Part III, Chapter 19, Ushikawa Summary

Ushikawa sees Fuka-Eri leave Tengo's apartment, and she looks him in the eyes as she goes. This unnerves Ushikawa, and spiritually moves him. Ushikawa returns to the window in his rented apartment, viewing Tengo's building through a camera lens. As he watches people coming and going, he begins to question whether or not what he is seeing is real. If it is real, he wonders if anything going on matters.

When Tengo returns, Ushikawa follows him to a bar and around the neighborhood. He follows Tengo to the playground, sees Tengo sitting on the slide and looking up at the buildings and the sky, and sees Tengo leave. Ushikawa then climbs up onto the slide to see what Tengo was looking at, and discovers there are two moons. Ushikawa suddenly knows something is very wrong, and he...