This might become the first time Ryui will be thankful for one of your inventions, Netaro.
He has not been thankful for them before?! Even though they’re all miracle machines constructed by my genius?!
……
Toi, you scared?
Y-Yeah…
Don’t worry. It’s just gonna expose that demon fucker, not you.
But…
(Toi-kun… He must still be dealing with a lot of stuff.)
…Maybe we don’t need to look at Oshisha-sama’s memories right now.
Chief…
We can look for some other solutions first before we use Netaro-kun’s inventio—
We ain’t got the time. You don’t fuckin’ know what Toi’s goin’ through right now.
Well…
I don’t like it when outsiders like you try to stick their noses into things when they ain’t even know half a’ the goddamn issue. And don’t act like you could ever understa—
I don’t think we’re outsiders.
…Nagi.
Huh? You wanna say that again?
……
Guys, don’t fi—
Chief, it’s okay. I can handle this.
Ryui, I won’t lie to you and say that we understand everything. But we aren’t outsiders.
If you’re worried about placing a burden on us…
Fuckin’… I’m tryna say that none of you guys know what it’s like to see Toi in pain…! It’s more of a burden when assholes like you try to get all buddy-buddy with me without thinkin’ it through.
But I am thinking it through.
*scoff* Choice words from the guy who kept on bringin’ up that stupid-ass lucky pot earlier.
I think it’s more weird that you try to decide what your relationship with us is like on your own, calling it a burden or a bother. It’s selfish.
Selfish…? When we’ve been betrayed a million goddamn times?
We had our parents and other people in our family throw us into the most disgusting, twisted shit for years…! You have no fuckin’ idea how much we’ve—
Stop!
!
Please stop…
(…People are happy when I tell their fortunes.)
(All of the people Brother Dearest left behind because he thought they were “disgusting” were happy… Our mother, our grandfather, and…)
Don’t say mean things about Aa-chama.
Wha…
(If I turn into Aa-chama, will Brother Dearest leave me behind too? Will he call me disgusting?)
Aa-chama isn’t… They aren’t disgusting…!
T-Toi, did they say somethin’ to you? Didja make some kinda deal with them? I can—
They didn’t do anything! And they didn’t say anything either! I always go to Aa-chama for advice… They always help me when I need them!
That ain’t—
You don’t know anything about them, so stop being selfish and acting like you do!!
……
Aa-chama isn’t our enemy. They aren’t ugly. Because Aa-chama… Aa-chama is…
(Who I’m turning into.)
So stop acting like that towards them…!
Toi…
……
Ah…
No, Brother Dearest… No, I… No, no, no…
(Why did I…?)
I want to be a good person. I want to keep being the person that you love…!
……
It’s okay. It’s okay, Toi.
I’m sorry. Please don’t hate me. I’m so sorry. I’m…
(I’m not sure what to do…)
…Let’s leave them alone for now.
Right… Yes.
(That’s the only thing we can do…)
Huh? What of the experiment? The demon’s memories?
Let’s just go.
Waaaagghh! Let me goooo!
C’mon, Nagi. You too.
…We’re not outsiders. We’re…
*yawn…*
(I’m lying in bed… When did I…?)
(My head…hurts…)
Oh, you awake? You got a l’il fever, so get some sleep.
Brother Dearest…
The other guys brought you some stuff. Yowa brought you a buncha weird-ass junk, but you got some sports drinks and instant senbei-jiru…
Something smells…nice…
Oh, that’s prolly—
Flowers from Nagi-kun…?
Yeah.
He went out to buy them in the middle of the night?
He prolly packed ‘em in his suitcase. He‘s got a few… Nah, he‘s got a few hundred screws loose.
…I want to smell them from up close.
Sure. Can ya hold ’em alright? Here.
Wh…
(They all withered up…)
……
…Ah.
Toi…
……
(I’ve already gone past the point of no return.)
This ain’t anything too serious. Let’s just call Morozumi-san and—
Brother Dearest, could you get me my diary from the desk?
…You don’t gotta write anything in it. Get some rest.
No, that’s not what I want to do.
*pages flipping*
Here… Read this.
What’s this…?
Yesterday, I tried asking Aa-chama what happened to the real Oshisha-sama.
…!
What happened to the original Oshisha, you ask?
Naturally, I lopped off their ████, ripped their ████ apart, and ate their ████.
Ahh, how delicious it was. Particularly when I pulled out their ██ and sucked out the ████—
*book slamming*
Gh…! *pant, pant, pant…*
……
S-So does that mean… The original Oshisha’s…already dead…?
(Then how the hell am I s’posed to save Toi…?!)
……
Brother Dearest, I know I told you that I hadn’t made any deals with them, but the truth is…
May I teach you a method with which to captivate your brother’s attention?
The truth is…
…Oh.
I’m sorry for hiding it from you.
(I’m sorry that I’m not a good person…)
…I’m sorry too. For shouting earlier.
(Brother Dearest… Thank you for suffering for me…)
Brother Dearest.
Can we go out and do something tomorrow?