Midnight Invitation Page #6

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under cover at his family home

He's hiding his son from prying eyes

And where is it?

A place called Hinokage

on the Takachiho line

Takachiho...

Doctor!

It's there, doctor

From the dream...

Please come in,

Kuze is waiting inside

Please step inside

It seems Mitsu has told you

just about everything then

Fine

I couldn't keep it concealed forever

But please believe this at least

Neither Junkichi nor Shohei...

were killed directly by my own hand

They both did it themselves

You're saying it's suicide?

That's right

What rubbish...

Shohei at least had no reason to die!

Mr Fujimura

That's the way you look at me?

If I could, I'd strangle

those two with my bare hands!

But...

if I ended up in prison,

my son would be all alone

He wouldn't be able to survive

Even so, I can't forgive Junkichi!

It makes my blood boil!

When that rascal was alive, I wanted to

imprint my son's image in his breast...

so he wouldn't forget it

That was all I kept thinking about

As he was now alone with my son, I told

Junkichi to draw 1000 pictures of him

Until then, he couldn't leave

When that was done,

I'd forget about what he did

That's what I told him

The guy gladly complied

He drew 6 or 7 each day

But that was at the beginning...

and before long the rate dropped

In the end he couldn't draw any more

He kept saying,

"Let me die, let me die"

But I wouldn't let him die

I was determined he'd live long enough

to complete 1000 pictures

Stop it!

You can't die yet!

Get drawing! Sh*t

Wait!

Wait!

It's likely he died on that occasion

Even if he survived somehow,

it's fine by me

Until the end of his days,

he won't be able

to forget about my son

What happened to Shohei from Numazu?

Shohei was the one who tempted

my husband to use that medicine

Yet when it went wrong, he sneaked off

But this year he suddenly started

coming to my place and making threats

What do you mean?

He knew of my relationship with her

He wanted to dispose of

Junkichi's place and pocket the money

Apparently he needed

the money to get married. Moron!

I was aware that he was

absorbed in spiritualism,

so before he went home,

I put a photo in his pocket...

with my son's face superimposed on it

I didn't lay a finger on Shohei

I just let him hear my voice

Your voice...

Phone calls, at midnight?

Shohei... Shohei

Please help me, it's Junkichi

Shohei, please help me

Brother, where are you?

This way, Shohei

Kazuo from Tokaimura

was different though

He was a decent guy

He cried when he learned

about his brothers' deeds...

and apologising, begged for

forgiveness on hands and knees

I was glad

It was some relief...

after 7 years of suffering

Why did Kazuo...

Why did he end up...

I'm now exhausted

There's never going to be

any fairness in this

Because no matter what,

my son's body won't recover

You said you were

Tatsuo's fiance, didn't you?

Yes...

Come this way

I'll take you to him

Kuze! Let me out!

Open it!

Kuze!

Tatsuo!

Let me go!

He locked me in

this storeroom with a beast!

Tatsuo!

Keiko

Beast?

A beast you say...

You call my son a beast!

Son of a b*tch!

...Stop

Kuze... Kuze!

I couldn't forgive you...

for trying to use money

to settle this thing...

Money...?

Yoshikazu

What is it, Yoshikazu? Your dad's here

Keiko, don't go inside!

There, there... does it hurt?

There, there... let's move, Yoshikazu

Don't be afraid.

Yoshikazu, your dad's here now

There, there... let's lie down

When did you find out about Kuze?

Answer me

I got a letter from Kazuo

Why didn't you tell me?

I wanted to keep it from you

I didn't want my future with you

ruined by past events in Kumamoto

So I came to do a deal

A deal?

Because I wasn't the one

who made his son like that

It's nothing to do with me!

10 million yen

That's a lot for me

What more can I do?

There was no other way

I can't do any more

Tatsuo

When you suddenly

vanished before my very eyes,

I was genuinely worried

And that stuff about the 11th

I was really worried about you...

You understand that?

I was in love with you

I didn't want you to know about this

Other than money,

I wonder if there wasn't

perhaps some other way?

Tunnel

Mountain, valley

Castle ruins

It makes you wonder

I mean the dream

Prior to his coming here,

the Tokaimura brother...

dreamt of this place

Do you think Kuze's grudge

summoned him?

Who knows?

Some things we don't understand

Yamazaki

Ah, please

Mr Yamazaki, it's been quite a while

How are you?

Same as ever

Here

Oh, you drew something!

You said I could draw

anything I felt like

Junkichi...

So he'll be the head accountant in LA

Remarkable at such a young age

Among us brothers,

I hope this guy at least will be happy

Junkichi

Why don't you speak to Tatsuo?

I guess you're no longer in hiding

Doctor

Junkichi Harada died 7 years ago

Someone else is standing before you now

Excuse me

Doctor

An acquaintance?

Yes, a patient

Sadly, I don't think

he'll get any better

Here

Thank you

Doctor

A wrongly-addressed letter came,

that Satsuki sent from Kumamoto

At that time...

she'd been waiting at the hotel

for Kazuo Harada

Keiko

I feel as though I understand...

Kazuo's feelings

You see, men are exhausted...

and fed up with life

I suspect that deep down,

Satsuki was looking for a place to die

Confronting that incident

became the trigger...

When will you go to LA?

I won't be going

The engagement has been called off

Somehow, there are too many issues

I'm no longer clear

about my own feelings

Keiko,

Tatsuo's behaviour on that occasion

As a concerned party,

I suppose he had no choice

Kuze, whose wrath was implacable

Tatsuo, who tried to

resolve it with money

In today's society,

everyone's warped in some way

In that vein, perhaps I'll follow him

to Los Angeles before the year is out

Or maybe...

I'll fall in love with you, doctor

As I don't understand my own feelings,

it seems I should get examined too

Yes

You're always welcome

I'll be counting on you

Please excuse me

Thanks to londonsatoshi

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