In recent years, the number of vicious crimes was increasing rapidly.
In order to arrest the criminals and solve the cases, the police's scientific research center,
Forensic Investigation Office Section Nine, has begun investigating cases using MRI.
The image produced by the extracted brain of the victim not only shows the suspect,
but also the victim's entire memory.
Monokuro ni some ta hibi
モノクロに染めた日々
I stain the days in monochrome,
Maki modoshite wa sore wo kuri kaesu
巻き戻してはそれを繰り返す
and replay them again and again.
Dokoka no eiga de mita serifu narabete
どこかの映画で見たセリフ並べて
Lines with words from movies you've seen somewhere,
Kono kokoro kakushita mama heiki na kao shite aruiteta
このココロ隠したまま 平気な顔して歩いてた
I hide my feelings and walk on pretending I'm fine.
Ashimoto ni utsuri konde ita
足元に映り込んでいた
My face was reflected beneath my feet,
Yuganda boku no kao ga kanashisou ni miete ta
歪んだ僕の顔が悲しそうに見えてた
and contorted as if I was in sorrow.
Are you sure?
Maki-san, shouldn't you report me to the police?
Maki-san, are you sure?
Maki-san.
Maki-san!
Kainuma!
Maki-san?
Why? He's dead...
Why?
A Visitor (Part Two)
Of all people, Kainuma was the one responsible for the suicides of those youths...
Let's summarize the case so far:
Last year, in August, he was discovered as the murderer behind The Massacre of 28, and was subsequently arrested.
Then in September of the same year, while still under investigation, he committed suicide in his cell.
If I remember correctly, no one knows how he brought the knife in.
There's no way of viewing Kainuma's brain anymore, so everything's unknown, including his motives.
The focus of this discussion will be prior to that.
Victim (Strangulation)
Takahashi Ryou (13)
Koganei town
Victim
Nakamura Hisashi (12)
Oota ward, in his home
(January 4th) Stabbed
Murder scene
The 28 youths were murdered across a timespan of one year and four months starting from April, two years ago, until his arrest.
And that means Kainuma must have visited the reformatory during that period.
If Kainuma did cause the deaths of those youths, then it's not The Massacre of 28, but The Massacre of 37...
The murderer is dead, yet the number of victims continue to increase...
I wonder if Maki-san is all right?
I heard he hasn't spoken since...
Maybe he's on the verge...
After all, Kainuma's brain triggered Suzuki-san's case...
Is that the only reason?
He's been strong until now... Why now?
Excuse me... I came by, so...
How are you feeling?
Oh, yeah, Amachi-san asked me to give this to you.
She said you might not be able to sleep without it.
What is it?
I knew Kainuma.
What?
I knew Kainuma...
You were acquainted with Kainuma?
Three years ago, I let Kainuma off after he was caught shoplifting.
Manager!
He's shoplifting!
What?!
How dare you!
I'm going to turn you over to the police!
The manager knew what I did for a living, so he handed Kainuma over to me.
Back then, Kainuma appeared to be my father's age.
Hey, what do you think he tried to steal?
Some discounted everyday dish that was close to its expiry date, and some pre-cooked white rice.
Furthermore, he looked as though he hadn't bathed in a while; he was covered in dirt.
Are you sure?
I can go free?
Yes.
What about official records?
I committed a crime, didn't I?
This time, I asked the manager to forgive you,
so you're free to go home now.
Please don't do something like this ever again.
Here.
What?
They've been paid for.
So you gave your name and contact address in case something happened?
That's right.
He was forever thanking me.
Now that I've met you, I have hope in life.
I'll mend my ways and try my best.
A year after, Kainuma killed his first victim.
A strange hope in life, don't you think?
But!
I don't think that has anything to do with the case.
From what we managed to see of Kainuma's brain, there was nothing that pointed to me.
Then...
But I can't be sure!
We didn't see everything.
The data from Kainuma's brain is lost.
The only person who saw his entire brain was...
...Suzuki-san, right?
Yes. He looked at Kainuma's entire brain for me.
If only I watched everything...
Maki-san...
