Do you know what Shikabane Hime are?
Shikabane Hime have a contract.
If they defeat one hundred and eight Corpses,
they can go to heaven.
Heaven?
Yamagami-san?!
I won't forgive it!
Yamagami-san.
Are you...
She is a Corpse killing Shikabane Hime.
Kougon cult’s Contracted Priest
Sougi Takamasa...
...has arrived!
Note: The first kanji of the rank Genpaku means Archer.
The Sougi family that has inherited the title of Genpaku from generation to generation is much better at fighting...
Normally Umehara should belong to the Shuhou cult like Takamine.
But Umehara doesn’t have any connections in the Shujou cult and the Shuhou cult.
That's why you have been sent here to investigate Keisei, right?
But I guess you don't need to do that.
Just leave it to the Genpaku.
It is clear that Kagami Oori has been spotted many times with a Shikabane Hime.
I don't know what you're talking about.
About that betrayer priest.
Shishidou Akasha has been witnessed around here.
If that Kagami boy was involved, it would mean that that boy is moving with a purpose.
It could also mean that the encounter of those two, when he was still in training wasn't a coincidence.
That's some sloppy detective work.
There were three of them.
The other one was me.
We know that.
I see.
Akasha is my prey.
If Oori and Keisei associate with him, I'll have to dispose both of them.
Even though there are more than a hundred Shikabane Hime out there, yours is the only one allowed to kill humans.
We're counting on you.
Did we really have to do this?
What are you talking about?
At this rate Bishop Mibu is going to...
If Bishop Tagami really has secret connections with Akasha, Bishop Mibu is going to kill him.
It's all for the Kougon cult’s sake.
I can't believe that Oori is connected with the betrayer priest.
But we’re still going to kill him, right?
Let’s go.
I can't believe you're a Shikabane Hime, Yamagami-san.
So there is not just one Shikabane Hime?
I believe there are more than you think.
And what about that teacher?
You could consider him like something extra that comes with us.
Your protector, you mean!
He is a Contracted Priest, just like your brother.
You know my brother?
Of course.
That day I was...
Don't interfere!
I am...
That's hard, you know!
Who is the one interfering here?
He is the one gathering young people with that rental car and making them kill each other.
Do you know why?
So he could create Corpses.
We will defeat him.
Get out of the way, you're useless.
Run, Oori-kun.
Go!
What a shame.
It was just about to get amusing.
Not only did we find out he has nothing to do with you...
...now we know that all of the rest is the Kougon cult's problem.
I heard about this before.
A betrayer priest.
He infiltrated the head temple, stole the holy scripture, and murdered his own Shikabane Hime.
That is right.
Why don't I introduce myself?
I'm Shishido Akasha, the Kougon cult's former first ranked priest.
Answer me!
Why did you murder your own Shikabane Hime?
And why are you trying to create Corpses?
Who knows?
Why don't you try to think for yourself for a change?
Doesn't a Corpse's brain work correctly?
It's true that I am the betrayer priest you're looking for, but I am not a Corpse.
Can you who is a Shikabane Hime, kill a human being?
I don't think the Kougon cult will allow you to do that.
But if done correctly, we are allowed to hurt you.
You touched me.
Did it hurt?
You touched me with your dirty Shikabane Hime hands.
What's that?
It's a shame I have to use this on you.
This will compensate your crime of touching me.
Open.
My Zadan technique!
Zadan technique?!
On-jiri-jei-sowaka.
Itsuki!
Get away from him!
I can't move!
Note: Kisou Renge literally means Fantastic Idea Lotus.
Get out of the way, you're useless.
Again...
I've been told again.
So please don't come again.
What am I good for?
I can't see where the Corpse's brains are.
If you don't want to die, just go away.
Ouch.
That girl told me the same thing.
Itsuki?
You know her?
Because you're both Shikabane Himes?
I only met her once.
What about you?
Why were you with that girl?
Say.
What did you mean by my existence is stopping my brother's work?
This is not the time to talk about that.
You know that...
Answer me!
People grow stronger when there are ones to protect around them.
But there are also cases where people get killed because they stand in their way.
Are you saying that my brother will die, because I am around him?
The more you get involved, the worse Keisei gets hurt mentally.
That's why I don't want you to come near.
It's not for my bro's sake.
It's for your own sake, right?
You want to go to heaven, right?
You want to kill a hundred and eight Corpses.
That's true.
That is the contract.
What's heaven good for?
It's all just for yourself.
If you want to die, die alone!
Don't involve my bro!
I...
Makina!
It's gone!
Keisei?
Do it.
Bro!
What are you doing?
