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[static crackling]

[heartbeat]

[clicking]

[dings]

[wind whistling]

[voices whispering repetitively]

[thunder rumbling]

[leaves rustling]

[loud thunder rumbling]

[unsettling music playing]

[thunder fades]

[running footsteps]

[panting]

[gasps]

[loud rustling]

[thunder crashes]

[unsettling music playing]

[breathing heavily]

[creaking]

[glass shatters]

[blow lands]

[thunder crashing]

[film crackling]

[dramatic music playing]

INCIDENT DATE AND TIME: AUGUST 12, 1947 MIDNIGHT (ESTIMATE)

BODY SEARCH IN SOFIA IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

BODY SEARCH PARTICIPANT: GRIGOR GEORGIEV (AGE: 28)

[man speaking Russian]

"IT" STARTS AT 12 O'CLOCK, MIDNIGHT.

"IT" REPEATS THE SAME DAY FOREVER.

"IT" NEVER ENDS UNTIL ALL BODY PARTS ARE FOUND.

RE/MEMBER

JULY 5, TUESDAY

[birds twittering]

[alarm ringing and vibrating]

[girl sighs]

-[woman on TV] According to witnesses… -Oh, Asuka, you're up early.

I've gotta be at the festival committee selection.

A jumper delayed the trains today, so your dad had to head out early.

It's crazy out there. Hey!

Don't give me Dad's leftovers.

-And why not? -Okay, thank you!

Of course, sweetie, but can you at least sit down to eat it?

[chuckles] Mm! Delicious.

-[mom] Oh! -[laughs]

-[weatherperson] Expect sunshine all week… -[mom] I'll pack you a lunchbox.

-…chance of rain… -Today is fried shrimp.

And pumpkin croquettes.

I made too many, so share them with your friends, okay?

…in the afternoon.

For more information on what your future may hold this week…

Thank you.

Our fortune-telling segment is coming up next.

Rie, the nail art you posted was so cute.

Aww, thank you!

[boy] Dude, Rie Naruto from Class G is so hot.

-Watch out. -Yeah, keep dreaming.

[boy 2] She's way cooler than you.

Maybe you can go for her.

No way! Asuka Morisaki?

She's, like, a total loser, man.

[boy 2] I know. The girls all ignore her.

-Why? What'd she do? -Don't know.

Maybe hanging out with an outcast like her puts the same loser stink on you.

-Girls are weird, man. -Yo!

-Takahiro! -Took your sweet time, Takahiro!

-My bad. -Man…

-How are things with Rie? -What?

-She came to watch you play basketball! -Shut up, Soma. We're just friends.

-[Soma] You shut up! -Oh! Oh, sorry!

[bell chiming]

So, you ready for today's practice?

[Takahiro] …something.

-[boy 1] Oh yeah? -[Takahiro] Yeah, I hope so!

[boy 1] Come on.

[van doors slam]

[cat crying]

Thanks, babe. I'll see you at the bar after school, okay?

[man] Okay.

Bye-bye!

-[brakes squeal] -[cat yowls]

-[boy] You see that? -[girl] Huh?

-Whoa. -[girl] Was that a cat?

Oh my God.

[laughter and chatter]

Is this yours, Takahiro?

Oh. Yeah, it is. Thanks.

Remember, we're on chore duty today.

I almost forgot.

Here. I got you the list from the teachers' room.

-[chuckles] Appreciate it. -Mm.

-That's totally you, Hina! -Is not!

You would chase that guy down!

-[all laughing] -What? No! Don't say that, Yuzuki.

-It's true! -[girl 1] Oh my God.

Somebody stole the school festival money our class was given.

-[girl 2] It was here. -[boy 1] Who left last?

-[boy 2] Shota, right? -[boy 3] Shota.

-Show us what you got in your desk. -Uh…

Mm-hmm.

Sometime today.

-[Shota] Uh… -[boy 2] Oh, that's disgusting!

What else you got? Take it out.

There. Another mystery solved.

Shota stole the festival cash!

No, no, no, no!

-You're wrong-- Ow! -[boy 2 chuckling]

-That was really messed up, Shota. -[laughter]

[boy 3] Why'd you do it, Shota? Owe someone money?

-[girl laughs] -[Takahiro] What's wrong?

Well, Shota was trying to steal our class's school festival money.

But Suzuki and the other guys found out.

Well, all's well that ends well. Right?

Uh, sorry. As class president, I should've held onto the money.

-It's my mistake. I'm so sorry. -[clock chiming]

Let's select the committee tomorrow. We don't have time today.

Okay, sounds good.

An update. Festival committee selection is tomorrow. Be ready to volunteer!

FESTIVAL COMMITTEE MEMBER SELECTION BOYS, GIRLS

[clock continues chiming]

[lively chatter]

-[girl] Rock, paper, scissors… -[boy] Rock, paper, scissors! Hey!

Rock, paper, scissors! Hah!

Wait, how about you?

Whoa!

