Ring: The Final Chapter (1999–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Noroi wo toku to dare ka ga shinu - full transcript
All right, tell me what we must do to survive.
You don't need to worry about shocking me.
The main thing is... l want to know.
Don't decide that it's better
for me to die not knowing.
What's this?
What we have to do to save ourselves.
The destruction of mankind.
What do you mean?
The message in the video continues like this...
''A curse has been cast on you.
Thirteen days later, at this time,
you will die.
There is only one way to be saved.''
ln other words,
you must show this video to two
other people who haven't seen it.
The person who shows the video will then be saved.
One person shows it to two people, two to four,
four to eight.
Gradually more and more
people will have seen the video.
But there is a limit to the number of people around.
A time will come when the limit is reached.
Towards the end the people who have
seen the video won't find anyone
else to show it to. They will die.
These people will never watch the video.
That's because they know that
they'll never find anyone else to show it to.
So the ones who die will be these people.
Calculate it out and it amounts to one quarter.
There's only one way a single video tape
can cause the death of one in every four people.
Sadako knows that.
She knows exactly what she wants us to do.
l'm afraid you're wrong.
Why did my niece and her friends all die?
One of them showed it to the other three.
So why did they all die?
That's because...
Not only that.
We still don't know if it really is Sadako who
is warning us that one of every
four people in the world will die.
l don't know what Takayama told you,
but l have yet to meet Sadako herself.
lt was the girl from the theatrical
company who was speaking.
Who knows if she was really possessed by Sadako.
So we still don't know anything conclusive.
ln any case, there are still lots of things to check out.
We still don't know very much.
Don't worry.
l'll be with you to the end.
Brother!
Mai!
What's wrong?
He's regained consciousness.
The fatality rate for smallpox should be over 90%/%.
l wonder if it's a sign he's improving.
Can he hear us?
Yes, a little.
lt would be better to move him to the Diseases Ward.
Wait! There's still the possibility
that this was manmade.
Smallpox, if it's the real thing,
would not be cured so easily.
You still suspect that there's someone here
who would do something that stupid?!
lt's not just what l suspect.
The fact is that someone stole those cell cultures!
You're saying that Aoyama
contracted smallpox here?!
l checked up on him and what
he did these last few days.
l found out that a week ago he
had a vaccination for influenza.
And who instructed him to do that?
Dr. Ogaki from Surgical Department 2.
Ogaki?!
Papa...?
Did l wake you?
Read this to me.
What time do you think it is?
Grandma said the words are too small for her to read.
All right, then l'll read just a little.
There's only six days left.
lf what Yoshino says is true
l have to show the video to
someone to save my child.
But is it just showing the video to someone?
What exactly does Sadako want us to do?
Excuse me, is Mr. Arima here?
He hasn't arrived yet.
We called his home, but no one answered.
Do you know where Mr. Arima lives?
Mr. Arima, it's Asakawa.
Show it to two other people?
Yes, that's a possible way to do it, if Sadako really did
set up a curse to kill one quarter
of the world's population.
But you heard it from Ms. Yagi,
that girl from the theatrical group.
Yesterday she spoke of
something that happened 32 years ago.
That was way before she was born.
Will you bring Yagi in?
lt sounds like she's losing her sense of reality.
lt's just for simple hypnosis treatment.
We can find out whether Yagi
just thinks she's Sadako
or whether she really is possessed by Sadako.
Then we'll know where Sadako is too.
lf Sadako really is something to be that afraid of...
Mr. Asakawa!
Are you all right? You don't look too good.
l haven't been feeling well since yesterday.
You've got a really high fever.
l don't remember what happened yesterday.
l think my friends sent me home.
Don't worry. l'll take you to the hospital
and a friend will examine you.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Turn at the next light. lt's a short cut.
l use it a lot when l'm in a hurry.
Are you sure this is the right way?
Yes. The main road will be just up ahead.
Are you sure this is a short cut?
Physically she's fine.
As long as she gets some rest she'll be all right.
She does seem to have suffered
a serious mental shock.
Sadako just appeared.
Something's happening to this girl.
You should be careful too.
Yoshino!
You asked me to find out when people first heard
Matsuzaki Nao's song. lsn't it
already in that radio survey?
Thanks.
Senpai, Yoichi, me...
What am l thinking?
What are you doing? Let us see!
The case of Professor Kaneda
still hasn't been solved.
What a problem.
