Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases
The Vow and the Legend
A supernatural betrayal leads to a promise of revenge after a hundred years. In the present, an anthropologist researches the South Sea Queen and the sunken castle.
Key Events
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A Betrayal Over the Kris — A woman demands the kris be restored, then vows revenge after being deceived.
Location: Unspecified
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A Hundred-Year Vow — The woman promises to return after a hundred years to avenge the insult.
Location: Unspecified
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Researching the South Sea Queen — An anthropologist seeks a book about the South Sea Queen and a sunken castle.
Location: Research setting
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The Scholar's Warning — An old scholar warns that discovering the queen's secret may bring a terrible fate.
Location: Unspecified
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The Thesis Continues — Despite the warning, the anthropologist remains determined to finish her thesis.
Location: Research setting
Warnings at the Sea
The anthropologist presses on with her thesis despite an old scholar's warning. She heads toward dangerous waters, where the local guide refuses to take her.
Key Events
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Warnings at the Waters — The anthropologist travels toward the waters described in the book despite warnings about sharks.
Location: Dangerous waters
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The Guide Refuses — The local guide refuses to take the anthropologist to the dangerous waters.
Location: Dangerous waters
Murders and the Heirloom
A mysterious woman begins killing people, including Maryann, while police struggle to understand the crimes. The antique kris and necklace become connected to the danger surrounding the anthropologist.
Key Events
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The First Mysterious Murders — A mysterious woman begins killing people, leaving victims with disturbing injuries.
Location: Unspecified
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Maryann Is Killed — The anthropologist's friend Maryann becomes one of the mysterious woman's victims.
Location: Unspecified
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The Police Investigate — Police investigators struggle to understand the killings as the attacker proves difficult to stop.
Location: Unspecified
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The Heirloom's Connection — The anthropologist's great-grandfather's kris and a necklace become tied to the danger around her.
Location: Unspecified
Masabu's Warning and Loss
Grand Uncle Masabu identifies the necklace as a means of tracking the anthropologist. He is killed while trying to help, and she flees with a detective amid their grief.
Key Events
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Masabu Identifies the Threat — Grand Uncle Masabu explains that the evil is using the necklace to track the anthropologist. Characters: Grand Uncle Masabu
Location: Unspecified
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Masabu Dies Helping Her — Grand Uncle Masabu is killed while trying to help the anthropologist. Characters: Grand Uncle Masabu
Location: Unspecified
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Flight with the Detective — The anthropologist and a detective flee together; he speaks of his murdered wife as she grieves her losses.
Location: Hiding place
Flight to the Airport
The police seek help from the States while the survivors try to regroup. A message sends the pair to an abandoned airport, where the attacker appears again and forces them to take cover.
Key Events
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A Call for Help — The police call for help from the States as the survivors try to regroup.
Location: Unspecified
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The Colleague's Message — After a message from the detective's colleague, the pair head toward an abandoned airport to meet the others.
Location: Unspecified
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Attack at the Airport — The mysterious attacker appears again, forcing the survivors to take cover.
Location: Abandoned airport