What's going on?!
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Case of the kindergarten
This girl...
...she used to live around here.
She used to come over and play often.
Now that you mention it, I think I've seen her before.
You see?
I'm sure this isn't the kind of place parents want to take their children.
But what could have happened to Hikaru-chan?
I kinda liked Shouta.
He was always wandering around this place.
I can't believe this accident.
Because we have no parents, we're really happy when someone's nice to us.
No... I do think of you as a parent, Riko.
Shiha Hikaru
It's OK.
Did you hear about Hikaru-chan's ceremony?
You wanna come along?
Let's say goodbye to her.
Idiot!
What did you say?
It was major accident!
People from television are going to be there!
Wouldn't you feel sorry for Hikaru if they knew she hung out with orphans like us?
Unlike you, I can see what's going on.
But...
I didn't know you were here, Oori!
Just the man I need.
I wanted to offer you all these figurines.
Do you really think I would want those?!
I thought you liked those.
Could this rain be tears for the loss of this young one's life?
What happened to Hikaru-chan?
What's this?!
What's wrong?!
Out of the way!
What was that voice?
What happened?
What's wrong?!
Have I reached the local Kougou chapter?
I am Nakamura from the Shinkou-temple.
Call an ambulance!
He's at it again.
How could you make a flamethrower with an alcohol-lamp?
I'm sorry for being so inexperienced.
Do you think that's the problem?
Hey, master!
This part time worker is useless!
Master?
It came back from the dead...
One of the children from the accident.
Huh?
"A miracle has occurred."
"The deceased Hikaru-chan is alive again."
Hikaru-chan?
- " She is breathing and her condition is stable." - Doesn't matter.
A beautiful girl saved is always a good thing.
- "Hikaru-chan is being taken away by an ambulance." - Behave! - O-Okay.
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Bye.
I'll be going now.
Are you sure you're not going?
They reported that they found their corpses after the accident.
You probably won't even recognize the different parts of their bodies.
That's this world's implicit rule.
The district responsible is probably already working on it.
Common people like us can't do anything to help.
This district's responsible is Tagami Keisei, right?
Yeah.
Did you know?
That part-time worker is Keisei's little brother.
But his family name is Kagami.
He is a boy he took in.
He wasn't given the name Tagami, so his fate wouldn't have the burden of the Kougon-cult.
That's why he grew up with one different character in his name.
You know Tagami Keisei?
Why would that boy want to work here?
How would I know?
In any case, we just have to look after him for a while.
That's what we do anyway, isn't it.
What's going on here?
Looks like something big.
What's the matter?
Come.
I just need to hand this over to the nurse.
What do you want with me?
Huh?
That girl is...
She's the one that died and came back.
Just like Hikaru-chan.
There is no need to check twice.
It's already on the move.
I see.
Are you okay on your own?
I'll be okay.
Where are you calling from anyway?
I wonder who she's calling.
I don't think it's possible but...
In any case, dispose of it as soon as possible.
Well then, it's this way.
It must be hard.
She's just a child...
- Is Makina-chan alright? - It is none of your concern.
There's no time to play hide and seek any further.
Is that really the shape you wanted to become?
Using a child's body means you have no sense of design!
I'm going to dispose of your evil.
Help me.
What are you doing?
It's you.
We met the other day in the woods.
Go over there.
What are you doing?
Just go!
Help me!
Help me.
Quickly, please!
Quickly!
Yeah.
What about the other children?
Yeah.
Two bodies of the children that passed away in that accident have disappeared.
Hikaru-chan turned during that ceremony.
But the other two turned into Corpses unnoticed.
It seems like they've gotten away.
How could that many Corpses be born at the same time?
It took us a while to report it to the families but,
we'll intercept them right away.
You go after the remaining Corpses, Keisei.
I'll take care of the one from the hospital.
I'll chase it.
Did you get hurt?
If a healer isn't by your side it�
It's not such a bad wound!
It healed already.
Drink!
Let's play, let's play!
Shouldn't you go home?
No.
I can't.
I see.
That girl could come after you.
But...
Over here.
Where do you want to go?
The papers said the bones have been buried and her organs taken out.
What could this mean?
It's using that dead child's body to move.
It just wants to play.
It probably just wants to be around.
Poster: Let's all play together!
Play?
Park
Let me go.
What are you guys?
Corpses.
Corpses?
Deceased ones with strong attachments can start moving as undead.
That's what we call a Corpse.
Not even a single wound remains...
...on the bodies of the children who died in that accident.
Didn't that look strange to you?
You came back to life too.
And you are moving.
Are you a Corpse too?
A Corpse is death in person.
And for that they want to bring death upon men.
I am that which fights death.
The undead that exterminates the undead.
Shikabane Hime!
Play!
You must play!
A Corpse is...
...unable to die until you...
...destroy their brain or scatter them into pieces.
Are you ready?
Play!
That...
All of that is just for fun?
You are my little doll now.
I see...
I understand it now.
Why the children that died in the same accident turned into three Corpses.
They were all strongly attached to the same thing.
They wanted to play more.
They wanted to keep on playing.
They were actually just one Corpse.
Hikaru-chan!
Come and play with me!
I've got something to give to you!
What is it hesitating for?
Acting like a child now...
...won't spare you from your punishment!
Good.
You did well, Minai.
Are you alright, Makina?!
I'll finish the rest of the job.
Hikaru-chan?
Here.
Hand over the Corpse.
Didn't you see it?
That girl is a monster.
Aren't you a monster too?
That's right.
Hand it over please.
Thank you.
That...
What's that in your left hand?
That girl's friend asked me...
...to deliver this to her.
Could the Corpse have stopped moving because it felt that?
What is it?
Go after him, Minai.
He must be observed after knowing this much.
There's no need.
We must be aware of the common man.
That's my little brother.
Didn't you know that?
So why did you make such a face?
Because he's a commoner.
Ah well, just forget about it.
I'll watch over him.
I even know the poses of his favorite Gravure Idols.
Some like this.
And like this.
We'll leave it up to you.
Makina-chan, are you wounded?
Thank you.
The water stinks, right?
It's not that...
It's about your brother, Keisei.
He told me the same thing after I disposed of that Corpse.
But why?
Because you drew your gun, he was able to let her go.
If you didn't do that...
...he wouldn't have been able to hand it over to you.
Even knowing that it was a monster.
No matter what.
That's why you killed it.
That's why he thanked you.
That's the kind of guy Oori is.
To be continued
The new world has already...
...turned into a mere mirage in front of our eyes. Now!
When these boring days are over,
My possibilities will be endless.
Hold me now, Sign of hope, Let me stay with you.
I can't lose to this solitude, I must prepare my heart.
I can't let my future and dreams end.
Tomorrow is not fiction.
Counting the anxious nights and overcoming them.
Thinking about why I am alive.
I've reached dawn without finding the answers.
Next time
Oori...
Are you unable to forget about that woman?
Those eyes...
Those lips...
Or perhaps the smell of death that surrounds that woman?
What could it be?
The voice of the night
Did the voice of the night invite you?