I'll let you pick which I'm gonna gouge.
Your head? Or your heart?
Shin! Please kill them!
They're with that lizard-bastard!
Drop dead, Worms!
Hm?
You...! Could you be the doctor from Hole?
Eh?
Look, it's me!
Don't you remember?
Ah! You're...
Been a while!
What are you doing here?
What are you doing, Shin?
Hurry up and finish him off!
Fujita...
I can't do that.
I owe this guy my life.
Senpai's life...?
Shocking!
So today's just going to be like this, huh?
She's so late...
That bitch!
Pardon me.
Chota...
What did you want from me?
Well now, please have some tea!
Thank you very much...
How does the poison tea taste?
Wh-Why are you being so mean to me?
As En's partner you'll always be in danger.
You still don't know anything about En or the family!
And because of that, I called you here today to watch this movie.
En produced it, wrote the screenplay and starred in the lead role himself!
An autobiographical, non-fiction movie depicting the first half of his life!
"The Boss - Death Mushrooms"!
Chapter One: Hell
When I opened my eyes...
I was surrounded by mushrooms.
Apparently even my parents had turned into mushrooms.
I lived by eating the mushrooms around me.
Then a man I did'nt recognize came to my house.
He was probably a burglar...
When he found a baby there, he went and took me somewhere.
He sold me to a filthy abolished factory.
This will be your home from now on.
After that was pure hell.
The people controlling that abolished factory were low class sorcerers who could barely use any magic...
They snatched away mid and top class sorcerers from here and there and tied them up.
They forced them to put out smoke...
And sold that for money.
At that time there were a lot of people like that.
Nine years later
I worked there for nine years.
And when my smoke dried up, they threw me in the river.
And then, mistaking me for a corpse...
A devil sent me to hell.
But even though I was cast down to hell, I didn't die!
Because of my hatred for those people, my life refused to burn in the flames of hell!
Two years later
Chidaruma, over there!
Huh?
I can't believe it!
A sorcerer living in hell...!
Hm?
I'm Chidaruma!
You are?
They named me En.
Half a year later
I returned to that abolished factory.
Put out more smoke!
I destroyed that factory...
And made the sorcerers who were working there my allies.
I'm Tenjin
Thank you for saving us.
Please let us thank you somehow.
I'm En.
I'm going to rid this world of people like them.
Help me with that.
And this is how the family began.
The number of my allies kept increasing...
And those scumbags started to fear me and gradually disappear.
Chapter Two: The Enemy
And then, more than twenty years later...
En, did you know?
There have been some weird murders lately.
Right! The guy kills 'em and only takes the head with him.
And it seems like he's aiming only for skilled sorcerers.
Boss! We should fuck him up!
That sounds like a job for us! Right, senpai?
Is the guy some pervert or what? Taking the heads with him...
Boss!
They got us! They got three of our guys!
Boss...
I s-saw him...
The one who did it had cross-marks on his eyes...!
Cross-marked eyes...!
We did what we could, but...
The Cross-eye kept killing our men one by one...
Goddamn it!
I'll use myself as bait and lure that bastard out!
Don't rush it, Noi. That's how they all got killed.
Tenjin is tracking his hideout down now.
Just stay calm until then.
It's me. Tenjin?
I found it, En.
He's in Mastema, in an apartment complex called Yamato!
Send Shin and Noi!
This is the building.
Let's go, senpai!
Don't let your guard down, Noi.
Another headless body...
Could it be Tenjin...?
Tenjin!
Thank goodness, you're alright!
At that time, I was heading to Mastema by myself.
Shin and Noi should definitely be able to deal with that guy...
But I had been through so many bloodbaths that I just had a hunch...
And an indescribable feeling of unease was building up in my chest...
These masks...
No doubt about it. Gotta be Shin and Noi!
They told me the story afterwards...
That time they both felt something they had never felt before from that Cross-eye.
A really strange feeling...
Noi!
So we...
Both die here... It's like fate...
Shin.
Take Noi with you and get out of here with this broom.
En...?
When I saw that man, I felt it...
He was the enemy!
And unless I defeated him here, I wouldn't have a future!
When I came to, I was surrounded by countless mushrooms.
There was no sign of anyone near me, the air felt cold to my skin and everything was quiet.
He had broken my mask with his knife and left a shallow wound on my throat.
My smoke had swallowed the town of Mastema and turned everything into mushrooms.
This is the truth behind the "Death Shroom Incident".
I was certain I had turned that Cross-eye into a mushroom...
