Miscellany (cont’d)
A Surprise Picture Marriage
According to Kaneno, they said, “Having a heartless husband like him, you have no future. He went to the homeland to find another woman. If you cut your relationship with him, we will take care of your new partner.” Having a lonely life in a foreign land as a woman with no family grave to settle, Isuzu wanted to consult about her future with someone and took their lies as kindness. She took their offer and threw her fate to the devil hand. As their plot turned out successful, the devils danced with joy but did not show it on their faces. Instead, they convinced Isuzu further to write to her parents in her hometown in Saga with every single detail about how Tokuda forced her into prostitution and that he returned to Japan with a purpose of bringing another woman back. Only-mortal Tokuda knew nothing about it and traveled back to his homeland and told lines of lies in his search for a woman to take back. Then he received a request of divorce from Isuzu’s parents out of the blue. However, Tokuda did not suspect that her parents knew about the actual story and refused their request. This resulted in a court case and, as a result, the claimant won the case. Every local press published Isuzu’s letter and wrote that most women who migrated as picture brides were in fact brought there by pimps. Not only was Tokuda not able to bring a woman back but he was also no longer permitted to return to this country. He got what he deserved; it served him right.
Knowing that their plot went successful and Tokuda would not be able to re-enter Canada, Chiba and others unmasked their Buddha faces and changed their attitudes toward Isuzu. Furthermore, they threatened her and pulled her into the cave. Poor Isuzu ended up prostituting herself at Chiba’s. At first Chiba distributed the profit he gained from this to other devils who were involved, but later he started to monopolize it.
Later Isuzu gave birth to a stillborn but according to rumor it was Chiba’s child. Apparently, Chiba got a handle on Isuzu after convincing her that he would find an opportunity to send back Onatsu, whom he had been treating almost like his own wife, to Japan and make Isuzu a wife.
About two years ago when Isuzu was in Cranbrook with the Chiba family and Chiba was in jail for some incident, she spoke to some person that she was deceived by Chiba. She told the person that reflecting back now Tokuda was also deceived and ground her teeth.
Isuzu is 25 years old this year. She had lost coordination due to rheumatism and still continues her rotten business.