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Dr. Hillmi's Refrigerated BriefcaseAuthor: Unno Juza
| Original Title | ヒルミ夫人の冷蔵鞄 |
|---|---|
| Author | 海野 十三 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | On a fog-drenched morning, a photographer stations himself beneath Tokyo’s Takahashi Bridge, seeking to capture its spectral beauty. Through his lens emerges a surreal sight: a gaunt, aristocratic woman steering a low-slung car bearing a coffin-like briefcase adorned with golden locks. Intrigued, he snaps the image—a decision that draws a disheveled stranger to his side. The man spins a cryptic tale of Dr. Hillmi, a brilliant surgeon whose mastery of plastic surgery borders on alchemy. She reshapes a scarred delinquent into a flawless husband, Mankichiro, only to ensnare him in a gilded cage of obsession. As Mankichiro rebels against her suffocating control, Dr. Hillmi’s genius curdles into madness, culminating in a macabre act of preservation. The stranger’s account blurs truth and delusion, hinting at doppelgängers and refrigerated body parts, before he vanishes—leaving the photographer to ponder the chilling legacy of a love warped by science. Shadows linger where fog meets mystery, and the briefcase glides onward, its secrets sealed in ice. |
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