Besides the monster Mama Bear had just blasted apart, over a dozen similar-looking monsters were emerging from the water.
"No... wh-why?!"
Yukina's body trembled as she clutched her head in both hands.
Her legs felt weak.
Why?
Why were these monsters still here?
Even if she chose death, could she still not escape this nightmare?
"Weren't there any of these things underwater just now?"
Takasugi Shinsaku turned back, somewhat puzzled, and asked Hoshiguma Yuna.
But Hoshiguma Yuna did not answer. She merely held her head, seemingly plunged into immense pain.
Mama Bear gritted her teeth as she watched Yukina's condition.
Those memories were undoubtedly unbearable for them to revisit. They had been killed and thrown into the bottom of the lake. Because of the Leyline and their resentment, they had turned into yokai. For revenge, they had dragged the entirety of Black River Lower Village into the lake, leaving not a single survivor.
But they were not innocent. On the contrary, their sins were unquestionably monstrous.
After completing her revenge, Hoshiguma Yuna had not stopped. Instead, she had fallen into utter madness.
Not a single person passing through Black River Lower Village survived, except for Sakumura Anno, who had ended that endless hell.
Hoshiguma Yuna had believed that her death would allow her to escape Black River Mountain.
But when the monsters that had died because of her appeared before her once more, she realized—
Her hands would forever be stained with blood.
Once you committed a sin, you would be damned for eternity.
"Wake up!"
An anxious call rose from the depths of her heart, and Black Yukina froze for a moment.
Buzz—
White magical power enveloped her. Black Yukina's personality withdrew, her body shrank, and White Yukina reappeared on the shore of Lake Kurokawa.
Sakumura and Takasugi exchanged