An immediate death to the intruder!
''Episode 3: Photographic Death and Destruction''
My ceremony...! My ceremony...!
Damn you...!
You deserve worse than that!
l'll tear you into pieces!
Yeah! Tear him into pieces!
Chop him up and steep his flesh in wine!
lmpossible! He has the Euphoria?!
What the hell's with this camera...?!
This can't be! A natural carrier...?!
Kill him!
--Secure Kagura! --Yes, sir!
Hey! Wake up!
Hey!
He and Kagura-sama are in Area B!
D-dammit...! l don't got enough blood...!
Stop!
You'll hit Kagura-sama!
l'll guarantee your life.
Return Kagura-sama.
Kagura...?
Seems like she's a pretty important girl to you guys.
Which means l'm safe as long as l'm with her...!
--Did you find him?! --l'm sorry, sir!
He's taken Kagura-sama hostage and is headed for the filtration plant!
Damn...! What's going on?!
lt's gotta be my camera. But why does it suddenly--
No way...
My wounds are already healing...!
Maybe it's not the camera that's weird, but me?!
This way!
Hurry!
Where... am l?
Why were you carrying me...?
What is this?!
Hey, now...!
Stay away...!
Where did all this--
l'm the one who should be asking!
What the hell happened to my camera and my body?!
What do you mean?
Allow me to explain for him...
By the power of Kagura-sama,
a dormant, hidden desire within you has become reality.
A desire of mine...?
Suitengu-san...
Kagura-sama... l have come to collect you.
Please come this way...
Suitengu-san...
What am l doing here, dressed like this?
T-this outfit...! lt's--
lt's the same as in my horrible dreams every night!
Was that--
Were all those indecent things really--
Kagura-sama. Calm down. This is a dream.
You're having another bad dream.
Hold on!
You say my desire's come true?! What's that mean?!
Explain to me!
Come along, Kagura-sama...
Suitengu-san... What did they do...?
What did those people in my dreams do to me?
l... want to--
Stop!
Tsujido!
Have motorboats ready at Shibaura Dock!
This is quite the entertainment.
He dropped this.
''Explo-tography''...
Or perhaps ''snap-shooting'' is more apropos.
A unique ability.
l'll need your help should the situation demand it, Shirogane-sensei.
But of course.
lf it's for the club's survival...
You alright?!
Don't touch me! Leave me alone!
l... want to die...!
Quit thinking that crap...!
Let go!
lf those dreams are real, then l can't live anymore--
Get a grip!
''Are you happy?''
Look at her.
Her village and home burned down in a war...
But she still hangs on to life.
Why do you suppose she's smiling like that...?
Because she's free...
Free...
Even though she's poor, her heart's filled with freedom...
Her heart...
Don't talk about dying so lightly...
l beg you...!
Please take me somewhere away from here!
l haven't a shred of freedom whatsoever!
Please!
Please give me freedom!
There they are!
Take a deep breath!
Dive in!
No! Let me go! Please!
Kagura-sama has been recovered. The man is still alive...
Yes, sir! l'll bring her at once!
You guys keep looking for him!
Make certain he's killed! Got that?!
--We're heading back! --No...!
''Parking Violation''
A dormant, hidden desire within you has become reality...
Does that mean... l want to kill people with cameras...?!
Damn it...!
What the hell is this?!
How rare of you to actually come to me.
What's with the clothes? You get into some trouble again?
You could say that...
Underground fire in Roppongi area! Request immediate--
Here.
That's what you're here for, right?
A gal who needs a gun to get wet
and a guy who needs a camera to get it up...
We're a perfect match...
Now take pictures, like you always do.
Picture after picture...!
Don't have enough blood...
You don't mean--
You thinkin' about another woman?!
And if l am...?
l'll kill you.
Saiga?!
Hey, now...!
l ain't no nurse!
Are you the lady of the house?
What do you want, so early in the morning?
l must inform you of most unfortunate news.
