"During the late Edo period, a mysterious sorcerer appeared in the city, causing concern among the citizens." "Oomura Naosuke, an official from Minamimati, decided to consult with a well-renowned scholar, Ueda Kenjirou." "As a high-ranking official, will you help me expose Ran Manabu?" "I am not as powerful as as you seem to believe..." "In your book you say that magic doesn't really exist that it's all illusions." "You are certain you can see through Ran Manabu's tricks, right?" "Of course." "I have received a warning from that devil that he plans to appear at the hall that features magic performances." "He plans to show off his own powers there." "He must not be very cultivated." "I would never attend a place for such low-class performances." "The General's eldest son makes a point of going there daily." "Come see Yamada's famous magic performance!" "Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy watching" "Japan's unique water act." "Oh, this is what we were waiting for..." "Feast your eyes on the sight of water flying in the air." "Begin." "The water will now fly in many different directions." "Go!" "This is great!" "This is just the sort of trick I like to expose." "What did you say?" "!" "Stop!" "I've come to give you all a more interesting performance." "Great!" "It's the sorcerer!" "Catch him!" "Oh, hot!" "Destroy everything!" "Kii, hung... finished!" "So hot..." "Naoko, Naoko, you can't put this fire out with water." "Mother!" "Fight fire with fire!" "Oh ya!" "Use fire?" "Can't grab it!" "Can't grab it!" "Too hot, can't grab it!" "Can't grab it!" "Hot!" "Hot!" "Hey, get up!" "Don't just sit there dozing off!" "You're on!" "The escape artist, Houdini." "He risked his life to show the tricks behind magic." "He attracted large crowds." "Unbelievable." "How did he do that?" "Look, he escaped!" "Houdini exposed fraudulent magicians and spiritualists and this caused his reputation to grow even larger." "But it was not his aim to punish those he exposed." "What was his intention?" ""Trick :" "The Movie 3 Psychic Battle Royale"" "I've come to ask for your help." "I'm sure you've never heard of Ten Thousand Training Village." "My name is Shouhei Mori." "I have read all your books." ""Bring It On, Paranormal Phenomena!"" "Part Two." "Part Three." "Part Four." "And of course," ""Why Don't You Do Your Best?"" "And your latest publication," ""IQ of 200!"" "Actually, my IQ is 220." "Professor, in these books don't you say that there is nothing in this world that is truly supernatural?" "There is nothing that can't ultimately be explained through science." "You're sure of this, right?" "That's right!" "These are plain bamboo sticks." "If you get one of the sticks with red-colored ends, it means you have been chosen." "There is an 80-90 percent probability of getting a red one." "Only one of the sticks is not colored." "Now, Professor, let's see how you do!" "You didn't get a red one." "Please, try again." "Amazing!" "I'm sorry!" "This is a very basic magic trick." "The ends aren't actually dyed, they just have a red cap over them." "No matter which stick you selected, you would end up with a plain one." "Of course, this sort of trick, is something that you could see through easily, right?" "This is just a simple trick." "So why did you show me this?" "The trick was just to get your attention." "The reason I'm here is to beg the Professor's help." "The village I live in has always been protected by a sorcerer who is called" "Glorious of God." "Glorious of God." "The person selected for this position has a spirit richly infused with god-like power, which is why they are called" "Glorious of God." "The sorcerers used their supernatural powers to flatten the terrain around the village." "I heard that their power has protected the village from many natural disasters." "My grandmother, who was Glorious of God for the past 50 years, finally passed away just a few days ago..." "According to the legend, if the villagers don't find the next Glorious of God within 100 days there will be a disaster in village." "There is a special method, handed down by tradition, to choose the village's next Glorious of God." "All those with supernatural powers are invited to the village and they fight to the death with their magic powers." "The last survivor becomes the next Glorious of God." "So all those who claim to have supernatural ability will be killing each other for the position." "What a stupid tradition." "The whole bunch of them will be cheating and using tricks to get the position." "That is unfortunate." "If it's that important to you, why not try to convince the people in the village?" "Because..." "I am one of the ones chosen to participate in the battle." "Why?" "My grandmother wanted me to be the next Glorious of God." "From when I was very young, she taught me how to do miracles." "Miracles?" "Just like the magic trick" "I did for the professor just now." "The tricks were simple and not very hard to figure out, but the villagers were always amazed." "I see." "You learned how to perform these "miracles" from an early age." "Yes." "But..." "because of this," "I want to borrow the Professor's expertise to prove to the people in the village that people with supernatural powers don't really exist." "I might be placing you in a dangerous situation." "But what else can I do?" "If we win this dangerous gamble, when everything is settled" "I will be happy to tell the truth about my miracles." "Professor." "I beg you." "(doll) Why don't you do your best?" "My name is Yamada Naoko." "My deceased father was the famous magician," "Yamada Gokura, who I admired very much." "Although I am a genius magician," "I sometimes fail." "At this moment, it takes a really professional magician to stay calm and not panic." "But since no one is watching, there's no need to be nervous." "Words have amazing power." "This is my mother, her name is Yamada Satomi." "She teaches a calligraphy class to children in Nagano township." "Alright, brushes down!" "She used a government grant to open a calligraphy studio, the Yamada Satomi Calligraphy Museum." "If I write a certain word for you to paste on your door, that word will keep burglars out of your house." "Now, which