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But... this isn't malignant.

There's no WAY something like this could just spring up in his blood vessels all of a sudden!

Was there anything that WASN'T strange about the guy?! Typical Takayama, eh?

What about the tumor in his throat?

Oh yeah. I couldn't find anything like it.

I did some asking around, and some famous professor at Bunka Medical University sent me his own opinion.

He says it looks just like a smallpox tumor.

There's no way.

The smallpox virus was eradicated ages ago.

What about Takayama's girlfriend? Did she say anything that'd give us a clue as to the cause of death?

She told me something a lot crazier than a virus.

You best tell me.

Hold on to yourself. She said he died from a videotape.

A videotape?!

Yeah.

What does that mean?

It seems there's a videotape that kills whoever watches it. That kind of tape exists, or so she said.

Meaning THAT's the tape that Asakawa Reiko took before she went missing?

Yes, he's here.

Me?

It's the police. They found Asakawa Reiko and her son.

They were in an automobile accident.

They already towed the other car away. Luckily, the driver came away with only minor injuries.

Hey, doctor!

The car was pretty badly damaged. We were just now able to remove the bodies.

The child, too?

Yes.

It looks like she'd gone back to her parents' house after all. Though they'd denied any knowledge of her whereabouts when we contacted them...

But there's something a little strange. It's possible that the child was already dead BEFORE the accident.

What?

Hey! What are you doing! You can't just walk right up there!

Sorry.

I'm from the media. I was Asakawa's senior co-worker.

Her co-oworker?

Officer... isn't that a VCR?

VCR?

Welcome home!

What're you doing just standing over there?

You're late.

Yeah...

Where's Takanori?

He went to sleep already. He said he was going to stay up 'til you got home, but...

Oh.

I'm just gonna check on him.

Don't wake him up.

I know.

I'm sorry. I woke you up.

What is it?

The child died, too?

Yes.

Yeah, but he didn't die because of the accident.

He was already dead. Heart attack.

The police think that Asakawa Reiko was driving when she noticed that her son sitting in the back seat was dead. She took her attention from the road and that's what caused the accident.

Now Takayama, Asakawa Reiko, and even their son are dead.

Their son saw the video too, didn't he?

This has nothing to do with a video.

We know what exactly what caused his death.

And no matter how hard you look, you're not going to find any connection between dying because you watched some video, and a tumor in a person's arteries.

Isn't that right?

Dr. Takayama's talked to me about his son.

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