CHAPEL RENOVATION IS IN PROGRESS

[birds twittering]

[low rumbling]

-[muffled screaming] -[squeaking sounds]

[muffled screaming]

[chittering]

[squelching]

[gasps]

[intense rumbling]

[crashing]

-Why isn't that bolted down? -I'm sorry.

-Don't apologize, just fix it. -Okay.

-Take, can you take care of it? -Okay, I'm on it.

Sorry, miss. We're bringing in heavy machinery. Can you move?

-Okay. -You want it out front?

[man 1] Yeah, bring it over, let's get started.

[rumbling]

[intense rumbling]

[rumbling fades]

[squelching]

[wind whistling]

Please, miss?

I need you to find…

[distorted voice] …my body…

What?

[boys shouting]

[applause]

[Soma's friend] Takahiro's amazing.

Did you know he got scouted by Keiwa High in middle school?

Why is he going to our school, then?

He told me he doesn't wanna go pro.

[Soma] Are you serious?

[cheering and applause]

[whistle blows]

[gunfire continues in game]

-[students snickering] -[boy] Hey, Shota!

Look at him! Stinky!

[boy] Loser!

Okay, let's take a picture.

-Ready? -[all] Yay!

-Thanks. -[Yuzuki] Thank you!

[Hina] Takahiro made it to regionals.

-You gonna go? -Looks so good!

[rock music playing]

How many more do you need?

[bartender] Hmm? Uh, I don't know…

TAKAHIRO'S REGIONAL GAME

-One more week… -[phone vibrates]

Who's this?

MESSAGE FROM ?????

DO YOU KNOW WHY THE RED PERSON IS RED?

BECAUSE THEY'RE SOAKED IN BLOOD.

BLOODBATH IF YOU'RE CAPTURED.

Is this a joke?

SO, WHAT'LL YOU DO? TURN RED? DON'T IGNORE ME.

Huh?

ANSWER ME. READ.

READ. READ. READ. READ. READ.

[notifications continue]

[vibrating]

[Asuka gasping]

JULY 5, TUESDAY

[high-pitched ringing]

[echoing, distorted sounds]

[unsettling music playing]

[gasps] Huh?

[Takahiro] What's going on?

Huh? Where are we?

What the hell is this?

[Rie] How did we get here?

[Takahiro] Isn't this our school's chapel?

[Rie] Wait, is that a coffin?

-Was this always here? -[Shota] I knew it.

It was that girl I saw.

It had to be. Why me?

What? You saw the girl too?

[boy] Yeah, screw this.

Whoa. Where have you been?

[Shota] Uh, who is-- is this guy, again?

[scoffs] He's in our class.

How could you forget that?

Atsushi? What are you doing here?

I don't know, and I don't care. I'm out.

-Hey, Atsushi! -[rumbling]

Wait!

Hey, are you ever gonna come back to class?

[door opens]

-This is it. -[door slams]

We really are stuck in the Body Search.

What are you talking about?

[wind rustling]

[low rumbling]

[faint, echoing shouts]

[swift thud]

[Atsushi screaming]

-[girl gasps] What was that? -Atsushi!?

[Rie screams]

I'll call someone. Where's my phone?

-[screaming] -[glass shattering]

[gasps] Rumiko?

We're not alone…

[gasps]

[distorted roaring]

[Shota] It's coming!

Everyone, run!

[dramatic music playing]

[all gasping, panting]

-It won't open! -[Takahiro] Ah, are you kidding me?

[grunting]

It's here!

-[music stops] -[footsteps squelching]

[Rie panting]

-[rumbling] -[whimpering]

[sobbing]

[rumbling continues]

-[whimpering] -[distorted rumbling]

[whooshing]

-[crashing] -[Shota screaming]

-[grunting] -[gasps]

[groaning and gurgling]

[thudding]

[loud crashing]

[panting]

[gasps]

[Rie gasps]

[intense, scary music playing]

[gasping] No… No…

No…

-[music stops] -[shrieks] No!

-[crunch] -[grunts]

[Asuka whimpering]

[shuffling footsteps]

[intense music resumes]

[Takahiro] This way!

[crashing]

[Asuka] What do we do? It killed everyone!

[Takahiro] We just… have to keep running…

Here. Hide. Under there.

[thumping]

Don't make a sound.

[banging and rattling]

[Takahiro strains]

[rattling continues]

[yelps]

[gasps]

[groans]

[clattering]

[creaking]

[dripping]

[hissing breaths]

[low rumbling]

-[crashing] -[glass shattering]

[Takahiro groans]

-[loud clattering] -[groaning continues]

-[heavy thump] -[hissing snarl]

[whimpering]

[squelching]

[shuddering]

[clattering]

[jumping on bed]

-Takahiro… -[jumping continues]

[jumping stops]

[whimpers]

[groans]

[yelps]

[squelching]

[Asuka sobbing]

[intense rumbling]

[snarling]

[screeching]

[squelching]

[growls]

[alarm ringing and vibrating]

JULY 5, TUESDAY

[birds twittering]

[sighs]

[gasps] Oh…

-[woman on TV] According to witnesses… -Oh, Asuka. You're up early.

-…victim, an office worker… -[Asuka] I don't want breakfast.

