"Originally, we couldn't figure it out at all, you see, Wu Ye, the sister you know, the ancestor of the shrine maiden Jing, she was born in Gensokyo, grew up in Gensokyo, and all her fetters are in Gensokyo, so - why did she say goodbye without warning eighteen years ago?"

Yakumo Zi struck Takeya's gradually shattered heart in a grotesque tone: "Who can convince her to live in Gensokyo all her life?" Her friends are all staying in Gensokyo, so the possibility is only people outside Gensokyo, but do you think outsiders can convince Jing to leave Gensokyo? ”

"Ah...... Uh......"

Yakumo Zi's words were like a sharp knife to shred all of them, and if it was nonsense, he could still deceive himself, but that was a suspicion that existed from the beginning.

Yes, Jing, who grew up as a shrine maiden in Gensokyo, has no reason to go to the outside world at all, even because she heard the secret of the Hakurei shrine maiden, she has no reason to leave and go to that strange place alone.

Someone must have convinced her.

But who? Who was able to convince Shizu, who was able to convince Shizu, who was all physically and mentally bound in Gensokyo?

The answer is – no one can do it.

Wu also knew his sister very well, after all, it was Jing, who had taken care of him like a child for more than ten years, and he knew very well how much he was a person who attached great importance to bonds.

The mission of the Hirori Shrine Maiden has been deeply rooted in her bones, and even her companions in Gensokyo cannot convince her, let alone outsiders, even if she really learns of the tragic fate of the Hirori Shrine Maiden, she will not do such a thing.

If it was for Reimu, everything was possible, but that was eighteen years ago! At that time, Reimu was not born at all!

It's just that everything has already happened at the beginning, so Wu has no reason to doubt the established facts.

And now, Yakumo Murasaki told him, a certain guess-

"Now, you know that too, right? What kind of shrine maiden is Shizu, so, Takeya, who do you think will be able to convince her? In the outside world, she is willing, oh, there is no half unwillingness, no one can force her, but ah, except for one situation. ”

His gaze slowly turned to Wu Ye, and Yakumo Zi's whisper was like a nightmare for the second coming: "It's you, oh, if we remember correctly, Wu Ye, you can cross time and space at will, and you still have the power to manipulate people's hearts, right?" ”

"Woo......!"

That was a fatal blow.

The hollowness in Takeya's heart instantly expanded to the point that it almost devoured his entire person.

With the pain in his head, a strange image appeared in front of his eyes, which was eighteen years ago from his era, when Shizuki was still a Hakurei witch.

Like Adam, he appeared in Gensokyo with a night vision device as a mask on his head, and he stole Yuko's body from the westward demon, so that he would not be exposed as a dragon god in advance by Yuko, who had obtained the weapon of great sin in the future.

Then, he caused a mutation to block the barrier of Gensokyo, in order to break the purple, and finally, he came to Hakurei Shrine and met Shizu, who was a shrine maiden at the time.

"Ahh.......hh

Discolored syllables continued to emanate from Takeya's mouth, forming a series of meaningless moans, and he couldn't tell if it was a hallucination from being stimulated or a revivalous memory that had actually happened.

However, Purple is right, if no one can convince Jing to leave Gensokyo, then herself, who has the weapon of great sin, seems to have become the only possibility to convince her to leave Gensokyo.

But, but in this way......

"No one needs you, the so-called love, the so-called care, it's just a farce that you directed and acted out, Wu Ye, think about it carefully, those people you think love you, is their love for you real?"

The chain of horror shattered all of Takeya's mental defenses in an instant, and Purple's words were just speculation, but when all possibilities fell to that speculation, speculation would become reality.

When what he thought was true turned into falsehood, Takeya's entire personality was shattered, and his outline was distorted to the point of being unrecognizable.

It was he who manipulated Jing, so Jing would lend a helping hand to him who was helpless at that time and raise him like a child, all of which was a play directed and acted by him?

If this is the case, then what about the female aunt?

Could he have done the same to the female aunt himself? Otherwise, why would Aryo's aunt, who couldn't take care of her, take the initiative to take care of her nephew, whom she had never met?

Fake - all, all fake?

The instrument of the great sin of lust.

It was a prop that had the power to manipulate people's hearts, and he himself had already felt the power brought by that power, if everything was the same as Zi speculated, then, how many people did he manipulate?

Maybe it's more than stillness? Maybe every friend he had befriended had been manipulated by the instrument of mortal sin?

Every time Takeya remembered the name of a friend, there would be one more crack in his heart, Yakumo Zi opened a head, and then Takeya watched his heart gradually fall apart until it went to the abyss of collapse.

