The head of the family had run away from home!
When the news reached the many senior members of the Snake Qi Eight Families, everyone was actually fairly calm.
This was not Erii's first time running away. Every now and then, she would be struck by the urge: the world was so big, and she wanted to see it.
The first time she left, the Snake Qi Eight Families had been terrified, afraid that half an hour later they would receive word that half of Tokyo had been "Judged."
But when the Snake Qi Eight Families found her, they discovered that the Uesugi family head had not gone far.
She was merely standing at the intersection closest to Genji Heavy Industries, silently shedding tears as she watched the endless stream of people.
It was not because anyone had bullied the Uesugi family head. She simply did not know where to go, nor did she know where she could go.
The world outside was far too unfamiliar.
Because of her unstable bloodline and certain people with ulterior motives, Erii had faced white ceilings and the stinging smell of disinfectant ever since childhood.
All kinds of needles, IV drips, blood draws, instrument examinations, treatments, and experiments.
Before her first escape from home, she had never left that place called a hospital ward, which was in truth a cage.
The Uesugi family head's understanding of the world was limited to anime. She did not know what the real world looked like.
In her worldview, the world beyond the ward had Ultraman and little monsters, Gundams, princesses, magical girls...
Therefore, when Erii truly faced this world, she became helpless, bewildered, and frightened enough to cry.
She felt one thing deeply: this world did not like her.
After that, the Uesugi family head's older brother,