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Shizuka
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Charu, you woke up?
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Chiharu
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Shizuka-chan! Great, you are all safe!
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Shizuka
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Now that you said so, I guess they were real.
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Shizuka
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Both sinking to the bottom of the water and being purified by Charu...
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Chiharu
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Then, it is real, given that rule.
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Chiharu
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But, where am I...?
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Shizuka
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I don't know either. I am sure that we are alive though...
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Shizuka
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Or maybe the Heaven that looks like one?
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Chiharu
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Ehhhh, no way! See it as we are alive.
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Sunao
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You are both alive.
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Sunao
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And this is my home.
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Chiharu
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So, Sunao helped us.
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Shizuka
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I would like to express my gratitude too. Thank you, Sunao.
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Shizuka
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Anything wrong with you, Sunao...
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Sunao
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The same question to Shizuka and Charu. Like, being drifted away.
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Shizuka
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If you put it that way...
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Sunao
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Sorry. I didn't. I wasn't trying to help you...
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Sunao
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Instead, I attempted to kill you...
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Shizuka
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Huh? What are you talking about...?
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Sunao
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Anyway, take it easy, okay?
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Sunao
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I have a lot to say and a lot to ask about.
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Sunao
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And I prepared breakfast too.
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Shizuka
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I don't feel like eating anything...
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Chiharu
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... Sunao-chan was going to...?
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Chiharu
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The things you said just now, are they true...?
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Sunao
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It's true that I attempted to kill you both.
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Chiharu
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But why... I don't understand...
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Sunao
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I play a role that eliminates people who go against the village's intention...
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Sunao
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Therefore, I was attempting to kill. Mainly... Charu...
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Sunao
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If Charu wavered over the contract or said she wanted to go back...
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Sunao
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Or tried to eliminate the Holy Wavering Deity...
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Sunao
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Went deep into the sanctuary of the shrine...
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Sunao
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Being drifted away in the river with Shizuka was out of my expectation.
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Sunao
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The conditions put forward by Mikoshiba-sama was satisfied for several times.
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Sunao
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But Charu narrowly escaped from those moments.
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Sunao
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Because of Shizuka's intervention...
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Shizuka
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In short, Sunao is Mikoshiba's puppet...
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Shizuka
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An assassin that executes those who disagree with her.
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Shizuka
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So Charu who went out of her expectation, and I who wanted to guard her, were aimed at.
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Shizuka
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I can't believe that you are her puppet...
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Sunao
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But, it is the truth...
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Sunao
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I didn't want to do it either.
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Sunao
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I treated you two as my friends, so I didn't want to heart you.
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Sunao
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But the unexpected thing happened...
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Sunao
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Charu became sensitive to weird atmospheres,
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Sunao
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and Shizuka wanted to guard Charu, which raised Mikoshiba-sama's vigilance...
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Chiharu
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But you didn't kill us.
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Chiharu
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You didn't. Sunao-chan helped us.
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Sunao
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I heard what Shizuka said besides the river, and that stopped me from doing so...
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Shizuka
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What did I say...?
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Sunao
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You said... "I will also become a dead body at the bottom of the water."
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Shizuka
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What did I say...?
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Sunao
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You said... "I will also become a dead body at the bottom of the water."
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Shizuka
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How did that very sentence stop you, Sunao...?
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Sunao
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... As you said, I am a puppet.
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Sunao
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What I know about myself is confined to my usefulness to the Land of the Rising Sun
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Sunao
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and my duty to deal with situations that threaten the village.
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Sunao
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I didn't know what would happen when I no longer fight as a diviner...
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Sunao
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Or not exactly, I didn't dare to think even if I was doubtful...
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Sunao
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I did know that a diviner will go out someday.
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Sunao
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But, even if I live outside the village... In the nearest village,
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Sunao
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I have never seen any other diviner...
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Shizuka
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At that point, my words...
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Sunao
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Yes, an awful scene suddenly came to my mind…
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Sunao
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Could all of those who went out... became the dead body at the bottom of the water...
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Shizuka
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That's the reason you helped us...
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Sunao
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Yes, to ask about what happened from you...
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Shizuka
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Then, it's my turn to talk... About what I heard during the coming-of-age ceremony.
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Chiharu
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In other words, from the one that I saw...
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Shizuka
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Yeah, Mikoshiba said so shamelessly to me...
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Mikoshiba
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Let me tell thou the truth before thou departest.
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Shizuka
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The truth, right?
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Mikoshiba
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Exactly. The truth about ye diviners.
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Shizuka
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... Please tell me.
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Mikoshiba
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Diviners are existences that shatter devils,
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Mikoshiba
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and the existences that will become devils in the future as well.
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Shizuka
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Eh, that means...
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Mikoshiba
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That literally means ye will become devils in the future.
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Shizuka
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No way, is it a joke...?
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Shizuka
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If that's true, why did you keep such an important thing
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Mikoshiba
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Such a harsh thing shouldn't be let out easily.
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Shizuka
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... Does my mother or anyone in the village know that?
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Shizuka
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And knowing so, you still turn us into diviners?
