KUN FA'YAKOON

CHAPTER : 3 (Ma-no-umi)

                   In the 'Satanic Sea'(ma-no-umi) was the area of 'bad' water for sozo from his childhood. It had covered Yokohama Japan's city coast to the islands of Guam or the Philippines than from mariana islands to Yokohama. This area was 'no go zone', but even if it would not be so, no fisherman ever think to sail there. Because the rumors were that anyone who went there never came back alive. Sozo was around seventy years of age, he started fishing with his father at the age of seventeen as a regular fisherman. The fear of 'no go zone' was inculcated by his father and other fellow fisherman, but he saw some strange things happening many times, that there remained no doubt. Even Japanese government had taken it very seriously after the loss of five military ships in 1954. In a few days after the loss of 700 best of crews, they were shocked by the strange loss of one hundred research scientists. Consequently this area was considered highly danger zone.

                Officially, no ship sale nor any travelling boats go to this marked danger zone, but still some new adventurers headed towards this part and suffer the consequences.

                People of coastal colonies parents used to forbid their children by this terrible sea where Satan rules and who dragged the people and ships, and enslave his captives and they can never come back.

                Sozo was more than sixty five years now. His sons established themselves separately now, he only needed to work less now, enough for him and his wife. He returned late at that night from sea. His small cottage at the sea side was empty because his wife was not present there. She was out and went to their eldest son in the city. He opened the fridge, Food was prepared for him. He felt love and thankfulness for his faithful and caring wife. Coffee was hot in thermos. He put food in the oven and settled his food on the table near the windows. Suddenly a flash of light struck the window. He swiftly covered the food with the other plate, and sat down the floor to hide himself from search light and pulled off the only light in the cottage. When light softened, he raised his head and peeped out from the corner. It was a balloon of light which look its way in sea, where a tunnel like hole galloped it on Satanic sea of Yokohama. He turned back and sat down again, waiting for the other balloons to go where they seek. It looked like flames are heading fastly in the sea, there movement was fast, swift and flashlike. Just in a blink of the eye hundreds of illuminating bodies landing in the middle of the sea. After many heavy minutes, Sozo felt the darkness and silence prolonged, than he raised head and peeped carefully outside the window. And with a sign of relieve, he drew the curtain again. He sat on the chair for food but his hunger was gone, He lazily looking at the plate, feeling the tiredness which almost removed the love for sea in his heart. He wanted to leave this area, these strange activities always brought some bad news of losing ships or people. He was chewing the piece of fish meat and in his heart fear of morning growing fastly.