word is it..?" "The power of words is making her a rich woman." "All of you need to follow this important advice..." "Give it up!" "Give it up!" "Give it up!" "Now it's our turn!" "Great!" "So popular!" "How he did that?" "Will it work?" "I'm amazed." "Yamada..." "Don't tell me you're going to fire me?" "Smart girl." "Then you'd better be offering a settlement." "I turned down other jobs to work for you." "Las Vegas, Macau.." "I turned them all down." "You might want to apply for this." "I found it on the internet." "Glorious of God?" "Seems like a contest between those with supernatural powers to find someone to protect the village." "Isn't that something you could do?" "You don't really believe that I have supernatural powers?" "You just need to show them some of your magic tricks." "Easy for you, right?" "Don't be ridiculous!" "As if I'd cheat the villagers." "It isn't really cheating." "If you win the title you'll win the money and prizes that go with it." "And I heard the village has a treasure that has been passed from generation to generation." "Glorious of God..." "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Success!" "Three three three one zero four one two six one seven." "Incorrect code." "Oh?" "Yamada the number has been changed." "Why?" "You owe 90,000 yen for the last two months rent." "When you pay," "I'll tell you the new number." "Don't look at me like that." "Why not?" "Aren't we in love?" "It's a problem for me to pay you all that right now." "I'm the one with the problem!" "I spent a lot of money totally renovating this building." "Where is the difference between before and after?" "It's just the same." "Go complain to the building developer, then." "They are the ones who set the new rent rates." "Work it out on your own." "Alright!" "Let's go!" "Let's go eat." "Goodbye!" "Alright, just move this out of the way... 3 minutes, just right." "Hello!" "Long time no see!" "How are you?" "Ueda!" "I haven't heard from you since that village." "I'm having an expensive meal." "I'm doing very well!" "Don't lie!" "I won a hot springs vacation in a lucky draw in the shopping district." "Would you like to go with me?" "Maybe." "When is it?" "This week..." "Saturday." "Saturday?" "No." "I can't go on Saturday no matter what it is." "You're spending the day alone?" "Annoying!" "Soon I will be so rich that" "I will be out of your league." "I'm hanging up now!" "I have no time to talk to you." "Please don't call me again." "Goodbye!" "Have it your way." "To reach Ten Thousand Training Village take a one-hour bus ride into the country, then walk for half an hour after departing the bus." "Stop!" "What's wrong?" "Is it alright if I look at him?" "Excuse me, please." "Are you a doctor?" "No." "Are you alright now?" "Yes." "Thank you so much!" "You need to take better care of your health." "Last stop." "Last stop." "Exit at the station." "Exit at the station." "Oh, thank you so much !" "Which way is Ten Thousand Training Village?" "That way." "Hurry up!" "Get onto the bus!" "Where did that man disappear to?" "I've arrived." "(Map directory of Ten Thousand Training Village)" "What a long walk." "(Glorious of God Selection Committee Headquarters)" "Excuse me..." "Excuse me..." "I was napping with my eyes open." "I am a person with supernatural powers." "Please write your name and experience here." "Experience?" "Do you have anything to write with?" "Do you need one?" "Everyone else used their own pen." "Experience..." "Magi... cian?" "Person with completely real magical powers" "When did that man arrive?" "About half an hour ago?" "You will stay here tonight!" "For the bath." "The battle will start early tomorrow morning, at the mountain." "Battle?" "Excuse me, it's locked." "Everyone else has used their supernatural powers to open the door." "Jeez!" "How did they do that?" "Ignore" "Gas" "Smell" "Dangerous!" "Seal?" "!" "Now, what brings you here all the way from Tokyo?" "Ah, the posters had a misprint." "Professor Ueda is the author of these books about exposing supernatural frauds and tricks." "If people pretending to have supernatural powers appear," "Professor will immediately expose their true colors." "That's right!" "I just received a call from the provincial police." "Someone is going around the area tricking and defrauding people with their supernatural powers." "This my receptionist, Miyoko." "Please." "Shohei, you have been trained in many special magical skills since you were young." "If a fake appears, I'm sure that you can handle it." "Why are you gathering people from all over the country?" "Wouldn't it be best to just let Shohei inherit the position?" "If we did it through inheritance someone without supernatural powers might end up as Glorious of God." "Mayor!" "What's wrong?" "One of the" "Glorious of God candidates is appearing before the villagers" "Everyone, in order to protect Ten Thousand Training Village," "I have traveled from Tokyo, a great distance." "I didn't want to wait to demonstrate my power to you." "Does anyone have a 10,000 yen note?" "Give..." "What are you trying to do?" "10,000 yen." "Here, use mine." "Look here, everyone." "If I fold this 10,000 yen note" "then open it up again," "10,000 yen is changed into 1000 yen." "Thank you!" "The..." "Where is my 10,000 yen?" "I have used my power to change it into 1,000 yen." "It's... it's her." "Her again!" "Professor, come on." "The mayor has come." "Now, expose the magician." "Professor!" "Professor..." "You again?" "Ueda!" "?" "Do you know each other?" "No, how would we?" "Hey lady!" "The professor is here to expose frauds who cheat people with fake supernatural powers." "He has traveled through every street and neighborhood of Tokyo" " Okasawa, Sanboncho - just to get here and help us." "Ueda, what are you up to?" "!" "I'll go easy on you this time." "Don't cheat people with your supernatural powers." "There are 15 hells for evildoers." "Alright, let's go!" "She's been thoroughly rebuked." "I'm sure she has learned her lesson." "Professor, your attitude has completely changed!" "Ueda?" "Why?" "You brought the doll?" "Here." "No one saw you?" "No." "You came for the treasure, right?" "You're treasure mad!" "Didn't you say you won a trip