01x04 - Spontaneous Human Combustion

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OCTOBER 28 (MONDAY)

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THE MEDICAL

PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT USED

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VARY FROM

WHAT IS USED TO TREA

INDIVIDUAL SYMPTOMS.

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FOLKTALES OF HEIAN

KYOTO BY IKARI SEIMEI

ABE NO SEIMEI IS ON PAR

WITH ASHIYA DOMAN.

RESEARCH HAS LED US

TO THE CONCLUSION

OF A MAN BY THE

NAME ASHIYA ENZO

[fire crackling]

ASHIYA ENZO

[gasps]

[screaming]

ASHIYA ENZO

Somebody, help me!

[screaming]

[TAKAO] The Onmyouji

were originally formed

during the Asuka period

by Emperor Tenmu,

when he created

the Bureau of Onmyou

which was responsible

for divinations.

The most famous among them

was probably Abe no Seimei.

[YU]

Oh, yeah.

He turns up a lot in Japanese

fantasy movies and games.

Often as a magic user.

[TAKAO]

The Onmyouji were experts

when it came to prayer, curses,

and exorcising

vengeful spirits.

[YU]

Really?

So, what's that got to do

with this history professor,

Murota, we're meeting?

I mean what would he need

a couple of medical doctors

to assist him with?

[TAKAO] Apparently,

word's reached him

how I'm this genius

who's solved

multiple difficult cases.

And he requested my services.

[YU]

With what?

Obviously to solve

an Onmyouji's curse, what else?

[groans]

[YU] Well,

you're the expert with curses.

[TAKAO]

Pretty interesting, right?

[crow cawing]

[Murota coughing]

[MUROTA]

Sorry, now where were we?

Do you know anything about

the Onmyouji, Doman Ashiya?

He also went

by the name Hoshi Doma.

The rival of Abe no Seimei.

He's considered the most

notable Hoshi Onmyouji

during the Heian period.

[AOI]

You live up to your reputation.

You sure know your stuff.

[TAKAO]

He's listed in documents

like Uji Shui Monogatari

and Mineaiki.

Right you are, doctor.

However, we've never been

completely sure

whether Doman Ashiya even

This is fascinating,

but I'm slightly lost.

And they are not slowing down.

[KAGAYA]

My apologies.

When they find someone they

can talk about research with,

I'm afraid

they get carried away.

[MUROTA]aristocratic

historical documents.

Looks like we both have

genius superiors

who are a bit difficult.

[laughs]

You got that right.

-Ohh!

-Ah?

You have done your homework.

Although

[coughs]

In storage

at the professor's house,

we found an old document.

[AOI] An ancient text regarding

the Onmyouji Enzo Ashiya.

[TAKAO] Meaning

he's a descendant of Doman?

[AOI]

Or perhaps his student.

♪

Enzo Ashiya put a death curse

on more than ten people

including aristocrats

and was driven out of Heian.

[TAKAO] Basically

a Heian-era criminal, huh?

♪

[AOI] We continued

our research, and discovered

that Enzo Ashiya

escaped to Kanto

and settled down in Kamakura.

Turns out the Ashiya

family descendants

have continued thriving there

until the present day.

Then he did exist.

[MUROTA]

And we made another discovery.

One that completely changes

the very foundation

of our research on Doman.

We found the grave

of Enzo Ashiya.

[gasps]

[AOI] After negotiating

with the family,

three weeks ago,

we were finally allowed access

inside the tomb.

♪

[door opens]

[MUROTA]

Built in the Heian period,

the crypt was a 1,000 years old

and had never been

opened before.

More importantly, it contained

the preserved remains

of a monk.

A freakin' mummy?

Was it Enzo Ashiya himself?

We firmly believe

that is the case, yes.

[whimpering]

-[HARUKA] Excuse me.

-Ah?

Oh, my daughter, Haruka.

Tragically, my wife passed away

three months ago.

[MUROTA]

Since then, she's quit her job

and returned home to take care

of her poor, decrepit father.

[chuckles]

[grunting]

[coughing]

-[AOI] Professor Murota!

-[HARUKA] Father!

-An Onmyouji curse.

-Hm?

I mean, that's the reason

you wanted to see me?

[MUROTA]

"All who desecrate his grave

shall suffer

the curse of Enzo."

Ah!

[MUROTA] It's a warning passed

down by the Ashiya family.

[chuckles]

How interesting!

[gasps]

Interesting, you say?

Just imagine if curses

really do exist!

