A/N: Thanks to Annoymas for a review! This will most likely be the last of the shorter side of chapters. Hopefully you won't all get bored with the long explanations and enjoy the story in its entirety.
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"They need to know, said Hanyuu. " They can't be whole if they missing pieces. They're not the same as the others, but they are still similar. I think they need to know, more than anything, but I have another method that's more affective, yet harder to accomplish." She then faced the screen and told the head, "I know where your intended path leads. Mine leads straighter and clearer than yours though and I intent to implement it," The head smiled and disappeared. Hanyuu closed her eyes and a bright light erupted in the room, making visibility zero. Everyone covered their eyes, except Hanyuu, whose eyes were still closed and concentrating.
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When they opened their eyes, they were in a forest lining a path to a mini trash heap. The sky was dark, but light came out through a flashlight, and was shining on a cabinet. A woman with a cigarette in her mouth held the flashlight and was inspecting the cabinet.
"Hanyuu, how could you!" Rika yelled, yet it was unheard by the woman.
"No one else can see, hear, or feel us. You can watch what happened to your aunt first, Satoko."
Tamae, Satoko's aunt, went up to the cabinet to open it when Satoshi snuck up behind her.
Mon, Shion, and Satoko gasped, realizing what was about to happen.
He raised his bat, yelled and bashed her head in, causing the flashlight to fall along with Tamae. He hit her over and over again, splattering blood over the items in the trash and the flashlight,
The bright light flashed again, bringing them to the hood of a car. Inside the car was Irie, Satoshi and a stuffed bear. The group tried to grip the edges of the car since it was moving, but they realized it was unnecessary since they didn't slide off.
Satoshi was asking Dr. Irie if his aunt was actually dead, and if so, when someone he sees looks like her, that it really wouldn't be her. Dr. Irie keeps on insisting she's dead, but then Satoshi starts to hyperventilate. Satoshi asks if what's happening is Oyashiro-sama's curse, while Irie insists that there's no curse and he needs to calm down until they reached the clinic. Satoshi starts to apologize to Satoko.
This caused tears to run down her face from seeing her Nii-nii like this: broken and afraid.
He was saying that he was being punished since he was going to use the money to leave the village. Irie tries to get him calm, but Satoshi starts scratching his arm and neck, believing maggots to be inside his blood. They reach the clinic and a team of staff brings the desperate Satoshi inside, leaving Irie to wallow in despair.
"Nii-nii!" yelled Satoko, attempting to follow her brother.
"Satoko!" Shion grabbed Satoko back, tears also staining her face. "I want to follow too, but we're not really here. We couldn't touch him, only look. Wait until we find him in our own world." Satoko hesitantly nodded.
"Since Keiichi's crime is similar enough, and you've already seen it, we will not visit his sin. We will visit Rena, then Shion. We will also see the few times some of you killed when you either weren't sick or completely accidentally," explained Hanyuu. They all nodded, prepared for the worst.
A/N: It feels like these chapters are getting shorter and shorter . I will try to update faster so they seem less short and flow better. Until next time!
