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I just had a scary thought...

He doesn't expect us to dig around those skewers, does he?

No. He'll dig it out by himself.

He's a professional archeologist.

A pro, huh? Archeologist?

He's trying to prove something.

But just look at him, all twisted up...

Mr. Hieda! Is everything all right? Is your invention working?

It's fine!

You must be delicate with dead things.

Mr. Professor!

Mr. Yabe!

Tsukishima!

I told you to stay away from here. It's dangerous!

I just wanna see... I'll be careful.

You can't!

Go back.

Don't try looking pitiful... Go back now.

I really want to!

Tsukishima!

"Message from a Mr. Hieda Reizaburo"

"How are you doing?"

"Have you resumed your college studies?"

"I hope you have recovered."

"Akane's death was a tragedy."

"The reason I'am writing is, Hieda..."

although there's no official announcement, and it's very strange...

but an old burial tomb was found near my home."

"I don't think it belongs to a member of nobility."

"But it my opinion, it was built by the ancients...

and includes the superstitions of paraphernalia."

"Unlike you...

"I don't believe in evil spirits and goblins."

"But this may be your chance to prove your theory...

and reestablish your reputation."

"Forget the problems of the past. Come here..."

"Yabe Takashi."

Mr. Yabe!

Look!

What is it?

Tsukishima!

HIRUKO - THE GOBLIN

Some people...

Say they ran off in love?

Oh sure, Mr. Yabe and Tsukishima? I don't think so!

Dad wouldn't do that.

Hurry up!

Say, Yabe! Is there a really a burial tomb by the school?

Dad was convinced.

He and Tsukishima must be somewhere.

What's this?

Only old people wear this!

You don't need it!

We should report it to the police.

Dad always said a lot of stupid things...

And Tsukishima was interested in archeology, too.

What are you boys doing?

What are you doing here?

He's the school janitor, isn't he?

Yes...

Have you being snooping around here, little brats?

No.

You're on summer vacation! Keep away from the school!

Go!

Maybe he did something to them?

Look, Tsukishima!

Go!

Hurry!

C'mon! Check it out!

That's Kono!

What're you doing? Answer me.

I went with Mr. Professor...

To see the inside of the tomb.

Where is Mr. Yabe?

He went home.

Strings of gold

Swaying gently...

In the wind.

They play a sweet

And Tender

Melody.

At night I walk

In their pale moonlight.

Together with a dream...

A Secret...

And tender dream...

Stupid!

Arsehole!

It may not be what it looks like...

No?

What's wrong? Are you all right??

- Are you sick?

Yabe!

Yabe! What's happening!?

This happened yesterday too. Shiiiiiitt...!!!

'YABE FAMILY'

In fact, Takashi...

Went to the school with a girl named Tsukima,

and he never returned.

The crown he was preserving

as part of the Yabe family treasure...

It's not where it used to be.

Along with her,

Takashi took it away.

Without a doubt,

those two have entered into a carnal place...

Because of this, Akane's spirit will suffer!

Grandmother!

Something dreadful is happening...

Hiruko...

Please forgive us.

Hiruko...

Yabe, you sure you're all right?

What a big pimple!

Does it hurt?

Yabe, where're you going?

To put some water on it.

Who are you?

Stop! My name is...

Hieda Reijiro.

Masao! What're you doing here?

What're you doing here?

There was a goblin attacking you.

Goblin talk, again!

Your stupid theories caused my aunt Akane's death.

You can't deny it!

What's that stuff?

This?

It's a type of sensor.

The goblin...

Erm, demon, has an invisible body.

Like a soul made from electricity. This sensor is supposed to react to it.

Just then... it reacted for the first time.

Your fathers letter.

He wrote this to you?

You two are alike!

You don't live in the real world.

There's no burial tomb at the school!

What? There's no burial tomb??

None! Definitely not!

Definitely?

My mother is definitelyfat, despite the many diets...

And I have a friend who is definitely bald.

What stupid routine! Go away. My father has disappeared.

- Your archeology trip was for nothing!

What're you looking at?

Another goblin?

It's Watanabe!

Watanabe, he did it!

Who's he?

The lines dead.

Let's get out of here... and tell the police.

You can't?

My two friends...

Are still in the classroom.

I've been working on this invention

it will destroy a goblin,

I mean, an enemy.

I've not had the opportunity to use it before.

Stay close to me.

The lights out.

Aoi!

Katagiri!

If you're here, come out!

I'm not the janitor.

Aoi!

Katagiri!

Masao, what's wrong?

No! Don't touch it!

Masao...

You all right, Masao?

Watch your step.

You okay?

Who was this?

Aoi.

Masao!

Be careful!

Masao!

He's in danger!

It was Watanabe! I'll kill him!!

Strings of gold swaying gently in the wind

They play a sweet...

