一最初看到那二个男子是在日原山的山中休息所附近。上午十二点之前,神谷英雄和他的独生女纪子将车停放在路边,背着各自的帆布背包开始步行。登山道有二条,一条沿着日原川通往云取山方向;另一条从头山麓一直伸向秩父郡境内。神谷选择了右边那条道。半路上,那二位男子超过神谷父女。那二人都在三十岁上下,其中一人拿着上下式双筒猎枪,腰间缠着子弹袋,象是个猎人。“有不带猎犬的猎人?”纪子问道。“这大概就是所谓星期日猎人吧。住在新村里无法养狗,大多在星期日只带着猎枪进山。”“唉!又不缺吃的,干嘛要杀生哩!” One of the first men to see the two men was near the mountain retreat in Rihara. Before twelve o’clock, God Valley hero and his only child disciple parked on the roadside, carrying their own canvas backpack began walking. There are two mountaineering trails, one along the Niigata River leading to the direction of Mt. Otaki; another from the foothills of the mountain has been extended to the territory of Chichibu. Kamiya chose the right way. Halfway, those two men surpassed Kamiya father and daughter. Both were up and down in their thirties, one of them holding a double-barrel shotgun up and down, a pouch wrapped around his waist, like a hunter. “There are dogs without hounds?” Kuiko asked. “This is probably the so-called Sunday Hunter, who lives in a new village and can not keep dogs, mostly on a Sunday with a shotgun into the mountains.” "Oh, no shortage of food!