"23.976" "Hey, Yuko?" "Yeah, we just got off the bus." "Which way is it?" "Huh?" "Okay..." "Okay, I got it." "So?" "That way." "Can we stop by here really quick?" "Why?" "I wanna get some drinks and snacks." "But everyone's waiting for us." "It won't take long, come on!" "What's wrong?" "I can't..." "What?" "I can't go in..." "I can't go into that place..." "What's the matter with you?" "Because..." "Because, this place is" "CURSED" "Welcome to Mitsuya Mart." "Hello." "May I help you?" "I'm not a customer." "I have an appointment with the owner, Mr. Kitaura." "Is he in?" "Yes, he's in his office." "I'm Kagami from Cosmos Mart." "Will you tell him that I'm here?" "You're late." "We've been waiting for you for half an hour." "You think a big franchise like yours can make the owners of a small convenience store wait, huh?" "But the appointment was at 2:00, and it's only..." "Aren't you even going to introduce yourself?" "Welcome to Mitsuya Mart!" "So, you want us to join your chain?" "Well, I have heard from Tejima, that you already accepted our offer." "Tejima?" "Oh, that sissy guy?" "What happened to him?" "He said he'd take care of the store until we re-open." "There was an accident, and..." "Accident?" "Did he die?" "No, but he's seriously injured." "Really?" "What kind of injury is it?" "He hurt his legs badly." "How bad is it?" "Did they have to amputate?" "Yes, both feet at the ankles." "Both feet?" "Man!" "That's cool!" "Hey did your hear it?" "He got both his feet amputated." "I guess he can't walk anymore, can he?" "Keep it down." "I have to keep my eyes on that part-timer." "I know she's stealing money from the register when no one's looking." "So he can't walk, huh?" "I don't really know..." "Come on." "You gotta ask him." "Ask him if he crawls to bathroom or how much it hurts." "You need to ask him about" "Anyway..." "About the products..." "We're going to sell the products that we stock now." "We aren't replacing them with anything new." "We don't to waste anything." "That's would be a sin." "Yes, I have also heard about it from Tejima." "And I came here today to help you make an inventory" "What do you mean "Help us"?" "We were told that you would take care of everything." "That moron told us so." "Moron?" "That footless guy." "He said he'd do an inventory by himself." "Are you leaving?" "Not likely." "Looks like I have to do an inventory all by myself." "I have no choice." "I can't start trouble with Headquarters..." "By the way, you are..." "I'm Nao Niigaki." "It's been only a month, but I'm a part-timer here." "I'm Ryouko Kagami." "I'm from Cosmos Mart." "So is this store going to be a Cosmos Mart?" "Yes." "They joined our chain." "I think that's for the best." "We need an ATM machine and a shipping department, at the very least." "That's not the only reason that this store doesn't get customers." "We have to paint the interior with a brighter, warmer color, like orange." "It is a little gloomy in here, isn't it?" "There's something creepy about this store." "I'm going to take a look in the storage room." "I should be able to finish it in three days." "Good luck." "This place really gives me the creeps." "Kitahara?" "Welcome to Mitsuya Mart!" "Hello, how are you?" "Thank you." "The total is 666 yen." "You don't get any customers here, do you?" "Huh?" "I hear that even locals won't come near here." "That's why I thought I could get those in here." "This series is sold out at the other stores." "From 1000 yen." "334 yen is your change." "Thank you for shopping at Mitsuya Mart." "Will you..." "Get the ball?" "Who's there?" "Will you..." "Yo." "Take care." "Good morning." "How is it going?" "I will finish this by the end of the week." "No matter what!" "Do you feel the negative energy from this place?" "Huh?" "You don't?" "Of course, I do." "The other part-times didn't last long either." "So are you the only part-timer here?" "There's me and Komori who works at night." "Do you think there's ghost here?" "Well, the store is really gloomy and the owners are mean, but..." "Anyway, I have to finish this inventory." "Then once we remodel this place, the mood in this room will