The list of the King's victims continues to lie down: the police once again demonstrate their impotence when Kazunari is ordered to appoint a villager who will be condemned to beheading! Drawn by lot, Hisako Nakamura dies immediately in front of the whole village... As the terrified inhabitants begin to lose hope, the ruthless game resumes with the arrival of a fifth letter prohibiting the commission of a 'unnecessary act'. When Kazunari understands that to say the evil of the King is to sign his death sentence, it is already too late: there are only 12 people still alive in Yonaki... And the nightmare is not over, because a sixth order falls!