Are there any new discoveries?
No, not particularly.
l hear that the investigators say it might have been
the power of suggestion that killed him.
You know...
An African sorcerer would use curses and spells,
but perhaps you used fear and
the power of suggestion to kill.
Someone who believes in all this could die from fear
if he were told, ''Die!''
l don't care if you think that.
Killing someone by the power
of suggestion isn't a crime.
But then, there's just one thing
that doesn't make sense to me.
There were strangulation
marks around Kaneda's neck,
just like this.
That can easily be explained
by the power of suggestion.
lf a person is hypnotized and
told that he has been injured,
the wounds will naturally appear on his body
when he recalls that later.
You can check on that. lt is true.
However, it isn't the signs of strangulation
that l am curious about. lt is the
fingerprints that were left behind.
lf he really was killed by the power of suggestion,
why would there be fingerprints?
Those fingerprints were definitely not mine.
Who said they were yours?
The fingerprints left behind
were your sister's, Takano Mai.
What are you doing?
Somebody! Help!
Arima!
Sadako!
l'm sorry! Forgive me!
l no longer have any use for this body.
Please tell me, what happened 32 years ago?
lt's this, isn't it?
On this very day 32 years ago
you killed someone!
You used me!
We need to know for sure
if Yagi really has been possessed by Sadako.
There is no doubt that
lkuma Sadako had special powers no one else had.
She hid that from everyone
but l found out about it accidentally.
That day, 32 years ago,
l realized l had forgotten something and returned
to the rehearsal hall.
Sadako was watching TV all alone.
When l picked up my stuff and was about to leave
l noticed something unbelievable.
The power cord from the TV wasn't plugged in.
Yes. But the TV was on.
That was the moment l knew
that she had special powers.
Time passed.
Thirty-two years ago we were very poor,
all of us burdened with debts.
l guess it was ironic.
Somehow l found out about the escape route
that an employee intended to
take after robbing the bank.
We planned to attack that bank employee.
ln exchange for keeping her special powers a secret,
l asked her to show me her ability.
Of course she had no idea
of our plans to harm the employee and rob him.
We found out from the newspapers the next day
that he died.
When Sadako found out,
she got upset and became extremely depressed.
After that, she suddenly eloped
with one of the other members.
Who knew about that incident?
Only Sadako and myself.
There was no one else around that day we spoke.
There's no doubt that was lkuma Sadako.
We've spoken to Yagi.
She even cooperated with
us and underwent hypnosis,
but we found nothing.
Perhaps her condition was just a
result of fear and nervousness.
But you also saw how she tackled the two men.
ln any case, let's keep her under observation.
Sadako's left her body.
But we know something of what's in her heart...
l'll be right there.
What's wrong?
lt appears that poison has
been administered into Yagi's
intravenous drip.
lt's fortunate that this was quickly discovered, but...
Did Arima go to that extent?
No one can get their hands on that poison
other than doctors who are specialists.
Then is there someone other
than Arima who's targeting Yagi?
l don't know.
But no one else knows that she's
been admitted into this hospital!
l'm sorry, l've got to go.
Someone's after the girl that Sadako possessed.
Other than the two of us,
do you know of anyone else
who would be after Sadako?
No. Why do you ask?
So? What happened to Sadako?
She's disappeared.
We found a clue.
So you already know the answer.
l heard about it from Yoshino.
She worked it out, taking the cue from you.
What did she say?
A person can be saved by
showing the video to two other
people within 13 days.
That is correct.
No, it's not.
That does not explain certain things.
Besides, we don't have any proof
that those were the words of Sadako.
That lS Sadako. You've seen her.
Then why did all four people die in the beginning?
Yoshino's conclusion cannot explain that.
You've left out one very important thing.
lt's not enough just to show the video tape.
''Unu wa da-sen, yogora o ageru.''
lt's the message from the video.
''You will give birth to a baby next year.''
The important thing is giving birth to a baby.
That's to say, to produce an identical copy of oneself.
With reproduction, hatred can then increase.
You're saying that the video has to be copied?
Yes. Within 13 days after watching the video,
one has to make two copies of the video tape
and show it to other people.
Hatred giving birth to hatred.
lf one does that, the video tapes will multiply.
lf this represents the entire population, this layer
at the bottom represents the last group of people.
These people will not have
anyone to show the video to
so they will not watch the video.
So the ones to die will be the
second-to-last group of people.
ln other words, 'n' number of people.
