June 27, 2002, the Far East, Nagano Prefecture.
A black-haired, black-eyed girl with a merely delicate appearance walked down the road. Her hair was tied into a ponytail, and she wore a JK uniform.
"Although Yae Sakura appeared in Changkong City after the Third Honkai Outbreak in the original story in 2014, I'm not Theresa, after all, so I still have to come to the Far East to look for clues..."
She was Enoshia. Leaving aside the fact that many people had seen her during the Second Honkai Outbreak, if Corrupted Elysia's appearance showed up on the streets of the Far East, it would probably cause unnecessary trouble. So she had reconstructed her body, changing her appearance into that of a girl from the Far East.
As for why she had chosen to become a girl, it was probably because after being female for more than two years, her heart had completely fallen into femininity. (Sorrow.)
Perhaps because she had not paid close enough attention to the plot, Enoshia had never understood this: five hundred years ago, Yae Village had been located in Shinano Province in the Far East, in what was now Nagano Prefecture. The place where Kallen later sealed the Herrscher of Corruption had definitely been there too, so why had Yae Sakura appeared in Changkong City in 2014?
Had the records from five hundred years ago been wrong, and had the actual sealing site been in Changkong City? With that thought in mind, she had investigated Changkong City for a long time, but had found nothing at all.
Then the Hana of Crimson Petals Arc had not been mistaken. The place where Higanbana was sealed really was here. The Third Honkai Outbreak in 2014 had affected too wide an area, breaking Kallen's seal and allowing Yae Sakura