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WE'RE USING OUR WANT £ DR. KURODA!

EVERY RESOURCE 2%
TO FIGHT YOUR МА K^ ease!
CONDITION, MAMI. |
 LOOK AT
HIS FACE!
IT'S TERRIFYING,
INHUMAN! A DEVIL
IN THE DARK!

AWARENESS
OF HER OWN
ILLNESS, HER

1 BUT IF
Й нес STARTED
 ΑΗ, THAT'S
LET'S RIGHT. YOU'RE
HEAD OVER NEW HERE,
THERE. WALK AREN'T YOU.
FAMILIAR WITH
HIS CASE.
 WAS INSIDE
THE UREAM
THAT Т FELT
$0 EVERY

FELT LIKE IT
НАР LASTED
A WHILE.

HAD THEY ALL.

BEEN PLEASANT
DREAMS, I
WOULUN'T HAVE
MINDED. BUT THE
NIGHTMARES ...

LOSING IT.
 ҮШ
MET
\

MY DAY TO DAY
НЕ WAS LYING, LIFE IS SEVERELY
OR AT WORST THAT IMPAIRED - I CAN
SOME KIND OF BARELY REMEMBER
MENTAL CONDITION WHAT HAPPENED
HAD LED HIM TO YESTERDAY.
BELIEVE A ШЕ.

PASSING BY IN
ONE NIGHT, IT
WAS ABSURD.
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8

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AN

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CONVULSED,
AND HIS EYES
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„.. IT WAS
TERRIFYING ...
AND IT LASTED
A YEAR AND
AMALF.

HE WAS
ASHIVER
TELLING NO WENT UP
MY SPINE.
JUST FEEL
IT. THIS МАМ
MIGHT
ACTUALLY
HAVE HAD
ALONG
DREAM.

CONTINUED
ТО OBSERVE
HIM, I COULD
ONLY COME
70 ONE
FELL INTO A
DEEP SLEEP,
THERE WAS A
BRIEF MOMENT
AND YET WHERE HE
FOR HIM, THAT WENT INTO
ONE MOMENT COLILD CONVULSIONS.
FEEL LIKE MONTHS
AND MONTHS. HENCE
THE ILLUSION OF A
 ВИТІ
STILL 2/2 NOT
UNDERSTAND
WHY НЕ HAD THE
DREAMS AT ALL,

I NEED YOU TO
THEY LAST ONLY UNDERSTAND
Net ONE, || ΑΝ INSTANT. THERE THIS, MR.
16 NOTHING MUKODA - YOUR
TO FEAR. А LONG DREAMS
ARE JUST AN
ILLUSION.

ONLY SAYING
= THAT BECAUSE
TERRIFYING Р YOU HAVE NEVER
TO BEHOLD. з DREAMED AS І
.. = HAVE, DOCTOR.
 THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT Т
BEFORE THAT WAS A SOLDIER
I WAS STUCK TRAPPED IN
THE JUNGLE,
CONSTANTLY ON
THE БИМ FROM
THE ENEMY.

ENDLESS
EXAMS
AND ALL-
NIGHTERS.

AN
hy А |
/ ABOUT EIGHT
YEARS ОР
BUT IT'S LIKE 7 ! RCHING
SEAARCH
I TOLD YOU. NL
IT'S ONLY AN
ILLUSION. WE'RE
WORKING VERY
HARD TO ISOLATE
THE CAUSE OF
YOUR DREAMS.

ALL RIGHT,
DOCTOR. ВИТ
IF YOU DON'T
HURRY, IT WON'T
BE LONG UNTIL
MY DREAMS
DRAG OUT TO
A HUNDRED OR
TWO HUNDRED
WE COULD SEE AS WE HAD
THAT MUCH WITH FEARED, THE
OUR OWN EYES. PERCEIVED
LENGTH OF
d AIS DREAMS
5-4 WAS RAPIDLY

MONTH, HE WOULD
TWENTIETH DAY
WAKE ЦР EVERY AT THE HOSPITAL, HE
DAY SPEAKING COLILD REMEMBER
WITHADIFFERENT ONLY WITH GREAT
INTONATION THAN STRAIN THE EVENTS
HE HAD BEFORE. ITWAS OF THE PREVIOUS
AS IF FIFTY DAY.
YEARS HAD
PASSED
OVER-

HIS BRAIN
SHOWED
SIGNS OF
ACTUALLY
HE SEEMED HAVING
LOSTINA
EXPERIENCED
DIFFERENT
TIME AND
SPACE TO
OUR OWN,
 EVEN HIS -
BODY те!