The number of these people
can be represented by this formula.
Calculating the figure...
lt works out to...
One quarter.
That's to say, the people who will die will account for
one fourth of the entire population.
Meaning one in four people in the world will die.
Of course, this is assuming these
people here right at the bottom
do act as expected.
But there are implications of an even bigger disaster.
What if it's stopped along the way?
l wonder how many...
But no matter how one looks at it or analyses it,
there's only one result.
That is, the answer to finding
out how hatred is proliferated.
lt's using the love of mankind.
As long as there are people who will not
watch their loved ones die,
the tape will not be multiplied.
But there will be an end.
When it reaches to these people here,
They will know that they are the
one in four people that will die.
They will no longer believe in love.
Hatred will rule the world.
That is Sadako's real intention.
So what are you going to do?
One more thing... You only made one copy
of the video to show to me.
ln order to be saved, you need to make one more.
ln order to save your son,
you have to show it to another two people.
Why didn't you tell me this in the first place?
Why did you tell Yoshino instead?
Do you enjoy hurting people that much?
No. lf l had told you, what would you have done?
You would have agonized over it right to
the very last moment and the game would end.
Hello.
lt's Yoshino.
Have you found out anything?
So that was the answer after all.
l see.
So we have to make copies.
l have been thinking about it since then.
Take a look at this. First of all,
how many tapes would it take
to show the video to a fourth of the population?
Two to the power of 26 would be 67,108,864.
Two to the power of 27 would be 134,217,728.
ln other words, after the 26th copy,
it would reach this band over here.
lf dubbing were left to the
last moment on the 13th day,
the time it takes to get to this stage
would be 13 days by 26 times, making it 338 days.
So, that would be about a year later.
Until that time, no one would know about it.
ln the meantime, l've been thinking about
who we can show the video
tapes to in order to save you,
Yoichi and myself.
lt's been tough but l've come up with something.
Are you serious?
You've spent the entire day
calculating how many people
you're going to sacrifice in order to save yourself?
Yes. l've spent the entire day calculating.
Stop this nonsense! Just to save yourself?!
l am not!
You are!
But there's still a year. There's
still time to find the answer...
Are you that optimistic? What if news leaks out?
And what if an answer can't
be found within the year?
l know what you're thinking.
The tape becomes someone else's problem.
No matter who dies a year later,
you'll go on living, pretending nothing's happened.
But can you just stand by and watch Yoichi die?
l am going to look for Sadako.
As soon as l find her l'm going to
get her to stop this foolishness.
What if you can't find her?! What
if you can't break the curse?!
You have to find the answer within five days!
Do you think l liked doing this?!
When l was troubled over this,
did you even say anything encouraging?!
ls there anything else that l can do?!
So you're willing to sacrifice just anyone?
What are you doing here at this time of the night?
l don't know what to do.
ls it better for us just to die?
lt's cowardly just to think of
saving ourselves, isn't it?
Where is Sadako?
You know something, don't you?!
Wait!
Why are you keeping silent?!
Are you happy to see us all suffering?
You're thinking, ''Serves us right!''
Say something!!
What do you know?
Even now you still think that
l killed Professor Kaneda and Yamamura Shizuko.
Am l wrong?
You doubt me and yet come to
me for help when you need me.
A mere hint and you think that l am the criminal.
How do you expect me to help someone like that?
l don't think that way!
Then prove it to me.
Prove it to me that you won't double-cross me.
My sister has taken her medicine and is sleeping now.
She was a little agitated earlier today.
What proof were you talking about?
l want my sister away from here.
The police will be here shortly to
take her away for questioning.
Why?!
They suspect her of killing Professor Kaneda.
This time the police intend to make her the criminal.
She's never stepped a foot out of this house.
But l don't have the time
right now to explain anything
to the police.
Really?
Will you really help us?
Only if you don't betray me.
Well?
Then it's a deal.
l'll give you another hint about Sadako.
lt might end up helping you.
There is a simple rule regarding nensha.
A rule?
Nensha is the same as a magnetic force
or the force of gravity.
The further the distance, the weaker the force.
The same as a magnetic or gravitational force?
Take care of my sister.
Don't say a word about this to anyone.
lncluding Asakawa.
lf you betray me l will never forgive you.
Ogaki is watching us like a hawk.
We can't afford another fiasco.
l have an idea... To set a trap.
We'll start a rumor that we've discovered a new virus.
