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The Face-lifter won't come to your dreams again.

Thank you.

But more importantly, I wanted to ask you something.

There were fireworks in your dream a week ago.

Yet they were yesterday's fireworks.

Where is Muku?

She was tired from going to the firework festival.

She said she'll come at noon.

Well, I'm sure anything can happen in a dream, but...

People who will kill me enter my dreams.

Those people bring their feelings and plans about the future with them.

That influences my dreams.

In other words... sometimes your dreams depict the future.

I can't say whether or not they're accurate,

but it seems they do sometimes.

A potential future... Is it basically like a premonition?

It might be something close to that.

I can't really say.

I feel like I was in a never-ending dream.

That can't be.

Once I dozed off for just five minutes,

but in that time, the killer slowly and carefully tore my arms off with his bare hands.

The Arm-twister.

Can't the time within a dream be unrelated to the time outside it?

Detective, what happened in your dream?

"Room 652" "Mr. Akihito Narihisago"

See you tomorrow, Aki.

Good night.

A dream.

What if... everything I experienced up to that point

was one long dream I had inside Ms. Asukai?

It's hard to believe, and I feel like there are tons of contradictions...

But that would mean this is reality.

"'Challenger' Serial Murder and Battery Case Materials."

A potential future?

Premonitions?

I don't know.

Regardless, right now this is where I am,

and I at least eliminated the Challenger and the Face-lifter here.

"'Challenger' Serial Murder and Battery Case Materials." and I at least eliminated the Challenger and the Face-lifter here.

Which means there's more.

"Tongue-tearer" "Challenger" "Arm-twister" "Face-lifter" "Thigh-severer" Which means there's more.

"Tongue-tearer" "Challenger" "Arm-twister" "Face-lifter" "Thigh-severer" More I can do.

Hello there.

Your injuries look much better.

Thankfully.

What are you up to now?

Up to? Just spending time with my family.

Who looks so run down from family time?

It's the truth.

I'm spending time with my family.

Every second I can get.

Fine. I won't inquire further about the Challenger incident,

and the report's handled.

It really was a hunch.

Fine.

Are you visiting Ms. Asukai?

Yeah. You, too?

Yes. But it's been a while.

How has she been doing?

She's increasingly frail.

As if the Challenger were still here.

He is .

Inside her head.

Come in.

Are we interrupting?

No.

That's enough for today.

Um, excuse me.

May I ask your name?

Shirakoma.

My name is Nishio Shirakoma.

I'm sorry.

It's difficult to even sit up on my own now.

It's not a problem. Please, take it easy.

Their hideouts were far away, so it took a while.

Besides the Face-lifter, I've eliminated the Tongue-tearer,

the Thigh-severer, and the Arm-twister from your dreams.

I let them decide for themselves how to end it.

Apparently the drive to kill others turns toward the self when you do that.

I suppose by bringing about their own death with the very method they used on others,

maybe they feel a sense of completion.

I interrogated each of them about our man with the top-hat and cane.

But I didn't learn anything.

Ms. Asukai, he appeared alone in your dreams, correct?

Yes.

Were there no clues about his identity?

No.

At first you believed he was fictitious. I see.

Yes.

I felt how you felt at the time. That confirms it.

I'm so sorry.

He tormented you in your dreams,

and before long, other murderers started appearing, too.

Then, agreeing to share their toy, they killed you, repeatedly.

Forgive me.

I just can't help it.

I'm okay.

But you're nowhere close to okay, are you.

I see what the memory does to you.

Only the man with the cane is left. I'll have to catch him after all.

He caused everything.

No.

As long as I live, the dreams will continue.

Even after you've completely eradicated the killers,

my memories will gradually change and continue to kill me, over and over.

I can tell that I'm losing myself in a world of violence.

It feels like my self is about to disintegrate.

"Disintegrate"?

I will cease to be me.

I don't mean my body will die.

It's like I'll dissolve and spill out into the world and combine with it.

That's how I'll end.

That's ridic--

But there's more to it.

By blending with it, I'll surely distort the structure of the world.

That's impossible.

I want to die human.

When I said I hoped you'd put an end to my misery,

that's what I meant.

I can't do that.

You can watch me cruelly slip away or allow me to have my suffering ended.

You can't make that choice?

I can't.

I'm a police officer.

In that case, if it's not to save me but to save the world,

then can I have you eliminate me?

Ms. Asukai.

Please. My dreams have been telling me it will happen.

Very soon, I'll fall apart and warp the world!

Don't let me, Mr. Narihisago--

The most I can do is eliminate the serial killers.

I'll keep searching for the man with the cane, but I can't come back here anymore.

Ms. Asukai, that man from before...

Hello?

Hey. Sorry for calling so late.

Listen, Ms. Asukai disappeared.

Thirteen nurses have lost consciousness.

But there's no sign they were drugged.

The cause is unknown.

Thirteen?

Three of them have woken up, but according to their statements,

they fell into comas in the order they entered Ms. Asukai's room.

When they came to, Ms. Asukai was gone.

The security cameras malfunctioned, too, so much is unknown.

Narihisago, did Ms. Asukai say anything to you that might help?

No. I haven't seen her in over a month now.

Do you know about Ms. Asukai's dreams?

It seems she always had nightmares. You remember she was afraid to sleep.

No. That's news to me.

I see. Well, the dream stuff doesn't end there.

The three nurses who woke up each said they had a strange dream.

And the details all match up.

Just as if they'd shared the same dream.

That's certainly strange.

But from what you've told me,

there's a possibility Ms. Asukai somehow made the nurses faint,

then snuck out of the hospital.

I visited her two days ago.

She was barely conscious. Hardly in any condition to do that.

Huh. Then I don't have anything for you.

Sorry. Bye.