to a hot springs?" "You just wanted a pretty woman to keep you company." "You have to leave now!" "If it's discovered that we know each other we'll both be in trouble." "Wait a minute." "This could be our big chance." "What do you mean!" "?" "We'll pretend to be on opposite sides but secretly cooperate." "You help me get away with my supernatural performances and I'll help you expose the others' tricks." "This will work, I'm sure." "You think we can do this?" "(doll) You can do anything." "Also, there's something you have to see... (doll) Why don't you do your best?" "Tomorrow will be here soon." "Shouhei won't lose right?" "Miyoko?" "I need you to just listen to me without getting mad." "I... don't really have supernatural powers." "I just learned some basic magic tricks from grandmother when I was young." "You're lying!" "Don't you remember?" "When we were young," "I was attacked by a snake." "Right when it was about to bite me, you appeared and smashed the snake to save me." "Don't speak of this again, especially not to the villagers or we'll be chased out for sure." "Then we will really be poor." "That's why I brought in" "Professor Ueda from Tokyo to expose all the frauds." "The villages should stop depending on Glorious of God." "That won't happen!" "Right?" "I have an idea!" "I will help you perform a more amazing miracle than all of the others." "Didn't you notice?" "Someone has sealed the door shut." "The previous Glorious of God used this building for storage." "This is all magic equipment." "Come!" "Ten Thousand Training Journal." "May 3" "A villager gave birth to an unlucky child." "Monkey child?" "What kind of monkey?" "Snow monkey, chimpanzee, orangu..." "Unlucky, not monkey!" "May 6" "The unlucky child was cast out and disaster has been avoided." "Ueda," "I think this will prove useful." "A coffin?" "!" "The Ten Thousand Training Village's 15th Glorious of God Election will now commence!" "All of you should be aware that if you are caught using fraudulent tricks to compete in the contest you will be punished severely." "Show them, men!" "Compete fairly!" "Just so you know..." "we have invited a Tokyo physicist to oversee things." "Psychic?" "Psycho?" "Physicist Professor Ueda." "As he said." "The first contender is the priestess of the the Sea and Sky God:" "Paisley!" "My heart is connected to God." "When my village suffered from a drought" "I prayed to God for 99 days." "On the 100th day rain fell and ended the drought." "After three months, rain would have fallen eventually whether you prayed or not!" "And during all that time my followers danced for rain!" "Paisley!" "The dancers are just as stupid!" "I now go to visit God!" "That's great!" "When my village was attacked by bandits," "I was locked in a cage and thrown into an icy river." "But I was able to escape from the cage and emerge alive from the river, to defeat the bandits and save my village." "Oh, great!" "The woman in the picture doesn't look anything like her." "If you seal me in this coffin, and bury it in the ground," "I will prove my powers by escaping in a short time." "Just hold on a minute!" "Your claim is highly doubtful." "You don't seem very powerful." "Let's see you prove it!" "Tied up tight?" "Yes." "Put the cover on." "Wait a minute." "I just want to check that the ropes are tight enough." "Just to be certain there is no trickery." "Ueda, you have to loosen it enough so that I can get out of them." "Oh, jerk!" "They're too tight!" "How can I get out?" "What's all the conversation about!" "Why did you tie it so tightly!" "Good!" "There is no way you can get out of those ropes." "Okay, put on the cover!" "Alright, take it away!" "No, not yet." "Just to make it completely secure, we should lock a chain around the coffin." "There's one right there!" "Guys, lend me a hand please!" "We have to untangle the chain first." "Just like that." "Like that..." "Untangle it." "No,that's not the way!" "It's all wrapped around itself." "I think that'll do it." "Crane, lower the coffin!" "Alright, go ahead and bury it!" "Professor!" "That woman has surely died from lack of oxygen." "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea." "Her ghost is back for revenge!" "Everyone, I am the one with real supernatural powers." "This place is just like in the guidebooks!" "Wow, it's my first time seeing one of these!" "Nature is so much fun!" "Wish that Kazumi could be here to see this!" "I love Kazumi-chan!" "What a loser!" "Are you one of those crazy stalker fans?" "Oh, Yabe..." "YabeKenzou!" "According to our orders, we have to cooperate with the locals to prevent any murders happening in this Glorious of God contest." "Preventing possible murders here is a waste of time." "I have real crimes to solve back in Tokyo!" "Annoying!" "(Sugio Sunoko)" "Aren't you embarrassed?" "I can use the power of crystal to see 100 years into the future." "In 100 years, due to global warming, this village will be submerged in water." "And..." "That's all." "There's no way to prove whether that's true or not." "Then I'll give you proof you can judge." "Last week I sent a letter to the village." "You have it there, right?" "Inside this envelope there is a letter predicting the event that will happen now." "These are the cards I use for divination." "Cut the cards any way you want." "Side to side!" "Side to side!" "You're satisfied?" "Side to side!" "Side to side!" "Then go ahead and read the contents of my letter out loud to everyone here." "Alright!" "It says that when I cut the cards, the queen of diamonds will be on top." "Then please turn over the top card." "Queen of diamonds." "How did she do that?" "It's just a simple trick." "Yes, easily explainable!" "Wait a minute!" "Your letter predicted it would be the queen of diamonds." "Didn't you just have the card in your hand already?" "Before you put the envelope on top of the cut cards, you hid the queen of diamonds underneath the envelope." "So, of course, when the mayor turned over the top card, it had to be the queen of diamonds." "I have seen through..." "This way you could make it seem as though you had the power to see the future." "But I saw through your trick." "Ueda!" "The professor is great!" "Alright, kill