Matsumura...!
Matsumura!
Shit... Damn you!
Get off me!
Fujita...!
There's someone here!
There's someone else inside his mouth!
You're not the one.
- Huh?
Huh?
Eh?
It didn't work?
Hey!
Don' wret 'im guet aray!
I can't understand a word you're saying, Caiman.
Hey!
What did the guy inside say to you?
"Y-you're not the one."
I see.
In that case...
We don't need ya anymore.
Nikaido!
Fuck! He got away!
Shit! I was careless!
I'm such an idiot, idiot, idiot...!
Calm down.
Here!
But we got to see them open a door for the first time.
Yeah.
"Caiman"
Beyond that door is the world of the sorcerers.
They create the doors using magic
connecting the town we live in, "Hole", and their world.
Today really sucked.
Cheer up!
I'll make some of your favorite ōba gyoza at my place!
They come to Hole to practice.
The amount of people they have "practiced" on has increased again.
They're twisting the entire Hole with their magic.
Hm? What's wrong, Caiman?
You're looking at this alley again?
Yeah.
This is the last place I saw
just before I lost my memories.
Who was the man standing in this alley that time?
Is that the man I'm looking for?
The sorcerer who made my head like this?
Is the man in my mouth me?
Is it who I really am?
Let's go eat!
Yeah...
Hmm, looking good!
Man, I'm starving.
But I can't go back yet. One more to go.
Aah, I can't go on! Nikaido, hurry up and gimme something to eat!
Thanks for waiting!
- Oh! Ooh!
So good!
Just you wait, sorcerer! We're gonna find you for sure tomorrow!
Well then, please put the egg in and pray for his resurrection.
Matsumura... I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
En, sir, do you have a moment?
Fujita. I heard that Matsumura has died.
Don't tell me those bastards from Hole are responsible.
That can't be it, right?
I-it is! That's the truth.
His funeral ended just now.
Where are you going with your funeral shoes still on?
There were two culprits.
One was a woman and the other a big man with a lizard head.
For some reason magic had no effect on the guy.
Heh! Or maybe some other magic was already affecting him.
More importantly! You can't use magic with a broken finger
and if magic truly doesn't work on him, won't you just end up dead as well?
I have a plan...
That Hole... What a fucking shithole.
Yo, Nikaido!
'Sup!
Hey!
- Hm?
Nikaido!
Caiman! What are you doing there?
Hehe! I got a part-time job!
Isn't this where they treat the "practice" victims?
I could get some information about the sorcerers from the patients!
At the moment there's nobody here, though.
I wonder if they've stopped experimenting.
Well, we killed quite a few of them so maybe they're just being careful for now.
But if they stop coming I'll be stuck like this forever!
Caiman!
What the hell are you doing? We've got an emergency!
Huh?
Judging by the mutated parts, it's all the work of the same sorcerer.
And damn, this guy really sucks at what he does!
Ain't no way he's the one who did it to me, right?
Man, what a letdown!
Is he turning them into insects? What a pointless thing to do.
The blood is clotting in front of the transformed parts.
Shit! He's convulsing! Caiman!
Hey, what're you gonna do with that meat?
Roasted pork fillets!
Roasted pork!
- You bastard... Get to work!
Nikaido!
See you at the diner when I'm done! Make sure to save some of the pork for me!
Sure, sure!
Hey! Don't look away!
- Ow ow ow!
Nikaido's diner, "Hungry Bug", is far from the Hole's center.
Near that alley.
This area is well-known for being frequented by sorcerers,
so there aren't many customers.
Hey, what's wrong?
Please... give me something to eat.
Seconds!
This place has a nice name, I like it!
Well, thanks.
But you sure eat a lot. You're like Caiman.
Listen, this area isn't safe.
Where do you live? I'll take you home.
Lately there's been this sorcerer turning people into bugs as well.
I just saw some of the victims, but really...
He really sucks!
Sucks?
Yeah, the shittiest transformation I've ever seen!
I'd really like to see the face of someone who's so terrible at magic.
Eh?
Hey miss,
Here's that face for you.
Satisfied?
What do you mean I can't go through?
The entrance to Hole has been temporarily closed.
Nobody is allowed to go there or come back from there.
But that's...!
I have a message to you from the boss.
