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Hey, did you hear about this?

Like some weird video just randomly starts playing on your phone?

- Oh yeah, I read about it! - Right, it was all over the internet.

Some female figure outside the window...

Urban legend: The Peeping Woman

And you hear footsteps following closely behind you...

You see this row of people...

Have you heard about the urban legend where this creepy video appears on your karaoke screen in late into the night? A bunch of people all in a row... Strange visual appears on the karaoke screen

And then a woman appears on the TV screen, raising her hand or something.

Haven't heard about this.

And if you read that manga, you'll be dead three days later.

Urban legend: Dead three days later...

There's this like blurry figure under the light...

So cursed to death, apparently.

Umm...

My friend has gone missing.

If you have any information of his whereabouts, please contact me.

His name is...

Have a good night, Sayama-san.

Thanks for working late again.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Let's go for drinks next time.

I'll pass.

Pfft.

Hey, that's alcohol and sexual harassment you know.

Ozawa, you should head home too.

You still have plenty of time before the deadline.

Alright then. I'm off.

Sayama-san.

What feature has you cooped up in the basement all by yourself?

Eh?

Keeping it a secret for now.

Oh, I'll say this though...

I'm really on a roll here.

Well, that's nice for a change.

Just wait till you read it.

Ooii~

About a Place

in the Kinki Region

Bunei Publishing House

Ozawa-kun.

Chihiro-san!

Hey, hey.

Sorry for making you come all this way.

It's been ages since we've met in person.

So, what's this important assignment that you couldn't discuss over phone?

It's for Beyond the Supernatural magazine, isn't it?

That's right, Beyond Super.

I'll explain it to you in the basement archives, follow me.

Okay, right behind you!

The thing is...

Our editor-in-chief, Sayama-san, has gone missing.

Wait, what?

When?

Last week, both he and his wife.

And all the working drafts for the special feature he was working on solo,

disappeared along with him.

Wow...

Ah, so you want me to work on that special feature?

Yeah.

Management has told me...

Either hunt down Sayama-san and retrieve all the working drafts...

Or use the source materials we have to quickly pull together the special feature.

Is this one of those offers I can’t turn down?

Ozawa-kun, aren't you overreacting?

Ah, sorry.

The police decided there is no indication of foul play

and won't investigate any further.

So I kinda panicked.

Well, that's the police for ya.

So are there no drafts to refer to at all?

Ah, you know Sayama-san...

He likes using his own laptop for work.

That's gone, so I don't even know what the feature is about.

All that we have are a bunch of materials he's gathered and kept in the basement.

What?

You need to at least tell me what the feature is about!

Sorry.

This way.

So when's the deadline?

If the manuscript can be ready by next week, we might just pull it off.

What? The feature is 25 pages, right?

That's really pushing it...

Management has said that if we don't clean this mess up...

They're going to shut down Beyond the Supernatural.

Thanks for helping us out!

Wow...

I didn't know of this place.

Yeah, the archives.

Though hardly anyone ever comes down here.

It smells mouldy.

Yeah, it does.

Well, this is it.

These are all the materials that Sayama-san was using for the feature.

So you should be able to figure out the theme for this feature, right?

Well, I flipped through the notes and printed materials.

The information is really all over the place.

Good episode: Yamashina Keiko-chan Kuramoto Junior High: summer camp

What was Sayama-san planning with all this material?

20th January 1985: @ 6min 21 sec 9th March 2002: @ 9min

Shall we watch this?

Sure.

The Disappearance of Keiko-chan - one year has passed - modern day spirited away

Bizarre new testimony The mystery deepens!!

Last February,

Yamashina Keiko-chan of Shiga Prefecture,

Murokawa, Shiga Prefecture

then age 7,

was on her way home from school.

After parting ways with her friend just 40 metres from her home.

She disappeared without a trace.

It was as if she'd been spirited away by the gods.

The home of Yamashina Keiko-chan

Then inexplicably, three months later,

Went missing last February Yamashina Keiko-chan (then age 7)

Keiko-chan's uncle, who lived nearby,

was reportedly seen jumping into the dam.

Keiko-chan's uncle Yamashina Keizo-san (then age 53)

His body was later found.

There was no suicide note.

Even the family were at a loss as to why.

The police ruled it a suicide.

Thereafter, strange new eyewitness accounts have surfaced near the dam.

