E2 - What the Guardian Serpent Heard

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[00:06] Kotoko
    Those are pretty.
[00:08] Kotoko
    Are you going to visit your cousin again?
[00:11] Kuro
    You sure have excellent timing.
[00:14] Kuro
    Was it your usual deduction skills,
[00:16] Kuro
    or did your yokai friends tell you I was here?
[00:18] Kotoko
    I have an appointment for
    my eye and leg, as well.
[00:21] Kotoko
    It was pure coincidence.
[02:00] Kotoko
    Ever since that ordeal the other day,
[02:02] Kotoko
    the ayakashi won't stop talking about you.
[02:06] Kotoko
    "He must be an unrivaled yokai.
[02:08] Fallen Warrior
    My lady!
[02:09] Kotoko
    I bet he's gonna cook us up and eat us!"
[02:09] ---
    My lady, help!
[02:12] Kuro
    I helped you guys out,
    and that's the thanks I get?
[02:15] Kotoko
    Well, it's your power that scares them.
[02:18] Kotoko
    So your left arm is really okay?
[02:23] Kuro
    What? You're actually worried about me?
[02:25] Kotoko
    I'm the one who involved you in all this.
[02:33] Kuro
    See? It's fine.
[02:36] Kuro
    Ever since I ate mermaid
    flesh at the age of eleven,
[02:40] Kuro
    my body always repairs itself,
[02:42] Kuro
    no matter how badly it gets hurt.
[02:49] Kotoko
    It's been said that those
    who consume mermaid flesh
[02:52] Kotoko
    will become immortal
    and gain eternal youth.
SIGN    Mermaid
    Diagram
[02:55] Kotoko
    But I must say that you
    definitely don't look eleven.
[02:59] Kuro
    Yeah... I think that's because the other yokai
[03:02] Kuro
    whose flesh I ate along with the mermaid's
    is nullifying some of the effects.
[03:06] Kotoko
    What was the other one?
[03:10] Kuro
    I have to get going.
[03:12] Kuro
    I'll be late for visiting hours.
[03:16] Kotoko
    Kuro-san.
[03:19] Kotoko
    I actually had a request.
[03:22] Kotoko
    Tonight, I'm going to see a giant serpent
[03:25] Kotoko
    who is the guardian spirit of the
    mountains in the next prefecture over.
[03:29] Kotoko
    Would you come with me?
[03:31] Kuro
    A giant serpent in the mountains?
[03:33] Kotoko
    Yes.
[03:34] Kotoko
    About ten days ago, one of
    its servants visited me.
[03:38] Kotoko
    It said the guardian is so
    troubled by something
[03:40] Kotoko
    that it can't even sleep at night.
[03:43] Kotoko
    So this is a job for the Goddess of
    Wisdom to the spectres.
[03:48] Kuro
    You're going to put yourself in danger again?
[03:51] Kuro
    You don't even have any special powers.
[03:53] Kotoko
    How rude!
[03:55] Kotoko
    I have a very special power
[03:57] Kotoko
    that allows me to talk to the
    ayakashi and even touch ghosts!
[04:02] Kuro
    But that's it, right?
[04:03] Kuro
    You don't have superhuman strength,
    or the ability to fly,
[04:06] Kuro
    or talismans to create
    supernatural phenomena.
[04:09] Kuro
    You don't have any physical
    or spell-like powers.
[04:12] Kuro
    What if you run into another
    violent, aggressive monster
[04:16] Kuro
    like the other day again?
[04:18] Kotoko
    If you're so worried about me,
    you should just come with me.
[04:21] Kotoko
    If you were to help out despite
    how much they fear you,
[04:25] Kotoko
    I'm sure it'll make negotiations
    and mediations go much smoother.
[04:29] Kuro
    I can't tonight.
[04:30] Kotoko
    Huh?
[04:31] Kuro
    I want to enjoy the pork
    miso soup I made last night.
[04:34] Kuro
    So go by yourself.
[04:38] Kotoko
    Honestly!
[04:40] Kotoko
    Why is he like that?!
[04:42] Kotoko
    Who lets a poor defenseless
    girl go off into the mountains
[04:44] Kotoko
    on her own in the middle of the night?!
[04:46] Yosuzume
    I'm terribly sorry it's so late, my lady.
[04:49] Yosuzume
    Oh! The swamp is coming into view.
[05:12] Serpent
    I humbly thank you for
    traveling so far to see me,
[05:20] Serpent
    my lady.
