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ALL STORYLINES AND IMAGES IN THIS WORK ARE FICTITIOUS.

ANY SIMILARITIES ARE COINCIDENTAL.

Do you know who I am?

ADAPTED FROM THE PERIOD HORROR NOVEL BY THAO TRANG

Even you could never have known

that while the clan was ill-fated,

there was one survivor.

To avoid calamity, bury them alive!

-Live burial! -Bury alive!

Mr. Tam!

-His pulse is all wrong. -Kill!

Don't.

IN THE LAST EPISODE

Mr. Tam!

Mr. Tam!

What has been upsetting the village,

is a woman.

-Dai! -Here!

Come over!

What's wrong?

Show me your hand.

What are you doing?

Some lucky money for you, of course!

Oh, heavens!

Lucky money, but I've grown?

My parents once told me how

a man who isn't married

or a woman who isn't settled, is really still a child,

so they still get lucky money.

But, the gift is for "baby" Dai to quickly grow,

so he can go down and build a house

to let me come and stay in!

You will descend the mountain with me?

That is what I want.

One time, Mr. Thap brought me

a book of poems.

One of them talks about the villages down there,

with sights and things I have never seen before.

I want to lay my eyes on them.

I want to know what a "market" is.

Want to know what "a day full of sun" is like.

And,

I want to take fabrics to the market to sell.

Want to meet and greet people.

Dai…

you will come with me, right?

I will find

a way to let us leave together.

And then we'll find

land grand enough

to build a home on.

Then… we'll have children,

get them to school.

Be able to see them play in the vast fields.

Imagining these scenes

brings me so much joy.

How bold of you!

Already thinking about children.

Well…

it's just…

Stop now!

Dai!

Dai!

Miss May!

May!

Dai is already dead.

Mr. Tam's attacker was only using Dai's body!

No!

Miss May!

She is tying up loose ends.

I'm certain the culprit is still in our village.

What did you just say?

Dai told me about the culprit.

Dai!

Dai!

Dai!

May!

Descend the mountain, May!

That woman will not spare anyone.

But who is she?

Tell me who she is, Dai!

Before Dai could act,

she had already killed him so she could stay hidden.

Or it could also be

Dai was no longer of use to her.

What do you mean by that, sir?

If everything

Mr. Tam saw at Madam Lam's place was right,

and indeed,

someone is using wu magic

to influence the people in our village…

Then I think

that person was done with Dai.

Or perhaps,

Dai became harder to control.

Even in the times

he was wakeful enough to talk with you.

But wasn't it also Dai who told you that

the woman won't forgive anyone in the village?

But who is she anyway?

The descendant of a clan of silk traders.

The sole survivor of a massacre

carried out by our ancestors.

So now…

are we supposed to endure this?

No.

No matter if she's a ghost or a demon,

I will get to the truth of all of this.

She has to pay.

That woman, she must pay.

Miss May,

don't lose yourself in grief.

On the other side,

Dai would hate seeing you like this.

Thap!

Sir!

-Sir! -Sir!

What's wrong?

Why all the staring?

Is everyone thinking that I killed the mad boy?

I would never do such a thing!

He's right, he's right, all.

Everyone, be calm!

Mr. Tam has nothing to do with this.

Please don't cause him to panic even more.

When will you stop covering for him? Huh?

I beg you, sir!

Mr. Tam is in distress.

I beg you

please let him calm down, and explain.

-But then… -Sir!

There's already enough trouble!

-I beg you to stop stirring things up! -But…

If everything you said is true,

then you and I,

we will soon unite.

Since it's New Year,

have some lucky money.

Safe travels, now.

For you!

Mr. Tam!

Mr. Tam!

Why are you sitting here?

Mr. Tam!

Mr. Tam!

Get up!

Get up!

Sit down!

-Lay him flat. -Yes.

Mr. Tam! You lie down, Mr. Tam!

For you!

‎There there.

His soul is faint!

His pulse is erratic.

Someone must really look after him, you hear?

Yes.

How did the boy Dai die?

Any leads for it?

I think the boy was killed

to tie up loose ends.

Just yesterday,

he was so awake

that he even asked May to leave with him.

He also mentioned

"that woman."

He even said

she will kill everyone.

But

could we even

trust someone whose mind wasn't always there?

But, dear sir,

that is now the only lead that we have.

Moreover,

I heard a woman was mentioned.

She matches Mr. Tam's description.

A woman.

Let's say that,

she managed to give birth to her baby.

By now,

he must be of age.

But

how could a woman in her late years

sneak into this village?

And do things

so horrible, yet never be seen?

Don't you find that odd?

And yet if it's an outsider

I believe they are hiding close by.

You're saying,

someone followed us here?

Or they are already here.

So you're saying…

that person must have

had some help.

But by thinking that,

you are suspecting me.

Since out of everyone,

I'm the only person who can leave the village.

But if I suspected you,

I wouldn't be standing here now.

The person I'm doubting the most,

as I have said,

is none other than the old cripple

you brought up here!

And if you are right,

you must soon locate him.

If you are going

then go.

-The earlier the better. -Yes, sir.

May, wait for me!

I will always wait for you.

I only worry for you, is all.

Wait for me in peace, May.