Takemoto Yoshinori Spotted a young girl in the middle of the night

It was about... three a.m. in the middle of the night...

I was driving my truck here,

I was coming from where the dam is over there.

At the time, well... over there...

There, do you see the tree standing there?

Somewhere between the tree and the white pole there...

A girl with a red backpack was standing there, with her back to me.

I was worried and stopped my truck, wound down my window,

and I yelled to ask her if everything's okay.

Then she suddenly whipped around...

You know, her eyes were completely black.

Pitch black.

Like they were just holes.

Holes?

I was spooked, I tell ya.

It was right here, she just quickly scampered off.

The mountain was pitch black...

And...

The kid looked like she might be Keiko-chan, the missing girl.

Play

Good evening.

Everyone, the camera's here! The camera's here!

Yes, this way, look this way.

Come this way with me.

Quick! Hurry, hurry!

Wai-- what? Oy!

Hey, hey! H-hang on a minute...

Hey!

This way, here!

Wai--.. what is it?

Eh?

Can you hear the voice?

The voice?

I don't hear anything.

Ooooiii~~...

I heard that!

Huh... what?

Ooooiii~~...

Hey, don't!

Ooooiii~~...

It's speaking again! It's saying something!

Does it sound like it's coming closer?

Hey everyone, it might just be some weirdo.

- A pervert! - Hey, what do you want?

Hey, don't!

Why don't you come to the mountain?

The mountain?

Don't engage!

Will something good happen if we go?

Hey, stop it, seriously.

I have persimmons for you!

Persimmons. They have persimmons!

Rika, what's wrong? Rika!

Someone! Call the teacher!

Teacher!

- Rika! Rika!! - Teacher!

Hey, are you alright? Are... you alright? Hey? Hey?

Teacher, teacher... She collapsed suddenly!

I see something!

Everyone, calm down! Calm down!

Calm down, everyone!

Everyone, calm down. It's alright.

Calm down, everyone.

This incident at the junior high summer camp...

It's really well known.

I'd heard there was video, but it was never made public.

Is that so?

Here, look.

Mass Hysteria at Summer Camp - Kuaramoto Junior High closed

Eh?

You mean that footage was real?

There's no connection to the prior news footage either.

I wonder just what Sayama-san had in mind.

Hmm...

I bet if we keep looking, we'll be able to connect everything together.

Yeah, you're right.

Let's try to get this special feature wrapped up somehow.

23 January 2013 Motorcycle Touring (Form of tourism that involves a motorcycle.)

2013.

Motorcycle touring.

So today, I decided to try out a touring route that was recommended by

a blogger who's a biking enthusiast.

Boy, it's really great.

Can you see this? This, right here.

That was on the blog right?

The torii gate and the little shrine beneath it.

You don't really see this kind of set-up anywhere else, do you?

It's pretty interesting, let's go check it out together.

A vermilion torii gate.

Man, it's really quite something.

It's quite old and in rather bad shape.

And... here's the shrine.

Huh? What's this?

Ugh, what is it in there?

That's really creepy

Hang on...

Oooiii~...

Oooiii~...

Did you hear that?

With the static?

Yes.

It was saying "ooii".

It's the same as in that summer camp video.

Hmmm... 2002, and 2013.

That's about 11 years apart.

Something connecting these over more than 10 years.

Alright, I'm going to go through the documents and back issues.

Ozawa-kun, can you review all the video contents?

Sure.

We've first got to pin down the theme for this special feature, right?

24th January 2015

Nico live stream, edited.

Hey, I think I've read about it before.

Found it.

That's the footage of a Nico live streamer before they went missing.

Niconico streamer's haunting live stream before his disappearance

He didn't have many followers so the information didn't spread very far.

But it left an impression with me.

The footage was pretty scary.

So this person went missing too.

Mysterious disappearance

[TN: The actor in this segment is Tsukumo Kisuke (aka Kaibashira). He used to livestream on Niconico and his channel "Gekidan Kaibashira" often introduced horror movies and novels. He starred in director Shiraishi Koji's 2023 found footage movie "Never Send Me, Please."] Niconico Live Totsugeki Hitobashira's Tour of Paranormal Spots

Breakfast is more important than paranormal live streaming Where are you going today? Where are you headed? Props to those up early for this live stream!

[Radio] Bringing you news from the Kanto-Koshinetsu region.

Boy, it's really far.

