Kyokou Suiri (Ss2) - Ep 6 (gọi tắt là “Suiri #63”)

Major, you're full of energy today as well. You should do something old-fashioned once in a while, like basking in the sun. You wouldn't think he's in his eighties. It's just my nature—I can't help but move my body. Aren't you the one who should exercise once in a while? I am a cat, after all. Cats don't talk that smoothly, and they don't drink alcohol either. This is a cat that was drunk on the doorstep half a year ago during a heavy rain. I had grown tired of it, so I let it inside, and it ended up staying there permanently. What's the matter? You can't give alcohol to cats. Please give me a bite, one at a time. I never expected it to be a shape-shifting cat. Jogging? Be safe. And besides that. There are fish carcasses everywhere again today. This is abnormal. You still don't know the cause of the fish's death, I suppose? Even at the university in our prefecture, they've been looking into it, but there's no significant external injury on the fish. No toxins were detected, and they're not suffocating either. Akashio isn't angry either. If I must say so, it's as if every fish is in the middle of eating. Seaweed, jellyfish, clams, and other marine life are also being affected. The impact of this has greatly reduced the number of fishing visitors. Cancellations are probably going to be pretty high on weekends too. They say the number of customers at the cafeteria and the store is also decreasing, so what will happen if we don't figure out the cause soon? Don't panic just because the flow has been bad for a single month—men of your stature shouldn't lose your composure over something so trivial. It's just that things have been going way too well since early last summer. Probably made nearly three times the profit of the previous year, thanks to the influence of that drama. Last year was good, wasn't it? There were so many customers who wanted to try the dishes that appeared in the drama that we even ran out of fish. The world is mostly designed so that things fit together smoothly. The amount of luck and misfortune ultimately ends up being much the same. The sea god is bestowing upon you this moment of joy, so don't lose yourself in it. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see for a while. If the quality of the fish still won't improve, why don't we consider performing an exorcism? Ah, wait a moment, Tai-san. Exorcism, you know. Indeed, this must be Zen-ta-san's curse, wouldn't you say? Zenta. Zenta Tohira was born and raised in Tottomizu Town and never left the land. Zenta's son left town and started a family. Last summer, my son was home visiting. Taking my wife and my son Zen's grandson, a 10-year-old child named Tsubasa. However, Tsubasa was hit by a car belonging to a tourist visiting the town and died instantly. Four college students, a man and three women, were reportedly distracted by chatting and joking around while driving, leading to inattentive driving. It is said that Zenya's grandson still had a pulse immediately after being hit. However, since it was summer vacation, the town was crowded with tourist vehicles, and there were numerous cases of illegal injections, causing delays in ambulance transport; he passed away en route to the hospital. After his grandson's death, Zenya always had a face that seemed to silently endure suspicion. And last month, he passed away from heart failure, as if he had simply run out of strength. That is when it all began. Tai, Tai-san! Hey, you, lose some weight, will ya! Tai-san, to be honest, what's really going on? What do you mean by "real"? Are you really thinking such unscientific nonsense as that it's a curse? But Zenta didn't give a friendly face to the increasing number of fishermen and tourists. Mr. Zenta, you've been throwing trash wherever you please, taking photos without permission, causing more police incidents, and in the end, your grandson was involved in that accident... So no one will want to come to the town anymore. Are you saying it's being attacked by sea creatures, causing mysterious deaths? Zenta must have harbored resentment toward tourists. Even if we drive away the tourists, this town would suffer the greatest loss. If fish continue to die off, people will stop coming, work will disappear, and some will hang themselves while others will leave the town. It ends up being more about the town itself being bustling than specifically catering to tourists. But didn't the entire town also harbor resentment toward you, Zen-ta, because of Yoku-kun? The reason many people on the streets worried after Yijun's accident was that the media coverage damaged the town's image, leading to a decline in visitors. There are also discussions suggesting that the incident should be treated seriously, not just for Mr. Zenta and his family. Among them, there were people who secretly criticized the college students, saying they were also at fault in that accident, but Tsubasa-kun was careless too. It must have reached Zen-ta's ears as well. Can't you, Mr. Zenta, help this town in some way? You know it yourself. Zenta was a kind-hearted man. Put negatively, he was a timid man. Of course, humans are like that. One might feel hatred or resentment toward someone or something, or even desire to kill them. I didn't have the courage to kill or make someone unhappy with my own hands or through my own responsibility. Moreover, I lacked the strength to bear the evil that concerned