Ouri.
Bro?
You... What's wrong?
Cold!
Dea--!
She's dead!
Was it an accident or something, Buddha?
But... Why isn't there anyone here?
Please, stop it!
Guardian, please stop it!
Guardian, with your body in that condition...!
The bonds have already been cut.
He's... that guy who sometimes comes from the head temple... Shirae-san?
Guardian... Does he mean Bro?
What's up with those wounds?
What is that girl?
Are you interested?
She's a Shikabane.
You are being shown a Shikabane.
That is...
Guardian Tagami!
Because of my incompetence, her bonds are nearly cut.
But, I can still make it.
It's better to wait for a new one.
This one isn't just an item.
Keisei...
I'm sorry...
That girl was definitely dead.
It's Hagino, right?
In your storage closet of your home, we found seven dead bodies.
Those were the women who lived with you, weren't they?!
In the police department, when you have an underling who commits a crime, what do you do?
That's right... You dispose of them.
It's the same thing...
I just disposed of them.
Just what kind of crime did those women commit?!
They disobeyed my orders.
That's a terrible sin!
Hey, wait!
Today's food is here because of the Buddha's blessing.
What was that, Keisei?!
Don't call me Keisei, call me Head Priest!
Is it all right for a priest to do something like that?!
Listen here.
In this world, you need to present yourself with poise!
There are plenty of villains who are steeped in evil, yet are high up in society.
Do not be fooled by apologies or facades, and look only at the truth.
This is our templ--
What are you teaching them, Tagami-san?!
No, as this facility's supervisor...
It's true that this is Sekuuji land, but I am the director!
Everyone! Forget what you just heard!
In exchange, let's share Tagami-san's portion with everyone!
What?!
Yes!
Director... is it all right to leave this in the entry hall?
Will you be moving out this evening?
Yeah.
I'll ask some friends at school.
What's with you, Hanagami?! Are you really moving?!
I'm not Hanagami!
I'm Kagami! Kagami!
Hanagami Taru!
Hanagami! Hanagami!
Ouch...
Whoa! Do you intend to take all of that along?!
It was you who hid all this stuff in my luggage, wasn't it?!
It's got your name written on it, doesn't it?
What's your point?! This is your handwriting, isn't it?!
As your parent, I was just thinking of you.
Now that you'll be living all alone, you'll be able to enjoy them to your heart's content...
That was unneccessary! And anyway, you aren't my parent!
That's right...
You were raised here too, after all...
No... I think of you as my real brother...
Why are you going, Ouri?
I'll be in the neighborhood, so I'll come to eat from time to time.
It'll be expensive.
I'm off!
After school is over, I'll come back quickly!
So until then, I'll leave my luggage to you!
He said he'll be doing two part-time jobs.
He's hit that age where it's hard to be around here.
Let him try it.
Do you remember when he first said he wanted to live alone?
It was last year, when you were badly hurt and in bed.
It was right after that.
Is that so?
You always suddenly disappear and then return injured.
I'm used to it, but Ouri...
So, it's closer to the big forest than the school?
Well, around here the rent is high, after all.
So, living alone is...
Be honest. You were scared because there was a graveyard behind your home.
Don't say prejudiced things.
It isn't scary.
You've said it before, haven't you?
From time to time, you see dead people?
It's a temple, after all.
But, it isn't really scary.
And that's the problem...
Oh, and about today's luggage job...
Wait a moment, you guys!
Nah, I've got club activities...
I'm not much for manual labor...
This is bad!
Hurry up and run!
Inuhiko!
Like I've said before, don't call me by my last name.
I hate it, after all.
More importantly, have you heard?
What?
You know... that criminal in the harem case...
Harem?!
Sounds good! A guy should at least once-- urk!
Oh, that one where he lived with several women and a number of them went missing...
They've had that on TV a lot lately.
It seems when the police investigated his house last night, they found seven dead bodies in the storage closet.
Dead bodies?
So, he did do it!
Then, did that guy get caught?
It seems the police let him get away.
Apparently he's been wandering around here, so I was told to "be on guard" by the Student Council.
This seems less and less the time to be moving.
But, today is the only day I'm off from my part-time jobs.