Sumo Grand Champion Hakuho.

To your record breaking 33rd championship win...

Congratulations!

I'm such a fan.

Now today...

I'm at a well-known paranormal spot for those in the know.

The Suicide House.

Here.

Can you see it?

It's rumoured that spirits of a woman and child haunt this place.

That's the entrance right? Over there.

We're getting close.

It's open.

Coming in!!

Ugh... Gross.

Hey ghost, come on out!

Show yourself!

Scary!

Are these all nooses?

It really is The Suicide House, this.

Man, this is wild...

Why is the tatami floor... like this?

Gotta be careful, the stairs are dangerous.

Aaand... we're here.

There's drawings on the wall here.

Looks like it was done by a child.

Right, then this is the child's room?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, the room's completely sealed off.

Look.

So, this ... the Forbidden Room?

Okay.

Cha-auurghh-ge!

Charge!

Okay.

And now...

A historic moment.

Chaaaarge!!

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

Oh boy, oh boy, ohhhh boy...

Waait....

No way... this is insane.

Th-this...

The walls are completely covered with...

Wha... what is it?

It's some kind of nonsensical doodle...

It's the same drawing over and over.

This is freaky, so, so freaky...

What does it say?

I have no clue, this is just crazy.

Oh boy, oh boy... this is bad...

What the hell...

Wh-what?

What's this stain... Why is the floor black? What's that splotch?

Seriously... what is this...

Wha-- This is insane...

What... What is this?

Is that... barbed wire? It's all spiky.

This is bad, this is bad...

Aahhh~

Did I just hear a voice?

What's that sound? I heard a voice I heard it You can really hear it I got goosebumps It's a child's voice

I'm gonna beat you up!

Maaan...

Oh whoa... no way, no way...

This is weird...

What's there? What's in the desk There's a drawer Wanna look in the desk Open the drawer

Inside the desk?

Okay, okay.

There's a photo

A photo? Is that photo of the kid? It's a kid

My gawd....

Oh maaan....

Holy - it moved right? It moved, it moved!!

It moved! Whoa, the eyes moved... No waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!! Creepycreepycreepycreeepy It totallllly mooooooved??!?!?!? The eyes! The eyes!! NOOOO WAAAAY!!!! It moved! It moved!!!

It moved! Whoa, the eyes moved... No waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!! Creepycreepycreepycreeepy It totallllly mooooooved??!?!?!? The eyes! The eyes!! NOOOO WAAAAY!!!! It moved! It moved!!! Thank you so much for finding me.

I heard a creak...

What's that sound? Get out!Get out!Get out! Scaryscaryscary Where's it coming from? Can you hear it? GET OUT NOWWW!!! Is it alright to watch this? I heard creaking Creak... creak...

What? From above?

Enough... that's enough...

You gotta quit now I keep hearing it This isn't funny, please stop Get out and run That's enough, this is dangerous

Wait...

It's gonna appear... It's gonna appear soon.

I have a bad feeling about this.....

Behind you behind you! OMGOMGOMG There's something behind you It's a person? It's dead What is that? Are you okay? What happened? What's going on? Is that blood? No way... Come back!

That was his final live stream.

He continued posting on Twitter after, but it was all like this.

Live stream from the famous Suicide House! I'm fine Good morning It's raining Ahhh.... Shut up The sky was shining A dog It was a dream

Then, after this final tweet, he deleted his account.

Thank you so much for finding meeeeeeeeeeee....

What the hell is this...

There was no sign of him online after that.

This makes no sense at all.

Right?

3rd October 2019

Meguro Yuuji interview

I think this might be an interview Sayama-san did.

Beyond Super Vol. 52 material Meguro Yuuji (20y) Interview Somei Cultural University Campus

Alright then, please tell me your story?

I like horror movies and scary stories.

I had a gathering with my university friends to share scary videos.

Sato-kun came too.

Everyone brought movies.

I shared a video I found on Nico Nico Douga.

It's called ‘Watch this and You'll Die’.

Then after, Sato-kun said,

"I can hear a woman's voice, going... aaah—"

And he started freaking out.

That's him.

Sato-kun.

We never saw Sato-kun smiling again in university.

He ignored anyone who tried to talk to him

And he went missing some time later.

Here we are, that's Sato-kun's apartment building.

Sato-kun?

