explained is that The Silver Case is an amalgam of a bunch of story ideas Suda had at the time, and so we don’t really pick back up on the main plot until the final Transmitter case.
: “Possibly… you hear a lot of that stuff on the east side.”
: “Twenty years ago, that project was put into action. When Kamui was four years old.”
: I know they’ve basically outright said that the Kamui that Kusabi arrested was a different person, but I can absolutely see him trying to arrest a toddler.
: The real question is if he’d threaten to shoot the toddler first.
: “So he was raised in those shelters.”
: “The shelter exhibition area opened twelve years ago.”
: “It doesn’t match up.”
: “The exhibition area was its secondary use. After it had served its original purpose.”
: “And so, Kamui’s kids found themselves in the shelters. Tracing back their father’s memory…”
: “Is that even possible?”
: “I don’t know… but Kamui is known to favor those shelters.”
: “Why?”
: “His favorite place closely resembles those shelters.”
: “Where?”
: “Solitary confinement.”
: Wait, isn’t this that scene from the Batman movie? The meme one with Bane in it.
: “As a child, he lived in a wide-open yet stifling environment. As he got a bit older, Kamui’s ‘hometown’ became the shelters. A sullen, dark world where the sunlight can’t reach…”
: “He felt comfortable in that noisy and isolated world.”
: “People are attracted to the underground…”
: “Are they?”
: “Take this job. This is a world of isolation. It’s sometimes hard to breathe.”
: “Yeah…”
: “Maybe he saw a miniature version of the world in those shelters.”
: “What are you, a poet?”
: The chinchilla has fully recovered, and is now ready for action.
: “Tetsu, you’re back on the job from today, huh?”
: “Yeah, finally back to work.”
: “It’s a stakeout.’”
: “Yeah…”
: “We don’t have enough people.”
: “Well, so it ended up not being much use, huh?”
: “Tetsu, maybe we should…”
: “Yeah, I know.”
: “Let’s hurry.”
: “I’ll show you how it’s done.”
: If it were me writing this, the next case would open with Kusabi and Sumio getting tacos with Big Dick the Chinchilla.
: Spectrum is the next Transmitter chapter, but we’ve also unlocked the first Placebo chapter. That’ll be the next update.