Count! What is this?
I ordered a tiger!
You are not satisfied with the merchandise?
Of course not!
You sent me a hanging scroll with a painting of a bamboo grove!
Thanks to you, I made a complete fool of myself in front of everyone!
Then, you broke our agreement not to show it to anybody.
Yes! I held a party to show off the tiger.
A tiger?
What is this?!
What kind of trick is this?!
Trick? It is not a trick.
It is what I promised you,
the last remaining tiger of his kind, in this world.
A real tiger?!
Stay away! Don't come near me!
As you breached the terms of the contract
not to show it to anybody under any circumstance,
I'm afraid we cannot assume any responsibility for the consequences.
Wait, wait, please!
Count! Count D!
Welcome to my pet shop. I am Count D.
This is Chinatown.
A mysterious place with many rare and valuable commodities.
Tonight, you shall find something you desire.
Good grief!
They say it looked like he'd been attacked by a pack of wild dogs!
No, I heard it must've been something bigger than a dog.
Yeah, something like a lion or tiger.
A tiger?
No way! There are no tigers in Chinatown.
Please take good care of it.
I will! Thank you!
Hold it!
Excuse me.
Oh, just a normal bird.
Hello!
Shoot, nobody's home.
You scared the heck out of me!
Welcome.
We have everything from dogs to cats, to birds, to insects and reptiles.
What can I do for you?
There have been a string of unnatural deaths.
All the victims were customers of this pet shop.
I hear the pet shop is a cover and your real business is the human trade,
drug dealing and Chinese terrorists.
The pet shop is suspected of selling animals prohibited by the Washington Convention.
You must be mistaken. We do not handle such species here.
Shut up!
It's not worth discussing with you. Where's the owner?
I'm afraid my grandfather is out of town.
I am tending the shop in the meantime.
Then, tell me what you sold to Liu Tai Wei.
Don't try to deceive me.
I know he frequented your shop. Right?!
Yes, we did sell him an animal, a tiger.
I knew it!
If you'd like, I'll show it to you.
He didn't like it and returned it to us.
What?
This way, please.
This is the only tiger we have here.
Wh..What's this?!
You bastard! You scum!
You'll see me again!
I'll get you next time!
Your daughter? Really? I'm sorry to hear that.
We thought if we got a pet, it might cheer us up a little.
No, nothing can take her place. Alice was my angel.
Oh, then you will like this.
Please come to the back room.
This way.
However, if you wish to buy this animal,
you must agree to the term that you will not let anyone else see her.
Please come in.
A..Alice?
Alice, what are you doing here?
Are we having a dream?
No, she looks just like our Alice!
Please do not be mistaken. She is a rabbit.
A rabbit?
It can't be!
She is a rare species inhabiting an isolated island off of Australia.
This is a pet shop.
We do not sell anything but animals.
Yes, of course, she is a rabbit.
Please! Give us this girl... I mean, this rabbit!
Oh, please!
Thank you for your business. Please sign the contract.
Of course!
Now, this rabbit is yours.
However, please read carefully the three terms on the document.
(1) You will not show her to anybody.
(2) You will never let the incense that comes with her burn out.
(3) You will never feed her anything but water and fresh vegetables.
Especially number three.
Do not ever give her anything else, even if she begs.
If you breach any of these terms,
we cannot assume any responsibilities for the consequences.
Then, please take good care of her.
Let's go, before anyone sees us.
They bought something.
Drugs, or...
Here, Alice, this is your room.
We kept it the way you left it.
Yes, you have come back home.
Mama...
Did she say that?
Mama... Mama...
Yes, it's your mama! Alice, say it again!
Mama... Mama...
Da... Daddy...
Oh, how can she? It's a miracle!
Thank God! We thank you, God.
Now we can start again
as a real family.
Mama...
Alice, Alice? Where are you, honey?
Oh, there you are. Here, let's tie your hair.
Your mommy bought a ribbon for you.
See, isn't it pretty? Oh, don't fidget.
"Your mommy bought a ribbon for you," she says.
Damn it! I was sure there was something fishy about that pet shop.
Did you hear about Alice?