"Watch this and You'll Die" Provided by Mr. Meguro Currently removed from Nico Nico Douga Downloaded on 25th May, 2019

That drawing stuck on the side of the front door earlier on.

And the talisman-like things in the Suicide House.

They're the same, right?

Ah... and this...

The characters on the four corners

Is it the katakana for "A" (ア)...

Or is it a "3"?

Oh wait, it's probably the kanji for "ryo" (了) in "end" (終了).

Ah, that looks like it.

Speaking of, we ended up watching the video "Watch this and You'll Die", didn't we?

We're not going to disappear too, are we?

Meguro-kun watched it and he's fine.

But Sayama-san...

How about using social media to gather information about Sayama-san?

Once again, I appreciate your assistance.

My friend has gone missing.

If you might have any information to share, please contact me.

Morning.

Good morning.

Ozawa-san, did you stay overnight in the basement?

Yeah.

Oh sorry, do I smell?

No, no.

Please take it easy and don't over do it.

We don't want you to end up like Sayama-san.

What are you saying... I'm fine.

Wh-what is it?

All I did was tap you on the shoulder.

Ah, just...

Chihiro-san.

See this...

There's this site where people share strange drawings they've come across.

Oh, really?

Ah, that's it...

Yeah.

It's the same except for...

The characters in the corners changed from “end" (了) to "woman" (女).

You often see such kind of unauthorised stickers around the city.

It's usually just publicity for artists or musicians.

But these are quite different.

Each one is drawn by hand.

It's got the same vibe as those Tsuno Daishi ofuda (talismans) used to ward off evil spirits.

Hey, you're right.

So then people started posting to say,

"I saw some too." "There's the same one here."

And when you trace them chronologically,

It goes Tokyo, Shizuoka, Nagoya.

And the oldest report comes from around here.

Take a look.

There were more reports of this than anywhere else apparently.

They'e exactly like the talismans in the Suicide House.

And...

According to this, the house is somewhere in the Kinki (Kansai) region

I think it probably spread nationwide from here.

How did you figure all this out?

That's amazing.

Wait, there's more.

This is 2014 video from a residential complex in the area.

Take a look.

It sure is a nice day!

Are you excited about our new home?

Yup.

Sorry that the place is a little bit run-down.

Oh?

But it's really nice and quiet, innit?

Hey, watch your step now!

Whatcha doing?

I can't reach it!

That branch, it's kinda impossible eh?

Our new home!

That's right. Our home's on the fifth floor of block 5.

What a view.

Choosing this place was totally the right call, ma.

Wasn't it?

It's cold, I'm gonna close this.

Leave it open.

Are you cold?

It's okay. I want to look out.

Okay, sorry, sorry.

Fine...

Look at you draw!

What's this?

He's the boss of everyone!

Huh?

What is it?

Hm?

What is it?

No, no, no! Don't look!

What is it?

You gotta give me a warning when you show me something like this.

I'm sorry.

But look here...

This.

That's totally the same building, isn't it?

It is.

In Christianity, ‘5’ represents the breath of God.

In Kabbalistic numerology, it represents change and energy.

I'm going to take note of how this all connects.

That's amazing.

As you'd expect.

Also, a TV crew did a story at that same residential complex 15 years ago.

Exploring Japan Operation Big Quiz!! What's great around my 'hood!

Ah!

It's a residential complex.

There seems to be a lot of people so let's go take a look.

Wow, lotsa kids.

Hello everyone!

A camera!

Is this for TV? Is it recording?

Yes, TV, it's for TV!

Everyone's so full of energy!

Hey, everyone, listen up, everyone!

You guys like playing tag? [TN: The Japanese name for the game of tag is oni gokko 鬼ごっこ, which means playing the demon or ogre. The tagger is the oni or demon, and symbolic for the one creating suspense and fear. ]

Playing tag?

What game is that?

We ain't playing tag.

It's Mashira-sama!

Mashira-sama?

What's that, Mashira-sama?

No way! You don't know?

I'm gonna be Mashira-sama!

Ooii!!

I have persimmons for you!!

He's got persimmons... haha.

Amazing, look at him chase after everyone.

He's really going all out.

Wait! Hey, wait!!

Tag!

She's tagged.

Sa-cri-fice! Sa-cri-fice! Sa-cri-fice!

What? She's picking flowers?

Here.

No good!

Sa-cri-fice! Sa-cri-fice! Sa-cri-fice!

