Original subtitles

21 June 1999

Izu, Oshima

"I have been stricken down by an illness."

"By the time you read this letter,

I will be no longer be a part of this world."

"I was unable to stop the inpending evil that will soon appear."

"Mai, you should understand what I'm about to say."

"Someone has broken the seal."

"The dead are trying to come back into this world."

"Sadako is going to use our bodies."

Sadako.

Tokyo

Stay away...

Stay away...

Stay away!

Takanori.

Takanori.

Takanori!

KISHITANI Goro

YOSHIMOTO Takami

TANABE Seiichi

YADA Akiko

NOMURA Yuka

JUNNA Risa

NAITO Takashi

English Subtitle By NIPPON GOLDEN NETWORK

Transcribed by Yggdrasil

RASEN

Episode 1

28 June

Good morning!

Morning, Mr Ando.

Morning.

Isn't that "GOOD" morning?

Good morning.

You should come to the science club once in a while.

We're working on an interesting experiment for the cultral festival.

Experiment?

You'll be surprised.

Don't forget.

Hey!

Are you listening?

Ready?

Yes!

It's coming!

This one.

Wrong again.

I bought you something.

- Thank you very much! - Thank you very much!

It's warm.

These are just leftovers from the teachers' lounge!

You don't have to drink it if you're going to grumble.

What are you girls up to?

An experiment on thought waves.

Thought waves?

In other words, the electromagnectic waves that are emitted from our brains.

It's something a secret organisation in Russia was studying in the past.

We're going to present it at the cultral festival

Telepathy exists!

This is the science club, isn't it?

We know, but...

Studying ESP is science.

Are these science too?

The science clubs in the past used to win awards

in the newspaper competition with the

cultural festival presentations.

That was during Aihara's time, wasn't it?

We're not that smart.

Right!

Aihara's with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police crime lab now.

Crime lab?

The criminal Investigation Laboratory.

Just make sure you don't put me to shame.

Don't worry.

If we ever learn ESP,

we'll use that power to get you a promotion.

I won't hold my breath.

"Forensics Research Institute"

What are you doing Aihara?

Something's been bothering me.

That man, Kido, who was found dead a week

ago at the Green Tower Building.

Did he really die of a heart attack?

The security guard said he heard him scream.

Are you playing detective?

Did you forget where you are?

This is the criminal investigation laboratory.

We match fingerprints and run tests on the articles left behind.

That's how we support the investigators at the scene of the crime.

Are you going to solve the case?

This isn't a playground for students.

Excuse me Sir.

There are things in the world that can't be explained by science.

Have you heard of the haunted video?

Haunted video?

According to Hiromi, if you watch this tape,

you'll die in thirteen days.

There was someone at the Fuji Girls' Academy

who watched that tape and died.

If there was such a video,

there would be big commotion over it by now.

It looks like they just died of a heart attack.

That's why none of it made the news.

It's true!

Show it to me when you get a hold of it then.

You're sure?

You'll really watch it?

If it exists.

Sir.

There's a rumour that a ghost appears in this building.

First it's a curse, now it's a ghost?

It's true!

There was a murder in a house

that was there before this building was built.

The murderer was sentenced to death.

But even now, the murderer's evil spirit

comes out to haunt the building at night.

Just recently, one of the employees died

there in the middle of the night.

You sound like you were there.

My sister told me.

She works in that building.

Misaki? I haven't seen her for a while.

How is she?

Fine.

She still talks about you.

What did she say?

When she's with you, she feels safe.

You're so carefree.

You don't seem to have any problems.

Idiot!

Adults have their own problems.

Then tell me what they are. I'll be glad to help.

No thank you.

See you later Sir!

Dear.

American cherries.

Thank you.

You look much better today.

The doctor says I'm much better.

I'll be able to go home soon.

Where's Takanori?

Is he behaving himself?

Sure.

Don't get upset if he throws a tantrum.

He's probably just lonely since I'm gone.

Tell him I'm doing my best to come home soon.

I will.

My wife thinks that our son is alive.

How long do I have to keep this up?

It's still too dangerous to tell her the truth.

There's still a possibility that she'll

have another nervous breakdown.

TAKANORI!!

Miwako!

It's your fault!

Give him back. Give him back to me!

Will we...

...be be able to start our lives over again?

Don't be impatient.

You do understand, don't you?

Hey Takamura!

Yes?

What about that special programme for July 1st?

A lot of stations have done stories on

Nostradamus already.

I'm going to take an entirely differant angle.

What angle?

This Kawai Toru has made millions in royalties

just from his research on Nostradamus.

Isn't it about time we found out who this

King of Terror really is?

And there's no way that he can explain it, is there?

And I'll have some sharp tongued guests.

So, you're planning to harass Kawai, are you?

I'll see him get dirt rubbed into his face.

Cheers!

Is the King of Terror really coming?

Of course.

Will July be the end of the human race?

Where was Nostradamus from?

He's French.

Would you like to go there with me?

Did you hear about what happened abroad?

