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Hey, do you know about this?

Some weird video just started playing on my phone.

Oh, I've heard of that.

Yeah, it was all over the net news, wasn't it?

They say it was watching from outside the window.

They say it follows you, walking like tap tap tap...

There was a line of people standing side-by-side.

A woman appears on the TV screen and like, raises her hand or something.

Never heard of it.

They say if you read that, you'll die in three days.

Under the light... something blurry...

They say you'll be cursed to death.

Uh...

My friend has gone missing.

If anyone has any information, please contact me.

His name is...

Sayama-san, good work today.

Yeah, thanks for staying late.

I'm heading out first.

Ah, let's go for a drink sometime.

Heh heh... No thanks.

Tch.

That's alcohol harassment & sexual harassment.

Ozawa, you can go home too. There's still plenty of time before the deadline.

Right... I'll head out.

Sayama-san, you've been holed up in the basement alone. What kind of special feature are you writing?

Eh? It's still a secret.

Oh... But right now, I'm really on a roll.

Heh... That's rare.

Look forward to it.

Ooiii.

"About a place in the Kinki region"

Ozawa-kun.

Chihiro-san!

Hi, hi.

I'm sorry. For making you come all the way here.

It's been a while since we met in person.

So? What's this big job you couldn't tell me over the phone?

It's "Super Mystery Magazine," right?

Yes, Fushimaga.

I'll explain in the basement archives. This way.

Okay. Nice to see you.

Actually, the Editor-in-Chief...

Sayama-san has gone missing.

Eh? What!? When?

Shh.

Last week. Along with his wife.

And... he took all the data for the special feature he was working on alone, right before printing.

Eeeeh...

Ah... so you're offering that feature to me?

Yes. The higher-ups told me...

Either find Sayama-san and recover the feature data...

Or use the materials he collected...

...and quickly create the feature pages myself.

So you're saying "don't turn this down"?

Ozawa-kun, aren't you getting ahead of yourself?

Ah... Ah, I'm sorry.

The police decided there was no foul play involved, so they won't investigate properly.

I got kind of panicked.

Well, the police are like that...

Isn't there any manuscript left behind at all?

Ah... Sayama-san...

He was doing all his work on his own laptop, you know?

He disappeared with it. I don't even know the content.

All that's left are the materials he was collecting in the basement recently.

What?

You should have at least shared the content of the feature.

I'm sorry.

This way.

So, when's the deadline?

Ah... If the manuscript is ready by next week, we'll manage somehow.

Eh? A feature is 25 pages, right? That's seriously...

The higher-ups told me...

If we mess this up, "Super Mystery Magazine" will be discontinued.

So please help us!

Eeh...

I didn't know this place existed.

Yes. Almost no one comes to the archives.

It smells moldy.

Yeah, it does.

So, this is...

These are the materials Sayama-san chose for this feature.

Then you can tell what genre the feature was, right?

No... I looked at the paper documents a bit,

but the content is all over the place.

I wonder how Sayama-san intended to summarize this.

Can I watch this?

Yes.

Last February, Keiko Yamashina, living in Shiga Prefecture...

...7 years old, on her way home from school...

...within a distance of about 40 meters between parting with her friend and her home...

...suddenly vanished.

Keiko-chan disappeared as if spirited away.

Three months later, inexplicably...

Keiko-chan's uncle, who lived nearby...

...was witnessed throwing himself into a dam...

...and his body was found.

There was no suicide note...

...and the family had no idea why...

...but the police ruled it a suicide.

Then, near this dam, a new and bizarre eyewitness report emerged.

Um... it was around 3 AM.

I was driving this truck... over there...

...coming from the direction of the dam.

At that time, um... right there... you see that tree standing there?

Right between that tree and that white pole. Right there...

There was a girl with a red backpack. She was standing with her back to me.

I got worried, so I stopped the truck and called out from the window...

"What's wrong?"

Then, she suddenly turned around to face me...

At that moment... her eyes were pitch black. Pitch black.

Like they were holes or something.

Holes?

I was completely terrified.

Right here. She went *babababa*... and ran this way.

The mountain... it was pitch dark... so...

That girl... I feel like she looked like the missing girl, Keiko-chan.

Good evening!

Guys, the camera is here! The camera is here!

Yes, this way, this way, this way! Yay!

Come over here! Hurry, hurry, hurry!

Wait, what, what? Hey, wait.

Hey, hey, wait... Wait a minute.

Hey!

This way, this way, this way!

Wait, what is it?

Eh?

Don't you hear a voice?

Voice?

I don't hear any voice.

Ooooii...

I heard it!

Hm? What?

Oooi!

Wait, don't!

Ooooii...

It's saying it again! It's saying it again!

Isn't it getting closer?

Wait, everyone! It might be a weirdo, so...

It's a pervert!

