Uchiyama Yuji

On a dark and rainy night, a man gets lost on a mountain path and takes shelter in a seemingly abandoned house. However, on the contrary, an old woman is living there alone. And additionally, she's a hoarder and it's so overflowing with trash that any person would think "How could it have come to this?" A man with nowhere to go and a woman that can't go anywhere, their lonely, troubled souls begin to resonate.

In the rural Katsuno City in Hokuriku, the charred bodies of an elderly couple are found in a crematorium. The police believed it was a joint suicide after a long stint of hospice care, so the case was closed. Six months after the incident, Ino, a magazine reporter from Tokyo, comes to Katsuno City for a story. While struggling getting anything out of the tight-lipped locals, he notices 3 things: Dark, distinct tire marks left at the local general store; the couple bought a new car only 6 months before the incident; and a suspicious elementary school student. Those 3 things are the catalyst that will lead to the true depths of what happened.

Sakamoto is an average-looking man working a 9 to 5 at a help desk company. His home's a single-family house in the quiet suburbs. There though, a strange cohabitation occurs with a young, strange girl. "Shoto Family Murder Case," "Dark Web," "Kidnapping," and "Written Communication"... What strange truths come from those keywords?