How's that? Is it blurry?
It's perfect.
Well, let's see, now...
Yup, perfect!
Let's follow 'em, Nakata.
Be ready to snap a pic at a moment's notice.
Sure thing.
Kadowaki-san, whenever I get a job with you, you work me too hard.
It's fun, though, ain't it?
Hey, look. Your scoop's showing here, too.
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That material's cheap stuff.
I like the vulgar, ugly stuff that makes real money.
Humanity's true nature, you know?
Take a look there.
A beloved celeb mom who used to be a first-rate actress...
But under the surface, she's having an affair in broad daylight.
Now, which editorial department should I sell this off to?
What a lowlife.
I'm not the one who wants this stuff. It's everyone else!
These days, watching someone else's life
is the best entertainment you can get for your money.
Hey! What're you doing?
You shouldn't kill spiders!
Are you the type that feels sorry for bugs?
The poor thing.
Spiders are useful, you know. They eat harmful bugs.
Hey! That's the same thing my wife says.
You're only 25, right?
Yeah.
It's useful to get married early, you know.
Wait, do you and your family get along well?
"If money earned through a filthy job like this
can feed my family..."
Huh?
"Then for my kid's sake, for my wife's sake..."
Those are the magic words.
They come in handy in this line of work!
Whoa. You really are a low-life.
Shut up. Divorces cost money, too.
Hurry up and find me material that'll earn some money!
How long are you gonna be happy just being an assistant while I'm tailing people?
There! Kadowaki-san!
Did you know about this one?
Don't just stand there!
What d'you think you're doing?!
Have you heard those rumors about a hotel that caters to hired killers?
Huh? What's that supposed to be? Some kind of new love hotel?
No. It's really for actual hired killers and—
Not human; like a monster
Lacking human kindness or weakness
Ruthless; cruel
Inhuman
H-Hey! Did you get that on camera?!
N-No.
You idiot! Let's go!
What? B-But the police...
Forget them!
Seriously?!
Get the car!
Spider
We're just leaving her there?
Just hurry up!
All right!
This is crazy. This is crazy!
Crazy! Crazy! It doesn't get any better!
The scene of a murder.
You might see one once in a lifetime!
Don't lose sight of 'em!
Getting into a fancy car still covered in blood like that...
It's obvious there's something more going on here!
Um, the nav system's gone haywire.
Huh? Who cares about that? Just don't lose 'em and we'll be fine.
Lose 'em and I'll kill you myself!
You're freaking me out.
They stopped. What is this place?
Maybe it's...
It's not on the map, even though it's in the heart of the city...
The hotel rumored to cater to hired killers.
Hey, drive by the entrance and stop at that corner.
Wait! Where are you going, Kadowaki-san?
Just shut up and wait here!
And be ready to bail out at any time!
They come out to greet a gunman like it's nothing?
What is this place?
I've gotta get closer before they go inside.
Crap! That was a mistake!
But if I can just get away from here...
The video data should still be in the cloud.
Hey! Time to bail!
Wha—
You know too much.
You're not allowed to set foot in this domain.
Are you ready?
Are you prepared... to die here?
Hotel Inhumans.
You know too much.
You're not allowed to set foot in this domain.
Are you ready?
Are you prepared... to die here?
P-Prepared to die?
I... I'm begging you. Please don't kill me!
I'm sorry. I didn't mean... for this to happen.
W-Wait! You have it all wrong!
I'll erase the data! And I'll forget all about today!
So please...
L-L-Look at this!
I have a family I care about!
See? See? Cute, right? Just look!
My kid's still only four.
I can't wait to see him grow up.
Every day, I record how he's grown with my smartphone!
It's not like I...
It's not like I want to do this job!
But it's for my kid, for my wife...
That's why I work so hard every day at this grubby job!
Please. Please don't kill me.
I'll do anything.
I don't want to make my wife and kid sad.
There is one....
one possibility that allows you to survive this.
That is...
to become an informant affiliated with this hotel.
Th-This hotel?
As you just saw, the guests here are special.
You can see why we'd need professionals who can manipulate information, right?
I'll put in a good word for you.
I-I get it. I'll do it. I'll be an inform—
However...
you have to be prepared to cast off everything you've had up until now.