her!" "Do you think I'll just sit here and let you kill me!" "Excuse me, please!" "My power is similar to Ms. Yamada's, in that there is going to be an escape from a coffin." "But instead of me being in the coffin," "I am going to use my powers to help Miyoko escape." "She will be the one in the coffin." "Professor, tie Miyoko's hands." "Does it hurt?" "It's alright, you can make it tighter." "I can't do that to a pretty lady." "That's tight enough." "Her hands are bound securely now." "You tied my hands a lot tighter!" "Are you sure this will work?" "Don't worry." "I'll escape with no problems." "Go ahead." "Miyoko!" "Let me through!" "Shouhei!" "Miyoko, she..." "Here she is." "Impossible." "How did she escape from the coffin?" "I'm sorry!" "Compared with Miss Yamada" "I'm not as powerful." "Not at all!" "You are even more impressive!" "That's right!" "She's not nearly as good as Shouhei!" "Shouhei!" "She's not such a big deal!" "Just a flat chest!" "(Fushimi Tatsuo)" "I am immortal!" "How do I know?" "Since I was born," "I haven't died once." "That's no different than anyone else!" "This is an iron ball weighing 10 tons, and a statue of a woman, made of concrete." "Crush the statue of a woman!" "I pity the woman!" "Now, the iron ball will flatten me, but I won't die." "Crush the guitar and me!" "Amazing!" "How did he do that?" "I just lost a little weight." "This is a pretty good alternative to dieting." "A way to lose weight!" "?" "Yes?" "Lose weight?" "Yes, yes!" "Lose weight!" "Thank you !" "Oh, so cool!" "..." "Hey!" "Look here!" "There's a recessed hole underneath the layer of dirt." "Really?" "No, I did it with my supernatural power." "Let's go!" "Yes!" "..." "Ready!" "Can you wait a minute?" "Doesn't he claim to be immortal?" "Would you like me to prove that he is lying?" "How would you do that?" "I have the power to break him into pieces just like that statue." "If he is survives the spell, then he is truly immortal." "You plan to dismember him?" "I have the power to save those near death, but on the other hand my power can also kill." "Professor?" "That's not possible!" "Then, professor, would you like to bet your life on it?" "No." "I'm here to observe only." "I have to stay objective and not particpate in the contest." "Well, how about it?" "Fine!" "I accept your challenge!" "I'm going to lock you in for one minute." "Then..." "(Suzuki Ichirou)" "Destroy everything!" "It's empty." "What did you say?" "!" "I see." "He was afraid of the curse." "He must have powers similar to you two and transported to another place." "I guess this means I failed." "Find him!" "See him?" "No." "See him?" "No." "See him?" "No." "See him?" "No." "See him?" "How horrible!" "Oh, here he is." "If those left are the ones with real supernatural abilities, then isn't the competition really just starting now?" "If you say so." "Of course!" "What do we do now?" "Do we curse each other next, to decide who is the winner?" "The last one standing is the one with the greatest supernatural powers, right?" "Which means this is" "a psychic battle royale." "The past Glorious of God used their powers to protect the village from villains." "Whoever wants to be Glorious of God has to be able to prove they have the power to kill." "He's right!" "Everyone this is ridiculous!" "Professor, you don't believe in the supernatural." "So in a way, that means you are my enemy as well." "Now, lets get started!" "The psychic power battle royale." "I just realized how much danger I've put you in!" "And I invited you to come here!" "Shouhei" "Shouhei won't lose!" "Let's go!" "Excuse me!" "Can we interrupt, please." "That's bad." "Why are they here?" "Who are you and why are you here?" "We are police from Tokyo." "We are here to check out suspicious activity in the area." "Look carefully, this proves we are police." "We're just going to look around." "Go have a snack or something." "Take a short break." "Do you want us to kill these guys, Mayor?" "What are you talking about!" "?" "What are you saying!" "?" "Fake and frauds are coming out of the woodwork because of the Glorious of God competition!" "What?" "!" "You want to be the Glorious of God too?" "Glorious of God?" "!" "As if there is any such thing!" "Get him out of here!" "Go!" "..." "Goaway!" "What!" "Don't let them in!" "Get them out!" "Oh, Yamada!" "The Professor too?" "!" "Why are you both here?" "Wait a minute!" "Tell these people who I am!" "Do you know each other?" "No, who are you?" "Professor, please tell them!" "I don't know these people!" "What are you saying?" "Scary, this is scary!" "Lock them up!" "It hurts!" "Don't think about escaping, unless you want to be electrocuted." "Once the Glorious of God has been chosen you'll be released." "We are policemen!" "How can you lock us up?" "I actually touched it?" "Oh, it's a direct current!" "I can't let go!" "Having fun?" "Lock it up!" "Let's go!" "Hey, feed us at least!" "Damn, how did this place turn out to be so dangerous?" "But, how did they put them in place so quickly?" "I'll meet you back here later!" "Oh," "We need a password." ""Poor" and "cream."" "It should be "rich" and "cream."" "Poor." "Rich." "Poor!" "Because you're so poor," "I'll let you read this for free!" "I want to transform all the land around here into a huge written word." "Twice as big as Kyoto's big word." ""Person"" "Ouch..." "This looks like a good place!" "But the forest is in the way!" "It blocks the flick on "person"." "Cut it all down!" "..the scent of battle." "It's ready, right?" "If you want to keep snakes out, you have to block all the holes." "Paisley, we had the villagers bring you food and water." "Please enjoy your meal." "Is it up to my standards?" "It is acceptable." "You won't be disappointed." "The best that the village could provide." "Wait for me outside." "I want to pray in solitude." "Tell everyone that I am not to be disturbed." "Paisley!" "Miyoko..." "Won't you tell me?" "How you escaped from the coffin?" "I'm not sure myself." "Before I met you yesterday, that man Suzuki came to me and put a spell on me." "Since then, whenever I concentrate hard," "I am transported somewhere else without knowing how." "You're lying, right?" "I'm telling the truth!" "Shouhei you