[Gin breathing heavily]
[♪ somber music playing]
[Gin] What's with these people?
Stop it.
Stop it!
-[groans] -[body thuds]
The old hag has gone completely crazy.
[villager 1] The laughing sickness is awful.
Yeah.
-[groans] -[body thuds]
Anyway, is it about time to kill her?
-[squelches] -[Gin groans]
[shrieks]
This plan has no leader or boss.
This is the consensus of the residents of Kuge Village.
If any one of us snitches,
we'll all be judged by the laws of the outside.
-In a way, we're all comrades… -[squelching]
…and all hostages.
What about Sabu and the others?
Don't worry. We're keeping an eye on them.
Sabu and Jin are too close to the Goto family.
They're not our people.
Well said.
We haven't told the priest, Masamune, about this either.
We're not going to obey anyone's orders anymore.
-[screams] -[squelches]
Takeru, it's your turn.
Right.
[squelches]
[villager 2] We've finished placing the bait.
The bears will catch the smell soon enough.
[elder] Now, we are all accomplices.
What is it?
Should we really be doing this kind of thing?
You're worried about that now?
Let's go.
[That Man growling softly]
[♪ somber pensive music playing]
Shirogane.
[That Man grunting]
[sniffing]
-[squelches] -[Gin groans]
[That Man munching]
Do I taste good?
Is it good?
Eat.
Do you like it?
Mom.
Live.
You must live.
[That Man screaming]
[That Man grunting]
Oh, how incredible!
You have overcome the disease
and become a true god.
[Masamune] And now you conduct your own last rites.
Well done, Shirogane.
[♪ somber music playing]
[family members sobbing]
[Iwao] Huh?
This is our god?
[laughs]
There's no way this thing is a god.
It's just some old geezer who happened to survive this long!
[♪ tense music playing]
How long are you going to stay brainwashed by the old hag?
[yells] There is no god!
Look.
There's nothing in this world…
but flesh and blood.
I knew it!
He is the embodiment of the Kashihabe.
What are you looking at?
Come on, eat. Huh?
We Gotos bury our dead by eating them, right?
-[family member 1] Stop. Stop! Okay? -Here. Here, eat.
[family member 2 screaming]
[Keisuke] Officer! Officer, don't!
Stop. Stop it!
Take your daughter and run.
In this situation?
You finally got her back, right?
Hey! Go already. Go!
[family members clamoring]
-[Keisuke] Iwao! Iwao! -[Iwao screams]
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
Stop! Stay away! Stay away!
[gunshot]
-Iwao, stop it! -[Iwao groans]
Keisuke.
This must be some mistake, right?
I…
I lived only to protect you, didn't I?
I…
I have always…
This isn't what you promised.
I don't want to shoot you either.
[yells] But you did shoot!
[Daigo panting]
[engine starts]
[whistling]
[banging on door]
[family member 1] What a racket. Who's there?
-[door opens] -[family members yelling]
[family member 2 whimpering]
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
-[Ryuji] No freaking way. -[family member 3 groaning]
[indistinct clamoring]
-[squelches] -[family member 1 screaming]
[villager] We're in!
-[villagers shouting, grunting] -[family member 2 groaning]
[family member 3 screaming]
It hurts, Keisuke.
I've always been your personal soldier.
I only cared about you.
-[thwacks] -[young Keisuke grunts]
[young Iwao] Keisuke. What are you doing?
Keisuke, stop.
-Stop it. Shut up! -Keisuke, stop this.
[Iwao] Not because Grandma Gin told me to.
Protecting you was the only part of me…
[Iwao groaning]
Iwao?
The part of me…
[♪ tense music rising]
[♪ music fades]
[yells]
[both grunting]
-[growls] -[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[all grunting]
[Iwao growls]
[growls]
[line ringing]
Yuki Calling
[line connects]
Hello, Yuki? Is that you?
Are you okay, Yuki?
[voice over phone] Is this Mr. Agawa?
Huh?
It's Sendo.
I'm with Yuki at the Kibi Medical Center.
Sendo, is Yuki all right?
She's stabilized slightly now.
But we can't say anything for sure in this state.
[breathes heavily]
I see.
[Sendo] Um…
I'm still not up to speed on the situation.
Is Mashiro okay?