And Tender melody.

At night I walk

In their pale moonlight

Together with a dream...

A secret...

Katagiri!

Open the door!

Katagiri!

What're you doing?

Open it!

Let's go! To the other side.

Watch it, be careful!

Through the glass!

Stay with me.

Watanabe!

Where are you?

Show yourself!

It doesn't look like him...

Tsukishima!

What?

It was Tsukishima...

Katagiri...

Aoi...

Kono...

'The Burial Tomb of Hiruko'

"I decided to examine the relics, inside the stone room...

of the burial ground."

"I found the secret of the forest

and the secret of the exit..."

"The exit behind the school sheds."

But first of all...

Where is the tomb itself?

A photo of the stone room!

Consecutive triangles...

And a human figure, too.

I've seen similar figures,

but nothing quite like this.

This was the goblin we saw earlier.

I'm positive...

It was Hiruko!

It was a legendary monster.

There's research dating back years...

Now we have the proof.

It was discovered by Yabe and unleashed from the burial tomb.

Shit!

But what about Tsukishima?

What's wrong?

Someone's added this later.

It provides additional information to us...

"The sun lights Hiruko."

"Hiruko has been released from the dark..."

...Is what it says.

Maybe we should erase it...

The evidence must be more physical. We must find Hiruko.

But we don't even know where the tomb is.

Wait!

Stop. Where're you going?

I'm going to find the entrance to the burial tomb,

then I'm going to seal the stone room.

We can then stop it.

You stay here. Rest yourself.

You can't go there alone.

I won't take a kid there with me.

Definitely not.

How you gonna find the way?

I'll go then, definitely!

Strings of gold swaying gently in the wind

They play a sweet and tender melody

At night I walk in their pale moonlight

Together with a dream, a secret.

Hurry up! What're you doing?

I need this. To help trap the goblin.

Maybe the entrance is around here.

That's an unusual formation of rocks...

Formation of rocks??

What's this?

We've found it!

The secret code!

"In the beginning of the sky and land..."

"There appeared..."

It's part of Kojiki's scripture!

Write it down!

There's no need,

I memorised the chronicle in college.

We're here.

Didn't I tell you to avoid this area!?

Why do you come here?

Bastard!

Watanabe!

Freeze!

Don't move!

Find the entrance!

Check the rocks! Like Yabe wrote.

- Quiet!

Professor Yabe? Did he contact you?

Come on!

You stay there.

- What?

- What?

You stay! C'mon, hurry!

That was the janitor. He's suddenly changed!

He's crazy...

Be careful, stay away from him.

I know the entrance and the exit now. Like Kojiki.

Let's find the burial tomb first.

Tsukishima!

The stairs!

Masao!

Strings of gold swaying gently in the wind

They play a sweet and tender melody

At night I walk in their pale moonlight

Together with a dream, a secret...

Tsukishima!

Do you recognize me?

I'am Masao Yabe, your classmate.

It's all right...

Don't be afraid anymore.

I promise that

I'll save you.

Masao!

That's the limit.

You're not Tsukishima!

Kono!

It's Kono! What're you doing here?

"Do you know the secret entrance to the stone?"

"Then who knows it?"

Mr. Hieda remembers the code.

"So you're pretty worthless."

"Why don't you kill yourself? "

Watch out!

Masao!

Mr. Hieda!

To the tomb!

It's a dead end!

Watch the glass!

Tell me the secret code.

It works!

No! Don't shoot!

Please, let it be! Don't shoot!

What if he opens it, and all the goblins escape?

It would be terrible.

Does it hurt?

Sixty years ago...

This school suffered a fire, its cause unknown.

At the time

I saw the same thing.

I was only five years old.

I was wandering near the fire

then, suddenly...

I saw something truly terrible.

What I'd seen was

a strange boy with three horns, standing there.

He was screaming incomprehensibly.

Then... I saw his back.

Suddenly the fire went out, as if to please the boy.

But, the awful thing was,

the burnt, piled up corpses were decapitated.

Decades later,

the boy, the man... died.

Before passing away, he asked me to

guard two places in this school.

To never let such a terrible event

ever occur again.

Let us forget about this, was his last wish.

You certainly resemble him.

His name was Yabe Tatsuhiko. And you are an exact portrait.

Moreover,

his son, didn't know anything about the events.

And as professor Yabe, reopened the door...

Freeing the evil!

It's fate,

the crown that Yabe removed...

Was the one your grandfather was wearing.

If Yabe was attacked in the stone room,

then the crown is still in there...

You...

You protect Masao.

Then, maybe we have a chance.

Hiruko must not see the face on your back.

It's dangerous! Don't go!

I've begun thinking about two possibilities.

One...

I'd like to shoot you both in the head.

And two...

