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| Original Title | 象牙の牌 |
|---|---|
| Author | 渡辺 温 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | Shigeru Shimizu, a charming film actor, walks into lawyer Keikichi Nishimura’s fledgling practice with an unusual request: to draft his will. What initially seems a dark jest about an upcoming film turns chillingly real as Shimizu reveals his conviction that he is "supposed to die today—and be killed." His life, he claims, is forfeit to the enigmatic and ruthless Ivory Chrysanthemum Club, a secret society whose wrath he incurred years ago during a dissolute period in Shanghai. Haunted by cryptic phone calls and the suspicious deaths of those close to him, Shimizu recounts a tale of stolen artifacts, high-stakes gambling, and a debt he believes is now being brutally collected. Nishimura must untangle the actor's sinister past and confront an unseen, inescapable enemy. |
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