She's here.
She's safe.
[Sendo] What a relief.
Mr. Agawa.
In that case, you should come to the hospital quickly.
Together with Mashiro.
[Sendo] Please be at Yuki's side.
[Daigo] Okay, I'll head there right away.
Mashiro.
Let's go see Mom, okay?
[tires screech]
[Daigo] Are you okay?
Officer, have you seen Tomoki? Did Tomoki pass by here?
Please, calm down a little.
What happened?
The villagers have gone to the Goto residence…
I think Tomoki followed his dad…
The Goto residence?
His dad brought a can of gasoline and went with the villagers,
saying they were going to wipe out the Goto family.
But if Tomoki goes to such a dangerous place…
Officer, please help my child!
It's true! Please, believe me!
[♪ pensive music playing]
[distant explosion]
[Daigo] No way…
Why would they…
We've lived our lives bound to this village,
unable to stand up to the Goto family.
But… everyone has finally had enough of it.
[car door opens]
[sobs, breathes shakily]
Mashiro.
What do we do?
What's the right thing to do?
Are you worried about Tomoki?
Go to where Mom is and wait there.
I'll put an end to all of this.
Please, take Mashiro to the police.
Please.
Understood.
[monitor beeping rapidly]
[nurse] Mrs. Agawa.
Mrs. Agawa. Mrs. Agawa.
Doctor, it's an emergency.
[doctor] Mrs. Agawa. Mrs. Agawa, can you hear me? Mrs. Agawa.
Starting CPR.
Mrs. Agawa, can you hear me? Mrs. Agawa.
-Prepare… -[nurse] Okay.
[doctor] Clear.
-[nurse] Still no pulse. -[doctor] Again.
[nurse] Okay.
-[indistinct chatter] -Okay.
It's ready.
-[doctor speaking indistinctly] -[nurse] Okay. Still no pulse.
[sighs]
[Iwao growls]
[Iwao growling]
-[family members whimpering] -[family member 1 screaming]
-[growls] -[screams]
[family member 2 screaming in fear]
[family members whimpering]
Stay away!
[growls]
[Keisuke] Hey, pull yourself together, Iwao.
Iwao! Calm down!
-[grunting] -[Iwao growls]
[officer 1 over radio] We are entering Kuge Village from the east. Over.
[officer 2] This is Okayama HQ. Copy that.
Okayama HQ to Hiruzen. What is your current position? Over.
[officer 3] This is Hiruzen.
Passing through the Morobe mountains and entering Kuge Village airspace. Over.
[officer 2] This is Okayama HQ. Copy that.
[helicopter whirring]
[officer 3] Urgent. This is Hiruzen to Okayama HQ.
[officer 2] Urgent. This is Okayama HQ. Go ahead, Hiruzen.
[officer 3] Large fire confirmed in Kuge Village.
High risk of spreading.
Requesting firefighters immediately. Over.
[officer 2] Copy that. Firefighters have been notified.
Urgent. Go ahead, Kibitsu.
[officer 4] Multiple residents confirmed near the site of the fire.
Requesting additional rescue team.
This village…
is cursed.
[officer 5] …intense fire has been reported.
Multiple casualties confirmed near Goto household.
[Tomoki] Dad.
[family members screaming]
[indistinct clamoring]
[family member 1] Open this door! Now!
Open the door!
[family members] Open it!
-Open it! -[family member 2] Open the door!
Close it!
[muffled screaming, clamoring]
Scum.
Why? Why are you doing this?
Why?
[family member 3] Open!
Open it!
Everyone! This way!
[gunshot]
[Takeru] Breathe out. Uttanasana.
[gunshot]
-[family member 4] Wait! -[Takeru] Pile up the spines, one by one.
Release your Prana.
[gunshot]
Big sis. Big sis. Big sis. Can you hear me?
Big sis! Listen to me! Big sis!
[kid] Big sis, can't you hear me?
We're not gonna let you guys take us down!
[Ryuji shouting]
[gun clicking]
Huh? What?
[Ryuji] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Huh?
[gunshot]
[body clattering]
[Takeru] We'll kill you all.
It won't end until we've wiped you out.
Is that you, Takeru?
What the hell are you wearing?
Looks good, right?
I figured it would be memorable.
Huh?
