Book 1, Chapter 22, Tengo Summary

Tengo thinks about the human brain, about time, and space, and possibility. He questions how time flows and how matter exists. It was possible as well, he thinks to himself, that his own mind created the image of his mother and another man.

Two weeks, later, "Air Chrysalis" makes it onto the bestsellers lists. After Fuka-Eri spends the night, Tengo's life evens out in a normal fashion. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. He writes, teaches, and sees his girlfriend. He feels more relaxed and feels he has become a more practical human being. The Komatsu calls with bad news. Fuka-Eri has been missing for three days. Komatsu has told the Professor to hold off filing a missing person's report for a few days.

Tengo thinks to himself that perhaps the Sakigake have something to do with her disappearance...