The founder of a new religion who predicted the

end of the world, was beaten senseless by his

followers when the world didn't come to an end.

What are you saying?

Mr Kawai isn't a phony, right?

Of course not.

Is anybody here?

June 29

Late last night on the 13th floor of this building,

six employees of the Matsudate Corporation were found dead.

The cause of death is stil unknown.

Only one female employee was found

still alive at the scene.

This is the building.

The police are looking into it as either an accident or murder.

Nishijima!

Sir!

Where's Misaki?

She's in the room over there,

but the police won't let me see her.

Is Nishijima Misaki all right?

Why won't you let us see her?

I was her teacher in high school.

We still have some questions for her.

Don't tell me you suspect Misaki!

What are you hiding?

What happened in that building anyway?

Please, tell me.

We can't discuss this with outsiders.

This building is haunted after all.

That story about the murderer's evil spirit was true.

It wasn't my sister's fault, was it?

Save her, please!

Please save my sister.

Don't worry.

Misaki will be home soon.

Hello.

May I speak to Ms. Aihara in Criminal Investigations?

Sorry to keep you waiting. This is Aihara.

Mr Ando!

I have a favour to ask you.

It's about Nishijima Misaki.

Sir!

Mr Ando!

I'm Aihara.

The scrawny kid with short cropped hair?

Sorry, I didn't recognise you. You look so grown up.

What did you expect! It's been 8 years since I graduated.

Let's talk over here.

Okay.

Please.

Sorry to put you to so much trouble.

Not at all.

Misaki was my classmate.

Is Misaki a suspect?

Yes.

She's the only survivor.

And it seems she doesn't remember

anything about what happened that night.

All the circumstances make it hard not to suspect her.

But, it would be strange if she did it.

The results of the autopsy came back.

None of them had any visible injuries.

The cause of death for all of them was a heart attack.

A heart attack?

Yes.

All six of them, at one time?

That's right.

They all died at the same time.

That's not the only thing.

A week ago, an employee was found dead in that office.

The cause of death was also a heart attack.

They put it down as a death caused by overwork,

so it wasn't investigated.

Heart attack...?

There's a rumour that there's a ghost in that building...

Have you heard of the haunted video?

It looks like they just died of a heart attck...

The video...

What?

One of my students told me if you watch this certain video,

you'll die of a heart attack thirteen days after you watch it.

A student at the Fuji Girls Academy died after watching it.

Sir...

That's just a groudless rumour.

You're right.

June 30

Is this Kawai Toru?

It is.

It's almost the 7th month of 1999,

the time you've feared most is almost here.

You know the identity of the King of Terror.

What are you talking about?

I know the true meaning of Nostradamus' predictions.

The King of Terror will decend upon us soon.

Who is this?

I don't have time for your jokes!

Never mind.

Just listen to what I have to say.

Fuji Girls' Academy.

The cause of the heart attacks is unknown?

"Don't interfere."

Are you the one who cut into my computer?

One of my classmates is involved in

the case at the Green Tower Building.

Please let me investigate.

To show the beauty of friendship?

That's not it.

Look at this.

It's a case from 6 months ago where a man and

a woman both died of heart attacks at about the same time.

Do you think it has something to do with this case?

Did you really want to come here?

What you really wanted was to stay and do

research at your university, but you couldn't.

So you settled for coming to work here.

You don't want to admit defeat.

You have an interest in criminal cases.

That's why you're needed.

You want to believe that, so you try to

hang on to the bare meaning of your existence.

School of Medicine, Forensic School. Associate Professor Kyodo Yasuda

Excuse me.

Hello.

Dr. Oda?

Yes?

Hi.

I came to get the autopsy results.

You're just in time. I just made some coffee.

Please, don't go to any trouble.

Don't worry about it.

Get me a coffee mug.

Sure.

Thank you.

It must be boring being just an errand girl.

No.

You don't have to lie.

Mr Rikuta is pretty eccentric, isn't he?

Yes.

He's always scolding me.

He may not look it, but he's a great scholar.

Erm, Dr Oda?

You were part of the team that did the

autopsies on the Green Tower Building case, weren't you?

I have to admit that it's strange that six people

could all have heart attacks at the same time.

Really? Do you think they were just heart attacks?

We just couldn't find any other cause of death.

But there's one thing that bothered me.

They all had a skin inflammation that resembled herpes.

It's not that unusual and it had nothing to do

with the cause of death, but...

Misaki!

They still haven't cleared all their

suspicions reguarding Misaki yet.

Unless they can find out what happened in that building.

Mr Ando.

Natsumi.

I'm sorry to worry you.

I hate to say this,

but unless they find out exactly what happened,

the police will continue to suspect you.

I want you to try to remember what happened,

no matter how small it is.

This is the layout of the office.

Here's where the bodies were found.

The strange thing is that their bodies

were scattered in all different directions.

As if they were running away from something.

The only thing I can come up with

is that something happened over here.

If they were all trying to get away from here,

then that would explain the location of the bodies.

Who was sitting here?

No one uses this desk.

