The facts proved that the inhumane rituals of Himuro Mansion and the House of Sleep were indeed exceptionally skilled at inflicting pain. At dawn, before the sun had even risen above the horizon, the tortured shrine maiden Vengeful Spirit transferred all her pain and resentment to the woodcutter in the form of tattoos. His suffering, in turn, left Frostmourne utterly satisfied.
When Fang Zheng returned to the center of the lake, Frostmourne looked thoroughly full and content. If it were described in animation terms, Frostmourne would be sitting sprawled on the ground with a round little belly, happily picking its teeth, while comments like "How many months along is the baby?" and "Sorry, everyone, the child is mine" scrolled past beside it.
Afterward, Fang Zheng sent the Vengeful Spirits back to Yomi and closed the Gate of Yomi. Before long, the Night Spring, which had been saturated with wronged souls like black water, returned to its original clear and transparent state.
But it was not over yet.
After that, Shizuku personally went to see the local mayor and told him that Mount Hi-no-e's problems had been resolved and its tourism development project could resume. Although Shizuku had previously complained to Inspector Kendo that developing tourism at a suicide hotspot was basically a one-way trip with no return, now that Mount Hi-no-e's problems had been dealt with, she naturally wanted to solve the matter once and for all.
Although Shizuku had sealed the Gate of Yomi here, if things continued as before and people kept coming here to kill themselves at every turn, a second Gate of Yomi and Night Spring might emerge. Therefore, the best solution was still to develop it as a tourist destination and remove its status as a suicide hotspot. It had to be said that the