Mushi:Vol5 Epilogue 06

EPILOGUE 06: The Hunter

Epilogue 06 – The Hunter

Omitted ---

Sterilization Disinfection is the Digestive Organ. Unpleasant Counter-Current is the Excretory Organ. Melodia NoiseTear Song is the Sensory Organ. PoisonCatastrophe is the Communication Organ. Ultimate ShieldThe Weakest is the Flesh and Bones. God Mushi Emperor is the Blood and Lymph. Single Room is the Brain and Spine. Those seven major elements of legends – corresponded with the body parts of us humans, and their corresponding functions also respected the part of the body they echoed. Unpleasant Counter-Current, the Reproductive and Excretory Organ, came from the legend of Sodom and Gomorrah. God gave severe scrutiny to those who deserved to keep living, and established the correct reproductive behaviors. The chances of male sperm surviving in the female uterus was a hundred million to one, and the number of people who successfully escaped from Sodom and Gomorrah was also only three. The declaration of Mary’s Immaculate Conception, and the records of Abraham’s wife giving birth when she was far past childbearing age, were both powerful evidence of the activities of the Biblical angel who shouldered the duty of Unpleasant Counter-Current.

That was how legends recorded the changes and metamorphoses of the human body. After all, the concept of a ‘legend’ was merely how one turned the stories of making human lives into meaningful tales.

Then, the person taking on the role of God according to the legends that correspond to our lives, is ‘me’.

This ‘me’ is not the Digestive Organ, nor the Execratory Organ, nor the Brain. ‘I’ am the body that encompasses all the seven split entities of God, the sense of self that resided in its center, at the very heart of its ‘thoughts’. It’s not entirely appropriate to call that the soul, but at the end, we are simply ‘selves’ who move because of the collection of all parts of our physical flesh. ‘I’ am not Sterilization Disinfection, nor am ‘I’ Unpleasant Counter-Current. Compared to these boring concepts of roles, ‘I’ simultaneously hold the powers of Sterilization Disinfection and Unpleasant Counter-Current. Meanwhile, ‘I’ am also broken into seven different fragments, a legend that is collected together – the ‘me’ who was formed by the lives we lived. The seven Greater Fragments continuously functioned according to their own roles, and that is the aim of ‘my’ continued proper existence, the purpose of ‘God’.

That is the only purpose of ‘my’ existence as ‘God’. Both the body and flesh are involved with each other to fulfill that. If there are any differences, then ‘I’ am only an individual in the end. In comparison, ‘God’ is the collective entity of all of ‘me’, or the existence which collected and averaged everything.

Therefore, there are certainly some differences between ‘me’ and ‘God’. ‘God’ is only an ordinary existence who is vague and non-substantial. There are always exceptions, indeed. Humans born through a Caesarian section are not born through the ‘legend of the flood’ I mentioned before, and they are therefore unrelated to the cause and effects between birth and the flood, and are not fitting for my argument.

Those are the exceptions. Everyone has their multitude of differences, but even so, I am proposing this –

- This unified structure between God and me.

No one has dared to imagine themselves as the absolute existence – that is, the one who resides high above, the omnipotent and omniscient God. That is a delusion, an existence that we cannot achieve except through delusions. The complete God is a delusion. All the miracles in this world are incidents. All the legends are but stories. And I am God. We became Gods because we have understand this.

If you feel pessimistic about this world, then consider how you are as a person before you pray to God. The world will change according to the self’s subjective feelings. If you are going through a lucky period of time, then the entire world will feel lucky. If you think the world turns with you at its center, then the world really will do that with regard to you, and you will become God. You can become the center of the world, become the hero of the legend. The moment that God, which only exists within your concept of self, descends unto you, is the moment when you feel that the entire world is under your control. That’s what you should feel.

Awaken, O all ye Gods who remain in slumber!

Understand this unified structure between God and Me, and slay that empty God who resides inside our delusions!

The Unified Structure between God and Me – by Akutagawa Shirayuki, Class 1-D of the Municipal Kanayagi High School

Back in the days she always felt that even though the word ‘Dragon’ was in her name, it still had an inferior presence to the ‘Dragon’ in her older brother’s name.

Now she thought about it, it was really silly.

Names had nothing to do with anything. It didn't matter if she couldn't become God, either.

If she was a dragon, then she could just live happily as a dragon.

"Mitaka. Mitaka? If you don't get up soon, you're gonna be late for school.