But then...
I saw it...
A headless man, disappearing through a door...!
That was a really interesting movie.
Do you understand the history of the family better now?
Although according to Noi, the movie is dramatized quite a bit...
That's a great movie no matter how many times I watch it.
En! When did you...?
- The movie is still unfinished and I haven't released it to the general public yet...
The movie is still unfinished and I haven't released it to the general public yet...
Because I want to finish it with the fact that I destroyed the Cross-eyes.
Nikaido...
The reason I have been searching for a sorcerer who can control time is...
To be able to go back to that day, six years ago.
Did the man with the cross-marked eyes die, or did he live?
I want to know the whole truth.
Cross-marked eyes... Man without a head...?
Sounds similar to that time when I first met Caiman...
"See You At The Food Stall"
What's wrong, Caiman?
What's with the cape?
It's fine, it's fine!
Nikaido...
It's my fault you got caught by that En guy...
So that's why I'll make sure to save you!
"Tanba's restaurant", right?
We're gonna make a fortune today!
You were supposed to bring three people...
Ah, this is our part-tim-
Huh...?
I'm Tanba's wife! We just got married three days ago!
What?!
My congratulations...!
And your name is?
I'm Pieman!
A woman, yet called Pie..."man"?
Oh well, whatever.
Alright, go in.
Here are your passes. Keep them where they can be seen.
Uh, right.
Awesome!
There's an entire town inside this guy's castle!
It's here, eh?
This place ain't half bad.
Huh?
What's that wagon...?
It's in the way. Move it, monster.
Hey now! Who are you calling a monster?
Hold it!
That's my wagon!
Tanba...
You look well.
You're...!
Who's she?
She worked for us before you, Pieman.
Asuka...
Why the hell are you here?
I opened my own shop. A pie shop.
What?!
Did you steal Tanba's recipe?
Fukuyama... Don't say something so disgraceful.
I just referenced it a little.
Who're you...?
I am Tanba's new wife!
New wife?!
You...?
She used to be really into president Tanba...
But he completely ignored her and she quit the shop.
My! Such a cold story!
What's cold about that?!
Huge...
Is she really a woman?
Anyway! From now one you'll be our business rival!
Well, I don't think you'll be able to sell much when you're right next to me.
Oh, you haven't heard?
The one who gets more sales during lunch time tomorrow gets to put their shop here.
What?
In that case it'd be the same to just hand me the victory right here!
You sure are full of confidence...
Well, what if I win?
In that case I'll close my shop and start working for you!
That's a promise then.
You shouldn't get careless.
Moron! You know she can't cook!
Dear!
Would it be alright to do a little scouting inside the castle?
What? Work comes first!
Our ingredients should've arrived at the back entrance of the southern building!
Such a bossy husband!
Wh-Where is this place?
Squee!
Thank goodness, Jonson!
And then?
What are you guys gonna do now?
We'd like to save Nikaido, but...
Nah, you'd better return to Hole right away.
I'm grateful for what you did in the past, but...
You guys are the lizard-man's friends so that makes us enemies.
Well, that certainly seems to be the case.
Hey... I'll turn a blind eye this time...
But you have to stop associating with the lizard-man!
You're telling me to keep my nose out of unnecessary business...
But thanks to me sticking my nose in some unnecessary business ten years ago...
You and I are both alive today.
Wouldn't you agree?
Right, Vaux?
U-Um, yeah, I guess so...
Is helping people your hobby or something?
Helping people?
Oh, no... I'm only interested in research!
You never change...
Ah, Caiman!
Huh?
Look at this!
This is the En family newsletter...
What's this? "The Boss's five favorite mushrooms..."
This here!
Huh?
Why...?
Why is Nikaido in the news?
Wasn't she forcibly taken into this castle?
What's going on, Caiman? Caiman!
Alright! Everything's ready!
I wonder if Caiman's going to be alright...
To be like this over a woman, how ridiculous...
Get to work!
Good morning, Tanba!
How nice to see you being so affectionate with your wife today as well!
I really knew it already...
That Nikaido is a sorcerer...
I just didn't want to admit it...
Nikaido was lying to me about being a human...
I wonder if I even need to save her anymore...
I mean, this is where she really belongs...
Might be better to just quietly leave this castle...
Yeah, that's it.
And think this carefully through by myself...
Nikaido...!
Make sure you go to the square at lunch time!
The two shops there will compete in a pie showdown!
We will also have executives from the family participating as special judges!