You know, my daughter…
is in first year of junior high school in the afterlife.
[Ryuji] What are you talking about?
The daughter you bastards ate!
Takeru. I'm s-sorry.
I'm not doing this because I want to…
[gunshot]
[groaning]
[deep exhale]
When you see her, give her a message.
I…
was shining so beautifully.
[Tomoki's dad] Let's go.
-Let's go! -[Tomoki] Stop it!
-Tomoki? Tomoki? Tomoki, is it you? -Stop. Don't kill them.
What are you doing here?
Go! Go home!
Come on, go home. I said go home!
[Tomoki] Stop it! Eiji is my friend!
-Stop it. Stop it. Stop it! -[Tomoki's dad] Do you hear me? Go home!
-Go home! Go home! -[Tomoki] Stop it. Stop it!
[tires screech]
[Iwao growling]
[♪ tense music playing]
Iwao.
[growls]
[coughing]
[thwacks]
[chokes]
[panting]
[in hoarse voice] Keisuke.
Keisuke.
-[growls] -[family member grunts]
[family member screams]
Keisuke…
[Iwao growling]
-[♪ music intensifies] -[growls]
-[villager screaming] -[gunshot]
[family member 1] Screw you!
[family member 2] Die, bastard!
[elder] Sumire, hold your breath for a bit.
[indistinct chatter]
Hey, this way.
-[rapid gunshots] -[villagers screaming]
[villagers coughing]
[elder] Watch your step.
[Sumire breathing heavily]
[gunshots]
-[Kuni] Die! [laughing] -[Sumire screams]
-[Tomoki's dad] Go home! I said go home! -[Tomoki] Eiji is my friend!
You can't watch this.
-Go home, Tomoki. -[Tomoki] No!
-Go home! -[Tomoki] Stop it!
[Tomoki's dad] Go home!
-[Tomoki crying] Stop it! -[Tomoki's dad] Go home!
Tomoki, come here.
Come here. Come here.
[Tomoki's dad breathes heavily]
[♪ sorrowful music playing]
[inaudible laughter]
[inaudible]
[Takeru] Ojas…
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[♪ dramatic music continues]
[Tomoki's dad] Don't interfere!
[Kuni yells]
[Takeru groans]
[Daigo] Freeze!
[♪ music fades]
You look so cool, Officer.
Huh?
[Takeru] If the government takes control of us,
how do they differ from the Goto family?
Kuge Village will just be under someone else's control.
You guys can't do it.
You can't break this cycle.
You don't know that.
[♪ pensive music playing]
That's why…
we just have to keep thinking.
[Eiji sobbing, crying]
Why couldn't you have faith in the next generation?
Those kids…
they're just living their lives.
[Daigo] They don't care about Kuge Village or the Goto family.
[Eiji crying]
Don't tie them down with new hatred.
[sobs]
[Iwao growls]
[Keisuke groaning]
[choking]
What's that face for, Iwao?
It's enough. You can stop.
Keisuke.
[grunts, breathes shakily]
[♪ soft somber music playing]
[Masamune shouts excitedly]
[Masamune] At last!
The Kashihabe is dead!
Wonderful!
G-Gin.
Gin.
Gin…
[groans]
My life was great!
Shut up already, old man.
We have to clean up the mess your generation left behind.
What are you mad about?
Gin?
Gin.
Oh, don't be angry. Okay? G-Gin.
Oh.
Gin.
I'll always be w-with you from now on. Hmm?
Oh, not this one.
Gin?
[laughs]
Gin.
Come on, laugh, Gin!
[laughs] Laugh…
[groans]
Look at me.
Kuge Village is going to need your help.
Please.
Keisuke.
[ropes swishing]
This is the police!
Don't move!
-[family member shouts] -Don't resist!
-[officer] Freeze! -We'll all surrender.
We must show our children how we live with our sins.
[lieutenant] Iwazaki's squad has found
the head of the Goto family and his accomplices.
Location 0.7 miles north-northwest of Kurunokami Shrine.
This is for the best.
This is…
[♪ soft somber music continues]
Okayama Prefectural Police
[superior] I've got to say…
that Sergeant Agawa is one hell of a guy.
He actually pulled this off all by himself?
[chuckles]
Yes.
The last kind of person the police organization needs.