Whoever it was that stole the
virus before will surely try again.
So we'll put a trace inside the virus.
A trace?
These cells have been mixed with a portion
of the DNA from fireflies. The
luminous enzymes from the
firefly DNA have been used in
programs to leave behind a trace.
We'll insert this into the new virus.
So if the stolen virus is used, the enzymes from
the firefly DNA cells will be luminous?
Which means we'll surely find
out who are the criminals.
Hello, this is Yoshino. l'm unable
to take your call at the moment,
so please leave a message.
lt's me. l'm sorry about earlier.
l shouldn't have said what l did.
Forgive me.
Tomorrow...
Hello.
lf you're at home then answer the call right away.
Are you still mad at me?
You called to apologize, didn't you? Please continue.
Continue with your apology. l'll listen right to the end.
Aren't you being conceited?
Have you thought of this?
The effectiveness of nensha weakens with distance.
Why this all of a sudden?
Nothing. l was just wondering
if that could give us a clue.
Are you hiding something from me?
No, don't worry about it.
Bye. Goodnight.
The effectiveness of nensha weakens with distance.
Wait a minute!
Yoshino?
These are the results of the survey.
When did people first hear the
rumor about Matsuzaki Nao's
video, what happened after that,
and what changes occurred.
l'm trying to find out where the rumor first started.
That would mean where the tape originated from?
lf the effectiveness of nensha weakens with distance,
it means that Sadako is close by.
Take a look at this!
These maps show the regions
where the rumor started
about watching the video and then dying.
But the rumor surfaced first in this region.
That was about three months ago.
What happened over there?
Where do you think rumors spread from?
A school of course!
lf we find a school in this region, we might be able
to find out how the rumor first got started.
lt should be around this area. Here, here, and here.
l'll head there right now.
We'll split here.
l'll get in touch with you if l find anything.
l'm sorry.
l shouldn't have been thinking
about something that stupid.
lt did cross my mind too.
lf we find Sadako, we don't have
to think about that anymore.
We'll find her.
lf anything comes up, contact
this person. She's a friend.
The doctor l've spoken to. l've told her about you.
Thank you.
Mai...?
Mai...?
Unu wa da-sen, yogora o ageru.
What did you just say?
Who are you?
k days left...
Mai...?
You don't need to worry about shocking me.
The main thing is... l want to know.
Don't decide that it's better
for me to die not knowing.
What's this?
What we have to do to save ourselves.
The destruction of mankind.
What do you mean?
The message in the video continues like this...
''A curse has been cast on you.
Thirteen days later, at this time,
you will die.
There is only one way to be saved.''
ln other words,
you must show this video to two
other people who haven't seen it.
The person who shows the video will then be saved.
One person shows it to two people, two to four,
four to eight.
Gradually more and more
people will have seen the video.
But there is a limit to the number of people around.
A time will come when the limit is reached.
Towards the end the people who have
seen the video won't find anyone
else to show it to. They will die.
These people will never watch the video.
That's because they know that
they'll never find anyone else to show it to.
So the ones who die will be these people.
Calculate it out and it amounts to one quarter.
There's only one way a single video tape
can cause the death of one in every four people.
Sadako knows that.
She knows exactly what she wants us to do.
l'm afraid you're wrong.
Why did my niece and her friends all die?
One of them showed it to the other three.
So why did they all die?
That's because...
Not only that.
We still don't know if it really is Sadako who
is warning us that one of every
four people in the world will die.
l don't know what Takayama told you,
but l have yet to meet Sadako herself.
lt was the girl from the theatrical
company who was speaking.
Who knows if she was really possessed by Sadako.
So we still don't know anything conclusive.
ln any case, there are still lots of things to check out.
We still don't know very much.
Don't worry.
l'll be with you to the end.
Brother!
Mai!
What's wrong?
He's regained consciousness.
The fatality rate for smallpox should be over 90%/%.
l wonder if it's a sign he's improving.
Can he hear us?
Yes, a little.
lt would be better to move him to the Diseases Ward.
Wait! There's still the possibility
that this was manmade.
Smallpox, if it's the real thing,
would not be cured so easily.
You still suspect that there's someone here
who would do something that stupid?!
lt's not just what l suspect.
The fact is that someone stole those cell cultures!
You're saying that Aoyama
contracted smallpox here?!
l checked up on him and what
he did these last few days.
l found out that a week ago he
had a vaccination for influenza.
