Sayo wants to take Ruu away. She also mentions one sentence: "The matter of definitely having to offer a person to the Thunderbird... I don't like it. Moreover, I feel that the Thunderbird might not necessarily like it either?"
The Traveler and Paimon, with their supreme senses of rhythm, still haven't noticed anything, but the vigilant readers have discovered it.
Offer a person to the Thunderbird? Thinking again about how the main characters of the ceremony are the Thunderbird and Ruu...
Holy crap! Don't! Please don't let it be like this! We beg you, Shikikan, let our "prediction" be wrong just this once.
Every time readers read a predictive book, they always manage to "predict" some bad outcomes, and often those outcomes turn out to be exactly what they guessed.
Even if just once, let us be wrong.
But begging Shikikan is useless because these are all things that have already happened in the past; readers can only continue reading downward, holding onto a sliver of hope.
This time, the Traveler finally finds Ruu, but what she finds is a phantom from Ruu's past.
He is searching for a hidden place to sing, seemingly not wanting others to hear his song.
Contrary to his wishes, his singing is still heard by "someone."
[???: "What an interesting tune. You, insignificant little one, are you not afraid of thunder and storm?"]
With just this one sentence, everything disappears; there is no follow-up.
When the Traveler returns to the ceremony site, it has become empty once again.
With no other choice, the Traveler decides to first go back to find Sumida and bring the Maushiro to her.
This time it succeeds; the Maushiro is still in the Traveler's backpack, and Sumida finally obtains the Maushiro.
However, she feels a bit disappointed; it seems a little too easy, lacking some sense of fate—the material isn't sufficient.
After inquiring about the Traveler's experiences on Tsurumi Island, Sumida also understands some of it.
The previous Maushiro would disappear because those were false "ghost Maushiro."
And the one the Traveler brought this time is a genuine physical object buried there.
Now it doesn't lack a sense of fate; Sumida is very happy, feeling that she can immediately become a signed author at the Yae Publishing House. What pen name should she choose then? How about Kuroto?
Although the Maushiro has been found, Sumida's commission is not over because she gives the Traveler a new commission: investigate Tsurumi Island.
The Traveler never refuses what comes; you give remuneration, I'll do the task for you. Moreover, the Traveler herself is somewhat curious, so she naturally accepts this new commission.
After accepting the commission, the Traveler goes to find Kama, wanting to understand Kama's relationship with Tsurumi Island.
However, Kama does not want to bring it up, saying that this has nothing to do with the Traveler.
The Traveler says that this is something Sumida wants to know.
[Kama: "Fine."]
Immediately after, Kama tells the Traveler about his family; their Kama family's ancestors came from Tsurumi Island.
Now the case is cracked: so the Kama on Tsurumi Island is his ancestor. Although both are called Kama, they are not the same person.
Not a ghost—Itto breathes a sigh of relief.
Even Sumida does not know about Kama's identity.
It's not that Kama wants to keep it secret; it's just that Sumida has never asked. If Sumida asked, he would definitely answer.
Kama tells the Traveler that after his ancestor left Tsurumi Island, he settled on Seirai Island.
Later, the Thunderbird died on Seirai Island, making Seirai Island no longer habitable, so they moved to Kannazuka.
While living on Kannazuka, they worked in Tatarasuna, but then they encountered the Doctor causing trouble. Disappointed without knowing the truth, they left and went to Narukami Island.
Readers can't help but give a thumbs up: this is truly a divine family.
All of Inazuma's series of unlucky events were encountered by your family. They came through all the way in trepidation and surprisingly didn't die. Impressive—Kama, you really are a superman; the whole family is.
Left Tsurumi Island—Tsurumi Island was destroyed by the Thunderbird. Left Seirai Island—the Thunderbird's seal was lifted. Left Kannazuka—Tatarasuna fell apart. Don't know whether to call your family a lucky star or a jinx.
Hey, I have a suggestion: in a bit, let Shenhe give you the red rope and let Shenhe rest for a while. Your family is the true lone star of heavenly evil!
Let Shenhe go cosplay white-haired Miku Nakano; you all are the real solitary chen tribulation sha.
The Traveler curiously asks Kama why his ancestor left Tsurumi Island.
Readers really want to retort: you didn't pay attention to any of the previous content!
Kama tells the Traveler that because the Thunderbird took a liking to a small child, the priest was going to sacrifice the child to the Thunderbird.
His ancestor could not accept it and left. He originally wanted to take the small child with him, but the other party did not agree and voluntarily stayed behind.
This matter was already mentioned in Sayo's words earlier; the Traveler didn't review the questions.
Kama's words become the last straw that breaks the readers: it's over—we really predicted it correctly.
This isn't a ceremony at all; this is clearly a memorial!
Kama also tells the Traveler that Tsurumi Island's current state should be due to the Thunderbird's massive destruction causing a large-scale ley line abnormality.
The Thunderbird's powerful lightning was even seen by his ancestor far away on Seirai Island.
Such terrifying power was shot dead with one arrow by the Raiden Shogun, which instead highlights the Raiden Shogun's fearsomeness.
The ley line abnormality Kama mentions refers to those memories that should exist in the ley lines now all running into the "present world."
But they are different from the memories encountered before: they cannot communicate, have no thoughts, and only repeat what they did back then.
The time there loops on that day: ceremony—anger—thunderstorm—destruction, repeating in an endless cycle.
And the only exception among them is Ruu; he seems not to be in the loop. He is also the only "memory" that can communicate.
In fact, Ruu has no way to communicate with the other "memories" either. He can only watch over and over in this fated cycle, wait over and over, witness over and over, repeating for thousands of years.
So, if possible, the Traveler also wants to help Ruu.
Toward the "fired up" Traveler, Kama remains calm in emotion; he doesn't have any desire to help.
However, if it were Lady Sumida, she would probably say: "If we can break the cycle of the fog sea, then we can end those 'histories'."
[The Traveler also follows Kama and says: "Worth writing about!"]
[Kama says expressionlessly: "That cracks me up."]
Kama says this sentence with an expressionless face. Whether he cracked up or not is unknown, but the readers are really about to die laughing.
You two mocking Sumida behind her back—don't say it, but you imitate her pretty well.
Finally, the Traveler heads to Tsurumi Island once again. This time, she does not encounter Ruu at the gate and can only search deeper.
The "memories" encountered along the way are still saying the same words as when first met; they will only cycle like this.
The Traveler suddenly has a bold idea: since they say the perches are very important, what if the perches are destroyed?
Little geniuses are like this—the first way to break it that comes to mind is to use "muscle."
My super brain tells me that at times like this, we need super muscle!
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Character Voice-Over · Nahida: About Tsurumi Island
"The root of fear is the unknown. Turning fear into faith is undesirable; we should seek knowledge."