It's been about 17 years.
You remembered.
Yeah. Yeah.
[officer 1] Is that true?
-Yes. -[both chuckle]
[♪ gentle music playing]
[Sumire] Keisuke!
-[officer 2] Wait a second. -[officer 3] Hey, you. Wait a second.
Wait!
[Keisuke grunts]
[sighs]
[Sumire sobbing]
[Sumire wailing]
-[elevator dings] -[automated voice] Fifth floor.
[Daigo] Sendo.
[Sendo] Mr. Agawa.
-[Daigo] Where's Yuki? -This way.
[knocking on door]
[Sendo] She has a visitor.
[nurse] A family member? Go ahead.
Yuki.
[Yuki] Daigo.
Mashiro, I'm sorry.
[Yuki sighs in relief] You took your time.
I'm sorry, Yuki.
[relieved, deep sigh]
I'm so glad you're alive.
[Yuki chuckles softly, sighs]
[Yuki] I want to eat some melon.
Daigo, go buy a melon.
[Daigo] A melon?
Impossible. I can't move anymore.
[Yuki chuckles softly] Mashiro, you want to eat melon too, right?
See, Mashiro wants some too.
[Daigo] I said I can't move.
[Yuki chuckles]
[Yuki] Oh? Daigo?
[Sendo] Mr. Agawa?
[Yuki] Daigo?
[Sendo] Mr. Agawa?
Excuse me! A man just passed out!
-[nurse 1] What? Okay. -[Sendo] Hurry!
-[Yuki] Daigo! -[Sendo] Over here.
-[nurse 2] What happened? What happened? -[Sendo] Quickly.
-[nurse 3] Are you okay? -[Sendo] Mr. Agawa?
-Can you hear me? -[Sendo] Mr. Agawa.
[nurse 2] Yeah, wrap it on.
-[nurse 3] Excuse me. -[Sendo] Mr. Agawa?
-[Yuki] Daigo! -I'm going to squeeze your arm a little.
[nurse 2] Hang on a moment.
[snoring]
He's just sleeping.
-[Yuki] What? -[nurse 2 chuckles] Was he tired?
-[nurse 3] I'll take this off. -[nurse 2] Yeah, he's okay.
-[Sendo] He's just sleeping? -[nurse 3] Yeah.
-Do we put him in a bed? [laughs] -[Sendo] Is he okay?
[TV presenter 1] Police suspect that most of the villagers
were complicit in the murder of Gin Goto
and are continuing their investigation.
Yes, the whole village was in on it.
They were also sacrificing unregistered children
to a person they referred to as That Man. [tuts]
This is an unprecedented, horrific incident.
Today on Tell Me, Armadillo,
we'll take a closer look at the Goto family…
-[vlogger 1] I'm in that village now. -[viewer 1] Hey, have you heard of this?
…as well as the village's history.
-[viewer 2] Oh, the village from the TV. -[vlogger 2] I am in Kuge Village.
-[vlogger 1 squeals] -[viewer 1] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Today, we're going to interview the residents of Kuge Village.
-Yes. -Oh, wow.
-This is freaky. Wait, wait… -Hey, wait a second.
-[vlogger 1] This is too scary. -What? Oh, snap. Damn.
-[vlogger 2] Look. It says "human meat." -[vlogger 1] "Human meat." [screams]
-It's for real. It's for real. -This is crazy. What the hell?
[vlogger 2] Seriously, what happened here?
[vlogger 1] Ugh, that's so scary.
-[vlogger 2] Wow, what is this? -[vlogger 1] It's like a horror movie.
-[villager] People keep coming here. -We just came to hear your story.
-[kid] That Man is coming! -Are you okay, ma'am?
[villager] You came from Tokyo? Then go back to Tokyo.
[kids shouting, clamoring]
[beggar grunting, shouting]
[kid 1] Cannibal!
-[kid 2] He's here! -[kid 3] That Man is here!
-Run away! -[kid 1] It's the cannibal!
[TV presenter 2] Joining us now is the journalist Manabu Utada,
who is an expert
on the strange, unknown customs of Kuge Village and the Goto family.
We're glad to have you here.
Thank you.
[TV presenter 2] Mr. Utada, have you met
-the prime suspect, Keisuke Goto? -[doorbell rings]
-No, I haven't met him, but I've heard… -[Ai] Coming.
