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I'm skipping school for a while starting today.

Okay.

Here are the community notices.

The police are trying their hardest to find them.

I'm sure they'll be found, so be patient, okay?

MISSING: KIMIYOSHI KIICHIRO, FURUDE RIKA, HOJO SATOKO

You're not going to question me, huh?

You know, right? That on that night, I...

You mean sneaking into the ritual tool shrine?

I guess you know everything.

Mi-chan was really mad.

I don't think anyone punished you.

So, I'll punish you in place of everyone.

I'm... sorry.

What's this?

"I'm sharing quality soy sauce sent by my relatives in Akita.

Feel free to contact Sonozaki."

Rena, you knew?

I'm going to Mion's place. I'll apologize.

I want her to end all of this.

COTTON DRIFTING

CHAPTER FOUR: THE WISH

{OP}

{Episode}

I see...

Don't you feel relieved now that you've said it all?

This is Kumagai. Oishi-san, over.

Yes, hello, this is Oishi.

I heard earlier she notified the school that she'd be absent.

No activity in front of the Sonozaki house. Target is still inside.

Okay, please continue the surveillance.

Yes, sir.

Um...

Oops, did you hear that?

The chief hasn't given permission for a probe.

We've had no luck getting permission to question her or to search the house.

We can't attempt to do anything without a warrant.

Unless she's caught red-handed.

Oishi-san...

Could it be you're prodding Keiichi-kun

to go inside the Sonozaki house?

What?

And if anything happened,

you planned to use it as an excuse to enter.

Isn't that right?

Even if as a result, Keiichi-kun were to get attacked...

Well, well, now I know that we have a super-sleuth in the area.

You're shameless! Is this the way police do things?

R...Rena!

Oh, Oishi to Kuma-chan, over.

This forest...

No, the mountain is all part of their property?

SONOZAKI

Mion.

First, I have to apologize.

You? For what?

On Cotton Drifting Festival night, I went into the ritual tool shrine.

I knew I wasn't supposed to enter it.

But I treated it like a little exploration...

I didn't mean any harm.

I apologize! I'm sorry!

It's already been a few days since then.

It may be too late, but I apologize. I'm sorry.

If you feel you did a bad thing, then I think that's enough.

Mi-chan.

Keiichi-kun is seriously apologizing.

Shouldn't you seriously respond to him, too? Shouldn't you?

I am being serious.

Does it look like I'm not being serious?

It does.

Keiichi-kun, that's enough. Let's tell her everything.

It seems like that's what Mi-chan wants.

Mion, you called Rika-chan and Satoko over two days ago, didn't you?

Rika-chan should've come before dinnertime in the evening.

She came with a big bottle for some soy sauce.

And then... you hid her away.

It was actually supposed to end there.

For you.

What's that supposed to mean?

You didn't expect that Rika-chan

would tell Satoko-chan that she was going to your place, right?

The dinner Satoko-chan made for two was left untouched in the fridge,

so that tells us what you said to Satoko-chan when you called her over.

This...

Oh man. Oh man, I give up!

Jeez!

Was the village headman also your...?

Tomitake-san and Takano-san, too?

Pleased to meet you. Let me introduce myself.

I am the heir to the head of the Sonozaki family, Mion.

I intend to talk honestly and openly to the best of my ability.

Did you know that Hinamizawa was once called Onigafuchi Village?

The ancestors from Onigafuchi Village

were descendants with demon blood and proud sages.

But the villagers near the base called us "demons," despised us,

and threw rocks at us.

To fight such unjust people, the people of Hinamizawa

formed a faction to stand against them.

Kei-chan, when ruffians attacked you in town,

do you recall being rescued by many people?

For Hinamizawa to be a holy existence again,

revered like Onigafuchi Village...

That is the dearest wish of the village's descendants

and the fate of the Sonozaki family, heirs to the demon.

Heirs to the demon?

For each generation in the Sonozaki family,

it's customary to add "demon" to the family head's name.

The "mi" in Mion has the character for "demon."

It is not just the name.

There is also a "demon" engraved on my body.

It's okay, Mi-chan.

There's no need at all to show it.

Thank you.

About the serial deaths these five years...

I was directly involved in some

and indirectly involved in others.

The other three families did some, not just the Sonozaki family,

but I believe I was in the center of them all.

But you killed Rika-chan and Satoko-chan, right?

I won't make excuses.

The demon dwells in my name, in my body,

and in my heart.

But you spared just one person of your own will.

Well, I wonder why I didn't kill that person?

As a demon, I have no idea.

Perhaps Mion had reasons for not wanting to kill?

What does that mean?

Oishi is outside, right?

Yeah... probably.

Is there a way out?

I don't think so...

Turn yourself in. We'll go with you.

We'd never leave our best friend alone.

I guess I can't win against Rena.

Before that,

I'd like you to leave me and Kei-chan alone for 30 minutes.