"Look, like we said, Takeya, you haven't been loved by anyone at all, and you haven't loved anyone at all!!"

Yakumo's face distorted at this moment, turning into a terrifying monster that wanted to devour Takeya completely.

That's not going to work.

Because—

"I have ......"

People who like it.

Warm, elegant, very important to herself, and even because of Yuko's agreement, she became the most important person, and her biggest hope was to hope that she could also be happy.

Freed from Yuko's grief, one day in the future when he solves the problem of the Hakurei shrine maiden, she may be able to really show that comfortable smile, just like once upon a time in the presence of Yuko, and then, the three of them go to the cherry blossoms together on a new spring day.

That's not just because of Yuko's request, from the beginning of being able to understand the kindness of others, Takeshi also has an extraordinary emotion for that gap youkai, and this emotion is even more dependent like a family member after Jing leaves.

No matter what kind of difficulties can be solved for herself, she always stands behind her, maybe out of sight, but that feeling of peace of mind will not go away.

If it was for her sake, even if he had to fight that tyrant, there was a time when Takeshi even had such a bold idea.

It is precisely because of this thought that he has been trying to endure the torn pain until now, patiently, patiently, desperately endure.

If all people have the possibility of being manipulated by the weapon of great sin, then Yakumo Murasaki, who has no soul, is the only object that cannot be toyed with.

Her love for herself is real.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that I have such dependence, such trust, and such emotions that cannot be expressed in words.

Pure love, love that cannot be denied, love that cannot be defiled.

It must not be forgiven, it must not be tolerated.

He—must not allow anyone to use clumsy excuses to deny his efforts, to deny his love.

For whom do you endure such a pain that is worse than death? Lie? Treachery? Slaughter? Hatred? That kind of thing doesn't matter at all.

If it can't be recognized, it might as well be killed, so it doesn't matter if it's a lie, what he has is real.

"Someone I like - I have it."

Takeya's body was like a puppet manipulated by a thread, wearing a blood-stained night vision device on his head, treating day as night, twisting his hair forward, and his insect-like disgusting fingers climbed up Yakumo's white neck, leaving a deepening red mark on it.

"I have, someone I like."

Takeya's hoarse throat sounded as if it had been severed, and he let out a painful trill, and at the same time, his hands worked harder.

In order to deny all her speeches, lest she utter such desperate statements again, in order to keep that mouth closed forever, it was necessary to tighten the throat that made the voice to death.

Takeya's arms and tendons burst out, and for the first time, he used his ferocity against the enemy on his own people, even so, the sarcastic smile on Yakumo's face did not disappear, even though it was extremely difficult to breathe, her mouth was closed, and it seemed that she was still trying to mock him.

That's not going to work.

She had to shut up, she had to put an end to everything, or else all efforts up to this day would be negated.

That's not going to work.

I can't allow this to happen, I don't want to be denied, I can't deny it.

Everyone else is good, only you...... Only you can't deny me!

"Woo......"

Up to now, apart from the instinctive madness of surrendering everything to the body, Wu can't think of any way to save himself, who is the person in front of him? Is it Melly, is it purple? Or someone else?

"Ahh......h

Takeya's consciousness was confused, he didn't understand what he was doing, and he didn't understand why he was doing it, but it seemed that he could be redeemed.

Ah, even if he is riddled with sin, he can be redeemed, what a wonderful thing, hope is in his hands, Wu did not let go, but aggravated.

The only remaining reason has died, the correct cognition has been shattered, and these ten fingers are the most important existence for him, and it is also the meaning of his existence, but he is like a bystander when he witnesses all this.

It's not my fault.

It's you who deny me, wrong.

Errors must be fixed.

So, I'm not wrong.

The time that a human body can hold on to under the ravages of monsters is usually described as short, and the tears in the corners of Takeya's eyes continue to drip down his cheeks, but the smile on the corner of his mouth is more and more satisfied.

"Woo-ah——!!"

The screams of grief gradually turned into a twisted madness, and Takeya could clearly feel that a fresh life was about to be taken away from his hands.

The bloodshot pupils finally reflected a strange monster, crazy and ugly, and the smell of sin disgusting.

The reversal of day and night was Takeya's means of deceiving himself, hiding behind that little mask, so that it seemed that he would be able to forget everything.

Until the light of the darkness was lit up again, and the familiar fist that swung at him knocked off his self-deceptive mask.

"Don't hurry up and stop, stupid, Zi is really going to be strangled to death if this continues."

The red-and-white shrine maiden costume was already old, and the stubbornness of putting a white coat on the outside seemed to show that she had never regretted the path she had chosen.

"Sister, my lord......"