THAT'S
RIGHT. WHICH
BRINGS US
TO NOW.
 HE'S BEEN
ACTING LIKE
THIS LATELY,
EVERY TIME
НЕ WAKES.
 AND YOU! YOU'RE 4 YES, YES!
THE MAN WHO TRIED TO THIS MUST BE
KEEP US APART! THE HOSPITAL
4 АЦ. THOSE WHERE FIRST
YEARS AGO, WE MET!
WE MET AND
FELL IN LOVE
IN HER ROOM
- ИЕ DREAMED
OF HER! НЕ SEEING HER
DREAMED OF Ч IN HER ROOM
MARRYING HER! THAT NIGHT -
 THE YEARS
WE SPEN
TOGETHER T ...
NOTHING вит
РЕЕАМ-

HUSBAND.

зва! 57

PERHAPS
ONE ГАУ
THEY WILL
NEVER END.
 WAS IT
EVEN POSSIBLE і ONE FOUND ONE NIGHT,
IT EASY TO WE RECORDED
BELIEVE HE HAD MR, MUKODA'S
FALLEN INTO AN MOST SEVERE
ENDLESS DREAM. CONVULSIONS
AND EYE.
MOVEMENTS
YET.

HIS SIDE
UNTIL
DAWN,

AN INSTANT,
THAT'S ALL IT
WAS. COULD
AN ETERNITY
REALLY LIE
WITHIN?

ONE
ONLY
NEEDED
 HIS SPIRIT
НАР LONG SINCE
DEPARTED FOR
THAT ENDLESS
DREAM.

ITRIED
70 FIND
THE LINK

MICROSCOPE
WOULD TELL
ME NOTHING,
NO MATTER
HOW HARD I
LOOKED,
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DR. KURODA?
IT'S ABOUT MAMI
TAKESHIMA. HAVE
YOU NOTICED ANY
CHANGE IN HER
CONDITION?
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ТИЕ
SUBSTANCE

NN
NN
N

5 YOU'VE BEEN
SHE'S TERRIFIED DOWN, E CONDLICTING
OF DYING. WHAT 2
©НЕ FEARS MOST ЕХРЕРЦМЕМТ:
4 ON AM й
16 NOTHINGNESS.
TAKESHIMA?!
THEN MANKIND
NEED NEVER
FEAR DEATH
EVER AGAIN.

WOULD LIVE
FOREVER
тоо.
THE STORY OF THE MYSTERIOUS TUNNEL
 THERESA |
TUNNEL RIGHT Үй
AT THE END0ОЕ Руј 7

MY HOMETOWN.
RESIDES IN THE
WV] SECLUDED HILLS,
p] THAT ANCIENT
TUNNEL SHOULD
STILL BE THERE,

I FINALLY δι
SHEER

eis
!
Ч
il
|
 N

VAI
ΠΠр ih
Л

1 МАМАСЕР TO ESCAPE
FROM THIS VILLAGE
20 YEARS AGO,
AND SWORE
ТО NEVER RETURN,

ЖУУ ЖАТУ),

EM
IT KNEW 1 (
WOULD RETURN М? !
we 0
 MY MEMORY
OF THIS
TUNNEL

INTO THE TUNNEL,

AS THOUGH SHE
WAS SUCKED IN,
кула

WE COULDN'T
| FIGURE OUT THE
YOU'RE Ы REASON BEHIND
THE ELDEST, HER SUICIDAL
GOROU-KUN.
YOU NEED
TO STAY

SHE DOESN'T
KNOW ANYTHING,
50 YOU NEED
TO PROTECT
HER...
 I COULUN'T.
FORGET WHAT

ТНАТ OLD TUNNEL

WAS NO LONGER
hyp ΒΓΕ

ALRIGHT THEN, IT'S

DECIDED! FIRST, WE
GO HOME AND GET
FLASHLIGHTS, AND
 IF YOUR MOM
7] АРРЕ ARS,
WE'RE COUNTING
ON YOU.
RAMA
У I HEARD
DIED HERE
BEFORE THE
TRAIN STOPPED
RUNNING.