-What? -I had a weird dream.

-Oh, really? About what? -…from the platform…

Honestly, I'd rather just forget about it.

-What? You should tell me about it. -…inbound and outbound trains…

-No, it's fine. -…been suspended until further notice.

Now for the weather. With the high-pressure front coming in…

-I'll pack you a lunchbox. -Okay.

-…sunshine all week. -Today is fried shrimp.

And pumpkin croquettes.

I made too many, so share them with your friends, okay?

-[Asuka] The same as yesterday? -…expected to give way--

-[brakes squeal] -[cat yowls]

[girl 1] Oh my God…

[girl 2] Oh my God.

[kids exclaiming]

-Was that a cat? -It's a cat.

-Did you see that? -What happened?

-That's totally you, Hina! -Is not!

You would chase that guy down!

-What? No! Don't say that. -[girl 1] Oh my God.

Somebody stole the school festival money our class was given.

-[girl 2] It was here. -[boy 1] Who left last?

-[boy 2] Shota. -[boy 3] Show us what's in your desk.

There. Another mystery solved.

Shota stole the festival cash!

-What the hell is "Body Search"? -[boy 3] Why'd you do it, Shota?

Owe someone money?

-Huh? I was still talking. -[boy 2] Where are they going?

Tell me everything!

[Shota] The ones that are chosen have to

find the victim's hidden, dismembered body parts.

Dismembered ?

I'm still, uh, sorta translating all the details…

Wait. Is that Russian?

"The Body Search starts exactly at midnight."

"Run away from the Red Person."

That's the thing we saw last night.

Okay, so why is today a repeat of yesterday?

Until the Body Search is complete, this is our only day.

You mean we'll just repeat today over and over?

[Shota] Yes. At least until we find all the hidden body parts.

Huh? What's with him? So creepy.

Who is he? That man.

The librarian. His name's Mr. Yashiro, I think.

[clock chiming]

Rie, the festival committee?

Mm-hmm. Sorry, let's do it tomorrow.

[Hina] That sounds good. Everyone, an update.

Festival committee selection is tomorrow. Be ready to volunteer!

[rock music playing]

Ah, crap, I thought we had more lemons.

-Hey! -Yo.

Here, lemons.

Huh? How'd you know?

Hmm? I just had a hunch, you know.

Well, thanks. You're a lifesaver.

-[chuckles] -That's my baby girl.

Hey, where'd you park your bike? The cops are out there.

They are? Shit.

I'm gonna go check.

Be right back.

JULY 5, TUESDAY NAO

WHAT TIME ARE YOU COMING HOME TODAY?

I USED THE MEAT AND POTATO STEW FROM YESTERDAY TO MAKE CURRY.

[door opens]

[turns phone over]

[bartender] It's safe.

-[whistle blows] -[boys shouting]

[man] Switch players!

-Tie your shoes. You'll trip again. -Oh yeah?

[grunts] Ow!

[kids chattering]

[Atsushi] Why am I here again?

[Rie] So it really does keep going…

[Shota] I'm guessing we're supposed to put the body parts we find in here…

[Rie] But if that thing finds us again…

-[Takahiro] We don't have a choice. -[Atsushi] What?

Are you joking?

Well, I'm not gonna play this stupid game, okay?

-Let's look upstairs. -[Rie] Mm-hmm.

[distant banging]

[sighs]

I mean, where do we even start?

-[clunk] -[gasps]

[panting] Oh!

Huh?

-[intense, scary music playing] -Huh?

[gasps]

-Takahiro. -I told you not to make a sound.

Why'd you turn the lights on?

It's a lot easier than searching in the dark.

But the Red Person's gonna find us.

Still pretty freaked out, aren't you?

What?

That's why I'm going around turning on the lights in all the classrooms.

Oh, clever.

Oh, I looked over there already.

[sighs] Okay…

Well, I guess there's nothing here.

Next classroom.

Hang on.

I haven't searched that room yet.

EXAMINATIONS IN SESSION STUDENTS MAY NOT ENTER

[door creaks]

[water bubbling]

[scraping sounds]

[flips switch twice]

[flips switch]

That's great.

What's wrong?

[gasps] Behind you.

[intense, creepy music playing]

An arm? Why?

-It's part of the Body Search. -[clank]

[lights clicking and humming]

It found us.

[creaking]

[Asuka] What do we do?

Asuka, you take this, and go to the chapel.

[footsteps approaching]

-[dramatic music playing] -I'm right here!

[Red Person snarls]

[Takahiro grunting]

[grunts]

[growls]

[Takahiro] Asuka, go!

[groaning]

-[music fades] -[grunting]

[growling]

[crunching]

[hisses]

[squelching]

Demonic freak…

-[squelch] -[Takahiro screaming]

Shit…

[dramatic music playing]

[breathing shakily]

[wet footsteps walking slowly]

[wet footsteps continue]

[footsteps continue]

[swallows]

[footsteps fade]

-[loud bang] -[gasps]

-[loud bang] -[moans]

-[crash] -[yelps]

[screams]

Huh?

