![]() ![]() The family was now firmly convinced it was in the hands of someone watching over them from above. And then, later that summer, there was a major financial slump. To everyone’s surprise the stocks had appreciated enormously, increasing five-fold. ![]() Early that summer, Jūichirō had liquidated all the stocks bequeathed by his father and transferred the cash into a bank deposit to help with future activities. Jūichirō produced pamphlets, copies of which the whole family helped to print, and he began to correspond frequently with members nationwide. Eighty per cent of letters arriving from every corner of the country surmised that the sign referred to a flying saucer. ⦿ was the symbol that Jūichirō had devised to stand for a flying saucer, and responses were eerily spot on. Let’s work together as members of the Universal Friendship Association in the pursuit of world peace.’ He racked his brains before coming up with the idea of placing an advertisement in the ‘Common Interests’ column of a tabloid magazine: ‘If you are interested in ⦿, we would like to hear from you. The world was in imminent danger, Jūichirō mused, yet here he was, a slave to old-fashioned family sentiment, with his thoughts too hemmed in by timidity. He began to say that, if they wanted to carry out their mission effectively, they ought to make every effort to find kindred souls rather than waste time worrying about secrecy. When spring arrived six months later, Jūichirō had an abrupt change of mind. ![]()
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