What if watching Kainuma's brain hadn't driven Suzuki to insanity?
What if Kainuma's brain showed Suzuki things that made him wish I were dead?
That's why Suzuki tried to—!
Maki-san, please take it easy now.
Kainuma did it to show me—!
Maki-san!
He killed so many! Even the children from the reformatory met such an end!
Maki-san!
Maki-san's been regretting it all this time...
If he'd arrested him that time, those boys would not have been killed.
What was Suzuki thinking while he watched over Maki, a surprisingly fragile man, right by his side?
We've discovered something else that all nine boys who committed suicide had in common.
Please, go ahead.
Right, put it on display.
Okay.
These are images of the professional baseball players winners' parade.
All the boys who committed suicide saw this parade one way or the other within six hours prior to death.
Meaning?
Maki-san saw images of Kainuma using incense at the reformatory and said it was hypnosis.
If Kainuma had hypnotized those boys, and imprinted into them
a fear of being chased by their worst nightmare when they see a particular "something"...
Then perhaps this "something" is this scene?
Can an ordinary person do that?
It's possible with practice and if a certain type of drug is used.
The most fearful thing in this world, the scariest of them all...
...they've all been locked away and won't come out anymore.
So rest assured.
However, you know the professional baseball players winners' parade?
Run when you see that. Those which were locked away will be released; they will attack you.
There will be nothing that can protect you.
When you see them, run.
If you want to be saved, if you don't want to be caught,
then run for your life.
True, it's something all broadcasting channels will show until you're fed up.
So Kainuma planned it so that all the boys would die on the same day?
Those boys left the reformatory without even knowing they were hypnotized and returned to their ordinary lives...
Huh? What's wrong, Aoki?
Oh, nothing.
What we don't know is why Kainuma did this...
He's a typical murderer who kills for pleasure.
Don't bother trying to understand him as someone with normal human senses.
A desire for attention and cult murders.
In both scenarios, the murderer will leave a "signature," either a mark on the body itself,
or murder them in a certain manner to proclaim that they murdered that victim and not anyone else.
Then perhaps Kainuma wanted to attract someone's attention to his doings too?
But whom?
Oh! Director!
D-Director, are you feeling better?
This is an image from one of the boys who committed suicide, Ito Kazumi.
Here.
Has anyone looked for the current whereabouts of the tenth boy?
The tenth?!
Of course, we were focused on investigating Kainuma, so...
Did none of you notice?!
This boy hasn't committed suicide yet, even though he was hypnotized.
And that means, he has yet to see the parade.
If by some freak chance this boy sees the parade, we'll have another victim.
What are you all doing?!
It'll be too late if we receive his brain because he's dead.
Yes, sir!
Aren't you glad?
Maki-san's back to normal.
The tenth boy is Kitamura Masato, 17 years of age.
He left the reformatory in October last year, and has been working at the Abushima underwater tunnel construction site since.
Then there's a good chance that he won't have seen the parade, right?
Is he still in the underwater tunnel?
Oh, it's today.
He's returning today!
You've worked hard for a month in the tunnel, even though we're completely cut off from the world. Well done.
Thanks.
It must have been tough. There's not even a single woman!
Well...
It's just a little longer. Here, use this as comfort.
There's no need for you to go, Director.
Leave the boy to the rescue team.
Get the psychiatrists on stand by.
We'll get them to undo the hypnosis.
Director!
Hey, where's Aoki gone?
Beats me...
In the direction of Abushima, right?
Aoki!
Hey, what're you thinking?
Why are you the pilot?!
Do you know what you're doing?!
The weather over the sea's worsened, so...
...It may be dangerous, right?
Then, why are you willingly going there yourself?
Maki-san, you don't think you deserve to live, do you?
You think that I'm on your watch now?
During The Massacre of 28, the one who was closest to a mental breakdown and committing suicide was not Suzuki-san, but you, Maki-san.
Standing beside you and seeing you weaken day by day, Suzuki-san decided to watch Kainuma's brain on his own.
Kainuma was deriving much enjoyment from committing the 28 murders; each in a different manner.