And who instructed him to do that?
Dr. Ogaki from Surgical Department 2.
Ogaki?!
Papa...?
Did l wake you?
Read this to me.
What time do you think it is?
Grandma said the words are too small for her to read.
All right, then l'll read just a little.
There's only six days left.
lf what Yoshino says is true
l have to show the video to
someone to save my child.
But is it just showing the video to someone?
What exactly does Sadako want us to do?
Excuse me, is Mr. Arima here?
He hasn't arrived yet.
We called his home, but no one answered.
Do you know where Mr. Arima lives?
Mr. Arima, it's Asakawa.
Show it to two other people?
Yes, that's a possible way to do it, if Sadako really did
set up a curse to kill one quarter
of the world's population.
But you heard it from Ms. Yagi,
that girl from the theatrical group.
Yesterday she spoke of
something that happened 32 years ago.
That was way before she was born.
Will you bring Yagi in?
lt sounds like she's losing her sense of reality.
lt's just for simple hypnosis treatment.
We can find out whether Yagi
just thinks she's Sadako
or whether she really is possessed by Sadako.
Then we'll know where Sadako is too.
lf Sadako really is something to be that afraid of...
Mr. Asakawa!
Are you all right? You don't look too good.
l haven't been feeling well since yesterday.
You've got a really high fever.
l don't remember what happened yesterday.
l think my friends sent me home.
Don't worry. l'll take you to the hospital
and a friend will examine you.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
Turn at the next light. lt's a short cut.
l use it a lot when l'm in a hurry.
Are you sure this is the right way?
Yes. The main road will be just up ahead.
Are you sure this is a short cut?
Physically she's fine.
As long as she gets some rest she'll be all right.
She does seem to have suffered
a serious mental shock.
Sadako just appeared.
Something's happening to this girl.
You should be careful too.
Yoshino!
You asked me to find out when people first heard
Matsuzaki Nao's song. lsn't it
already in that radio survey?
Thanks.
Senpai, Yoichi, me...
What am l thinking?
What are you doing? Let us see!
The case of Professor Kaneda
still hasn't been solved.
What a problem.
Are there any new discoveries?
No, not particularly.
l hear that the investigators say it might have been
the power of suggestion that killed him.
You know...
An African sorcerer would use curses and spells,
but perhaps you used fear and
the power of suggestion to kill.
Someone who believes in all this could die from fear
if he were told, ''Die!''
l don't care if you think that.
Killing someone by the power
of suggestion isn't a crime.
But then, there's just one thing
that doesn't make sense to me.
There were strangulation
marks around Kaneda's neck,
just like this.
That can easily be explained
by the power of suggestion.
lf a person is hypnotized and
told that he has been injured,
the wounds will naturally appear on his body
when he recalls that later.
You can check on that. lt is true.
However, it isn't the signs of strangulation
that l am curious about. lt is the
fingerprints that were left behind.
lf he really was killed by the power of suggestion,
why would there be fingerprints?
Those fingerprints were definitely not mine.
Who said they were yours?
The fingerprints left behind
were your sister's, Takano Mai.
What are you doing?
Somebody! Help!
Arima!
Sadako!
l'm sorry! Forgive me!
l no longer have any use for this body.
Please tell me, what happened 32 years ago?
lt's this, isn't it?
On this very day 32 years ago
you killed someone!
You used me!
We need to know for sure
if Yagi really has been possessed by Sadako.
There is no doubt that
lkuma Sadako had special powers no one else had.
She hid that from everyone
but l found out about it accidentally.
That day, 32 years ago,
l realized l had forgotten something and returned
to the rehearsal hall.
Sadako was watching TV all alone.
When l picked up my stuff and was about to leave
l noticed something unbelievable.
The power cord from the TV wasn't plugged in.
Yes. But the TV was on.
That was the moment l knew
that she had special powers.
Time passed.
Thirty-two years ago we were very poor,
all of us burdened with debts.
l guess it was ironic.
Somehow l found out about the escape route
that an employee intended to
take after robbing the bank.
We planned to attack that bank employee.
ln exchange for keeping her special powers a secret,
l asked her to show me her ability.
Of course she had no idea
of our plans to harm the employee and rob him.
We found out from the newspapers the next day
that he died.
When Sadako found out,
she got upset and became extremely depressed.
After that, she suddenly eloped
with one of the other members.
Who knew about that incident?
