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I know without a doubt that I killed ****.

Nothing will change that fact.

That's why I decided to come clean here.

This is my confession.

It's been two weeks since the trip,

and nobody remembers **** ever being in the class.

He's been completely forgotten.

Only I, the sole person deeply involved in his death, still remember ****.

But I get the feeling it's only a matter of time.

That's why, while my memory is still clear,

I want to tell you the truth,

and how to stop the calamity.

Are you listening?

Send them back to death.

Send the dead back to death.

That's how to stop the calamity once it's begun.

Back in elementary school,

there was a girl who looked just like her.

You mean Misaki?

Yes.

But I thought Misaki was an only child.

I wasn't in the same class as her,

but I know people called her Misaki.

That makes no sense.

From her address,

she shouldn't have even been in the same school as you.

That's exactly why it's so strange.

Did she wear an eyepatch over her left eye?

No.

Our Misaki lost her eye when she was four!

What? Then she...

Is the dead person here on this trip?

The extra person...

...is here.

Who is it?

It's...

Sakaki!

I think I might have done something bad!

Teshigawara? What happened?

Can I ask you two a question?

What is it?

Do you know a kid named Tomohiko Kazami?

What?

Just tell me!

Do you know Kazami? What's he like?

Of course I know him.

He's a class officer and the guy you've always been stuck with.

Misaki?

How could I not know him?

This is bad... Really bad...

What is?

I think I might have been wrong.

Wrong? About what?

Well, I...

I was sure he was the extra...

So just now, I...

He was...? You mean...

Kazami...

You didn't!

I did!

You can't be serious.

Why would I lie about this?!

I tried to probe him a little,

since he's been acting weird lately.

And he said he didn't remember the stuff we did together as kids.

He didn't remember much from elementary school, either.

And then?

I braced myself, and asked him,

"You're not really Kazami, are you?"

"You're the extra person in the class, aren't you?!"

He looked panicked at first, then he flew into a rage.

He was acting so suspiciously, I was sure it was him.

So like the tape said, if he died, if he "returned to death,"

we'd all be saved.

Don't tell me...

you killed him?

Did you?

I didn't mean to do it!

We started grappling and ended up outside, on the balcony.

And the next thing I knew...

He was lying still on the ground below.

Blood was coming from his head.

I got scared,

and ran back down the hall.

I'd seen Sakaki come in here earlier.

So you wanted to find out if Kazami was the extra?

Yeah.

I thought, if the extra died,

it'd be as if he'd never existed.

But you two said you know him,

so I must've been wrong!

Tell me, Sakaki, was I wrong?

Either that, or he's not dead.

Huh?

Falling from two stories up wouldn't necessarily kill him.

You can't see where he fell from here.

It's past that row of shrubs.

The first thing we should do is check if he's alive.

O-Okay...

Maejima? What happened to you?

Blood?

I can't...

Oh, no. Were you stabbed?

I looked... in the dining hall.

Th-The manager...

The manager?

Maejima, we've gotta get out of here!

Why are you screaming, Kouichi?

Sakaki! What's going on?

Who is that?

It's Maejima!

He's hurt!

How?

He's been stabbed! And there's a fire in the dining hall!

A fire?

The manager's inside, dead.

He was murdered.

The killer must've started the fire.

Are you serious?!

It won't work.

Did you find Kazami?

-He's gone. -What?

Was that Takako?

Sugiura!

You, get Maejima someplace safe,

and call 119!

Right.

That room...

It's mine, and Takako's.

Takako, are you in here?

Oh, no... Takako!

Takako, where are you? Takako!

Sakakibara?

What's going on?

Have you seen Sugiura or Kazami?

I saw Kazami.

He came to my room, covered with mud and his face clouded in anger,

saying Teshigawara was acting weird.

What?

I asked what happened,

but he just glared daggers at me.

So I mentioned the tape...

You told him?

Yeah.

He's not in here?

It's gone!

The tape recorder is gone!

What? Why?

Sakaki!

Is Kazami here?

How's Maejima?

I left him with someone who heard the screams and ran in to help.

Guys...