01x10 - Misty Hollow

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The first victim, Nadia, was your

granddaughter, wasn't she?

Do you have any idea why she was targeted?

No.

All of the victims are

young women. Any idea why?

I assume that the culprit likes young women.

But these incidents are too systematic.

They happened once every four months,

k*lled in the same weather,

in the same way.

What are you getting at?

I'm saying that the culprit may have a

motive other than sating their hunger.

But we can set that aside for now.

Do you

believe that the culprit

is someone in the village?

Misty Hollow

Episode Ten

I do not.

Just as wolves are only

born from other wolves,

werewolves are only born

from other werewolves.

Most of the villagers were born

and raised in this village.

The only possibly suspicious ones would be

the outsiders who've settled here.

Heinemann the doctor.

Cnut the engineer.

Alma the artist.

I tested those three.

Werewolves are monsters that defy reason.

It's difficult to see through them

if they are disguised as humans.

But they are different

from us in several ways.

For example

How keen their senses are.

Correct.

For example, we made them smell

a pungent golden-rayed lily,

or banged pots and pans near their ears.

A werewolf would be startled

into revealing themselves.

But all three of them were fine.

Which means there are no werewolves

amongst the villagers.

You seem very knowledgeable

about werewolves.

The greatest weapon werewolves

have is their blood.

They evolve.

They control their lineage.

They are careful about who breeds with whom

in pursuit of producing the strongest child.

They have this all figured out when

they mate and create offspring.

That's how they became so powerful.

Silver and holy water don't

work on the latest generation.

And that's the result

of their selective breeding?

What should we do, Shizuku-san?

Sounds like silver's not gonna work.

Guess there's nothing we can do, then.

That's not true.

You can go after them in their human forms.

You can target their eyes or their mouths.

Or you can set them on fire.

Oh, thank goodness.

I guess they're a little more

killable than Master here.

But eventually, they might

also become resistant to fire.

Who knows what will happen

once a Kindsführer is born?

Kindsführer?

It's a legend.

The ultimate werewolf that results

from all their selective breeding.

That's what they call it.

A werewolf that's faster, tougher,

smarter, and more powerful.

It is their god.

You stated that silver won't work on them.

It sounds like you've seen one

it didn't work on yourself.

Well, I did.

Is this the incident from eight years ago?

Yes. That mother and child

were also outsiders.

Mother and child?

A woman and the daughter she gave birth to.

They had us completely fooled.

Mayor, are you sad about

Louise being kidnapped?

Louise was our village's guardian angel.

She's what gave us hope.

If she dies, I don't know what we will do.

Louise!

By the way, how did you find

the werewolf eight years ago?

It was Louise. She saw through them.

She never said much, but she

was a mysterious child.

I can't believe Louise was attacked, too.

She was this village's hero.

Because she found the

werewolves eight years ago?

Yes.

The mayor informed me that you

knew the most about it.

Knew the most about it?

I'm just a victim.

That woman tricked me.

Thirteen years ago

I found a woman unconscious in the forest.

She had beautiful silver hair.

She was clearly in bad shape, and her

body was covered in terrible wounds.

Her belly was also slightly swollen.

When I asked her what her

name was, she said it was Rosa.

When I asked her where she was from,

she just told me that she ran away from home.

Back then, the other villagers

were more accepting of outsiders.

We had thought that she must've

worked at some mansion

and been fired for having

an affair or something.

Rosa gradually recovered,

and six months later,

she gave birth to a girl.

Her name was Jutte.

Thinking back on it now, there were

a lot of things that were unnatural.

She didn't leave the house much, and we'd

hear howls from the forest more often.

When Rosa was a human, she was a

mild-mannered and intelligent woman.

Did you have feelings for her?

Yes, well

Thankfully, everything came to light

before I made a terrible mistake.

Eight years ago, the day

before the spring festival

Rosa came running

and defended her daughter.

We took up sticks and knives

and beat the living daylights out of them.

I wonder how Louise realized

Jutte's true identity.

She said she was in the forest,

picking flowers, when Rosa appeared

and called out to her, thinking

that Louise was her daughter.

