It is in our nature as shiki to hunt people.
"I saw that Natsuno is dead."
Were Setsuko and Mikiyasu like that, too?
Making someone I hate suffer feels really great!
--Did it sting? --Ah, no.
Attaboy!
"Recovery Room"
Doctor?
Ah, yeah...
Done.
A flower that cut itself off from the morning light
begs for the rain that doesn't come and falls into an endless sleep
I hear a soft voice that's calling out for someone
is this dark paradise a lie or a dream?
What I'll lose is my body and my sense of self
If I offer them up as payment, what will I gain in return?
Life is so fragile and fleeting that I can steal it away with my tears
Do you bemoan the death that comes for us all as a thing to be "feared"?
The calendula that sings of the curtain's fall quietly blossoms into full bloom
Whether it's hatred or sadness, it pulls it in by its root
The calendula that sings of life's end soaks up the loneliness
It begs for the rain that doesn't come and falls into an endless sleep
"Ookawa Liquor Store"
"Tuesday, October 11, Senpu"
Atsushi!
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Don't you know I hate cigarette smoke?
Stop bugging me.
Smoking harms people around the smoker
even more than it does the smoker themselves!
Oh, I get it. You're trying to kill me!
Huh?
--Tomio! Tomio! --Er?! Hey...!
--Irk! “What's the matter, Mom?
Hey! That's not--
Atsushi!
Good evening!
This village sure closes up for the night early, huh?
It's still early... but I don't see anyone on the street.
Th-They're all cowards! They said they're afraid of the dark.
But you aren't, huh? You're bold, aren't you?
Of course!
Would you be my conversation partner?
Why don't you come up here? The stairs are in the back.
Is it okay?
Sure.
Thank you.
"Wednesday, October 12, Butsumetsu"
Good morning, Satoko.
"Satoko lsaki, Nurse"
Uhm...
Is Yuki here?
Yuki? I don't think she's in yet.
What's the matter?
I was told that she didn't come home after work yesterday.
Don't tell me... An accident?
I don't know. They said they'd check around.
If they still couldn't find her, then they'll report to the police.
Ah, Doctor!
Doctor! Yuki is missing!
I see.
Wh-What should we do?! If something should happen to her...
Yeah...
He's cold...
Well, he's just a person like everyone else.
Right now, you could say that his wife is in critical condition, so...
But Yuki has been working here all this time.
And yet when she went missing, all he said was, "I see."
What kind of response is that?
I see... The Yasumori family...
Tokujiro...
They said Tokujiro passed away.
No one is left at the construction company now.
Yeah.
I think the Doctor is at the end of his rope, too.
He must be exhausted.
Yes... You're right.
Tokujiro has passed away.
I see.
So has Hiroya of the Tamo family.
So someone from the Tamos finally also has...
Yes. What should we do about the caretaker?
Consult the elder Gohei Takemura.
Okay.
Wait.
A letter...
"Mr. Seishirou Kirishiki "
Mail it for me.
It's just a letter of greeting.
Has my father noticed that the main cause of all this is the Kirishiki family?
"Thursday, October 13, Taian"
Who's there?!
Your father is dead.
Kaori! Did you hear me?
Megumi]
Your father is dead. Got that?
Serves you right!
Akira! Akira!
Megumi is...
outside the window!
Kaori!
She said Dad died!
Dad!
He's not here! Where'd he go?!
I'll go check the bathroom!
What's going on?
Kaori!
Dad!
“Dad! “Dad!
What's the fuss?
Mom... Dad's dead.
There's no way he is, is he?
"Ebuchi Clinic"
Hello. This is Ebuchi Clinic.
Uhm, I'm sorry to call you this late. My name is Tanaka.
Oh, are you Mr. Yoshikazu Tanaka's family?
Did something possibly happen to him?
Uhm... He collapsed.
I'll be right over.
Hello!
What?
That was quick.
My name is Ebuchi. May I come in?
"Friday, October 14, Shakku"
Are you going to attend Kyoko tonight again?
Yeah.
How is she?
Don't we have to contact her parents?
I don't want to have her parents complaining to me afterwards.
Yeah.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Tonight is probably the critical night for her.
We may end up having to contact her parents tomorrow.
Four full days have already passed since Kyoko died.
Considering that people aren't aware of shiki yet,
they definitely don't revive within a day or two of their death,
while their wake or funeral is taking place.
It takes at least three days after their death for them to rise up.
In other words, they rise up after 72 hours or more.
However, that time limit has already passed and this is almost the fifth day.
I'm at the end of my rope.
I can no longer bear the pressure of the fact that I have a dead body here.
I'll wait just one more night. If she doesn't rise up by tomorrow morning,
I'll give up.
I guess this is how things go.
This corpse isn't completely dead.
No, that's not it... Extremely slowly...
some sort of change, different from decomposition, is in progress.