Kuroki Tatsue left her own mansion and wandered into the corridors of the houses occupied by the servants, and knocked gently on the door with the name' Takamikado Mitaka' written on the plate hanging over it. However, she received no reply. She tilted her head, her expression obviously saying 'Mitaka, you bastard, you dare to make me wait for you?". She puffed up her cheeks in anger, as if she was just a little child.

Tatsue was dressed completely in black. Her long dress and her hair decorations were both completely black, and her hair and eyes were also sparkling with an ebony sheen. Although this outfit looked rather like a mourning dress, she managed to make it carry a feeling of nobility. However, since she wore this kind of clothing on a daily basis, it might be that Tatsue only wore this because of her own twisted sense of fashion, and not because she wanted to appear regal.

No matter what, Takamikado Mitaka was raised to be the servant of Tatsue, who was the only child of the extravagantly rich Kuroki family. They went to the same school, and despite their differences in age, they always went to school together.

It was Mitaka who usually visited Tatsue and picked her up to go to school in the morning. However, Tatsue waited for a long time today and he never showed up. She was concerned that maybe he left her and went to school on his own and ran over to his room, feeling very worried.

He was an existence who seemed he would disappear if she didn't hug him tightly in her arms. He lived in the gap between the ordinary and the extraordinary, and was a very strange boy. Tatsue was no longer surprised to see supernatural events happening around him.

"Mitaka? I'm coming in."

She opened the door, and the room was very dark. This room used to be very messy, with his possessions scattered everywhere. Now, after Mitaka made a thorough cleanup, it was no longer as repulsive as before.

This room was much smaller than Tatsue's bedroom. There was a bundle of sheets on the bed in the corner of the room, as if Mitaka was still sleeping. That was rare for him, who was slightly obsessed with routine and meticulousness. Tatsue sighed as she thought of this, and walked up to the bed.

She sat on the bed with a creaking sound, and said loudly as if she was pulling a prank or singing:

"How long do you plan to sleep, Mitaka? My darling sleepy little snake, if you don't wake up soon, an upset dragon might just bite off your head!"

Even so, she did not get a response. Tatsue had no other choice but to lift up the blanket. Mitaka was sleeping in the fetal position, completely oblivious to Tatsue going crazy beside him, and was breathing evenly and softly in his sleep. Having run out of all other options, Tatsue took out her fan and started to fan him.

"Seriously, Mitaka, you're making me wait for you. Who do you think you are? You're even sleeping so deeply..."

As she said this, Tatsue inspected Mitaka's sleeping face intently. It had been a long time since she saw him without his glasses. He usually looked so cold and stern, but now that he was asleep his face was very innocent, and surprisingly cute.

She felt a ticklish urge in her.

"..."

Tatsue's heart started to beat rapidly. She slowly climbed on top of him, and put her face close to Mitaka's. Tatsue lowered her body until she was close enough to almost feel his breath, and she held that pose, waiting in silence.

"Mitaka..."

She caressed his hair and whispered. "I'm really... going to bite off your head."

“Oh, I’m really surprised that Tatsue has a cannibalism hobby.”

Mitaka suddenly opened his golden eyes and spoke as he looked at Tatsue. Tatsue immediately blushed all over and fell backwards.

“Mi – Mitaka! Get up if you’re already awake! You’re such a pervert!”

“Ah, Tatsue, can you please not yell so loud. My head hurts…”

Mitaka moaned and furrowed his brows as if he was really in pain. Tatsue immediately took back her irrational attitude and placed her hand on his forehead.

“Does your head hurt? Is it really serious, Mitaka? You don’t have to go to school if you’re not feeling well.”

“No –“

Mitaka shook her head. Although his expression still looked painful, he stood up and smiled in order to make Tatsue feel better.

“It’s not so serious that I can’t go to school. What should I say – it’s probably because I had a strange dream. I am more affected by dreams than normal people… but a headache from dreams usually doesn’t last a long time. Don’t worry.”

“Really? Is it really ok?”

Even so, Tatsue didn’t look relieved. Mitaka just casually replied affirmatively and took off his pajamas. Tatsue’s entire face blushed crimson as she watched Mitaka take off his clothes and exposed his naked white body.

“Mi – Mitaka?! Why are you taking your clothes off?!”

“Hmm? Aren’t we going to school? I need to change for that.”

“Even if you want to change, why are you doing that in front of a girl… seriously, I’m such an idiot. Why am I even worried about you?! Mitaka has always been an idiot!”