saw it with your own eyes, right?" "I'm so hungry!" "Something sweet.." "Dumplings..." "Grilled fish..." "Dumplings..." "Tempura over rice..." "Dumplings..." "Dumplings..." "Sweet and sour dumplings..." "What are you doing?" "I brought you food!" "The password was poor/cream!" "You're late!" "Then eat!" "Uncooked rice?" "Put the cover back on." "Cook rice, cook!" "Open it and look." "Had enough fun?" "This is just a container with two different layers." "I found it in the storehouse of Madam Glorious of God." "I can't believe this is all you brought me to eat!" "Ueda..." "Madam Glorious of God probably had tricks like this set up all over the village." "The shed where Suzuki locked up Fushimi may have had some trick to it." "If Suzuki knew, it would have been to his advantage." "No." "If that was the case, Shouhei would have said something." "He brought me here, after all." "Madame Tenkai!" "..." "Lady Tenkai..." "Madame Tenkai!" "She was called home by the God of Sea and Sky." "Madame Tenkai!" "A snake bite!" "Madame Tenkai was bitten by a snake!" "I saw it!" "Madame Tenkai!" "So that's how it is." "Did you do it?" "All the holes were blocked to keep snakes out." "Snake can get in from many different directions, including from thin air." "It appears that you have real psychic power." "Although the competition has just started," "you have already demonstrated your supernatural ability." "You can't keep us in here!" "Let us out!" "Yabe, it's no good!" "I can't get a signal on the phone." "Hey, aren't you from Akihabara?" "Yes, I'm from Akihabara!" "Dig here." "No, it's too dangerous." "It'll be alright, just dig!" "Yes, sir." "Oh, it seems safe!" "Miyoko?" "Have you seen Miyoko?" "Didn't she go into the forest?" "Forest?" "How did I end up here?" "Nothing is going right!" "Miyoko?" "Is this your handiwork too?" "No." "So, who will die next?" "Now only three contestants remain." "Alright!" "Let's celebrate." "Let's celebrate!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Yes, yes, I'm right here!" "Poor/cream!" "Grubby!" "You are too easily amused." "Oh, I get it." "I know how Suzuki put a snake in Madame Tenkai's cottage." "He used a container like this." "What?" "The snake was in the same container as her dinner." "The first time she opened the container it showed the compartment that held her dinner." "But the container has two layers." "The second time she opened it it revealed the snake hidden in the other compartment." "So that's how he did it?" "The real puzzle is who killed Sonoko?" "I asked the villagers." "Neither Suzuki and Shouhei were in the forest at the time Sonoko was killed." "Then who did it?" "Only one person could have." "Miyoko." "Besides being the only person without an alibi, she's suspicious for another reason..." "The unlucky child..." "It was born in 1990, just twenty years ago." "It has to be Miyoko." "Ueda, you can't be serious?" "You think Miyoko is the unlucky child?" "How else can you explain how she escaped from the coffin?" "But didn't Madame Glorious of God also write that the unlucky child had been expelled?" "You're the one who killed Sonoko, right?" "What are you talking about?" "After Suzuki put that spell on you..." "You aren't the same Miyoko that you used to be." "Don't say such nonsense!" "I'm not a killer!" "I just want to help you win the position!" "Everyone to the headquarters!" "What's up with you, Shouhei?" "Shouhei!" "I'm so sorry!" "I... have been cheating everyone!" "I don't have any psychic powers." "How can that be?" "Didn't you use your power to help Miyoko escape from the coffin?" "That was Suzuki..." "He put a spell on her so she could teleport out in time." "If you want to kill me with your power then go ahead and do so!" "Please, I beg you!" "Let Shouhei go!" "You are a member of this village and are also honest enough to admit that you were faking." "I have no reason to kill you." "And you?" "I also have no desire to see him dead." "Shouhei, you are no longer a member of this village." "Mayor!" "It's alright!" "I expected this." "I wish everyone peace and happiness." "Wait a minute!" "Take me with you!" "That's no good!" "This village is your home." "The punishment is mine alone." "You're better off forgetting about me!" "Just the two of us left." "What do you say to settling this with a psychic duel?" "Tonight," "I'll be waiting for you in the shed where Fushimi died." "Miyoko is probably the person who killed Sonoko." "Evidently, Shouhei thought so too." "She was trying to help Shouhei by killing his opponent, which was the last thing Shouhei wanted." "He left the village so that" "Miyoko wouldn't try to kill anyone else for him." "I can make it, I can make it!" "Yabe!" "I'm out!" "I made it!" "I'm out!" "Come on out!" "Me next!" "Come out like this?" "Right!" "From here?" "Yes." "Everything alright?" "It's going good!" "Come on out!" "Keep on going!" "Come out!" "Yabe..." "Yabe, you need to narrow your upper body a bit!" "Yabe!" "Alright!" "Don't worry about me, you just go ahead!" "Yabe?" "Hurry and go!" "You'd let me go while you were stuck here alone?" "No, Yabe!" "I can't leave you alone and run away to save myself!" "No!" "You..." "It's useless for you to stay here." "Yabe, I won't abandon you!" "Wait just a minute!" "Ready!" "Did you forget that it's electrified!" "Push!" "Are you really going through with this?" "Yes." "I have to expose him as a fraud." "I'll be fine." "There are no such thing as supernatural powers." "Just in case, we'll set up a code phrase." "It's "pour" and "cream."" "That one again?" "Ueda," "if I don't come back" "open this and read it." "Yamada..." "(Rent due 90,000 yen)" "Come in." "Close the door." "Remote control?" "It would be easy to kill you, but I haven't done so yet because I don't really want to." "Because we are the same." "We both have real supernatural powers." "I have researched the history of this village." "It has existed for hundreds of years..." "A long time ago, a sorceress from a southern island came to this village." "On that island those with supernatural powers were called kami." "The kami controlled this village for many years." "Then another sorcerer challenged their power but was defeated and chased away." "Since