「 I used chairman Satake to kill my sister and her husband 」
Takakura Kiyomi confesses .
「 I controlled Satake’s mind and gave him the plan to kill the couple and take over the Takakura shrine 」
『 In short, the events that occurred are as you planned? 』
「 That is correct 」
Do the sisters hear this confession?
Their aunt was the one who killed their parents though the Yakuza .
She used her Takakura shrine maiden power .
I want to see the three .
However, I can’t even look up and away from the monitor .
「 H-Hey! Wait a second!!! 」
Then, Satake,
「 T-That’s a lie!!! I-I’m not under that woman’s control!!!! 」
He screams .
「 I did it for my own!!! I made that decision and did it!!! I KNOW THAT I DID IT FOR MYSELF!!! 」
「 I made it so that you won’t notice it . I’m sorry 」
Kiyomi-san bows her head to Satake .
『 And you used your power to Oodori-kun as well, haven’t you? 』
Jii-chan asks further .
「 Yes . My husband is a member of Yakuza, and since he has been in charge of monitoring the Takakura shrine for a long time, he’s acquainted with Oodori-sama . I used my husband to meet with both Oodori-sama and Satake-sama 」
「 Ugugugu!!! I don’t remember that . Ignoring the past encounters, I’ve never met you for the past few years! Kiyomi!!!! 」
Oodori’s also confused .
「 No, we just met a few days ago . It was the same day I ordered Satake-sama to kill my sister and her husband . Oodori-sama has forgotten about it because I sealed it off 」
Kiyomi-san said .
「 It was Oodori-sama who told me about Kouzuki-sama 」
Kiyomi-san heard about Jii-chan from Oodori?
「 You mentioned that only Kouzuki-sama has so much power that not even all of Kansai Yakuza joined together can fight him . And that’s why I decided to depend on Kouzuki-sama 」
Oh, I .
I noticed something we overlooked .
How did Tsukiko and the girls escape from the hijacked Takakura shrine safely?
And, why did they seek Jii-chan’s help?
The sisters couldn’t possibly know how to contact Jii-chan .
That means .
「 That is why I thank you for accepting my selfish request for this occasion 」
Takakura Kiyomi bows her head to Jii-chan .
『 I don’t mind . It was in my plans to reorganize the world of Yakuza either way eventually . Other than that, did you… 』
「 Yes . I erased the thought that “Kouzuki-sama is a fearsome man and you must never fight him” from their thoughts 」
『 Then, is it as you promised, you only took away their memories about me? 』
「 Yes, Kouzuki-sama . What’s left is to convince the two that they have to make the Takakura shrine and the sisters their own 」
And that’s why Oodori and Satake sent their men to Tokyo without fearing Kouzuki family .
Sending dozens of subordinates to chase after Tsukiko .
『 Forgetting your fear of me, you sent your men to Tokyo without hesitation . You ignored whatever the circumstances here . That’s how you were 』
Jii-chan tells Oodori and Satake .
『 Although, even if you were under her control, the decision for your death penalty can’t be overturned . You acted lacking in thoughtfulness, and so give it up 』
「 But, I! 」
「 I-I!!!! 」
The two seem to be dissatisfied with what Jii-chan said .
『 It can’t be helped . Kiyomi-kun, could you remind them of who I am? 』
「 Yes 」
Kiyomi-san first goes to Ooodir .
「 W-What?! 」
「 Oodori-sama, I’m very sorry 」
She approaches Oodori and touches his cheek with her finger .
At that moment .
「 Aaaaaaa!!!! 」
Oodori screams .
「 W-What have I done!!!!!!!!!!! 」
He collapses and trembles down .
Meanwhile, Kiyomi-san approaches Satake .
「 Satake-sama as well, I’m very sorry 」
She pokes Satake’s nose .
「 Uwawawawa . T-That’s right; you were that woman from last time!!!! 」
Satake also starts trembling .
「 Huh, Why?! Why did I start this reckless war?! There’s not a single chance of winning in this one!!!! 」
This is Kiyomi-san’s power .
『 I’d like to confirm it one last time, have you used your power on me two days ago when I was in Kyoto? 』
Jii-chan said .
I knew it .
It was Kiyomi-san who entrusted Tsukiko and the two to Jii-chan and Minaho-neesan .
「 No . I didn’t use my power on Kouzuki-sama . Nor I used it to read your mind 」
Kiyomi-san replied .
『 Do you think I would trust that? My close aides and I have been monitoring you since our conversation with you, no, since discovering about the power of the Takakura shrine maiden . And I’ve made strict orders to restrain me in case I move or speak out of my character 』
Jii-chan said .
