You're a handful.
You're...
Ms. Yatsumura. Why are you here?
What's happening?
-I stopped time. -What?
That's my magic.
Magic?
You have a stick too, don't you?
You should have just killed this garbage.
Kill?
Yes.
For example, like this.
There. Just another unfortunate accident.
We can't stay here too long.
Follow me.
What did you mean by magic, Ms. Yatsumura?
I'll tell you all about the Magical Girl Site.
Ms. Asagiri, we need you.
DOG PLAY
It's true.
Everyone really is frozen.
My stick's power is to freeze time.
Now do you believe me?
But why am I not frozen?
If I add names of people to a list of exceptions,
they're able to move with me in the frozen time.
AYA ASAGIRI
Ms. Asagiri.
Your stick has a rather useful power as well.
Instant teleportation.
The power to transport the target instantaneously to another location.
How do you know that?
I saw everything that happened yesterday.
-That was... -Don't bother feeling remorseful.
Like I said.
You were granted with the stick.
You might as well continue to take out the garbage.
Anyone annoying, obnoxious, terrible, loud,
cocky, lacking even a shred of morality, nuisances,
anyone who jeers, anyone who's violent, anyone who threatens,
anyone who breaks the law,
anyone who hurts others to serve their own greed.
If you think they'll do any real harm to you,
then you should just get rid of them all.
This is our right
for being born into misfortune.
Ms. Yatsumura.
This should be far enough.
Sarina?
Don't worry.
That girl may be scum, but I haven't killed her.
Well, ready to go then?
To your house.
TEMPEST
I see.
Why did we come to my house?
Aya, I'm coming in.
Mom told me.
-She said you had a friend over. -Yes.
Welcome to our home.
And you are?
I'm Tsuyuno Yatsumura. Thank you for your hospitality.
I am Aya's brother Kaname.
Thank you for being Aya's friend.
Well, enjoy.
Yes, thank you.
Your brother is hot.
Is what normal people say, isn't it?
I haven't seen someone that fake in a while.
Or is he the nicest brother on earth to you?
-Ms. Yatsumura... -What is it?
What do you think will happen to me?
-What do you mean? -Because it was my fault that they...
And Ms. Shizukume got hurt.
Nothing's going to happen to you.
Who'd believe you if you told them that you killed someone with a magic stick?
But...
Unless they physically prove magic's existence, the police can't even build a case.
So that's how it is.
Just keep eliminating the unsightly garbage.
However,
be careful not to use it too much.
I'll tell you what I know about the Magical Girl Site.
Although, they're more like rules
I've ascertained from experience.
Rules?
Something unusual happened to you when you used this yesterday, right?
Unusual?
Blood came out of my eyes, and my hair...
And also an emblem appears on your wrist here.
The emblem represents our life points.
In other words, our lifespan.
You'll lose them gradually every time you use your magic.
And when the emblem disappears, the magical girl dies.
-That seems to be the system. -Dies?
Yes, most likely.
The Magical Girl Site.
Why does it exist?
Who is managing it, and what are they trying to get us to do?
Oh, you poor, unfortunate soul.
The one thing that's clear is that the moment we take the stick,
we magical girls are bound to the site's rules.
-No matter how twisted they may be. -But...
Why are you telling me such important information?
Because we're both magical girls?
Something like that.
I don't consider you a threat to me.
Actually, I feel like there's merit in working together.
Merit?
To be honest, there's one other reason why I came here.
I've come to warn you, Ms. Asagiri.
Be careful.
We are not the only ones to find the Magical Girl Site
and receive a stick.
There are multiple magical girls that exist.
Many more than we could imagine.
She was one of them too.
Her name was Rina Shioi.
She's a magical girl
I got to know online who was helping me uncover the site's mysteries.
Rina was an information broker.
She would get information from other magical girls
who she got to know online.
But then...
Magical girls started to get killed one after another.
And every situation, their valuables would be untouched,
and only their magic stick would be missing.
In other words, the killer's objective was to steal the magical sticks.
Judging by the brutal method and the inexplicable state of the corpses,
we're guessing the killer is another magical girl.
Rina and I
named her the Magical Hunter and began our investigation.
Then one day,
I suddenly lost all contact with Rina Shioi.
Her body hasn't been found yet.
Then Ms. Shioi is...?
Right before she disappeared, Rina sent me a message with a photo of the killer attached.
Apparently one of the murdered girls took it before she died.
This is the one who's stealing the sticks. The Magical Hunter.
Understand now?
The reason for us to work together.
My stick can stop time.
Your stick can instantly teleport objects.
That must make us enticing targets.
Not that I foresee myself losing as it stands,
but if she's come across a stick with better specs than mine...
What would happen then?
We would both be killed without a doubt.
No.
So, to prepare for this worst-case scenario, I need you, Ms. Asagiri.
Of course in return, I will protect you as well.
Not a bad deal, is it?
But I wouldn't know what to do.
Not knowing when we might be attacked... That's just...
Good grief, you're such a handful.
Fine, I'll stay and protect you for the night.
Have to hold it in today.
Let's see, who's next?
MURDER BOOK
This one.
DOG PLAY
This is getting serious.
First Kaijima, now Shizukume is hurt.
Wasn't it suicide?
No way.
Kawano was with her.