пу?
147
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7 IN THE PAST,
THIS HILL WAS
KNOWN А6
3 “DEMON HILL"
ALREADY. 2 | AND EVERYONE
1 FEARED IT

| NATION DESTINATION N
AH
WHERE ARE
„т | [OF COURSE, at. WE GOING
THE TRUTH 15,
I HEARD THAT
THERE'S
SOMETHING IN
THE MIDDLE ОР
THE TUNNEL.

WHAT KIND
OF THING
WOULD BE
IN THIS
WEIRD
TUNNEL?
 SEVERAL CASES
ОЕ TRAINS
DERAILING.

ЛП m
(^
Ў ARE YOU

' WORLD WAR II

Й WAS REALLY

SURVIVORS
WENT
pat
MAS U
|
MISSING m j^41111
WHILE Л APPARENTLY,
ESCAPING. ШОШ SOME SURVIVORS
9 4| TRIED TO
У ESCAPE FROM
TIU THE TUNNEL,
BUT THEN
 IT WILL WHENEVER
GLOW PEOPLE DIE
AND BLOOD || GREEN OR GO
WILL DRIP || DURING MISSING IN
FROM THE THE THE TUNNEL,
INNER NIGHT,

OR THERE WILL BE
A SCHOOL GIRL IN
ANCIENT CLOTHES,
DRIPPING WITH
FRESH BLOOD,
JUST STANDING
THERE...
 STOP
TELLING
GHOST
STORIES
ABOUT THE
YOU THINK TUNNEL
I'LL CHICKEN WHEN WE'RE
OUT BECAUSE /N THE
OF THESE TUNNEL!
STORIES?

I'M NOT FALLING

FOR IT! I W/LL GO
TO THE MIDDLE!

НЕҮ, НЕҮ! ТАКЕ А

LOOK, WILL YOU? W-WHAT'S
SOMETHING DRIPPED WRONG?
ON MY HEAD, QUIT
IS IT BLOOD? SCARING
15 IT BLOOD

YOU IDIOT,
IT'S ALL
YOUR FAULT
FOR TELLING
THOSE
GHOST
STORIES!
58
| Á |

PAS і
8
 WHAT ON

BUT SHE COLILON'T

HAVE KNOWN THAT
MOM DIED HERE
 Y LINKNOWINGLY
GOING INTO THE
THAT THE
TUNNEI L CALLS )
PEOPLE ІМ, THATτις'S UP
UPSETTING

AND MANY
MAVE GONE
MISSING OR
DIED IN
THERE, THAT
MUCH IS TRUE

WHY DID HER DEATH WAS

DEFINITELY NOT
A CASE OF
SUICIDE.
SHE HAS A
FEV T TO50 LET
BESER, IT'S
HER REST
TOMORROW.
 YOU MUST МО MATTER
THAT NIGHT, KEEP AN WHAT, YOU'VE
RAMA

NOPE...
DIDN'T SHE
STAY HOME

I DON'T KNOW, BUT

SHE'S RUNNING A
Air
куу

ҮШІН Т) үр

M"
 COSMIC-RAY
OBSERVATORY?

WHEN 2
THEY BUILD 4
THIS THING? WA
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 RAMA
YOU CAN'T
RUN OUT
LIKE THIS

BUT YOUR DAD THAT'S RIGHT THE TUNNEL

WOULDN'T BE аза CONTINUES ON
THERE. IF НЕ UID WE'RE IN THE BEHIND THIS
PASS THROUGH MIDDLE OF LAB, RIGHT
A HERE, WE WOULD'VE THE TUNNEL. —?
NOTICED HIM.
 IMPOSSIBLE!
I BROUGHT MY
FLASHLIGHT, AND THE
PATH THROUGH THE
TUNNEL IS STRAIGHT!

REALIZE НЕ 02-1
WAS THERE? 2-4 ?

SINCE YOU
THERE'S OUR
CAR, YOU CAN INSIST, SEARCH
ON THE OTHER
SIDE THEN!

KOYAMA-SAN,
SHOW HIM THE
OTHER SIDE OF
THE TUNNEL.
 MAKE SURE
TO CHECK THE
ALCOVES,
НЕ COULD ВЕ
IN THOSE

PLEASE DRIVE
SLOWER!
 ТИЕ ONLY
TRAILS ARE

IT DOESN'T
SEEM LIKE
YOUR FATHER'S
BEEN HERE.