then, the village held a supernatural battle contest to find a protector." "Those kami were then called Glorious of God." "You are a descendent of those kami from the southern island." "No." "You are afraid to admit the truth." "What supernatural power?" "Such a thing doesn't exist." "There are many who believe that." "Modern science denies that psychic powers are possible because scientists are afraid of what they can't explain." "An unlucky spirit resides in a woman of this village." "I borrowed that power for my own." "But the last Glorious of God said the unlucky child had been expelled." "It still lives in the village." "Why don't you join forces with me?" "I can help you develop your power." "Don't be ridiculous!" "That Professor Ueda, is he such an important person to you?" "I know you collaborate with him." "If you choose him, the scholar, you will have an unhappy life." "You and I are much more compatible." "I refuse." "Then you will die here." "That's not water!" "It's oil?" "!" "So hot!" "Yamada..." "Are you trying to rescue her?" "You and that woman are in cahoots!" "You cannot interfere!" "Kill him !" "Easy enough!" "I teach karate, judo and sumo over the internet." "Come at me!" "This is terrible, what can I do?" "Fushimi was locked in here but his body was found outside the building." "How?" "So hot!" "Ueda, you jerk!" "What's taking you so long!" "There has to be a secret passage!" "Oh, right!" "Perhaps..." "Make way!" "Not this one?" "Or this one either?" "Ueda..." "Fire..." "That bastard!" "Wrong again?" "Fire!" "Everywhere!" "It's my turn!" "Just wait there!" "Come!" "Well, how about it?" "That's hot!" "Yamada!" "Cream, poor cream !" "This is bad!" "Yamada!" "Here I come!" "Go to hell!" "Aren't you Fushimi?" "You're still alive?" "Didn't I say" "I can't die?" ""Fushimi" sounds just like fujimi (immortal)." "That isn't just a coincidence." "So, you're the one who killed Sonoko?" "Too strong..." "What happened?" "Fushimi!" "Fushimi!" "Please protect our village." "Dance!" "Congratulations on becoming the next Glorious of God!" "A present for you." "To tell the truth," "I never did trust that Yamada woman." "And here is another little offering on my behalf." "You have supernatural powers, where as I am a scientist." "We have different points of view but we both hate those who try to trick people with fake powers." "We should try to overcome our differences." "We are are both mature adults." "How about a reconciliation?" "It won't ever happen." "Your scientific point of view denies that my powers exist." "But I'm sure we can things out." "Do you see him?" "No." "Do you see him?" "No." "We need to catch that man." "We can't let anyone who doesn't support the new Glorious of God escape." "This is bad!" "Beating up the villagers might not have been in my best interests." "Ueda..." "Ueda..." "I have come from hell to take you with me." "This isn't happening..." "Stay away!" "Stay away!" "No!" "You rewarded the man who killed me?" "Why did you betray me?" "You're wrong!" "Get down on your knees!" "And sign here!" "(Contract between Ueda Jiro and Yamada Naoko)" "(...giving Yamada Naoko a share of his book sales, etc.)" "Sign!" "Hey!" "So it's really you?" "You are alive." "You are too much!" "How did you escape?" "There was a hidden door." "It worked on the same principle as the container." "The first time I tried nothing happened." "But when I tried again, a hidden exit appeared." "Yamada!" "Cream" "Poor/cream!" "No..." "Ueda..." "I thought I was finally rid of you, and could return to a peaceful life." "But it would be a problem for me if you were still alive, so I hid and watched to make sure..." "Congratulations for you to become the new Glorious of God." "So..." "You!" "To tell the truth," "I never did trust that Yamada woman." "She was just too shady." "Ueda!" "It was just a strategy to calm Suzuki's suspicions." "Liar!" "Don't you see?" "Shouhei?" "Fushimi came back to life!" "He attacked me in the forest." "So that's it." "Suzuki and Fushimi are partners." "(villager)" "What is he doing?" "Fushimi..." "only pretended to be killed by Suzuki's curse." "But he was actually Suzuki's accomplice." "Do you think it'll work?" "Hasn't it been a minute already?" "That's right!" "He scattered fake limbs around the area, then covered the rest of his body in camouflage." "The person who killed Sonoko... was Fushimi." "What was I thinking?" "I'm such a jerk." "I even suspected" "Miyoko of killing Sonoko." "Miyoko wouldn't do such a thing." "Where is Fushimi?" "That..." "He just collapsed and died while he was attacking me." "I never even touched him." "Suzuki probably gave him some kind of slow-acting poison." "Suzuki killed his former accomplice as soon as Fushimi was no longer of any use." "That man is thoroughly evil!" "By the way," "Suzuki told me that he borrowed the power of the unlucky child." "Could that be what he was talking about?" "That's the coffin that" "I used for my magic trick." "An unlucky child is definitely inside it." "What?" "It's Miyoko!" "?" "Why?" "She is one of a pair of twins." "When Ueda tied Miyoko's rope, he left it loose." "I can't do that to a pretty lady." "But the Miyoko who appeared after the teleport trick had deep red marks on her wrists, as if her wrists had been tightly bound." "Someone else had to have tied her wrists." "The real Miyoko didn't know that she wouldn't survive." "So you figured it out?" "Miyoko?" "!" "I'm sorry!" "I am not" "Miyoko, but her sister Kayoko." "As you can see, we are identical twins." "Miyoko's death is my fault." "Why you do so!" "?" "In this village they hold to the old superstition that twins attract misfortune." "When we were born," "Shouhei's grandmother, Madame Glorious of God ordered my parents to kill one of us." "The unlucky spirit was referring to us, the twins." "How incredibly stupid!" "But..." "my parents didn't kill us." "Instead they hid me in a secret storeroom." "They never told anyone, but raised me in secret." "My parents died, one after the other, when we were young." "Miyoko would tell me about the outside world." "Sometimes we switched places so that I could experience the outside world a little." "Mountain !" "..." "To keep people