Is something the matter?

Woooon't youuu cooome to the mouuuntaaiiin?

- The mountain? - Don't respond to it!

Is there something good if we go?

Wait... stop it, seriously!

We haaave persimmooons toooo...

There's persimmons! He says there's persimmons!

Rika, what's wrong!? Rika!

Someone! Call the teacher!

- Teacher! - Hey, are you okay? A-Are you okay? Hey? Hey?

Teacher, Teacher... She suddenly collapsed...

- There's something there! - Eh?

Everyone, calm down! Calm down!

Yeah, everyone calm down.

Everyone calm down. It's okay.

Calm down, everyone.

This incident with the middle school students... It's a famous one.

I heard there was footage, but it was never released to the public.

Is that so?

Look.

Eeeh... So the one just now was real?

There's no connection to the talk show incident either.

I wonder what Sayama-san intended to do.

Hmm...

Maybe if we watch more, we'll find a common denominator?

That's true. I have to finish the feature somehow.

2013, Touring.

Today, I rode a touring course...

...recommended by a blogger who loves bikes.

Man, it felt great!

Can you see this? Um, this...

This was on the blog too. Yeah.

A Torii gate and a small shrine beneath it.

You don't see this kind of thing elsewhere, right? Yeah.

I'm curious. Shall we go closer and take a look? Right?

Wooow...

Oh... A vermilion Torii.

It's pretty... pretty old, huh? It's falling apart quite a bit.

Heeh, this shrine...

Eh? What is this? Ugh, what is it? What is this? It's disgusting.

Wait... Eh?

Ooooi...

Ooooi...

Did you hear that? In the static just now.

Yes. It said "Oooi".

It's the same as the school trip earlier.

Yeah... 2002 and 2013.

It's been about 11 years.

A connection over 10 years later.

Alright. I'll check the back numbers and paper documents.

Ozawa-kun, can you look at the video related stuff?

Yes.

First, we need to grasp the aim of the feature.

January 24th, 2015.

Nico Nico Live Stream (Edited).

Ah... Wait. I feel like I read about this a long time ago.

Eh...

Found it.

This is the footage right before a Nico Nico streamer went missing.

He didn't have many followers, so the information didn't spread much.

But I kind of remember it.

The footage was really scary too.

So this person went missing too.

Nico Nico Live Broadcast

Hitobashira's Haunted Spot Tour

January 24th, 2015

Breakfast is more important than visiting a ghost

We will bring you news from the Kanto-Koshinetsu region.

Where are you going today??

Where are we heading? Early risers rule!

Can you do an U-turn?

Are you there yet?

Man, it's far.

It's getting closer!

The most terrifying live stream has begun!

It's starting \(^o^)/

I'm looking forward to it!

We were waiting

I see it I see it I see it I see it

Yokozuna Hakuho-san! 33rd championship win, the most in history!

It's watching you...

Yo! Been waiting for this!

Charging in full energy today!!

The Ghost is like: "Huh???"

Congratulations!

Hakuho lolololol

I'm a fan!

Exorcising spirits with Hakuho talk

Sumo talk during a ghost hunt lol

Heh heh heh...

Was waiting for this lolol

Today, I'm at a rumored haunted spot known only to those in the know.

What are you here for?

88888 (Applause)

Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap

The "Hanging House".

Hanging

Hoi!

It's the Hanging House

He actually arrived!

This place is bad news

Haunted Building Exploration

Here, see it?

It's a total jungle lololol

They say the ghosts of a child and a woman appear here.

Call a gardener lol

I'm scaaared...Help me...

Way too much grass lol

That's the entrance, right? That's the entrance. I'm getting closer.

Don't enter!

CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE

We're going in! We're going in!!!

Bad bad bad bad bad

Inside is definitely bad news

CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE

Oh.

Is he seriously doing it?

It's open.

Oh? Oh? Oh???

CHARGE!

\Preparation Complete/

CHARGE (Totsugeki)!!

All units, commence assault!!!!

Uwaah... Gross.

Ugh, it's dirty

GO to the room in the back of 1F

Uwa, uwa, uwa...

Zombies gonna come out soon

Uwah!

The ceiling!?

Hey ghost! Come on out! Come out!

Who smashed through that lol

The ceiling lololololololol

What happened here

Head to the Japanese style room-

Tell us the floor plan

Ghost is waiting for their cue

It's coming, it's coming

Mr. Ghost, it's your turn!!!

Uwaah...

This place is seriously bad news

Gross

Scary.

What is this, nasty

Scary Scary Scary Scary Scary Scary

Uwaaaa~

So this is... the famous spot...

Gnarly lololololololol

Look down

The main event has started

Are these all hangman's nooses?

Seriously, this place is crazy

God ascends from earth to heaven

That's fine, but please hurry up looking down!

