Si?
Hm? Okay...
Got it. Where is it?
You're from the STN? Sorry to drag you out here so early in the morning.
It's over here.
Judging from the condition of the corpse, you'd have to say he burned to death.
But for some reason, there are no signs of smoke inhalation.
I heard that there were no signs of anything else burning inside the room.
Yeah, now that you mention it, the coroner said it was as if...
...he was burned from the inside using a microwave oven.
I understand.
For the time being, we'll have someone come pick this up.
You guys didn't come here to pick it up?
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.
We have an ID on the victim.
His name is Tatsuro Oikawa. Age, 34.
His father is the president of a pretty big firm.
And the stupid son played with fire and really got burned?
That's about right. Anyway, about the Witch...
You found something out?
There were three Seeds that matched the database back at headquarters.
But two of them live somewhere else entirely, so they can be written off.
In other words, our target is automatically decided for us.
I'm sending you the data now.
But why would she do such a thing?
You're curious about that, too?
She was perfectly normal up until now, right?
As I recall, you were born here in Japan, right?
I moved to Tuscany when I was really young, though.
But even so, you can't deny the possibility that a blood relation to you...
...may still remain somewhere in this country.
Sakaki and Karasuma headed over to where the Witch is.
We'll head right over, too.
Let's go.
Anything?
Doesn't look like she's made a move yet.
Is this the only way in or out?
Unless there's some secret hideout, yeah.
What?
We're starting the operation.
Have you contacted the investigator from the Factory?
Okay. I'm ready whenever you are
We're taking her straight to the Factory, huh?
The computer at the Factory decided that Aki Yoshioka needed some questioning.
So that's why we're in a hurry.
But if Aki Yoshioka really has awakened already, won't this be a little tricky?
If that's the case, we'll simply use brute force.
That's strange...
Cut it.
Michael, looks like she's one step ahead of us.
Right, contact the Factory immediately.
Call the Administrator, as well.
Anyway, I'm sorry, but I'm gonna head on home now.
Well, see you guys later.
Hey, I'm about to go home for today, too.
If you want, I could give you a lift.
Sure, but I don't have a helmet.
No problem. I have a spare.
Cracked it!
Find anything?
Wait a minute, let me poke around.
A message?
I am the one who killed these three men: Tatsuro Oikawa, Kiyoshi Matsunaga, and Seiichiro Aramune.
Signed, Aki Yoshioka
I am the one who killed these three men: Tatsuro Oikawa, Kiyoshi Matsunaga, and Seiichiro Aramune.
This is a confession to a crime!
Wait a minute. It says she killed three men.
We know that Oikawa was murdered, but what about the other two?
Wait a minute, I'm checking into it right now.
We were careless.
We should have been more alert to the chance...
...that a Witch whose powers just awoke would cause a series of incidents.
But Aki Yoshioka is dead.
Michael had said that the DNA patterns matched.
Are you saying that a ghost did this?
A ghost?
What's wrong?
Amon, that sand that was piled up in her room!
Sand?
Seiichiro Aramune
Declaration of clean politics
Sand is North, symbolizing the quarter of earth.
South is the quarter of fire.
West is water. East is air.
And the circle is the universe.
What's the big rush?
Astral projection...
A rite to leave your body.
Leave the body?
Someone tried to contact Aki Yoshioka's spirit.
So this person killed Oikawa and the others?
That's why you're here.
Aki Yoshioka's spirit might still be here.
Use scrying to check to see if it is.
I turned up a few things when I checked the Oikawa and Matsunaga angle.
The two of them used to work in a nonprofit organization with a guy named Aramune.
Nonprofit?
Yeah, a volunteer group.
A rehabilitation center for victims of domestic violence.
But that apparently was just a cover.
They were raided by the police soon after they started and got shut down.
But that's not the problem.
Aki Yoshioka had also been placed in that facility for a while.
Aki Yoshioka!
Michael, I want the current address of that third guy who was supposedly involved,
...and the list of the people who had been placed in the facility.
I thought you'd ask that.
But there doesn't seem to be anyone related to this case.
Okay, it's on its way.
By the way, how did things go on Miss Karasuma's end?
All residual traces of Aki Yoshioka's spirit were gone.
Does that mean someone took Aki Yoshioka's spirit away from there?
I don't know. The more important issue is who performed that ceremony.
What's wrong?
I had forgotten until just now.
When Miss Dojima was going through Aki Yoshioka's records the other day,
...she said she found some strange records.
Strange records?
As if there were two Aki Yoshiokas.
Michael, go over everyone who was ever in that facility one more time.
All of them?
Yes. Recheck everything, including people who are already dead.
Even the dead people?
That's right. And I want to know what went on inside that facility.
Put a rush on it.
Okay.
In any case, the first thing to do is to check out this guy.
May I ask who is calling?
I talked to you on the phone earlier.
If you're wanting an interview, I thought I'd already declined the offer.
Yes, but I would like to speak with him...
He is awfully busy right now with the upcoming election.
I'm sorry, but if you really must speak with him,
...please put in another request via the election campaign office.
I know that you guys are selling our bodies.
What are you talking about?
You have the wrong idea.
You're sick, so all we want to do is make you better.
Hiroshi and Suzu were fine.
But they've been acting funny ever since they were taken away to the overseas hospital.
It's all you guys' fault! I won't let you get away with it!
You won't?
What can you do about it? You're just a kid!
No, it's not her... Aki is already dead.
It looks like Aramune's facility really was shady.
You find something out?
The details are unclear,
...but many of the kids who were placed in the facility...
...were sent to hospitals overseas, saying they needed surgery.
Overseas? But why?
Donors. There were rumors a while back...
...that there are people who use overseas hospitals...
...to run organ transplant businesses, something they couldn't do in this country.
That's probably what Aramune and his cohorts were up to.
That's horrible...
And about the list of the people placed in the facility...
When I also looked through those who had already died, an interesting name turned up.
Cut to the chase, Michael.
Who?
Saki Yoshioka.
That sounds way too similar to be a stranger, don't you think?
Michael, what's the current status of Aramune's facility?
Well, there was a small fire the other day, and it was shut down.
A fire!
It can't be!
Michael, give me its location!
I already looked it up.
Chairman's Office
So, you came.
Aki Yoshioka had a twin sister.
The files say that she died of a sudden disease, but who knows...
Aramune's?
It probably is.
Amon!
So, you have it, too.
The same powers as me...
No! The only one who can use this power is my sister!
Only my sister...
Only my sister can use the same power as me!
Just my sister... Nobody else...
Identical twins...
Maybe it's no surprise that two people with the same...
...genetic structure would have the same Craft.
When it's all said and done, she was trying to avenge her older sister's death, huh?
She probably used astral projection to find out who killed her sister.
But why did Oikawa and the others kill Aki?
Fear.
Aramune was trying to run for election.
So he suddenly became afraid of Aki, who knew about his past.
And so he tried to shut her up...
Their one miscalculation was that her younger sister was still alive.
She must've helped her little sister escape, thinking she'd end up as a donor, too.
By using a secret Craft spell to fake her death...
The two of them were just trying to survive.
That's true. Anyone would.
But if we hadn't hunted her,
...the younger sister really might have become a mass murderer.
I know that...
Yes, sir. The Witch was clearly well-versed in many spells.
So, did you find any connection to HER...?
No, sir. None that I could see.
Are emotions clouding your judgment?
No, sir.
I understand. I'll check it over one more time.
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.