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Part 1: Poe and Rampo / Part 2: Moby Dick, Swimming in the Sky.Rampo is challenged to a riddle game by Edgar Allan Poe, the Guild's architect. Poe promises that if Rampo solves the mystery, he will give the Agency an envelope detailing the Moby Dick's structure and the Guild's weaknesses. He then uses his ability to send Rampo and Yosano into a mystery novel written by himself. The mystery details a series of murders in a mansion where a group of travellers are currently staying to take shelter from the snowstorm outside. As Rampo is left without his glasses, he loses all confidence in himself until Yosano is attacked, reigniting in him the courage to actively solve the mystery. After the failure of the contingency plan, Francis has decided to evacuate all Guild members from the Moby Dick and send it crashing into Yokohama to destroy the city. Rampo and Dazai devise a plan to infiltrate the Moby Dick and prevent the tragedy, sending Atsushi into its interior. Atsushi discovers Herman Melville, an old Guild member who used to control Moby Dick before its flesh became mechanical, who reveals that the control terminal is being guarded on the highest floor by Francis. As he journeys towards the upper floors, Atsushi is shocked to meet Akutagawa on the ship.