Mystery novelist Banzuin Dai (Shofutei Tsurube) strangles his wife Fusako (Takayanagi Yoko) after having an affair with his secretary. Using a fax machine, Dai makes it look like a kidnapping was done by a third party. However, Furuhata has doubts about the unprecedented threat by fax and the unnatural behavior of Banzuin as the pages continue to arrive on a strange timeline.
