Midnight Invitation Page #2

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Before that my mother had passed away

So I didn't return to Kumamoto

How were relations with your brothers?

I hardly saw my brothers

from Kumamoto and Numazu

But with my brother

in Mito it was different

We often met,

as I was at a Tokyo university

It felt like...

Kazuo was my only true kin

It must have been a shock

when he went missing

Not just that...

What is it?

The phone

The phone?

Yes, during the night

When I wake up,

the ringing has already stopped

It's happened numerous times

Maybe I'm imagining it

However, I'm certain it has rung

That indicates neurotic anxiety

I think it's down to

your brother's disappearance

Alright, please relax and

make yourself comfortable

Mr Tamura,

I will examine what caused

your brothers to disappear...

and eradicate your psychological trauma

Your cooperation is essential

Your brothers aren't here, so we

have to examine the psychological side

When you go to bed,

leave a notepad by your bed

Please write down your night dreams

and anything else that springs to mind

Freud?

No!

It's a test based on a theory of Daan

According to this,

human beings have an instinct...

that foretells the future

in the form of a dream

Then you believe my dreams

can occur in reality?

It's not 100%, but it's

something that's possible

You know there are cases of rats and

ants migrating prior to an earthquake?

Civilised people have been losing

that instinct for self-preservation,

but it's still there

Sometimes it's awoken

when danger approaches...

and alerts us in the form of a dream

My dreams...

Mr Tamura,

in order for me to remove your anxiety,

I have to take a scalpel

to the depths of your mind

However, the mind of

a human being is just like a deep sea

The bottom is pitch black

It silently harbours secrets and

enigmas that are beyond imagining

I have to stir up the profoundest

depths of that sea of yours

If it goes well we'll find out

why your brothers disappeared

And then your neurosis will be cured

Come in

You said it would take an hour...

It's good timing

Doctor, this is a note given to me

before my brother in Tokaimura vanished

It's about a dream

Would you try reading it for me?

"I'm often having the same dream"

"Coming out of a long tunnel,

a deep valley to the right"

"I pass through many tunnels"

"Then a ruined castle comes into view"

"Three times this dream has occurred"

Doctor

I wonder if this is a forewarning too?

In the future, my brother may...

I can't say at the moment

I'd like to take a trip

to Tokaimura near Mito

We may discover something

It was a shock when you suddenly

called out to me at Ueno station

I apologise

You're very much

in love with Mr Tamura, then?

Yes!

Sorry I asked

Doctor, I thought

you said you'd quit drinking

A doctor's indulgence

Don't tell anyone

Doctor

Are dreams really to be relied on?

Yes

According to Jung,

a dream symbol can be

regarded as a significant message...

that stems from the unconscious

Then how would you explain

the dream described in that note?

A really desolate landscape

You think it'll be found in Tokaimura?

Well, who knows?

Tunnel, mountain, valley,

ruined castle

It seems it could be anywhere

But it also seems like

a scene from another world

Excuse me, would you be Doctor Aizawa?

Yes

I'm Fujimura of Ibaraki News

Actually, I''m the brother in law

of the vanished Mr Harada

- Thanks for your help

- Not at all

The fiance of

the younger brother in Tokyo

I'm Keiko Inagawa

Thanks for taking the trouble

I brought a car

- Please

- Thanks

The Atomic Energy Research Institute

Ah, so Kazuo Harada worked here

Yes

It's quieter than I expected

What kind of job did

your brother in law have?

Head of engineering

Giving technical guidance

on fast critical equipment

Don't ask for details...

Ah, it's that building

This is staff housing

Please wait a moment

Hiroko

Hiroko!

What's the matter?

I know!

They've come because of Kazuo

Yo-chan, come along

Ah, hello

I'm Harada's wife

I'm Aizawa

Yo-chan, you might say "hello"

Hello

- Hello

- Come along

It's messy, but go ahead

She's tired

And in front of the child...

Yoshiko's been told that

papa is on a trip abroad

It seems she has an inkling

Ah, please

It's this room. Come in

It seems Mr Harada got home

about 9 on the day he vanished

He said he'd eaten and

came straight into this room

Is the room as it was?

No, the police rummaged about

for a diary or note of some kind,

which annoyed Hiroko

That evening, my sister

went to bed first in this room

And when she awoke at dawn

Ah, that lamp was left switched on

And the figure of Mr Harada

was nowhere to be seen

The police say that he may have been

abducted or taken away by someone

Even his relations with women

were thoroughly investigated

But at present

they are completely clueless

There's no sign of that

dream landscape around here

Ah, please

Had Mr Harada changed

in any way recently?

He was very worried about

his brother in Numazu

Otherwise...

No matter how trivial it seems

Ah, come to think of it

After the Numazu disappearance,

he'd often go to the beach

Beach?

Yes, the mouth of the River Kuji nearby

And that's where I last saw him

Over there

When I showed up,

Mr Harada was sitting there,

absently looking out to sea

Did he say anything on that occasion?

Yes. He spoke about nuclear accidents

He said even if

the science is faultless,

you can't do anything about human error

Things like that

Just like that

Mr Harada was sitting there

in exactly the same posture...

Mountain, valley,

railway, castle remains...

Sengoku era castles

are usually mountain fortresses,

so a mountain and

valley landscape isn't exactly rare

However, concerning a railway...

I expect it exists,

but I can't give you an instant answer

I see...

The book I wrote

For future reference

Anyway, let's investigate

I'll be in contact if I find anything

Thank you for your help

But what is this?

A referral from Mr Aizawa.

Is it dream interpretation?

Yes, that's right

Numazu

Shohei was working here

They preserve fish to be

deep fried at the harbour

Kazuo came a second time?

Yes

What for?

He kept asking about

the evening my husband vanished

And?

Yet it was while I was sleeping,

so I don't know what happened

He was generally a man of few words

Neglecting his wife when

she wanted to know his mind

Mother...

Excuse me please

Coming!

Then you've been here

since it happened?

Sometimes I go and clean up at least

On your own...

It was creepy...

The phone calls

Phone?

Around then the phone frequently rang,

in the dead of night

Even if I picked up the call,

there was just a steady silence

Come in

We lived here six months exactly

One of his sandals had fallen off here

It's just weird

And those phone calls too

Nobody believed me, but...

my husband was summoned

What do you mean?

My husband often returned to Kumamoto

On one occasion

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