After successfully solving the mystery surrounding the missing netsuke belonging to Sakuma Katsusaburo, Oko and Seiji are surprised by a well-known local antique art dealer stopping by their shop seeking their assistance. According to the old man, Hamamatsuya Souemon, the paintings on his hanging scrolls are changing each night and he asks that the siblings help get to the bottom of why. With the assistance of the Izumo-ya's tsukumogami the reason for these bizzare occurences is revealed and sometimes fact can truly be stranger than fiction.
Please pardon the uncivilized buffoons.
.اعذري ذلكما الأبلهين الهمجيّين رجاءً
Bitte verzeiht diesen
barbarischen Narren.
Por favor,
perdona a estos bárbaros.
Por favor,
perdona a estos incivilizados.
Veuillez pardonner à ces barbares.
La prego di perdonare 
quei rozzi pagliacci.
Por favor, perdoe esses 
 seres tão grosseiros.
Извините вы этих шутов.