Midnight Invitation Page #4

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Even cancelling her room

I have a suspicion that missing brother

showed up in Kumamoto

Why?

That was my feeling

when I visited the sister in law

And the pictures by Junkichi?

Here

Doctor, what's this!?

The photo you heard about in Numazu

Keiko

Actually, I was perusing

Mr Tamura's dream diary

Tatsuo's?

It came yesterday

"A lift comes to a halt midway"

"Above I hear my brother Kazuo calling"

"Suddenly the lift plunges"

"Relentlessly it falls"

"I'm on a train"

"There's a long tunnel"

"Passing through into a deep valley"

"A tunnel again"

"Then a ruined castle"

Just like his brother's

Keiko, I feel as though

I've started to figure out something

What?

The cause of the disappearances

May I ask you to come to

Tokyo University's medical faculty...

tomorrow evening,

together with Mr Tamura?

Perhaps there...

Fascinating research

is carried out here

Here

He's carrying out hypnotherapy.

Please observe

The subject believes

she's being supported

The power of the mind is amazing

However, what I want you

to observe isn't her posture

It's the facial expressions of

the hypnotised girl and the therapist

Please look carefully

Take a deep breath

One

Two

Now you'll wake up, OK?

I'll clap three times

You'll begin to regain awareness

Once more and you'll be fully aware

Now for the last one

You'll open your eyes

Well? It feels pleasant?

Here are the pictures

They share three features

Firstly, an abnormal head

Next, a half-open mouth

And thirdly, eyes that

seem to suggest dark caverns

They're all the same

According to Machover,

drawing a head this way

indicates social inadequacy...

and a desire to seek refuge

from a guilty conscience

Someone who draws

like this has a sadistic nature

It speaks of a hatred

for the outside world

Well?

Isn't there a resemblance to the

expressions of the pair we just saw?

Ah, hello

Doctor Sugibayashi, a noted researcher

in the field of unconscious suggestion

- Where are you up to?

- Machover

I see

When I saw these pictures,

I realised immediately

The face is that of a hypnotiseur

or a hypnotis

- Hypnoti...

- Yeah

It means hypnotist and hypnotised

I would say this shows a hypnotiseur

So I guess it's a hypnotist's face?

You saw the girl?

A suggestion under hypnosis can remain

in effect after the subject has awoken

Making someone vanish

wouldn't be difficult

Then the three brothers were

hypnotised into disappearing...

by the man in that picture?

I can't confirm that,

but at least we can be sure that...

the face in this picture is

performing a suggestion,

or receiving one

I'd like you to view a short film

How was it?

Nothing special...

You wanted a cigarette?

Meaning?

Please show it again

Ready

That's it, here's the frame

The film has an image

inserted at certain points

That single frame isn't noticeable

So you began to desire a cigarette

That is, you took a suggestion

I think it may be apt

to call the current situation...

a curse rather than a suggestion

A curse!?

Yes, since a curse is

the most powerful of suggestions

This can be shown scientifically

For instance, I let the breath

of a woman who hates someone...

into a glass bottle

and put a fly inside

Within a minute it's dead

So spirit photography...

is a perfectly plausible phenomenon,

when bearing that sort of thing in mind

Mr Tamura, what is it?

Doctor, I noticed something strange

The dates my brothers vanished

My Kyushu brother on 11th September

My Numazu brother on 11th July

My brother Kazuo on 11th August

All on the 11th

Today is the 7th,

so if it goes on like this,

- in four days, I too...

- Tatsuo!

Mr Tamura, the human mind is fragile

A curse or suggestion hidden there

will begin to exploit that

But the curse is recognised

There's nothing to fear

It's alright

Trust in yourself and

fight that invisible adversary

Come

Doctor

You too, please give him your support

Mr Tamura has nobody but you

Yes

It seems he's been taken in

Yes

Thanks. Sorry to trouble you

Not at all

Now the battle begins

Tatsuo, be strong

The doctor said you must fight it

Fight what?

Where's my opponent!?

I don't understand!

Please be strong

Keiko

What?

- You should go home

- Why?

I'm fine on my own

The 11th of the month

stuff is just coincidence

Your family will be worried

You should leave

I'm alright here

I want to stay and give you support

Isn't that OK?

What is it?

I'm ashamed of myself

It's a bunch of nonsense

now I think about it

Isn't it?

You're right, it's nonsense

So enough of this

But...

I wasn't thinking straight

I'm not leaving

Look, go home

Curses and spirits don't exist.

It's crazy to believe that stuff!

Hello

Ah... doctor

Doctor Aizawa

Yes

Yes, he was fine

This morning Tatsuo is much calmer

Yes, I understand

Thank you very much

OK:

The doctor phoned as he was concerned

And he wants you to

continue recording your dreams

Tatsuo, there are

three days before the 11th

You'll let me stay then?

Three days...

What is it?

Work

I'm going back

It's alright, it's no big deal

But tomorrow's the 11th

I can't stay secluded in this flat

That's hardly the way

to fight against it

Am I right?

I'm OK, allow me to go

He's gone to work?

Actually that's good news

It's an encouraging sign.

Credit to you

But doctor, tomorrow's the 11th

I not sure what to do

That's no good, you'll get a neurosis

Listen, let him have his own way

It'll turn out fine

Don't worry

Contact me if anything happens

Yes, speaking

Doctor Aizawa, hello.

Um, I don't really have any news

What about you?

Yes

Ah! I see, he's recovered

Yes

And how is Keiko?

Yes

I was concerned too

No, I haven't met Tatsuo

Yes

So we're unacquainted

Yes

Yes, yes

Did you draw something?

Anything's fine

A person's face or

an imaginary landscape

Give it a try

Let me see, what do I like...

This is pretty, I'll take it

OK, how many?

- Five

- OK

Swimming in the sea

From my junior high days

Kazuo is swimming ahead of me

I'm struggling, my body is sluggish

It feels like I'll be

dragged into the sea

I call my brother

But Kazuo...

steadily swims away from me

No matter how much I call out,

he carries on swimming away

What is it?

I'm riding on a train by myself

The train... enters a tunnel

It's a long, dark tunnel

I exit the tunnel

A deep valley...

that seems to draw you in

Another tunnel!

To the left...

...castle remains...

There are castle remains!

Be strong!

You OK?

Please be strong

You OK?

I see, that dream again...

No, you shouldn't worry too much

So long as he's gone to work

Keiko, one day at a time

Stay calm

I understand

I'm relying on you

I appreciate your helping me

Yes

Yes

Hello, this is Tamura

Oh, it's you

How are you feeling?

Because I'm worried

I can't have you disappearing

Don't be silly, I'm fine

I finish at 5 o'clock

Today, let's eat out or something

Really?

You're right, today's worth celebrating

I'll come meet you

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