Kyoko...
"Saturday, October 15, Senpu"
Now, go to bed already!
Yoshie...
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I wanna ask you something.
What's the matter?
Hasn't Yuuki risen up yet?
Well...
I heard that his body was carried out of the house this morning.
Where did he go?
I don't know. If it was in the morning,
that means they didn't use our funeral home.
His father is from a big city. So it may be only natural.
Then I have to go find him.
Megumi, in big cities, they don't bury corpses. They cremate them.
Oh no!
Then... Yuuki is...
No!
Was Natsuno cremated?
Cremated means he was burnt to ashes, huh?
Then that means he definitely won't revive?
Don't be ridiculous!
Huh?
Why did scum like you rise up while Yuuki was cremated?!
Take his place and die now!
Th-That's too cruel, Shimizu!
Shut up! If Yuuki had become one of us,
he would've become a senior member right away...
which is totally different from you, who can't even properly kill people!
Girls sure do like guys like Natsuno who are superficial and cocky, don't they?
--Now, now. You'll live a long time. --Shimizu's gonna kill me.
--You'll eventually find a better guy. --Shimizu's gonna kill me.
Besides, you might be put in the big-city unit.
What?
You killed the Tanaka kids' father, right?
Yes.
The big-city unit?
You don't know?
We kidnap people from big cities during the night
for those worthless shiki who can't go hunting in the village,
or those shiki who've just risen up.
4:17, October 15th.
I'm going to record everything that's going to happen from here on.
Kyoko Ozaki. I confirmed her death on October 10th.
The cause of death is external bleeding on multiple occasions.
Yesterday at 19:18, the EEG showed some minor activity.
When I opened her eyelids, I could tell the cornea was becoming transparent.
The rigor mortis is completely gone now.
Her EEG has started showing waves frequently.
5:24. The Iivor mortis is gone and her skin gained its pellucid color back.
6:32. I see a pupillary reflex. Her skin is also...
Her skin is...!
What the...
So this is what shiki are like...
"Operation in Progress"
Hello. Hashiguchi residence.
Yasuyo? This is Ozaki.
Oh, what's the matter, calling this early?
I'm sorry that this is short notice, but I'm going to close the clinic today.
What?
Kyoko isn't doing well. You could say she's in critical condition.
Doctor...
Okay. I'll let everyone know. Doctor, do you need help?
I can take care of things by myself.
Well, there isn't much we can do now.
I just don't wanna take my eyes off her.
Okay.
17:06. I'm going to obtain blood from her.
The puncture hole from the needle closes quickly.
It completely heals within a few minutes.
The blood is transfiguring, too.
Even when the obtained blood is left alone,
it neither coagulates nor separates.
It showed no reaction to various chemicals, either.
However, it's slowly changing its color to dark red.
How are you feeling?
19:09. Kyoko woke up.
Don't worry. I'll put you to sleep right away.
When I wasn't old enough to know what I wanted to do in the future,
I told Toshio...
We're not tools for carrying on our family lines.
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We have the right to live freely.
Freedom... When I have freedom... where will I go?
The villagers have expectations of us.
If we abandon the temple and the clinic, they'll be very disappointed.
--Stop... it... --The anesthesia doesn't work.
Thiopental, ketamine, pentazocine, and morphine don't work, either.
T-Toshi... Toshi...
I'm going to try injecting agrichemical.
It seems that clear metallic sounds like the tinkle of bells scares her in general.
She clearly reacts to the Buddha statue from our family Buddhist altar, too.
Her brain might've transfigured in a way that makes her afraid of
certain diagrams and sounds.
Incantations are effective.
With this, we can probably evade their attacks much of the time.
The question is... How can we put a stop to shiki?
The incision closes immediately. Not a single trace remains.
I cut open the antecubital area,
exposed the median cubital vein and cut it open.
Then, the bleeding stopped as if the vein is shut off somewhere.
The incision closes, too.
It's even hard to injure her with ordinary methods.
What revived first was her brain.
What if I destroy her brain...
I guess it's no use.
All that's left is to cut off the blood...
Either cutting off her head
or destroying an area where the aortas and venae c:cavae are concentrated.
If this doesn't work, then there's no longer...
"Saturday, October 15, Senpu"
I'm in the operating room.
Good timing.
Help me clean this up.
Under cover of darkness, you hold your breath
Clad in darkness, you smile softly
It's just your imagination, I'm sure no one knows you
Only the moon is gazing at you
Ahh, wandering in the endless night
Ahh, just dreaming about you
Ahh, wandering in the endless night
Ahh, just dreaming about you
Ahh...
People are far removed from one another.
I cannot understand and control even myself.
When I'm like that, how could I understand others?
Why do I stumble where no one else stumbles?
People are shut in a dismal spiritual darkness and cannot get out.