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I wonder why...

The ceiling seems so familiar.

To begin with, the only ceiling I've looked at in three years is my cell's.

Where am I?

Good morning.

You're up early today.

Hey, you're supposed to knock!

I'm still sleeping.

Good morning.

That's some bedhead.

Come on. Five more minutes. Go away.

Too bright!

What's wrong?

It's our daughter.

It's not Kaeru.

It's my actual--

Wait.

I'm not Sakaido.

I'm Akihito Narihisago.

I'm myself.

But I remember.

Kaeru. The Mizuhanome. The Kura. The cases and serial killers. My killings.

And how I got here, too.

I remember it all.

After ten minutes, push eject.

Only two minutes?!

Aki?

Hey, close the door.

What's going on?

What's wrong, Aki?

Hey, get a room!

Must have been one strange dream you had.

Which means, this must be a world

created by a fictitious Mizuhanome within the Mizuhanome. A total fabrication.

That's why it works differently from id wells the real Mizuhanome creates.

There's no Kaeru.

The world looks like an undistorted version of the real world in the past.

Hey, stop staring at me.

It's creepy.

It's a stare of love.

Stop being rude and finish your breakfast.

Fine.

Right now I remember everything.

I am myself--not some brilliant detective.

Just me.

"Development in the 'Challenger' Case, New Victim's Body Found"

"Posted 5:53 a.m. on Saturday 10/29/2016"

Oh, it's the case you're working on.

They found another brutally beaten corpse, after all.

My family is still alive.

Now, I don't know how long this bonus time will last,

but if this is the past,

then there's something I can do.

Extreme emotional instability?

"Special Investigative Headquarters" "Prolonged Battery Homicide Case" The chemical traces left on the body were

a finish for boxing gloves or a similar protective glove,

so it must be the Challenger.

And, as before, blood, brain tissue, vomit and diarrhea, vitreous humor from prior victims--

Hey. You there.

What are you doing? Sit down.

Who was that?

My subordinate Narihisago.

What's gotten into him?

Spill it.

Good morning, Momoki.

Why did you ignore all my calls?

I didn't want to get you involved.

What? "Involved"?

What are you up to?

Something with no effect on reality.

What does that mean?

Where are we?

Denshin Katsuyama's home.

He's the Challenger. The killer we're pursuing.

Excuse me?!

You go around back.

Hold on! Explain!

Is there proof?

I've been here before.

Yes?

Good morning.

--Who is it? --The police.

Mr. Denshin Katsuyama-- no, Mr. Challenger the serial killer,

I came alone.

Enter.

Oh, thanks for your cooperation. Good morning.

Good morning.

What business might you have with me?

It doesn't seem friendly.

Oh, last time I was in a race against the swat team, so I came in shooting.

I thought I'd take the liberty of a redo.

How lucky.

For me, and probably for you, too.

I came to challenge the Challenger.

Fair and square, like a man.

"Last time"? We've never met. Isn't that right?

I don't get it. What do you mean?

"Lucky"?

What I'm saying is, this time, let's do it your way.

My way.

Here... you mean?

Or in the arena below us.

Didn't you build a little playground down there?

That space is currently occupied.

Do we need to ring a gong for this?

True combat begins the moment the fighters acknowledge it.

"Combat"?

You're not doing anything so respectable.

You're a fucking pervert who got off beating a 14-year-old girl to death.

You're spouting more nonsense. 14-year-old?

You can ignore that.

You won't live to find out.

I'm sure you want to return to your arena ASAP. Too bad.

I'm fairly strong, you know.

Say that after you've defeated a truly strong adult .

Oh, but I have.

You killed a pro wrestler and a martial artist. True.

But someone who even once beats the shit out of a woman or child

has no right to talk about strength!

What is this nonsense you keep spouting?

Whatever. That's enough chit-chat!

You won't make me scream.

Oh, but you already have.

Are you really an officer?

You're like a juvenile.

You're not going to fight like a man?

I said I'd do this your way.

We're fighting one-on-one, aren't we?

Good. You can still fight.

Hey!

Get up! We're not done! Come at me!

Some "Challenger" you are!

You're not so tough, are you!

All right!

Narihisago!

You...

What have you done?

I'm calling help.

Don't die on me.

Momoki.

Go downstairs first.

There's still... a victim...

Dammit!

Are you okay?

This is the police!

This is horrific.

You're safe now.

Can you tell me your name?

It's okay if you can't.

Can you stand?

Um.

Asukai.

My name.

Kiki Asukai.

Please...

Just let me die.

"Room 310" "Ms. Kiki Asukai"

This name...

Loot at this.

"In Operation" "Well Source" "Kiki Asukai"

Yes?

I'm Akihito Narihisago, Metropolitan Police, 1st Investigation Division.

Come in.

Looks like tonight is the firework festival.

Kaeru?

What are...

What part of the Mizuhanome are you?

Mizu... hanome?

Nevermind. Forgive the intrusion.

It's nice to... meet you, Ms. Kiki Asukai.

What happened to that terrifying man?

The Challenger?

"Challenger"?

Oh, so that's what people were calling him.

Punch me back as hard as you can.

Got it?

Unlike normal, this isn't a dream.

If you don't fight back, you will actually die.

Fuck you!

What was that?

I saw the Challenger.

I'm sorry.

Could you refrain from speaking his name?

It makes me think about it him.

And then you receive those memories.

Receive your memories?

What do you...

What's going on?

I don't understand it either.

My inner thoughts have always just broadcast themselves to those around me.

