Chapter 91

Chapter 91 is the ninety-first chapter of the Dead Mount Death Play manga.

Official Blurb
Polka and the gang collect their thoughts after the barrage of information from the previous day…

Synopsis
In front of an abandoned hospital in Shibuya, Zukutan and Bontsuku record an introduction for a new Corpse Hunt Challenge video they are making for their YouTube channel ZukuZuku Bonbon. Their previous topical video had merely explained the challenge's origins; this new video, however, shall witness them undertake the challenge themselves. For now, they finish the introduction and enter the building, discussing as they do the malpractice incident that had bankrupted the hospital and, it is rumored, had left the ghost of the patient who died to wander the hospital grounds. The only reason that these young men can similarly wander the hospital is that its director disappeared, thereby blocking any possibility of demolition.

Bontsuku asks Zukutan about his upperclassman who vanished during a corpse hunt while the two walk down a hallway, heedless of a humanoid silhouette by a window. A thud interrupts Zukutan's answer; Zukutan turns, finds no sign of his friend, and chides Bontsuku for making mischief when they are not shooting a candid camera piece. Then his glance shifts to his LCD screen or the entity behind it, visible through the lens as a pair of glowing eyes, a glint of a mouth, and a hand reaching for the camera itself. Blood and camera alike splatter and clatter across the floor.


 * The day after Majiri's Visit

Misaki Sakimiya recounts the proceedings of the mediators' meeting to her friends and the Bastard trio and its outcome: one of the Agakuras is officially succeeding Kuon Higuro as Shibuya's mediator, though Misaki cannot quite remember the given name of the Agakura in question. Corpse God and Polka Shinoyama appear mutually dazed by the information overload between the Agakuras, mediators, and corpse hunts, but what additional information Takumi Kuruya has scrounged up about the Agakuras is scant: only three Agakuras are on social media; barely any data exists on the family's numbers, history, or internal structure; and the 'Agakura' name, he is starting to suspect, could be a pseudonym. If Agakura is a construct, then maybe its members include people who 'disappear without a trace'—so he is going to switch to researching the "guy who suddenly disappeared."

Misaki is meanwhile eager to learn more about Majiri Agakura now that she knows Majiri is a vampire. Corpse God explains that she is sole being to surpass "what was considered the epitome of 'vampire'," hence her moniker "Godhead Restorer." Civil A. Sabaramond shares with the group something he had told Corpse God in private: that stowaways surreptitiously tagged along with the Bastard Children of Sabaramond detachment that crossed over the hole between the Other World and Earth. Majiri, he says, was the most troublesome stowaway of them all—having singlehandedly quashed a subordinate Bastard organization only a hundred years ago. These remarks are supplemented by a depiction of Majiri offering an umbrella and aid to Mitsu Haigawara and Takajirou Toura, children who will later found Fire-breathing Bug.

Corpse God says he is nevertheless considering accepting Majiri's invitation since it was made without any detectable hostility—and someone as strong as Majiri would not need to bother luring him into a trap. The only person he believes could match Majiri's strength is his mentor. Takumi insists that Corpse God will not go without one or more friends at his side, a condition to which Corpse God agrees; he has a duty to take care of the body that Polka is loaning him. That his half brother has loaned him, that is, not that Polka has any idea because Corpse God himself has no idea how to broach the subject. He becomes further flustered at the notion he might have or ought to similarly tell Sayo Shinoyama, Kazuki Shinoyama, and Shizuki Shinoyama that he is a non-blood relation of theirs.

From the panic that flits across Corpse God's face, Sayo guesses that Corpse God may have failed to divulge his link to Kanon Shinoyama and decides to create another opportunity for him to do so. Thus does she propose that a shark party be held tomorrow evening to celebrate the corpse hunters' safe return.

Corpse God readily agrees to this first proposal. Sayo's second proposal, however, that Xiaoyu Lei and Sayo herself shall join Corpse God, Polka, and Misaki on the hunt, catches almost everyone by surprise.

Trivia

 * Shinta Fujimoto apologized for Chapter 91's half-usual length on Twitter and explained that he was in "poor physical condition." He lamented his health's bad timing given the ongoing campaign to celebrate Dead Mount Death Play (Manga) ' s fifth anniversary and asked for continued support after stating that he would do his best to take care of himself.
 * By the "guy who suddenly disappeared," Takumi may mean the content creator whose disappearance indirectly kickstarted the corpse hunts via Great General Eaves.
 * Civil claims that he does not "remember [his] past all that well" when Takeru asks how old he and Majiri are.
 * Where Xiaoyu and Corpse God appear to be stunned by Sayo volunteering herself as a member of the hunting party, Misaki seems to be delighted.

Referbacks

 * Civil alludes to stowaways in Chapter 64 when he considers the possibility that Corpse God is a descendant of one.
 * The panels of Majiri addressing Mitsu Haigawara and Takajirou Toura are borrowed from Chapter 76, although it is only with this chapter that Majiri is revealed to be their savior.
 * Takumi showed Corpse God Zukutan and Bontsuku's video overview of the corpse hunts in Chapter 90.
 * The mediators' meeting takes place in Chapter 85, Chapter 86, and Chapter 87.