Everything okay?

Yep.

No big deal.

"Kiki Asukai" "Kaeru?" "Visions of serial killers" "Severe deterioration" "Desires her own 'end'"

"Dissolved into the world?" "Alterations to the world?"

The world will fall apart.

Still investigating Ms. Asukai's whereabouts?

Yeah.

Still no leads, though.

But it looks like she had some sort of ability

and had become a subject of research at the hospital.

Research?

"Invasion of the Unconscious Mediated by Dreams."

It appears to be the independent research of that Shirakoma guy we met.

So then...

However, he has an alibi for the mass coma incident.

And he seems not to have had contact with Ms. Asukai recently.

With the speed of her debilitation, who knows what state she's in.

What is it?

A visitor.

A wanted criminal or something?

No.

"Takoyaki House Pot Octopus"

"Takoyaki House Pot Octopus" "Takoyaki"

The Perforator.

I had forgotten about you.

Don't move!

Put your pistol on the ground and slowly turn to face me.

You?

Akihito Narihisago?

How are you here?

Mr. Narihisago, my name is Hondomachi.

I'm a Kura field analyst.

Did you...

...also enter the well within the well?

Could it be? No!

This isn't a well within a well!

I knew it. You entered as Sakaido, didn't you?

I don't know any Sakaido!

I'm Akihito Narihisago.

This is my life!

I live here!

What?

This is an id well.

It looks the same as the real world, but it's fake.

No it's not!

Mr. Narihisago, how long has it been since you came here?

No! You're wrong! Stop it!

Your pistol... Does that mean you're an officer right now?

I said stop it!

Then we'll start with me.

I came to this world through a cockpit I found in your id well.

About 20 minutes ago.

What's the date today?

April 20th.

2019.

"Development in the 'Challenger' Case, New Victim's Body Found"

"Posted 5:53 a.m. on Saturday 10/29/2016"

Mr. Narihisago, how long has it been since you came here?

"Thursday, November 18th, 2018"

"Thursday, November 18th, 2018" That can't...

"Thursday, November 18th, 2018"

What's this?

This world! It's falling apart!

The two of us were never supposed to meet here.

The id well can't bear the strain of the contradiction?

Hello?

It's me, Ayako!

You have to get out!

--Is Muku there? --Yes.

Take Muku and run, right now!

What? Run? Where?

What's gotten into you?

Who is it?

Your dad. He's talking crazy.

He is?

Mr. Narihisago.

Aki.

Where are you right now?

"Takoyaki"

"Entrance Ceremony"

I...

The real me is...

...in reality.

Where you're gone, and Muku's gone, too.

In reality.

What do you mean?

Dad?

Muku.

I hate that I can't be there with you and Mom right now.

It kills me.

Dad, wait, what?

Are you going away?

Hey, Dad. Don't die, okay?

Aki, I won't die.

I would never leave you and Muku like that.

Am I going somewhere?

What do you mean?

You and Mom are the ones who left!

Dad?

Aki?

Yeah?

Are you okay?

Yeah.

I am.

I'm okay.

I'll be fine.

You're coming back home, right?

Yeah.

I definitely am.

I'll absolutely go back.

I'm so sorry, Mr. Narihisago. I didn't...

No.

It's better this way.

Do you think we'll die, too, along with this world?

I wonder.

This situation is a first for me, too.

It's incredibly... pretty, isn't it?

Not just this world, but also its demise.

Yeah...

It really is.

It is a beautiful world.

Mr. Narihisago, what did you do here for over a year?

I spent time with my family and did my job.

My job as a police officer, and a more personal one.

Right!

I have to tell you something about John Walker!

Director Momoki?

No way!

Our only option is to find the real culprit.

My body must be left in the desert, so I'm a goner.

But you still have a chance.

Momoki and the others will rescue you.

Seems like there's still time before the well fully collapses.

Let's focus on investigating John Walker in this fictitious world.

That's ten minutes.

Finally.

What? After all this time?

Mr. Narihisago!

Hondomachi, take this!

What's this?

Sakaido has returned.

Prepare to extract.

Welcome back.

So, how was it?

Hmm. Good question.

I don't remember.

Are you crying?

I wonder why.

Hey, what's all this?

I was bored.

I was counting sand.

You're a strange one.

There never was any "watch thief."

We were each tied to one of Kaeru's wrists with these, right?

Why'd you remove them?

What a brilliant detective.

Observation certainly is key.

I was bored during the ten minutes I waited for you, so I observed the area.

Answer me, Anaido.

This was a message to stay near Kaeru.

That's happened before, hasn't it?

Hey, just listen.

I also examined that guy over there.

He didn't kill us or Kaeru, but he didn't help us either.

And in his pocket...

...I found this!

That's...

When did he find a picture?

You don't know who this is.

Right, Sakaido ?

But I do.

I remember.

Everything from before this world.

Know what I think?

Maybe the amnesia function applied when you enter the well just can't affect me.

Because you see, I'm missing not just part of my face,

but part of my brain as well.

And so I also remember the things you've forgotten.

You aren't some brilliant detective just named "Sakaido."

You're Akihito Narihisago.

A former cop...

...and a murderer.

Facial reconstruction completed!

It matches Narihisago!

So Tamotsu Fukuda entered the well with his consciousness and memories intact?

He deceived us?

Extract them! Hurry!

I can't!

They're out of sync with us! The extraction system won't function!

It's the message from the lightning well!

"Stay where Kaeru is."

Sorry.

I knew what this place was.

Because they had me search for the little lady.

This isn't Mr. Momoki's id well!

It's the end stage of Narihisago's!

When you remember yourself in your own well,

to protect the unconscious from the conscious, the id well whips up a storm!

He's falling into dogma!

So this is a well storm!

John...

...Walker!