Volume 4

Summary
On a day like any other, a corpse washes up in the river that separates Kumade from Tamura Village. The victim was a resident of Tamura, so the detectives suspect someone from Kumade. The detectives look around the village for suspicious characters, and soon their hunt leads them straight to the Kumade Shrine!

After seeing her younger classmates having phones, Machi is reminded of how out-of-touch she is with technology. Her desire for the city is unwavered, despite her nightmare in the past. Machi gets her first cellphone, a simple flip phone that is popular currently. For a time, it is all she cares about. While detectives turn their gazes to the Kumade Village, Machi is unaware of the suspicion placed upon her hometown.

Yoshio concerns himself with the detectives jovially, but the entire village's secrecy about the bears they worship is poorly covered and is easily misconstrued as a more sinister secret.

Machi seemingly breaks her phone and it devastates her. She collapsed and Yoshio found her with her clothes torn from the fall for the detectives to instinctively scrutinize Yoshio. Natsu was just with Machi, so Yoshio scrambles to pin the blame upon a nonexistent culprit and points the opposite direction Natsu ran to. Unfortunately, Hibiki was in that direction and on her way to return a book to Natsu.

The book being a murder mystery did nothing to quell the detectives hunt. It isn't long for the aimless investigation to be resolved and it is time for the detectives to leave. However, just before they get out of the village, one spots Natsu talking to Yoshio and Machi.

Chapters

 * Chapter 19: Rain Soaked Desire
 * Chapter 20: Visitors
 * Chapter 21: Visitors
 * Chapter 22: Tragedy
 * Chapter 23: Conspiracy
 * Chapter 24: Building Bridges