[sighs]

[exhales]

[roars]

-[squelching] -[Shota screaming]

[girls gasp]

[screams]

It's here!

[Rie and Rumiko whimpering]

Wait! Morisaki's still out there!

Move! We need to run or we'll die!

Hurry!

[Rie] Is that…

[Asuka] It's one of the body parts we've been looking for.

[Rumiko gasps]

What the hell? Gross.

I need to get this into the coffin.

[loud crash]

Oh! Rie!

[screams]

[Red Person hissing]

[loud crashing]

[intense, dramatic music playing]

[gasping]

[gasps]

[wet footsteps running]

[shrieks] No!

JULY 5, TUESDAY

[alarm ringing and vibrating]

[Asuka grunts]

[sighs]

[birds twittering]

[bell dinging]

[cat crying]

Gotcha.

You gotta stay off the street, buddy.

Good, it's safe!

So, how'd it go last night?

Honestly, we got killed off pretty early.

We were totally freaked out, right?

I didn't last much longer. But I did get the arm in the coffin.

[Rumiko] You did?

Great job, Rie!

-Yay! Yay! -[Takahiro chuckles]

[Rumiko] Yay! We got this!

Why is Rie hanging out with that loser?

A car speeds by and splashes you with water. What do you do?

[Hina] Hmm…

What is that? A love letter?

[boy 1] It's none of your business.

-What's going on? -[girl 1] Oh my God.

Somebody stole the school festival money that our class was given.

It's right here!

Suzuki was keeping it safe for me. I was worried I was gonna lose it.

Thank you.

-Yeah, whatever. -[scoffs]

-Aww, thanks! -[Shota] Huh?

[chuckles] Oh, uh, what seems to be the trouble here?

-[woman] Your two tarts. -[Rumiko] Think we ordered too much?

[Rie] Everything's gonna reset anyway. Who cares?

[Rumiko] Good point.

[upbeat pop music playing]

Rumiko, I wanted to ask.

Is that biker that drops you off every morning your boyfriend?

Mm…

-Yeah. -A college guy?

No, he's not a student. He works at a club.

-[both, in unison] Like a bar? -Shh! Quiet!

Honestly…

I've been feeling like he might be cheating on me for a while now,

so I checked out his phone, right?

And it turns out I'm his side piece!

[laughing]

Yeah, okay.

-Laugh, or I'm taking this. -[Asuka] What?

-[Rumiko] You're not eating it! -[Asuka] I was!

-Then start laughing. -[both] Ah-ha-ha!

-Try and stop me. -[Rie] Hey!

-Come on. -[Asuka] Fine, I'm taking this.

-[Rumiko] Don't think so. -[in English] ♪ Run away to our land ♪

♪ Fly away, oh, run away to our land ♪

♪ Fly away, run away to our land You and I… ♪

All done!

[Rumiko] Asuka!

-You're so cute! Nice, Rie! -I try.

[shower running]

[electricity crackling]

-[Rie] I think it's close. -[Rumiko] What do we do?

-Dive down. -What?

[all gasping]

-[Asuka] Where is it? -[Rumiko] She must have left.

-[all panting] -[Rie] Thank God.

That was really brave, Asuka!

I'm sorry!

No, you really saved us. Thank you.

Ah!

Gotcha! [laughing]

[all laughing]

Oh my God!

You scared us!

-[Rumiko] Ah, I'm gonna die! -[all laughing]

[Rie] I really love hanging with you two.

[Rumiko] Really? You always look so happy with all your friends, though.

Mm. Yeah, but…

Aah!

[gasps]

-[screaming] -Oh no!

[whimpering]

[intense dissonant music playing]

[gasping]

[screams]

[dissonant music fades]

[Shota] Great. Looks like the girls can all make it.

-[Takahiro] Okay… -[Shota] Atsushi too?

[Takahiro] Hmm. He's read my texts, but…

He hasn't come to school for a while, has he?

You two went to the same middle school, right? You know him, Takahiro?

Mm.

Yeah.

Thing is, in middle school, he was a star athlete.

He got scouted for Keiwa High's basketball team.

But before graduation, he hurt his leg and lost the offer.

TAKAHIRO ISE COME TO SCHOOL

[Shota] So that's how he ended up at our school.

[Takahiro] His doctor said he'd be able to play again, but he just quit basketball.

[gunfire in game]

[Rie] So this is where it started?

[Shota] Yeah. I was looking for information on the Body Search

when I discovered a connection to a real-life murder case.

[Takahiro] And Shota printed copies for all of us.

Thirty years ago, somebody was murdered and dismembered right near our campus.

Dismembered?

For real?

Look. It says the victim's head was never found.

2ND GRADE GIRL'S DISMEMBERED BODY HEAD YET TO BE FOUND

The victim was the girl in this picture?

Miko Onoyama, only eight.

MIKO ONOYAMA (AGE: 8)

[Takahiro]The Red Person looks about her age…

[squelching]

[screams]

-Whoa! -[gasping]

Are you okay, Asuka?

[Asuka] The picture… it moved…

Huh? Hold on a sec.