This!

- You want this? - Yes, this!

No no no no no.... no!

Please accept this, Mashira-sama.

Just what kind of game is this?

What's this?

"Mashira-sama" is a pretty ominous game, isn't it?

And it's the same residential complex as the story before.

The materials that Sayama-san has gathered tie together in very unsettling ways.

Before he disappeared, I was talking to Sayama-san about the feature,

And he said to me, "Just wait till you read it."

I can see why this got him all fired up.

Listen, don't go running off on your own.

Huh?

If you're going to investigate something, I'm coming along.

Well, of course.

Ahhh, I have to go meet with Morota-sensei.

Yes, thank you.

This is what I was talking about...

Morota-sensei, can you sense anything when you look at this picture?

Hmm...

There's a presence I feel beyond this.

Seems like a rather dangerous person...

A dangerous person?

Hm?

Hm.

I think it's a person...?

I'm sorry.

This...

A monkey?

Eh?

Excuse me-...

I'm sorry.

Ma'am, are you okay?

Ah, I'm very sorry.

Hello! Found a video of Sayama-san's follow-up interview.

Meguro Yuuji (20) His apartment

Right, then, could you tell us what happened?

Okay.

It was quite late at night,

I was in my room but something kept pulling me from the outside.

So I went to take a look.

There's this boy, probably elementary school age.

And his head was like this...

Sort of tilted all the way back.

Or it was like dangling or something.

Video: Mr. Meguro

Meguro Yuuji Tsukada Masazumi (Head Priest) Enzeiji Temple

After watching that video, Sato-kun...

seemed to have changed completely.

Are you alright?

I'm really sorry.

Let's continue.

We'll keep going but...

Yes?

This... thing...

I might not be able to exorcise it.

I'm in a real bind here.

There must be something that can be done!

A living creature...

Keep a living creature...

A living creature?

Yes.

Surround yourself with living things, constantly, at all times.

Okay.

Mysterious drawings hidden throughout the city In-Depth Analysis What the truth behind this mysterious drawing that has popped up in large numbers across the country? This might seem a bit random, but has anyone seen this before?

Hmm, the drawing appeared in news footage?

In Kawaguchi, Saitama prefecture, the Hasebe family of four,

have been missing since last night.

Bloodstains were found all over their home.

They have disappeared, and the store over there,

which is connected to their home, was left open.

Police are treating this as a crime.

Police: Investigating the possibility that a family member may be involved in this incident

Photos of the Hasabe family were released earlier today,

and police are renewing their appeal for information.

Missing are the owner of the handicraft shop...

Hasebe Yasuhiko-san, age 46...

There it is...

Hello.

I just got back, but...

where are you now, Ozawa-kun.

Ah, yes. Sorry.

I've gone home.

You should've called at least.

Ah, right.

Sorry.

Alright then, see you tomorrow.

Tokyo Odaiba What's trending with high school girls?

So our roving reporters

approached high school girls on the streets

to ask them about the latest trends.

Huh... what is there...

You got that chain letter, didn't you?

- Something like a bad luck chain letter. - Oh yeah, yeah!!

You got one the other day, right?

Bad luck chain letter?

It's one with a super creepy image attached?

Like, if you don't send it to at least three people...

you'll die or something.

So if you don't send it to at least three people...

You die...!?

There's no way I'm going to die!

I'll take my chances!

As for the image you must send to at least three people?

It's this.

A black human figure, and what appears to be a torii gate.

And the character for "woman" (女) is written on it.

It's kinda eerie, and written underneath...

Can you see it? It's kinda tiny...

- What is it? - Right at the very bottom...

It's written, "Why don't you come to the mountain?"

- The mountain? - The mountain...

Why don't you come to the mountain?

Is this an invitation to a picnic, perhaps?

That last line...

It's the same as what the voice uttered in that summer camp video.

Here.

Instigator of group suicide is a high school girl!? Charcoal briquettes found in car with four female bodies

Ozawa-kun, she's...

The girl in that video earlier, isn't it?

Yeah, it's her.

Hey.

This feature...

it's starting to give off bad vibes, don't you think?

Too many people dying or vanishing.

It's just my gut feeling from covering matters of the occult for so long.

If we're going to back out, now's the time.

It's too late now for us to rework the feature.

Even Sayama-san... maybe this is why he...

Chihiro-san.