Tatsue suddenly ran away in a rage. Meanwhile, with a voice that would surely enrage Tatsue even more, Mitaka mumbled blankly:

“… Am I an idiot?”

They realized something was wrong by the time they reached the shopping street.

They got out of the subway station after getting on the subway from Tatsue’s house, and then rented a bicycle from the shop next to the station. Of course, it was Mitaka who was riding the bike. Tatsue sat side-saddle on the rack behind the bike seat. She said that she was wearing a skirt and that it would be very inconvenient and awkward to ride a bike. Mitaka was also her servant. He shouldn’t complain about serving his master like this.

Mitaka just agreed and nodded. Tatsue was simply afraid of falling off, and hugged his waist tightly.

“It’s so weird.”

Mitaka muttered lowly, puzzled. Tatsue was a bit confused and looked at Mitaka, then she tilted her head and took into account her surroundings.

“What’s wrong? Uh, what’s so strange?”

“Why isn’t anyone here?”

It was indeed very weird. It was almost unlike the bustling and busy shopping street they used to know. Tatsue didn’t notice it before, but there were nobody on the streets at all –

It was as if the entire town was still asleep, or rather, silent as death. All the shops along the road had their steel rollers down. Those shopkeepers who usually hollered to their customers loudly, those office workers who commuted around the subway station, and the school students who were heading to school just like Tatsue… no one was here at all. There were no sounds, and all was quiet.

Tatsue furrowed her brows and felt very weird. She lifted up her head and looked at this empty world.

“Really… What is going on?”

No one was here. Mitaka suddenly scanned their surroundings, as sharp as a snake. His expression was very alarmed. Tatsue also jumped down from the bicycle after he stopped it. The morning air was very cold, and the bitumen road she stood on was frozen solid.

She couldn’t help but put her hand into Mitaka’s to seek some warmth. His elongated and elegant eyes, hiding behind his glasses, were shining with a very stern light. He said softly:

“Careful, Tatsue. I feel there’s something wrong.”

“Something wrong? Do you feel monsters are coming?”

Tatsue instinctively took out the black fan she used as her weapon, and prepared herself for a fight.

Contrary to his appearances, Mitaka was more than just an ordinary human. He was the descendent of a mythological clan of snakes. Compared to normal humans, his ability to sense monsters was far sharper.

Monsters were repulsive creatures that only existed to eat humans. They were mankind’s arch-nemesis. Even their exterior appearances were nightmarishly disgusting, and just one look at them would cause an evil chill to rise up in one’s mind. Even though Tatsue wasn’t an ordinary human either, she still didn’t want to meet those creatures.

“What’s going on?”

Mitaka looked very stern.

“These aren’t powerful monsters, but there are so many of them. How should I put them… it’s like the entire world is full of them – “

Mitaka paused, then continued in a low voice, his throat dry.

“Anyways, now isn’t the time for us to leisurely go to school anymore. Something extraordinary must have happened. I need to talk to Mitsuki and Mina about this strange situation.”

“… I understand. Let’s go to Mitsuki’s apartment then. I can figure out what’s going on by manipulating the air, but that would really exhaust my Apple’s power supply.”

Tatsue gave him a sign of assent as she said this, putting all her trust in him.

Mitaka never joked, and Tatsue always believed wholeheartedly in his intuitions. Something had definitely happened in this town. Moreover, compared to powerful monsters and to those non-humans with Greater Fragments, Tatsue and Mitaka weren’t much different from normal humans and couldn’t do anything. They could only seek help from powerful allies such as Mina and Mitsuki.

They quickly decided on their next move and got on the bike again, but Tatsue still felt an anxious sense of unease in her chest.

The sky was completely overcast and the morning blue sky was nowhere to be seen. Her mood also felt down. It was as if they were in the last act of a play, when the story had already ended and the curtains came down. It was a dead and gloomy sky.

Tatsue hugged Mitaka tightly from behind as she thought this.

“Hehehehe…”

A laugh could suddenly be heard.

Where - ?

There was no need to scan their surroundings anymore. When they realized it, someone was already sitting in front of Mitaka and Tatsue.

It was a girl who wore the Kannonsakazaki High School uniform and had a plain face. She had smooth and short black hair, and a dangerous light shone in her elongated and beautiful eyes.

This unknown girl was just sitting in the middle of the road as she giggled. Her legs were casually spread apart, and she was not looking at their direction.