[05:26] Kotoko
    It's no problem.
    That is my duty, after all.
[05:29] Kotoko
    There's no need to thank me.
[05:31] Kotoko
    You were once worshiped as a water god.
[05:35] Kotoko
    It's only natural that I come
    to see you if you need me.
[05:39] Serpent
    It's been quite some time since the
    humans worshiped me as a water god.
[05:45] Serpent
    The small shrine has long been forgotten,
[05:47] Serpent
    and no one offers me anything
    for it to rain anymore.
[05:50] Serpent
    Though, even when they
    did pray to me for rain,
[05:52] Serpent
    I never had the ability to control
    the weather to begin with.
[05:55] Serpent
    So it is presumptuous that
    they ever considered me a god.
[05:58] Serpent
    It's no wonder I've been forgotten.
[06:02] Serpent
    The human world develops so quickly that
[06:05] Serpent
    there are many things I don't understand.
[06:08] Serpent
    That is why I sent one of my
    servants to summon you, my lady,
[06:11] Serpent
    so I could borrow some of your great wisdom.
[06:15] Serpent
    So, well...
[06:18] Serpent
    I do apologize that I cannot be more
    hospitable here in these mountains,
[06:22] Serpent
    but please do not be angry with me.
[06:25] Kotoko
    Oh, no! It's totally fine.
[06:27] Kotoko
    If I seem to be in a bad mood,
    it isn't because of you.
[06:30] Kotoko
    It's due to something personal.
[06:32] Serpent
    Something personal?
[06:34] Kotoko
    Indeed.
[06:37] Kotoko
    I have a boyfriend named Sakuragawa Kuro.
[06:41] Kotoko
    I asked him to accompany me here tonight,
[06:42] Kotoko
    but he declined, saying he'd rather
    stay home and eat pork miso soup.
SIGN    Sakuragawa
[06:51] (Flashback) Kuro
    So you had some yokai track me...
[06:54] (Flashback) Kotoko
    Kuro-san! Please take a look at this!
[07:01] (Flashback) Kotoko
    You actually did make pork miso soup?
[07:03] (Flashback) Kuro
    Don't just go barging into people's homes!
[07:05] (Flashback) Kuro
    Wait...
[07:06] (Flashback) Kuro
    You're going into the
    mountains dressed like that?
[07:08] (Flashback) Kotoko
    Well done, Kuro-san!
    I knew you had good taste!
[07:11] (Flashback) Kotoko
    It's my spring apparel!
    My "I've been invited" dress!
[07:13] (Flashback) Kuro
    But you were invited into the mountains...
[07:16] (Flashback) Kotoko
    Wait, no! You shouldn't be so forceful!
[07:17] (Flashback) Kuro
    Come on. Just stay still.
[07:19] (Flashback) Kotoko
    Wh-What is this?
[07:22] (Flashback) Kuro
    The jacket I wore when I went
    mountain climbing in grade school.
[07:24] (Flashback) Kotoko
    How did you dig this up so quickly?!
[07:28] (Flashback) Kotoko
    Now what are you doing?!
[07:29] (Flashback) Kuro
    It's bug repellent.
[07:37] (Flashback) Kotoko
    What do you think you're... doing...
[07:39] (Flashback) Kuro
    Here, take some pork miso soup with you.
[07:41] (Flashback) Kuro
    And some rice balls, too.
[07:43] (Flashback) Kotoko
    Wait...
[07:45] (Flashback) Kotoko
    Kuro-san!
[07:47] (Flashback) Kuro
    Don't do anything rash again.
[07:50] Kotoko
    So you see, even though I told him
[07:52] Kotoko
    I would be meeting a giant serpent
    that might like to eat humans,
[07:55] Kotoko
    he had no intention of coming.
[07:57] Serpent
    Goodness, no! I would never
    dream of eating you, my lady!
[08:02] Serpent
    Besides, humans are too
    hard to eat, with the clothes
[08:05] Serpent
    and metal accessories they put on...
[08:07] Kotoko
    So you have actually eaten some before?
[08:10] Serpent
    I can't say that I haven't...
[08:12] Serpent
    I was rumored to be a man-eating
    serpent back in the day,
[08:16] Serpent
    but humans don't particularly
    taste that good.
[08:19] Serpent
    And nowadays,
[08:20] Serpent
    it would cause far too much trouble,
    so I prefer to avoid that.