Truly a Hanging House, this is.

House owner: "I can't do this anymore"

Incredibly unsettling

This is crazy too.

Hole

Hole is heeeere~

Did they dig something up?

Why a hole?

Hole!!!!!!!!

Jump in!!!!

Thank you God

Why is the tatami floor... Why is it like this?

First time seeing it on video

That hole is incomprehensible and too scary

Isn't someone peeking???

You don't know this? Noob

It's famous, you know?

Buddha statue is heeeere!!

The seal... has been broken...

Just pray for now

Hitobashira, touch it!!!!

Uwaa...

Bad Ending confirmed

Let's go to the 2nd floor soon

Seriously, the shrine's power lost

Forbidden Room on 2nd Floor

Uwa, uwa, uwa, uwa...

Feeling like we won't go home

There's a sealed room, right?

Stairs = Bad End

It's dangerous. Be careful on the stairs.

Charge in with property damage

It's coming from below!!

Now to the Forbidden Room

Have I arrived? Eei!

Charge into the most evil Forbidden Room

It's so filthy lol

Theory: Cockroaches are scarier than ghosts

Where is the Forbidden Room??

Pollution level MAX

There's some art that looks like...

Why penguins???

...it was drawn by a child.

Scribbles of animals and people are bad news

Purely scary

Kids drawings, I feel the madness

Is the red one the mother?

Disgusting!!!

Umm... this is... a child's room?

The child's room?

We've been waiting! Hype!!!

Definitely something inside lol

The rumored Forbidden Room

Forbidden Room, please enter

Ah, oi, oi, oi. It's totally sealed up.

Only CHARGE

Metal fittings are so stiff lol

It's the famous sealed room

The mother was psycho lololol

Look.

Eh, what's this? The "Forbidden Room"?

Open it, open it

It's waiting inside

No one has actually broken this to enter

The seal is too real

Might be a dead body

You gonna break it?

Nobody has seen it yet

OPEN THE GATES!!

This is the crossroads of fate!!!

The happiness of witnessing this moment...!

Something is definitely gonna happen

Hitobashira, are you sane?

Yoisho!

Go! Go! Go! Goooooo!!!

Okay.

Do your best!!!!!

Ghost: 'If you stop now I'll forgive you

Hitobashira, do it!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone sitting in front of the screen waiting!!!

Wait wait wait wait!!!

CHARGE!

The ghost is on standby too lol

ORA ORA ORA ORA

Will the unlock challenge succeed!?

CHARGE!

Live streaming from the crime scene

CHARGE!

He's trying hard lol

All viewers leaning forward lol

Trespassing, Property Damage, Criminal

Hurry hurry hurry!!! Show us inside lol

Viewer patience gauge breaking limits lol

Yes.

Let'sssssss GO!!!!!!!!

What is there beyond this door!?

Then, here goes...

CHARGE

A historical moment.

CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE

The Ritual of Opening the Gate!!!

CHARGE!!

CHAAAAARGE-------------------

CHARGE CHARGE CHARGE

Charge Charge Charge Charge Charge

CHARGE! CHARGE! CHARGE! CHARGE!

What the hell...

Bad bad bad bad

Huh???

Isn't this seriously bad!?

Uwa, uwa, uwa...

Too gross!!

Abnormal amount

Bad

Oi oi oi....... what's happening.......

Bad, bad, bad...

Gross Gross Gross Gross Gross

Shouldn't you turn back now?

You've come this far, you have to go on

Wait, wait, wait...

I don't understand.....

I'm gonna lose my mind

No way... This is bad.

No, this should be the end, right?

Seriously bad stuff

Th... This...

I feel really nauseous

This is on a different level...

The walls are completely like... What is this? What?

Warding?

No gaps

Total madness...

This isn't a joke

What's on the wall...?

Some meaningless scribbles? They're all the same picture.

Lunatic

Torii gate

Did a child draw this???

The black shape is creepy

Such an obsession, right?

This is weird, weird, weird...

All the same picture?

What is written here? This...

Too weird......

I don't understand. This is insane.

Totally Ouuuuttt!!

It's a ritual lol

Nasty!!!!

It's real......

Seriously at my limit

Maybe you should stop streaming

I don't wanna think about the meaning

Bad, bad, bad...

Hitobashira, retreat???

What is it...

This is definitely weird

What the hell?

The floor is kinda black

What? A stain?

Stain of what??

Geez... What is it...?

Eh, isn't that blood????

Oi oi oi oi......

Eh?

What happened

Isn't something swinging???

Scary scary

This is......

I said it's bad

Eh??

Hey stop it!!

Is it barbed wire? It's spiky.

What what what what!?!?!?

Don't touch it so casually

You'll be cursed

Bad, bad...

Barbed wire??

Aaah...

It's a torture device

Barbed wire hanging....