LET'S GO
BACK.

IN THE PAST, WHO KNOWS,

HE DIDN'T і PEOPLE НАМЕ MY DAD COULD
DISAPPEAR, \ "| DISAPPEARED HAVE DISAPPEARED
HERE. IN THE TUNNEL

SCIENTIFIC
EXPLANATION
FOR THAT.
ТМ SURE
YOUR DAD
WENT HOME.
 OH RIGHT,
THEY AREN'T
VISIBLE TO THE IT'S WHERE
NAKED EYE. WE OBSERVE
COSMIC RAYS,
WHICH ARE ONE
OF THE MANY
BECAUSE THEY ARE TYPES OF RAYS
RAYS, THEY CAN BE TRANSMITTED
TRANSMITTED а FROM SPACE.
THROUGH HUMANS
AND EVEN THE
SURFACE OF THE
EARTH, ALL THE WAY
ТО THE CORE ОР
THE EARTH,
LIKE AN X-RAY.

MANY THEY PASS

THROUGH
UNIVERSITIES
MAKE USE OF THIS ENTIRE
OLD TUNNELS ALL An
LIKE THIS TO 2
OBSERVE THESE 78 — "MES тм
KINDS OF ёга
THINGS.

WE'VE ONLY
JUST
STARTED
OBSERVING,

TECHNICAL
ISSUES OR
STRANGE
THIS TUNNEL RESULTS
SEEMS TO BE FROM OUR
VERY ODD
EXPERIMENTS,
SO EVERYONE
HAS BEEN
STRESSED
OUT.
RETURNING
TUNNEL.

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MANY HUMAN-LIKE
THINGS, FLYING
AROUND THE TUNNEL
IN ALL DIRECTIONS Ж
 JUST PASS
THROUGH OUR
BODIES LIKE AN
X-RAY!

GHOSTS?
QUIT
SPOUTING
NONSENSE

IT WOULD BE
THE SAME AS COULD BE THE
REASON BEHIND
THE FAULTY
RESULTS,

REASON BEHIND IF THOSE

OUR FATIGUE THINGS PASS
THROUGH OUR
 WE CAN'T
AFFORD TO
STAY HERE ANY
LONGER, IT
COULD GET
DANGEROUS!

P-PLEASE
COME OVER
IMMEDIATELY!
Ч DIDN'T THEY
CLOSE THE
COSMIC-RAY
PASSING
THROUGH

THIS IS
 PLACE "i

И лылы АЛИ
Τη
REALIZING IT, [т

E
 LET 5 RUN,
WE NEED TO
GET OUT OF
THIS TUNNEL!
 WHILE І WAS
RUNNING, /
GRADUALL.
BEGAN TO NOTICE
THINGS THAT І
Ко

THOSE WERE
б THE VICTIMS
Я THAT WERE

ІШТІ
ү
 UNDER МУ
AUNTIE’
CARE, I
GREW TO БЕ
A HEALTHY
ADULT, BUT T
WAS NEVER BECAUSE IF
LIBERATED Z DID, THEY
FROM THE WOULD
MENTAL KNOW THAT
SUFFERINGS. Σ
ABANDONED
MY SISTER
THERE.

ІШІ!

DISAPPEARED IN
THAT VILLAGE
RECENTLY, IT MUST
BE CURSED...

I WAS UNABLE
70 HAVE A
NORMAL SOCIAL INIVESTIGA ТЕР
LIEE, HARDLY THAT
EVER LEAVING TUNNEL...
THE HOUSE.
Patiik
AN

š 20 YEARS HAVE
PASSED AND THE
VILLAGE LOOKED
BE THE
TUNNEL.

DEVOURED BY
THE TUNNEL, NO
ONE HAS BEEN
NES
ЭрSES
STOREFALSE ..
SLUS-CHICKS. BLOGSPOT. Com
You BROUGHT
THIS ON
YOURSELF,
YOU KNOW.
INSULTING ME
LIKE THAT.
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P4 Фа X ам Ай
 AVENUE? Т
HEARD HER
HUSBAND GOT
FIRED FROM
HIS COMPANY!
AVENUE GOT
5^ Й нови"
FROM THAT
CAR ACCI-
 OUR CHILDREN ARE
OVER THERE PLAYING
IN THE SANDBOX. WHY
М DON'T YOU GO MAKE
FRIENDS?
 BRONZE
STATUES.