Since when are you so close? Wait, are these guys…

-I've known her since kindergarten. -[Shota and Rumiko] What?

Are you serious? You never told us about that, Asuka!

[chuckles] One time, I went to an amusement park with her family--

-No, don't tell them about that! -Come on, it's a good story.

[Rumiko] Ooh-ooh-ooh!

-[Shota] Oh, we've gotta hear this! -[Shota and Rumiko laughing]

[Rumiko gasps]

Excuse me.

This is a library. Be quiet.

[all] Sorry.

Is this…

some sort of club activity?

Ah, no.

We're just… friends.

[hopeful music playing]

That was weird.

So, I, uh… I sketched out the school's floor plan.

Here. Ta-da!

[Takahiro] Whoa! Nice work, Shota.

-You drew all this? -[Shota chuckles] Um…

Assuming all the body parts are on campus,

we stand the best chance of finding them if we work as a team.

Everyone, grab a pen, and mark the places you've already searched.

And why are we doing this, exactly?

[Shota] Glad you asked!

"Rock-n-Roller Tac Plan."

-Have you always been this way? -[Shota] Excuse me?

[laughing]

[Shota] A rock-n-roll plan

that's guaranteed to crush.

Going off our experience thus far,

I think the Red Person is drawn to our position

when we make noise.

-[rock music playing] -[Shota] Here's the deal.

If we play loud music across the school, it'll disguise our movements.

PA ROOM

That'll make it really hard for it to find us.

Beyond that, if we strategically turn on the lights all around the school,

I think the Red Person will be lured to those spots.

Oh, Red Person! Come out now and get us!

How do you like us now? Come get us!

[Shota] I'll buy as much time as I can.

In the meantime, you guys split up and find the body parts.

[all] Copy that.

Takahiro! Okay, the Red Person's en route to the gym.

[Takahiro] Copy that. It just walked in.

[rock music continues]

[Rie] Shota! I'll toss the abdomen out the window, you take it to the chapel!

-Nice! -[Rumiko] Yay!

Whoa.

[rock music continues]

[glass shattering]

[rock music continues]

[grunting]

[screams]

[Shota] We'll focus on searching the fourth floor today.

[rock music continues]

[laughing]

-[rock music ends] -Uh--

[Mr. Yashiro] Excuse me.

This is a library. Be quiet.

[all] Sorry.

-Yes, sir. -[Asuka] I'm sorry.

[Mr. Yashiro] Is this some sort of club activity?

-Oh, we're putting together a dead body. -[coughs]

What? He's not gonna remember tomorrow.

-[Shota] I can't believe you said that. -[Rumiko] So what?

-[Shota] It's messed up! -[Rumiko] Why?

-[Shota] What do you mean, why? -[Rumiko] He's gonna forget. Who cares?

-[Rumiko screams] -[Asuka on radio] Rumiko!

-[Takahiro] On my way! -[Shota] Shall I come to you?

[Takahiro] Shota, stay there!

[Rie] Asuka, no!

-The Red Person's outside the window! -[glass smashing]

-Asuka! -[feedback crackling]

[Takahiro] Shota! I'm heading to the first floor right now.

I've got the left leg, but you're gonna need to take it to the chapel for me.

[panting]

Shota!

Oh, you gotta be kidding me.

[gasps]

[sighs] Damn it.

Did we fail again?

[distant banging]

[clattering]

[thud]

[wet footsteps]

[groans]

-[thumping] -[footsteps approach]

[crashing and thumping continue]

[glass smashing]

[sighs]

You really took your time, huh?

How much longer were you gonna sit out there, man?

[chuckles]

Shut up.

[both chuckle]

-[sighs] -[crashing]

[wet footsteps]

[crashing continues]

Here we go…

I'll take the leg!

[roars]

[running]

[thud]

[wet footsteps approaching]

[roars]

[inspirational music playing]

[panting]

[uplifting music playing]

Yeah!

The beach is the best! Whoo-hoo!

[laughing]

Whoo! Come on, get in here!

-[girls laughing] -[Rie] Watch out!

[Rumiko] Look at him go!

-[Shota] The water's great! -[Takahiro] Hey.

You got some good moves for a retired athlete, you know that?

-Oh, shut up. -[laughs]

-Just 'cause you looked so pathetic. -Oh!

-And here's your change. -[Rumiko] Great, thank you!

Here.

Okay, then! That means there's only the head left now!

[all] Cheers!

[Asuka] I guess it started out with something small.

Our freshman year, I caught a cold and missed the swim meet.

So someone started a rumor. They said I was faking it.

After I got better and went back to school,

nobody would even talk to me anymore.

Before I knew it…

I think I just sort of became invisible to everyone around me.

I thought I could just deal with it until graduation.

I was okay with being alone.

I'm sorry.

[Asuka] Huh?

It's just, you've been suffering alone for so long,

and I…

I never even noticed.

[boy 1] Hey, ladies. What's up?

-[Rumiko] I'm not interested! -[boy 2] Where are you going?

-Takahiro, look. -[Rumiko] Leave us alone!

[boy 2] We got, like, a barbecue thing going on.

