This chapter's epigraph comes from the opening lines of the novel, "Little chuan" . It's a quote from the novel's opening lines, "What the f-ck?" . The epigraph is a reference to a dream in which the protagonist dreams that the protagonist is wearing a bathing suit and apologizing to him. The protagonist asks the protagonist why he's so uncomfortable, and the protagonist explains that he had a dream about the protagonist kneeling down to apologize. The dream was about a water ghost and rats involved in theft. He also tells the protagonist that it's three years since the protagonist's last encounter with the water ghost, and that he hasn't been home for at least that long. He's worried that the ghost has been haunting the town for the past three years, but the protagonist doesn't have any compassion for the people of the town. He wonders if the town's special investigation bureau has done enough to keep the ghost under control. He says that he has caused the ghost too much trouble in the past, but that he still likes to do his dirty work behind the backs of the people. He adds that he'll get angry when he hears about the case of dead people in the town, and wonders when the ghost will stop his tantrums. . This is the highest level of the underworld. The waters of the fog dragon mountain are retrograde every 3 years, which means that people have to offer sacrifices to the mountain deity whenever the waters go retrograde. The people of