Murder in the City Without a Name

School teacher Eiyti Kamio was found murdered in the backyard of his own home under a pile of cardboard boxes. He is dressed in a formal suit, but he is not wearing shoes. The house is turned upside down, but nothing is missing. And what is especially mysterious… The cause of death is strangulation; he was choked, but there are no traces of either fingers, or a rope, or anything similar. The police are at a dead end. But not the younger brother of the deceased – the illusionist-mentalist Takeshi. Using his rare abilities, he begins his own investigation. For Takeshi, the game with reality is an inseparable part of his everyday life. He can read people by the slightest manifestation of emotions. He is able to involve a person in a cunning scenario against their will so that they notice nothing. In the interest of the case, he can even slightly adjust reality…