It's the discovery

of a lifetime!

Hmm.

[laughs]

If I was sitting where you are,

I'd be excited too.

[MUROTA]

I must confess.

Ever since I've fallen

victim to it, though,

I've grown scared of dying.

Um, sir.

Would you mind telling us

what your main symptoms are?

My cough,

as you've surely noticed.

Started two weeks ago

and nothing seems to work.

[coughs]

Ever since then, this has

been my father's condition.

His primary physician said

he needed oxygen therapy,

and his low-grade fever

won't go away.

It sounds

as if you're suffering

from emphysema to me.

And that cough could be

a respiratory infection.

[TAKAO]

Plus, you're still smoking.

You reap what you sow.

[MUROTA]

Yes, I know.

My doctor loves

to remind me, too.

However, I've been taking

the antibiotics

he prescribed

for over a week now,

and my condition's the same!

-[thuds]

-Ah!

[MUROTA] No!

It's only gotten worse!

[coughs]

[AOI]

It's not just Professor Murota.

Professor Ikari

from Teito University

went in with us

and is also sick.

I visited him at the request

of his wife three days ago,

but I wasn't prepared

for what I saw.

[Ikari trembling]

Professor Ikari, please.

Go to the hospital.

[IKARI] [grunting]

Get back!

I'm not leaving.

I can't step outside.

You have to!

We need to get you to a doctor!

[IKARI] [grunting]

I hear a voice.

"I'll k*ll you.

I will never forgive you!

Die! Die!"

[screaming]

-[gasps]

-[IKARI] It's Enzo!

[IKARI]

The curse of Enzo!

[sighs]

-[TAKAO] Aoi Kuramoto.

-Ah?

When did Ikari's

symptoms first appear?

I'd say about

a couple of weeks ago?

[sighs]

How curious.

Murota's coughing

also started two weeks ago.

[YU]

Hm?

Does Ikari have any chronic

health problems you know of?

[AOI] Hm, as I recall,

he's been dealing

with a case

of ulcerative colitis.

[Takao sighs]

[TAKAO] That means he's been

using immunosuppressants.

If it's going on three weeks,

we can validate it now, but

Here we go again.

[TAKAO]

Is that the fastest way?

Damn it.

Let's go, Kotori.

-[gasping]

-Aoi Kuramoto, you too.

-[AOI] We're leaving?

-[YU] Wait!

[AOI]

Where are we going?

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To Enzo Ashiya's grave.

[car engine revving]

[engine whirring]

ASHIYA

[YU] [grunting]

So heavy.

Oh, what are you

carrying in here?

And was it really worth

swinging by the hospital

-to pick up?

-[sighs] Hurry up.

[YUUTA] Hey,

what'd ya think yer doin',

trespassin' on our property?

[gasping]

[scoffs]

Aw, hell, you again.

[TAKAO]

Who the heck are you?

[chuckles]

Just head of the Ashiya Family,

Yuuta Ashiya.

Are you sure?

[YUUTA]

And who the hell might you be?

Takao Ameku

with Tenikai General's

Investigative Pathology.

-My assistant, Kotori.

-It's Takanashi.

Kotori, Takanashi?

[scoffs]

So, what are a couple of docs

doing here this late?

I've come here to examine

Enzo Ashiya's grave.

[YUUTA]

What?

I don't remember allowin' that.

I was against your research

from the start,

and now ya bring

more people here?

We've already

gotten permission.

Huh?!

[AOI]

From your mother,

who happens

to be the landowner.

[chuckles]

[YUUTA] Come to think of it,

how's that old guy?

Ikari, was it?

He doin' okay,

after ignorin' my warnin'

and messin' with the tomb?

Sure hope he wasn't cursed.

Hm.

[TAKAO]

This is boring. Let's go.

Hold it!

[YUUTA]

Where d'ya think you're goin'

without my permission?

I'm a doctor and I need

to enter the gravesite

as soon as possible.

You satisfied?

[YUUTA]

What?

Do me a favor and step aside.

No one bosses me around!

[grunts]

What are you? Crazy?

[chuckles]

Are you gonna just stand there,

or say something?

[YU]

Sorry, but we need to pass.

Is that so?

Just go ahead and try.

[grunts]

[gasps]

[gasps]

[sighs]

[growls]

b*stard.

Shall we go?

Look at you,

letting your anger take over.

[YU]

I'd hardly call that angry.

Are you all right, Dr. Takao?