I made a promise.
What kind of promise?
You're getting wounded badly to help her, and now she's missing an arm.
What kind of promise would be good enough to endure such a thing?
I don't think that she believes in heaven.
As soon as she came back alive as a Corpse, she had two choices.
She could have become a Corpse and attack this holy world...
...or she could be revived as a human being by becoming a Corpse killing Shikabane Hime.
Aren't both of those choices terrible?!
Yes.
But this is the choice she made.
And I promised her, I would be by her side.
Keisei.
Found it.
Is everybody in the car all right?
There was one more girl, but she...
He really said he was the betrayer priest?
Yes.
And he knew about you and me.
It must be Akasha.
Who is that, Keisei?
Stop it!
Note: Shouma is an amplifying drink that makes priests as strong as Corpses for a short period of time.
It's a painkiller from the Kougon cult.
If he really...
But...
The side effects are bad, right?
I'll be alright.
Say...
Hoshimura-san, bro...
I understand how important your promise is.
I'm sorry.
Bro.
Why won't you make a promise with me too?
Promise me you won't die.
I'm not looking for death but neither do I fear it.
Death is walking aside us.
I'm sorry, but I can't promise that.
Itsuki...
Genpaku?
When did you become in charge of this area?
I'm sorry, Tagami Shikei.
I see.
You were investigating Oori and I.
Akasha.
It's been a while.
Shikei.
Makina!
You can't do anything with your wound.
That’s a Zadan technique.
A Zadan technique?
It's one of the symbolic techniques of the Kougon cult.
It makes it possible for you to create a miracle by using ritual articles to open sutras and to collect the powers of stars and gods.
Do you call that a miracle?
Five years ago, Sadahiro and I were the only ones able to open this.
It must be the first time for you and the young Genpaku to see such a thing.
Those are Corpses.
Yes.
It holds those who have become Corpses after killing each other in that rental car.
In my Zadan, I mean.
You are using the Corpses's attachment to this world as a weapon.
I'm only using the Corpses, just like what the Kougon cult is doing.
Only I'm not letting the Corpses keep their hearts.
I only use their force.
That brings much less suffering to them.
You're wrong.
You've killed them twice.
You made them kill each other so that you could create Corpses.
And you used those Corpses as the ingredient for your Zadan.
You're as kind as usual, Shikei.
You're putting your emotions into that doll.
Maybe you'll even be able to love it.
Makina!
I'm sure he has a highly powered ritual tool to open that strong Zadan.
I'm not sure if it was a ritual tool, but he showed a dusky red box.
How long are you planning to sleep, ribbon princess?
Ah, Makina-chan.
Did you make up with Kagami-kun?
What are you talking about?
Let's get rid of this Zadan spell!
Stop ordering me around.
Guns are useless.
Guns aren't only used for shooting.
That's it.
Bro!
Shikei!
Keisei!
Without medium...
It's not a bad idea to try to damage the medium.
But that box is not an ordinary ritual tool.
It's made out of the bloods I collected from 108 people when they died.
Bro!
A person's attachment can become a Corpse and become powerful.
And 108 of them...
That's unbelievable.
A normal human being would lose consciousness by only touching that box.
I think you knew this would happen, if you get attached to your Shikabane Hime.
It was you who loved your Shikabane Hime the most, wasn't it?
Is that the reason...
...why you betrayed the Kougon cult?
Was it because you couldn't look in your Shikabane Hime's eyes anymore?
No, Shikei.
I didn't betray the Kougon cult.
The Kougon cult betrayed me.
He shouldn't be able to move!
Souma?
Impossible!
By doing this, the blood will start to overflow from the box and...
...one hundred and eight Corpses's attachments to this world will cover us.
You can die if you get spiritually damaged.
This was the only thing I could think of.
I'm sorry.
You have to be more resistant to this than me, Shikei!
What is this?
This wasn't a normal bullet.
It was created through a Zadan technique!
It couldn't be?!
Get further away from me.
I can't.
I need to put my Zadan technique in your bullet.
It's Sadahiro.
Let's meet again, Shikei.
See you the day my Corpses destroy the Kougon cult.
Is that enough?
He took the enemy's attack and used Akasha's medium as a shield.
Anyway, Keisei is not a betrayer.
Are you relieved?
Well then...
There isn't any problem with Tagami Keisei continuing his job?
No.
Akasha...
Are you all right, bro?
I'll make you the promise in Keisei's place.
I won't let Keisei die.
I'll protect Keisei.
People understand each other, because they use words.
Don't make me laugh.
But people get deceived by words and get conquered by the false soul of language.