[08:24] Serpent
    By the way, my lady,
[08:26] Serpent
    if you were able to bring your soup here,
[08:28] Serpent
    couldn't your boyfriend have
    brought his to eat here, too?
[08:34] Serpent
    Er, I mean, he probably didn't have
    another thermos! That must be it!
[08:41] Kotoko
    We've gone off track.
    Let's get to the issue at hand.
[08:44] Kotoko
    You're concerned about the murdered
    corpse you found in your swamp, right?
[08:49] Serpent
    Yes. I cannot fathom why
    that woman came all the way
[08:53] Serpent
    to my swamp to dispose of the body,
[08:55] Serpent
    so I'd like to hear an explanation
    I can be satisfied with.
[09:00] Kotoko
    About a month ago,
    on April 23rd, just past 2 PM,
[09:05] Kotoko
    two hikers who were picking
    mountain vegetables
[09:08] Kotoko
    found a man's body here at Tsukuna Swamp.
[09:12] Kotoko
    Because he had been stabbed in
    the chest with a sharp knife,
[09:15] Kotoko
    they ruled his death a murder.
[09:17] Kotoko
    However, despite a few days
    passing since he was murdered,
[09:21] Kotoko
    and him having no cellphone or ID,
[09:23] Kotoko
    they were able to identify him immediately.
SIGN    Yoshihara Hiroo
[09:25] Kotoko
    Yoshihara Hiroo, 35 years old.
    He worked for a large construction firm.
[09:31] Kotoko
    Eventually, a 30-year-old woman
    was arrested as a suspect.
[09:35] Kotoko
    Tanio Aoi.
[09:36] (Flashback) Aoi
    It was me.
[09:39] Kotoko
    They got a confession from her.
[09:41] Kotoko
    While many unanswered questions remain,
[09:42] Kotoko
    they're working mostly on
    gathering evidence right now.
[09:47] Kotoko
    It's pretty much an open and shut case.
[09:51] Kotoko
    I assume she threw the body
    into the swamp to hide it,
[09:54] Kotoko
    or perhaps to delay its discovery?
[09:56] Serpent
    Nay! It was not to hide the body!
[09:59] Serpent
    I just happened to see her
    as she dumped the body...
[10:21] Serpent
    That woman did, indeed, do something
    so spiteful as to throw that corpse
[10:24] Serpent
    into this swamp whose water
    I drink from time to time.
[10:28] Serpent
    But there are times when
    animal corpses float in it,
[10:30] Serpent
    as well as humans who throw trash into it.
[10:33] Serpent
    So I have the ayakashi that live in
    these mountains clean it regularly.
[10:37] Serpent
    That's fine and all,
[10:40] Serpent
    but there's still something
    amiss about all of this.
[10:43] Serpent
    The woman didn't put anything on the body
[10:45] Serpent
    to weigh it down when she threw it in.
[10:48] Serpent
    So the corpse rose to the top
    and was discovered immediately.
[10:52] Serpent
    Above all, at that moment,
    I heard the woman clearly say...
[10:58] (Flashback) Aoi
    I really hope they find you.
[11:03] Serpent
    Despite taking the time and effort
    to dispose of the corpse here,
[11:07] Serpent
    she talked about how she
    wanted him to be found.
[11:10] Kotoko
    At first glance, it does seem
    her actions don't make sense.
[11:15] Serpent
    Indeed! I don't understand it at all!
[11:18] Kotoko
    It must be difficult for a woman
    to push a wheelbarrow
[11:20] Kotoko
    with a body in it up a mountain at night.
[11:23] Kotoko
    The police had some doubts about that
    as well, and asked her about it.
[11:26] Kotoko
    "Why did you bother carrying
    this corpse to this swamp?"
[11:31] Kotoko
    And that's when the suspect, Tanio Aoi, said...
[11:34] (Flashback) Aoi
    There's a huge serpent living in that swamp,
[11:36] (Flashback) Aoi
    and I've heard that it eats people,
[11:39] (Flashback) Aoi
    so I thought if I dumped the body
    there, the serpent would eat it.
[11:43] Kotoko
    It was a rather irrational confession,
[11:46] Kotoko
    so it even appeared in newspapers.
SIGN    Dead Man Found
    in Mt. Tsukuna
[11:49] Serpent
    I saw that confession, as well.
[11:52] Kotoko
    Tanio Aoi's family home is right
    at the base of this mountain.
[11:56] Kotoko
    It could be she actually believed the legends
[11:58] Kotoko
    she'd heard as a child
    about a man-eating serpent.
