Day after day, the papers are alive with accounts of an apparition at Ryouunkaku. Rokurou, a man who sees to the running of Asakusa, commissions Takuboku to find the truth of the matter. On his way to the scene, Takuboku reunites with an old friend, former newspaper reporter Yamaoka. Takuboku soon sees that Yamaoka is somehow connected to the ghost, but Yamaoka walks away, leaving behind only the words "throat moon." Then, magic lantern projectionist Matsukichi is killed. Two months earlier, Matsukichi had come across a woman who had been sexually assaulted. Takuboku starts looking to see if the two cases might be related.
You went and made out I was sick so 
you could borrow money, didn't you?
اختلقتَ مسألة أنّني مريض وذلك
كي تقترض مالاً، أليس كذلك؟
tu as soutiré de l’argent
sous prétexte que j’étais malade !
hai preso in prestito dei soldi
facendomi passare per malato, no?
Você fingiu que eu estava doente
para pegar dinheiro emprestado, não?
Ты выдумал, что я болен, 
чтобы одолжить денег?