the town's future. If I could pull off such a stunt, I'd have clashed with everyone around me long before now. Do you really think I'd just shut myself away at home in silence? I know, but what if you can't do it yourself? Why not have someone else do it for you instead? What do you mean? After Tsubasa-kun passed away, Mr. Zenta must have been making a doll out of wood. Do you know where he went? Taeha discovered that Zenta had passed away, didn't she? Was the doll at home at that time? Zen-ta, Zen-ta, are you there? Were you stuffing corn? Come out once in a while. Has that doll been finished yet? Zen, have you had enough by now? Doing something like this? Zenta. I'll listen to your story later. You too, Tae, go outside. Ah. In cases of solitary death, on-site verification will be conducted, so we kindly ask that you do not move anything. Who knows how it was. If it had been stashed away in a storage room, I wouldn't have noticed. That doll's size seemed to be perfectly modeled after the late Tsubasa-kun. Some people even speculated that she was making it as a substitute for her grandchild. There's a report that someone recently saw a figure resembling her walking down the road at night, heading toward the sea. It's as if that doll has somehow come to life, carrying the soul of the deceased Wing, or perhaps it's moving about, animated by Mr. Zenta's will. Don't you think of the fairy tale "Pinocchio"? That puppet, Pinocchio, was also created by Grandpa, It wasn't a story about being taken by the power of a fairy or something similar and ultimately becoming human. Pinocchio, you know. Did Zenta also notice it? Didn't that doll have a long, stick-like nose attached to it? That's why he seems more and more like Pinocchio, spontaneously starting to move on his own. So the humanoid is carrying out Zenya's will by going to the sea at night and slaughtering a huge number of fish. Pinocchio couldn't possibly have such power. Maybe so, but... Besides, the setting you're talking about is like Pinocchio in movies or films. The adventure of Pinocchio in the original work. Anyway, it wasn't originally a heartwarming story. It's a common theme in ghost stories and horror tales for dolls left behind by individuals to suddenly start moving on their own and kill people or cause disasters. The eyewitness account you heard about the doll is related to the incident when Zenta was making dolls. Just a reckless rumor made up by combining two unrelated incidents of fish dying. Don't go talking about something like that in front of the other townspeople. Of course I am. That's why I'm talking to Taisan. But if I don't address this doll right away, I have a feeling something irreversible is going to happen. Zenta's curse, then. Zenta himself can't get his hands dirty, but he can make his dolls do the work for him, I see. At the very least, you would be granted immunity on the grounds that the automaton acted on its own. What a nasty thought. Make sure to prepare for the payment. Since it'll be hard to cover the cost from the town's budget, I'll personally pay for it. You're really going all out, aren't you. Hello, welcome back. What was that just now? Is he one of your companions? Yes, a bit of small talk. Stop bringing strange things into the house. I don't want to have anything more to do with monsters. I won't cause you any trouble like that. Whether it was good or bad that I let you into the house back then. On that day, you were quite weak, so I am truly grateful. You should have just pretended to be an ordinary cat. I can't resist talking to you, I'm so desperate for a drink. Please, please give it to me. If you're a shape-shifting cat, why don't you just eat me alive and take over my life? Something I can boast about in the afterlife—having died in a rare and unusual way, just like that. If modern humans were to take over this lifestyle, they'd be worn out by neighborhood interactions, tax obligations, and the constant demands of wooden frame construction. A cat is happiest when it's purring. I'm tired of that heartbreaking, weary world too. The only thing that's been worth my getting involved with you is the fact that the exchange condition has been fulfilled—namely, that you'd immediately inform someone in the town if I died alone. Well, it seems like Tae-san might outlive me. You, do you know anything about the doll made by the great fisherman An and Zenta? Humanoid? What on earth are you talking about? I'm sorry, but if dolls are involved, I won't be able to let it go with just a few words. If you're planning to play dumb, I'm not drinking anymore. S-Stop it, that's too much! Taehyung-sshi! I'd like to keep this confidential, but I think that doll will appear again tonight. Is there a human-shaped figure alone in the sky? Yeah. It arrives from the mountains to the sea, almost at the same time and along the same route, shortly after midnight. And right there, it appears on the sandy beach beneath Tanaka-san's house. What's this! It's full of monsters, isn't it! These are the people who live in this town. Everyone is troubled by that doll. Can't monsters resolve their issues through talks among themselves? I wouldn't have any trouble with a reasonable opponent like that. He didn't understand words at all and acted instantly. Tae, come over here! Hurry up! Without a doubt, a Zenta doll was embedded in the right arm where the stone was set. How infinitely incomprehensible this world truly is. Try