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.
Feeding me monkfish! Buying me 
a dictionary! Sending me home!
تُطعمني سمكة الرّاهب وتشتري لي
!قاموساً! وترسلني إلى الدّيار
¿Para qué comprarme rape,
un diccionario y un viaje?
¿Para qué comprarme rape,
un diccionario y un viaje?
M’offrir de la baudroie,
un dictionnaire et un voyage,
Dicono che vuoi darmi coda di rospo, comprarmi
l'enciclopedia e farmi tornare al mio paese natale...
Me dar tamboril, comprar um dicionário
para mim, me mandar para minha cidade!
Накормить морским чёртом! Купить 
справочник! Отправить домой!