In town, blood-sucking incidents are growing frequent. As Kitaro investigates, he receives a letter. The sender wants to be killed. Kitaro goes to visit the sender and meets Onozaki, a genetics researcher. Onozaki has created immortal cells and conducted an experiment where he injected himself with them. As a result, he has obtained an immortal body and also turned into a youkai. When he transformed into a youkai, he lost control and went seeking blood. All the recent blood-sucking incidents were Onozaki's doing. Because of the immortal cells, Onozaki can't kill himself, so he begs Kitaro to kill him, but...
At first the media praised it as
the "god cell" or the "hope for humanity",
أشاد بها الإعلام في بادئ الأمر على
،"أنّها "خليّة الإله" أو "أمل البشريّة
Zunächst bejubelte die Presse es als
„Gotteszelle“ oder „Lichtblick der Menschheit“.
Los medios las tacharon de células 
divinas y la esperanza de la humanidad,
Los medios las tildaron de células
divinas y la esperanza de la humanidad,
Les médias l’ont vendue
All'inizio i mass media
No começo a mídia elogiou chamando de "célula
de deus" ou "esperança da humanidade",
Сначала все новости говорили, что то была