The "S" keys on the keyboard are broken.

Do you know where you were last?

Misaki?

Sis?

Don't push yourself. Let's take a break.

Are you all right?

Do you remember something?

There was someone else there.

What?

Someone I don't know was there.

I'm sure he grabbed my shoulder.

Do you remember what he looked like?

What do you think about what Misaki said?

I'm going to check what she was wearing that day.

If what she said was true, then there should be fingerprints

of someone who wasn't an employee, on her shoulders.

Are you saying that Misaki might be lying?

You're her classmate, aren't you?

It doesn't really matter who she is.

All I want to know is the truth.

I'm sorry.

You're right.

But I...

want to believe her.

Aihara...

Will you help me?

I don't know what I can do,

but I want to help them.

It's just like you.

It's been years since we graduated,

but you still think of us as kids.

That's right!

The video tape.

The police have the video tape

from the surveillance camera in that building.

We might be able to verify what Misaki said.

Go on in.

If you'll excuse me.

This is a nice place.

What are you talking about?

This is all a teacher can afford on such a meager salary.

Where's your wife?

She went home to her family with our son.

Did you have a fight?

No, we didn't.

He's so cute.

Where's the tape Aihara?

Oh right.

This is the approximate time of death.

"Forensics Research Institute"

July 1

I want you to check this for

fingerprints around the shoulder area.

I don't know what you're up to,

but if you don't watch out you're going to be

in real big trouble with Mr Rikuta.

Just do it.

I'll buy you dinner.

This really makes me mad.

Tell me about it.

What is this?

This is a homepage with stories and pictures of murders.

People are just writing stuff out of curiosity.

Terrible isn't it?

But every so often, the real murderer

is mixed in there with everyone else.

Right, right.

Excuse me.

Hello, this is Mr Ando.

I found something strange.

Can you come over here?

Here. Look at this.

There's a homepage on the internet about murder cases.

There's someone on there who says he killed

the six people at the Green Tower Building.

Here it is.

Arita?

It's just a login name.

The Green Tower Building was fun.

I stopped the hearts pumps six people.

It means he caused the heart attacks.

It's probably just a joke.

That's what I thought until I saw this.

"I left one female alive."

"I scared her when I grapped her shoulder."

That verifies what Misaki said.

And no one, besides us, knows about this.

It's not a joke.

He knows something.

In 1503, the world's greatest prophet

was born is France.

His name was Michel de Nostradame.

Also known as Nostradamus.

These are the famous four lines that predicted

the destruction of the human race.

And now that the 7th month of the year 1999 is here.

Be sure you catch the confused expression on his face later.

It's almost time for him to log in.

He always logs on at 22.30 every night.

The time of that incident in that building.

What's wrong?

There's something odd about this sentence.

What is it?

It's not just bad writing.

He's online. It's "Arita."

"Arita - I came again. Excitement time. Six people die

and reappear in my mind. Feels great thinking about it.

Where is he now?

Can't you find out?

It's impossible.

The circuit is routed through a number of terminals.

He's right there in front of our eyes.

That's it.

Aihara, can we get into that building?

The lab probably has a ID card key.

Let's go.

Wait a minute!

This isn't just bad writing.

It's written by someone who's really smart.

What do you mean?

Look at this.

Why did he use "itai" [body] instead of "shitai" [dead body]?

Why did he say, "mune no pump" [heart pump]

instead of just "shinzo" [heart]?

In all of his sentances,

he never uses any words...

with "s" in them.

Do you remember what Misaki said?

The "S" keys on the keyboard are broken.

He can't use the "s" key, so none of his words contain "s" in them.

He's typing this from that office.

He's about to sign off.

Can't you stop him?

I'll try.

In Nostradamus' predictions, he uses a

technique that we call "multiple out".

In other words, he uses expressions that can

be taken in different ways, and he strings

those together. And later on, you can force

an interpretation of the facts to fit the prediction.

It's a trick that a lot of phoney prophets use.

This is ridiculous!

We know this is just a trick.

The king of Terror will be here soon.

He will descend from the sky tonight at 11.

It's this way.

What about Arita?

He's still logged on.

Mr Ando.

Look at this.

"Someone is coming."

"Hurry. Come to me."

Do you think he's hiding somewhere?

Mr Ando!

"I'm not here anymore."

I'll check it out.

Wait here.

Hello?

Oh it's you, Asano.

Don't give me that.

That fingerprint you wanted me to check for you...

That must be some mistake.

Why?

It can't possibly be that person's fingerprint.

I did find a fingerprint from the file of past

criminals that matched the print you gave me.

It was a criminal who murdered eight people 10 years ago.

His name is...

Arita Gozo.

Arita!

I couldn't find it right away because it was

put into a separate file.

Arita received the death penalty,

and he was executed 3 years ago.

What?

He died a long time ago.

Hello?

Hello!

Mr Ando?

Mr Ando, is that you?

"RING file"

To be continued...

Theme song: "Dare ga Tame ni Kane wa Naru"

Sung by: Rough Laugh

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