[12:01] Kotoko
    And in a desperate attempt,
    she brought the corpse up here...
[12:05] Kotoko
    Of course, that's not the case.
    She was actually trying to hide the body.
[12:10] Kotoko
    She wasn't trying to bury it
    or let it sink into the swamp.
[12:14] Kotoko
    She just wanted you to devour it.
[12:17] Serpent
    Then what about what that woman
    said when she dumped the body?
[12:21] Kotoko
    She didn't mean it as,
[12:23] Kotoko
    "I brought it all the way here,
    so I hope someone will find it."
[12:28] Kotoko
    What she meant was that she
    hoped you would find the body.
[12:32] Serpent
    Nay! Even if I had found the body,
    there was no guarantee that I'd eat it.
[12:37] Serpent
    If the woman truly wished
    to dispose of the body,
[12:39] Serpent
    she would've said, "I truly hope it eats you."
[12:45] Kotoko
    For being so huge, this guardian really
    gets hung up on minute details.
[12:49] Serpent
    This brings up another question.
[12:52] Serpent
    Why did that woman give a false confession?
[12:55] Kotoko
    This is going to take a while...
[12:58] Kotoko
    It was probably to hide the real reason
    she threw the corpse into the swamp.
[13:02] Serpent
    Aye. I would like to hear an
    answer I can be satisfied with.
SIGN    What the Guardian Serpent Heard
[13:17] Kotoko
    Let's go back over the details of this case.
[13:20] Kotoko
    You seem rather wise, but we need to make
    sure there aren't any discrepancies.
[13:25] Kotoko
    It all started five years ago.
[13:28] Kotoko
    Tanio Aoi had a boyfriend
    named Machii Yoshikazu.
[13:33] Kotoko
    But he died with a different woman,
[13:35] Kotoko
    who was his coworker, in what
    looked like a double suicide.
[13:40] Kotoko
    Machii worked in the accounting
    department of a large construction firm,
[13:45] Kotoko
    but after he died, it came to light that
[13:47] Kotoko
    he had messed with some numbers
    and embezzled a large sum of money.
[13:50] Kotoko
    Machii realized he wouldn't be
    able to hide the fact that he had
[13:53] Kotoko
    embezzled the money, so he convinced
    the woman to die with him.
[13:56] Kotoko
    Or, at least, that was what everyone believed.
[14:00] Kotoko
    Aoi was deeply hurt by this and returned here
[14:03] Kotoko
    to her family home at
    the base of Mt. Tsukuna.
[14:07] Kotoko
    She lived as a shut-in for about two years,
[14:10] Kotoko
    but she eventually found a job near home
[14:12] Kotoko
    and began to gradually
    get back on her feet.
[14:17] Kotoko
    And it was right around that time...
[14:19] Kotoko
    On Friday, April 21st of
    this year, around 7:30 PM,
[14:25] Kotoko
    Yoshihara Hiroo showed
    up at Tanio Aoi's house.
[14:28] (Flashback) Hiro
    I want to apologize for what
    happened five years ago.
[14:30] Kotoko
    Yoshihara was a coworker of Machii's,
    so Aoi knew his name and face.
[14:36] (Flashback) Hiro
    I'm the one who killed Machii, and I'm
    the one who embezzled the money!
[14:41] (Flashback) Hiro
    Machii and that woman
    realized that and told me
[14:44] (Flashback) Hiro
    that if I didn't confess,
    they'd make this public.
[14:47] (Flashback) Hiro
    That's why I killed them...
[14:50] Kotoko
    Yoshihara Hiroo's plan went accordingly.
[14:53] Kotoko
    He got away with the embezzlement,
[14:55] Kotoko
    and it's said he was living
    a decent life afterwards.
[14:58] Kotoko
    But starting this year, he was
    met with a series of misfortunes.
[15:03] Kotoko
    He made a huge mistake at work.
[15:06] Kotoko
    His wife and child died in an accident.
[15:08] Kotoko
    On top of that, they found a
    malignant tumor in his body.
[15:12] Kotoko
    Truly a series of unfortunate
    events he never expected.
[15:15] Kotoko
    Yoshihara thought this was happening
    because of the incident five years ago,
[15:19] Kotoko
    so he visited Aoi to repent for his crimes.
[15:23] Kotoko
    He thought that if he showed remorse now,
    he could escape all this fateful punishment,
[15:27] Kotoko
    and that he might at least
    get away with his life.
[15:32] (Flashback) Guy
    I'm so sorry...
