Kawazu Masayuki (Hasegawa Tomoharu), the boyfriend of female mystery writer, Yuki Rikako (Nagasaku Hiromi), confides to her that he is being targeted by someone. Ever since Rikako burst into the limelight with a literary prize for her novel ‘Mawari no Mori’, she has completely been unable to write for three years for some reason. Hagio Fuyuko (Hoshino Mari), her editor and good friend, has been supporting her and praying that she gets out of this slump. In fact, Fuyuko had been the one to introduce Masayuki. Then, Masayuki’s dead body is found. The police say that they do not yet know if it was an accident or a suicide. Rikako, who is told things such as a recent cut back in Masayuki’s part-time work and his debts, realises that she actually does not know much about him. As she stand motionless on the bridge where his dead body was found, she resolves to find out the truth behind the murder by herself. Rikako has kept the luggage that had been Masayuki’s favourite while he was alive, at his apartment. ‘Yamamori Sports Plaza’ was mentioned in his appointment organiser a few days before his death. Rikako doubts that he could have gone to the gym since his feet had hurt, and so she visits the owner, Yamamori Takuya (Ishiguro Ken), together with Fuyuko. The two of them encounter his secretary, Harumura Shizuko (Adachi Yumi) over there. Yamamori has a wife, Masae (Akama Mariko), and a daughter, Yumi (Hinata Nanami), who is visually impaired. The people she meets are killed one after another. Who is it? And why? The key to the entire mystery appears to be a fatal water accident on a cruise tour a year ago. A letter bears 11 characters, “Murderous intent because of Mujinto”. What happened on Mujinto?
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