Sakebi Page #3

Okay

You don't need to think,

just relax and follow me.

The victim is Onoda Seiji, age 37.

President, Onoda Exports

The crime took place about 8PM last night.

The M.O. resembles the last one.

That's right, with saltwater.

Yeah, inform headquarters.

Hey, did you reach Yoshioka?

No, his cell phone's still off.

What the hell is he up to?

The Bayside ferry route from 15 years ago?

Yes.

Well,

I think it was in this general area...

Somewhere on this route,

there used to be a black

apartment building.

I'm not sure this will tell us...

Maybe we need an older map.

Yes, you're right.

Is that map from before World War II?

Yes.

What's this building on the shoreline?

This was a sanitarium.

A mental hospital.

Oh.

They shut it down right after the war.

But the inmates didn't want to leave,

so they just stayed on.

Huh.

I just remembered a strange rumor...

In that sanitarium,

any inmate who disobeyed the rules

got corporal punishment.

Punishment?

Yes, they filled a basin with saltwater,

and pushed inmates into it

until they suffocated.

What is that supposed to mean?

I don't know, it's a rumor.

Yoshioka...

What are you doing here?

The Bayside Ferry?

What about it?

Following a hunch.

Huh.

Why don't you answer your phone?

Also,

where were you last night?

What?

There's another victim, same M.O.

Yeah?

Where were you at 8PM, last night?

I was wandering around...

Can you prove it?

Now I'm a suspect?

Suit yourself...

Hey, wait!

Oh, Mr. Yoshioka...

I didn't know you were here.

What, Sakurai?

Yes, I have two things to report...

First, we have what may be

an eyewitness account.

of last night's murderer.

Go on!

Yes.

Around 8PM last night,

a local housewife saw someone.

running out of Onoda Exports.

The suspect was a female,

Onoda Exports' accountant,

positively identified as Yabe Miyuki.

Hey, what do you think?

Maybe she's the perp

Yeah.

The other report?

Yes, we've identified F18.

Finally, this morning,

a missing person's report

was filed at Hachioji Station.

They matched it with F18's

photo and her parents confirmed it.

Shibata Reiko, age 28.

Never heard of her.

Yoshioka, I'm sorry...

It was just for a moment,

but I doubted you back there.

It's just second nature forgive me.

We hadn't heard from Reiko

in over 3 months,

so I had a bad feeling.

Did your daughter often

visit the shoreline?

I wonder...

We wouldn't know...

She was a free-spirited girl

With no real job,

she only worked part-time

and lived a carefree life.

Sometimes, she'd leave home

for weeks at a time,

saying she was on a trip

or staying with friends.

But we're the ones who raised her that way.

We always told her to be independent,

to live as she wanted to.

Of course there's no point

in regretting that now.

Oh, please excuse me.

Who is it?

A senior classmate from

when she was in high school.

I'm sorry...

Um, actually,

years ago, he and Reiko went

as far as getting engaged.

But ultimately,

Reiko backed out of the engagement.

Apparently,

he still used to see Reiko

from time to time

and sometimes he comes around

begging for money.

I can't turn him down...

I know it's pathetic.

Please excuse me.

They're the police, here about Reiko.

Excuse me...

Mrs. Shibata,

what's his name?

Ichikawa. Ichikawa Shinya.

Miyaji, call for backup!

Right!

You're Ichikawa Shinya,

correct?

You're coming to the station

as a material witness,

in the murder of Shibata Reiko.

Ichikawa just confessed,

And strands of hair,

believed to be Shibata Reiko's

were found in his truck.

With the DNA report, they'll prosecute.

They'll find him guilty.

One more thing...

There was a button missing from

a trench coat in Ichikawa's place,

That button you found before,

it matches the coat.

Turns out it was a City Mart coat

after all.

Right.

Also, they found this

in the back of his truck.

Don't even have to wait for the DNA.

What more do you want?

Ichikawa, the man who killed you,

is locked up.

Your ashes...

are with your parents.

Isn't that enough?

You have no reason to stay here anymore.

If you've got a grudge,

go take it out on Ichikawa!

What more do you want me to do?

You...

Don't tell me,

you're not Shibata Reiko?

You're not...

You're not!

You're not Shibata Reiko!

Who...

the hell are you?

A long time ago...

You found me...

And I found you.

And yet,

everyone abandoned me.

You're that woman?

You saw it, you knew it.

What...

did you want me to do?

There were things you could have done.

What?

Do you know what happened to me after that?

No.

I stayed there for years and years,

waiting and waiting,

forgotten by everyone...

Then I died

Just as you said, we've learned

that both Sakuma and Ichikawa,

used to ride that Bayside Ferry.

Hmmm

We're also checking on

Yabe Miyuki, currently on the run.

Good.

What's this about?

I wonder...

You've had another hunch, right?

What is it? Tell me,

Detective Know-it-all

I don't have a single clue.

Sorry,

I don't either.

Listen, Harue...

I don't know what's going on,

but let's get out of here.

Yes, a trip.

No, I won't come back.

Who cares about work?

Yeah, far away.

Maybe even abroad.

Yeah

Harue, please...

Don't ask me any questions

Who are you?

You're Yabe Miyuki.

Police?

I need to ask you...

Did you also see the woman in red?

Stop.

I saw her, too.

What did you do after you saw her?

Remember.

She was in the mirror...

And then?

When I noticed her,

it was like she noticed me, too.

And then what happened?

Her emotions poured into me...

''Nobody notices me''

''The world's forgotten about me''

''The people closest to me

don't see me at all''

Onoda was like that.

All of his future plans were...

just for himself. I didn't exist for him.

Suddenly,

I wanted to wipe everything out...

That's why I killed him.

Go! Hurry!

It's not clear to me,

what the woman in your dreams represents.

No doubt,

it's somehow related

to your memory from 15 years ago.

She said,

''Everyone abandoned me''

What about that?

Maybe it's gone beyond certain limits.

Let's say,

there are other people

who've dreamed about her,

and if there's more and more

people who've seen her...

No, impossible.

What am I saying?

We're all finished.

You don't have to come back.

You figure out the rest.

Thank you for everything.

Go.

What?

Harue, I'm sorry.

Please go.

I'll follow you very soon,

as soon as I tie things up.

I go alone?

Yeah,

I swear I'll find you.

Can I board?

Sure, where to?

There it is.

It's been standing there forever.

Can you dock the boat over there?

Sure, I can.

Finally, you came.

I forgive you, only you.

Harue,

Did I do this?

That doesn't matter anymore.

I remember now.

Six months ago,

I...

That's enough.

What can you do?

Don't you hate me?

No.

Why not?

What's the point in hating?

You've got your future to consider.

Just forget...

about me.

Harue,

Hate me...

Just like that woman does

Please hate me.

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