You can quit if you don't want to do this.

I'm just worried, alright?

I'm good for this.

To the very end.

I appreciate your support.

Okay then, eat your vegetables.

Thanks.

What?

It's Meguro-san, the one Sayama-san was interviewing.

- You got hold of him? - Yes.

I sent several emails and never got a reply.

Apparently they ended up in the spam folder.

And it seems like Meguro-san is also keen to meet up with us.

Well, let's meet then.

Will you arrange it?

Right away!

After the priest advised me to keep living creatures,

I started with about ten killifish (medaka)...

Here you go.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Killifish, you say?

Yes.

After that, the boy stopped coming.

But six months later,

All ten killifish died suddenly.

Then the next night,

As I was returning to the apartment I lived in at the time,

There was a woman standing on my balcony.

You took a video?

Yes.

By the time I called the police, the woman vanished.

I stayed at a friend's apartment after that.

I got a hamster too.

But hamsters only live for about a year.

So then you got a cat?

Five have died already, and I get a new cat as soon as one goes.

The priest who did the purification ritual jumped to his death.

He didn't keep any living creatures, you know.

That's what Sayama-san told me.

Actually...

Sayama-san's missing.

Maybe he just ran away.

He doesn't seem like the sort you could trust.

Probably alive and kicking somewhere.

This does give one some sense of peace and comfort, right?

I guess.

Of the video materials Sayama-san gathered.

This is what's left.

Kansai Electrical Safety Association

Scary stories from Kinki: Masaru-sama

Long, long ago...

There was a man named Masaru who loved his mother very, very much.

Ma!

Ma! I'm home!

There, there.

Then one day,

his mother suddenly fell ill and passed away.

Nooo...!! Ooii~... ooii~...

Ooii~... ooii~...Ooii~... ooii~...

As Masaru cried himself to sleep...

Ah? Ah?

A dazzling light appeared and descended upon the mountains.

What on earth is that!?

Forgetting his tears, Masaru ventured deep into the mountain.

There, atop a rock,

stood an old man, dressed in rags, glowing with light.

I am a god. I am here to grant you your wish.

I want to be doted upon by Ma again.

Your ma is dead.

You must find a wife, who will take the place of your ma.

A wife?

Find a woman to partake in this persimmon, and she will obey your every word.

Before he knew it, a blackened persimmon lay clasped in Masaru's hand.

From the next day forth, Masaru would cry out from the mountains:,

Come! Come! I have persimmons!

Hearing this, the women in the village all said:

Persimmons aren't in season now, are they?

Those must be rotten persimmons... that's creepy.

Come! Come! I have persimmons for you!

No matter how much he cried out, no one came.

Ooii~... ooii~... ooii~...

I have persimmons for you...

Ooii~... ooii~... ooii~...

I have... persimmons...

for you...

Masaru shouted till he could shout no more, and died, exhausted.

And from that day on, anyone who walks through these mountains...

Ooii~... ooii~... ooii~...

Ooii~... ooii~... ooii~...

Masaru's voice could be heard from the mountains.

And then a persimmon comes rolling down - bumpity-bump.

The women grew fearful.

So the frightened villagers got together,

named the stone atop the mountain ‘Masaru-sama,’

and built a shrine to honour him.

Even so, Masaru's voice could still heard from within the mountain from time to time...

and persimmons would come rolling down, bump-bump-bumpity-bump...

Ooii~... ooii~... ooii~...

In the tale of Masaru-sama, "Ooii~" and "I have persimmons for you!’

We heard that in the summer camp video,

and it's what the kids at the residential complex were chanting.

‘Ooii~!’ also made an appearance in the touring video.

And the dam seen in the touring video,

is the same location where the uncle of the missing Yamashina Keiko committed suicide.

The Suicide House has been demolished, and it's right near that residential complex.

The shrine is close by too, isn't it?

Yeah.

And once we come up with the theory linking all this together,

the feature will be complete.

It's all because of you, Chihiro-san.

Thank you very much.

So...

There's really something going on in the Kinki region.

Well then, we continue tomorrow.

Good night.

Thanks for the hard work.

Hello.

What!?

Really!!

Yup.

Yes.

Yes.

Okay, details by email?

Got it.

Ozawa-san.

How's your day beeー...

Ozawa-san?

Don't you think you should take a break?

Being cooped up in the basement is...

