Hashimoto Maya: "..." As expected of her. Though she couldn't stir things up as seamlessly as Uzo, her skill at fanning the flames was no less impressive.
Just as the two sides were on the verge of clashing, a young woman carrying a cat walked over.
Tatsumi Moe looked at the guests, then at Tatsumi Ryunosuke, and quickly understood what was going on. She stroked the black cat in her arms. "I'm terribly sorry. My big brother has always lacked manners. Please be patient with him."
Hashimoto Maya: "..." Were you really here to mediate, not add fuel to the fire?
Jiang Xia looked over the Tatsumi Family members and professionally remembered the matter at hand. He looked at Mrs. Tatsumi and the Doctor who had been attacked with her. "What exactly happened with that Cursed Samurai just now?"
Mrs. Tatsumi trembled at the mention of it. "We were seeing the Doctor just now when we suddenly felt that the lighting was wrong. We looked up and saw someone standing outside the Shoji. He suddenly swung his Knife and cut a gash in the paper door, and then... then you all arrived."
Dr. Fuyuki, the only Doctor in the entire village, nodded repeatedly with a deathly pale face. He had clearly seen that horrifying scene as well.
Just then, an aged voice drifted eerily in from the courtyard. "That was Lord Kaneharu. It must have been him—he has come back to life to take revenge."
Mouri Ran's voice twisted. "...So there really is a Ghost?"
Jiang Xia followed the sound and spotted a tiny, skinny old woman in the courtyard. She was the one who had spoken. He asked, "And you are?"
"Mom!" Before the old woman could speak, Dr. Fuyuki came to his senses first.
He hurried to his