And then she said,

"Even if you smell a pungent flower,

make sure you don't show your ears."

Louise thought that was strange,

so she apparently gave it a try.

And you're sure those werewolves are dead?

Of course. I was tasked with identifying

their burnt remains the next day.

I saw the bones of a giant

therianthrope and a small animal.

Who do you think is behind the incidents

that are happening right now, Cnut?

They have every right to think

that outsiders are suspicious.

But I'm not the culprit.

I don't think Doctor Heinemann could

do anything like that either.

Which leaves

Stay still for me, okay?

Oh, you needn't worry.

I have no way of moving.

I think it was about five years ago

I came here to draw the waterfall,

and then just ended up living here.

Have you taken in the view? It's amazing.

It was love at first sight.

I saw your art at Gustav's place.

You're quite talented.

Thanks. I actually come from a family

of artists, and even went to school for it.

Do you like drawing girls?

Ah

These are the girls who were k*lled.

Their families asked me to do

portraits of them after they passed.

Nadia, Fine, Rita

Who do you think is the m*rder*r?

I don't think it's any of the villagers.

It could just be a violent wolf.

I see it every once in a while.

It's always early in the morning

or right after the sun goes down.

It runs so quickly into the forest

A beautiful golden wolf.

Golden? Well, that's definitely rare.

Maybe it's the master of the mountain.

Or perhaps a werewolf transformed.

Are there any other villagers

who have seen this wolf?

Don't think so. I mean, I live

on the outskirts of the village.

It appears that the villagers

are suspicious of you, Alma.

Ah, I figured. Well, that's no good.

And what do you think, Aya?

Do you think I'm behind this?

I can't say for certain yet,

but I've learned two things.

You're lying about coming

from a family of artists,

and that you went to school for art.

You're holding that charcoal like a pencil.

Someone who'd studied art would

hold it with two fingers.

You must've learned to draw on your own.

I actually don't have a family.

I was abandoned by my

parents when I was little.

But it's embarrassing to admit it.

I'm not lying about how

much I love art, though.

Thank you.

It's drawn quite nicely.

Don't you think so, Tsugaru?

I'll set this drawing on the

altar once you die, Master.

I'd love that.

Unfortunately, I'm quite immortal.

Say, Aya. How does it feel

to not be able to die?

It would honestly bore you to death.

I see.

Then maybe it was a waste to draw you.

I think art exists to leave a

record of things that change.

Change, you say?

Yeah.

Louise had been changing a lot lately, too.

It was always fun watching her.

This is definitely better than Mount Atago.

So that's the hollow

Definitely looks like some

monsters live down there.

I wonder if those are the

burnt remains of the tower.

Hmm

Can't say there's anything

too interesting here.

He'd mentioned that the werewolf named Rosa

said that she had run away from home

I wonder where she came from.

Who knows? Perhaps she was

living among humans, or

Perhaps she lived in the werewolf village.

Oh?

Is something the matter?

No, it's nothing.

I heard that you examined

the mayor last night.

Yes.

On my way home, I ran into Gustav

And then, the incident happened.

I heard Louise scream,

but I couldn't do anything.

Miss Rindo, please solve

this case immediately!

I'll do anything I can to help!

Then I'm going to ask

something rather forward

Gustav and his wife, Deborah

How have they treated Louise up until now?

What are you getting at?

Her wheelchair.

The wheels and armrests

were both dirty from use,

but the push handle on the back was clean.

It appears that she got around the

house mostly without any help.

Admirable self-reliance, but if

you look at it another way

Are you trying to say that

Louise was being neglected?

I wouldn't go that far, but I wonder

if she was hard to approach.

She's this village's

guardian angel, isn't she?

I can't say you're wrong.

Did she ever leave her house on her own?

No. Whenever she went out, someone would

Oh, come to think of it, I believe

it was about a year and a half ago

Louise disappeared while Gustav and

Deborah were out, and we all panicked.

We found her safe that evening.

Her wheelchair got stuck in the mud

by the river, and she couldn't move.

We asked her how it happened,

and she said that she was

trying to go to Alma's house.