-Come drink with us! -Hey, what's going on?

What?

-Stay out of this, asshole. -Hey!

Hey, she's cute too.

-Hey, hey. -Don't touch her.

-You wanna go? -Back off!

Yo, what? You guys wanna get your ass kicked?

Uh… Hey, jerk!

We look death in the eye every single ni--

How's that for some death?

[Atsushi] What's your problem?

-[Takahiro] That's it! -[boy 3] Come on!

-[Takahiro] Hey. Hey! -It's on!

[Rumiko] Guys, stop it!

-Come on! Yes! -[groans]

I said stop!

-[boy 1] Oh. Oh! -[Rumiko yells]

-[Asuka] Let me go! -[boy 3] Stop--

-Whoa! That's cold! -[laughing] Oh!

-[boy 3] Whoa! -[both grunting]

[Atsushi] Run!

-[Rumiko] Rie! Rie! -[Takahiro] Asuka!

[uplifting music playing]

[in English] ♪ Break, oh, my heart ♪

♪ When you leave here ♪

♪ Colder my life ♪

♪ When you depart ♪

♪ Bound by myself ♪

♪ Real love in my mind ♪

♪ They just really don't know… ♪

[Rumiko] Ahhh!

Seriously, could life get any better than this?

[Shota] If only we didn't have to get murdered every night.

♪ To our land… ♪

[Rie] Yeah, but if it weren't for the Body Search bringing us together,

-we wouldn't be sitting here right now. -♪ Run away to our land… ♪

-[Atsushi] That's true. -♪ You and I… ♪

[Asuka] But why do you think the six of us were chosen?

[Takahiro] Ah, who knows?

[music fades]

[waves breaking gently]

[birds chirping]

[rustling]

[Atsushi] So, no idea where the head could be?

[Takahiro] No. We've split up and searched everywhere, but still no luck.

[Rumiko] So this is where that girl was murdered?

[Shota] Yeah. This is it.

We gotta go in and find something useful.

[eerie music playing]

[bird screeches]

[boards creaking]

[metal clanks]

[Rie] What do we do?

[Shota] L-Let's keep going.

Uh, you guys first…

[creaking]

[Rumiko] What is that?

[Shota] That's the same doll the Red Person carries.

So the girl who lived here was sick and couldn't go to school.

ME, EMILY, PAPA, MAMA

She spent every day in this house, being treated.

ME

[Rie] So, all she had was that doll…

ME, EMILY

[Takahiro] Emily?

She loved Emily. You can tell by the pictures.

Hey, doesn't that wall look weird?

-All right. Ready? -[Atsushi] Ready.

[Shota] D-Do you think the head's in there?

-[Rie] Stop it. -[Rumiko] Aah! Don't say that!

[Shota] Should we really do this?

[Atsushi] Well, we can't stop now.

[Shota] I guess not…

[Atsushi] Oh, man…

[eerie music playing]

[Shota] Emily the doll.

Is that the little girl's blood on her?

-[door slams] -[all yelp]

[Rie gasps] What was that?

-[Shota yells] -[all screaming]

[all gasping]

[Asuka] Emily's gone…

[Rumiko] How?

[Shota] I don't know! Let's just go!

It's not opening!

-[Atsushi] Pull it! -[Rie] Hurry!

No, no, no…

[wails] Something's got me!

-Help me! -You idiot!

-What are you doing? -No!

[Rumiko] Come on!

[bird screeching]

[Atsushi] What was with that doll?

[Rumiko] It just disappeared.

But only after you got scared and started screaming!

What, you're saying that it's my fault now?

[sighs] Okay. Can we go?

[eerie music playing]

[Rumiko] It's not on the second floor. And it's definitely not in the chapel.

[Shota] I figured it had to be somewhere close.

[Atsushi] Maybe we should look somewhere else?

[Takahiro] Does this feel off to anyone else?

[Asuka] Huh?

The Red Person usually shows up way before now…

[door slams]

[Rumiko gasps]

Now what?

[dramatic, creepy music playing]

[Shota] I don't see anyone.

[rumbling]

[gasps] Over there!

[Shota] The Red Person!

[creaking]

-[Rumiko] What's it doing? -[crunching]

[Shota] Is that Emily the doll?

[scaffolding clattering]

[screeching]

[kids gasping]

Come on!

[all panting]

[Takahiro] Upstairs!

[crashing]

[glass smashing]

[loud crashing]

[Shota screams]

[Takahiro] Start a fire!

-[Rie] What was that thing? -I don't know!

[Red Person screeching]

What the hell?

[snarling]

[Takahiro] Is this thing

the Red Person and Emily?

[girls whimpering]

[Asuka] Takahiro…

[Red Person growling]

[squelching]

[chewing and slurping]

[snarling]

[squelching]

[gasping]

-[glass smashing] -[yelps]

[Red Person growling]

It's on…

[wind howling]

[screeching]

-[gasps] -[alarm ringing and vibrating]

[gasps]

I can't find the cat.

-[brakes squeal] -[cat yowls]

-[girl 1] Was that a cat? -[boy] You see that?

