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　　乱步作品

一群年轻人在一个服装笑话中串谋，以致命的事故和沉默的协议告终，一群年轻人将受到一位匿名作家的威胁，他想揭露他的黑暗秘密。他们的跟踪者威胁要在社交媒体上发布一本以他们为原型的血腥恐怖小说。每一章都会有一个人死去。由于彼此不信任，这群人将在大学校园中央开始一场生存之战。他们中的任何一个人都有可能成为下一个受害者，或者凶手。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.

2025年，在鹿儿岛县与冲绳县，搭载着配备手术室的特种车辆的渡轮已开始进行试运行。赴任的喜多见与夏梅在离岛从事医疗工作。某日，鹿儿岛县的诹访之濑岛发生火山喷发，为营救岛民，他们毅然挑战这项九死一生的任务。