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WARMING TO THIS IDEA. I-I-I THINK IT WAS HIM.
EVEN THOUGH HE'S A BALLET DANCER AND NOT A NINJA?
HE COULD BE BOTH.
AND...BEING A DANCER COULD JUST BE HIS COVER.
AND THAT WAY, THE LAIR COULD BE LIKE HIS BATCAVE.
RIGHT.
BUT SHE REJECTED HIM, FLED, HE KILLED HER IN A JEALOUS RAGE.
HMM, AND HERE I THOUGHT NINJAS
HAD TOTAL MASTERY OF THEIR EMOTIONS.
LOOK, I'M NOT CLAIMING TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS -- YET.
BUT JUST LOOK AT THAT GUY --
HE'S A NINJA THROUGH AND THROUGH.
AND I'M GONNA PROVE IT.
HOW?
YOU'LL SEE.
[ SIGHS ]
MR. TONG, I'M DETECTIVE BECKETT. THIS IS MR. CASTLE.
OH, I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY MET.
EARLIER TODAY, IN FACT.
I DON'T THINK SO. WHY AM I HERE?
WE'RE INVESTIGATING JADE YAMATA'S DEATH,
AND WE NEED TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TWO OF YOU
HAD A REHEARSAL SCHEDULED FOR LAST NIGHT?
YEAH. BUT THEN SHE BAILED ON ME.
AND WHERE DID YOU GO AFTERWARDS?
TO AN ART-HOUSE THEATER DOWNTOWN.
THEY WERE DOING A KUROSAWA RETROSPECTIVE.
CAN ANYONE CORROBORATE THAT?
I DOUBT IT. WHY?
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T RETURN TO YR DORM UNTIL 4:00 A.M.
THAT'S EXACTLY ONE HOUR AFTER JADE WAS MURDERED.
WAIT, YOU THINK I KILLED JADE?
PEOPLE HEARD YOU THREATENING HER.
I DIDN'T MEAN IT. I WAS JUST FRUSTRATED.
SHE KEPT MISSING REHEARSALS, SHOWING UP DISTRACTED.
LOOK, IF SHE FUMBLES A LIFT, I'M THE ONE WHO BLOWS A KNEE.
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL IT WAS, WAS IT?
YOU WERE PUSHING JADE FOR A MORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP.
NOT ONCE I GOT TO KNOW HER.
SHE WASN'T AS SERIOUS ABOUT HER CRAFT AS I THOUGHT,
AND I JUST GOT SICK OF DEALING WITH HER.
BUT IT ALL GOT WAY EASIER THE SECOND I KNEW SHE WAS LEAVING.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
IT'S NOT HIM. A NINJA WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE CUP.
I'M NOT A NINJA.
OBVIOUSLY.
AND I'M KOREAN, NOT JAPANESE. WAY TO RACIALLY PROFILE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT JADE WAS LEAVING?
EVERY NIGHT DURING REHEARSAL, SHE WOULD CUT OUT AT 8:00,
RUN TO THE BODEGA, AND USE THE PAY PHONE.
WHO WAS SHE CALLING?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT I FINALLY LIT INTO HER ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT.
THAT'S WHEN SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS QUITTING THE BALLET COMPANY.
WHERE DID SHE GO?
I DON'T KNOW.
SHE CHANGED INTO PARTY CLOTHES AND TOOK OFF.