[YUUTA] "Do not

desecrate Enzo's grave."

[YU] Be sure you

clean off all that

[YUUTA]

"Those who break this taboo"

[TAKAO] You really need

to work on your bedside manner.

"will be cursed to die."

[TAKAO] [groans]

I've had enough.

Piggyback ride, Kotori.

-Don't even joke like that.

-Now.

[YU] It feels like

I'm already carrying a person.

How am I supposed tote you

and your bag up the hill?

Wear it in front on your chest.

For crying out loud.

[YU]

Not happening.

Come on, walk properly.

[TAKAO] [groans]

Heartless beast.

[AOI]

There it is.

-Ahh.

-Ah?

[wind howling]

[YU]

It's pretty damp in here.

[water splashing]

[AOI] The floor's slippery.

Be careful.

[water splashing]

[YU] There's a lot

of space in the back.

[AOI] That's the stone casket

containing Enzo's body.

[Takao grunting]

[YU]

Uh, Dr. Takao?

[Takao grunting]

[YU] I'm not sure you

should be opening that up.

[sighs]

Yeah, you're right.

-[YU] I am?

-You should.

Hold on! Me?

Why would say that?

You're the only one here

who's strong enough to lift it.

[chuckles]

You're not afraid, are you?

[gasps]

If that what it takes

to prove I'm not, fine.

[YU]

This just slides off, right?

[grunts]

[TAKAO]

If there's really a curse,

you'll be hit first.

Great way to defuse

the situation!

[chuckles]

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[crinkling]

[clanking]

[YU] So, that's what

I was lugging around.

But what are you planning

on doing with it?

[TAKAO]

I'm going to take a sample.

Of what?

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[sighs]

[TAKAO]

I thought so.

[gasping]

How far away does Ikari live?

Ah, he's over in Tanashi.

[TAKAO]

We have supporting proof.

We just need to convince her.

Who, exactly?

[TAKAO] We have to go

to Ikari's house right away.

[YU]

Why?

Because Enzo's curse.

I've solved it.

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AMEKU M.D.: DOCTOR

DETECTIVE

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[IKARI] [grunting]

I'm going to be k*lled.

E-Enzo.

[grunting]

He's cursed me to die.

[gasping]

I don't want my life

to end this way!

[TAKAO]

Open the door, Ikari!

-You need to go to a hospital!

-[IKARI] No.

It won't make any difference!

There's nothing you can do!

[screaming]

[MICHIKO]

Honey, you have to come out!

These doctors

are here to help you!

-Shut up!

-[gasps]

Everyone, just disappear!

[Ikari groaning]

[IKARI]

So hot.

My head.

-[IKARI] I'm burning up.

-[TAKAO] Listen!

If you don't,

you're going to die.

[gasps]

Is that true?

[Ikari groaning]

Isn't there anyway

we can force him

to go to the hospital?

[YU] It doesn't matter

if we're doctors.

We can't admit a patient

against their will.

We'll be kidnappers

in the eye of the law.

Ah!

There is one way.

[ALL]

Hm?

As an exception, a patient

can receive medical care

against their will

if a family member

can provide consent

and designate it necessary

by a mental health physician.

[YU]

I see.

So, that's why you asked

Dr. Sumida to accompany us.

Hmph!

The involuntary

hospitalization law

was put in place

to help patients

with psychiatric disorders

who have lost their capacity

to make decisions.

[SUMIDA] It's clear the patient

in question is unwell.

But I haven't seen enough proof

to authorize moving him

to the hosp--

[TAKAO]

Kotori.

-If you would?

-[SUMIDA] Huh?

[TAKAO]

Break down the door.

You really don't have

any common sense.

Someone's life

is at stake, here!

Well, uh

[TAKAO]

Do we have your permission?

The sooner

I diagnose your husband,

the greater his chances

of surviving will be.

[MICHIKO]

Y-Yes!

Let's hurry.

Um.

[sighs]

Understood.

-Everyone, please step back.

-[IKARI] Go away!

If you break down the door,

you're gonna let Enzo in.

[Ikari grunting]

Hah!

[IKARI]

Stop!

I told you

not to open the door!

I don't want to die!

[coughing]

[gasps]

What happened?

Stay back,

don't get closer, or Enzo

[grunting]

Don't come near me.

[grunting]

[groaning]

[gasps]

What are you thinking,

moving him?

It feels like his entire

upper body is raised.

His neck's stiff, too.