Only Sadako and myself.
There was no one else around that day we spoke.
There's no doubt that was lkuma Sadako.
We've spoken to Yagi.
She even cooperated with
us and underwent hypnosis,
but we found nothing.
Perhaps her condition was just a
result of fear and nervousness.
But you also saw how she tackled the two men.
ln any case, let's keep her under observation.
Sadako's left her body.
But we know something of what's in her heart...
l'll be right there.
What's wrong?
lt appears that poison has
been administered into Yagi's
intravenous drip.
lt's fortunate that this was quickly discovered, but...
Did Arima go to that extent?
No one can get their hands on that poison
other than doctors who are specialists.
Then is there someone other
than Arima who's targeting Yagi?
l don't know.
But no one else knows that she's
been admitted into this hospital!
l'm sorry, l've got to go.
Someone's after the girl that Sadako possessed.
Other than the two of us,
do you know of anyone else
who would be after Sadako?
No. Why do you ask?
So? What happened to Sadako?
She's disappeared.
We found a clue.
So you already know the answer.
l heard about it from Yoshino.
She worked it out, taking the cue from you.
What did she say?
A person can be saved by
showing the video to two other
people within 13 days.
That is correct.
No, it's not.
That does not explain certain things.
Besides, we don't have any proof
that those were the words of Sadako.
That lS Sadako. You've seen her.
Then why did all four people die in the beginning?
Yoshino's conclusion cannot explain that.
You've left out one very important thing.
lt's not enough just to show the video tape.
''Unu wa da-sen, yogora o ageru.''
lt's the message from the video.
''You will give birth to a baby next year.''
The important thing is giving birth to a baby.
That's to say, to produce an identical copy of oneself.
With reproduction, hatred can then increase.
You're saying that the video has to be copied?
Yes. Within 13 days after watching the video,
one has to make two copies of the video tape
and show it to other people.
Hatred giving birth to hatred.
lf one does that, the video tapes will multiply.
lf this represents the entire population, this layer
at the bottom represents the last group of people.
These people will not have
anyone to show the video to
so they will not watch the video.
So the ones to die will be the
second-to-last group of people.
ln other words, 'n' number of people.
The number of these people
can be represented by this formula.
Calculating the figure...
lt works out to...
One quarter.
That's to say, the people who will die will account for
one fourth of the entire population.
Meaning one in four people in the world will die.
Of course, this is assuming these
people here right at the bottom
do act as expected.
But there are implications of an even bigger disaster.
What if it's stopped along the way?
l wonder how many...
But no matter how one looks at it or analyses it,
there's only one result.
That is, the answer to finding
out how hatred is proliferated.
lt's using the love of mankind.
As long as there are people who will not
watch their loved ones die,
the tape will not be multiplied.
But there will be an end.
When it reaches to these people here,
They will know that they are the
one in four people that will die.
They will no longer believe in love.
Hatred will rule the world.
That is Sadako's real intention.
So what are you going to do?
One more thing... You only made one copy
of the video to show to me.
ln order to be saved, you need to make one more.
ln order to save your son,
you have to show it to another two people.
Why didn't you tell me this in the first place?
Why did you tell Yoshino instead?
Do you enjoy hurting people that much?
No. lf l had told you, what would you have done?
You would have agonized over it right to
the very last moment and the game would end.
Hello.
lt's Yoshino.
Have you found out anything?
So that was the answer after all.
l see.
So we have to make copies.
l have been thinking about it since then.
Take a look at this. First of all,
how many tapes would it take
to show the video to a fourth of the population?
Two to the power of 26 would be 67,108,864.
Two to the power of 27 would be 134,217,728.
ln other words, after the 26th copy,
it would reach this band over here.
lf dubbing were left to the
last moment on the 13th day,
the time it takes to get to this stage
would be 13 days by 26 times, making it 338 days.
So, that would be about a year later.
Until that time, no one would know about it.
ln the meantime, l've been thinking about
who we can show the video
tapes to in order to save you,
Yoichi and myself.
lt's been tough but l've come up with something.
Are you serious?
You've spent the entire day
calculating how many people
you're going to sacrifice in order to save yourself?
Yes. l've spent the entire day calculating.
Stop this nonsense! Just to save yourself?!
l am not!
You are!
But there's still a year. There's
still time to find the answer...
Are you that optimistic? What if news leaks out?
And what if an answer can't
be found within the year?
l know what you're thinking.
