A/N: Thanks one again for the reviews Annoymas and James Birdsong. I'm sorry for the time it took to do this, but… you know…. school and stuff….. Well anyway, on with the show.

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Before anyone could retort, the television flickered, catching their attention. It showed a scene of Rena sitting in the library and talking to Takano like Shion had.

"Um, you see, about Oyashiro-sama…" Rena was saying. "I've met with Oyashiro-sama before. Until grade school, I lived in Hinamizawa. Then, because of my mother's work, we moved to Ibaraki county."

"And you broke Oyashiro-sama's taboo about leaving Hinamizawa. Is that what you're saying, right?" asked Takano.

"That's correct. And then all these bad things happened." As Rena said this, scenes flashed of her talking to her mom, then to a glass-filled hallway that was dyed red. The original scene of Rena and Takano returned. "And, in desperation, I also did many bad things." She lifted her arm to show scars near her wrist. "I wanted to destroy myself, so I placed a blade on myself." The cuts started to bleed, but with small maggots within the blood. "And when I cut my wrist with a razor, several maggots rushed out with the gushing blood. What's more, they squirmed around, preventing themselves from falling out, trying to once again invade my body through the wound. So, I scratched at it. I clawed at the cut on my wrist and tried to dig them out. It was very itchy."

Takano grabbed Rena's other arm that was scratching at the cut. "Rena-chan."

Rena looked up at Takano and said, "That's when it appeared. Oyashiro-sama appeared. And it told me, 'There is only one way for you to survive, that is to return to Hinamizawa.' It's unbelievable, isn't it?"

The scene changed to Rena talking on the phone with Keiichi.

"There are several Oyashiro-sama teachings, but they all point to one thing. That is: don't leave from the village, don't let outsiders in. To begin with, why did Oyashiro-sama descend? That is because Demons emerged from Onigafuchi Marsh and attacked the village, but this is a misinterpretation. The Demons didn't emerge and attack the village. If you fall victim to what emerged, you become a Demon who will attack people," explained Rena.

"And what emerged?" Keiichi could be heard asking her over the phone.

"Parasite," said Rena.

"Parasite?" asked Keiichi.

"Yes." The scene flashed to the marsh mentioned in the discussion. "This is a peculiar contagious disease that emerged from the marsh. A peculiar parasite that makes the people it infected to go berserk. Maybe it'll be easier to understand if I say it's a virus."

"Indeed that will explain the legend well, but then, are you suggesting that Oyashiro-sama is a doctor? It must have attempted to cure this contagious disease, but it didn't provide a cure, just preventive measures. It seems these parasites can only survive here in Hinamizawa, due to the temperature and climate. When the infected host tries to leave the area, they produce strong symptoms to try and prevent this. This effect is the truth behind Oyashiro-sama's Curse." The scene is skipped to later in the conversation. "That means, to the fanatical believers of Oyashiro-sama, they plan to revive a highly dangerous parasite to revive the power of their God."

"R-Rena…" said Mion. "Why didn't you tell us? Why didn't anyone tell anyone anything! Why are all these secrets among us!"

"Calm down, Mi-chan," said Rika.

"Alright, Ms. Know-It-All, start talking! What's really going on? How's Hanyuu involved? What did Rena mean by Oyashiro-sama being a doctor if you say Hanyuu is? Why didn't you tell us earlier?" Mion was screaming at Rika, confused and angry at the situation.

Keiichi put his hand on her shoulder. "Calm down, Mion. I want answers too, but screaming won't solve anything."

Mion looked at Rika, then Keiichi and took a deep breath. "Alright, I'm calm, now start talking."

A/N: Alright that's it for today. I know some of you don't like that the chapters are short, but keeping them that way makes them flow better and get updates out faster.