Whether they're words, memories, or things I imagined.

And dreams, too.

What? How did I know that?

It appears someone else is here, too.

"Staff Station 6B"

What're those sounds?

The person who kills me tonight.

What do--

Hey, Kiki--

Shit.

What the hell?

The Face-lifter?

Hitoshi Sonoda! Why is he here?!

Huh?

Hey, hey. How d'ya know my name?

He's with the police.

Huh? The police?

But if you're in her dream, then aren't you one of us?

Tonight's my turn!

What the fuck are you talking about?

Hey, what is this?

Where'd he go?

He woke up because you made him feel pain.

Though, I always have to die before I wake up.

What are you saying?

What's with this id well?

How are you related to Kaeru?

Id well?

I don't know anyone named Kaeru.

Then where am I?

You're in my dream.

You're asleep right now, and you entered my dream.

You're awake!

You had me so worried!

Thank goodness.

You've been asleep since the ordeal.

"The ordeal"?

You caught the Challenger two days ago.

Were you having a bad dream? You were crying out in your sleep.

A dream...

Oh, I'm so relieved!

I'm sorry I worried you.

Hey, Dad.

Did you go to the Challenger prepared to die?

Isn't that why you acted weird that morning?

Muku, don't be absurd.

But...

Hey, Dad. Don't die, okay?

This is backwards.

How could I die and leave you two behind?

Narihisago.

There are a bunch of things we have to discuss, but it can wait.

It looks like this incident is going to be labeled self-defense.

Thank you so much. I got through everything thanks to you.

"Room 310" "Ms. Kiki Asukai"

Come in.

Narihisago from the 1st Investigation Division, was it?

You came to make sure, didn't you.

It wasn't a dream!

No, I guess it was.

So we really did share the same dream.

It was reality--well, whatever "reality" means here.

Forgive me. I'll explain.

I mean, can I share my interpretation with you?

Two things were happening.

First, I was having the same dream as you.

Second, I read your mind during the dream.

To be more precise, you entered my dream.

And you didn't read my mind--my mind broadcast itself to you, all on its own.

I can't say why.

I've never been able to have a secret all my own.

We left one thing out.

A serial killer comes to your dreams.

To kill you.

That's the only kind of person that comes.

Like that man who peels my face off.

And you.

I'm not like that!

At least, not in this world...

Ms. Asukai.

I wonder, what is this world?

What is this world to you?

Is it reality?

Yes. This is not a dream.

No, I don't mean whether it's a dream...

Oh, of course. No point asking a resident of this world.

Then, what about the Face-lifter, Hitoshi Sonoda?

He shouted, "Tonight's my turn!" when he was here.

What did he mean?

He meant that night's dream.

Then, during dreams on other nights, other serial killers appear?

--Yes. --How can you be so calm about this?

--How can you be so calm about this?

Because various people have been killing me in my dreams for a long time now.

The Challenger and his buddies, right? And others?

And in your dreams, the serial killers have been murdering you.

Over and over and over and over!

Because in the dreams they can torment you repeatedly.

Please stop!

Dammit!

Are you okay?

I'm so sorry.

Once I think about it, I can't stop it from broadcasting to you.

They're just images.

But you... Even though it's a dream, you fully experience it, right?

At first there was only one killer.

But then he started calling others into my dreams...

This man.

Does he have a top hat and a cane?

Yes.

It's makes me want to puke.

Um...

Could you make the doctors stop me from sleeping?

Not only am I alternately being killed and reliving my previous deaths in my dreams,

but the medicines are also making my head spacey.

Why would the Challenger have tried to kill you in real life?

If he did, he wouldn't be able to kill you in his dreams anymore.

Although the dreams are similar to reality, they aren't the same.

That man didn't just like to hit people.

He also liked to be hit.

In a dream, you don't actually get injured.

So I believe he kidnapped me because he got bored with that.

Does it at least ease your misery a little bit to have the Challenger gone?

I promise to put an end to your misery.

I hope you do.

You...

How'd you find this place?

Why, we got acquainted in prison!

"Prison"?

I ain't never been to prison!

Ain't even a reason for me to be arrested!

Yeah, not at this stage.

Right! In the end, I'm just playin' around in a dream.

So I ain't broken no law, right?

Hold up. "At this stage"?

Don't worry about it.

Who the hell are you? Aren't you with us? With you-know-who?

You mean... the guy with the cane?

I am not one of you .

Did you kill the Challenger?

Are you here to kill me?

I'm just here to visit. To visit with you .

We're going to have a little chat about that Kiki girl and the guy with the cane.

Then we'll chat about why you want to remove people's faces.

And about why you're too chicken-shit to bring yourself to remove your own face.

We'll have a lovely time.

You don't have to die anymore!

Morning...

Sorry. I didn't mean to startle you.

Another bad dream, huh.

Who died?

Was it me?

I'm not gonna die, you hear me?

I would never leave you and Muku like that.

Where is Muku?

She was tired from going to the firework festival.

She said she'll come at noon.

Oh.

Hey, Aki, are you sleeping well at night?

What? No, I haven't slept well in such a long time.

For how long?

I hardly know anymore.

Oh, no! Why didn't you tell me?

If only I could have.

You have to tell me. Sleep is really important.

Not sleeping is like chipping away at your life.

I guess that means it's right to try to help her sleep at night.

Who do you mean?

You're the one who needs to sleep, Aki.

I'm sorry I didn't realize it.

Aki?

I don't know what happens in your dreams,

but if I die, that's a sign it isn't real.

All you have to do is wake up.