Graveyard! It's a graveyard!
Graveyard! Graveyard, graveyard!
Matsumura...
I brought your favorite hot dogs.
Wonder if the coffin's full of maggots?
Matsumura's body is not here.
If the body were here, we could have Kikurage revive him.
Even when he was being torn apart by the lizard-bastard...
He saved me.
To die... For your sake!
Ebisu, the Boss is calling for you.
What's he want from me?
A smoke shop owner in downtown was killed by someone the other day.
Ebisu... Could you please move?
I bought the shop and...
Found something very interesting there.
This.
Ebisu
Ebisu's smoke?
Her name is on the list of customers as well.
It seems that she has been selling her smoke several times.
I wouldn't be able to sell my smoke...
Hm?
I'm going to send that smoke for inspection and have it thoroughly examined.
We'll finally be able to understand what Ebisu's magic is truly like!
And Fujita, about your new partner...
Despite recruiting far and wide, no one applied.
You're really unpopular!
Don't feel bad!
There are plenty of other ways to find a partner!
Don't worry about me...
Unpopular guy...!
Ah... Now he's all down.
You guys hurry up and go search for Risu.
How are we supposed to search for him?
His body has a tracking device in it.
Nothing to do... Oh? Fujita?
Open the door.
Whatcha gonna do?
I'm going to Hole and killing that lizard-bastard!
See you, Ebisu.
Hup!
Huh?
Idiot! Why did you come with me?
Anyway, we need to disguise as humans. Take your mask off.
Disguise?
I'll get close when he lets his guard down and blow his scaly head off!
Here.
Lame!
The problem is how to get close to the lizard-man, but... Huh?
"Caiman the lizard"
This is it!
Gyoza! Gyoza! Ōba gyoza!
So good!
Glad to hear!
I'll keep making them so you just keep eating!
Well, you don't have any other customers besides me...
You can't call yourself a customer when you don't pay.
Hm?
Excuse me.
Thirteen! Welcome!
Ōba gyoza, please!
My gyoza!
I was worried since you were closed for a while.
If I don't eat Hungry Bug's gyoza every day I just don't have any energy.
Well, thanks!
I want to see your face every day too!
What's this? That little...
Hey, Doc. What can I get you?
Beer and sausage.
What's wrong? You don't look too well.
We're still missing one guy for the match tomorrow.
Me and Nikaido alone are enough to make it an easy win!
You can't play baseball unless you have nine people!
At this rate we'll have to forfeit the game against the Peace Sharks...!
I was really looking forward to knocking those cheeky guys down a bit and yet...
I'll come.
Hm?
Hole Peace Hospital
It's here.
Don't talk about anything unnecessary, okay?
There's nothing to talk about with humans!
Hole Peace Hospital
Excuse us!
We saw the poster for recruiting members...
Ah, come in.
Coach! We got some newcomers!
Huh...? We don't need any geezers!
Can you be the pitcher?
Huh? Well, I guess so...
Fujita's bragging...
Good! You may join our Sharks!
The girl comes with me.
This feels dangerous...
Our coach is the director of this hospital.
The members are doctors from here.
The team we're against tomorrow is from the Hole central hospital magic victim ward.
The doctor there and our director can't stand each other.
Here. Your uniform and equipment.
The lizard-man... Will be at the game tomorrow, right?
Yeah.
Do you know Caiman?
Well, sort of...
The mascot is ready!
Chew on the swimsuit gals...
Chomp! Chomp!
Why the hell is Jonson here?!
Squee?
He's our teammate!
I can control him using radio waves only insects can hear!
He can speak too, though only a single word.
Shocking!
Yo, Caiman!
Yo! It's been a while!
Kink, Zeus.
Gotta help my bro Vaux.
Hey! Gather up, everyone!
1. 3rd base: ?
5. 1st base: Vaux
9. Pitcher: Nikaido
7. Right: Zeus
3. Shortstop Thirteen
2. 2nd base: Kasukabe
6. Center: Jonson
4. Catcher: Caiman
8. Left: Kink
I'm telling you your positions tomorrow.
There's no one on third base...
I'll get it done tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to Nikaido's lunchboxes!
I won't let you have even one bite!