[15:35] (Flashback) Guy
    I'm so sorry!
[15:39] Kotoko
    That pretty much sums up
    Tanio Aoi's confession.
[15:44] Kotoko
    Apparently, Yoshihara had also
    contacted Machii's younger brother,
[15:47] Kotoko
    asking if they could meet up soon
[15:49] Kotoko
    regarding what had happened five years ago.
[15:52] Kotoko
    Machii's brother was busy at the time,
    so he couldn't talk to him in detail.
[15:57] Kotoko
    That probably prompted
    Yoshihara to go see Aoi first.
[16:04] Kotoko
    As the investigation went on,
[16:05] Kotoko
    the embezzlement and supposed
    double suicide came back to light,
[16:08] Kotoko
    and they also learned that the person
    connected to the prior case, Tanio Aoi,
[16:11] Kotoko
    lived at the base of the mountain
    where the corpse was found,
[16:14] Kotoko
    and made the connection.
[16:17] (Flashback) Aoi
    Yoshihara-san was about my size, and his
    body had wasted away due to his illness,
[16:23] (Flashback) Aoi
    so it wasn't much trouble
    to get him up the mountain.
[16:26] Kotoko
    The next day, Saturday the 22nd,
[16:28] Kotoko
    no one came to the swamp,
[16:30] Kotoko
    possibly because it rained that day,
[16:32] Kotoko
    so the body wasn't discovered
    until two days later, on the 23rd.
[16:36] (Flashback) Aoi
    I figured the serpent wouldn't want
    to eat his wallet and cellphone,
[16:39] (Flashback) Aoi
    so I removed them.
[16:41] (Flashback) Aoi
    I burned his employee ID back at my house,
[16:43] (Flashback) Aoi
    and I threw the knife into
    the swamp with the body.
[16:47] (Flashback) Aoi
    But...
[16:49] (Flashback) Aoi
    It didn't eat him.
[16:51] Serpent
    The police have been coming to this swamp
    quite often during the day recently.
[16:56] Serpent
    It would seem they are looking for that knife.
[16:59] Kotoko
    I'm sure they'd have a
    hard time finding it here.
[17:02] Kotoko
    So, did the suspect throw anything
    in along with the corpse?
[17:07] Serpent
    Hm, I'm not certain...
[17:10] Kotoko
    Sadly, the information I can get is limited,
[17:13] Kotoko
    so I'll have to use my imagination
    to fill in some holes...
[17:17] Kotoko
    But I still believe the suspect
    dumped the body into the swamp
[17:20] Kotoko
    for a very simple reason.
[17:22] Serpent
    A simple reason?
[17:24] Kotoko
    Yes.
[17:25] Kotoko
    In most cases like this,
    it's to protect the real killer.
[17:29] Kotoko
    Yoshihara Hiroo had contacted
    Tanio Aoi beforehand,
[17:32] Kotoko
    saying he'd like to come see her.
[17:35] Kotoko
    He was connected to a
    very dark part of her past.
[17:37] Kotoko
    Do you think she'd agree to see him alone?
[17:39] Serpent
    That is a good point, but...
[17:41] Kotoko
    No one would suspect anything
    if she had someone
[17:44] Kotoko
    with her when Yoshihara came over.
[17:45] Kotoko
    Oh, I know. I think Machii's younger
    brother would be a perfect example.
[17:49] Kotoko
    Yoshihara told Machii's
    brother on the phone that
[17:52] Kotoko
    he had also contacted Machii's former girlfriend.
[17:55] Kotoko
    He might have had a bad feeling
    about that and contacted Aoi.
[17:59] Kotoko
    After learning the truth of his brother's
    death, he impulsively killed him.
[18:07] Kotoko
    But he still had a future.
[18:09] Kotoko
    On the other hand, Aoi had been living
    as a shut-in and had very little to lose.
[18:14] Kotoko
    That's why she decided she would protect him.
[18:18] Kotoko
    After sending the real killer away,
[18:20] Kotoko
    she decided to dump the corpse
    at the swamp in the mountains.
[18:23] Kotoko
    There are three reasons for this.
[18:25] Kotoko
    First, to let the swamp water
    wash off any traces of
[18:28] Kotoko
    the true killer that may have
    ended up on the corpse.
[18:31] Kotoko
    Second, to give the true killer an alibi.
[18:35] Serpent
    But then why did the woman say,
    "I really hope they find you"?
[18:42] Kotoko
    This is why the third reason exists.
