Polgas hops unto his Thunderpuppy, a Harley Davidson V-Rod motorcycle, and heads for Mount Arayat. At the town of Bitas, he queries a local regarding climbing the mountain. The local replies that he shouldn't worry about the NPA or Maria Sinukuan, the diwata said to reside on the mountain, but that there was a werewolf lurking there. As Polgas continues promenading around the town, a huramentado (a person who has run amok) attempts to hack him with a bolo knife. Polgas throws the man using an Aikido move. Upon investigating the contents of his disarmed opponent's pockets, Polgas finds what appear to be dried wood of a bluish tint. He sniffs the suspicious cache and his sensitive nose is overwhelmed by what he smells; the unknown substance is actually dried psychedelic mushrooms. Polgas faints from an intense cluster headache. Upon waking up, he discovers that he is in Dr. Dado Galang's clinic. The doctor tells him that aside from the increasing number of cases of people running amok, the number of rabies cases is up as well. All these could be attributed to the reports of a werewolf or impaktong aso roaming the mountain fastness.