Claire Jefferson, former detective and Crow of the Dark Umbrella, was found dead… without a head. Ms Valentine wanted the Lilly Moon to take care of it. Sophie, Fiona, Hosenträger, and Sternlicht set out.
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sternlicht: "Why could she have been murdered?"
Hosenträger: "Hmm."
They kept walking…
Sophie: "Hmm..."
Gretes 98 — they were close…
Sophie: "Do you think we'll find anything? Fiona?"
Fiona: "No idea…"
She stopped when they arrived…
Sophie: "Hmm.."
Fiona: "Let's get moving."
Sophie: "Ok."
They went inside…
Sophie: "Hmmm.."
Fiona: "Maybe we'll find something important…?"
Sophie: "Fiona.."
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sophie: "Does it make you sad… to investigate her… I mean that she's dead?"
Fiona: "Hmm… I barely remember her… I mostly only saw her as a child… as an adult I never saw her again."
She kept walking.
Sternlicht: "The house is… not really anything special…"
Fiona: "I think that's obvious. Claire never really wanted a big house… I think…"
Sophie: "Did she not have children?"
Fiona: "She did… her child died while she was on a mission… that's also why she left the Dark Umbrella… if I remember correctly… Apparently… she felt guilty… her child died of pneumonia, and because the maid was cooking, she didn't notice his condition getting worse that day…"
Sophie: "Losing your child… I think that's something horrible for any parent…"
Fiona: "No idea, I don't have a child to think that."
Sophie: "Hey… you could show a bit of emotion…"
Fiona: "Hmm?… I don't need it right now."
She kept searching…
Sophie: "Hmmm…"
Fiona: "I just want to find the bastard… who did this to her…"
Sophie: "Hmm…"
Sternlicht: "Exactly… we are the good ones, we have to stop him…"
Fiona: "Heroes?… Sternlicht… something like 'the good ones' doesn't exist… There are only villains… If you think we are heroes… then you are more naive than I thought…"
Sternlicht: "What?"
Fiona: "For our enemies, we are the villains… and they are the heroes… For us, they are the villains and we are the good ones… In truth, for me, it's like this… There is a difference between good and evil and right and wrong… Not every right decision is kind… or human… And not every wrong decision is evil or inhuman… That's not how it is in my eyes… For me… everyone has a monster inside… And everyone… does terrible things… that's what it means to be human… and it will stay that way… I think…"
Sternlicht: "But we save people."
Fiona: "And we kill people… I've killed a lot… I even sacrificed people… I abused the corpse of a child to save another child… to fake his death… but is that kind? No."
Sternlicht: "Huh…"
Fiona: "Sometimes you have to do cruel things… even to save people… That doesn't mean we are kind… It was just… a kind of job, I think…"
Sophie: "Hmmm… If we were kind… we would visit Hoodi's grave right now… but we're not doing that."
Fiona: "See?"
Sophie: "Mhm."
Sternlicht: "Gh… I… understand…"
Fiona: "Let's keep searching… huh?"
She found something and picked it up.
Sophie: "Found something?"
Fiona: "Say Sophie… can you take a look at this?"
Sophie: "Hmm."
She came closer…
Sophie: "What is it?"
Fiona: "Look… a document…"
Sophie: "In… the Rosseti language…"
Fiona: "You're from Rossetia and grew up in Demari, in both kingdoms they speak Rosseti, right?"
Sophie: "In Demari only in some areas… but in Rossetia yes… Lui controlla i giornali ed è il pericolo. La gente non lo sa. I poveri senzatetto... la povera gente. Tra loro c'è un mostro che non conoscono... se continua così... molti innocenti se ne andranno... devo fermarlo... o almeno trovare qualcosa... e informare la polizia... o... o forse il mio vecchio posto di lavoro... la stazione... Dark Umbrella, non lo so... ho paura... ma... ciò che mi spaventa di più... è lasciare morire così tante persone innocenti. Lui è i media... ed è... il pericolo…. He controls the newspapers and is the danger. The people don't know. The poor homeless… the poor people. Among them is a monster they don't know… if this continues… many innocent people will die… I have to stop him… or at least find something… and inform the police… or… or maybe my old workplace… the station… Dark Umbrella, I don't know… I am afraid… but… what scares me more… is letting so many innocent people die… He is the media… and he is… the danger… that's what she wrote."
Fiona: "He controls the media and is the danger… what does that mean…"
Sophie: "No idea…"
Fiona: "Something else…"
Sophie: "Yes?"
Fiona: "Since when do you need glasses for reading and since when do you wear them?"
Sophie: "(Schwitz)… Uh… for reading… but don't tell anyone…"
Fiona: "My lips are sealed… not because your secret matters… but because I'll forget it in a few minutes anyway."