Uwah!

Did you hear a voice???

Voice Voice Voice!

I heard it

Oi, what was that sound!?

I heard 'aaaaaah'

Was there a voice just now?

I really heard it

Too scary seriously...

Bad bad bad bad bad

Goosebumps won't stop

It was a child's voice???

I heard it

Let's burn it all and appease them

I'll hit you!

Is it that kid's voice

The desk

Jeez!

This is not funny!!

What happened??

No no no no no no no lololol

It really makes no sense lol

Is something there?

God, bad, bad, bad...

What's inside the desk?

There's a drawer

I wanna see in the desk

This is weird...

CHARGE into the desk!

In the desk?

Open the drawer

Yes, yes, yes.

Opening drawer = Flag triggered

Okay.

There's a healing item, right

Photo??

A photo.

Is this kid the ghost???

Child

Seriously?

A photo.

Uwah... Eh, eh...

Jeez...

It moved!!!

Eh? The eyes moved

Eh... It moved, right? It moved, right? It moved, right?

No waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy

It moved right?

Creepy creepy creepy creepy creepy creepy creepy

It's the real deal

Bad bad bad bad bad

Eyes! Eyes! Eyes!

Thank you so much for finding me.

It's a lie right??

The eyes are moving

It's seriously gonna appear

Moved moved moved!!!

This is so bad

Stop already

Retreat Retreat Retreat

It went "Gii"...

What is this noise?

Scary Scary Scary Scary Scary

From where?????

I can't anymore

Can you hear it?

What? From above?

Get out fast!!!!!!!!!

Are we okay watching this?

Gii Gii

I hear creaking....

Too scary

Seriously stop it

Enough already

God... What is it! Jeez!

Creepy creepy creepy creepy creepy creepy

I've been hearing it for a while

I'm really not laughing, please stop

Run outside quickly

Enough, it's dangerous

Scary Scary Scary Scary Scary

Hey...

That's enough

Can you go home now???

I really shouldn't have come here

It's coming. It's coming out.

Run!!!

Something is... bad.

Behind you!!!

Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad

It's behind you

You're gonna die

What the hell is that

Thank you so much

Stooooooooooop

Are you safe!?

Seriously?

What does it mean?

What happened!?!?!?!?!?

Hanging! Hanging! Hanging!

Eh? It's the voice person?

Ooooi!!!!!

This was his last stream.

He continued posting on Twitter after that, but it was just this the whole time.

Raining

Good morning

I'm safe

A surprise visit to the famous Hanging House! / NicoNico Live Stream (Starts 7:00 PM, 2015/1/24)

Oh no

Shut up

The sky was shining.

There was a dog

And after this last post, the account was deleted.

Thank you for finding meaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

What is this...

There's no information on him online after that.

It makes no sense.

You're right.

October 3rd, 2019.

Yuji Meguro - Interview.

This looks like Sayama-san's interview recording.

Materials for Fushimaga Vol. 52

Interview with Yuji Meguro (20)

Somei Bunka University Campus

October 3rd, 2019

Okay, um, well then. Could you tell me your story?

I... I like horror movies and scary stories.

And we held a gathering with university friends to show each other scary videos.

And Sato-kun came too.

Everyone else brought movies...

But I showed them one from Nico Douga...

Called "Video that kills you if you watch it."

Yeah.

Then, after that, Sato-kun...

He started getting scared, saying... "I can hear a woman's voice going 'Aaah'..."

...and stuff like that.

That's him.

It's Sato-kun.

Since then, Sato-kun stopped smiling completely at university.

He ignored anyone who talked to him. And after a while, he went missing...

Hmm.

Ah... This is Sato-kun's apartment.

Sato-kun.

Hmm?

[Video that will kill you if you watch it]

Provided by Mr. Meguro

*Currently removed from Nico Nico Douga

Downloaded on May 25th, 2019

The picture that was sticked next to the entrance just now...

And that paper charm thing from the Hanging House.

They're the same, aren't they?

Ah, wait.

These characters in the four corners...

Is it "A"? Or "3"?

Ah, right. It's the "Ryo" (End) kanji.

Ah... Looks like it.

Wait, we ended up watching the "Video that kills you if you watch it" too.

We won't disappear too, right?

Meguro-kun watched it and was fine. But Sayama-san...

Ah...

I'll try gathering information on Sayama-san on SNS.

Yeah.

Once again, I ask for your help.

My friend has gone missing.

If anyone has any information, please contact me.

Morning.

Good morning.

Ozawa-san, did you stay in the basement last night?

Yeah. Ah, sorry, do I smell?

No, no. Just don't overwork yourself.

It would be trouble if you ended up like Sayama-san.

What are you saying? I'm fine.

Uwaah!

W-What? I just tapped your shoulder.