Her face was full of a happy expression as she looked at the empty, death-like town.

"Tatsue."

Mitaka's voice was very nervous. Tatsue couldn't help but feel a chill heading down her back.

"Run away. This girl isn't human."

As if she heard Mitaka's whisper, the girl slowly stood up and put her hands behind her, then lazily looked towards them as if she didn't feel like doing anything. Her face was full of smiles, as if she was wearing a mask, and it make Tatsue feel an unprecedented anxiety.

"... Ha."

As if she was talking to herself, she mumbled with a gloomy and almost inaudible voice:

"Natsuko-san, I seem to feel the aura of a Greater Fragment, but it was a sickly little kid and one of our kin. I'm actually a bit disappointed."

"Oho, don't get too angry, Ame-chan."

There was a reply coming from behind them. They turned around, and saw that they were in front of the cafe that Tatsue and others often visited, that place famous for its chocolate sundaes - Indian Bar. The door was open, and a doll-like woman appeared.

That person - Tatsue remembered she was that cafe's owner. She didn't remember her name anymore. She was wearing inconspicuous clothing and an apron, looking very plain. She looked like there was a plastered fake smile on her face, just like that girl whom she called Ame-chan.

"Our duty is to kill any existence who dares to approach Kannonsakazaki High School, be it human or monster. If we don't kill them just because you like them -"

"I understand. It would be more fun to do that. I've lived in the shadows till now. It is about time for the final battle. I can finally play to my heart's content, right?"

The woman and girl talked to each other with strange smiles on their faces, and completely ignored Tatsue and Mitaka who stood between them. Tatsue and Mitaka's escape paths were completely blocked off too. These two women looked completely inconspicuous, and they physically appeared very weak even though they were adults. Judging purely by appearances, Tatsue and Mitaka would definitely suffer if they fight with these two immortals.

What should they do? How would they be able to run away?

It was impossible to fight. They would undoubtedly be killed. It was not that easy to fight monsters and those immortals. Tatsue already felt this strongly when she got involved with the Eternity Institute. They would be killed instantly if they even relaxed for a little bit. Even if they put their entire minds into it, they would still be killed eventually as they ran out of energy. It was impossible to win. Humans could not win against monsters.

Even so, she didn't want to die so easily.

Tatsue opened her fan and made a fighting pose as usual.

Ame-chan noticed this. As if she was very excited, she stretched her hands out forward.

"Aha. A little bunny being hunted upon actually dares to threaten the hunter. Can I kill her, Natsuko-san?"

"You won't even leave any meat behind if I let you do it. No. I am... rather hungry."

The joints of the woman named Natsuko started to bend with a cracking sound. Then, as if the flesh all over her body were boiling underneath her skin, they all swelled up incredulously, and she became an alien monster in the blink of an eye. The clothes and shoes she wore also tore apart and scattered all around her. Tatsue and Mitaka stood there gaping in surprise.

Natusko's body, with black bands across her torso, started to harden and develop a carapace as if she was an insect. Her segmented limbs also started to stiffen with the movement of her muscles and ligaments. As if she was a samurai who put on his armor, her entire body swelled up to be as big as the store next to her. Having completed her metamorphosis, she gave out a strong oppressive feeling, making the ground and the air around her shake as if in fear.

Three feelers grow out of her forehead. It was a monster with a dark red light sparkling in her eyes...

"I am the King of Summer! I am the King of Insects! I am the Beetle, Minazuki Natsuko - I am a warrior of the metamorphosis kind, and my power will crush you all! Despair! Scream! Hurry and make it more entertaining! Here is where you will die! Food should make dying cries befitting of food! Let the predators feel the joy!"

Suddenly, a black hole appeared in Ame's hand, who was standing beside Natsuko and has been making a ruckus all this time. A pale green liquid squirted powerfully out of her hand. The liquid came out fast as a bullet and landed on the wall of the bookshop next to Tatsue, and instantly melted the material.

"Hehehehe."

The high school girl who squirted corrosive liquid from her hand looked very happy as she gazed at Mitaka and Tatsue, who were both pallid with terror. The girl started slowly:

"Well, I am an honor student in the special abilities department. Please call me darling Nagumo Ame-chan, the Poison Demon. My favorite ability is Sulfuric Rain. I will dissolve you until even your bones are gone!"

"I won't allow you to dissolve them."

The earth reverberated as Natsuko, in her hideous monster form, stepped forward. Her voice was the only thing that still remained the same.