「 Minaho’s the same . Therefore, we try not to make contact with you guys as much as possible for the past few days . And Katsuko-san, Nagisa-san and I have been monitoring Minaho as we didn’t come to Kyoto 」
Margo-san tells me .
『 Goodness, the thought that someone might be controlling your mind is bad for the heart . I don’t want this experience ever again 』
「 I’m very sorry 」
『 No, I still don’t trust you . How can you prove that you didn’t try to pry with our minds during our meeting in Kyoto? 』
Kiyomi-san;
「 Well, I have a reason why I can’t use my power on Kouzuki-sama 」
『 What is that reason? 』
「 I plan on committing suicide after this 」
Suicide?
「 However, my sister and her husband entrusted Tsukiko-san to me . I also have my daughter . I feel sorry for the children, but I would like to entrust them to Kouzuki-sama 」
『 Then, why can’t you give me that order? 』
Kiyomi-san shakes her head .
「 No, it’s unknown whether the shrine maiden’s order to someone using her power would persist even in death . My husband couldn’t find it out in his research 」
If the shrine maiden dies,
Then the order given to someone may disappear .
「 If after my death, Kouzuki-sama, you noticed that I controlled you, then you might mistreat my daughter and nieces . I’d like to avoid that development if possible 」
Kiyomi-san said .
『 Umu . I can understand that . However, because of the events you have caused, I indeed was able to start working on my long worry about reorganizing the Kansai Yakuza . However, the costs I had to pay for you all was enormous . In addition to that, you’re trying to push over your daughter and her cousins to me to look for after your death . Don’t you think this is unfair? Do you plan on dying without even paying off the costs to me yet? 』
Jii-chan asks . Kiyomi-san .
「 My death is my compensation 」
『 What do you mean? 』
「 If I die, then the only shrine maiden who has this fearsome power will be gone from this world . There won’t be anyone like me that will bother you again 」
Kiyomi-san speaks gently .
「 As I mentioned earlier, I didn’t teach Tsukiko-san, Yomiko-san, and Luna-san the correct training to become a shrine maiden . Therefore, they’ll never be able to carry the Miko power of the Takakura shrine . I taught them lies 」
No, that’s .
Kiyomi-san, she doesn’t know about Tsukiko’s growth from yesterday .
Tsukiko and the girls start to awaken their power .
「 My daughter stopped her training, and so she’ll never become a shrine maiden . And my husband who has deciphered the ancient documents in the Takakura shrine is no longer in this world 」
That’s right,
She mentioned that she killed her husband .
「 I have incinerated all of my husband’s handwritten data, and all of the ancient documents in the shrine during the past few days 」
Oh .
Oh, so the reason why Kiyomi-san replaced Tsukiko and entered the Takakura shrine,
She wants to dispose of all the documents remaining in the shrine .
「 And if I die, there won’t be anyone who can obtain the power of Takakura shrine maidens in this world . This fearsome power will be gone forever . Therefore, Kouzuki-sama! 」
Kiyomi-san appeals to Jii-chan .
「 Please take care of the girls after I take out my life 」
Jii-chan .
『 Is keeping them alive sufficient? 』
He asks in a calm voice .
『 I may turn your daughter to a prostitute 』
Kiyomi-san .
「 As long as they are alive, that is good enough 」
Are you sure?
「 I believe that the fate of becoming a prostitute is much better than becoming a shrine maiden 」
『 Do you find the idea of the Takakura shrine maiden that unbearable? 』
「 Yes . It’s hell to live as a shrine maiden 」
『 However, you’re not a shrine maiden, are you? It was your late sister who became the shrine maiden . 』
「 T-That’s because I read my sister’s heart 」
Kiyomi-san said .
「 The children must never inherit this . The shrine maidens have to end with me 」
『 Then, must you die no matter what? 』
Jii-chan said .
「 Yes . There’s no path left for me but death 」
I see Kiyomi-san’s eyes looking like it’s possessed by something .
『 I see, then bring “that” to her 』
Jii-chan orders and the guard wearing a helmet brings in a wagon .
The wagon has a wine bottle with no label and a glass .
『 Do you not mind the Socrates method? 』
「 Yes, I killed my husband with this method as well 」
The guard pours the wine to the glass .
『 Do you have any last will you want to say? 』
Jii-chan said . Kiyomi-san .
She looks up at Tsukiko and the girls in the VIP room .