Ah, no...

Chihiro-san.

Um, look at this...

There's a site introducing strange pictures found in neighborhoods.

Eh? Hmm?

Ah, this is...

Yes.

Aside from the corner character changing from "End" (Ryo) to "Woman" (Onna), it's the same.

You see these kind of illegal stickers in the city a lot,

but usually they're art or musician ads.

But this is different from those. Each one is hand-drawn.

The atmosphere resembles those horned demon warding charms, but...

You're right.

And seeing this, people started posting, "I saw the same thing!"

"There was one here too!"

Ehh?

And when I traced the timeline...

Tokyo, Shizuoka, Nagoya...

The oldest information comes from around here.

Look at this.

It seems there were more of them here than anywhere else.

It's exactly the same as the charm at the Hanging House.

And...

It says this house is apparently in the Kinki region.

So it probably spread nationwide from here.

What is this connection? It's amazing.

There's still more.

This is footage from 2014, of an apartment complex in this area.

Please watch.

Nice weather, huh?

Our new home. Are you excited?

Yeah!

Yoisho.

Sorry it ended up being such an old place.

You think? It's a quiet, nice place. Right?

Ah...

Hey, make sure you don't fall.

What are you doing?

I can't reach iiiiit.

That branch is impossible.

New home!

Yes, yes. Our house is Building 5, 5th floor.

Great view, huh? It was the right choice to pick this place, Grandma.

I suppose.

Yeah.

I'll close it, it's cold.

Leave it open.

But it's cold.

It's fine. I'm watching.

Alright, alright. Sorry, sorry.

Jeez...

You're good at drawing.

What is this?

The Greatest Person.

Hm?

What is that?

Hm?

Ah... Eh?

What, what?

No, no! Don't look! No!

What, what?

You have to warn me about stuff like this.

Sorry...

But, um... well...

This is...

No matter how you look at it, it's the same thing.

It is the same.

In Christianity, "5" represents the Breath of God.

In Kabbalah numerology, it represents change and energy.

I'll write that in to connect them.

Amazing. As expected.

And, at the same Danchi complex, 15 years prior... a TV crew was filming on location.

Ah! Here's the housing complex.

Looks like there are people, so let's go.

A lot of children!

Hello everyone!

A camera!

What is this? TV? Are we on TV?

Everyone is so energetic!

Hey, hey. Everyone, hey, um...

Is playing tag fun?

Tag?! It's not tag. It's the "Mashira-sama" game.

Mashira-sama?! What is Mashira-sama?

- You don't know? - I am Mashira-sama!

Oooooiii!

I have a persimmon!!

Awesome! I'm gonna chase you.

I'm definitely gonna chase you.

TAG!!

Caught!

Mikkawari! Mikkawari! Mikkawari! Mikkawari!

Eh? Are you picking flowers?

No good!

That!

This!?

NO WAY!!

Mikkawari! Mikkawari! Mikkawari! Mikkawari!

No...

I give this to you,

Mashira-sama.

What does this mean?

What is this?

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

And it was at the same Danchi as before.

The materials Sayama-san collected... they connect frighteningly well.

Just before he disappeared, Sayama-san... regarding this feature...

He said, "Look forward to it."

It certainly gets you fired up.

Hey. Don't run off on your own, okay?

Eh?

If you go to investigate anything, I'm going with you.

Ah... Of course.

Ah, I'm going to see Morota-sensei.

Yes. Please do.

It's about this.

Morota-sensei, looking at this picture, do you sense anything?

Hmm...

The person I feel on the other side of this...

Feels like a very dangerous person...

Dangerous person?

Hm?

Hm?

Is it a person...? I'm sorry.

This...

Monkey? (Saru)

Eh?

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

Ma'am, are you alright?

Ah, sorry.

Thank you for your hard work! Here's the video of Sayama-san's follow-up interview.

Yuji Meguro (20)

His apartment

March 22, 2020

Okay. Well then, could you talk about it?

Yes.

It was late at night...

I was in this room, and I felt something outside...

So I looked.

There was a boy. About elementary school age.

Yeah.

And his neck was like...

Like it was bent backwards... Or like he was hanging...

Eh...

Eh...

Since seeing that video... Sato-kun...

It's really like he's a different person.

Aagh...

Ooh... Oh...

Are you okay?

Sorry.

I will continue. I will continue, but...

Eh?

This...

I might not be able to exorcise this.

Eh? That's a problem! Please do something!

Living things... Keep living things.

Living things?

Yes.

Keep raising living things without interruption.

Okay.

Hm? That picture is in the news footage...

A family of four, the Hasebes, living in Kawaguchi City, Saitama...

...leaving bloodstains in their home...

...have been missing since last night.

They disappeared leaving the shop connected to their home unlocked.

That is the current report.

The police suspect foul play...