change." "I'll make sure to use tons of orange in this store." "Everything will be fine." "Then I'll put off looking for another job for a while." "You'll give me a raise, too, right?" "I'll consider it." "I'll talk to you later." "Okay, later." "What's this?" "Excuse me, but can you explain this?" "Why do you have this cup of noodles that expired three years ago?" "Look, I can't count these expired foods as part of inventory, so..." "Excuse me, Mr. Kitaura?" "A-Are you two feeling okay?" "Am I feeling okay?" "Is something wrong?" "What are you talking about?" "What's wrong with her?" "She must be crazy." "So you are feeling okay?" "What the hell are you talking about?" "Have you gone insane?" "Please keep your voice down." "Are you trying to steal from us?" "You thief!" "I'm not stealing, I'm just telling you that the expiration date on this is..." "What happened?" "A bird..." "W-What?" "That crow just flew into the window..." "Go back inside." "I'll take care of this." "Ryouko, maybe you were right about this store..." "Don't say it!" "If you start saying things like that, you're going to get" "I'm going to get what?" "No, nothing." "Cosmos Mart needs a cheerful girl like you." "This will be a really good store." "I'll make it happen." "So go back inside." "You're in the way." "W-What are you doing?" "I'm going to wash the filth away." "Don't leave single drop of blood!" "I know!" "I know!" "Hey." "You're a little early today." "Can I clock out then?" "Sure." "It's already dark out." "You'd better hurry home." "Thanks." "I'll see you tomorrow." "Good night." "You're not going to have time to shop for groceries, so..." "You'll be in trouble if they find out." "Don't worry, I paid for it." "Thank you, I owe you one." "See ya!" "Welcome to Mitsuya Mart." "The total is 699 yen." "From 700 yen." "1 yen is your change." "Thank you and come again." "Welcome to Mitsuya Mart." "The total is 999 yen." "From 1000 yen." "1 yen is your change." "Thank you and come again." "Hello?" "Hello?" "Tejima?" "Is something wrong?" "Why are you calling me here..." "Have you gotten out of the hospital?" "Is he there?" "Who?" "Who are you talking about?" "Hello?" "Tejima?" "Can you hear me?" "There are a lot of them..." "Tejima?" "There are a lot of people walking, Ryouko..." "All of them..." "They all have feet..." "Tejima?" "I'm sorry but I can't hear you." "I'm the only one without feet..." "I'm the only one." "Do you know..." "Do you know that ghosts don't have feet?" "Ghosts don't have feet..." "Man..." "Dammit..." "Goddamnit!" "Dammit!" "Dammit!" "Dammit!" "Dammit!" "Dammit!" "What's wrong?" "There's someone inside the fridge." "Someone's inside here?" "Well..." "I guess not." "I don't think so." "I'm sorry, I haven't been myself lately." "You bought this for me again?" "Uh-huh." "Are you trying to get a date with a bento box?" "No, I'm not." "I'm a Christian, so I'm trying to be charitable to the unfortunate." "Christian?" "Yeah." "My Christian name is Paulos." "Paulos?" "Junpei Paulos Komori." "What?" "You don't look like "Paulos" at all." "Huh?" "I appreciate your mercy, St. Paulos." "I don't look like "Paulos", huh?" "W-Welcome to Mitsuya Mart." "It's 44,444 yen..." "Komori!" "Komori!" "Ms. Kagami!" "Calm down." "What happened?" "Excuse me..." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Sorry about that." "Welcome to Mitsuya Mart." "The total is 666 yen." "334 yen for your change." "Thank you." "Komori?" "Komori?" "Komori?" "What happened?" "Nothing." "You should get going before it gets late." "But..." "It's chilly..." "Shampoo, conditioner," "Soap and towel..." "Welcome to Mitsuya Mart." "Wait..." "The razors..." "The total is 907 yen." "Um..." "Excuse me..." "Oh, I'm sorry." "Can I have one of those buns, too?" "Sure." "The total is 999 yen." "Here you go." "Keep the change." "Thank you, and come again." "What a beautiful night!" "Damn cold out." "I wanna eat some hot soup..." "You have one new message." "Hey I can't get you on your cellphone." "Where are you?" "Oh well, I'm running late, but I'll get there as soon as I can." "I'm looking forward to your cooking." "I'll bring some