After successfully solving the mystery surrounding the missing netsuke belonging to Sakuma Katsusaburo, Oko and Seiji are surprised by a well-known local antique art dealer stopping by their shop seeking their assistance. According to the old man, Hamamatsuya Souemon, the paintings on his hanging scrolls are changing each night and he asks that the siblings help get to the bottom of why. With the assistance of the Izumo-ya's tsukumogami the reason for these bizzare occurences is revealed and sometimes fact can truly be stranger than fiction.
This is certainly a strange case, 
but why are you appealing to us?
،هذه قضيّة غريبة بالفعل
لكن لماذا أتيت لنا للمساعدة؟
Das ist fürwahr ein seltsamer Fall,
aber wieso kommen Sie damit zu uns?
Sí que es un caso extraño,
pero ¿por qué acudió a nosotros?
Sí que es un caso extraño,
pero ¿por qué acudió a nosotros?
Cette affaire est en effet étrange.
Effettivamente è un caso particolare, 
ma perché si è rivolto a noi?
Certamente é um caso estranho, 
 mas por que nos escolheu?
Дело, как сами видите, необычное.