from realizing we practiced how we spoke." "Her name is Kudou Junko." "If Miyoko was injured," "I'd inflict a wound on the same spot." "We were happy." "Then why did you kill her?" "Because of you," "Shouhei." "We both fell in love with you." "Do you remember?" "Last year's Temple Festival?" "Hey, Kaori Daiko, why don't you go in my place?" "Why?" "Today is the Temple Festival!" "I can see Shouhei anyday." "So..." "I want you to be able to spend the happiest day of the year outside." "It was the first time, since I was born that I felt it might not be a bad thing if Miyoko no longer existed." "From that day on," "I began to grow miserable if I didn't see you." "I couldn't control it." "Then ten days ago, that man called Suzuki appeared in the village." "He was a participant in the Glorious of God election who had secretly come to the village to scout around." "We accidentally revealed our secret to him." "After that he would appear" "When I was alone." "It seemed like he could see into my heart." "If you want to make your sister disappear from the world" "I have a plan." "A plan called 'Teleport.'" "Miyoko will be tied up by Shouhei and confined in the coffin." "Miyoko was happy to cooperate." "But from the very beginning, there was never any way for her to escape the coffin." "This was Suzuki's plan to make Miyoko disappear." "Now I am alone in this world except for myself." "This is all my fault!" "If only I had told everyone from the beginning that" "I am a fake..." "Miyoko" "Miyoko" "I should have been the one to die!" "Don't do it!" "Miyoko!" "I am not Miyoko!" "I am Kayoko!" "Shouhei!" "I will avenge their deaths!" "I will definitely expose" "Suzuki to the villagers!" "Let's go, Ueda!" "Destroy all!" "..." "Appear!" "..." "Destroy all!" "Appear!" "Destroy all!" "Suzuki!" "It's you, Madame!" "You met a horrible disaster but you're still alive!" "After all you have done," "I won't forgive you!" "You don't remember what you tried to do to me?" "You should be happy!" "You've come back from the dead!" "Kayoko told us everything." "I have seen through" "all of your tricks!" "Really?" "Bingo!" "I don't have supernatural powers!" "I'm actually a scientist!" "I studied medicine and physics at the University of Tokyo." "Science is the power that makes miracles happen for 80-90 percent of the people." "University of Tokyo?" "Then you must have taken acting classes there." "What about the man you saved on the bus?" "He was perspiring, had trouble breathing, then passed out." "From the symptoms, I guessed he was a diabetic." "If so, he'd probably have glucose on him in an easy-to-get-to place if low blood sugar occurred." "While I was blocking your view," "I just fed the man his glucose." "How did you reach the village so much faster than me?" "I had a horse hidden in the forest." "This is the power of science." "Don't act so superior!" "You couldn't do anything alone." "You were partners with Fushimi." "He's the one who suggested we team up." "It was his plan to fake death, then hunt down the competition." "But after everyone else had been eliminated," "I knew I would be next." "So you gave him poison to kill him." "No, I never gave him any such thing." "The one who killed Fushimi is Shouhei." "You're wondering how?" "No." "You said you don't believe in supernatural powers." "But they do exist." "I saw it with my own eyes." "When I was younger..." "I was a highly reputed medical researcher." "One day a woman appeared before me." "I believe I have psychic powers." "Is such a thing possible?" "Can you test me to see?" "I ran all kinds of tests on her." "Before my very eyes, she made items float in the air." "Items would suddenly appear in places that had been empty a moment before." "And she could break things without touching them." "Break!" "This!" "..." "The weather is so nice!" "She had real psychic powers!" "Can you use your power to turn rocks to gold?" "You're a bad man, professor!" "Without noticing..." "I fell in love with her." "Oh, a flock of birds!" "That was the beginning of the tragedy." "They're enjoying the weather too." "I published my findings about her powers in the scientific journals." "Just like that." "Cheater!" "Scientists accused us of fraud." "But the ones who were the most vicious in their attacks were those frauds who pretended to have supernatural power." "Their livelihood was threatened by the existence of people with real psychic powers." "Stop it!" "I was fired from my position." "She felt that it was because of her." "So she committed suicide!" "Sawako!" "Sawako!" "So..." "You're getting revenge against those frauds who pretend they have real psychic powers?" "Not at all!" "I am searching for those who have authentic psychic powers." "Mr. Suzuki what do you think happens to people after they die?" "I don't know." "After I die, and I'm in the afterworl." "I'm going to find a way to communicate with you." "At that time... you must listen for my voice!" "After her death" "I've traveled around the world looking for someone who could communicate with her." "There was an escape artist named Houdini." "He wanted to speak with with his mother who had passed away." "I heard that, like you, he searched for a real psychic;" "but all he found were fakes." "But I have found someone with real supernatural powers." "It's you!" "You couldn't protect your lover so you want to apologize!" "Isn't that why you're trying to reach her?" "Oh, here they are!" "Here they are!" "Go!" "Get them!" "Finally we've found them!" "Grab them!" "Kill them!" "Wait a minute, everyone!" "He has confessed everything." "He doesn't have psychic powers." "In this world, there is no such thing." "Doesn't that make you a fake too!" "?" "No, I am real!" "I am the real Glorious of God." "You change your tune pretty fast." "Then please show everyone how you are going to protect them with your psychic powers." "Of course." "Well, let's see it." "Destroy all!" "Destroy all!" "Burn, burn, all the grass on the mountain!" "It's goodbye then!" "This is dangerous!" "What should we do?" "!" "Pour!" "This is oil, not water!" "Why didn't you say that!" "Oh, hot, hot!" "..." "If it keeps up like this we'll be burned to death." "What's happening over