WHEN THE MAYOR

BUILT THIS PARK
 I UON
BELIEVE IT FOR SHE SAID
A SECOND! THAT THIS IS
WHAT SHE
USED TO
LOOK LIKE IN

I MEAN, EVEN
BUT EVERYONE JUST ERECTING
IN TOWN A BRONZE
AGREES THAT STATUE OF
TRYING TO RUN THIS |6 JUST YOURSELF IS
AWAY FROM HIS SHAMELESS! PRETTY VAIN!
 I DON'T Н
CAREFUL! IF YOU ALL
y =
E TALK TOO LOUD, THE OLD
Lice LIKEA БЕБА CAN HEAR СМЕЕ WITCH MIGHT HEAR YOU!
ВАТ! SI 1 TENING!
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P»
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қ
1
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THE BRONZE
STATUES CAN
TALK, YOU
NOW.
 IT'S TRUE, MOM!
THE LADY STATUE
ALWAYS TALKS TO
5!

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WEIRD

NOW, SEE. DID \

YOU REALLY THINK Ча
A STATUE COULD
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 MASTER
TSUCHIYA,
YOU'RE
WORKING HARD,
AS USUAL.

HAVE YOU
ἈΝ ΙΕ E FINISHED
LIKING?
 THE PIECES
IN THE
PARK ARE
OF SUCH
OUR LATEST QUALITY,
WORK IS NO
EXCEPTION. T
SHALL PLACE
THIS ONE IN МУ Ji

PLANNING TO
MOLD A PARTY
TO DEBUT THIS
WORK VERY P
SOON... А5 | 2
THE ARTIST, ١ SPITTING IMAGE
YOU MUST OF ME IN MY
- YOUNGER DAYS.

YOU RECEIVED
YES... IT SAYS, AN INVITATION,
"THANK YOU FOR й TOO, MRS.
YOUR CONTINUED № SHIRAKAWA?
PATRONAGE OF
THE PARK"

THAT'S REALLY
CREEPY... HOW
DOES SHE EVEN
KNOW ABOUT
 WE AREN'T EVEN
HER FRIENDS...

BUT IT SAYS SHE'S

INVITING US TO SEE
THE DEBUT OF SOME
NEW BRONZE STATUE.

| : IT SOUNDS
HOW WEIRD... LOOK, IT SAYS "THERE WILL Я LIKE SHE
WHAT IS SHE ALSO BE MANY YOUNG MEN š WANTS TO
THINKING... IN ATTENDANCE, SO PLEASE SHOW OFF
KEEP THIS EVENT A SECRET". 4

STATUE THAT

LOOK A
THING LIKE
HER.

WHY DON'T WE FILL

UP ON THE FOOD
AND THEN JUST IEE We
LEAVE! 74 SHOULD бо...

YEAH, LET'S
DO IT.

LIKE SHE'S
PLANNING TO
 THAT PARK
SS HOLDS A VERY
SPECIAL PLACE IN
MY HEART. IT
WAS BUILT BY MY
HUSBAND, AFTER
THROUGH THE ҮҮ
PARK EVERY

HE HAS ONCE AS A SIGN OF

AGAIN CREATED THIS IS THE APPRECIATION, WE'VE
A SPLENDID BRILLIANT SCULPTOR PREPARED A MODEST
BRONZE STATUE AND METAL CASTER,
FOR US. MR. TSUCHIYA!!
 3 AND
dy NOW,
FOR THE | V ١
MAIN EVENT, I WILL
UNVEIL HIS LATEST
АТОМ!

ΓΕ
|Й,|
 IN MY CASE, MR. TSUCHIYA,
TO SUMMA- HOW DO You
MAKE YOUR
BRONZE
STATUES?

OF COURSE,
THE STEPS ARE THEN І FILL A
cov GH A LITTLE MORE I THEN FILL
IN THE SPACE PLASTER CAST
COMPLICATED WITH WAX AND
THAN JUST LEFT BY THE
MELTED WAX ONCE IT HARD-
THAT, BUT... ENS, I HEAT THE
BY POURING
IN BRONZE, WAX TO MAKE IT
AND WHAT'S MELT AND DRIP
LEFT IS THE AWAY.
GENERAL
SHAPE OF
THE STATUE.