No matter how dangerous it is,

I have no fear.

Oh, Dai!

Oh, Dai! Dai!

Dai!

May!

Get back, May!

You buried my kids and I alive.

I will eat you all up.

You all will end up just like them.

All of your lives

will be worse than death.

All of you people…

are damned!

This is the thing that awaits you.

Darling!

Darling!

My dear!

Darling!

Darling!

My dear!

This is what will become of you.

Mrs. Thap!

Mrs. Thap!

So it is this bitch! Kill her!

Please don't!

You wicked, cursed thing.

So everything that has happened here…?

How could a woman?

You demon!

-Kill her! -Just kill her!

Darling, dear!

Darling!

Darling!

You must also know,

there's still more to happen here.

However many lives you took, that much cost you'll pay.

However many lives you took, that much cost you'll pay.

You!

You are a wicked womb,

a barren tree.

You deserve to die!

-Kill her! -Just kill!

Insult me!

Curse me!

Let's see when

you all realize you will not go on.

Let's see how you will wail and cry.

-Look, she's running away! -Oh, how horrible!

Everyone!

Follow me, be brave.

Hurry, we must bury it alive!

Don't pursue her, all!

Don't pursue, it's dangerous!

-Please don't go after her! -Get her!

Pursue!

Catch up to her, catch her!

Catch her!

Mr. Thap.

How come

you did not know

your own wife's actions?

How could you not know?

She's been killing us so savagely!

Was there never a sign?

Or…

are you also behind all this?

Him!

Him and the old cripple.

Him and the old cripple.

That is right!

A stranger from afar, and together,

they are the culprits!

That's right.

They have arrived to kill all of us, is that right?

-Is that right? -Wicked Tam is an accomplice.

-Wicked Tam! -Yes, Mr. Tam for sure!

Bury alive!

-Yes! -Bury them alive!

-We must bury them! -We must kill them!

Mr. Thap.

You must run now!

You must find the old cripple.

We must find the cripple at all costs.

Stop now!

Stop now!

-Mr. Tam! -Run faster!

Mr. Tam!

Let go! What is it?

Good gods! Run faster!

If they catch up, they'll bury both of us alive.

Mr. Tam!

Mr. Tam!

What a weird community.

A fault, bury. A fault, bury!

Maybe the death of this village,

isn't literally their ending, or their journey there,

but it is them losing their humanity.

Most importantly,

we need to find the cripple.

So that the truth can come out.

Heaven, if you say I'm right,

go ahead and strike me one more time.

Quickly, else we'll be struck!

Are you alright?

But what is the deal

with your wife?

You ask me,

but you should know I haven't an answer.

My entire life,

I could never dare to think of such a wicked deal.

But I will say this,

my wife would never host such an evil, Mr. Tam.

Never, ever.

Never, Mr. Tam!

I'm so sorry, dear!

That I can't give you an heir.

It is all my fault.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Children are gifts from heaven.

If it is his will,

you mustn't blame yourself.

This is not you!

This is not you!

Be gone!

Be gone!

Go!

Leave!

You are your ancestors' faults.

A debt of soul

best paid with soul.

A debt of flesh

best paid in flesh.

A debt of soul

best paid with soul.

A debt of flesh

best paid in flesh.

A debt of soul best paid with soul.

A debt of flesh best paid in flesh.

Let go!

-Let go! -It's me!

-Let go! -It's me, it's me!

It's Wicked Tam.

What is wrong?

What's wrong?

What's wrong, Mr. Thap?

Fire Wolf! Fire Wolf!

What's with you, Mr. Tam?

I must take all

192 lives.

The deal is done.

You can only claim that many.

No more, no less.

Mr. Tam!

-Mr. Tam! -Heavens! Namo Amitabha Buddha!

Is that you, Mr. Thap?

Hey!

Where's the Wolf?

So what now?

We must find a way

to escape as soon as possible.

You can't return to the village yet!

Thap! Oh, Thap!

You're… the cripple?

Yes.

It is I!

Well, now.

Best speak up.

You won't get it right away.

Be seated first.

Why?

Why did you sneak away?

Why did you leave the village?

Had I stayed,

I would only receive blame for Tutor Lam's death.

Maybe they'd blame me

for everything else too.

But if you didn't do it,

why would you run?

Why be afraid?

I'm not afraid of your villagers,

but I can only feel death when I'm among them.

I just don't want

to be hurt myself.

But did you not

agree to become

a part of our village already?

There is one thing I haven't told you.

The very first day I came to the village

I walked around the entire thing.

I realize that,

accidental or not,

the shape of the village

is exactly the same

as the character "Death."

I don't fear death,

but I also don't want to die

before being of use to your village.

Had I not scurried into the woods then,

most likely, I wouldn't be sitting here

to tell you these details.

By sharing them,

do you mean

you have found something?

Yes!

I know who is behind all the ordeal of your village.

How could you know?

How do you know?

Do you recall

that I once asked about the village's past?

I didn't ask because I didn't know, Mr. Thap!

You might also not know that

I have known you

and your father.

The day has finally arrived,

and the moment of reckoning is soon ending.

Your family has twice saved my life.

I could never forget that.

Show yourself!

All come to hear

A poem of Tet

When all are dead

We shall then feast