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.
The police suspect that Lieutenant General 
Owase might be the mastermind behind this,
تشكّ الشرطة أن يكون قائد الفيلق
،أوواسي العقل المدبّر خلف هذا الأمر
Die Polizei verdächtigt Generalleutnant Owase,
der Strippenzieher dahinter zu sein,
La policía sospecha que el teniente
general Owase es el cerebro,
La policía sospecha que lo orquestó
el teniente general Owase.
La police le suspecte
d’être le commanditaire
La polizia sospetta che dietro all'accaduto
ci sia la mente del tenente generale Owase,
A polícia suspeita que o tenente-general
Owase possa ser o mentor,
Полиция подозревает, что
генерал-лейтенант Овасэ — зачинщик,