desert." "Nagano police department has made an arrest of the suspect, a 42 year-old construction company owner, Satoshi Kondou on charge of murdering Aki Tanabe, a 4 year-old." "Investigators say that Kondou had a side job as killing wounded hunting dogs and stray dogs." "Kondou stated that he thought he was hitting a dog in a garbage bag with a metal bat and did not know there was a child inside." "He was called "Puncher" by the children in his neighborhood..." "There are rumors that he often accepted money from the children and let them torture dogs or cats in garbage bags" "Police are also investigating these charges..." "Next news..." "Kenji Kataoka, a 23 year-old Tokyo man was rescued today deep in the woods of Yamanashi prefecture." "The body of his friend, 21 year-old Masahiro Kaneko was found inside their tent." "Katayama appeared disoriented when he was rescued, however he is starting to recover and trying to talk about the death of Kaneko." "Police found a skull, possibly human, in Katayana's backpack in addition, traces of mummified human skin found lodged Kaneko's throat." "The authorities are planning to question Katayama about these disturbing discoveries as soon as he recovers." "I'm Hirayama, and that's today's news." "No one's here?" "That's gross." "I'm all right." "You come here everyday, don't you?" "Are you a family member or something?" "No." "Then come with me." "I can't talk here." "Talk about what?" "Oh, there there..." "You should stop going there." "It's for your own good." "The ownership keeps changing." "No one lasts long." "Everyone goes crazy." "Crazy?" "Haven't you noticed?" "The current owners are bizarre, don't you think?" "It's because of the land the store is built on." "The land?" "The original owner was an infamous landowner around here." "He was an evil bastard." "He killed many people." "He was responsible for the hiring and firing." "He would hire people, and skim from their paychecks or arrange accidents and correct the insurance money on them." "That's why he was punished." "Punished?" "People say the pebbles in the foundation of the store aren't pebbles." "Not exactly pebbles?" "He would use his money to abuse his contractor..." "The contractor was so mad that he crushed the tombstones of people who had no family and used it in the foundation." "The contractor was run over by a cement truck so I guess he got what he deserved." "Ryouko, can you see things too?" "What?" "I want to know." "If you do see things I want to know if this ability to see and feel ghosts will go away someday?" "Or as long as you're born with it, you'll be stuck with it forever?" "I would hear things, feel them, or see them." "Still?" "Still, sometimes." "I see..." "But I try to ignore as much as I can." "I never let myself think that there is a reason for all these things to happen to me." "Reason?" "Have I done something wrong?" "Have I committed a great sin to deserve this?" "Is it something to do with a previous life?" "Nao, do you think of things like that when you see things?" "A little." "Because other people can't see it." "You see what's happening." "That has nothing to do with you or me." "We are not causing it." "I should say there's no reason for whatever's happening." "Those things just happen." "There's no reason for it?" "You should think that way." "No, you have to think that way no matter how hard it is, otherwise..." "You'll go crazy..." "It's like putting a curse on yourself." "So..." "You tell yourself that it has no meaning." "It has nothing to do with you." "It just happens..." "Is that all I can do?" "You should quit the store." "Komori..." "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori?" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Komori!" "Let's go." "Hello?" "There are so many people..." "Hello?" "Tejima?" "Tejima..." "This place is wonderful." "Everyone here has no feet." "Tejima, thank you for everything." "Good bye." "Hey, Yuko?" "Yeah, we just got off the bus." "Which way is it?" "Huh?" "Okay..." "I can't..." "Okay, I got it." "I can't go inside that place..." "What's the matter with you?" "Because," "Because this place is"