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.
The strange words in the article 
Matsukichi-san was holding,
الكلمات الغريبة في المقالة والتي كان
،يحملها ماتسوكيتشي-سان
Diese mysteriösen Worte
in dem Artikel von Matsukichi
Las palabras del artículo de Matsukichi
se refieren a tu cuello, ¿verdad?
Las palabras del artículo de Matsukichi
se refieren a tu cuello, ¿verdad?
Ces mots rapportés par l’article
en possession de M. Matsukichi décrivent
Le parole misteriose sull'articolo di giornale
che aveva Matsukichi si riferiscono
As palavras estranhas no artigo
que estava com o Matsukichi
Эти странные слова, 
которые услышал Мацукити,