"I am still very hungry!"

It was different from the confusion of being surrounded by predators. They were being met with a pincer attack by two monsters. The street was full of shops to their left and right, and Mitaka and Tatsue didn't have the ability to jump over these buildings. They could not escape. They could only do their best at defeating either Natsuko or Ame and run away.

"Tatsue, just forget about fighting them! It's a stupid idea!"

Mitaka said this in a low voice, but Tatsue pouted.

"But I don't think they will be so kind as to just let us run away!"

Heavy thuds came from behind them. Natsuko's giant torso was walking slowly towards them, approaching them casually and at ease. If this went on, then they have no choice but to face death. She was walking up to them slowly. She would stomp them into mincemeat. Tatsue and Mitaka didn't have the power to attack the monster, nor did they have a plan to defeat it.

Yes, this wasn't a fight, but a one-way hunt.

Their opponent had overwhelming advantages, and entertained herself by tormenting her puny and powerless prey. If Natsuko so much as changed her mind and decided to end this game early, then Tatsue and Mitaka would instantly die.

Even their courage to resist the monster was beginning to wither away as they looked at that incredulous giant, more monstrous than a monster. It was more perilous for them than a game between a cat and a mouse. How could they possibly fight back against a carnivorous monster as big as a building?

And then that person called Ame… She had rather strange abilities. Although she looked like an ordinary girl, they still would not be able to win against her.

“Hey hey.”

Someone patted Tatsue’s shoulder. Huh? Tatsue wasn’t expecting that at all.

She turned her head, and Ame was standing there giggling, as if she was in control of everything. She was definitely still standing in front of Tatsue just a minute ago. Did she have teleportation powers too?

“Woah!”

Out of reflex, Tatsue fluttered her fan and instantly disrupted the air in front of her, creating a small tornado. She named this ability after the katana passed down the Kuroki family as an heirloom – Dragon’s Breath. The tornado, or rather the storm that she created, instantly blew away her opponent. It wasn’t very destructive or lethal, but it was also very hard to dodge as it was invisible.

“Hehehehe.”

However, Ame easily dodged the attack from the storm. As if she only left a mirage as unchanging as the smile plastered on her face, Ame already returned to her previous position when Tatsue realized what was going on – she was facing them again.

“Ahahaha, so dangerous. Oho, you actually have rather interesting abilities!”

As if talking to herself, Ame stated those obvious facts without much thought.

“Sulfuric Rain vs Terrifying Storm? What’s this? I’m pretty sure some legends have a tale like this too. Oh? Something like the North Wind and the Sun? Then, then, let us create a new legend together!”

This person was a predator too. Tatsue understood this. She was a much more lively and flirtatious girl than Natsuko, who approached them from behind. However, Ame was not in any way less dangerous than Natsuko. She might even be more dangerous than the other woman.

A chilling spasm rose up along Tatsue’s back. She wasn’t someone who liked violence. She was just a simple girl who hated pain, hated seeing blood, and cared a lot about whether she was hurting other people. Tatsue didn’t like to fight monsters either. She was someone who only dared to imagine pain on herself or others, but never wanted to experience it.

“Tatsue.”

The person standing next to her said in a low voice. He was her childhood friend, and the person she loved the most – Mitaka. He was not human, and he still managed to keep a clear head in this situation and kept thinking calmly. He could even still let Tatsue feel his emotions towards her in his words.

“I don’t know what she is. I don’t know what is happening in this town and what’s that got to do with the school. I don’t want to know either. I don’t care about the fate of the world or a conspiracy on a cosmic scale – we aren’t powerful people who are related to those things. I’ve had enough of villains or warriors of justice, and I don’t want anything to do with them anymore.”

Tatsue could see her own terrified face reflected in his unique golden irises.

“And we’re not going to die either, right?”

Yes, they can’t die. How could they die? Tatsue’s existence had already collapsed once, and her body was no longer mortal. But there was a girl once upon a time, someone who still wanted to survive even if her hands were diced into innumerable pieces. And there was a bloodstained boy who once stood in front of Tatsue, who spread his arms to protect her life.

Her life, which she managed to extend till this day because of how hard she fought for it, was not going to be over!

Tatsue has a responsibility to keep living with her dignity intact.

“Tatsue. We’re going to fight now. Come here.”

She heard his words. Tatsue now had the resolve to keep living. Just like when they were back down in that disgusting Institute, those who will survive this would are the ones with the strongest resolve.

