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 manager of the Twelve-stories 
asked me to reveal the truth behind it.
مُدير برج الاثني عشر طابقاً طلبَ
منّي الكشف عن حقيقةِ ذلك
Der Geschäftsführer des Jūnikai hat mich gebeten,
der Wahrheit darüber auf die Schliche zu kommen.
El gerente de Ryounkaku me pidió
que descubriera lo que es.
El gerente de Ryounkaku me pidió
que descubriera lo que es.
Le responsable des Douze étages
m’a demandé de percer la vérité à jour,
Ho ricevuto l'incarico di svelarne la vera natura
dall'amministratore del 12 piani.
O gerente do Doze andares me pediu
para revelar a verdade por trás dele.
Управитель Башни попросил меня 
отыскать правду за всем этим.