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.
With me he said he wanted to 
help him go back home for a visit
قال معي أنّه أراد مساعدته بالعودة
إلى دياره في زيارة
A mí me dijo que si podía
ayudarlo a pagarle un viaje a casa.
A mí me dijo que si podía
ayudarlo a pagarle un viaje a casa.
Il m’a mentionné avoir besoin d’argent
pour lui permettre de rentrer au pays…
A me ha parlato di spese di viaggio e roba simile,
Para mim, ele disse que queria
ajudar você a visitar sua cidade natal
Мне он сказал, что хочет отправить Кёсукэ
 погостить домой.