The Shadow Spirit

A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war Also the daughter of a retired actress Yuzuki Yoko has gone missing In the meantime a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity displaying an eerie aspect Yokos daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic boxshaped building A private detective Enokizu Abe Hiroshi a writer Sekiguchi Shiina Kippei a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case and Chuzenji Tsutsumi Shinichi an owner of a secondhand bookshop Kyogoku Do suspects that all cases are linked to the boxshaped research institute