A murder mystery locked inside the world's first underwater train, racing between continents with nowhere to run. Ban Shunsaku boards with nothing but a killer's face and a dead client, forced to solve it before the voyage ends. The confined space turns every passenger into a suspect, the ocean itself becomes a pressure cooker, and a 1979 special about a 2002 future moves with the propulsive momentum of a train that cannot stop. The mystery escalates faster than the narrative can explain it. This is noir conducted in the deep, where the only way out is through.
A private detective boards humanity's first underwater train with a simple mission: find a killer. Instead, Ban Shunsaku discovers a vessel full of conspiracies that run deeper than the ocean floor itself. Set in 2002, the Marine Express represents the pinnacle of engineering, a sleek underwater connection between America and Japan that promises to revolutionize global travel. Its maiden voyage should be celebration, but murder strikes before departure. With only a face and a dead client, Shunsaku accepts passage aboard the train, expecting a straightforward investigation among wealthy passengers and crew. What unfolds is anything but simple. As the train descends into the abyss, secrets surface that threaten far more than individual lives. Corporate espionage, military interests, and hidden agendas all converge within the pressurized walls of this technological marvel. Shunsaku must navigate a confined space where suspects become unlikely allies and the ocean itself feels like a character waiting to swallow everything whole. This is mystery wrapped in sci-fi adventure, where solving one crime means unraveling a conspiracy that could shake nations.