人間に対する恐怖を一時的に忘れさせてくれる唯一の方法だったから

Yozo, who entered a high school in Tokyo, was led by Horiki, a man he met at an art school, and dissolved into alcohol, tobacco, and the decadent life of the red-light districts. It was the only drug that made him temporarily forget his terror of human beings. However, his funds ran out, and remittances from his family were cut off.