Your husband passed away last night.
Come again?!
An untoward event occurred at our club.
Club?
We wish to settle this quietly. Not without compensation, of course.
You hoodlums! You think you can buy his life with money?!
Hey.
W-who are you?!
Three billion yen in all.
Three billion...
This is the price of your husband's life.
He was at an advanced age.
He planned for his son to take over his constituency in the next election.
This would be the perfect chance to capitalize on the public's sympathy.
That should be more than enough money to accomplish that...
Or would you prefer the photos get out and ruin your fair name as well?
Wasn't his loser son a member, too?
Yes.
Get him in debt, then take the entire estate.
This is bad...
l am truly sorry.
However, the media will not be reporting the truth of this matter...
Morishita-kun is an active minister!
With all due respect, Morishita-san was a minister for numbers only.
l doubt this will affect the political situation.
But now there are two vacant seats.
Our party could very well lose them in a by-election.
The Tennozu Group will fully assist with financial backing.
What's to become of the club?
lt'll be closed for a while.
That's... not good.
l've advised Suitengu to assume responsibility
and take care of you in the meantime.
Good.
l've spoken with the regular members for now.
l apologize profusely for this incident.
More importantly, why was Kagura there?
We merely stopped by on our way home at Kunitachi-sensei's request.
Kagura-sama is not aware of the club.
You haven't done anything to her, l hope...
Perish the thought...
Should that happen, even you will be--
You're awake?
Suitengu-san...
Where is this...?
lt's all right. This is a back room of your mansion.
Back room...?
Kagura-sama. You appear to have a sleepwalking disorder.
l have asked Shinsen-sama to let you get over it here.
Sleepwalking...?
Suitengu-san! Are you saying what happened yesterday was a dream?!
You are confusing reality with dreams.
But...!
What happened- What happened to him?!
Him?
The person who rescued me!
A person in your dream? l wouldn't know...
Please ask the waiting-maid for anything you want, aside from leaving.
Until later...
Suitengu-san...! Wait! Let me out of here!
Please! Please let me out!
Have you located him?
Not yet, sir!
You're slow.
We WlLL find and kill him!
Please! Let me out!
Let me out...! Please...! Please open this up!
Anyone...! Please...! Let me out...!
Give me freedom...!
--When's the press conference?! --2:00 pm!
Damn! They don't want it to hit the evening edition!
--lt could be an extra! --Right!
Bastards...
Saiga...!
What're YOU doin' here?!
Gettin' some info on the Tennozu Group...
How'd you get onto the Net?
Found the password on the back of the drawer.
Have you heard?
Heard what?
''Education Minister Morishita, Senator lchikawa Die Suddenly!!'' A shock ran through the Diet today
''Education Minister Morishita, Senator lchikawa Die Suddenly!!'' amid news that two active senators
''Education Minister Morishita, Senator lchikawa Die Suddenly!!'' died of cardiac arrest one after the other.
ln particular, Senator Morishita was Minister of Education and--
That ain't all.
Seems a bunch of other celebs and corporate execs got sick and died,
and their staff members and families have all gathered at their homes.
lt ain't normal for so many public figures to die in one night...
You know anything about it? What happened with the secret club?
lt's on hold for a while.
What?!
What is it?!
The photograph you spoke of is in this magazine.
Thank you.
l will leave you be.
This picture...!
Saiga Tatsumi...
He's the cameraman who took this picture...!
He's...
He's definitely not a person from my dreams...!
Please take me somewhere away from here!
l haven't a shred of freedom whatsoever!
Please!
Please give me freedom!
So she's Tennozu Kagura...
The Tennozu Group's only daughter...
l'm all jittery, like a horse's tail
Someone comes from afar
and softly chants, ''Oooooo,'' while reading a thick book
l'll try asking him
about the future you bear
even though he probably won't know either
l wish the morning sun would just burn away
but the clock that announces the start of the new day would stop too