"Tomorrow night at 7 o'clock, I will come to take the Agate Links." Read Dark's Warning Letter. This is Yukiru Sugisaki, reporting from the front of Lagaris Art Museum. This time Dark's target is this antique artwork, the Agate Links. This artwork, whose creator is unknown, was donated three days ago, but due to the arrival of Dark's warning letter, it is very crowded with general visitors and press." Yukiru said.
"Excuse me! Please do not come any closer than that!" Cop said.
"You say that, but I can't see!" Man said.
"Hey, don't push me!" Man said.
"I'll make tomorrow's front page with this!" Takeshi said. "I won't have a problem with finding news as long as Dark's around."
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"Well then, see you later!" Daisuke said.
"Wait, Dai! Don't be too late today, okay?" Emiko said.
"I know, and you should stop sending warning letters without letting me know." Daisuke said.
"Oh, this time the warning letter wasn't sent by me. Your grandfather sent it." Emiko said.
"Grandpa? Why?" Daisuke said.
"Well, you know..." Daiki said.
"Why, Grandpa?" Daisuke said.
"Well, you know." Daiki said.
"Oh, no! I'll be late!" Daisuke said.
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"So Takeshi looks like he's in love." Reiko laughed.
"Speaking of love..." Kuri said.
"Don't even go there!" Reiko said.
"What are you guys talking about?" Daisuke said.
Reiko blushed. "Nothing!"
"We were laughing at how Takeshi seems to have fallen for a ghost." Kuri said.
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"Man, without Hiwatari around, things are just too easy. This is the one. I'll snap it right up, then." Dark said.
"Who's there?!" Menou said.
"Dark, that's her! The one Saehara was talking about." Daisuke said.
"Phantom Thief Dark?" Menou said.
"Yes." Dark said.
"This... You came here to take this, right?" Menou said.
"Precisely." Dark said.
"Then, please, wait one more day. After that, I will definitely give it to you." Menou said.
"One more day?" Dark said.
"One more day. Just one more day..." Menou said. "You won't?"
"No, I'll accede to the request of a beautiful woman. But...Only one more day." Dark said.
Kuri stopped him. "We cannot let her suffer. I know Takeshi loves her, but I think..."
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"I can't believe it! Come on, Dark!" Daisuke said. "What was that "request of a beautiful woman" stuff about?! It's embarrassing!"
"Oh, I see. So with her asking you that nicely, you'd just take it away from her?" Dark said.
"I couldn't. Still..." Daisuke said.
"See, I told you!" Dark said.
"In any case, I wonder who that girl is? I don't understand what she means by "wait one more day."" Daisuke said.
"Did she say that?" Daiki said.
"Grandpa, why?" Daisuke said.
"I used to sleep alongside you like this when you were little." Daiki said.
"Sorry, I couldn't bring it back." Daisuke said.
"That girl said to wait one more day?" Daiki said.
"Yeah." Daisuke said.
"I see. One day...She's been waiting for one more day for all this time...For one more day..." Daiki said.
"Grandpa..." Daisuke said.
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"Even though Dark failed to steal it, this security is too light, Pops. She was here last night. Of course she wouldn't be here now, right?" Takeshi said.
"Who is it? Who are you? You! From the other day!" Menou said.
"I'm not anyone suspicious! Well, sneaking in is suspicious, but...I'm just gathering information! I thought that necklace was Dark's target!" Takeshi said.
"Yes, I asked him to wait one day. Because it's my important treasure." Menou said.
"Your treasure? I heard it was donated. Is it yours?" Takeshi said.
"Yes..." Menou said. "It's an important reminder of a person who's important to me."
"Then you don't have to give it up to Dark! It's better not to lose it, right? Okay. I'll protect it for you! Tomorrow, without fail!" Takeshi said.
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"I waited one day. That was our promise, young lady. You don't have to be caught in the spell of that necklace any longer." Dark said.
"That promise is invalid. I want you to leave, Phantom Thief Dark!" Takeshi said.
"Saehara!" Daisuke said.
"I said leave!" Takeshi said.
"Wait!" Dark said. "You!"
"Hey! Dark! Stealing by force from a girl when she doesn't want you to, is that how you do things?!" Takeshi said.
"Hey! Don't say it in a way that causes a misunderstanding! A kid shouldn't swing things like that!" Dark said.
"Sorry, young lady. I'll borrow it for now! There's no way I'll let him steal it!" Takeshi said.
