Shibuki quits her job at the kindergarten and heads for Okinawa seeking out the divorced father of one of her former students. Along the way she falls for Ken, a wannabe magician. …

Insurance adjuster Keibu Wakatsuki receives an anonymous phone call from a woman who wants to know if his Showa Corporation will pay out on a policy if the holder suicides. Soon he’s sent to the home of Shigenori Komoda, a thumbless man whose missing digit the adjuster’s company thinks may not be accidental. There, Wakatsuki finds the body of Komoda’s young stepson dangling from a rope tied to a ceiling beam. …