The tape becomes someone else's problem.
No matter who dies a year later,
you'll go on living, pretending nothing's happened.
But can you just stand by and watch Yoichi die?
l am going to look for Sadako.
As soon as l find her l'm going to
get her to stop this foolishness.
What if you can't find her?! What
if you can't break the curse?!
You have to find the answer within five days!
Do you think l liked doing this?!
When l was troubled over this,
did you even say anything encouraging?!
ls there anything else that l can do?!
So you're willing to sacrifice just anyone?
What are you doing here at this time of the night?
l don't know what to do.
ls it better for us just to die?
lt's cowardly just to think of
saving ourselves, isn't it?
Where is Sadako?
You know something, don't you?!
Wait!
Why are you keeping silent?!
Are you happy to see us all suffering?
You're thinking, ''Serves us right!''
Say something!!
What do you know?
Even now you still think that
l killed Professor Kaneda and Yamamura Shizuko.
Am l wrong?
You doubt me and yet come to
me for help when you need me.
A mere hint and you think that l am the criminal.
How do you expect me to help someone like that?
l don't think that way!
Then prove it to me.
Prove it to me that you won't double-cross me.
My sister has taken her medicine and is sleeping now.
She was a little agitated earlier today.
What proof were you talking about?
l want my sister away from here.
The police will be here shortly to
take her away for questioning.
Why?!
They suspect her of killing Professor Kaneda.
This time the police intend to make her the criminal.
She's never stepped a foot out of this house.
But l don't have the time
right now to explain anything
to the police.
Really?
Will you really help us?
Only if you don't betray me.
Well?
Then it's a deal.
l'll give you another hint about Sadako.
lt might end up helping you.
There is a simple rule regarding nensha.
A rule?
Nensha is the same as a magnetic force
or the force of gravity.
The further the distance, the weaker the force.
The same as a magnetic or gravitational force?
Take care of my sister.
Don't say a word about this to anyone.
lncluding Asakawa.
lf you betray me l will never forgive you.
Ogaki is watching us like a hawk.
We can't afford another fiasco.
l have an idea... To set a trap.
We'll start a rumor that we've discovered a new virus.
Whoever it was that stole the
virus before will surely try again.
So we'll put a trace inside the virus.
A trace?
These cells have been mixed with a portion
of the DNA from fireflies. The
luminous enzymes from the
firefly DNA have been used in
programs to leave behind a trace.
We'll insert this into the new virus.
So if the stolen virus is used, the enzymes from
the firefly DNA cells will be luminous?
Which means we'll surely find
out who are the criminals.
Hello, this is Yoshino. l'm unable
to take your call at the moment,
so please leave a message.
lt's me. l'm sorry about earlier.
l shouldn't have said what l did.
Forgive me.
Tomorrow...
Hello.
lf you're at home then answer the call right away.
Are you still mad at me?
You called to apologize, didn't you? Please continue.
Continue with your apology. l'll listen right to the end.
Aren't you being conceited?
Have you thought of this?
The effectiveness of nensha weakens with distance.
Why this all of a sudden?
Nothing. l was just wondering
if that could give us a clue.
Are you hiding something from me?
No, don't worry about it.
Bye. Goodnight.
The effectiveness of nensha weakens with distance.
Wait a minute!
Yoshino?
These are the results of the survey.
When did people first hear the
rumor about Matsuzaki Nao's
video, what happened after that,
and what changes occurred.
l'm trying to find out where the rumor first started.
That would mean where the tape originated from?
lf the effectiveness of nensha weakens with distance,
it means that Sadako is close by.
Take a look at this!
These maps show the regions
where the rumor started
about watching the video and then dying.
But the rumor surfaced first in this region.
That was about three months ago.
What happened over there?
Where do you think rumors spread from?
A school of course!
lf we find a school in this region, we might be able
to find out how the rumor first got started.
lt should be around this area. Here, here, and here.
l'll head there right now.
We'll split here.
l'll get in touch with you if l find anything.
l'm sorry.
l shouldn't have been thinking
about something that stupid.
lt did cross my mind too.
lf we find Sadako, we don't have
to think about that anymore.
We'll find her.
lf anything comes up, contact
this person. She's a friend.
The doctor l've spoken to. l've told her about you.
Thank you.
Mai...?
Mai...?
Unu wa da-sen, yogora o ageru.
What did you just say?
Who are you?
k days left...
Mai...?