"That idiot!" Dark said.
"Was the spell broken?" Daisuke said.
"No, not yet." Dark said.
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"That girl is caught in the spell of the Agate Links." Daiki said.
"Was she someone you knew?" Daisuke said.
"Yes...After all, that necklace is something I gave her forty years ago. Let me explain. It wasn't a stolen item. It was one of our family treasures. Well, without tracing its origins,
I can't know that for certain. Daisuke, I would like to release her from the spell somehow." Daiki said.
"Yeah." Daisuke said.
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"Saehara!" Daisuke said.
"Damn, you're persistent!" Dark said.
"I told you that I'm not going to give..." Takeshi said.
Kuri used her magic, and the pendant was purified. "Takeshi you Baka! Getting me involved like this!"
"Saehara!" Daisuke said.
"I defended it! But..." Takeshi said."Sorry, it got broken. I'm sorry."
"Thank you." Menou said.
"What is your name?" Takeshi said.
"I am Menou Kurashina." Menou said. "I really appreciate it."
"I've successfully taken the Agate Links from you. Though I'd intended to break it anyway. As long as you wear this, you'll stay bound to it. Until it was donated and I found it, you had been waiting patiently for all that time. For forty long years." Dark said.
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"Forty years ago, I obediently took up our family business. I thought that since I was born into this family, it was the natural thing to do. I didn't question this Phantom Thief business, without passion, just doing my job. But when it was quiet, after people had fallen asleep, and about the time when I was going home from work, there was always a window with a small light on. In there, that girl was lying down with the bedside light on,
looking outside every night. It was as if that light, in the pitch black town, was calling me.
That's how it felt." Daiki said.
"Who is it?" Menou said. "Who are you?"
"I'm... er... a Phantom Thief...No, I mean, a friend." Daiki said.
"I thought so!" Menou said.
"She was shy and frail. I really liked her face when she laughed every so often. I wanted to see her smile, so I just wanted to give her something. For her smile...I delivered the Agate Links to her while she was asleep. But she passed away the next day. I never thought that something like this would happen." Daiki said.
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"I'll take care of this. Your feelings are in here. Material things aren't good, because your feelings stay with them.
"I was waiting for a long, long time. But it ends today. I can't stay any longer, can I?" Menou said.
"No! Dark, we can't leave things like this. It doesn't feel right, ending it this way." Daisuke said. "Here. It's broken, but I think you should keep it."
"I finally got to see you. I've... I've wanted to tell you for so long. Thank you! Thank you, little Mr. Phantom Thief." Menou said.
"But I'm..." Daisuke said.
As Menou faded out of existence, she waved at Daisuke.
"I...found...you..."
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"I see. So she's gone." Daiki said.
"She wanted to thank you for so long, Grandpa. I don't think Miss Menou was caught in the spell of the Agate Links. She just wanted to thank you." Daisuke said.
"I see..." Daiki said.
"So you really should have gone to see her!" Daisuke said.
"No..." Daiki said. "She was waiting for the fourteen-year-old me for all that time. The fourteen-year-old me in her memories..."
"But it was a lie!" Daisuke said.
"Listen, Daisuke. Stealing isn't the only job for a Phantom Thief. Sometimes giving a dream to someone who needs it is also the job of a Phantom Thief. There are also lies that exist to make people happy." Daiki said.
"Then, for the first time, I thought I wanted to see. The legendary black-winged Phantom Thief who once flew the night sky..." Daisuke said.
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"Hey! Daisuke!" Takeshi said.
"I have a bad feeling about this!" Daisuke thought.
"Like I said, I saw her! I fought with Dark and I protected it! I protected it!" Takeshi said.
"Oh, you did?" Daisuke said.
"But it's strange. I checked around and there's no Menou Kurashina in this town." Takeshi said.
"Maybe she's already gone somewhere far away." Daisuke said.
"I see, she moved. That's got to be it! Hey, Daisuke! I'll say that the Agate Links was taken by Dark! She's not the one that took it!" Takeshi said.
"Yeah, that works." Daisuke said.
"I can't tell him that Miss Menou was someone from forty years ago. Does that make this another lie that makes someone happy? " Daisuke thought.
"But her eyes... It looked like she was completely crazy about me!" Takeshi said
"You guys look like you're having fun." Reiko said.
"You'll be late!" Kuri said.
"Hurry up, Daisuke!" Takeshi said.
"Wait up!" Daisuke said.