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Original Title	睡魔
Author	蘭 郁二郎
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	Tokyo is gripped by a terrifying epidemic: the "Sleep Demon," a mysterious sleeping sickness that claims victims indiscriminately, turning the bustling Imperial Capital into a city of living nightmares. Medical researcher Murata is on the front lines, desperate to uncover the pathogen, but every lead crumbles, and the death toll relentlessly climbs. His world is violently shaken when a casual night out with an old friend ends in horror: his companion collapses, another victim of the relentless malady. With the disease now striking closer than ever, Murata finds himself entangled in a race against time. The official reports offer no answers, only escalating panic. But as he observes strange, agitated behavior in dogs surrounding each new case, a chilling possibility begins to emerge—one that transcends mere illness and hints at a sinister, orchestrated terror that threatens to plunge the entire capital into an eternal slumber.