「 Tsukiko-san, Yomiko-san, Luna-san . I’m sorry . I was a bad aunt . I apologize for your mother and father . Please forget about becoming a shrine maiden . Please get along with my Koyomi . Please . Also, please tell her . I love her . Mama loves her from the bottom of her heart 」
Then, Kiyomi-san takes the glass .
This is a poisoned drink .
Definitely .
Is that okay?
Just like that?
Am I just going to watch someone die here?
Is this really okay?
「 Yoshinobu-kun, there’s no other way 」
Margo-san tells me
Nei and Michi hug me from both sides .
「 We cannot do anything about this conclusion 」
I look at the monitor .
Kiyomi-san raises the poisoned wine glass .
「 Well then, excuse me, everyone . Farewell!!! 」
She drinks it all in one gulp .
Then .
「 Ugugugugu!!! 」
The beauty in Japanese clothes collapses on the floor, groaning .
「 This will end without her suffering as the poison acts immediately 」
Margo-san’s right .
Kiyomi-san turns quiet right away .
She looks like she’s at peace .
『 Autopsy 』
Shou-neechan orders .
The guards were wearing helmet checks Kiyomi-san’s pulse .
「 No pulse . Heart stopped beating . Breathing stopped . She’s dead 」
「 I’ve confirmed it as well 」
「 She’s dead, without a doubt 」
Each of the members conducted their investigations and reported .
『 Bring in the stretcher 』
Men carrying stretcher comes from the south side .
The guards bring in Kiyomi-san’s body to the stretcher .
Then, she’s covered with a white cloth .
『 Michi-chan, Edie? What do you think? 』
Shou-neechan asks Michi and Edie .
「 I can’t sense her Qi 」
「 She’s dead for sure 」
The two replied .
『 Thanks 』
Shou-neechan sighed .
Then .
「 Kakka, it’s all done 」
She tells Jii-chan .
『 Good work, everyone . Those watching in the monitors can look up now . She’s no longer letting out her strange power 』
「 It’s okay now, Yo-chan 」
Nei said .
I looked up from the small monitor and above .
Oh .
The shutter in Jii-chan’s VIP room is rising .
Jii-chan’s showing a relieved face .
Tsukiko and the two are crying .
The three of them are hugging each other .
『 That was an insentient yet effeminate woman 』
Jii-chan evaluates the late Kiyomi-san .
『 She’s looking to reverse from the conclusion to reason . And she desperately thinks that the real cause was the reason she made post-event 』
What does that mean?
『 We have doubted that she might’ve controlled her mind . Just like how she controlled Oodori-kun and Satake-kun . However 』
Jii-chan’s eyes look at Kiyomi-san on the stretcher .
『 In the end, she didn’t notice that she was also under someone’s control 』
Kiyomi-san?
You’re saying that someone was controlling Kiyomi-san?
But, if we look at the people who have the Yomi Miko power,
Apart from Kiyomi-san, it’s Tsukiko and the girls .
『 The Miko power’s effect continues even if the user dies . She was the proof of that 』
Does it persist after death?
Tsukiko and the girls are still alive .
I can see them crying right now .
Then that means .
『 Takakura Kiyomi was under control of the sister she had killed 』
It’s Tsukiko’s mother?
『 The late shrine maiden was having psychological problems and living as the shrine maiden has gnawed her heart . She wished to die together with her husband as soon as possible 』
Those were the thoughts of Tsukiko’s late mother, the former shrine maiden .
『 Takakura Kiyomi has received the wave of her sister’s dark emotions and has assimilated with it . Then, she has fulfilled the revenge against the Kansai Yakuza that was swirling in her sister’s heart 』
The thoughts of the elder sister took over .
『 Takakura Kiyomi thinks that she is a much stronger shrine maiden than her sister . She believed that her husband decoded the ancient documents, and that made her stronger . However 』
Jii-chan said .
『 There’s no proof that the younger sister was stronger . Shrine maidens are shrine maidens . Maybe, the elder sister became the shrine maiden because she had enough power in her 」
One can’t become a shrine maiden unless they have enough power .
Then, as they’re recognized as the shrine maiden, their power should grow .
『 In the first place, “power” isn’t something that can be assessed that easily . An F1 Racing car is powerful in terms of horsepower and speed . However, only one person can enter the race car . It can’t continue running for several days without failing . On the other hand, a commercial truck isn’t fast, but it can carry a lot . It also has the stamina to continue running for days without maintenance . The superiority of “power” changes according to the circumstances 』
Then that means .
『 Takakura Kiyomi believes that she carries stronger power than her sister when her sister starts breaking down from illness . She didn’t notice that her sister was controlling her because of that wrong impression 』
Jii-chan’s voice echoes .