...and today released photos of the Hasebe family...

...once again asking for information.

The missing persons are Yasuhiko Hasebe (46), who ran the handicraft shop...

Yasuhiko Hasebe (46)...

There it is...

Aaaah!

Hello?

I'm back. Ozawa-kun, where are you now?

Ah, yes. I'm sorry.

I already went home.

Eeh~? You should have at least contacted me.

Ah, yes.

I'm sorry.

Well, see you tomorrow then.

So, we, the reporting team...

...called out to high school girls on the street...

...and asked about the latest trends.

Ehh~, what is it?

Did you get those chain e-mails, right?

Ah yes, like bad luck e-mails!

It came recently, right?

Bad luck chain e-mail?

Yeah, there's this really creepy image attached.

And it says if you don't send it to 3 or more people, you'll die.

If you don't send it to 3 or more people, you die...!?

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

Give it a try!

This is the image that must be sent to 3 or more people.

Here.

A black human shape and what looks like a Torii.

And the character "Woman" is drawn.

It's a bit eerie, but underneath...

Can you see? It's small, but...

What? At the very bottom...

It says "Would you come to the mountain (Oyama)?"

[Would you come to the mountain?]

Are they inviting us for a picnic?

The last sentence...

It's the same as the voice heard at the school trip.

This...

Ozawa-kun... this... is the child from before, right?

Yes.

Hey.

This feature... Isn't it a little dangerous?

Too many people are dying or disappearing.

It's just the intuition of someone who's covered the occult for a while, but...

I feel like if we're going to pull out, it's now.

It's impossible to restructure the feature at this point.

Even Sayama-san... Maybe he ended up like that because of this...

Chihiro-san.

If you don't like it, you can quit.

You're worried, right?

I'll do it. To the end.

I'm counting on you.

Here, eat some vegetables too.

Thanks.

Ah!

What?

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

You got in touch? Yes.

I emailed him many times but got no reply.

Apparently it went to his spam folder.

And... Meguro-san says he wants to meet and talk.

Then let's meet. Right now. Contact him.

Yes!

After the priest advised me to keep living things...

For the time being, I bought about ten killifish (Medaka)...

Here.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Killifish?

Yes. After that, the boy stopped coming, but...

About half a year later... the killifish...

...all died at once. Then, the next night...

When I went back to the apartment I was living in at the time...

There was a woman standing on my balcony...

Did you film it?

Yes.

While I was calling the police, the woman disappeared.

Starting the next day, I stayed at a friend's place...

And bought a hamster.

But the hamster only lasted about a year...

So then you got cats?

Five have already died. I replace them as soon as they diminish.

The priest who performed the exorcism died by jumping off a building.

He didn't keep any living things. Sayama-san told me that.

Actually...

Sayama-san has gone missing.

He ran away, didn't he?

He looked like a cunning person.

I bet he's alive and well somewhere.

This... it'll offer some peace of mind, right?

I suppose.

The video materials Sayama-san collected.

This is the only one left.

A scary story from Kinki. "Masaru-sama"

Long, long ago...

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

Mom! (Okkaa)

Mom! I'm home!

There, there.

However, one day...

His mother suddenly died of an illness.

Ooooi! Oi, oi! Ooooi! Oi, oi...

Ooooi! Oi, oi! Ooooi! Oi, oi...

As Masaru slept, exhausted from crying...

Ah... Aah?

A blinding light appeared and descended onto the mountain.

What is that!?

Forgetting his tears, Masaru ventured deep into the mountain.

And there...

...stood a shining old man clad in rags atop a stone.

I am a God. I shall grant your wish.

I want to be spoiled by my Mom again!

Your mother is dead.

Take a wife, and make her a substitute for your mother.

A wife?

If you feed her this persimmon, any woman will do your bidding.

Oh?

Before he knew it, in Masaru's hand, a blackened persimmon was held.

From the next day, Masaru shouted from the mountain.

Come here! Come here! I have a persimmon~!

Hearing this, the village girls all said...

"Persimmons aren't in season now."

"That must be a rotten persimmon. How creepy."

Come here! Come here! I have a persimmon~!

No matter how much he shouted, no girl came to him.

Ooooi! Oi, oi...

I have a persimmon...

Ooooi! Oi, oi, oi...

I... have...

...it...

Masaru grew tired of shouting, and finally died.

Ever since then, when people walked in the mountain...

Ooooi! Oi, oi...

Huh? Huh... Aah!

Ooooi! Oi, oi...

They said Masaru's voice can be heard from the mountain.

They said a persimmon comes rolling, Korori, Korori.

The girls became terrified.

Fearing this, the villagers...

...named the stone at the summit "Masaru-sama", built a small shrine, and appeased his spirit.

Even so, occasionally from deep in the mountain, Masaru's voice is heard...

