By seniority and birth order, Kannagi Shichiro had been adopted into Kannagi Hideya's branch from the moment he was born.
Because Kannagi Hideya had been chosen as the divine lord before his death, the other children called Kannagi Shichiro the spawn of an evil ghost and said he deserved to be the ghost in Bamboo Cage Eyes.
Children's malice was that simple. Someone did not need to have committed some heinous sin; any difference was enough to become an excuse for attack.
In their own eyes, it did not even count as Sin. Maybe they were just having fun, trying to fit in, or supposedly "joking around." Even the most inappropriate behavior could be justified as childish mischief.
Back then, all the children were trapped in Rabbit God Town, living the same monotonous life from morning to night. Aside from retelling stories of the Rabbit God, Bamboo Cage Eyes—a game that required no outside objects—was their favorite pastime.
As a child, Kannagi Shichiro had likewise regarded Bamboo Cage Eyes as his entire world. Because he possessed so little, he treasured the few things he had all the more. Being the ghost forever in Bamboo Cage Eyes was unbearable suffering to him.
Yet after he was chosen as the divine lord, he finally received unprecedented attention and importance. All the children who had isolated and rejected him were forced to obey his commands, allowing him to carry out his childish revenge.
The Bamboo Cage Eyes played by the children of Rabbit God Town was not merely a game. The child chosen as the "ghost" would be hated by all the other children for the entire following day.
Curses, beatings, bullying... these were the most vivid colors in Kannagi Shichiro's memories, and he returned every fragment of them to those who had