OH, ТУЕ RUINED MY

WHY DON'T YOU MASTER, LUNGS FROM
COME REST IN ARE YOU BREATHING IN ALL
THE OTHER TIRED? LONG FOR
THIS WORLD, THOSE METALLIC
T'M AFRAID... PARTICLES OVER
THE YEARS...
 ACK
TLL BE B
SOON EVERYONE,
BUT PLEUAESE
CONTIN
TO ENJOY
YOURSELVES.

IS
ТМ RIESALELDY!
"YOUNG MEN IN M S URPR THE
WE Б WE WERE
ATTENDANCE" ONLY WOENREES
PROMISED?! WHO
«МЕМHADЕ ! BEEN INVITED!

T BUT, you
THE REALETCTHHEIDND,G STILL DOESN'
KNTHOWIN,G THISAT
16SO 50WHRERE DI LOLIOKKE AHETHR,ING Y
E REALLY VER
THIS STATUE
EVEN COM GOOD.
FROM?!

ALRIGHT!
АНАНАН
 {|

2ur.
 I'VE RIGGED
THE ONES IN THE THIS BRONZE
PARK ARE THE. STATUE WITH A
SAME... EVEN WHEN SURVEILLANCE
I'M AT HOME, I CAN CAMERA AND
КЕЕР AN EYE AND АМ LISTENING
EAR ON УОШ!! DEVICE... I'VE ALSO
ADDED A SPEAKER! ¿Ñ

I CAN TALK TO YOU

AND YOUR FILTHY
BRATS THROUGH
THESE STATUES!!

TIVES TO
KICK IN... ку STARTING
ТО GET
 НЕН НЕН... THIS IS
MASTER TSUCHIVA'S
WORKSHOP... WE
BROUGHT YOU HERE
WHILE YOU WERE
TAKING YOUR NAP.
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WE FINALLY
рр IT...
 THAT
SOUNDS
LOVELY.
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INA
NO... USING
BRONZE ON
THE LIKES OF
ВИТ THEY ALL
LEFT AROUND

I HAVEN'T
SEEN ANY OF
THEM SINCE
 Я 594

| 1d

WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO ΡΟ!
SOME DETEC-
TIVES SHOWED 5
UP АТ MY HOME! | ES
 THIS ART OF
YOURS IS
NOTHING BUT
EVIDENCE OF
THE CRIME!

HURRY UP
AND HELP ME
SH IT
INTO PIECES! G
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SHE HASN'T WEM

2)
РАІ |
TAKING A NICE
VACATION RIGHT
NOW.
 SOMEONE IS 21
TALKING TO THE AR
RIGHT OF MY Q
 SHE KILLED ME
ГМ THIS THREE YEARS
WOMAN'S
HUSBAND!!

И
um

++I SEE... THE

VOICE IS COMING
FROM HIS BRONZE
STATUE!

THERE
SHOULDN'T BE CHILDREN!
ANY DEVICES HURRY ЦР AND
INSIDE OF REPORT THIS
WOMAN TO THE
POLICE!!

TEXPRESSLY
INSTRUCTED MR,
TSUCHIYA TO
SET THEM UP IN
 THERMORE,
EVEN IF THAT
_ STATUE WAS

WERE YOU THE N

ONE TALKING
JUST NOW?!
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 0
DRS INL

UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS,
A DEAD BODY
WILL CEASE TO
PUTREFY AND
DEVELOP
WAX-LIKE

WE HAVE TO
ЖЕЗ
TAKE CARE
«а
SOMETHING
TD LIKE OF THIS BODY F ~
HOWEVER, RIGHT AWAY! К
BEFORE Т
INCINERATE
IT COM-
PLETELY...

LET'S HAUL PLEASE

THIS BACK TO STUFF IT IN
MY WORK- YOUR KILN
SHOP. AND BURN IT!
 +

ШП hmm я

YOUR HUS-
BAND WILL BE
REBORN AS А
WORK OF
ART!
 ЗАЗ
{ӘК САУС
[Κο
 DON'T TOUCH
ME YOU HAG!

