On the riverbank of Sai no Kawara, Xiaoxue watched helplessly as her father stepped through the gates of Yomi. Unable to stop him, she looked utterly dejected.
It was true that she had used Karasuki to return to the past, but unlike her minor skirmishes with Urashiki, what she intended to do touched upon the core interests of the Netherworld. Therefore, she could not directly interfere with Yu!
If possible... she would rather knock her own father unconscious than let him step through that door again!
That was the beginning of misfortune. At least, judging from the outcome fed back from the future, that was indeed the case!
"Hee hee..."
An eerie laugh rang out as a figure in a small purple kimono floated in the mist behind Xiaoxue.
That was... Tongtong.
In the future, after Yu was subjected to the death penalty, it was Tongtong who went to Double-Moon Space to tell Xiaoxue the terrible news. She was also the one who gave Xiaoxue Karasuki, the treasured artifact seized during the battle against Urashiki.
It could be said that she was the one who had single-handedly set Xiaoxue on the path of traveling through time and returning to this era!
Xiaoxue coldly demanded, "You helped me come back, so why didn't you let me stop Father?"
Tongtong said, "His becoming a Soul Reaper is an inevitable fate. Even if he doesn't step through that door now, he'll enter the Netherworld through some other means in the future. I just didn't want you to waste your efforts..."
Xiaoxue gritted her teeth. "So it really was all guided by you! You're the root of all evil, the culprits who destroyed our happiness! Give my father back!!"
Tongtong said in a childish voice, "Don't say that. I couldn't bear to see him