The struggling magician Naoko Yamada, whose stage show draws almost no audience, is once again behind on her rent and facing eviction. The cynical yet brilliant physics professor Jiro Ueda, who has achieved minor celebrity with his book challenging the paranormal, continues to insist that all supernatural phenomena can be explained by science. Despite their bickering and mutual disdain, the unlikely duo is forced together again when baffling cases of apparent curses, psychic predictions, and miraculous healings cross their path. Officer Yabe from the Metropolitan Police Department and his subordinate Ishihara frequently call upon the pair for help, hoping they can debunk mysteries that conventional police work cannot solve.

The second season deepens the series signature blend of horror, comedy, and detective work, structured into several multi-episode arcs that take the characters from isolated rural villages to the homes of celebrity psychics. In the opening arc, they travel to the remote Six Graves Village. The owner of the Mizugami Inn explains that every year on January 11th, a guest staying in a specific room dies mysteriously. As Naoko and Jiro check in alongside a famous mystery novelist and a local politician, a death occurs exactly as predicted, forcing them to uncover a deadly trick involving a forgotten folk song and a hidden family secret.

Another major arc introduces a fortune teller whose predictions are always 100 percent accurate. When Officer Yabe’s assistant is injured exactly as the fortune teller foretold, Naoko goes undercover as a client. The fortune teller ominously warns her that she will lose the thing most precious to her, shortly after which Jiro disappears without a trace. Naoko must then investigate a dilapidated mansion filled with strange servants and legends of a time hole to rescue her partner and expose a long-running con. Later, they confront a man with the power of psi-trailing, the ability to locate any missing person by touching their belongings. As he offers his services to solve a serial disappearance case involving a phantom taxi, Naoko and Jiro are forced to recreate his abilities on live television to prove whether his power is real or an elaborate surveillance scheme.

The season also explores the theme of faith and retribution. A university student begs Jiro for help after she secretly wished for the death of her cousin, who died days later at the hands of a boy known as The Punisher, who supposedly channels divine wrath. While Jiro investigates the boy’s isolated family estate, Naoko infiltrates a fraudulent self-help seminar that may be connected to the same twisted logic of punishment. The narrative arcs build toward a final confrontation in the Sorcerers Forest, a location with a legendary curse that no one who enters can ever return. As a construction company plans to build a highway through the forest, Naoko and Jiro join a team of reporters and explorers to investigate. Inside, they are haunted by visions of a faceless sorcerer from a scroll that depicts the same figure who tormented Naoko’s father years ago, forcing her to confront the legacy of supernatural deception that has haunted her family. Throughout these investigations, the show maintains its focus on rational debunking, revealing that every ghost and god is merely a magician performing tricks for money, revenge, or control.