[18:45] Kotoko
    Tanio Aoi tried to get rid of any
    trace of the true killer at her house.
[18:49] Kotoko
    If she carefully cleaned every inch of
    her house, that could be possible.
[18:53] Kotoko
    But what about outside the house?
[18:57] Kotoko
    There's no telling what traces
    could've been left behind.
[19:01] Kotoko
    And that's why Aoi threw
    the corpse into your swamp!
[19:05] Serpent
    What do you mean?
[19:07] Kotoko
    What else? She wanted it to rain!
[19:11] Kotoko
    You were known as a water god and
[19:13] Kotoko
    received prayers for rain
    in the past, didn't you?
[19:16] Kotoko
    If it poured, tire tracks and anything
    he might've accidentally dropped
[19:20] Kotoko
    would get washed away.
[19:22] Serpent
    A moment, please...
[19:24] Serpent
    I was regarded as a water
    god a very long time ago.
[19:28] Serpent
    Besides, dropping a body into the
    swamp as an offering is unheard of!
[19:31] Serpent
    And did they honestly think
    they'd be blessed with rain
[19:34] Serpent
    by throwing in the corpse of
    a filthy middle-aged man?
[19:36] Serpent
    If they wanted to give me an offering,
[19:38] Serpent
    it should've been a beautiful, living girl!
[19:40] Serpent
    Give me a girl as a sacrifice!
[19:44] Kotoko
    Er, Guardian?
[19:46] Kotoko
    There are usually two types of rain rituals.
[19:49] Kotoko
    First is to pray to a water god
    and have them grant your wish.
[19:54] Kotoko
    That'd be the orthodox method.
[19:55] Kotoko
    But there is also the opposite method
    of making the water god angry
[20:00] Kotoko
    so that they go on a rampage and make it rain.
[20:02] Serpent
    Oh, I do believe I've heard
    that somewhere before.
[20:05] Kotoko
    And it appears that you were indeed enraged.
[20:09] Serpent
    Goodness me... And it
    actually did rain the next day.
[20:14] Kotoko
    So, this explains why you
    heard her say what she did.
[20:18] Kotoko
    Tanio Aoi wanted you to find
    the corpse and go berserk.
[20:24] Kotoko
    That's why she let "I really hope they
    find you" slip out without thinking.
[20:31] Serpent
    Nay! That explanation is still lacking!
[20:34] Serpent
    In that case, wouldn't she have said,
    "I really hope it actually does pour,"
[20:38] Serpent
    or, "I really hope the
    giant serpent gets mad"?
[20:43] Kotoko
    Of course!
[20:46] Kotoko
    If somebody visited from outside by car,
    someone would've witnessed it.
[20:51] Kotoko
    The police would be investigating that, too,
[20:53] Kotoko
    to see if there might've been
    another killer or accomplices.
[20:57] Serpent
    Y-You seem to deny your own
    claims rather readily...
[21:01] Kotoko
    That's why the only suspect is Tanio Aoi.
[21:04] Kotoko
    Most of what she confessed
    to the police is true.
[21:08] Kotoko
    I think the only thing that's different is
[21:10] Kotoko
    the reason she dumped the
    corpse into this swamp.
[21:30] Kotoko
    Kuro-san!
[21:33] Serpent
    So that is my lady's boyfriend...
    How terrifying...
[21:39] Kuro
    Who said I was your boyfriend?
[21:41] Kotoko
    So you came after all.
[21:43] Kuro
    At least correct him!
    Tell him I'm not your boyfriend!
[21:45] Kotoko
    We can have our lovers' quarrel later.
[21:48] Kotoko
    Right now, we have to resolve
    any lingering questions he has.
[21:51] Serpent
    P-Precisely, my lady.
[21:55] Kuro
    And how are you planning to do that?
[21:57] Kotoko
    I wish you would've come out sooner
    if you were listening this whole time.
[22:00] Serpent
    My lady!
[22:02] Serpent
    So what is the real reason the suspect
    threw the corpse into this swamp?
SIGN    To Be Continued
SIGN    Preview
[23:46] Kotoko
    A wave of incidents involving a phantom
    killer threatens Makurazaka City.
[23:48] Kotoko
    The culprit is a faceless
    woman wearing a red dress.
[23:51] Kotoko
    Are the incidents really
    caused by Steel Lady Nanase,
[23:54] Kotoko
    the ghost of a former idol?
[23:56] Kotoko
    Next time, "The Rumors of the Steel Lady."