Th-th-thank you sooo muuuuuch~...

for finding meeee~...

- Good morning. - Morning.

Excuse me.

Yes.

Where's Ozawa-kun?

Ummm...

Ozawa-kun?

Ozawa-kun?

Ahh...

That's Ozawa-kun's, isn't it?

Yes, it is.

Hello? Excuse me, this is Ozawa-san's mobile...

Huh? Who's this speaking?

I'm Seno, a writer...

I'm working with Ozawa-san.

I'm a friend of his,

where's Ozawa-kun...

Ozawa-san left this behind at the office and then disappeared.

Oh...

He called in the middle of the night saying some strange things.

I thought he was drunk and hung up.

But I got worried so I decided to call.

What did he say...

I think it's like...

"Thank you so much for finding me..."

Something along those lines.

Ozawa-kun!

Chihiro-san?

What the hell are you doing?!

Where am I? What's going on...

You don't remember?

Whatever it is, we're getting out of here.

Where are we going?

It's not safe for you to be alone.

This is an emergency intervention.

Come on in.

Didn't I tell you not to go investigating things by yourself?

Take your pick.

Sorry, I wanted to be able to wrap up the story on my own.

Okay, I'll have this.

Okay.

That's Takumi.

My son.

Well, he's gone now.

Ozawa-kun, I think your condition

is quite similar to Meguro-kun's.

Possibly even more dangerous.

I'm guessing Sayama-san was in a similar state too.

This...

It's a map with Sayama-san's notes.

They're the same as ours!

As for Sayama-san's whereabouts...

He's alive?

I was sworn not to share this.

I found the writer who helped him to escape in the middle of the night.

And he told me where we can find Sayama-san.

We're going to look for him, right?

Seriously, why live somewhere like the foot of Mount Fuji?

Perhaps he wanted to draw upon the power of Japan's most sacred mountain?

When you are pushed to the brink, you'll grasp at anything that might help.

What's that for?

I thought we could put out a video on social media as part of the feature.

Would be good way to generate some attention.

Wouldn't Sayama-san flip out having a camera shoved in his face?

He disappeared without a word and took all the working drafts with him.

He'll have to accept this to take responsibility for what he did.

Right...

I'll leave you to it then.

Ugh..

Sayama-san!

It's Ozawa!

I'm coming in!

Hey, wait...

All these animals...

Chihiro-kun.

Um...

It's been a while.

Sayama-san, why did you just take off without saying anything?

Tsk.

You make me sick.

What?

Ah, um... That was ...

See what you did to my wife?

It's all because of you.

What are you going to do about it?

Ah, um...

I...

I've been trying to pull together the feature using the materials that you left behind.

But things just got more and more bizarre...

You just stay out of it.

You really want me dead, don't you?

What?

Chihiro-kun.

So he's next after me, eh?

Damn you, luring us in, one after another... .

You really are a nasty woman.

You've got some nerve, you ran away!

W-we're the ones still putting up a fight here.

Sayama-san.

M-my life is in danger.

Didn't your article include instructions on how to survive this?

Please give it to me!

I'm begging you!

Thank you so much...

for finding me.

It's over.

Ozawa-kun.

Let's go.

Yeah, but...

Just go.

Could this be the working drafts?

Maybe.

Two zero zero... eight...

A-ma-no... [Heaven's...]

Well, let's see what's in it.

Okay.

"I wish to have you back again..."

Heaven's Rock Cave [Amano Iwayato]

Heaven's Rock Cave is where

those who have lost loved ones come together.

It's the Haven of Hope.

This is where the many believers

live in community,

devoting themselves in daily prayer to Yashiro-sama.

So as to be able to reunite with their loved ones.

"To greater heights! To greater heights!"

We spoke to one devotee,

Hojo Hatsune-san.

What brings you here?

Four years ago,

I lost the person I was seeing at the time...

He was such a kind person.

I was being harassed at work.

I confided to him about it,

and he took it hard and got so worked up

he ended up killing my harasser.

And then...

He, too,

ended his life by leaping to his death.

So I'm here to reach greater heights,

so I can get him back,

and tell him that I love him.

Yashiro-sama will

help reunite you with your loved ones,

so as to help you regain your sense of self.

First, you will start your life with Heaven's Rock Cave...

Wait...

This was just after I lost my son.

Somehow...

this religion just felt so tender and compassionate.

