"We're done for. We're all going to die here."
"Waaah, I don't want to die! Someone, please save us!"
"It's all that little bastard's fault! If it weren't for him, so many people wouldn't have died. I'll kill him!"
"How? Can you even kill him? He's a demon. Nobody can kill him."
Just as everyone sank into utter despair, Yunni's forlorn figure came into view.
Soon, they vented all their anger and resentment on her.
"This is all your fault! Without you, that demon would never have been born!"
"Yunni, you have to answer for everything that little bastard has done! Even if we become vengeful ghosts, we won't let you off!"
"Burn her! Burn her!"
The furious crowd surrounded Yunni.
Yunni initially wanted to resist, but ultimately gave up. She let the neighbors she had once gotten along with so well tie her up.
They hoisted her onto a pile of artificial firewood, intending to use her to lure Little Shusuke out.
And they succeeded.
Little Shusuke staggered out of his home, which had already crumbled into powder, and looked around blankly for his mother.
When he found her, she had already been tied to a cross, with firewood piled beneath her feet. A crowd of fierce-looking townspeople surrounded her.
Little Shusuke didn't know what they were doing, but he was too frightened to approach.
Seeing that Little Shusuke hadn't come over, one townsman snarled, "You little bastard! You killed our families, so we'll burn your mother alive right in front of you!"
"Burn her! Burn her!"
"Burn her!"
Everyone shouted furiously together.
Little Shusuke was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.
Seeing how lonely and frightened Little Shusuke looked, Yunni bit her lower lip. Her voice trembled, but she deliberately lowered it, speaking in her