Part I, Chapter 24, Tengo Summary

Tengo finds a brown package with a tape inside it. It is a recorded vocal message from Fuka-Eri. She says she is safely hidden away. She tells him the Little People will not harm him if he gives them something they don't have. She also says she doesn't want to write anymore, and that the Little People are unhappy they are in print.

Komatsu calls and tells Tengo the police have begun a formal search. Komatsu tells Tengo to get ready and to protect himself in the coming storm. They both believe the Professor is now controlling the situation for his own purposes.

Tengo's girlfriend tells him about one of the dreams he has had, about a cottage in the forest. It is abandoned, as though some monster has come upon it and chased everyone out. They...