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'Pacific Leakage Hole' Drift ChronicleAuthor: Oguri Mushitarō
| Original Title | 「太平洋漏水孔」漂流記 |
|---|---|
| Author | 小栗 虫太郎 |
| Genre | Fantasy & Sci-Fi |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In the vast equatorial Pacific lies a forbidden realm: the *Pacific Leakage Hole*, a swirling vortex of myth and terror where seawater cascades into an abyss. Adventurer Oritake Magoshichi recounts the tale of Friedrich Kühne, a German fugitive stranded in this demonic sea with two unlikely companions—Hachirou, a five-year-old Japanese boy adrift in a basket, and Nae-a, a displaced Samoan princess. Battling scorching humidity, hallucinogenic heat, and a whirlpool that bends reality itself, they wash ashore an alien island where time seems unmoored. Giant singing turtles crawl through prehistoric ferns, crimson bats blot out the sky, and gravity tilts at impossible angles. As Kühne’s sanity frays, he devises a desperate plan to save Hachirou, entrusting him to migratory birds in a bid for escape. But the *Leakage Hole* guards its secrets fiercely—a realm where survival blurs into madness, and every breath teeters between miracle and curse. What ancient truths lurk in its depths? Only the currents know… |
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