Alice Hayward? Didn't she pass away last month?
They bought a pet rabbit and named it Alice.
A pet rabbit?
Well, I hope the rabbit won't end up like the girl.
Hang on a second...
Don't stop talking.
What do you mean by "end up like the girl"?
Alice, it's time for dinner.
Here we go, eat plenty.
Do you like it?
What's wrong?
Oh, you want some sweets.
No, you can't feed her anything besides water and vegetables!
Well, she can't get enough nutrition like that.
But she's a rabbit.
What are you talking about? Rabbits can't talk.
Ma..Mama...
She's human!
But the contract says...
Daddy...
Well, just one bite won't hurt.
Don't worry, just this once.
Here you are, Alice, you can have it.
What?!
Alice was a devil with an angel's face?
I see, so they did...
Yes! I knew it!
Sarge! An investigation of Chinatown is in order!
Hey, that place has son of an extraterritoriality.
You can't go in so easily.
If we have proof, we can!
Alice Hayward! The cause of her death was a drug overdose!
On top of that, I saw her parents going to that pet shop!
They must have bought drugs there!
But...
Now, I will go get proof! All right?
Alice, sweetie...
That's enough for today.
Listen, too many sweets are not good for you.
Are you all right?
Alice, please, stop it!
I told you not to give her other foods.
You said, "one bite won't hurt".
What's wrong, Alice?
You have a stomachache?
Alice? Alice?!
Alice! Don't die! Alice!
Mama...
Count D! Just as I thought...
What are you talking about?
Shut up!
I know you sold drugs to their daughter!
All right! This is as good as proof!
You must be joking. I am merely the owner of a pet shop.
I'm here simply to get back the animal I sold them.
I figured they wouldn't keep to the terms of sale.
However, it seems I was too late.
What are you babbling about? You're coming with me!
What's this smell? Drugs... No, incense?
What?
Babies?
What's happening?
What is this?!
Was it a hallucination?
You did sell them drugs!
Please do not be ridiculous.
This is incense bought with the rabbit to kill the smell of drugs in this house.
The rabbit dislikes the smell of drugs.
Get away from me!
These rabbits were eating a human? You! What did you sell them?!
What I sold was just a rabbit. Only, it was extremely prolific.
How can they increase like this?
They won't stop; the city will be filled with man-eating rabbits!
Do something! You sold them the rabbit!
I did sell them a rabbit.
However, it is impossible to say which one of these it was.
Besides, I have a contract with them that we do not assume any
responsibilities if they feed the rabbit anything other than
water and vegetables.
What you need is the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Madam, why did you break the contract and feed her food you shouldn't have?
Because... Because she wanted it. She cried, begging for sweets.
So, I just gave her a piece of cookie.
She looked so happy.
She smiled like an angel.
Such loving creatures human parents are.
That's exactly how you killed your daughter, the real Alice.
Spoiling her to no end since she was little...
Giving her anything and everything she wanted...
Never scolding her when she did wrong...
And how did she turn out?
Withdrawn from family and society,
repeating crime after crime and hurting others.
In the end, she herself was destroyed by drug addiction.
Yet, you had a chance to save her, did you not?
Mama... Mama... Please, give it to me.
Just once, just this once!
Just this once...
Yes, just this once...
I didn't want her to hate me! I loved her!
These rabbits are born by tearing their mother's womb with their teeth.
The mother feeds her own flesh and blood to her babies.
The deep love of the mother itself imposes the sin of matricide on the children.
But still... Still, she was my daughter!
Drug addict or murderer, she was still my daughter!
What's happening?
They're dead? How?
The Piper of Hamelin played his pipe.
The poison the rabbit Alice ate finally took effect.
A poison?
Chocolates, candy bars, jelly beans and cookies...
The synthetic additives in those sweets work as deadly poison
to rabbits which are not immune.
Through breeding, the additives were slowly stored in the rabbits' genes
and then turned into a deadly poison.
Yes, what killed Alice was the love given to her for "just this once".
You knew what would happen, didn't you?
Let's get back to the shop and talk.
It's about time for afternoon tea.
I can serve you a delicious pie with lots of chocolate and custard cream.