# 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
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**[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."