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White PhantomAuthor: Osaka Keikichi
| Original Title | 白妖 |
|---|---|
| Author | 大阪 圭吉 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | On a sweltering night, a convertible races along Hakone’s serpentine mountain roads, its passenger—a lawyer clutching a leather bag—jolted awake as they pursue a phantom-like cream-colored coupe. The chase turns urgent when they discover an injured man struck by the fleeing vehicle, its driver vanishing into the toll road’s labyrinthine curves. Authorities seal both ends of the isolated route, yet the coupe disappears without a trace, leaving only questions: How could it evade capture on a road with no exits? Meanwhile, a grisly murder at a corporate magnate’s villa implicates his estranged daughter and her elderly tutor, their hurried escape shadowed by a bloodstained dagger bearing a cryptic engravement. As investigators scour fog-drenched ridges, an optical illusion—a ghostly road sign reflected in glass—hints at a fatal misdirection. Clues spiral between corporate intrigue, familial betrayal, and a decades-old secret etched in ivory, weaving a web where innocence masks guilt and every shadow hides a blade’s edge. The truth lies buried in the valley’s darkness, waiting to crash through the night. |
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