A striptease dancer is sitting in The Baby's car as she relates how surprised and happy she was to receive a series of gifts from him. The Baby explains that he found her special when he watched her performance for the first time. The dancer thinks that he should have come to look for her instead of hiding his identity but The Baby didn't think that she would be interested to meet him. However, he has finally made the decision to see her as he feels that she will listen to what he has to say...The Baby brings the dancer to a high class restaurant where she expresses delight in tasting such tasty food. He says that even though he may eat such delicacies daily, he finds that having a good companion during meals will enhance the taste of food. The dancer is glad to know that The Baby enjoys her company and he even asks her to join him for meals in future. He relates that he had been fighting to create a new system in Frankfurt for a long time but he's scared for the first time in his life...
The Baby recollects the conversation between him and Petr Capek when he brought up the three murder cases over the last few months. Although The Baby was aware that Johan wanted two of them killed to cover up the scandals, he could not comprehend why the trading merchant Erich Klemperer was murdered. Capek expressed unawareness of this case and thought that this was not related to Johan. However, The Baby raised the point that they might not be fully aware of what Johan's real motive is and even questioned Capek as to whether he was hiding something from him. Capek told The Baby not to worry over this matter and asked about Nina's whereabouts instead. The Bbay reminded Capek that Nina was not as simple as he thought and he still had the shudders whenever he recalled how terrifying her eyes looked during the arson at the Turkish district. Capek assured that everything was proceeding according to the programme created by his mentor and he was just merely assisting in it. Despite this, The Baby remains concerned about whether things are really under control.
After dinner, the dancer brings The Baby to a mobile store and treats him to ice-cream. He says that he's been very stressed of late and feels relieved now when he's in her company.
The Baby had met the man whom Johan was introduced to at the party previously and told the latter that he would be assigning more bodyguards for him under Capek's orders. However, the man declined this offer as he was confident that he would not be identified by others even if he appeared on the streets. The Baby remained unconvinced and remarked that there would be more trouble if the man was allowed to do what he wished. Three people had been killed to cover the man's doings but he was nonchalant and said that he could kill as many people as he wished and not get caught for it. This made The Baby angry and he pointed out to the man that he owed his current status to his late father who was one of the 4 leaders in their organization and the man was not worthy of this position. The man retorted that The Baby was just jealous because the position did not go to him. The Baby mentioned that he knew about the man's scandals and was reminded of what would happen to those who also knew about these. The meeting ended on a sour note as the man walked off, pretending not to be offended while The Baby was concerned about what he would do.
The Baby bids goodbye to the dancer and says that it's relaxing to move around without bodyguards. The dancer offers to send him back but he declines and even gives money to her which she rejects. The Baby apologises for his actions which were offensive. Suddenly, the dancer asks if she could go to The Baby's hotel room with him...
A bodyguard comes to the hotel where The Baby is staying and tells Capek that The Baby is not answering his phone. As such, he will be going to look for him at his room. However, he is shocked to see that The Baby is murdered...
Capek is informed about The Baby's death and gets worried that he might be the next target. The bodyguards confirm with Capek that he wasn't the one who ordered the murder of The Baby and reveal that the balance in their organization will be affected since he was an important figure in Frankfurt. Capek remembers The Baby's question about whether they are aware of Johan's motive and gets worried about the possibility of Johan taking revenge on him. He tells the bodyguards to send him to his secret mansion in the suburbs and orders them to capture Nina so as to guarantee his safety.
On the way to Capek's mansion, the bodyguard reveals that The Baby was killed while he was alone. However, Capek's thoughts are on his first meeting with Franz Bonaparta who instructed him to read his picture books before he told Capek what he wanted to do.
Capek suddenly asks his bodyguard to stop the car and insists on not going to the mansion as he's not sure about the confidentiality of his whereabouts. The bodyguard says that it's better not to drive around at night and reaches into his pocket for something. Capek is worried that he might be killed and shoots the bodyguard first. However, he finds out that the bodyguard was reaching for his lighter instead of a gun which Capek had thought...
Capek walks to the mansion alone where he drinks the opened bottle of wine due to thirst. However, he's horrified to find Johan waiting for him there. Capek gets paranoid about the wine being poisoned when Johan brings up what happened at the Red Rose Mansion but the latter says that the wine is not poisoned. Capek asks Johan why he killed The Baby but he evades this question despite Capek threatening to harm Nina. Instead, Johan says that the monster is not within him but rather, it came from outside. Just when Capek is bewildered by this remark, Johan suddenly asks him if Franz Bonaparta is still alive...
The biggest revelation here is the possibility of Bonaparta being alive. From the way the anime is presented, it seems to give the impression that Bonaparta belongs to the past but it's almost certain that he's still living since Johan seems to be confident of this. Is Johan trying to take revenge on Bonaparta by using the people close to him? Maybe that's why Capek is getting worried now that he realises how Johan has no intention to follow the plan he is hatching. The Baby sensed this earlier but Capek did not believe him. As such, he is solely responsible for whatever happens from now on.
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