May I hold your arm?

I don't mind.

It seems Shion also liked you.

R...Really?

Shion is still alive.

Really?

Come with me.

I want you to see all of my crimes.

Though all this has already happened and ended for a fact...

No matter what I see,

to me, Sonozaki Mion is the greatest best friend.

That won't change

for the rest of my life.

Why do you and Rena become so cool at times like these?

Now's the time to turn back.

I'll keep saying it. Sonozaki Mion is my greatest friend.

I think I know why Mion liked you now.

Farm tools in a place like this...

Mion.

You looked inside the ritual tool shrine, right?

Those torture tools

were all made to enforce Onigafuchi Village's harsh precepts.

Those who broke the precepts were cruelly killed as a lesson.

Cruel tools indeed.

That was long ago, right?

My family created it for the cotton drifting ritual, even in present day.

A secret place.

These are observation seats.

I killed them all here.

I performed the cotton drifting well in front of them.

Where's Shion?

The prison over there.

Where are Satoko and Rika-chan?

I didn't want maggots to come, so I threw them in a well.

Sorry.

Shion!

Kei-chan?

Shion!

Kei...chan? Kei-chan!

Kei-chan!

Kei-chan...

Thank goodness you're okay.

No!

I can't take this anymore! No!

If you hate me, kill me!

Hurry up and kill me!

Calm down, Shion!

It's over!

If you really want to die that much,

after I kill this guy, I'll slowly make you into mincemeat.

No!

Can you hear, Shion? It's about to begin!

Enjoy Kei-chan's screams to the fullest!

You're finally awake?

Who are you?

Huh? Sonozaki Mion.

You can't possibly be Mion.

Really? Then who am I supposed to be?

You're a demon.

Kei-chan, I'll tell you only one thing.

The demon had dwelled in me for quite a while.

One thing triggered its awakening.

You're the main reason why everything got screwed up.

If you'd only given the doll you got to Mion that time,

everything may not have fallen apart.

If you hadn't made Mion cry, I wouldn't have woken up.

This torture is really simple.

I'll hammer fifteen nails into your right and left hands' joints.

Why is this?

I'm hesitating.

If that'll calm Mion's demon, do it until you're satisfied.

Are you sure?

But in exchange, promise me two things.

Please forgive Shion.

Even now, you're more worried about Shion than yourself?

The other is to please give that body back to Mion.

That's it.

You're not even thinking about begging for your life?

Then the third one is not to kill me.

You said two initially.

So no more.

That's too bad.

I probably won't keep the promises since I'm a demon.

But I don't mind granting just your third wish.

To save Shion... That's impossible now.

Since the demon will kill Shion, that can't be stopped.

Give it up.

To give this body back to Mion... That's also impossible now.

Can you hear that sound?

Since you weren't coming back, Rena probably called Oishi.

I'm sorry for desecrating Mion.

No matter what happens, the Mion within me won't change.

But forget about it.

Even if you see me after today, don't come near me.

It'll just be the demon that possessed my corpse.

Hey, two stretchers!

We've rescued Maebara Keiichi and Sonozaki Shion.

Keiichi-kun! Keiichi-kun!

Mion hasn't been caught yet.

The bodies of the victims also haven't been found yet.

Kumagai-san!

HINAMIZAWA VILLAGE MURDER

What a horrible crime. The culprit was...

I see... You're moving away.

It's going to be lonely. I'm the only one left.

Is it okay to be wandering around here?

I wanted to talk to you one last time.

I can't stay here anymore.

Hey, are you okay?

I've tried hard until today,

but I can't anymore.

Hey.

Are you okay? Don't overdo...

I did it in time!

I did it! Did it all!

I killed everyone I wanted to kill!

Poor Shion-san.

It must've been instant death at this height.

Homicide and suicide are both possibilities.

Right.

It can't be an accident.

Mion hasn't been found yet?

Oh, right. I came here to update you on that.

She was actually found.

Ow...

That's not all.

The well was also found.

As you said, we found the bodies

of all the missing people at the bottom of the well.

By the way, Maebara-san.

Did you really get stabbed by Sonozaki Mion?

Yes.

Oishi-san, this is a nonsmoking area.

Actually, Sonozaki Mion was also found at the bottom of the well.

What?

In fact, it appears that she died the day we swarmed the place.

Th...Then, who attacked me and Shion?

Do you remember Takano Miyo-san's death?

Yes, I heard she burned to death.

The autopsy results said her body was found 24 hours after death.

So when you all snuck into the ritual tool shrine on festival night,

Takano-san was already dead.

This case has got too many damn corpses walking around.

At that time, I granted you one wish...

But not anymore.

{ED}

{Preview}

NEXT EPISODE

What I'm forgetting is your warmth.

The repetition of the sound of sad footsteps.

The memory fragment that lures one to the door.

When They Cry.

"Curse Killing Chapter One: The Older Brother."

Can you believe it?