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.
he acted high and mighty, saying 
all those things that didn't happen.
أدّى به للتّصرّف بتعالٍ وفخر
.وقال كلّ تلك الأمور الّتي لم تحدث
Er benahm sich so erhaben
und hat sich etwas zusammen gesponnen.
le pousse à raconter n’importe quoi
de façon péremptoire.
ele agiu como o melhor de 
todos e disse coisas que não aconteceram.
Он надменно рассказывает о том,
чего не было.