Episode 18

**Wizard of Far East (Case 4.4)** is the 18th episode of the Great Pretender series.

## Summary

Edamura becomes closer to Suzaku after witnessing his father Seiji kill Abigail, and Cynthia and is sequentially killed by Edamura. Eventually, Edamura learns that his father is still alive and he discloses

## Plot

With a bag over his head, Edamura is driven somewhere with Ishigami by his side.

Finally unveiled, Edamura, Abigail, and Cynthia are on a private yacht somewhere in Sagami Bay. Suzaku is now privy of the true identities of the trio thanks to Seiji. In order to have his life spared Edamura has to shoot and kill both Abigail and Cynthia. Unable to do this, Seiji does it for Edamura. Believing that everything was settled, Seiji is surprised to find out that Suzaku wants Seiji dead as well. Suzaku has Edamura do it and despite the pleas from his father he shoots him and he falls dead overboard.

Three days since the incident at Sagami Bay, Edamura is shown to be emaciated as he hasn't eaten since that day due to the trauma. So that night, Suzaku brings Edamura some food to eat, and the two bond.

2 months pass by and at Suzaku's Villa in Karuizawa, Edamura is now a servant of Suzaku. Because of his auction experience in London, Suzaku has him run the next auction. During their helicopter ride to the auction, Edamura gives Suzaku a small cat ornament. At the auction, Edamura gives some pep talk to the slaves to remember to smile and pose nicely for the auctioneers.

Afterward, the final tally of money they received from the auction is 70 million. As a reward for Edamura's exemplary work, Edamura is assigned to handle all future auctions and is given a room of his own at Suzaku's mansion. On the elevator, Ishigami shows his envy toward Edamura since he's doted upon by Suzaku. Calming himself down, they take a car ride and talk about how tenacious the Shanghai Mafia will be after losing the last round against their boss. At his apartment, Edamura is met by his father Seiji who wants to talk with him.

Meanwhile, Liu has his fortune told and discloses to his partner Chen that his fortune said that he should settle all of his business. Chen also notes that their translator has gone missing, but that is of little to no consequence. Liu then explains to his partner a story about two famous Asian authors competing for a literary award. Out of the two, the senior one won the literary prize as his work was better translated. The point of him explaining that is Liu wants someone to convey their words with the best clarity. Therefore, Chen claims he'll look into Seiji's disappearance.

At a restaurant, the fortune teller is revealed to be an acquaintance of Laurent, who later goes to meet with Liu.

Back at Edamura's apartment, Seiji tells Edamura about Laurent and his mother Emma. She ran a restaurant in Belgium. She, eventually, died sometime after being conned by a man named Hugo who exploited her dyslexia. Because of this, Laurent became an avid gambler later in his life and would make many enemies for his winning streaks.

Upon waking up beaten and bruised, Laurent sees Hugo pass by with a woman named Dorothy. That night, Laurent purchases a knife and tries to kill Hugo, but Dorothy takes the blow instead.

## Characters

* Makoto Edamura
* Laurent Thierry
* Abigail Jones
* Cynthia Moore
* Seiji Ozaki
* Akemi Suzaku
* Chen Yao
* Seiji Ozaki
* Liu Xiao
* Emma Thierry
* Hugo
* Dorothy