Katagiri's Earthquake

Frog, then, told Katagiri what was the destruction he was talking about. Katagiri was shocked on what he have heard that there would be an earthquake in Tokyo, much more greater than the Kobe earthquake last January, that would strike at 8:30 A.M. on February 18, 1995 which would kill hundreds of thousands of people and its epicenter would be beneath Shinjuku branch of the Tokyo Security Trust Bank where Katagiri was working as an Assistant Chief. Frog had chosen Katagiri to be with him to fight Worm, who would cause the great earthquake in Tokyo, underground. But Katagiri resisted it because he knew himself that he was just a 40 year old ordinary man and his life was a miserable and a horrible one and it was unjust and unreasonable for him

Within sixteen years of collecting debts, Katagiri accepted this dangerous work even when collecting debts from Kabukicho, which was full of violent people, without any recognition or appreciation, or even respect from others and yet he never complained or showed anger. Not only have he experienced it at his work but also in his family; his sister and brother. And to fully convince Katagiri to agree and to gain trust fom him, Frog promised him to settle his problem in Big Bear Trading which he found difficult recovering the loan that the bank had made for them. And so the next morning, Katagiri have received a phone call from an attorney of the Big Bear case namely Shiraoka giving an assurance that his client would pay by the due date and has requested Katagiri not to send Frog to his home again. Katagiri was still in doubt but Frog convinced him for the last time and told him it was for the people like him why Frog was trying to save Tokyo. Soon, Katagiri agreed. Frog told then Katagiri his plan on when and how to attack Worm underground. They agreed that they would do their plan late at night on February 17, a day before the earthquake would

That time, rumbles around took place. And he thought that he was already going to die because the man kept approaching him with the pistol pointed to him. Katagiri then out of conscience. When he opened his eyes, he had realized that he was already in the hospital. He thought of Frog and their plan that should have been done in the night he was shot. As he asked for the present time, he could not believe that it was already 9:15 A.M on February 18. He worried about the earthquake that was scheduled to happen past 8:30 A.M. this day but he was relieved when he found out that there was no earthquake had happened. The happenings became more confusing for Katagiri because he also have found out that he was not shot and he has no wounds. He was just found unconscious in the street and while he was unconscious the nurse had been hearing him yelling, calling the name of Frog. That time, Katagiri could not tell what really was happening to him. When frog went to Katagiri’s room in the hospital, he looked exhausted. He told him their victory against worm. Katagiri could not understand why Frog was thanking him and what he has done to help Frog considering the fact that he was unconscious the whole time but Frog told him that he had done great in his his dreams. Frog told Katagiri how they fought