HEY!! I WISH
THIS OLD HAG

THIS /5 MY
BRON:
. STATUE!
 АН... MR. TSUCHIYA,
А CAN YOU IMAGINE МУ
THOUGHTS AT THAT
MOMENT... HOW DOI ἘΞ
EVEN EXPLAIN...
 || H
BEING TREATED BRONZE 4
50 HARSHLY BY / Же STATUES YOU
| ; E s
CREATED...
ONE OF ME IN
MY YOUNGER

OF YOU IN YOUR
YOUTH, MR.
TSUCHIYA.

BY THE TIME
YOU RECEIVE

BEHIND MY
GARDEN.

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I HAVE ONE
YOU GET THE MONEY REQUEST. IN
FOR THE GOLD. AND AFTER THREE YEARS,
SELL MY MANSION IF
YOU HAVE TO.
THAT, DREDGE UP MY
WITH YOUR
TALENTED
HANDS, TURN
ME INTO A
STATUE.

I WILL BECOME
PPTA THE MOST BEAU-
Z ТЕЦ. THING THIS
WORLD HAS
EVER SEEN.

MASTER, PROMISE
МЕ. PROMISE FINALLY,
THAT, THREE MASTER, І
YEARS FROM WANT You то Ё
NOW, YOU WILL FILL MY MOLD
TRANSFORM ME WITH NOT
INTO A GOLDEN BRONZE, BUT
GODDESS. GOLD.

THERE'S NO
HOWEVER... QUESTION SHE
SHE LET DEVELOPED А THAT FOOL...
HERSELE GO PERSECUTION AS IF BRONZE
AND РО SOME- COMPLEX AND STATUES
THING RASH. BEGAN TO SEE COULD TALK
HALLUCINATIONS.
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EVEN ТМ
STARTING TO
HEAR STRANGE
VOICES...
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I'M JUST
 THIS KILN AS ЁШ,
IT HEATS :

AND FORMS А
BEAUTIFUL SPACE р
INSIDE THE MOLD.. Я LEFT I5 TO
У ы, 2 STAY IN
THIS MOLD

I'LL BEWITCH THE

2 WHOLE WORLD
Й WITH MY SINGULAR
BEAUTY.

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ALRIGHT?

SPENT THE Ева | THEнога

REST OF HER | ;
WORLD'S
MOST BEAUTI-
DAYS CURLED па ONAN
UP IN A DINGY,
PLASTER CAST.

BRONZE STATUE * THE END

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SAYS IS A LIE.

146
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REPEATING
THE SAME | (ANNOYING! PEOPLE LIKE
YOU OUGHT TO DIE! Vit
KILL you ONE OF THESE
Ὑπὴ |j 2

IT SAID UIFFERENT

149
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RETURN
IT TO
HIM!

150
 SNEAKING IN
FROM THE BACK
НИИ? AREN'T YOU
JUST As EVIL?
ἃ VA
A
 RYOICHI FOUND
our THAT /
HAVE A CRUSH
ON ANZU-CHAN
JUST ONCE, /
WANT то KISS
ANZU-CHAN!

ANZU-CHAN WOULD
54 НАУЕ BEEN М/МЕ
" ж куо was ЛА Ç
NOT HERE!
*
*

I-I WILL
NEVER
THINK OF
SUCH
AWFUL
THINGS!
 THE NEXT

MORNING, 1.4
RYOICHI! MY
SKILLS ARE

THERE’S NO USE
PROTESTING - I
TRIED MY BEST
WHEN THEY BECAME
TOO миси.

74 MASAO'S
ы |HONEST FEEL-
INGS WE CAN
ЯНИ... /
WANT THE PARTICLES
SLOWLY GREW
INTO THESE
ANNOYING
HAIRBALLS,
JUST FLOAT-
ING AROUND |
 NOT LONG AFTER,
MORE HAIRBALLS
BEGAN TO FLOAT
AROUND THE Е
NEIGHBOURHOOD,

GRADUATION,
В now WHAT (77)
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CHARGE! А

THE NUMBER
OF HAIRBALL
COLLECTORS THE NUMBER
ALSO INCREASED Я] OF HAIRBALLS
RAPIDLY, TO AN INCREASED
EXTENT WHERE RAPIDLY.
IT CAUSED MANY
ARGUMENTS AND
EVEN MURDERS.
 WZ

CONSTANTLY 47
ATTRACTED To У
MASAO'S MyS-
 A FIRE
SHOULD
BE ABLE
TO CLEAR
THESE
THINGS.