Tatsue clutched her fan tightly and nodded resolutely.

“What are you doing? You’re all whispering to each other?!”

A boiling liquid erupted out of Ame’s hand. The strong acid landed squarely at the electricity pole next to Tatsue and instantly melt it through. The pole collapsed together with the wires it ripped down. The electricity from them burst into countless sparks and fell towards Natsuko.

“Hold on, Ame-chan. I’m still here too… careful!”

Even though she said this, Natsuko still sounded rather calm. She moved her forelimbs a little and instantly smashed the wires and the pole. She did feel a little sizzle from the electricity, but there was no pain whatsoever.

Meanwhile, Ame didn’t seem concerned at all, and laughed loudly while waving her hands around.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’ve never been good with working with others! Is that called ‘teamwork’ or something? Or is it ‘co-operation’? It doesn’t matter. I’m just not used to it.”

She said all that in a voice dripping with distain.

“But Natsuko-san… those two are completely ignoring me. They are just whispering to each other all the time. Urk, I’m really upset. Ame is really angry. I was like this before as well. Doesn’t matter if it was at school or at home, everyone, everyone… why is everyone ignoring me?! You are the ones who are rubbish! You are the idiots! Do you want to kick me out of your company? I am greater than all of you. You just need to praise me more and more.”

Ame became excited from her own words and her cheeks swelled crimson. She kept waving her limbs around and spurted sulfuric acid everywhere wantonly, dissolving everything around her.

“Ahaha! But I am not a melancholic girl who will just sit quietly in the corner of the classroom when you ignore me! I will completely crush this ugly world with the power of the Devil, and remake it into a world more impartial for me! The Last Judgment will be marvelous! I have finally been chosen by this fair world!”

She was saying something abnormal and incomprehensible. Tatsue and Mitaka didn’t know how to respond, either. The Last Judgment? A more impartial world? What did all that mean? They couldn’t understand that, but they could guess that Ame was originally an ordinary human who was very unhappy with how the world was run.

Then someone bestowed power upon her and poisoned her mind with certain ideas.

Perhaps that person – was their true enemy all along.

Ame stretched out her hand. Perhaps because she rarely smiled when she was still a human, she was not very good at the act… The smile on her face looked very grotesque.

“I am someone chosen by God!”

As she said this, a torrent of sulfuric acid poured towards Mitaka and Tatsue. Tatsue detected rage and an even deeper sorrow in Ame’s tone, and Tatsue chose to dodge her attack – by moving forward.

The turgid liquid approached her as if it could burn through even the air itself. Tatsue twirled and turned the pitch black fan she held in her hands. Ame's words touched her more and more. Those were the words Tatsue used to speak. She wanted to be chosen by someone. She wanted to consider herself as unique, as deserving of praise. She worked so hard just for that. But...

There were no meanings behind that.

"Even if I'm not chosen by the likes of God -"

Reality was as clear as a play.

"I will be happy as long as I'm with someone who choose to love me."

The sulfuric acid that approached Tatsue as they twisted and turned with life suddenly froze, and completely stopped mid-air. Ame opened her eyes and, for the first time, looked like she was about to have a mental breakdown.

"Ah - this!"

The corrosive acid, infused with her endless vengeance, surged forward. Even Tatsue felt the scorching heat within it. The hatred it contained made Tatsue's mind feel restless as well.

But there was no way the acid was going to hurt Tatsue. Every drop flew past her uselessly.

"What's going on!? Stop this!"

Ame kept attacking, but no matter how much acid she sprayed, it was all useless.

This was the ability sealed into Tatsue's body, the manipulation of space unique to Melodia NoiseTear Song. She had also countered the incredible power exhibited by Unpleasant Counter-Current when Mitsuki turned into a fallen angel in the Eternity Institute. These feelings of hatred from Ame were not even worth of mentioning compared to the despise Mitsuki threw at Tatsue then. Both the desire for praise that Ame had, and the displeasure Ame felt towards other people and the world, were truly too inconsequential in comparison.

"I don't know what kind of a person you were before."

Tatsue didn't feel sad. She just spoke her thoughts in a low voice.

"But no matter what kind of abilities you received, no matter if you were chosen by God or what... you will never grasp happiness if you heart does not change."

As if she was confessing to her father, who became mad due to his persistence towards his ideals - or as if she was confessing to a younger version of herself - Tatsue said with a genuine expression:

"Pitiful humans."

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