Hayato's friend from his college days and newspaper journalist, Yoshikiri Takuma, ends up trying to kill himself after reading a cursed tome disguised in the form of a mysterious letter planted in his bag from an unknown sender. He seems to have been targeted after getting too close to linking Karasu to the fake cursed tomes. With the help of Yoshikiri's information Fukurou learns of his suspicions regarding Karasu, but before they are able to make a move Tsugumi is taken.
Yoshikiri-san was investigating the link 
between Karasu and the fake cursed tomes.
كان يوشيكيري-سان يتحرّى بشأن الرابط
.بين كاراسو والمجلدات الملعونة المزيفة
die Verbindung zwischen der Krähe
und den falschen Folianten untersucht.
Yoshikiri-san investigaba la conexión
entre Karasu y los tomos falsos.
Yoshikiri-san investigaba la conexión
entre Karasu y los tomos falsos.
M. Yoshikiri enquêtait sur les Corbeaux
et les livres maudits artificiels.
Yoshikiri stava svolgendo delle indagini
sul legame fra la Karasu e i tomi maledetti falsi.
Yoshikiri investigava a ligação entre
Karasu e os tomos amaldiçoados falsos.
Ёсикири изучал связь между Карасу
и поддельными проклятыми томами. 