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BUT THERE ANNOYING
SHOULD BE
MORE OF
THESE - А
POLITICIAN'S
OR FAMOUS
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DOESNT ERAL FIRMS SLEEP A
HAVE THEM, HAVE TAKEN WINK LAST
THANKFULLY. ЈЕ

GREAT
BECAUSE I
HEARD THEIR
GROWTH
DEPENDS ON
EACH
INDIVIDUAL’S
BODY.

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176
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HAIRBALLS FINALLY Β
НАМЕ ALMOST COMING TO ΑΝ
VANISHED, SO END, ANZU.
YOU SHOULD
CHEER UPA

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И НАРВА Й
МАРТУ МҸ | TREES KEPT
ON SPRING-

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aN μ8
ВИТ AS ANY
OTHER TREE,
THE HAIRBALL
TREES FACED

50, IN THE
NEAR
FUTURE,
WOULDN'T
THEY FACE
EXTINCTION?
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 THE VILLAGE CHIEF
" Му LOOKS LIKE
YOU'RE FROM THE
CITY, SO YOU
} FROM HERE x
НЕ IS IN A VERY
МАЎ FIND ， "bun BAD CONDITION.
 ΑΝ UNUSUAL
TREMOR WHICH
THE TREES ARE SWAYING 15 COMING FROM
IN A SIMILAR PATTERN SOMEWHERE...
 NO DOCTOR HAS
VISITEO THIS
VILLAGE AFTER THE
PREVIOUS DOCTOR

WE ARE REALLY
THANKFUL THAT YOU,
AN AMAZING DOCTOR,
15 ABLE TO COME
TO THIS REMOTE
VILLAGE.

SHE WILL BE YOUR

ASSISTANT. NURSE IN THIS
VILLAGE,
KIKUSAMI SHIZU.

ESTA A
BAN
 VILLAGE CHIEF,

АН, KIKUGAM,
SORRY TO MAKE
YOU STAY THIS
 НА... THIS VILLAGE
SELOOM COMES:
IN CONTACT WITH
OTHER VILLAGES...
PROBABLY INHERIT
THEIR ANCESTORS’
GENES...
PEOPLE USED TO SAY АВ
TYPE 15 THE PEE
HAPPENS (уяан a
ISEASE? Mi у T ў
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WITH SUCH
SEPIOUS
INJURIES.
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NO, IT'5 NOT
READY, THE
FINAL RESULT
ISN'T OUT
YET...

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ы
Й 15 ır LUST? ορ
IRON ODOUR...

TASTE LIKE
BLOOD HAS
BEEN MIXED
INSIDE...
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IT’S COMING
 15 SHE...
Ь BLEEDING
SO MUCH...
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ES
З Э, я
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OUST
WHAT
15 THE
WHOLE
THING
ABOUT?
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IMMEDIATELY
WHICH
LOOKS LIKE
А JELLY
SUBSTANCE.

THIS 15
| | HUMAN’S
SHRINE’S М BLOOD!
Й UNDER-
GROUND
 I'VE SEEN IT WITH
MY OWN EYES!
DOES ΤΗΕ VILLAGERS
KNOW ABOUT
THE TRUTH?

UNFORTUNATELY
ГА BUSY.
 THE
BLOOD...
HAS BEEN
ABSORBED
BY THE
GROUND |
INSTANTLY
 WHAT IS НЕ
DOING THERE? THAT THE NEW
DOCTOR?

Ya UA ух
 2 THERE IS A
CONTINUOUS
CYCLE OF
HUMAN BLOOD
= UNDER THIS
PLACE!

224
 NO WAY!
DO ТРЕЕ
CAN'T YOU НЕДО ROOTS
THE SOUND?! HAVE ANY
PULSE?

THAT SOUND IS
HOW'S THAT? Ч COMING FROM
DON'T YOU ΤΗΕ GROUND
ALL THINK IT OF THE SHRINE!
SOUNDS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE
ВЕАТЗ OF

EVERYONE,
WHAT'S
HAPPENING?!

225
 YOU GOING
TO DOP

15 THERE SUCH
A WATER
CHANNEL?

226
 DIDNT
EXPECT IT TO | 15 NOW USING
THE VILLAGERS’
TR М жа
fy |