-[Asuka] Huh? -[girl 2] Oh my God.

-I'd chase him down. -[laughing]

-That's so you. -What do you think it means?

-[Yuzuki] It means she hates rejection… -She isn't here!

-[Takahiro] Rie's name is gone. -I can't find her desk, either.

Festival committee selection is starting! Take your seats, everyone!

If nobody feels like volunteering…

What's Sawada doing?

Hey, why are you doing Rie's job? The class president should be doing that.

-What? -Rie? Who's that?

What?

Hey, has anyone seen Rie today?

[all murmuring confusion]

Atsushi?

[Atsushi] Hey! What the hell do you mean, Rie's gone?

We don't know! But today's all different for some reason.

[Asuka] Last night, Rie…

[Takahiro] What happened?

-Rie got eaten by Emily. -[gasps]

What does that mean?

It means if the monster eats you, your whole existence gets completely erased!

Are you kidding me? What do we do?

We can't do shit. It's gonna be dark soon.

-But if we all get eaten, then we… -[Rumiko] Enough!

We'll all be erased before we find that head.

There's no way out!

[Asuka] Is that plastic bag…

[Mr. Yashiro] It was run over in front of the school.

Mr. Yashiro, do you know what the Body Search is?

What?

[suspenseful music playing]

I don't know what you're talking about.

Whenever we got together to do research on the Body Search,

you were always watching us.

Look!

[wind whistling]

I knew exactly when this pot would fall, to the second.

Please, tell me what you know about the Body Search.

[Mr. Yashiro] I think I was a senior in high school

when I was dragged into my Body Search.

What do you mean, "think"?

I'd forgotten it.

What?

[Mr. Yashiro] Until I found this book.

I kept thinking…

that I had great friends I spent my high school years with.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OCCULT CULTURE DECIPHERING BODY SEARCHES WORLDWIDE

Friends I couldn't remember.

That's her name…

We were in different classes, we never even spoke to each other.

CLASS 3-A YUKO SHIRAISHI

And yet…

I'm sure she meant everything to me.

At least, I think so.

Today, I can't remember how I really felt.

Once the Body Search is over,

your memories of it go away.

So, then,

all of your friends that you did the Body Search with, they were…

Forgotten.

Oh no…

[somber music playing]

[Rumiko] Why has the Red Person become that monster?

[Shota] Maybe we, like, woke the doll up or something when we were in the house.

[Takahiro] We need to figure out a way to avoid the monster

and find the missing head.

Damn it, where the hell is it?

[Shota] I know. I'm pretty sure we've searched every inch of the school

at least twice by now.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OCCULT CULTURE DECIPHERING BODY SEARCHES WORLDWIDE

[bird calling]

[Takahiro] Thought you'd gone home.

Takahiro…

[Takahiro] Are you okay?

[Asuka] To be honest…

I'm afraid.

Today might be the day

we all disappear.

Don't count us out before we even try. You never know.

[chuckles]

Kinda ironic coming from me, though.

[Asuka] Hmm?

When I got scouted…

I told Keiwa High I wasn't interested in going pro.

Truth is…

when things got serious, I got scared that I'd fail.

That's who I am.

I'm always giving up on things before I even try.

Pretty lame, right?

No more.

I'm done running.

Asuka, I--

I swear I'll protect you.

I've got your back.

Once the Body Search is over,

we can finally see tomorrow.

If tomorrow does come…

I'll disappear again.

I'll be invisible to everyone.

Invisible to you.

What are you saying?

[heartfelt piano music playing]

So, if you're right…

and you really do disappear tomorrow…

I promise, I'll find you.

Takahiro…

[jingling]

Here, I swear on this clip.

I will find you.

[Asuka] I have a theory. I think the head might be inside the doll.

[Shota] Okay… What makes you say that?

[Asuka] Well, when I saw it in the pool…

Emily the doll sank into the water head first.

That means the thing we've been looking for the entire time

is inside the head of the monster.

[sighs]

[sighs]

[somber music playing]

[machinery grinding]

[Rumiko] Asuka, that clip looks so good on you.

[liquid sloshing]

Once this is all over and done with, I know Rie will come back to us.

[whirring]

[clicking]

Hey.

I figured out why the six of us were chosen. I think I get it now.

Tell us why.

Because that monster…

was drawn to us by the cracks in our hearts.

It's our loneliness come to life.

Our loneliness come to life?

[wistful music playing]

[Atsushi] If that's the case…

then we take it down together.

Night after night,

you guys failed over and over, but didn't give up.

Hearing that made me feel like a moron,

focusing on just one bad thing.

Moron!

Shut up.

[claps]

[snarling]

[low rumbling]

-[clattering] -[Shota] It's here!

Everyone, get ready!

We're gonna stop that monster and put that head back where it belongs.

Just don't let it eat you!

[loud rumbling]

[metal creaking]

[loud thumping]

[Asuka gasps]

[snarling]

Let her go!

[roars]

[coughing]

-[thudding, ripping] -[snarling]

[Shota yelling]

Shota!