...and a persimmon comes rolling, Korori, Korori... so they say.

Ooooi! Oi, oi...

The "Oooi, I have a persimmon" from this "Masaru-sama" folktale...

It's common with the voice at the school trip...

...and the Danchi kids' game.

"Oooi" is also in the touring video.

And the dam in the touring video...

Is the same place where missing Keiko Yamashina's uncle committed suicide.

The Hanging House has been demolished, but it was right near that Danchi.

The Danchi and the shrine are close too.

Yeah.

If I establish a hypothesis connecting these, the feature pages will be filled.

It's thanks to you, Chihiro-san. Thank you.

As I thought...

There's something in the Kinki region.

Yeah...

Well, let's continue tomorrow. Good work.

Good work.

Hello?

Eh! Really!?

Ah...

Yes, yes...

I see.

Yes. Details by email? Okay.

Ozawa-san. Good work today...

Ozawa-san?

Aah...

Uah...

Hey... You should probably rest.

Being holed up here all the time... It's a bit...

Thaaaaank yoooouuu...

Heeey...

Fooooor fiiindiiiing meeee...

Good morning. Good morning.

Excuse me.

Yes?

Um... where is Ozawa-kun?

Um...

Ozawa-kun?

Ozawa-kun?

Ah... It's Ozawa-kun's.

It is.

Hello? Excuse me. This is Ozawa-san's smartphone.

Eh? Um, who is this?

I'm a writer named Seno. I work with Ozawa-san.

I'm his friend, but... Ozawa-kun is... um...

Ozawa-san left this at the company and has disappeared.

Ah...

He called me in the middle of the night saying weird things.

I thought he was drunk so I hung up,

but I got worried and was calling back just now.

Weird things? What did he say?

Well, he said something like... "Thank you for finding me."

And stuff like that.

Ozawa-kun!

Chihiro-san?

What are you doing!

Huh?

What is this? What is...

You don't remember?

Anyway, we're leaving this place.

Where are we going?

It's dangerous to leave you alone, Ozawa-kun. This is an emergency measure.

Come in.

I told you not to investigate alone, didn't I?

Decide what you want to eat.

I'm sorry. I wanted to get a lead on my own.

Okay, this then.

Okay.

That's Takumi. My son.

He's not here anymore, though.

Now then. Most likely, Ozawa-kun...

You're in a similar state to Meguro-kun, but I think you're in even more danger.

Maybe Sayama-san was in the same state too.

Ah...

This...

It's the map with Sayama-san's notes. It has the same things written as ours!

And Sayama-san's location...

He was alive?

I was told absolutely not to tell anyone,

but there was a writer who helped him run away by night.

They told me where Sayama-san is now.

We're going to see him, right?

But why is he living at the foot of Mt. Fuji?

Didn't he want to rely on the power of Japan's greatest spiritual mountain?

If you're in an extreme state, you'll want to cling to anything.

What's that?

Ah... I thought if I spread this video on SNS as part of the feature,

it would serve as promotion.

Won't Sayama-san snap if you film him so suddenly?

He disappeared with the data before printing.

He has to take responsibility and accept at least this much.

I see... I'll leave it to you.

Uaaah...

Sayama-saaaan! It's Ozawa!

We're coming in!

Ah, wait...

Living things...

Ah...

Chihiro-kun.

Um...

It's been a while.

Sayama-san. Why did you disappear?

Aah-aa.

So gross...

Eh?

Uh, um... that just now...

Aah...

What did you do to my wife?

It's your fault.

How are you gonna fix this?

Ah, um... I...

I'm trying to shape the feature based on Sayama-san's materials...

And then, weird things keep...

Don't do unnecessary things!

Do you want to kill me that badly?

Pardon?

Chihiro-kun.

My next is this guy, huh?

Deceiving us one after another...

You really are... a disgusting woman.

Don't screw with me! You ran away! I'm fighting here!

Sayama-san.

I... I'm in danger.

Did you write a way to be saved in the manuscript!?

Please give it to me! Please!

Thank youuu... fooor fiiindiiiing meeee...

It's all useless now.

Aaaaah!

Ozawa-kun.

Let's go.

Eh? But...

Come on!

Is this the feature data he took?

Might be.

2008.

Amano...

Shall we check the contents for now?

Yeah.

We want you back...

Amano Iwayato!

"Amano Iwayato" is...

...where those who have lost loved ones gather together

at "Hope Village".

Here, many believers...

...live a communal life...

...and to reunite with their loved ones...

...they devote themselves day and night to praying to "Yashiro-sama".

To the heights! To the heights!

We spoke to Hatsune Hojo...

...who is one of the devoted believers.

Why did you come here?

Four years ago...

I lost the person I was dating at the time.

He was a truly gentle person.

I was being power-harassed at work...

And when I consulted him about it...

