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After playing with her organs

he sewed her back up.

Then ripped her scalp off.

Smashed her skull.

Scooped out her eyeballs

and ripped off her nose.

She looked like a monster.

It appeared to me as if

he got some kind of...

twisted, abnormal thrill

from doing it.

"Hair of the deceased - Moyoko Kure"

Shocked, eh?

But it's the truth.

Here!

The photographs to prove it.

Dr. Wakabayashi?

But why?

It's clear that

he swapped her for Moyoko.

And in the four months since then,

he's had Moyoko hidden away.

What are you doing here?

The girl in room #6?

It's been empty until yesterday.

After yesterday's incident when

I handed in my resignation...

I noticed the light on in room #6.

I thought it strange

and sent someone in.

Seems that Wakabayashi had

put a young lass in there.

That way inclined, I thought.

You mean...

Yes. Wakabayashi's the demon.

That's when I realized

the connection with...

the case of the murdered bride.

I agree that IPC brought

on the incident.

But I want to know who,

if at all, it was...

who triggered it by

showing him the scroll.

You're saying that the case

validates your current research?

Exactly.

With that, I analyzed

each step in detail.

Here are my results.

I'm particularly interested in

the scroll, as you know.

The Wu Ching-hsiu scroll?

Yes, it proves beyond doubt

IPC in Ichiro's case.

I see.

Doctor, I want you to study this

from your point of view...

and I'd like you to

examine Ichiro yourself.

Yes, of course.

"Fukuoka District Court"

Insanity is quite complicated.

Science cannot measure it.

Professor.

Here's Ichiro Kure.

Good work.

Do you know that man?

Yes.

He's my father.

Father? That's great.

Who am I?

My father.

Well, I never!

So you have two fathers?

Absolutely fascinating.

You know both our names?

That's enough.

Don't force it.

No matter which you

choose, it's unfair.

That's how Ichiro was

committed to the asylum.

Makes you think that the roots

of his fate are deep, indeed.

Oh yes.

I've something to show you.

Come over here.

"Freedom Cure Experimental

Grounds. July 20, 1926."

What are you looking at?

Give me a mattock, too.

There's a trowel over there.

Thank you.

What's this?

Jewels, human remains

and a coral comb.

But I wanted a mattock.

I can't dig with this.

What will you dig?

There's a girl's body buried here.

Alright? Are you okay?

I'll open the window.

I'm alright.

Is that really me?

You recall something?

No, not really.

But I feel kind of strange.

Come and get some fresh air.

You can see

the grounds from here.

What are you looking at?

Look, there's the real Ichiro Kure.

What do you see?

Just like the film.

Including Ichiro,

there are 10 of them.

You really see them, don't you?

Of course I can.

I thought it was strange.

No wonder I remember nothing.

Which way is Ichiro facing?

He's had his back to me.

I thought as much.

Watch closely.

He'll soon turn around.

He did!

How did you know?

He's the image of me.

You both share the same mother.

So Ichiro and I are twins?

More than that.

He is you.

He is me?

Ichiro and l...

The Doppler Effect.

Your double. Shadow.

Your illusion created another you.

Illusion?

That's not an illusion.

That's Ichiro Kure.

Very good. Everything

I said was a lie.

What?

I was testing you.

Let's leave it.

I'll explain everything.

Here's the scroll in question.

Open it up.

The girl from room #6.

Exactly.

IPC theory itself is frightening,

but so is the reality of it.

Got you worried, eh?

No matter how much he wanted

to jolt the emperor.

Why do you think he

went over the edge?

Heroism?

There's that, too.

Fame and artistic ambition

are there, too.

Besides the abnormality of

showing it to others,

there's the aspect of

sexual perversion in there.

Sexual perversion?

While he was sketching her

rotting carcass.

He forgot his love

of country and fame.

And the sheer joy of

doing it took over.

When he died his seed still

carried the hideous memories.

His sexual perverison was

handed down through the ages.

And that scroll is the catalyst

for the genetic flashbacks.

Please stop!

You recall something?

Who was it who

showed it to Ichiro?

I wonder who.

Was it me?

You the criminal

and he the victim?

Very interesting.

But if we're twins and I was

jealous of Moyoko?

The opposite is a possibility, too.

The opposite?

So I'm that Ichiro?

Wait, if I'm Ichiro...

You're getting all confused.

Do you know?

Who's the guilty one?

I am.

Never...

According to

Wakabayashi's research.

That's what he wants

you to think.

But why would he do that?

He wants all the credit.

We were classmates

at medical school.

We were both interested

in the supernatural.

And latched onto the

legend at the same time.

Way back then?

Yes.

At first we worked together.

We thought the scroll was

destroyed but then heard...

that Chiseko Kure had

found it in a statue.

So we both fought over who

would get to Chiseko first.

It was then that

Chiseko fell pregnant.

She had a baby boy

on November 20, 1907.

She registered it as a bastard.

And raised the boy alone.

She hid herself away.

She knew that we both were waiting

for the appropriate moment.

If we had the scroll and

Ichiro to experiment with,

she could say which one

of us was the father...

and expose our research

and criminal doings.

She stood in our way.

Stop it! It's horrible!

We both had equal motives.

I don't want to hear any more.

You're both revolting!

What's that?

Isn't that right?

You kill and torture

for your research.

What about the Kure family?

Is anything allowable

in the name of science?

No, never!

I never considered!

Listen to me.

You and Ichiro...

I know nothing about

me and Ichiro!

I want no part of

your experiments.

Wait! You're wrong.

It's for your sake.

I hate it!

I don't want anyone

taking care of me.

I am me! Ichiro Kure!

Yes! I'm Ching-hsiu.

Fool!

Yes, I'm an insane fool.

I'd rather be insane.

Stop it.

I'm going insane.

I can feel myself going insane.

Open up!

Open up!

What's wrong?

It won't open.

But it's empty.

Been locked for ages.

But Dr. Masaki just...

Dr. Masaki?

Don't be silly.

He died over a month ago.

But he was here!

Don't you mean Dr. Wakabayashi?

He was over there.

Shall I call him?

But he was here.

Have a look, then.

Don't you remember

what you did?

What do you mean?

I can't believe it.

I'll be over there.

Dr. Wakabayashi will soon return.

Please tell me.

What did I do?

Lunch is ready.

Father, I found a model.

I can finish the scroll. Give me

the scroll like you did at the cape.

What are you on about?

"Knowing my child suffers

does darken my soul...

but future promise does

lighten the tomorrow...

Tokyo, November 26, 1907.

Ichiro Masaki's mother, Chiseko.

To Dr. Keishi Masaki."

Mother.

"Dr. Masaki committed suicide."

Where are you going?

Brother-in-law.

Brother-in-law.

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