So why don't you take part in this contest as a customer as well?
Boss, this way.
Shall we go, Nikaido?
Nikaido...
Hey, is that the woman you were...
Dear! We need to beat that Asuka woman!
We should go back to the wagon and get ready!
Are you sure?
I am, I am!
Looks like she's doing better than I thought...
I guess she didn't need me to come and save her after all!
President! We have thirty pies ready!
Good! There's gonna be a line right away!
Hm?
President! The customers are here already!
Alright, bring 'em on!
Eh?
That's the shop!
Hurry up!
Huh?
Give me one of Asuka's special apple pies!
Gimme three!
No pushing!
There's still plenty to go around!
It's only noon but it looks like we already have our winner.
Hurry and lemme eat some!
Delicious apple pies, here you go!
But still, that sure is a nice, sweet scent...
Yeah...
Enjoy Asuka's pies!
I'm buying some.
I'll get the apple pies...
Me too...
You want the sweet one instead of the meat, senpai? That's unusual!
And for En to get something other than mushrooms...
Bring me some buns too!
Hey, dear... What should we do?
Shut the hell up!
I'll go check it out real quick...
Fukuyama?
Hey!
- Hey!
The pies are heart-shaped...
I guess it's so-so.
Not worth waiting in line for!
Isn't that Asuka just lovely?
What?!
Yeah... Such a fine woman.
Huh?!
I think so too...
I want to eat more of her pies...
She'll be really happy if we buy a lot.
Are you trying to compete with me?
Let's go!
I'm going to get the meat pies!
What's so good about that bitch?
That Fukuyama sure is taking his time...
Huh?
What is it?
Asuka!
Let me work here!
If you buy some more pies!
That damn traitor!
Hold up!
I get it now. That's magic.
Magic?
Miss Asuka...
We'll soon need the next batch of pies.
Got it.
Listen, you can't let anyone in here, understood?
Frozen pies - Apple
Microwave for 3 minutes
Angel...
I need more pies.
Asuka's magic summons a monster called "Angel"
And it can make any man fall for her.
She's probably using that smoke to lure the men in...
And casting the magic on the pies by feeding them to it.
So why are you alright, then?
She used her magic too much on me so I developed an immunity.
Huh? Her magic's not affecting you either?
Uh, no, I'm...!
Asuka!
Give us some pies!
Huh?
Nikaido's alone!
Go.
This is your only chance.
But if I leave the shop now...
It's not like there's gonna be a big difference whether you're here or not.
The hell was that?
Then...
I'm really going.
Yeah.
I didn't really help that much at the shop...
Don't sweat it. I didn't even pay you your salary yet.
Ah, that's right!
Nikaido!
Eh? Caiman?
Why are you here?
Nevermind, let's go!
President!
I'll come back for my paycheck someday!
Sure, if I still have a shop then.
Slow day, eh?
Huh?
Two meat pies, please!
We are the judges!
Coming right up, ladies!
They're freshly baked, so eat up!
Looks so good!
It has venison that was soaked in red wine with vegetables for a whole day, minced veal and thinly diced foie gras!
So good!
- Yummy!
Gimme another! No, gimme ten!
Miss Asuka... You've been using your magic for too long!
I'm fine...!
Angel... More pies...
Miss Asuka!
Huh?
What were we doing?
I'm getting a heartburn...
President!
Huh?
I'm sorry, I...
Fukuyama!
So this means...!
She must be out of magic!
Alright! Fifteen minutes left! We won't give up!
Yes, president!
Could I have one of your pies?
I want to try both so that I make a fair decision.
Mr. En!
Right away!
Here you go!
I heard that you only eat mushrooms so I specifically prepared this chanterelle pie for you!
Chanterelles!
Delicious!
You are the winner, Tanba.
Work hard with your business from now on as well!
Just like that...?
So you had a pie like that prepared, president!
Of course!
Damn you, Tanba!
Just watch me...!
Anyway, I gotta get away for now!
If En finds out I cast my magic on him he'll kill me!
Caiman, please wait!
Where are we going?
Where? We're getting away from here!
I can't go.
What...?
I... want to be near En.
Nikaido...
That so?
I don't know what happened...
But if you're not coming, I'll drag you with me by force!
You think you can?
What we learned from the eleventh curse:
1. En was a cute little kid... NOT!
2. En's mansion is huge!
3. Tanba's pies are super good!
And what you will learn from the twelfth curse...
That is still a mystery.
That is...
DOROHEDORO