That should help you find Risu.
He's heading to the north right now.
Boss!
- Hm?
We've figured out the type of Ebisu's magic!
Ah...!
Huh?
Noi!
Hey! What's Ebisu's magic?
Eh? Uh, well... Um...
This is bad! She has already started transforming!
Where is Ebisu?!
Shambles!
Sorcerers burnt at the stake!
The puddle between second and third base is a bottomless pit.
Be careful!
Bottomless?
There they come! The maggots of the medical world!
Nikaido, did you bring our lunch?
Yeah.
Lizard-bastard...!
Still doing your unscientific magic medicine business as usual, huh?
You're one to talk, you rip-off doctor!
Brought a bunch of people ready to kick the bucket again, I see!
What's that? You're nothing but a bunch of sickos!
Now then, the match between the Peace Sharks and the Central Worms will begin.
"All-Star
Dream Game"
Triangle seen at the open sea!
Bikini gals in your black eyes...
Rip off their flesh!
Dye the blue ocean with blood!
Crush their bones!
Sharks! Sharks!
Peace Sharks!
Alright! Let's show 'em what we got!
The Central Worms are at the bat in the first half of the first inning.
Number 1: A sorcerer Frankenstein from third base.
Hm? M-Matsumura?
Neat, right? I made him using the leftover meat from when I made the door.
Play ball!
Wh-Why is Matsumura...?
Hey, are you alright, boy?
H-He's...
Seems like some kind of a human-robot that pervert Kasukabe made by stitching together a sorcerer's corpse.
Well, it ain't breaking the rules...
It's fine since it's a sorcerer, right?
Hurry up and throw.
Damn you, Hole-bastards...!
Toying with my friend's dead body...!
Dead body?
That's it!
If I bring Matsumura back with me...
I can have Kikurage bring him back to life!
Throw it already!
I'm a genius!
Alright! Got the first run!
Matsumura!
Hurry up and pull him out!
Watch out! Jeez...
That was nice of you.
Number 2: Kasukabe from second base.
Here I go...
Hey Caiman...
What's the relationship between you and Nikaido?
What do you mean? We're friends.
Then...
It's fine if I go out with Nikaido, right?
Do as you like!
There!
Safe!
Nice bunt!
The professor runs ridiculously fast.
Number 3: The shortstop, Thirteen.
Hit to the right!
They keep getting hits! Can't be helped! Time for plan A!
Plan A?
Number 4: The catcher, Caiman.
There you are, lizard-bastard...
I was going to kill him, but recovering Matsumura's corpse is the top priority today.
That damn Thirteen...
At least...
For some reason...
I'm gonna strike you out!
I'm mad!
Alright! Three runs!
Shocking!
Look at their gloomy faces!
Nice, number 4!
I suck so much...
Fujita...
What, Ebisu?
Did you come to laugh at me?
Wouldn't using your magic be fine?
Number 5: Vaux from first base.
I'm going next!
Strike! Batter out!
What was that ball just now? It had to come at 160 kilometers per hour!
My magic lets me send smoke like bullets.
The power and amount is so small that it's good for almost nothing, but...
If I put smoke on the ball and throw it, it goes off quite fast!
Have a drink, my treat.
Oh? Thanks.
Here you go!
Number 6: Jonson from the center.
- Squee! Sque!
- Squee! Squee!
Gross!
Fourth ball!
Shocking!
Shit... Lost my aim there.
Jonson's going. Should I make him run?
Eh? Sure, but...
So... Sleepy...
Is he okay?
Gonna go straight for third base.
Sque!
Squee!
Second!
Squee!
Third!
Base stolen successfully!
Strike! Batter out!
Three outs! Change!
What was that?
The drinks had sleeping pills in 'em.
These two look drugged, don't you think?
That geezer!
Ebisu, make sure you're ready to go back at any time.
I'm taking Matsumura with me the first chance I see.
Give me some of that too!
This an expensive supplement to enhance your smoke output.
Since you can't use magic here it's pointless for you to drink it.
Yummy!
How's your body?
I'm all fine now.
Nikaido! Just leave the gap to me, alright?
Nobody's gonna get a hit there, moron!
Alright! Let's go with this.
