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.
If I make a move, people get upset, 
so I'll just ask around a bit.
إذا أقدمتُ على أي تحرُّك، فقد يمتعِض
النّاس، لذلك سأكتفي بالسؤال هنا وهناك
Wenn ich etwas mache, verschlimmert sich alles nur,
also frage ich nur ein wenig rum.
Preguntaré por ahí antes de movilizarme
para no causar mucho alboroto.
Preguntaré por ahí antes de movilizarme
para no causar mucho alboroto.
Mon intervention
envenimerait les choses,
Visto che muovendomi creerei problemi,
Se eu agir, as pessoas vão ficar
chateadas, então vou só perguntar por aí.
Мои действия могут кого-нибудь расстроить, 
так что я пока просто порасспрашиваю.