Sophie: "Hahh… that fast?"
Fiona: "Yeah… because I don't care if you wear glasses or not when reading…"
Sophie: "Hahh… ok…"
Sternlicht: "But what does she mean by he controls the media… and is the danger…"
Sophie: "Good question… is he someone important?"
Fiona: "Could be… someone who works in newspapers… radio stations… makes films… no idea…"
They looked around…
Sophie: "…Hmmm…"
Fiona: "Otherwise… we probably have nothing…"
Sophie: "Mhm…"
Fiona: "Huh?…"
Sophie: "Something wrong?…"
Fiona: "Nothing…"
Sophie: "I have the feeling… we shouldn't be here…"
Fiona: "Hmm… Sophie…"
Sophie looked at her. Fiona hid behind the window.
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "We're being watched… look at that expensive car outside…"
Sophie: "Ugh…"
She hid and carefully looked at the car…
Sophie: "Yeah… is that a… limousine?"
Fiona: "Seems like it… and as you know, only really rich people own cars, most still use carriages… The question is, are they that stupid?… It's obvious."
Sophie: "Mhm… strange… it feels like… they want that…"
Fiona: "They want to be discovered… which… no… wait… it's because… they're showing it… because they want to kill us anyway… and the dead can't talk…"
Sophie: "Huh?…"
Fiona: "Hmm… we need to get out of here…"
Sophie: "How?"
Fiona: "I can't use my hat… let's go quickly to the basement… Sternlicht, Hosenträger… follow us quickly…"
They quickly went downstairs…
Sophie: "Huh?…"
(Tick… Tick)
Sophie: "Huh!!… wait Fiona!"
Fiona: "Huh?"
Sophie: "Here… something's wrong, I hear a timer…"
Fiona: "Huh?"
(Tick… Tick)
Fiona: "Huh?…"
Suddenly a lot of… fog appeared…
Sophie: "(Cough)… (Cough)… is that sleeping gas…"
Fiona: "(Ghhh…).."
They fell unconscious to the ground…
(patch) (patch)
Vincent: "Hmmm… bring them to the car… and if you hurt them… hehehe… they are beautiful women, I can make new art with that…"
Sophie: "Ghh…"
Vincent: "She's awake."
Sophie grabbed a pistol…
Sophie: "Bastard…"
Vincent: "Ugh… you want to shoot… hehehe… go ahead…"
Sophie: "Hehehe… I won't shoot you… but myself."
She aimed at herself.
Vincent: "Ughh."
(Peng!)
(Tick… tick… Tock… tick… tock!)
(Dong!)
Sophie: "Huh!!!!... hahhhh... hahh."
She returned through time… she was lucky again… It only works when she has luck, there is no guarantee whether it works or not…
Fiona: "Hey… what's wrong?"
Sophie: "Fiona… it's a trap… we need to get out of here… quickly…"
Fiona: "Huh…?"
Sophie: "Please… trust me…"
Sternlicht: "Huh?"
Hosenträger: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Ok… let's go."
Sophie: "Not through the door… through that window… it's safer…"
Fiona: "There's a waterfall nearby, do you want to kill us?"
Sophie: "Fiona… please…"
Fiona: "Hahhh… fine… my goodness… Sternlicht, Hosenträger… do what she says."
They jumped out of the window into the water…
(Splash!)
(Crash!)
Vincent: "What… they're gone!?"
(Meanwhile)
Hosenträger: "Hmmm… mbbbbb.."
(Splash!)
Hosenträger: "Ughh… hahhh… damn…"
Sophie: "Hosenträger… come."
She took his hand.
Hosenträger: "Oh…"
The others, Sternlicht, Sophie, and Fiona, were already there…
Sophie: "Hahh…"
Hosenträger: "What was that about?"
Fiona: "Good… question… but… Sophie… does that mean you were killed?"
Sophie: "Hahh… no, I killed myself… hahhh…"
Hosenträger: "Huh?"
Sophie: "You two are confused, right… well… understandable… my curse is like this… when I die, I return to a certain point in time… a time where nothing happened to me…"
Hosenträger: "Huh… cool…"
Sophie: "No… there is no guarantee… that it works… that means… it might not work…"
Fiona: "Phew."
She fell to the ground.
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "My goodness… that water was damn cold… ughh…"
Hosenträger: "…(shivering)… mmmm… oh no… it's starting again…"
Sophie: "Huh?"
Fiona: "Sophie… give Hosenträger your jacket… wait, yours is wet too… I'll get one from the hat."
She stood up…
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Hey Herold wake up… bring me a jacket…"
(Schwubs!)
He threw the jacket onto her face.