Watching evil acts repeatedly, even acts that are beyond one's imagination, is enough to drive anyone insane.
Having finished watching the brain, Suzuki's mind, which was barely able to maintain its mental balance, collapsed.
How do you know about this?
Don't tell me you watched it?
Suzuki's brain!
Yes, I did.
I wanted to know why Suzuki-san attacked Maki-san.
I didn't mean to watch Kainuma's brain...
But... I did...
Through Suzuki-san's eyes...
What's wrong, Aoki?
Aoki!
Maki-san...
Maki-san!
You've been "infected"?
Aoki! Pull yourself together!
Watch out, Maki-san!
Aoki!
Suzuki, are you trying to say I should go to where you are?
I'm fine now.
I'll steer.
Jeez, there's nothing interesting...
Well, this season was really exciting, wasn't it?
It sure was.
It was a close match right up till the very end!
Damn it... The Jets won this year.
Yes, the team who won this year's tough tournament is the Jets!
Where's the boy?!
That's right. It was really close right until the final game. I'm really happy!
Next year, with the same Jets...
And that was the delighted Jet players.
Finally, we'll say good bye by watching the Jets winning parade!
Well then, see you next week.
Good bye!
Don't watch that!
Aoki, can you hear me?
The boy is safe and under our care now.
You've come to see Suzuki-san's brain, haven't you?
These are the images Suzuki-san saw on the day of his death.
Images that not even Maki-san has seen.
The scene just before Kainuma committed suicide.
He knew...
Kainuma knew his brain would be watched after his death...
Maki-san, you let me go and even gave me food that time...
Was it because you're kind?
Or was it because I looked pitiful?
Since then, you've always been on my mind.
So hateful, yet so lovable... Hated and loved...
I wanted to embrace you, yet kill you...
So this is just a token of my gratitude from that time.
I specifically chose to kill kids who looked just like you.
Maki-san, I love you.
Stop it...
Kainuma...
Stop it...
Stop it!
What're you doing?
Suzuki!
Maki, I can't do it myself.
So... do it for me...
Don't let anyone see such insane images.
Don't do it, Suzuki!
Kill me!
Please kill me!
Save... me!
Suzuki...
Maki, you're my best friend.
I'll be saved if you do it.
Please save me!
If you don't... I'll... I'll...
Stop it!
Maki... Save me, Maki...
Don't do this, Suzuki!
Maki...
Suzuki...
Maki!
Maki-san, be strong!
I showed you these images because I wanted you to understand Suzuki-san!
Suzuki-san was trying to protect Maki-san!
By destroying all the data on Kainuma and his brain, he was trying to eliminate all the images of insanity from this world!
He didn't want to show a mentally weakened Maki-san this insane world.
In order to protect you from Kainuma, his only choice was to shoot his own head!
Suzuki...
Suzuki-san protected you, Maki-san.
Suzuki...
Your mind won't be "infected" by merely watching the brains of others.
After all, the minds of the dead belong to the dead.
Nobody can replace the dead.
Nor can you replace Suzuki-san.
We can only pray that we can love this world for those who passed away.
Shitte ita no nani mo kamo
知っていたの 何もかも
I knew about it, everything.
Matte ita no ima mo nao
待っていたの 今もなお
I was waiting for you, even now.
Ittai doko made yukeba ii no ka
一体どこまで行けばいいのか
How far do I have to go?
Mabuta no ura no kioku sae
まぶたの裏の記憶さえ
Even the memories of you are branded into the back of my eyelids;
Kono katamari wo nurasu
このカタマリを濡らす
they soak what's behind my eyelids.
Anata wo wasurete dokoka tooku
貴方を忘れてどこか遠く
I want to forget about you, and go somewhere far away.
Ikitai ikenai ikitai ikenai
行きたい 行けない 行きたい 行けない
I can't leave yet I want to leave, because I can't leave.
Atashi wa yowai yowai yowai
アタシは 弱い 弱い 弱い
I am weak, I am frail, and I am fragile.
Atashi no namida wo anata wa...
アタシの涙を貴方は...
My tears with you will...
Woman in Red High Heels