I joined them for just a short time.

So that's how it happened.

My child...

was murdered.

I had put him in the stroller,

and I was sitting on a park bench, reading.

I must have dozed off.

And when I woke up,

He was gone, stroller and all.

Eventually,

He was found,

in a pond nearby.

And the culprit...

The strange thing about the facility was that rock.

The leader of Heaven's Rock Cave said,

the rock just suddenly appeared one day

in the courtyard of the facility.

What, did it just descend from the heavens,

like the God in "Masaru-sama?"

Ten years ago, the religion disbanded.

I've been told it's because

the rock disappeared and the leader went crazy.

Yashiro-sama, Masaru-sama, Mashira-sama...

All seem to refer to that rock.

That rock must be the root of all these cursed events.

I'm sure Sayama-san trusted you to be able

to find the clue in this video.

Well then, we're going to have to do something about that rock.

Or I'll end up like Sayama-san.

That's not happening.

We're going to find that rock.

And we're going to destroy it.

The writer of this book collects folktales of the Kinki region.

She might be able to tell us more.

Let's go meet her.

Looks like the writer is on social media, I'll message her.

Right then.

We're heading to Kinki.

Yes.

I heard the story of Masaru-sama from the old lady next door,

back when I used to live here.

I'm sorry to ask a weird question.

But do you know of a children's game that's similar to

the story of "Masaru-sama."

You mean, Mashira-sama?

That's right, Mashira-sama.

You sure do know your stuff.

Kids used to play here all the time.

Maybe over time, that old folktale turned into a kids' game.

Well... there was a bit of an incident here.

Add ever since, no one plays that game any more.

And by incident, you mean...

See there, that tree over there.

An elementary school kid hanged himself and died.

An elementary school boy hanged himself?

That's right.

His mother rushed over,

And she jumped like so, trying to get her kid down.

Jumped over and over.

Eventually, the mother went crazy too.

She drew these strange pictures,

went around sticking them everywhere.

Um, sensei...

Those pictures, could it be this?

Yes, this is it.

Do you know what's the meaning of this picture?

That character is the name of the boy who died.

It's written as "Ryo" (了), but pronounced "Akira."

And that's all to the story.

I'll show you to the apartment that has a good view of Masaru-sama's mountain.

I borrowed the key from the caretaker.

It's over there, building 5.

That's the mountain.

Masaru-sama's shrine remains on that mountain.

Apparently, there really was a rock in the shrine a long time ago.

But the rock disappeared somehow.

And instead dolls started piling up in the shrine.

Then about ten years ago,

There was even a rumour that the rock had pushed aside all the dolls to return to the shrine.

The religious order was disbanded ten years ago.

Maybe it's at the shrine now...

We have to go.

Let's get ready and head over.

Chihiro-san!

Chihiro-san!

You're in my way!

I was thinking...

The rock... maybe it moves to where it's needed?

There was a huge hole on the first floor of the Suicide House.

The mother who lost Akira also needed that rock...

So you're saying the rock appeared and granted some mystical power?

Exactly.

Looks like we've got no choice but to destroy the rock.

Yeah, I really think

destroying the rock is the way to go.

My life'll be saved, we'll meet the deadline.

I'll become Beyond Super's editor-in-chief.

This story will become famous...

Exactly! Don't give up!

There's no way

I'm giving up.

That's...

Where's the rock? Where is it!?

Why isn't it here?

Don't you dare mess with me!

Chihiro-san...

Oooii~...

Oooii~...

Chihiro-san!

Chihiro-san!

Oooii~...

Thank you, Ozawa-kun.

You came.

To my place.

Chihiro-san?

Because I needed it too.

So he's next after me, eh?

Damn you, luring us in, one after another... .

My child... was murdered.

When you are pushed to the brink, you'll grasp at anything that might help.

I'm a...

human sacrifice?

Ozawa-kun, you're my...

very best friend.

Chihiro-san...?

Oooii~...

Oooii~...

Oooii~...

Chihiro-san! Chi-...

Ahh... H-help me!!

No...noo...

Oooii~...

Takumi...

Takumi!

Oooii~...

Oooii~...

My friend has gone missing.

His name is Ozawa Yuusei-kun.

He disappeared while we were investigating a story together.

If you have any information of his whereabouts, please contact me.

Ooii~...

Thank you so much for watching.

subbed by fimo@Drama Otaku