Toriguchi

Toruguchi (鳥口 ,) is a reporter for a Gossip Magazine. He is responsible for writing a story about the Mizuha River Well.

Appearance
He is thin, with prominent cheekbones and ears that are more pointed than normal. He wears a flat cap and a black vest over his white shirt. He also wears a string bracelet on his left arm.

Personality
Nothing is known about his personality.

Background
Nothing is known about his background.

Plot
He is called by Mizuki Tsujimura who disguises as a special military inspector and asked about the Mizuha River Well. He explains that he is still prodding about the story and wants to write the piece once he fully knows its backstory. He starts to share about his laywer friend who had taken a murder case in which four family members died during house fire and only the father of the family who happened to be outside survived and his friend was hired to defend him. Toriguchi further reveals that the guys has been let go due to lack of evidence, however soon after the trial, the guy said "That giving well changed me". His lawyer friend was convinced it is a murder and was staged as a house fire. Toriguchi reveals that he looked over the records of the case and the case ended up as opne-and-shut case, free of crime.

He is then asked by Tsujimura what the person did at the well. Toriguchi responds that even his lawyer friend didn't know about that. Toriguchi, himself, looked for the suspect but fled right after his release. He then gives a crucial point to Tsujimura which is the guy called it a "mini-shrine" - pray to it seeking purification, and i'll turn you into an evildoer, which then he tells Tsujimura that the guy is originally used to be a fireman.

Trivia

 * He is modeled after Morihiko Toriguchi, an editor and photographer for a gossip magazine, who appears in Natsuhiko Kyōgoku's book, Hyakki Yakou Series.