Thus ends the recollections of Xiangyue Wang.
At the back of the notebook are his studies on the curse ritual "Ushi-no-Koku Mairi" during his later years.
He suspected that Mr. Aoyagi prayed to the cursed god of the Ushi Time, gaining an eerie power and thus cursing the entire Obinzawa.
He suspected that as a native of Obinzawa, he too was affected by that curse filled with intense resentment. Although he survived by staying away from Obinzawa, he always felt that something was following him.
Xiangyue Wang was unsure whether the now insane Mr. Aoyagi had targeted him with the curse, but he felt that Mr. Aoyagi probably couldn't control that curse power beyond human comprehension.
"Anyway, I was once one of those in Obinzawa, turning a blind eye to the isolation of others."
"Am I an accomplice?"
Xiangyue Wang wrote this at the end of his notes.
But no one could answer him anymore.
...
Shusha——
Kamiyagawa silently closed the notebook.