Strike!
Strike! Batter out!
Two outs! Two outs!
There!
Three outs! Change!
Nice pitch!
Nice lead, Caiman!
Plan B!
Kill that bug-bastard with this pesticide!
If I don't charge him with electricity every 30 minutes he'll start going crazy.
Huh?
Open the lid and pour water in up to the dotted line...
Whatcha doing?
Shock!
You saboteur! Go get her, bug!
Squee! Squee! Squee!
Number 9: The pitcher, Nikaido.
Go ahead!
She was a sorcerer for sure. Damn traitor!
Eat this!
Wasn't that a beanball? That was dangerous!
Not like he can hit her.
That's cold! Aren't you worried?
That ball just now scared her for sure!
You don't know Nikaido at all!
You bitch! I'll throw until I hit you!
I'll catch it!
Coach!
Stop the game! Stop the game!
- Whoops...
That's what I was saying.
Now! Come, Matsumura's corpse!
Coach!
Bring out a stretcher!
Because of that geezer the game had to be called off!
Huh? Where's Frankenstein?
Hurry it up!
Where did Ebisu go?
Shocking!
Ebisu! Hurry up and come here!
Squee!
Sque?
We're back...
That's weird... Where did everyone go?
The door guard wasn't there either...
Hm?
H-He's dead...
Just what the hell is happening?
Anyway, let's take Matsumura to Kikurage!
What's wrong, Ebisu?
M-My head hurts! The blood vessels in my brain are swelling...!
Noi. No worries, it's me.
Senpai...!
Be careful.
There were some black powder particles mixed in Ebisu's smoke as well.
That's why Noi's been on a rampage.
This has become something troublesome...
Senpai... Run...!
I... Can't stop myself...!
Noi...
Alright! Come on!
Realize now how strong your senpai is...?
Are you alright, Shin?
She's a bit heavy...
But more importantly, there was an elevator here?
It's a secret elevator only I know of.
It leads to that man's room.
I really don't want to get him involved, but there's no one else who can dispel the magic cast on Noi.
To undo magic the one who cast it must dispel it...
Or he has to die. Aren't those the only two ways?
In this world...
There exist sorcerers with the ability to dispel magic.
Chota!
Ah! En?
En! En! En! En!
It's been so long!
For you to lock your dear partner up in a tower like this...!
Yay! It's En! It's En!
- Uh... My bad, Chota.
I missed you!
Yesterday I had a dream about En again!
He's your partner?
And now you really came!
No way!
I see!
So Noi turned into a lizard-human because of magic?
No problem! Leave it to me!
There's a level C transformation additive in this magic.
For ingredients I'll use soil from hell, a devil's horn...
666 types of flower seeds and so on.
And one more important thing is a piece of entrails from Noi's most precious person.
Isn't it just so romantic?
Noi's most precious person?
It's got to be either me or you.
Your guts are already out. You give it.
Right...
Excuse me a little...
Mix these up and pour into the molds...
Put the two together...
And the magic doll is finished!
Let's make Noi eat this...
Now Shin, put your hands on Noi's chest and...
Try to recall your dearest memory together!
Dearest memory?
The dearest memory with Noi...
When we had just started working together and we both got completely wrecked...
Falling off a cliff when we were on our way home, I guess...
And lastly, with my magic...
Huh...? Senpai?
What happened, Senpai? That wound!
I'll heal you immediately!
W-Wait, Noi!
Before that, put this on!
Huh?
Your eyes are bright red, Ebisu!
Shut up, Matsumura! Just what are you..?
It's already been 30 minutes...
Frankenstein's gonna go crazy, wherever he is.
Fujita!
No...!
No!
E-Ebisu!
Th-This magic...
So the one who cast the magic on the lizard-bastard was...
Finished!
Stop!
You're...
I remembered...
Huh?
There was a man in his mouth.
Could it be that you remember...
What the man in the mouth said?
Take this back.
Matsumura!
What we learned from the seventh curse:
1. Ebisu was a shark mascot.
2. Ebisu's magic is lizard transformation.
3. Nikaido is very popular.
And what you will learn from the eighth curse...
That is still a mystery.
That is...
DOROHEDORO