-That's the exact amount. Thank you. -Thank you.
[Utada] …and played a vital role in uniting the clan.
-[Ai] Kyosuke. -[Utada] It was he who instructed…
the surviving men of the Goto family to surrender.
[Ai] Let's have some pizza.
[Utada] Their testimony is gradually shedding light
-on the truth behind the incident. -[Kyosuke] Okay.
[TV presenter 2] Why has Keisuke Goto been so willing
to cooperate with the investigation?
[Utada] I think he is trying
to shoulder the blame for the Goto family's crimes
-and receive proper punishment. -[liquid sloshing]
Here.
Thanks.
Let's eat.
We're all wondering how the trial will go, and how the judge will assess the case.
It's hard to believe the rumors that the villagers willingly sacrificed
their children to the Goto family.
[TV presenter 2] How could something like that happen?
[Utada] Back when Gin Goto was head of the family,
the Gotos assumed a position of absolute power in--
[TV turns off]
-[TV turns on] -The family then took over
this culture of ritual sacrifice, which is…
It's okay.
[TV presenter 2 sighs]
[TV presenter 2] What a terrifying custom.
It's surprising that such a culture still remains to this day,
but how did the Goto family…
[♪ music fades]
How are you holding up?
What?
Don't ask dumb questions.
Can't you see?
Sumire… is doing well.
The baby will be born soon.
She said it's a girl.
A girl, huh?
I can't even imagine it.
[Daigo inhales deeply]
When Mashiro was born…
I had no idea what to do either.
Don't compare me to you.
We're totally different, right?
Yeah.
Yosuke…
is leaving the village.
I see.
Maybe that's for the best.
He doesn't have to carry this weight.
Right.
We, the Goto family…
committed terrible crimes.
For a long time.
As head of the family, I must face the consequences.
Consequences, huh?
I agree, your crimes were serious.
But…
if I had been in your place…
I think I would have done the same.
When you get out one day…
embrace your child without shame.
One day…
[♪ soft emotional music playing]
It feels refreshing to think I'll never have to see your face again.
Same here.
[gate closes]
Agawa.
[gate opens]
[♪ music fades]
[birds chirping]
No trespassing
Cannibal village
Morobe Police Department Kuge Village Substation
[broom sweeping]
[bird cawing]
[Kanako] Here to mock us again?
Don't you dare upload any videos of the village.
What?
[Kanako scoffs]
Or do you feel sorry for us?
We don't want your pity or your money.
-[groaning] -Just leave us alone.
Goodbye.
-Oh, no, no, no. You've got it all wrong. -Hey…
[panting]
That's not why I'm here.
Kuge Village Substation
[Kanako] Do you have business with the substation?
Yes.
Oh, I'm sorry.
But we don't have a stationed officer in this village.
We just have this substation, that's all.
If you need help, go to Yata Village nearby.
Oh, no.
I'm… the new officer.
What?
Oh, I'm so sorry.
No, not at all.
Oh, I'm Sayama.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Kanako Yamaguchi.
[♪ gentle music playing]
It's so nice and quiet here.
That's what it looks like to first-timers.
Not many people live here.
Oh…
I'm sorry.
Hey, Shin.
Dumbass, cannibal, shameful
Be careful.
[Kanako chuckles]
Up we go! [chuckles]
[Sayama] It looks like someone is living in that house.
It's that man's house.
[Sayama] That man?
Yeah.
[Kanako] He lives there with his family, three of them.
-[Shin] Hey, look. -[Kanako] Yeah. What?
-[Shin] This. -[Kanako] Oh, what is that?
Maybe I should say hello.
Save it for later.
If you bring some wine,
-they'll welcome you. -[Shin] Mom!
[Sayama] Oh?
What does he do?
Well… [soft chuckle]
-…you'll see when you meet him. -[Mashiro] Orange juice.
-[Yuki] Orange juice? And Daigo? -[Shin] Mom!
-[Daigo] I'll take orange juice too. -[Kanako] Okay.
[Yuki] Orange juice for three.
[Mashiro] Is this enough?
[indistinct chatter]
[♪ gentle music continues]
[♪ closing theme music playing]
Translated by Douglas Jern