"What is he doing?"
Ukanomitama was looking out from atop the Yin-Yang Tower when Yuto moved up beside her.
"What a nasty sense of humor—and a waste of energy. There's nothing worth watching anyway. The outcome will be the same in the end."
"You humans really are interesting." Ukanomitama said this out of nowhere, then calmly walked inside. "Call me when the time is about right."
Suddenly, Ukanomitama turned back and asked Yuto with a smile, "Are you really on our side?"
"What else would I be?" Yuto grinned carelessly. "What, Big Sis Yuhun? You don't trust me?"
"No!" Ukanomitama answered seriously. "I've never doubted you. Two people copied from the same mold standing on opposing sides—that is one of the interesting things about humans. I used to think humans and yokai differed only in appearance and strength, while at their core, they were still creatures driven by their most primitive instincts.
But—as time passed, I discovered that humans and yokai were actually very different. Though they feared death terribly, they would sacrifice themselves to save others. Though they were pitifully weak, they could become unimaginably brave when protecting their descendants. Whispering to one another."
"Because that's just the kind of people we are. Nothing more."
Hayato transformed the streets and places where he had lived and worked in his previous life. After walking for a while, though, he found it all dull.
Because,
there wasn't a single person around.
The most essential part of life was people.
Who you played games with,
who you ate with,
who you chatted with,
who you slept with—those were the important parts of life, weren't they?
With another wave of his hand, the familiar yet unfamiliar scenery vanished, reverting to its original state.
A woman appeared before Hayato.
She wore a gray