『 The thought that her sister has become ill and pessimistic is what made it possible to control Takakura Kiyomi . The despair from becoming a Takakura shrine maiden, the idea of wanting to die together with her husband, all of her sister’s dark emotions have become hers 』
That’s right, Kiyomi-san’s last lines were,
Lines from someone who has become the Takakura shrine maiden .
Kiyomi-san wasn’t a shrine maiden, however .
『 Perhaps, her mentally ill sister only wanted her to fulfill the double suicide she wishes for . Or maybe, she wanted to entrust the revenge on the Yakuza who made her suffer and take care of her daughter to someone else . Takakura Yomiko moved according to the will of the ill shrine maiden . She used the Yakuza, killed her sister and the husband, involved the Takakura shrine, developed it into a dispute, and handed over the custody of the children to em . This was all her sister’s will 』
All Kiyomi-san did was follow it .
「 Wait! 」
I shouted .
「 If that’s the case, why does Kiyomi-san have to die?! There would be no reason for it if it were her sister who made her do all this?! 」
The hall quiets down .
『 That’s because there’s no way to rescind it 』
Huh?
『 The former shrine maiden who controlled Takakura Kiyomi is already dead . Who can release the Miko power binding her? There is nobody who has the same power as Takakura Kiyomi! 』
T-That’s .
『 Furthermore, Takakura Kiyomi is starting to get insane . Her late sister’s heart and her heart are heading to ruin . She’s rewriting her memory 』
Jii-chan .
『 Takakura Kiyomi’s daughter is already in our care in Kyoto . Despite her statement, it wasn’t her husband who trained the daughter but herself 』
Kiyomi-san trained her daughter?
『 When her sister’s mind took over, the dead shrine maiden feared for her daughter to train to become a shrine maiden, and so the unpleasant emotions has infected Kiyomi . Thus, her memory’s altered . Instead of her, it was the husband who trained their daughter 』
Her sister’s thoughts are taking over .
『 Other than that, we have obtained Takakura Kiyomi’s video, and everything was different from the woman who just died . The way she talked, she thinks, she stands . Takakura Kiyomi herself overlapped with the late shrine maiden, and she has created a different personality . Or so to speak, Kiyomi is in a status where she believes and acts as her sister thinks . However, the shrine maiden that has stimulated Kiyomi is ill . If left alone, it will get worse . Then, what do you think will happen if a woman who curses the world and feels despair holds so much power? It will become a trouble if left alone 』
Jii-chan said .
『 That’s why we pushed to her impulse to commit suicide and let her do it 』
Shou-neechan said .
『 We had this debate for hours . But, there’s no other option . Takakura Kiyomi is beyond saving 』
…I
『 I’m tired . Sakagami-kun, I’ll leave Oodori-kun to Satake-kun to you . Do what I said earlier . Yakuza who knows about the power of the Takakura shrine maiden can no longer exist . It’s no longer permitted . That is my word to the woman who just died 』
The witnessing bosses stand up .
「 Yes, Kakka . We will deal with Oodori and Satake ourselves . We will deal with them as they have violated the code in our world 」
『 In regards to the subordinates, only kill those who are talkative . And keep those who you are sure to keep the secret of the Takakura shrine maiden in this room alive 』
「 Ha! 」
Now that’s mentioned, everyone feels desperate for their lives .
They know that Kouzuki house and Kouzuki SS is much more frightening than the Yakuza .
『 Let’s talk about the reorganization of the Yakuza world later sometime . Also, as for the Takakura shrine, it will be an ordinary shrine from now on . I won’t allow the Yakuza to intervene from now on . It will soon be under Kouzuki house’s control, do you mind? 』
「 Not at all 」
Boss Sakagami promised .
『 Anyone who opposes that arrangement will be against Kouzuki house . That includes those who try to investigate the Takakura shrine maidens and the Miko power 』
Jii-chan said .
Then .
『 Yoshinobu, come over . Take care of the Takakura sisters . It’s impossible for me 』
Jii-chan calls me out .
「 Okay 」
I’m also worried about Tsukiko and the girls as they’re crying .
『 Sakagami, this is Yoshinobu . Remember him . He is Misuzu’s fiance, and he will be the one in charge of the Kouzuki house from behind the scenes 』
Jii-chan introduces me to the bosses .
『 Unlike me, he has the guts to sit in there . He watched over the case and breathed the same air as you without caring about the danger 』
Huh?
「 I see . That’s why he was there all the time 」
「 How courageous 」
「 As expected of Kakka, you’ve chosen a fine man 」
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