Wait, so Kawano did it to her?
No, apparently she cut herself.
Yikes, maybe she's cursed.
I guess that means Kawano is next.
DO NOT USE
Did Ms. Yatsumura really guard me all night
without getting any sleep?
If you think they'll do any real harm to you,
then you should just get rid of them all.
Ms. Yatsumura.
What happened to you?
It'll be fine.
I know what the Magical Hunter looks like.
Excuse me!
Do you have a moment?
Sure.
Is there something I can do for you?
Well,
I hope you don't mind,
but I'm going to need you to die!
What?
No way, I just froze time.
How can she
still be moving?
Now then.
I'll take that stick of yours.
And seeing as it shortens my lifespan,
I hope you don't mind if we make this quick.
Magical Hunter!
-Ms. Yatsumura! -Ms. Asagiri, get away from her.
I can't! There's a wall!
That wall... It can't be.
Wow! You figured it out already!
-Ms. Yatsumura! -That's not going to work!
We're immune to all magic as well as physical attacks as long as we're in this box!
Magical Hunter,
how did you change your face?
I really hate that name.
It's so lame. Could you stop calling me that?
Ta-da! This camera is a stick that can make you look like anyone you take a picture of.
-Pretty awesome, right? -She got me.
And so I chose a big-boobied girl with glasses!
Men just wouldn't leave me alone!
Like shooting fish in a barrel!
But who gives a damn about that!
Hurry up and die already!
Ms. Asagiri!
What the heck? This is weaker than I thought.
Get up, Ms. Asagiri! Hurry!
I guess nothing has really topped this one yet.
Ms. Asagiri!
What are you running for, you scum?
I'm not going to miss twice.
Time to crack your skull open.
Ms. Asagiri, you have to use your stick.
My stick...?
I can't! If I use it, she'll die!
What are you talking about? If you don't, she'll kill you!
But I can't, not again--
Now's not the time for excuses, dummy!
Are you for real?
I'm about to kill her, and she's trying to take some high road?
Ms. Asagiri.
It's okay. Using your stick won't kill her.
But...
If you can't trust yourself...
Die you ugly pig!
then trust me!
You're okay.
You're okay now.
But I...
You silly thing.
It won't happen like last time because I froze time.
Ms. Yatsumura...
Now, the problem is where you sent her.
Can you get up?
Ms. Asagiri, what were you thinking about when you used your stick?
What do you mean?
I was just thinking that I didn't want to kill her.
You're annoyingly good-natured.
I'm sorry.
Last time was at the railroad crossing.
It's probably somewhere close.
It should be choosing a place that has a strong impression in your mind.
Strong impression?
I might have an idea then.
I see.
That's how it works.
Your stick is as useful as I thought.
Your desire to not kill her
made you subconsciously choose this place.
In other words, you can select the location using your will.
Now you won't have to be afraid of killing them when you use your stick without me.
Do you really think so?
Now then...
Yatsumura...
You lose, Magical Hunter.
Or should I say Rina Shioi.
Rina Shioi?
But I thought she...
Yes, the magical girl I was cooperating with
to uncover the truth behind the Magical Girl Site.
To think that you were the killer.
How did you figure it out?
"Magical Hunter."
The two of us were the only ones calling the killer by that name.
-And you responded when I used it. -Damn it.
Why did you betray me?
Oh, shut up, idiot!
Ms. Yatsumura!
Why did you change your appearance?
To catch you off guard and steal your stick!
And besides, my last face was ugly and had a chest flatter than an ironing board.
Don't tell me you went around killing magical girls because you wanted my stick.
Of course not.
But that's all I'm say--
You'd better talk.
Or I'll freeze time again and stick all the cicadas we find in the park inside you.
Wait! Anything but that!
I just wanted to survive to the end!
Survive to the end?
I need lots of magic sticks for that.
To find better sticks in order to survive.
Or else we all die
when the Tempest comes.
Tempest?
Before I disappeared, I met the guy.
The site admin.
What do you mean by "site admin"?
That creepy one with pigtails.
You know who I'm talking about.
That's the one who told me.
The site has a secret backdoor.
Oh, you poor, unfortunate soul.
Oh, my ear, that feels so good.
UNTIL TEMPEST
At 7:23 p.m. on August 11th,
the Tempest will arrive.
It will bring an end to this godforsaken world
and open a doorway to a new world.
That is the Tempest.
What are you talking about? That's not an answer!
What is this new world? Why do we all have to die?
That's...
Shioi! Hey, Shioi!
What's wrong?
-I'll call an ambulance. -Please.
Yes.
It's an emergency.
Tempest.
Like a violent storm or hurricane.
What could it mean?
SKETCH OF SUSPECT RELEASED ENTIRE CITY ON ALERT
I want to kill. I want to kill.
I want to kill.
I want to kill. I want to kill.
I want to kill.
I want to kill. I want to kill.
I want to kill. I want to kill. I want to kill.
Aya brought a friend to our house today.
Even when I greeted her with a perfect smile,
the rude wench didn't even have the courtesy to smile back.
Tsuyuno Yatsumura, I'll remember that name.
What? Do I have any friends?
What a silly question.
Those of us chosen by God are doomed to a lonely fate.
All I need is myself.
The next episode is "The Princess and the Poison Apple." See you then.