not to move as much as possible. As long as we're this far apart, it should be fine. No, I am on our side, the young lady's husband! Lord Great Crab has taken the rear! Please avoid it! Even the coordination between Lord Ookani and the young lady's husband couldn't make it work. That doll just pulled something out from its hand. It's a shock. I immediately unleash a lightning bolt without hesitation at anything that comes within about seven or eight meters. If I stay still, they won't do anything even if they pass by. Just moving to speak to them results in an immediate electric shock. Such was its swiftness that one could not even approach it. We have tried countless times to destroy him, only to be effortlessly struck down by that lightning. The lightning can only be emitted from the tip of the right hand, it seems. Even from a considerable distance, the aim is still precise. Even if I somehow managed to get close to him, I'd be utterly helpless and completely overpowered if that hand were pressed against me. If only the right hand is troublesome, can't we subdue it by swarming it all at once as a group? How many casualties will there be before it's brought under control? You've seen the response to the previous collaboration, haven't you? I am quick. It might end with me being completely swept away by a lightning strike, having narrowly avoided it. Yet he is a fearsome creature. I can't leave it alone. Ah, diving deep into the sea, Emitting that lightning blast in all directions, Set out to take countless lives in the wake of that shock. What an outrage! Zenta desires such behavior from dolls to such an extent, Were you harboring resentment toward this town? That was daytime. It seems as though it's drying its body deep within the mountains, I don't know where they are. The person who found the doll in the mountains tried to approach it, but Struck by lightning, I heard it escaped with the help of various people. Honestly, How much freedom do we really have in creating something weird or bizarre? Please don't include me. The human beings who create such things are far more terrifying. The curse of Zenta? If even a monster cannot stand up to it, then What kind of countermeasures could possibly be taken? Don't worry. We have already consulted this matter with a certain person. That renowned god of wisdom, To Ohi-sama, the one-eyed, one-legged. Another yōkai? Ohi-sama has arrived. What's with that look? Lord Ohii, supernatural beings such as yōkai and ghosts, Our clan's quarrels and disputes, And anything else you'd like to consult about, they'll resolve it all for you. He is the god of wisdom, you know. What's that supposed to be? That's suspicious, isn't it? That Ohi-sama, It has been arranged that you will come here by evening tomorrow. Therefore, the series of incidents will soon be resolved. Then, Mr. Tae, May I invite Ta-san to stay overnight at your house, Ohii-san? You planning to turn my house into a haunted mansion? No, no. Master Ohii has taken on a human form. What a pitiful and wretched person they are. Pitiful and yet fierce. What Lord Ohii says. The origin of this meeting and the detailed circumstances thereof, You are most familiar with Mr. Tai. If you explain them directly to Lord Ohie, We would also be relieved. If you must eat poison, then go ahead and eat it with the bowl. I've seen a monster like that before. I shall not be surprised by Ohi-sama, no matter what form she takes. Sure. The room is spare, you know. I'll bring a gift that will please you, Master Ohi. Just so you know. Lord Ohii. Nice to meet you. I am Kotonoko Iwana. It is my pleasure to assist you. Are you Lord Ohii? It's a bit different from what was talked about. Is that a妖怪 that's transforming like that? Unfortunately, I am just an average person with average parents and a regular household registration. If I must point out specifically, It's only that my right eye is an artificial one and my left leg is a prosthetic. And here is the one who has been helping me. I am Sakuragawa Kyōtarō. I appreciate your trust. This one is ordinary, then. Ordinary? Lord Ohii. We have been eagerly awaiting a memory that feels like a thousand years in a single day. Moreover, if Lord Kuroda were to join us as well, He was utterly defeated, just like Benkei. It's like I'm already on a big ship. Before that. Huh? Do not reveal your true identity to humans without a reason. Fortunately, I wasn't the kind of person to go around spreading your name to others. Sorry, sorry. I felt he'd be fine. And when the big guy suddenly exclaimed that our cat had started speaking words, It's just that I think the people around me might be experiencing cognitive decline, but it's not serious, is it? Well, that method could work, but... Who do you think is the idiot? I apologize. Let us resolve the situation as soon as possible. If a humanoid appears tonight, let's settle it there. You'll tell me briefly, won't you. The university semester is coming up soon, after all. Senior, there's only a short time left until spring break. Huh? Are you a university student? Yes, I have heard that as well. You should have told me earlier. How dare I demand a souvenir from a girl like that? I must be the worst kind of scheming old hag. I have said that You appeared in the form of a human being. Um, I truly appreciate your kind assistance. This is a boring thing, but... Thank you. Get up. This would take too long to explain. Next Episode Preview