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To be blunt, last year's Christmas was the worst.

Toyo Department Stores beat us in sales by twenty percent.

We failed dismally.

True, the media beat us to a pulp concerning a certain scandal,

and our image was tarnished.

But as the new leader, I would like to do our best

to win the end of the year sales battle for this year!

Have you heard that rumor?

What is it?

The real reason

why the former department chief, Mr. Tachibana, got fired.

It was that scandal, wasn't it?

His affair with the vice-president's wife was revealed.

Apparently, her affair was with someone else.

What? Then he took the fall for someone else?

I hear Chief Kobayashi was behind the whole thing.

His current position is supposedly his payoff.

If that's true, Mr. Tachibana will never be able to rest in peace.

Chief Tachibana died?!

It's rumored that he's gone missing.

He was a rare nice guy compared to most people these days.

But being a nice guy isn't enough.

Blood...

Chief Kobayashi...

The location is a bit troublesome.

A department store?

Yesterday, the count was four victims.

Thanks to the store keeping the disappearances under wraps,

we now have to work on Christmas Eve night.

Does it have to be tonight? I...

First, the television station. Then, the amusement park.

The HA's info control is already stretched to the limit.

We have no time to lose.

The movie's not over yet.

The heroine will kill her lover-turned-monster

and that'll be the end.

The ending is always the same.

I'll send a ride for you at the apartment at 9:00 PM tonight.

Kazumi, well...

What do you think? I splurged a bit for once.

But I don't have any accessories that match this outfit.

Mind if I borrow yours?

Actually, about that dinner cruise tonight...

You can't go after all, can you?

I'm sorry.

Not to worry.

I hung onto a boyfriend,

just in case you canceled at the last minute.

Oh, I see.

I'll introduce you to him next time.

He's not all that good-looking,

but he's super-nice and he's really good to me.

And he cares about me... Only me...

Kazumi...

Why am I crying?

Am I just a stranger to you?

When will you tell me the truth?

I can't deal with this half-baked family game anymore.

Yo, remember me?

Get out of my way.

Ever see any signs

that Jun Fudou goes to see someone every so often?

Hey, get out of my way!

A mixed race woman that's like a model. I'm sure you've seen her.

Who are you people?!

I gave you my card.

I don't understand any of this?!

Why did you send me that video?!

I don't know anything and I don't want to know anything!

Just leave me alone!

I can't leave you alone.

I understand.

I'll leave it up to you to deal with it over there.

Is it the media? How troublesome.

We're already at a stage

where the continual increase of Beasts is unavoidable.

We can't afford to lose HQ's trust anymore than we already have.

You don't mean, an enforcement method?

But they're all...

Normal humans? Who knows how many are really normal?

I always wanted an older sister.

Am I just a stranger to you?

Are you looking for anything in particular?

Oh, a broach that will match a violet dress?

Is it for yourself?

No, it's for my younger sister.

She's here.

The one who will get in my way.

Thank you very much.

This smell...

No mistake about it. He's here.

Didn't I say I'd send a ride to get you?

Asuka, why are you...

Take a good look around you.

Are you going to go hunt on your own in this crowd?

That's very careless of you.

I came to buy Kazumi a present.

Kazumi?

Oh, your pet.

Don't call her that!

It's admirable that you came to make preliminary inspections,

but my orders were...

Kazumi is human. And right now, so am I.

Is Kazumi over there by any chance?

I see. Thank you.

No, she hasn't come here.

Yes...

If she calls, I'll let you know.

Goodbye.

I did as you asked. Now, grant me a request too.

Go back to her. Miss Fudou needs you right now.

Family game?

I'm sorry for being a minute and a half late.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I hear there'll be fireworks on the beach at midnight.

I see. I hope I get to see them.

I won't let you get away!

What?!

If something should go wrong, I'll be counting on you.

I understand.

What's with that face? Let's go.

What do you mean, "If something should go wrong"?

Exactly like it sounds.

Are you saying I'll make another mistake?

Bates said that you are too psychologically weak.

Well?

Can you feel him?

He's there, above us.

He hides in the dark and attacks his victims with certainty.

Either this Beast is very calculating or just cowardly.

I think which it is makes a big difference.

Fighting in enemy territory is just too disadvantageous.

Let's launch our attack from another direction.

What a stench.

Look, there's someone over there.

What's this supposed to be about?

Ridiculous. How much more vulgar can you get?!

Asuka, run!

I couldn't see it.

Protective coloring.

Like a chameleon,

he has the ability to change the color of his body.

There?!

Watch out!

What are you doing?!

Hurry up and become your real self and counterattack!

I'm the real me now too!

Are you going to bring up stupid emotions again?

Become a Beast.

And then quickly finish off your prey!

I will shoot.

Two or three shots won't kill you anyway.

Fight.

If you want to obsess about being human,

go fight on your own before you get whipped into doing it.

Of your own will.

That's right. That is what you really are, Jun.

It's no use.

Jun's keen hearing will pick up the beating of your heart.

Jun, there's no need to rely on your eyes or ears.

You should be able to sense the enemy with your body!

That's right. Crush him in one blow.

My name is Tachibana.

I have worked for this department store for twenty-five years.

I had a warm family as well, even if it was ordinary.

The day my oldest daughter was accepted by her preferred school,

I was suddenly fired.

I was kicked out for something I never did.

I was chased around by magazine reporters and the like.

What in the world was going on?

I only wanted to live a normal life, just an ordinary life.

But it was all stolen away from me.

My work, my family, everything was instantly gone.

All I ever wanted was to live normally.

Was I just a tool?

My life, my way of life...

The person that I am has lived all this time,

only to be used by others.

Was I born to become a monster like this?

Let's go back to what you were.

What?

What are you doing?

I'm sure you can go back, to your old life, to your old self.

My old self...

Asuka, don't! He's...

No longer a human.

Giga Effect!

Jun, kill him! Kill him fast!

He should still be able to go back.

I'll kill you all!

Merry Christmas...

Do you understand what you've done?

He may still have been able to go back.

Those who are taken over by the Beast gene

can never go back to the way they were.

A miracle like that won't happen. Not even on Christmas Eve.

The ending of that movie...

What?

After you left, the heroine's lover became human again.

Miss Fudou...

Merry Christmas.

Thank you.

Kazumi...

I'm sorry for being so late.

I don't want to wreck this.

You're the one dearest to me and the one that keeps me human.

Raise your face after you have wiped away the tears

Accept the light of the rising sun

The sun that set in sadness will come with the dawn

It will surely be reborn into a new courage

It will surely be reborn into a new courage

Feel the headwind and walk straight ahead

I know you can do it

The power to change the fate of yesterday

Belongs to everyone

Yes, please believe it

Next Episode

Next Episode Something inside me is about to change.

Something inside me is about to change.

Visions that suddenly visit me.

A world ruled by blood and killing.

Is that what the Beast within me really wants?

But I still want to stay human.

Even if living as my cravings dictate

is a fate that I cannot escape.

Next time: Faces.

Faces

Please look forward to it.