Beika Town. Beika Town. When getting off the train…
-No way! -This is Beika Town!
-You'll be killed! -Come back!
No one in their right mind would come near this town!
Not to worry.
I'll be doing the killing.
"THE CULPRIT IS HERE!"
He's here, somewhere in this town.
I'm going to kill him. I came to this town for that sole purpose.
A train ticket to Beika Town.
It's a one-way ticket to tragedy!
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Come on, Ran!
Hurry!
Wait, Sonoko!
You dropped this.
Thanks…
How shady…
That's pretty typical in this town.
As I was saying… It's a one-way ticket to tragedy!
There's no slot for the ticket!
Hey, if you have a ticket, you need to use this one.
Oh, that one?
What the heck? That's so cute.
Hey, Sonoko. It's rude to laugh.
But still…
It's gonna be on you if you get murdered.
Alright!
I don't have the time to murder someone over something so trivial.
You escaped death this time.
PLEASE DON'T KILL PEOPLE WILLY-NILLY
This is Beika Town. The city of crime I often dreamed about.
From today, this is where I'm going to live.
This is Hanzawa,
the culprit for a crime that has yet to take place.
CONTINUED IN PART B
First and foremost… finding an apartment!
If I could find something around 50,000 yen…
What?! 32,000 yen?!
A five-year-old sunlit corner room facing south with a separate toilet room…
For just 32,000 yen?!
No, this has to be bait.
A trap to lure in customers by promising a room that's too good to be true.
If I say, "I'd like to take a look at this room," he'd say…
We actually just closed on that room and I forgot to take the sign down.
And he'll try to push a more expensive room.
If that's how it's going to be…
Welcome!
About the 32,000-yen room that I saw posted outside…
It's still available, right?
-It is. -Oh. It is?
Of course, it is!
The landlord's a really great person too.
They're not asking for a security deposit or key money.
To think that the initial cost would be so low…
Off to see the room.
Something feels off…
There's no way it can be this cheap. Maybe it's filthy or is near a cemetery.
It's here.
A high-rise condo!
This is it.
What an amazing room!
Even the view is great!
It's three minutes from the train station and close to a convenience store.
Incredible!
So…
Is there something wrong with this room?
Isn't it too cheap?
No, this is typical.
This is just a typical…
stigmatized property.
Stigmatized property?!
Right around here,
some scumbag golfer beat his model girlfriend to death with a golf club.
Don't tell me!
There were some really tough blood stains here.
Don't point to it!
To plan that guy's murder in a room where a real murder took place…
It's kinda scary!
I… I'd like to see some other rooms.
Oh? Well, in this room…
a body was found stuffed into a suitcase hidden under the bed.
Don't tell me!
And here, a girl killed her younger sister in this bath.
I won't be able to shampoo in peace!
Here, it's pretty much what you'd expect.
Um… Don't you have a room that's not a stigmatized property?
We do.
Ugh…
A tiny one-room apartment
built 20 years ago out of wood with no bath, costing over 150,000 yen…
Three months' rent for security deposit and key money? That's crazy!
Don't be so naive.
Where do you think you are?
This is Beika Town.
Beika Town!
Non-stigmatized properties are few and far between.
In the last 20 years, the number of stigmatized properties have exploded.
Could be a conspiracy started by someone or the Grim Reaper could be behind it all.
Those without money have no choice but to live in stigmatized property.
That's the reality of this town.
Do you understand? Take my advice and go back to the countryside, kiddo!
Please take me back to the first place you showed me…
This really is a nice place.
You're right…
But still, 32,000 yen for a stigmatized property is a bit high.
No, I can't lower it any more.
But with this, the rent should go down, right?!
It did.
So, what will it be?
I'll think about it for now.
It'll be a while before his new life can start.
Bonus!
Where are you…
There are so many people in Beika Town…
But that guy is here, somewhere in this town.
No matter where he hides, I will find him…
and kill him!
The other day, I saw Yoko here.
What?! The idol, Yoko Okino?!
Yeah! She was just shopping.
Seriously?!
Until next time!
NEXT EPISODE PREVIEW
With a heart and body of darkness,
I have come to city of crime, Beika Town,
from Izumo, Shimane Prefecture for the sole purpose of killing that guy.
But I'm in trouble! I can't find a good place to live!
There are stigmatized properties all around me!
But then!
I got the perfect idea from an onigiri kid that walked past me.
Now, I can live the life of a criminal without worry.
Next time, "Encounters are Mysterious Things."
I'm just glad that we didn't get in too much trouble for being a parody.
Please look forward to it!