
A human figure melting into scales falling from swarming moths—. Blastomyces, once rampant in the American West, is detected from the skeletal remains of a decomposed body. Misawa becomes convinced of the crime based on information obtained from an old acquaintance at Mars Motors, but he ends up being captured by the criminal group. Within the hideout where he's been abducted, a large number of moths are being kept.