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.
and to expose the killer, he agreed 
to help create the ghost.
وليفضح القاتِل، وافقَ على المُساعدة
في صنعِ الشَّبح
weswegen er, um den Täter zu offenbaren,
den Geist hervorgerufen hat.
y accedió a crear al fantasma
para provocar al asesino.
y accedió a crear al fantasma
para provocar al asesino.
Afin de démasquer le tueur,
e, per svelare l'identità del colpevole,
e, para expor o assassino, ele concordou
em ajudar a criar o fantasma.
и чтобы помочь ему отыскать убийцу, 
он согласился сотворить призрака.