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.
Maichou Shimbun 
Demon's Hour at the Skyscraper
مايتشو شيمبون 
ساعة الشيطان في ناطحة السّحاب
Meine Dienste als Detektiv werden
nämlich gefordert.
La verdad es que recibí
una petición detectivesca.
La verdad es que he recibido
una petición detectivesca.
À vrai dire, on a fait appel
à mes services de détective…
Maichō Shinbun
L'ora del demonio
sull'alta torre
Maichou Shinbun 
A hora do demônio no arranha-céu
Майтё Симбун 
Небоскрёб в час Демона