PROLOGUE:

Dearest Anna;

Though it grieves me to have to write to you under these circumstances, I feel we may all be in great danger.

My daughter Kyoko has been researching among the island tribes of the South Pacific, studying their languages, customs and beliefs.. She contacted me just last week, from Kunashirashima.

It seems the Koshida natives have undergone a resurgence of the cult of the Obake, led by our mutual friend Matsu. He has informed Kyoko of certain prophecies which I believe reflect on both the events we witnessed back in nineteen fifty-nine, and those I fear may be yet to come.

The JSDF still maintains a small military outpost just outside Oneda city, and they still patrol that lake, allowing free access only to the natives and the occasional anthropologist. Kyoko informed me that access has now been cut off. Large numbers of armored reinforcements have been arriving covertly from the mainland, and the areas surrounding both the compound and the lake are in a total security clamp down. I fear we both know what this must mean.

Anna, Paul and I are desperately worried for Kyoko's safety. We hope there might be something you or Kenji could do to help.

Sincerely yours,

Shidori