You saw a drawing of Louise

at Gustav's house, didn't you?

She apparently took a liking to it

and wanted to see Alma's other works.

Louise must've been so scared at the

riverside that she couldn't even yell.

She must've wanted to go home immediately.

True, she did seem that way.

She stayed in bed for quite a while after.

I guess detectives speak as though

they saw it all go down.

Yes, when they're things I'm certain of.

Couldn't they have made these easier to chew?

Oh, things are becoming

much easier to swallow.

It's an interesting flavor indeed.

This is pretty sweet, if you ask me.

Oh, goodness!

What are you talking about?

To think you'd come to our little village!

Please, come in!

Ah.

Not afraid to risk your life?

You sure got an interesting

way of fighting, Cage User.

Once an Edo boy, always an

Edo boy. We're pretty careless.

If only you had actually been shot.

What was that, Miss Shizuku?

Wh-What the

I'm terribly sorry, but this is your own

fault for letting this lot into your home.

As I had imagined, you are

quite unsightly, Aya Rindo.

Back when I had the rest of my body,

I was often told that my beauty was unmatched.

You two must be from Royce.

Agent Three from the advisory security

department, Alice Rapidshot.

Likewise, Agent Four, Kyle Chaintail.

How did you find this place?

The great detective who lives

on Baker Street told us.

Why, I haven't the foggiest

of who that could be

Master, maybe you shouldn't feel so

competitive towards Mr. Holmes

Kyle, I'm gonna sh**t these pieces of sh*t,

so you take care of the talking head.

All right.

How about we both stand down?

Nothing good will come of us

trying to k*ll each other here.

Nothing good, but nothing lost, either.

Isn't your priority the werewolves?

We can actually lead you

to the werewolf village.

Are you trying to say that you

have the Penultimate Night?

Who the hell cares? We can

just k*ll you and take—

No, no. There's no point in having the

diamond if you don't know how to use it.

We made a deal with the mayor,

who said he'd tell us how to use it

after we solved his case.

Case?

There happens to be a werewolf

committing serial murders.

Since I'm already a detective,

it'd make things easier for you

if you struck up a deal with me,

Alice, let us retreat.

You don't get to decide that.

I'm the boss around here.

You should listen to advice from your elders.

Indeed, you should listen to your elders.

Damn it!

Talking head, when are you

gonna solve the case?

I just need a couple more days.

That's too long!

The Banquet's going to beat us!

Have no fear. They haven't

appeared in this village yet.

Yet?

Any funny business and I'll sh**t you dead.

sh**t me? Dead?

That might be the funniest joke

I've heard this past century.

Thanks for the—

You don't have to get so

jealous every single time!

This is a medical procedure, after all.

I am not jealous.

So, what's your outlook on this case, Master?

What's there to say?

I see what's there to see.

There was a very obvious

clue left at the scene.

And what was that?

The window.

The window?

The window used in the escape.

Hey, hurry up!

It's Alma's house!

I knew it was her!

Hmm?

Alma, did something happen?

Answer me!

Alma? Hello?

Stay back!

If you get too close I won't

be able to hold back again.

Hold back what, exactly?

Ever since a year ago

My throat would hurt and my stomach

would growl every once in a while.

And everyone would look so delicious!

Before I knew it, right in front of me—

Move.

Everyone, stand back. We'll take care of her.

Stay the hell out of our way,

you shitty detectives.

Are you the one who attacked those girls?

Where's my daughter?

Answer me!

I ate her! I kidnapped

and ate her immediately.

She was delicious!

What the hell? That was a silver b*llet.

Do they not work?

It appears as though I'm

better suited for this.

Tsugaru.

Got it.

They're getting away.

I know, I know.

How strange. You must've

gained weight, Master.

How do you propose I gained

weight in this form?

I'm sure I landed a hit.

Looks like silver really doesn't work.

Could you hold onto this, please?

I'd appreciate it if you

treated me with more care.

All righty, let's give this a shot.

Damn, that's hard.

Ya b*stard!

Looks like we're even in strength!

Miss Shizuku! Aim for the eyes!

I know that.

Shi—

Miss Shizuku!