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Original Title	港の妖婦
Author	田中 貢太郎
Genre	Popular Fiction
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	Kensaku Yamane, a prosperous Taiwanese merchant, arrives in Kobe for a brief, ordinary trip home. But a chance encounter at a bustling waterfront restaurant shatters his tranquil reality. He witnesses a frenzied man accuse a captivating, enigmatic woman named Tenka of stealing a powerful, mystical jewel—an accusation followed by horrifying violence. Lured into Tenka's alluring trap, Kensaku finds himself ensnared in her mysterious mansion, where time itself seems to unravel. Days blur into nights as he struggles to escape an invisible prison, unable to find the harbor, the station, or even a police station. Is he losing his mind, or is Tenka wielding an ancient, uncanny power that bends reality to her will? Kensaku's ordinary life, his family, and his very sanity hang in the balance as he desperately seeks a way out.