Confused, Toru tries several things to calm himself and think through the situation: talking and taking up work with May Kasahara, hiding at the bottom of the well, and loitering around the city looking at people. Shortly after, Toru finds out through a meeting with Noboru and Malta that Kumiko has apparently been spending time with another man and wants to end her relationship with Toru. Kumiko is revealed to be missing at the start of the second part, 'Bird as Prophet'. Mamiya was also left to die in a deep well before being saved by corporal Honda. The first section ends with Lieutenant Mamiya arriving and telling Toru a long tale about his eerie and mystical wartime experiences in Manchukuo in the Kwantung Army, where he sees a man skinned alive. Toru is contacted by Lieutenant Mamiya, who informs Toru that Mamiya's old war friend corporal Honda has died and that Mamiya wishes to visit Toru to drop off an item that Honda had bequeathed to him. Toru notices Kumiko is wearing perfume that has been gifted to her by some unknown person. Creta meets Toru at his home and begins to tell him the story of her past, involving being raped by Noboru, but abruptly leaves. Both sisters wear unusual clothing: Malta a large red hat and Creta unstylish 1960's clothing.

(Instead of giving advice, he spends most of their sessions retelling the same story of his experience in the Kwantung Army in the lost tank battle with the Russians at Nomonhan on the Manchukuo-Russian border during World War II.) Toru meets the mysterious Malta Kano at a busy hotel restaurant, and she tasks her sister Creta Kano to further the work. Honda, for consultations on a regular basis, which they did for some time. Kumiko's family believes in fortune-telling and had previously stipulated that the couple meet with an elderly man, Mr. Malta Kano had come recommended from her brother Noboru Wataya, which is also the name of the cat. Kumiko calls Toru to explain that he should meet with the clairvoyant Malta Kano, who will help with finding the cat.

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