Chapter 1: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁

Exhausted from a brutal shift at his job, Ben heads home to Fukuoka, dreading an encounter with his landlord, Fugikawa-san. His fears come true when Fugikawa-san confronts him and his sister at their apartment, furiously demanding six months of overdue rent and threatening to kick them out. After the intense confrontation passes, Ben relaxes with a hot shower while his sister prepares dinner—unaware of a creepily stitched doll-like figure named "Bun" lurking quietly in the hallway shadows. Benon caught Bun spying on him and he yelled at her before she ran away. During their evening dinner, their oldest sister,BIKi comes up with issue about Bun's weird behavior,but Bun comes interfering in their conversation and brought up about their issues with paying rent. Benon feels drained after their night dinner and went on to contemplate about life before he hears his sister's scream as she's terrified by a ghost. Meanwhile while all of that is happening Fugikawa-san is busy with her young boyfriend having a romantic moment with him.