The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain

How is it, mistress?

Please stop.

It feels very unpleasant.

Oh, she's saying you suck.

Shut up.

She's frigid.

Man.

Hey, Keita. You wanna go pick up some other chick?

Yeah. I'm getting tired of her.

Wait up guys.

I'll make it a little more interesting.

Hey you, what's wrong?

Does your stomach hurt?

No, um... I...

Does your stomach hurt?

No.

Yes. It really, really hurts.

I'm about to cry.

Can I cry?

Yeah.

The scene of the crime is an underground bar that has been abandoned for half a year.

The victims were witnessed going in and out of this place frequently.

The limbs of the corpses were torn off by someone,

and the police are investigating the method of murder along with the whereabouts of the killer.

What do you mean, wait until next month for my pay?

Even if I wanted to pay you, I don't have the money.

No way.

You had like 10,120,000 yen transferred to your bank account yesterday!

What on earth did you spend it on?

You added an extra zero.

Well, it's a trivial item.

It's a Ouija board from the Victorian era.

I'm not expecting much out of it, but since it's over a hundred years old it may not be entirely worthless.

No matter how trivial it may be, if it has traces of magical energy and a long history-

I don't care about explanations.

I just so happened to see it on sale, so I bought it on impulse.

Don't get so mad.

I'm broke now too.

So, what?

Seriously now, I'm not getting my pay this month?

Right. Each employee is to obtain money themselves.

You bet I will.

Oh, Kokutou.

What is it, Touko-san?

Could you lend me some money?

As you can see, I'm broke.

I absolutely refuse.

Geez. People get petty when they run out of money.

Touko. Continue with it.

Oh, right.

I didn't want to accept this kind of job, but I had no choice since I need the money.

Well, about the incident last night...

You don't have to talk about it anymore.

I get it for the most part.

Oh? I only told you about the scene of the crime.

You catch on quickly, don't you.

The client has an idea of who the killer is.

Your job is to secure her if possible.

But if she shows any signs of fighting back, you are to kill her without hesitation.

I see.

What do you think? I think this job is perfect for you.

I don't even need to answer that.

You're pretty impatient, Shiki.

Are you that hungry?

Here, this is her photo and her background.

What are you going to do without even knowing what she looks like?

I don't need it.

She's my kind.

We'll definitely try to kill each other the very moment we meet.

What? Hey now.

You call for me because you need to borrow some money?

Are you really Kokutou Mikiya-kun?

Even I'll do anything if I'm cornered.

That's the situation I'm in.

But still, isn't it easier to borrow the money from your parents instead?

We got into a fight when I dropped out of college, and we've never talked since then.

How would I be able to go back to them now?

You're stubborn in weird ways.

Did you get into a big fight with your dad or something?

My circumstances don't matter.

So, will you lend me the money or not?

Oh, you're in a pretty bad mood, huh?

Thanks.

You know the proverb, one hand washes the other.

Do you remember Minato Keita?

He's a junior.

He was that guy who was really attached to you back in high school, right?

What about him?

Apparently he hasn't been home since last night.

Help me look for him.

It seems he's gotten involved in something dangerous.

Something dangerous?

Would you happen to know where Keita-san might be?

I need to see Keita-san, no matter what.

Otherwise, I...

I guess that sarcasm-drenched superintendent really doesn't like students going out at night.

So I told her, "If the other kids started going out at night like Fujino and me, who have the best grades,

they might just start getting better grades."

Fujino?

Are you nervous?

You don't have to worry.

My brother is like the personification of the word harmless.

But he's always been good at searching for people, so I'm sure he'll find that upperclassman you admire.

Okay.

Azaka.

Ryougi Shiki.

I'm meeting my brother.

I have no business with you.

I have a message from your brother.

He says he can't come today.

He stood you up.

Shiki...

This is your doing, right?

Huh? That's a false accusation.

I'm a victim too.

He left a message on my phone saying, "I can't see Azaka, so send her home" and hung up abruptly.

Um... Kokutou-san.

What?!

Um, everyone's staring.

Oh, no. I just...

I'm sorry, Fujino.

You...

Doesn't... it hurt?

No, it's not you.

Hey!

Criticizing my brother wasn't enough, now you're criticizing my friend too?

No, that wasn't my intention.

It's just on my end.

You keep getting on my nerves.

What do you mean by "just on my end"?

Stop picking on me.

Aren't you being overly self-conscious?

Who're you calling overly self-conscious?

I don't want to hear that from someone walking around with that on.

It's none of your business.

Leave me alone.

Well, that's all.

Do you have a message for him?

Please tell him one thing.

"Brother, please cut your ties with this woman."

Good. I'll tell him that.

Bye.

I'm sorry, Fujino.

I'll talk to Mikiya myself.

She was beautiful.

Yeah.

But I...

...hate her.

I think it was the night before last.

Sakuya-kun got a call from Keita-kun, and he was saying something like "I'll be killed!"

"I'll be killed"?

Keita-kun's friends were killed one after another, right?

I hear he was really crying.

I don't wanna say this when I'm the one selling drugs, but they're brutal.

Everyone said they'd get stabbed one day.

It's a big hit to me because my biggest customers are gone.

Oh, how about it?

If you're Gakuto-san's friend, I'll give you a bargain and sell you a package for 2000 yen.

Kouhei? Wasn't he outside the store?

Damn, is he at it again?

Some rich-looking girl came and said she needed to talk to him.

Was it someone he knows?

Well, I don't know.

He knows a lot of people, that guy.

He'll come back right away. He's fast after all.

Please.

Tell me where Keita-san is.

H-Help...

M-My leg, it's t-twisted.

What's wrong with my leg?

My leg turned into a screw...

Bend.

I'm sorry...

But I have to do this.

Only doing this can I finally be like everyone else.

In truth... I don't wish to kill people.

That's not true.

Asagami Fujino.

I see, you were related to Asakami.

Shiki-san? Since when were you there...

Since the time you lured that piece of meat out here, I've been here.

Please do not say "piece of meat"!

He's human.

He's a human...

Hey now, humans don't die like that.

A person who didn't end his life like a human isn't human anymore.

A person removed from the boundary line is deprived of all his meaning.

Common sense can't deal with things like that corpse, or like you.

No. I'm normal.

I'm not like you.

We're birds of a feather.

Asagami Fujino.

Don't be ridiculous.

Again?!

What the hell's going on with you?!

That's it. What a turn-off.

It's worthless to kill you now.

Hurry up and go home.

That way, we won't ever see each other again.

When I was small, I once cut my hand while playing house.