He got angry on my behalf...

And he killed that person.

And then...

He too...

...jumped to his death.

That's why I want to reach the "Heights" here...

...and bring him back...

And tell him I love him.

Yashiro-sama will...

...bring back your precious person...

...and help you regain yourself.

First, start a life at Amano Iwayato...

Eh...?

At that time, I had just lost my son...

And somehow...

That religion seemed so... gentle.

So I joined for a little while.

Ah...

So that's what happened.

My child...

...was murdered.

Eh?

I put him in the stroller...

...and I was reading a book on a park bench.

And I dozed off.

When I woke up...

My son was gone, along with the stroller.

Eventually...

In a nearby pond...

...he was found.

The culprit...

The strange thing about that place was that stone.

The organizer of Amano Iwayato said...

...that stone suddenly appeared one day...

...in the facility's courtyard.

Eh?

It's not like it fell from the sky...

...like the God in "Masaru-sama".

The reason that religion disbanded 10 years ago...

Is because the stone suddenly vanished...

...and they say the organizer went insane.

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

I can't help but think they are all referring to that stone.

That stone is definitely the source.

Sayama-san surely left this footage as a clue...

...and entrusted it to you, Ozawa-kun.

Then... we have to do something about that stone...

Or I'll end up like Sayama-san...

I won't let that happen!

Let's find that stone and destroy it.

The teacher who wrote this book collects local Kinki folklore.

She might know something detailed.

Let's go see her.

Ah...

It seems she's on SNS, so I'll DM her.

Then... we're heading to Kinki.

Yes.

The story of "Masaru-sama"...

The grandma next door taught it to me when I lived here.

Excuse me. I know this is a strange question, but...

Do you know of a children's game... that resembles your "Masaru-sama" story?

Do you know of it?

Ah... "Mashira-sama"?

Yes. Mashira-sama.

You know it well.

Children used to play it often in this plaza.

Maybe that folktale turned into a game.

Well, there was a bit of an incident here.

And since then, no one plays that game anymore.

By incident, you mean...

See, at that tree there.

An elementary school student hung himself and died.

An elementary schooler? Hung himself?

Yes.

His mother rushed over...

And tried to get the child down, like...

She jumped up and down, over and over.

In the end, that mother went crazy too.

She drew strange pictures and pasted them all over the place.

Sensei, um...

That picture... Is it possibly this?

Oh...

Yes. This is it.

Do you know the meaning of this picture?

These characters... well... It's the name of the boy who died.

It's written "End" (Ryo), but it's read "Akira".

Eeeh...

Enough of that talk.

I'll show you a room with a good view of Masaru-sama's mountain.

I borrowed the key from the manager.

Over there. Building 5.

That mountain.

Masaru-sama's shrine remains on that mountain.

There really used to be a stone in the shrine a long time ago...

But the stone disappeared for some reason...

And then dolls started piling up inside the shrine instead.

About 10 years ago...

There was a rumor that someone saw the stone push the dolls aside and return.

That religion disbanded 10 years ago too.

Maybe right now... In the shrine...

We have to go.

Let's get ready and head out.

Ugh...

Chihiro-san!

Hah!

Chihiro-san!

Uwah! Ah... ah... aaah... aaah...

It's in the way!

I was thinking...

That stone... Maybe it moves to where it's needed?

In the Hanging House footage, there was a big hole on the first floor.

The mother who lost Akira-kun also needed that stone...

So the stone appeared and gave her a strange power?

Right.

We have no choice but to destroy that stone.

Yeah. Destroying the stone might actually work.

Your life will be saved, the manuscript will be in time...

I'll become the editor-in-chief of Fushimaga...

And this feature will become famous...

That's right. Don't give up!

I absolutely will not give up.

Ah, that's it.

Where is the stone!? Where is it!

Hey! Why won't you come here!? Don't screw with me!

Chihiro-san...

Eh?

Ooooi...

Ooooi...

Chihiro-san!

Chihiro-san.

Ooooi...

Ozawa-kun. Thank you.

Eh?

You came. To my place.

Chihiro-san?

Eh?

Because I needed it too.

My next is this guy, huh?

Deceiving us one after another...

That child... was killed, you know.

If you're in an extreme state, you'll want to cling to anything.

Am I...

A sacrifice?

Ozawa-kun is... my...

Number one friend.

Chihiro-san...?

Ooooi...

Aaaaah... Ah...

Ooooi...

Ooooi...

Eh...

Chihiro-san! Chihi...

Ah... Aah... H... Help me!

No... No...

Ooooi...

Takumi...

Takumi!

Ooooi...

Ooooi...

My friend has gone missing.

His name is Yusei Ozawa.

While continuing our coverage together, he disappeared.

If anyone has information, please contact me.

Ooooi...

Thank you for watching.