[chomping and slurping]

[snarling]

-[growling] -[grunts]

[pole clatters]

-[roars] -[Takahiro] Atsushi!

[all panting]

[snarling]

[grunting]

[squelching, crunching]

-[Red Person screeching] -[yells] Atsushi, hurry!

[Atsushi] Asuka!

[snarling ferociously]

[Asuka] Rumiko!

[Red Person groaning, growling]

[Rumiko] Asuka!

[gasps]

Asuka!

[Rumiko] Wake up!

[suspenseful percussive music playing]

[grunts]

[starts chainsaw]

[Red Person growling]

[Atsushi yells]

[both straining]

[metal clattering]

[both groaning]

[yelling]

[Red Person screeching]

[Rumiko] Asuka!

Eat this, you piece of shit!

[yells]

-[thump] -[splattering]

[snarling softly]

Rumiko…

[machinery whirring loudly]

[machinery loses power]

[Atsushi] Asuka! The cable!

[zapping]

[grunting]

[machinery whirring]

-[crunch] -[splattering]

[Atsushi screams]

Atsushi!

[slurping and squelching]

[Red Person growling]

[Takahiro] Ah, damn it!

-[starts chainsaw] -[roars]

[panting]

[drops chainsaw]

[squelching]

[gasping]

[Takahiro gasping]

[Asuka sighs]

[Takahiro] This…

This is it…

[Asuka] We actually did it.

[Takahiro] Yeah.

[crashing]

[snarling]

Take it to the coffin!

[Takahiro grunting]

-Run! -Takahiro!

[crashing]

[Takahiro screams] Run!

[yells]

[loud crashing]

[Asuka gasping]

[chains rattling]

[metal clatters]

Takahiro!

[panting]

[chains rattling]

Takahiro! Get up!

Asuka…

Takahiro…

[yelps]

[tender music playing]

[loud crashing]

It'll be okay.

-[gasps] -We'll find each other again.

[snarling]

[chewing]

[growling]

[gasps]

[Red Person growling]

[Asuka gasping]

[groans]

[growling]

You're just our loneliness!

[screeching]

I won't let you win! [gasps]

[Red Person sighs]

-[yells] -[screeches]

Rie, Rumiko, Shota!

[screams]

Atsushi, Takahiro!

[music swells]

-[Red Person groaning] -[pole clattering]

I'm not going to be alone again.

-[yells] -[screeches]

I finally started hoping…

that I was gonna see tomorrow.

[Red Person hissing]

I'm not gonna let you take away my friends!

[screeching]

[pole clatters]

-[sighs] -[music swells]

You're not alone anymore.

It's okay now.

I know that you'll be found.

[music continues]

[chain squeaking]

[mysterious music playing]

[rainfall]

[alarm ringing and vibrating]

JULY 6, WEDNESDAY

[rain pouring outside]

[Asuka sighs]

[woman] Police were called yesterday when, during a renovation

of the chapel at Acacia Academy, a construction worker

-discovered a human skull… -[man] Isn't that your school, Asuka?

…in a well on the school grounds.

-Yeah, it is. -Oh, wow. That's so scary.

The skull has been identified as belonging to an elementary schoolchild.

-It may be linked to a 30-year-old murder… -Fried chicken, mini cheese omelets.

-I made too much, so share with friends. -…identity of the victim…

-…still under investigation. -Thank you.

[laughter and chatter]

[teacher] Good morning!

Good morning.

Go ahead inside.

[laughter]

[boy] Ew!

[boys laughing and coughing]

[locker door slamming]

Shota, what's wrong?

-[boy 1] Hey, Shota! -[boy 2] Shota!

We didn't get any volunteers, so we'll draw for our committee members.

-[all groaning] -All right!

-Everybody draw one from the box. -[boy] Oh, man. This sucks!

LOTTERY BOX

[Rie] Kiyomiya!

They said my attendance was too low. So, hey.

-[Rie] Hey. -Who's that guy?

[Hina] Take a slip from the box, please!

Ugh!

Come on!

[Hina] Our new school festival committee members

should get together in the committee room on the chapel's second floor after school.

YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED

-[Rumiko] Why do we have to meet now? -[Rie] See you there.

[Rumiko] This sucks.

[Shota] Honestly, I don't even care about the school festival…

-[Rumiko] I didn't ask. -[Atsushi] Wait, this is every week?

[Rie] Hmm… I think it's every Wednesday and Friday?

[Shota] We got flyers, right?

-[Rumiko] Who cares? -[Shota] I'm pretty sure we did.

[Rumiko] Whatever.

Is this…

Asuka!

Whoa, I didn't know they knew each other. Did you?

I told you…

I'd find you.

[sounds fade]

["Missing" by Ado]

2-G SCHOOL FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

[faint, echoing scream]

[dripping]

2ND GRADE GIRL BRUTALLY MURDERED IN VACATION HOME

DISMEMBERED BODY FOUND

2ND GRADE GIRL BRUTALLY MURDERED WITHIN AMUSEMENT PARK GROUNDS

MIKO ONOYAMA (AGE: 8)

ASUKA MORISAKI (AGE: 8)