Hey, what are YOU lookin' at?!
Well?
You looked at me a few minutes ago, too...
Sorry, buddy, but lend me some change.
Hurry it up!
Touto Takanodai General Hospital
Kumi Mizutani
Do it.
The anesthetic is working.
The operation wasn't successful because I wasn't skilled enough.
It's not your fault. You're an excellent surgeon.
Besides...
She'll be all better soon.
It's done.
Kurosawa...
You know, you really are...
...a man chosen by destiny.
I'll take care of the rest in the usual way.
I feel like it'll disappear...
...the instant I look away.
I just kept counting...
...all the many traces of loneliness...
...that I'd vomited up.
In this time that seems so dry,
...my heart is thrashing around and drowning.
It takes those lies that make my head spin...
...and tears them to pieces.
And the place I lose my way in...
...is a dim, hazy world.
Ginger tea. With lots of honey.
Ginger tea?
Yes. This is the best thing to warm you up when you have a cold.
Thank you.
You were working again last night?
Out in that rain?
Without an umbrella?
I see... That's why you got the chills.
You should go see a doctor.
Here's the address of a good hospital.
But first, gulp down that ginger tea.
Touto Takanoda General Hospital Bus Stop
It's pretty swollen, all right.
I'll prescribe some medication for you,
...so pick it up at the pharmacy window on your way out.
Okay.
Anything else?
Is there anything else that's bothering you?
No, not really...
That's good, then. You've been blessed.
There are kids who can't run and play at an age...
...when they want to play around the most.
Yes, even in this hospital...
Here. Give them this at the window.
Thank you.
Take care of yourself.
Next, please!
Green onions!
Wrap some around your neck! It might work better than the medicine!
Green onions?
This is enough for three days. Please take it after every meal.
Yes, ma'am.
Sorry, could you hit three, please?
How did your job go at the police station?
It was just a heart attack. There were no signs of narcotics.
Kumi Mizutani
What's it feel like?
Like I'm alive!
It's all thanks to you, Dr. Kirihara!
No, you were the one who did the hard part.
Doctor...
I'll try hard, too, so I hope the surgery goes well!
It'll be fine!
Just believe in the doctor, and everything will be just fine!
Right, Doctor?
Sure.
Of course.
Lisa Kayama... The patient in room 405?
Yeah. Her operation is next week.
But in her present condition, I'm not sure she'll even make it off the table.
She has dreams, too...
I want to give her a future.
So, please save her... Use your powers!
Are you sure?
If we "cure" her before the operation, it won't help your reputation.
I've had enough praise already. Thanks to you.
I never believed in God or in Buddha... But something close to it exists.
Something that gave me this power... The power to control life and death.
Yeah.
If that is what you call destiny...
If my destiny is to lend a helping hand to lives that are fading away,
...then I will keep following that destiny.
Do you have any leads on a donor?
I do. A man who was one of my patients.
He's... a man who won't be missed in this world.
This is the strange corpse that was found last night.
Robin?
I have a cold.
The police autopsy report lists heart attack as cause of death.
Usually, the case would end there.
But he was a Witch.
Which means...?
When a corpse is identified on the police computer,
...that individual is checked against the STN-J's Witch list.
If there is a match, the STN-J performs a second autopsy.
But our autopsy results were completely different from the one the police performed.
Cause of death was coronary necrosis. It was caused by a Witch's power.
It's unclear whether another Witch got to him, or if his own powers went out of control.
But why are the results so different?
Naturally, we considered the possibility that it might be a simple mistake.
But there were others.
Looking at past records, there was a case similar to this one three years ago.
What's more, the same person was in charge of the police autopsy.
Kazuhiro Kirihara, a part-time coroner...
...who currently works at Touto Takanodai General Hospital.
Several of the corpses he had been in charge of were those of Mafia members.
It's pretty unnatural that they all died of heart failure or a cerebral hemorrhage.
He's so close to being on the dark side you can't tell the difference.
A legal way of getting rid of evidence, huh?
Using his position as the coroner.
We can't be certain at this point in time, but the possibility...
...that Kirihara is a Witch, or is associated with one, is very high.
We'll target him.
So anyway, folks who don't give the money back...
...get extorted, extorted, and extorted some more!
And when that doesn't work...
...you know what happens then, don't you, Doc?
The money you borrow...
...gets repaid with your life!
Well, anyway, it's all thanks to you that I can stay in business like this!
I really appreciate it, Doc!
Really!
A man that the world won't miss...
The two customers in back need their check!
Let's let him keep sleeping...
Forever.
Yeah.
I feel like crap...
We're being followed.
You think so, too?
Maybe the police have figured it out.
No, they don't look like the police.
Why, then? Why are they after us?
Maybe it's me that they're after.
Maybe they're after my power...
There couldn't possibly be anyone!
Nobody besides us knows about your power!
I can't drink anymore...
What are you...
Idiot!
You dumb bastard!
Geez, they went inside...
We have no choice.
Sakaki, you're the forward. Robin, support him.
Karasuma and I will cover the front and the back.
Robin!
Freeze!
Both hands up in the air!
Who the hell are you people?!
Why would a kid like you...
I'm under no obligation to answer a Witch.
Witch?
Keep him pinned!
You're gonna do it?!
Bastard!
If we don't get them... They'll get us!
Dammit...
You little punk!
Hurry up and do it! My arms are going numb!
That's strange...
What's wrong?
My power... My power isn't working properly.
What are you doing? That's not possible!
You can do it! Try again!
Robin...
W-What the...?!
O-Oh, it's a girl.
You're...
You!
What are you doing here?
I see... So you were the Witch.
I can't believe it... You have a power, too?
Don't worry... It's just chloroform.
Go after them.
To go on saving human lives...
That is the destiny that was bestowed upon me.
But you've killed innocent people.
They were sinners.
And so I passed judgment over them. With these two hands.
You have no right to do that.
Hey, what's that?
A fire? A will-o'-the-wisp?
Turn yourself in.
S-Stop it. I understand.
I will.
You can't!
Run!
Kirihara!
Karasuma, mission cut. I'm going in.
Robin!
Don't move. Hold still.
It'll collapse!
Kirihara...
A Witch...
There are other people besides you and me who have been given powers?
How do they use their own powers?
Do they accept the destiny that was bestowed upon them?
I... To the very end, I will obey my destiny.
Will you obey your destiny?
My destiny...
K-Kurosawa...
Save that girl's life...
I promise.
K-Kurosawa...
Kurosawa!
All done. You're almost good as new.
It's not clear when Kurosawa's powers had awakened,
...but he apparently had used them to treat many of Kirihara's patients.
What about Kirihara?
He's in our custody.
Just how far back do I need to go?
Tell me.
It's all so vivid that it hurts.
The truth is, nothing can be shared,
...so I never looked back.
...all those promises...
...inside me eventually...
...gave up on that light from some other time,
...like the light of a morning you can't return to.