The Lost Village (迷家)

So I'm going to take her home with me.

That way, everything will go back to how it used to be!

My runaway wife, the house I lost... Everything!

Um...

What?

Is something on my face?

Not really.

The Lost

Village

Three Yuunas Is a Crowd

I'm sopping wet.

Hey, don't change out here.

Who cares?

I do!

You're nothing to look at!

See? The "normal" Mitsumune-kun is right here.

Uh, what's this about?

Hey, Jack's more important!

More important how?

How'd he get out?

Was the lock broken all along?

I made sure it was fine.

Maybe someone helped him...

Uh, I doubt that.

It was them.

We should execute those two.

Two? Which two?

I should've drowned them in the river back then!

River? The one we were at last night?

Wait, who was it who first said Yottsun was floating in the river?

So you came back after all?

After all?

You sound like you saw this coming.

Now, now.

But I guess Jack did escape.

Did he?

I hope nobody let him go.

Hey, I think the people who tried to leave are a lot more hungry than us.

Lying around doesn't mean you don't get hungry.

You can't leave?

We couldn't take the bus,

and the map wasn't reliable.

So you got lost?

Give me a break.

I hate that whole "losing your way" thing.

Oh, I know that feeling.

Hey, let's not talk about our life philosophies right now.

What about the map?

Well, it was completely unreliable.

We tried to stick to it as much as possible.

We led the way propurrly, too.

Yeah, we didn't drop the ball on our end.

Anyway, something's off.

The beast-like voices gradually got closer, too.

Then was that Jack guy captured?

No, Jack ran away.

Didn't he fall off a cliff?

Oh, different guy.

That one's Catacomb Jack.

Huh? Was that his name?

It wasn't, was it, Manbe-san?

Hmm, how did it go?

It must be something else if you say so.

It was J-something.

Jackie?

That's your issue?

I think the "Catacomb" part is what's wrong.

"Cavebound"...

Are you okay? Do you want to lie down?

That's it.

"Bedbound," right?

You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?

I remember now. It was Icebound.

Hyoketsu no Jack.

Oh, but... I think something's still off.

Judge-something.

Oh, now it's all coming back to me!

Hyoketsu no Judgment.

I still feel it's slightly off.

Okay, hang on.

Let me find the roster...

The name doesn't matter.

You're right.

Whatever the case, Catacomb Assbound... Ketsu-kun is now gone, too.

So in the end, we just call him an ass?

I feel bad for him.

Jack-kun made a break for it.

Ketsu-kun vanished.

Trying to take action backfired.

Hey, don't be so quick to judge.

Besides, if we hadn't turned back from that tunnel,

we might've found our way out.

You're right.

It's all because someone said she saw a giant Mitsumune...

I'm not sure I'd find that all that scary.

Um, how big are we talking about?

About as tall as the tunnel itself, so maybe four meters high?

Four meters?

But size isn't everything.

Right?

Well, I'm glad it was Mitsumune, at least.

Why do you say that?

Well, if it was anything worse,

things might've gotten, y'know, worse.

Yeah, I think turning back was the right call.

When it rains, it pours.

You're onto something there.

Even a balanced market has its downswings.

You're right.

We might want to resign ourselves and see what happens for a while.

Maybe.

It's safe in the village.

We don't know that for sure.

So will each of us have to kill a wild beast or something?

Don't be ridiculous.

We don't even know what is out there.

A giant Mitsumune, right?

Let's drop that. You guys think it's a bear?

No.

It sounds more like a robot.

A robot? It was just annoying.

It sounded like giant wings, mew know.

Wait a minute.

Don't you all find it strange that we're all hearing completely different things?

We don't even know what we're afraid of.

What'd you hear, then?

Laughter...

Huh? What the heck?

Well, it's that kind of place.

You think it's because we're in Nanaki Village?

Because anything can happen in a lost village?

Is that what you think?

Then are we really in Nanaki Village?

We're not?

Why?

No, no, no.

We confirmed that point, okay?

Koharun gave her stamp of approval.

But that's it.

There's no proof other than her telling us that.

I can't deny that, but it's really true—

Um, I don't see why she'd need to deceive us.

How do you know?

What if this was all a setup?

You're saying Koharun set us up?

Hey, wait a minute.

What's the point of blaming someone without any proof?

You don't think it's suspicious?

She randomly showed up on our way here,

and she knows way too much about this village.

Besides, you're all suspicious too.

Us?

Why are you against leaving?

That broad's suspicious, too.

It somehow got swept under the rug,

but didn't you all find it strange?

Why was she so against leaving the village?

Right? Wasn't it suspicious?

And so is everyone who just jumped on her bandwagon.

Stop trying to frame everyone!

There's got to be a mastermind.

Someone who set this whole thing up...

Stop it!

What's wrong?

Huh? What?

What now?

Did some other giant thing show up?

Nothing.

What do you mean, nothing?

Don't clam up! It only makes us more scared!

That's right.

It's like getting food poisoning

right when your favorite food's in front of you.

Maybe he's a... ghost.

Who?

A ghost? Why?

You're saying he's a ghost?

Mitsumune-kun? A ghost?

What's that supposed to mean?

I just saw him disappear for a split second.

Huh? No way.

Didn't you see him, too?

What?

In the tunnel.

I'm sure I just imagined it...

Mitsumune's right here.

Is he?

Huh?

Is he really here?

Well, look.

Um, I'm right here.

Where?

You see him, right?

Yeah.

I see him.

Yeah, maybe he isn't actually here.

Stop it.

Don't joke around.

C'mon, everyone's spooked enough as it is.

I see dead people.