 After his deeds, he seeks refuge with the Catholic priest Father Garai.The two men share a history, as 15 years prior, they were both the only survivors of a leak of poisonous gas at a military base on a small Pacific island near Okinawa, known as Okino Mafune Island.The men also share a homosexual relationship; after their first night together, the adolescent Garai raped the then-underaged Michio.