there, Madame?" "Madame, is the mountain on fire?" "Look at the smoke." "Hot, so hot!" "We're done for!" "Yamada... at death's door... let's say the words we haven't yet been able to say!" "Fi..." "Finished!" "Alright!" "Yamada..." "I have always... always loved..." "Hot!" "So hot!" "Why is this happening now?" "Oh, so hot!" "Fight fire with fire!" "Hot!" "I... have always loved..." "Hot!" "Ueda, I know how to save us." "What?" "Listen to me, all of you!" "Wait just a minute!" "Don't move!" "Stay there!" "Stay put!" "You wanted us to escape, right?" "You think that it's proof that I have supernatural powers." "How did you do escape?" "Good question!" "We were saved by a knowledge of simple physics." "We poured oil on the ground surrounding us, then started the oil on fire." "That created another circle of fire." "When the inner and outer circles of fire met, they burned each other out." "Ueda!" "Great!" "Great!" "Physics is actually useful!" "So it was like that..." "And this idea... who was the one who came up with it?" "Are you satisfied now?" "Now that you tricked everyone!" "Shouhei!" "Stay away!" "Don't be an idiot!" "Let me go!" "Hey, stop it!" "Let me go!" "Calm down!" "Don't bother feeling guilty." "I won't be killed by a little wound like this." "I'm off to continue my search for someone with real supernatural powers." "This time, I'm saying goodbye for real." "Sawako" "Professor" "Sawako" "Please forgive me!" "Please forgive me!" "It's him!" "The one who was defrauding people all over the area!" "Madame, we should leave him to the police." "We're in a hurry!" "How did he end up like this!" "?" "What brought him all the way out here from Tokyo?" "Jerk, pull harder!" "Yabe, your neck..." "Pull!" "But Yabe, your neck..." "Pull harder!" "Yabe, your head is stuck..." "Pull harder!" "Yabe, your neck..." "Pull harder!" "Yabe, your neck!" "..." "Yabe, your neck can't..." "It hurts!" "Alright, everyone" "I am your new Glorious of God!" "Now, about the treasure..." "Shouhei!" "We were wrong." "Hey..." "The time has come to quit having a Glorious of God to protect the village." "Ten Thousand Training Village has to join the modern era!" "But we were too slow in realizing this." "Excuse..." "and it resulted in all these stupid tragedies." "They're all our fault!" "But the person who let Kayoko live here secretly was actually your grandmother." "Your grandmother was also a twin." "Her sister was adopted by a village far away." "It was thought that if both twins had supernatural power then two villages could be helped." "Your grandmother's twin started a community called "Mother Spring."" "Mother Spring?" "Mother..." "But... she was labeled a fraud by a scientific investigator and that led to her death." "This happened when your grandmother was still alive." "If she had been the sort of person to seek revenge it would have been easy for her to do so." "Shouhei, you have inherited your grandmother's powers." "It's the truth." "I no longer care about that." "I just hate everyone now." "That hate will destroy you." "Let us, the old people, help!" "We will give it our all." "How do we modernize and urbanize the village?" "Offer a climate that's advantageous to business and develop the area's industry." "Develop industry!" "What industry?" "Our village doesn't have any natural resources and transportation is too expensive." "The nearest gas station is 20 km away." "Everyone, is everything alright after that fire on the mountain?" "Mother!" "?" "Everyone!" "I plan to open a "Word Power" calligraphy center here." "I'd like to develop the abandoned mountain and write a calligraphy of a giant word on the top." "Naoko!" "?" "What are you doing here?" "Oh, Professor Ueda, you're here too?" "Naoko was up to her neck in trouble again" "But don't worry Mother!" "I straightened everything out." "Hey, that's not your mother!" "Naoko" "So where do you want to put the letter, Madame?" "Start with the big black circle there." "Write O..." "K..." "Field of..." "Calligraphy!" "OK Field of Calligraphy!" "Great idea!" "Alright, everyone come with me!" "Don't be slow, faster!" "O..." "K...!" "Calligraphy..." "Center... !" "Hey, have you forgotten that I'm the mayor here?" "Oh, that reminds me!" "When you thought we were going to die, what were you trying to tell me?" "Oh, then?" "I wasn't myself." "It felt like I was under a spell..." "How did that get there?" "It felt like my true self was tied up and my head wasn't attached to my body." "I heard myself scream loudly" ""Why don't you do your best?"" ""Why don't you do your best?"" "Oh, so that's how people where you're from say "I've always loved..."" "I don't remember anything." "I can't remember what I said." "You can't remember what you said just 10 minutes ago when we were surrounded by fire?" "!" "10 minutes ago?" "!" "How do you know that when you're not wearing a watch?" "But I did have a watch." "A sun dial!" "I have definitely met my match." "What were you trying to say to me at that time?" "I said something?" "You said "I have always loved...'" "I did?" "I have always loved..." "What?" "...loved you!" "Ten minutes ago?" "Yes!" "Ten minutes ago." "When we were surrounded by fire?" "Yes, when we surrounded by fire." "Just when it seemed probable that we would be burned alive?" "Just when it seemed probable that we would be burned alive." "All the sudden I felt that I loved you so much, that I blurted it out completely unconsciously!" "I don't understand!" "So do you want to talk about it?" "Even if you never intended to say it?" "How do you feel?" "Why are you asking me that all the sudden?" "That's something you ask a women at her time of the month." "Since I ate the curry you made for me that time, I've had a restless feeling in my body." "A restless feeling?" "I guess you could describe it like I'm hungry all the time." "What is with that look?" "Did I make you mad?" "No," "I've fallen in love with you!" "Why?" "Could it be a spell?" "!" "It's like you're part of my body." "We're so tightly attached that we can't ever be separated." "But now I feel hungry." "Maybe I'm actually coming down with something?" "Watch it!" "Ouch!" "What was that for?" "Why don't you try your best?" "It's over!" "Go home now!"