That's the price.
The price to be reborn as a member of the underworld.
Every trace that you ever existed will be erased.
That includes, of course, your family's lives.
Choose.
Will you abandon your family and live in the shadows?
Or will you preserve your family's lives and die here and now?
I'll do it.
I'll be an informant.
Then the deal's complete.
Yes.
This is... the park in the neighborhood near my house.
It wasn't a dream.
I'm alive.
I'm alive! I'm still alive!
I survived!
Swings!
Hey, be careful, sweetie.
My family erased... It couldn't be better!
If that's all it takes to get info from the underworld, then by all means do!
Do you think families are connected by love?
I guess professional killers are softies, too!
Excuse me.
You are Yoshinori Kadowaki-san, correct?
Police. Will you accompany us to the station?
This is you in this video, isn't it?
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Recording of a gossip reporter's abusive behavior! He's scum! It's unforgivable! I reported him!
Th-That video...
EirianKeErUko
What a villain!!!
#abuse #accusation #scumreporter
Kuri Momo
How awful! It makes me sick!
#abuse #accusation #scumreporter
Limp Ghost
Scum, nah, lower than scum
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That's hidden data from my phone!
Someone made it public?
We're getting non-stop anonymous calls at the station.
Hey! Stop!
Why? Why set me up?
He said the deal was done!
Crap!
Things have been going off-track ever since that day!
"For the sake of your child, pick your jobs better," my ass!
How dare she take the kid and nitpick my work, that dried-up hag?!
What's so wrong about hitting an insolent woman and an annoying brat?
I was teaching 'em manners!
Damn it!
That's what happens when they defy me.
I took those videos so they wouldn't forget it, and now those videos are...
I didn't do anything wrong!
Ugh. I'm all sticky.
This fake blood is the kind that's hard to get out, isn't it?
Probably.
That's too bad.
Guess he failed, huh?
And we worked pretty hard, too. All that acting.
That's true.
I'm exhausted.
I went to all the trouble of playing an actress having an affair,
and all for nothing.
Good work, though.
But, you know...
Checking every single lead...
Keeping an independent viewpoint...
The ability to take action in order to gather intel...
I thought he was pretty well suited to being one of us Spiders, you know?
With a little training.
Why'd you fail him, Ikuro-chan?
He was acting, too.
Huh?
Struggling with the painful decision to give up his family's lives
was just an act.
It's true he'd be dealing with underworld intel.
He doesn't have to be some noble character.
But people who sell out other people like they're objects are problematic.
If he sold off his family, he'll sell out the hotel next.
Because he thinks he's king of the whole world.
And as if to prove that...
out they came from the furnaces of hell.
Those brutal videos, born of his twisted desires.
No one should give up everything.
I would never want to trust someone
who would abandon everything.
Damn it.
Damn it!
I lost them!
I...
Huh?
Why... Why?
I...
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Self-destructed, huh?
"Watching someone else's life
is the best entertainment you can get for your money," right?
And hey, are we really putting off finding more Spider members?
Probably because your sense for picking people is awful.
That's so mean!
And suddenly losing three people makes me feel uneasy, you know?
Ikuro-san.
Sara-chan!
Good evening, Nakata-san.
Ikuro-san, Roy-san is asking for you.
Hmm? I wonder what he wants.
Hang on, Ikuro-chan. We got word that the Gr—
I'll be counting on you next time!
I'll find someone who seems like they'll live up to your bespectacled standards.
Then there's been a sighting?
Yeah.
A rhinoceros the color of ash...
The Grey Rhino.
Present location?
We're in pursuit, but it might be a little tough.
Like I told you, we're down three people.
They were erased.
In that case,
please keep this a secret from Ikuro-san.
Understood.
What'd you say?
Me?
Are you talkin' to me?
Roy-san is waiting.
Did you see my realistic acting?
Yes, I saw.
How was it?
It was like a preschool play.
That's so mean!
What was so bad about it?
Oh, man! Now we're four down.
It's too bad.
We've got zero leads.
Escaped the spider's web again, huh?
But, you know...
even if it means giving up everything, I hope I get to see...
Ikuro-chan's adversary.
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