And we're back in Taro's living room, once again, one million yen poorer and with nothing to show for it.





: I'm so angry...I wonder if there's a better way...


: Hmmm



We're back in control. But it seems all the usual shortcuts are doing nothing when we click them.

Clicking the drivers helmet, nothing, the car book, nothing… the stereo…

Oh, there it goes.


: Hmmm


: Is there any way to get my money back?


: Even if I go, they won't give me back.



Yeah. I don't think we want to go through all that grinding pain to get another ten million yen. Even if we did, I don't think we’d see the money or the VHT.


: I guess so.



Once again we're given control, but most things do nothing until you click on a random object.

I guess this is the playable equivalent of pacing around the room, lost in your own thoughts. We continue to click around indiscriminately.


: That clerk, that idiot champ, only knows what he says.


: I don't think they'll listen…



Once again, we’re left to click around the scene like a madman. I think the game is trying to get us to go to the map, which appears to be the only actual interactive spot at this point. But let’s exhaust all the dialog first.





: I'd disguise myself as a fucking Champ!



:stare:

I’m assuming that was a translation error. Or is this just yet another ‘pick up girlfriends’ prompt?

We certainly need to put a lot more work in there if you want to be the fuck champ, Taro.


: ...That's no good.



Ok - let’s look at that map then...





Hey, this has never been here before. What is that?





: Huh? Wait a sec…


: This is a barber shop…


: Speaking of barber shops…


: That's right, there was that method. Just wait and see..



What are you planning, Taro?





Hey, it's that hairdresser / makeup effect artist, who used her skills to turn a sleeping Taro into someone else without either of those people’s permission…

Taro is telling her the latest in his story.


: So, I lost 1 million yen.


: That's terrible.


: Okay, leave it to me.


: Do you have any photos of that guy?


: Oh, it's in this magazine.


: Well, it's not gravure. I have no enemies.


: I got too cocky.


: Well then, I'll be counting on you.


: I understand.



Ho ho. Is this what I think it means?








It is! She's turned Taro into Derek!


: How about this?



: Wow!


: It's exactly the same.



To be fair, it's not exactly a hard task to impersonate Derek. You just need a bandana, sunglasses, a wig and to act like an asshole.


: Even though it's my own face...Watching this makes me want to kill someone.


: Well then, I'll be off then.


: Good luck!



Okay. It looks like we're going to be impersonating Derek, though to do what, I don’t know…

…Wait… Just now, when Taro said he wants to kill someone...

...That was just a figure of speech, right?

…Although… now you say it… should Taro kill someone, and frame Derek for the crime…

… it would be an effective way of getting rid of the competition…