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ENTER THE RED DOORS

Up above the forest of slumber

Two moons look down from the sky

Where did you come from, and where are you going?

Where are we going?

ENTER THE RED DOORS

Stop... Stop, help!

Everyone said that. Everyone.

They all said, "Help."

But you smiled.

Opening your mouth big, like this!

A dream, huh?

"Time Stopped at Age 12"

I finally met someone--

Someone who might be able to wake you up.

The victim was a member of a group of criminals

responsible for a number of murders ten years ago.

He was a minor at the time, at 16 years of age.

"Hypnology" "Sleep Research"

In this incident, the boys snuck into a family's house

and killed the parents and oldest daughter, leaving only the second daughter alive.

In addition, the only person to escape danger, the second daughter,

is currently afflicted with Sleeping Beauty Syndrome and is in a comatose state.

"Yo Saeki (26)" "Unmarried Man Stabbed to Death" "Victim was a boy involved in killing a family ten years ago"

Police believe it is related to--

I wonder what that dream was...

There's no doubt about it.

The witch killed someone.

Wh-Why are you here?

More importantly, what you dreamed happened in the real world.

My dream...

How do you know about it?

Don't worry about it.

How can I not?

It's fine, just listen.

The witch will strike two more times.

She will kill like you saw in your dream.

What did you say...?

It happened ten years ago...

There was a family

that was killed in their home.

The victims were the father, the mother, and the oldest daughter, who was 15.

Her younger sister, who was 12 at the time, hid in the closet and barely survived.

But she saw everything.

The culprits were arrested based on the younger sister's testimony,

but all three of them were minors.

They were all boys of 16 at the time.

They were not acquainted with the victims at all,

and their motive was just to shock the world.

All the bones in the father's body were broken.

The mother had been hacked apart with a knife.

The oldest daughter's neck was--

That's enough.

I don't want to imagine any more.

I'm not even going into all the gory details.

Whatever you say.

This was a game for them.

To make it look as if they were killed because of a grudge,

creating a locked-room murder mystery for the world to solve.

I remember it. I saw it on the news.

The boys were all thought of as "good boys" at home and at school.

They got good grades.

The main offender didn't kill anyone but came up with the scenario for this game

and told the other two what to do at the scene.

Two years ago, the three of them reentered society.

Who was killed this time?

It was one of the killers.

He was killed inside a locked room.

So it was a locked-room murder?

He was killed in the same way as the mother.

There are two more of those boys.

There is no doubt that they will also be targeted.

So the culprit is the younger sister with Sleeping Beauty Syndrome?

That is what I deduce.

Then, it'll be faster if we wake up the sister.

Those afflicted with Sleeping Beauty Syndrome cannot be woken up.

Then, it's like she's dead.

Her heart is also closed to reality.

However, you were able to share a dream with the witch.

That is one lead we have to solving this crime.

I'm sure you can reach the witch.

Why did I dream the same dream as the witch?

Don't you think Lily holds the key to that?

I wonder...

Why are you trying so hard, anyway?

This has nothing to do with you, right?

It does have something to do with me.

Because you research the dream world?

My younger sister also has Sleeping Beauty Syndrome.

Seriously?

Here's a communicator.

It'll connect me in the real world to you in the dream world.

How will that work?

In the real world, I'll contact the boys who were involved

and take measures against the witch.

You'll be in the dream world, keeping the witch from killing anyone.

Hey.

Will the witch be charged with any crime if she kills in the dream and it becomes reality?

That is not the issue here.

Even if it's for vengeance, murder cannot be allowed.

That's what it means to have morals, right?

I'm counting on you.

What does it mean to have morals...?

Oh, it's fine.

Take this.

Caffeine pills?

What do you want, old man?

You should take that quickly.

You'll be killed if you fall asleep.

You know something, don't you?

I'm not interested in what scumbags you are, or whether or not you're rehabilitated.

But even if it's scum that'll be killed, if I know that there will be a murder,

then I think morally, I have to stop it.

Huh? I don't really get it.

Tell me about the nightmares you have been having.

I'm in the witch's world.

What kind of world is it?

This is probably the scene of the murders.

I get a bad feeling from it.

It makes me irritated.

It's like I'm mad and sad and scared at the same time,

and I can't really explain how I feel...

You know?

The witch's feelings are taking over the dream world.

Look for the witch.

What about on your end?

I just met them.

I'm hanging up.

What is it, old man?

Oh, it was a call from a friend.

A friend?

A friend who'll keep you guys from getting killed.

Old man, you sure you're not with the police?

I mainly operate inside dreams.

Don't tell me you hear voices, too?

Don't worry about that. Just keep telling me about your nightmares.

Like I told you, it's the same dream, every day.

For me, too.

It's always a pair of red heels.

And they keep chasing me.

I always get strangled.

What about you?

My bones are broken slowly.

When I can't move anymore, my body gets chopped to pieces.

And you dream this every night?

Yeah, every night.

That's why I've been trying to stay awake as much as possible.

Which is why you have these, huh?

Saeki was killed in his sleep, right?

That appears to be the case.

It's possible that the nightmare linked to reality,

resulting in a locked-room murder.

The witch is completing what you all wanted to make happen yourselves.

See?

Don't fall asleep.

Just a little... Just five minutes...

No, you can't fall asleep.

Who the hell do you think you are?

He's right. The way to escape the witch is to stay awake.

Once you fall asleep, the nightmare will become reality.

Bear it.

I'm seriously at my limit here!

It's all your fault that it turned out like this!

What, are you scared?