From En...?
Fujita.
Your most important concern right now should be finding a new partner to replace Matsumura.
However, I've already made some preparations for that.
This enemy is a tricky one, since magic doesn't work on him.
According to my investigation,
more than ten people have gone missing after going to Hole.
It's probably because of them.
Your mission is to find the sorcerer who originally performed the lizard-bastard's transformation
and bring them to me.
The magic that transformed him is unusual.
I don't care if you have to use my name, just make sure you find them.
You said you had a "plan",
I guess it involves using a gun, right?
D-don't look at it!
You are a sorcerer and yet...
If I ever catch you doing something so disgraceful
I'll kill you myself. Got it?
That's all.
Hm?
If En is getting involved...
I'll definitely be able to avenge Matsumura!
Just you wait, lizard-bastard!
That damn doctor, working me to death for such a shitty wage!
The hell is he thinking?
Man, I need a drink with those gyoza and roast pork to cool off.
Yo! Gimme the usual! And a beer.
Oh?
Oh, welcome, customer!
Perfect timing.
Just a little bit more and she'll be fully turned into an insect!
You're such a mess, Nikaido.
Ah! You ate my gyoza!
Don't worry! I'm leaving now.
I've reached my practice quota.
Hey, fuck-up!
The three in the hospital were your work as well, weren't they?
Fuck-up, eh?
Alright! I've decided.
I'll kill you and dispel the magic from those three
and get a bonus from the hospital.
Shut up! I'll turn you into a bug too!
Eh? What...?
W-what... he...
Magic doesn't work on him!
I gotta get away!
Huh? What was that screaming just now?
Hm?
Yo!
What did the guy inside say?
Oh well, too late already?
Good grief, And here I thought he was just someone collapsed on the street like usual.
I was careless.
Yeah for real, what a blunder.
As a thanks for saving you, it's your treat tonight!
I don't think you've paid me even once until now anyway.
That contains the data on every sorcerer.
If you spot someone even slightly suspicious in it
bring them to me.
Understood?
Yes! Thank you very much!
Ah! Those photos will be ready today!
'Sup, Nikaido!
Yo, want to eat a meat bun?
You bet!
I wonder if the pictures of the guy in my mouth came out alright.
I couldn't see anything with the naked eye.
Well, don't they say that cameras can capture spiritual things?
...This is because of magic, not a ghost.
What if I'm so handsome that you'll fall in love with me?
We'll see about that.
Found one!
Her name is... Ebisu?
Hm? Wait a second, she...
That's it! We passed each other just the other day in Hole!
Alright! Let's take a look right away!
I'm so nervous!
Hey, Caiman.
Huh?
Take a look at that.
- Hm?
It's one of their doors.
It's disappearing!
- Wait!
Someone's there.
No matter what I do, the door just won't open.
I haven't seen any of the others here lately. This is weird...
Did something happen on the other side?
Yo, sorcerer!
- Hm?
Let me chomp on that skeleton head of yours real quick.
Now then, let's see that face.
Eh?
Y-you were a girl?
W-what should we do, Caiman?
Eh... Wh-wh-what you say...?
Fuck it! Like I care!
Is someone there?
You...
I closed it!
Ow ow ow...
We barely made it.
Mr. Fu-Fujita...
Hm?
We weren't able to ask the usual question.
Yeah.
R-right! Let's look at the pictures!
Yeah...
Oh, there's a cavity.
Goddamnit! I need some booze!
Are you alright, Caiman?
It's rare for you to puke from drinking.
Hey... Something's weird.
Something...
C-Caiman!
Hey! Caiman!
W-who...
are you...?
Shit... The same dream again?
When you get the same nightmare every damn night it's not even scary anymore.
Is the man in the dream who I really am?
Or is it the sorcerer who transformed me?
Or someone else...?
Aah! I pierced my pillow!
Seventh!
I wonder how many senpai got.
I really... wasn't going to kill you guys today.
But because you're so damn stupid...
And put your dear lives on the line...
Moron's like you...
Should just die!
What we learned from the first curse:
1. Caiman loves gyoza.
2. You can develop photos in Hole.
3. Caiman dreams.
And what you will learn from the second curse...
That's still a mystery.
That is...
DOROHEDORO