[gasps]

[TAKAO]

Headache, fever, vomiting,

confusion, with neck stiffness?

All of these symptoms can be

traced back to an infection.

-[TAKAO] Meningitis.

-[gasps]

[TAKAO]

As for what's causing it?

That'd be cryptococcus.

-[Sumida sighs]

-Give me a second.

That rings a bell.

[TAKAO]

It's a type of fungus.

In shorta kind of mold.

It grows in damp environments

and causes

life-threatening symptoms

if it infects the meninges.

And he's been somewhere

damp recently.

[TAKAO]

Enzo Ashiya 's grave.

During the nearly 1,000

years it was sealed off,

the fungus

was allowed to grow,

completely covering the tomb.

Hold on, am I infected, too?

[TAKAO]

No, most healthy individuals

never show serious symptoms,

even if they come into contact

with the mold that causes it.

But this man has

an enlarged head,

while his arms

and legs are thin.

Do you know

what that means, Kotori?

He's suffering from moon face?

It's a side effect in people

who've been using

long-term steroid therapy.

Bingo.

Steroids are

immunosuppressant drugs.

[TAKAO]

And Murota has emphysema,

which makes him

more susceptible

to respiratory infections.

I get it!

Professor Murota's suffering

from mycotic pneumonia.

That's why

the antibiotics don't work.

Exactly right.

He needs to take antifungal

medication instead.

There you have it.

[TAKAO] The real identity

of the Onmyouji's curse.

Ikari, you have serious

fungal meningitis

and need to be taken

to the hospital.

-Do you consent?

-[IKARI] It'll k*ll me!

[gasps]

I'll be cursed! No!

I-I'm begging you,

leave me here and go!

Then I'm begging you,

take him to the hospital!

Sumida, when we were in

the cave this man was in,

we discovered a large

amount of cryptococcus.

If you confirm the samples

I collected under a microscope,

you'll find--

[SUMIDA] I swear, you have

zero idea how much I hate you!

-[Yu sighs]

-[SUMIDA] However

I admit, I do

respect your diagnostic skills.

[TAKAO]

Hm?

[Takao sighs]

Based on what you've observed,

Dr. Ameku, do you believe

this man needs emergency care?

[TAKAO]

Ah?

Given his condition,

he needs to be hospitalized

as soon as possible.

♪

Well, then we don't

have a moment to spare.

[sighs]

Kotori!

-[YU] Yes?

-[TAKAO] Call an ambulance!

[YU]

Understood.

[inhales deeply]

[exhaling deeply]

Ah?

-Kuramoto.

-Um?

Hello, doctor.

I didn't realize

you were a smoker.

Hm, occasionally.

[YU]

That's a rare sight.

Oh, the matches?

[AOI] I got them

from Professor Murota.

[YU]

Is that so?

How is the professor

holding up, by the way?

[AOI] Much better,

thanks to Dr. Ameku.

In fact, he's recovered enough

he doesn't need

supplemental oxygen.

[YU]

That's good to hear.

Did I mention I sent Dr. Ameku

the documents on Enzo Ashiya?

If I know her, she's pouring

over them right now.

She's a real ball of curiosity.

[chuckles]

[exhaling deeply]

[AOI]

It's getting a little chilly.

[YU]

Well, it is autumn.

Give it to me straight.

Professor Ikari,

how bad is his condition?

[sighs]

According to Dr. Takao, he was

already in pretty rough shape

when he got him

to the hospital,

so his chances are

[sighs]

[YU] Of course,

we'll continue trying our best.

-[YU] But the truth is--

-I see.

[AOI]

His wife talked to me earlier.

She's very thankful.

[Yu sighs]

[AOI]

Because he was hospitalized,

she can stay by his side now.

[YU]

At least they're together.

Professor Murota and I also

appreciate both of you.

Our mysterious curse

might've never been solved

without your help.

[both chuckle]

♪

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THE NATURE OF

THE ONMYOUJI

THE CHANGES AND FALL OF THE

ONMYOUJI BY MUROTA MUNEHARU

[Aoi groans]

♪

ABE NO SEIMEI IS ON PAR

WITH ASHIYA DOMAN.

RESEARCH HAS

LED US TO THE CONCLUSION..

OF A MAN BY

THE NAME ASHIYA ENZO.

[fire crackling]

[gasps]

[screaming]

All of the people who were

cursed by Enzo Ashiya?

Somebody, help me!

[TAKAO] Each of them

suffered the same death.

By fire.

[Aoi screaming]

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