Mr Herold: "Here."
Fiona: "Don't throw it like that… whatever…"
She put it on Hosenträger's shoulders.
Hosenträger: "Hhh…"
Fiona: "Are you okay… we're heading back now… damn… the document must be wet now…"
Sophie: "Don't worry… we know that Claire was investigating someone… someone who controls the media…"
Fiona: "Hmm?… have we already read the document…?"
Sophie: "Before I died…"
Fiona: "I see… then let's get out of here… what did she say?"
Sophie: "Lui controlla i giornali ed è il pericolo... He controls the newspapers and is the danger… that's what she wrote…"
Fiona: "I see."
Sophie: "Anyway… we need to get out of here…"
Fiona: "Sure… come here Hosenträger, hold my hand…"
She took off her jacket and put it in the hat.
Sophie: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Give me your jackets… Mr Herold will dry them."
Mr Herold: "Damn!!"
he said inside the hat…
Sophie: "(Schwitz) doesn't seem very happy…"
Fiona: "Ignore him…"
Hosenträger: "Ok."
Sternlicht: "Under my jacket I only have… an undershirt… well… it shows too much…"
Fiona: "Hahh… whatever… then don't."
Mr Herold: "Yes!"
he shouted from under the hat…
Sophie: "I'd say we get moving?"
Fiona: "Yes…"
They went deeper into the forest…
Sophie: "What do you think Fiona… he controls the media… and is the danger?"
Fiona: "Could be an actor… an important person in newspapers… radio… stations… films… theater… no idea…"
Sophie: "We need to inform Master Meliodas…"
Fiona: "Of course…"
Hosenträger: "(Shivering)"
Sophie: "Hosenträger is shaking…"
Fiona: "That's how it is for him… he has a curse that makes him always cold… and we were just in cold water… Sophie… can you take care of it?"
Sophie: "Ok… come here…"
She lifted him up.
Hosenträger: "Ughh… hey… (blushes)…"
Sophie: "I'm carrying you like a baby… wait… were you always this small?"
Fiona: "Huh?... what?"
He became almost 30 cm smaller…
Hosenträger: "Th-the colder it is… the smaller… I get…"
Fiona: "Oh."
Sternlicht: "Wow… he's only 120 cm tall now…"
Sophie: "Hmm… makes it easier… I can carry you like a baby… lean on me… sorry… the jump into the water was necessary…"
Hosenträger: "It's okay…"
They kept walking…
Sophie: "What do you think Fiona… what was going on… I mean… were those people after us from the beginning…"
Fiona: "Probably… could also be they were watching the house… either way… we need to be careful… I have a feeling these people are dangerous… huh?"
She heard something…
Sophie: "Something wrong?"
Fiona: "Shhh… hide…"
They hid…
Sophie: "What is it…"
Fiona: "Look…"
There were people… armed…
Sophie: "Ugh… that's them… but how did they get here…"
Fiona: "Hmm… I think these people were on their way and were ordered to go into the forest when we escaped…"
Sophie: "What do we do now?"
Fiona: "Kill them… what else."
She slowly approached them.
Masked stranger: "Huh?… oh… there she is…"
They aimed at her and surrounded her…
Fiona: "Hmm… Bob… kill them."
Bob appeared and sliced them into two parts.
(Splash!)
Masked stranger: "Urkk…"
Except one… who managed to dodge in time.
Masked stranger: "Damn Dark Umbrella freaks…"
Fiona: "So… you survived… now tell me… who sent you."
Masked stranger: "Hmph… like hell…"
Fiona took a knife… and stabbed a very… specific area that affects child planning…
Masked stranger: "AAAAAAAAAARGHHHHH…"
Fiona: "Listen buddy… I don't joke around… when I ask you something… it doesn't mean please answer… it means answer or there will be pain… if necessary I'll kill your family members too… Code 421 Article 54… if it's about interrogation and important answers are refused, any method is allowed, even involving family members…"
Masked stranger: "Ghhhh… ok… ok… I'll talk… it's Vincent…"
(Splash)
His head exploded…
(Splash!)
Fiona: "Hmm?… great… the mask must have been the cause…"
Sophie: "Was that necessary with the family members…"
Fiona: "Yes… don't worry, did you think I'd really do that… that law was broken long ago and even abolished by Meliodas and Ms Valentine… at least the family part… anyway… this idiot is dead… so it won't help… but he managed to say Vincent… the mask was too slow…"
Sophie: "Ugh… wait, I think I know what he meant…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Sophie: "Yeah… controls the media… that can only be Mr Vincent… the one who controls the newspapers… and even some radio speakers…"
Fiona: "Hmm… I see… then we should… pay him a visit."