That guy's house is at the next station, isn't it?
I don't get much of a sense of reality from it...
that there was a corpse like that nearby...
Yeah.
The suspect, Hagino, is said to have hidden the bodies in this house...
Normally, the number of Shikabane of terrible criminals in this town are few.
In the case of capital offenders, even if they become a Shikabane, they are secretly dealt with in prison
and it's rare for one to be shot dead by the police.
But this one became a Shikabane.
The police are concealing this...
but this guy apparently jumped down from the twentieth floor.
Still alive...
I'm still alive...!
I don't die!
I am immortal!
Corpses that have a strong lingering tie continue to move around on a deep-rooted delusion: Shikabane.
The police, of course, do not admit the existence of such things.
But he became a Shikabane.
Shikabane kill people.
In addition to that, a vicious criminal that becomes a Shikabane will display weird powers.
That is why I made a request of you, a Guardian.
As usual, I am here as an auditor.
I alone...
That is the reason we keep you.
Honda...
In any case, what I need to do doesn't change.
I need only to find it and kill it!
I'm surprised you managed to borrow something like this.
It was free!
What about that thing on the news...?
The harem case criminal?
That one only targets women, doesn't he?
In any case, be careful.
Umm... Director...
For a long time, I...
Geez...
Well then...
The women from Hagino's harem have...?
Yes, just now, several of them...
So, that means that they were called by Hagino...
The police are seeking the whereabouts of the women.
It would probably be best if we hurried.
What are you doing?!
I have died and have been revived.
I have become an immortal vampire.
As the chosen god of humanity!
You're wrong! You're just a Shikabane!
That can't be... for a Shikabane to give birth to other Shikabane...!
I told you, didn't I? I became a vampire.
I made slaves.
Are these Shikabane... or maybe hypno-!
Do you want to become a slave as well?!
What is this? You aren't human?
Makina!
I need to call for help...
But... what if, while I'm doing that, my possessions are all stolen...
A person?
This can't be true...
The one from that time...
That's right.
It's her.
Why...?
She's dead... after all.
But you aren't afraid, you are being shown.
You are incapable of fearing death, and you are afraid of yourself because of that, right?
What are you doing?
At that time, Bro did this.
That is a dead body... a corpse.
I understand... but even so...
No!
Save... me...!
What... are you?
Your heart was stopped, so...
Forget it.
Even now, it's stopped.
With that understanding, aren't you afraid?
But... you're alive.
Just a moment!
Makina!
How's your body?
It has regenerated.
I'm at your side, after all.
Shirae and the others are keeping an eye on the Shikabane.
Are you good to go?
Yeah.
But, don't lay a hand on the women around him.
Shikabane can't infect others.
Those assaulted by Hagino won't have become Shikabane.
Then, what was that?
Hypnotism... Or from the beginning, they adored Hagino's charisma.
There is also the possibility that he hypnotized himself into thinking he was a vampire.
Either way, they are still alive.
I don't have the right to kill things that live, do I?
No one has such a right. Neither a Shikabane nor anyone.
Hagino is in that direction.
What is up with Shirae?
Does he think I can kill Hagino alone?
That man... he might make the harem kill one another.
Even then...
I understand...
Those women are alive... and I am dead.
You... you fell from that height...
So that's how it is...
From time to time, corpses like you are born.
They are certainly dead, but they move, retain their own will, and kill people... Shikabane!
And the Shikabane created to destroy those Shikabane...
with disdain, spirit, and effort, she is called...
Shikabane Hime!
Even though it was you who told me not to lay a hand on them...
I just put them safely on standby.
Come here, Shikabane Hime.
You are just like me...
one that eats and kills humans, and lives forever...
You and Makina the same...?
Don't say stupid things.
Wait, Makina! It's dangerous!
It's dangerous?!
I'm not afraid of anything!
The only way to destroy a Shikabane is...
to destroy the brain.
Just now, you are afraid of me.
It's your loss!
What is this? Geez...
The scent of a Shikabane.
People forget that death is closing in on them.
If they remembered, they probably wouldn't be able to live normally.
But they will soon be reminded...
Next time, the Continuation of the Play.