I'd like to blow off my own head.

Which shall I choose?

Just kidding.

I need to take a piss.

Stop!

I have a gun.

Mr. Watanabe!

Mr. Hieda...

Do you remember the way aunt Akane,

...used to smile?

Of course.

She followed you...

To the excavation site on her own, didn't she?

I can still see how happy she was, like been on a picnic.

She was a fool.

Should I...

ever do it again,

I'd never let her come along.

Anybody would've done the same thing.

She could get anything with her smile.

At the hospital,

she smiled for me.

Just before she died.

And she said I should continue with my archeology studies.

She looked

so pretty.

I wished I could've died in her place.

I envy you.

At least you had some great years with her.

Me...

I couldn't even talk to Tsukishima.

What's wrong?

What's wrong??

Come here.

What is it?

The school... it's built on top of the burial tomb!

We've been studying

on top of entombed goblins!

It's enormous.

It's impossible, we'll never find the stone room!

We will!

That gate, it's the south side of the tomb.

It's standing right here.

Your house is here...

The stone statue in your garden,

it marks the entrance at the North.

The distance between the two...

Shows the size of the tomb.

Mr. Watanabe was guarding...

Here!

And also... here.

The drawings in the grave

are the clues that Yabe spoke about.

To guard east and West.

The line between them I mentioned

crosses exactly at the inner circle!

Masao, that must be the stone room?

That would...

Put it under the shed!

This is it!

This will lead us to the stone room.

This must be the stone room...

We've found it!

I don't see a coffin.

Maybe this isn't an ordinary grave.

It's the same design. See?

What's this?

This is my dads!

Could he be behind that door?

Let's do it. Let's go through.

But...

What if Hiruko comes again?

Yabe took the crown inside...

We need it to capture the goblins.

So now, we're in the same boat.

I'll use this...

"In the beginning of the sky and the land..."

"There appeared three gods in the sky."

"First, Heart no minaka..."

"Then Takami musubi..."

"Then Kami musubi."

"They ruled the sky and the land..."

"All three were bachelors...

and they soon died away..."

Mr. Hieda!

"And when the country was young, floating...

like a jellyfish..."

"More gods appeared..."

"The construction god, Kuni no tokotachi..."

"And Toyokumono, the god of the clouds."

"The third one died...

when he was still young..."

"Then god Izanagi died..."

"Soon followed by his wife, Izanami..."

The entrance!

What is this?

An underground empire?

Turn the torch off.

The goblins!

So many of 'em!

The old lake by he school!

That's it!

Maybe Hiruko got tired of...

Looking up at it.

It's Kojiki's.

This is the secret code for closing the exit of the stone room.

Your father brought this here.

It has no horns.

It's not the one Watanabe described.

Masao!

Father!

Father.

Mr. Yabe!

You are, Hieda?

You're alive?

Keep away!

I can't hold on...

Tsukishima...

What happened to her?

I see...

I had hoped she'd gone on to make it.

What terrible things I've caused!

I'm finished...

Everything's losing focus.

But I'm comfortable.

Get out of here!

It's too dangerous.

You've been warned, don't blame me should something happen.

Masao, let's go!

- Goodbye, Mr. Yabe!

Go now...!

Masao, look!

Dad!

Hurry! Let's go!

It's Akane! This should do it!

Masao!

Hurry!

Hurry up!

Yabe!

Run!

Kono!

"When the god Izanagi fled from the valley of death..."

Run! Quick!

"...His wife Izanami..."

You bastards!

"...Sent witches...

to chase him down!"

"The gods tossed three peaches...

as a symbol of departure!"

Let's erase the concentric circle.

Stay still!

Mr. Hieda!

Don't move.

Listen, don't move!

Don't move an inch.

Stop moving!

I wish...

I could've died in her place!

Open the door.

Eliminate all obstacles!

"In the beginning of the sky and the land..."

"There appeared three gods in heaven..."

"A strange boy with three horns

stood there."

"He was screaming incomprehensibly."

"When the god Inzangi..."

"Fled from the land of the dead..."

"His wife Izanami..."

"Sent witches to hunt him down!"

Hear the plea of the scripture!

"When he reached the gate, exiting the land of the dead..."

"He tossed three peaches in the direction..."

"Of the witches..."

"To send them..."

"All to hell!"

"Then, he blocked the gate..."

"With an enormous rock..."

"He and his wife spoke..."

"With the enormous rock between them! '

Tsukishima...

Finally, I'm now confident that my goblin theory is correct.

However,

I can't use Hiruko as the evidence!

We must never speak of that forbidden place again.

I'll guard the old tomb myself,

from now on.

Good bye!

Next time,

I'll look for a 'good' goblin...

And I'll use music as the sensor.

Then you'll find it...

Definitely.

Definitely?