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Mikoshiba
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People who know are limited to us priestesses and dancers.
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Shizuka
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I don't understand...
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Shizuka
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If we who shatter devils are going to become devils,
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Shizuka
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isn't that a vicious circle? It's meaningless for us to become diviners.
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Mikoshiba
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That said, the wishes made in order to save the Land of the Rising Sun do come true.
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Shizuka
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Then, after that, we are...!?
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Shizuka
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............ It's too cruel...
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Shizuka
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Weren't we just literally sacrificing our souls...!
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Shizuka
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Yeag... No... It's not time to cry...!
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Shizuka
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If I sacrificed my soul to the Land of the Rising Sun...
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Shizuka
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My honor can be maintained...!
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Shizuka
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Even if I become a devil, what I have achieved won't be wasted.
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Shizuka
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Proud of that, I can fight till I eventually fall...!
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Shizuka
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I see, the last ceremony was about acknowledging this truth and enduring till the end...
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Shizuka
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Then why should you tell the truth!
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Mikoshiba
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Thou art becoming a devil before long.
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Mikoshiba
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The reason? Because it happeneth when thy jewel loseth its shine.
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Shizuka
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............ Wait...
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Shizuka
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What is the ceremony of coming of age about...?
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Mikoshiba
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Discarding the diviner that hath made the wish fulfilled and protected the village, and turning her into a devil.
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Mikoshiba
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No diviner ever goeth out of the village.
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Shizuka
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Mikoshibaーーーーーー!!
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Mikoshiba
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Be drown in the waterfall basin... Be stifled and agonized... And become the game of the next diviner...
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Shizuka
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These are all that I heard...
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Shizuka
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I have told you what you want to know, Sunao.
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Shizuka
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As you have worried, no one ever goes out or anything.
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Shizuka
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Everyone is trapped at the bottom of the water and never makes it...
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Shizuka
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Now that you heard it... Are you still gonna kill me?
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Sunao
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... I don't want to kill.
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Sunao
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Neither do I enjoy being a puppet from whom everything is concealed...
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Shizuka
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Then, please be with us.
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Sunao
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But my dad and mom may be killed by Mikoshiba!
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Shizuka
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What... You mean you were threatened that way...?
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Sunao
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So I had to choose who to kill...
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Sunao
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Shizuka and Charu... Or my dad and mom...
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Sunao
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I dwelled in Mikoshiba's home, tried searching it, attempting to find a vital point to hold over her...
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Sunao
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I tried to find things like documentation, passbooks,
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Sunao
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or anything that could be utilized to threaten her in turn...
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Sunao
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But I found nothing...
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Shizuka
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I know I won't be killed... I know Sunao is kind...
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Shizuka
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Actually, you are not going to kill, and I don't know what's behind it.
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Chiharu
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What I know is just the kind Sunao!
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Sunao
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Sorry, Shizuka... Charu...
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Chiharu
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And even when left unattended, a diviner will be killed anyway, right!?
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Chiharu
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If so, let's launch a preemptive strike!
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Chiharu
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The old woman doesn't know I and Shizuka are well, right?
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Chiharu
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If so, let's go back and scold her secretly!
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Chiharu
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Then pump her for all the secrets!
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Chiharu
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About diviners and devils, the reason for sinking diviners,
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Chiharu
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and about Sunao-chan, everything!
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Chiharu
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That way, everyone can be saved!
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Sunao
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... Quite straightforward. But what if we keep unfound...
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Shizuka
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Wait, I agree to punish her,
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Shizuka
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but this time, I think the picture may be a bit more complex.
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Shizuka
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Charu and I fought against some followers, right...?
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Chiharu
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Yeah, those without a labyrinth?
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Sunao
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Without a labyrinth...?
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Shizuka
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Yeah, I thought so when I fought before too,
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Shizuka
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but now I think the case might just be the opposite, which means it actually had a labyrinth.
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Chiharu
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It didn't have, but it had...
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- Todoriki (Chiharu) -
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Because the so-called truth may be lying in the very unexpected vicinity.
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Chiharu
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In, the vicinity...
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Chiharu
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Shizuka-chan... You mean the village is a labyrinth...?
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Sunao
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How can that be...!!
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Shizuka
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It could, as Charu said.
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Shizuka
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At some point, a devil swallowed the whole Tokime's Village,
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Shizuka
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and under Mikoshiba's manipulation, it is eroding us, the power of diviners...
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Shizuka
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If so, the picture that we will be killed eventually,
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Shizuka
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the villainy of threatening Sunao and eliminating the undesirable,
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Shizuka
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the presence of followers without a labyrinth can all be explained.
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Sunao
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... Indeed they can be explained.
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Sunao
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However, if that's the case, everything should have been circulating inside...
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Sunao
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Luring people unfamiliar with the conventions like me and Charu in
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Sunao
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could only cause unexpected things like what's happening now.
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Shizuka
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That could be owed to the devil's stupidity
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Shizuka
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or impatience for something.
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Shizuka
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These are no more than some guesswork though...
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Chiharu
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However, this is probably the evidence that the village is a labyrinth.
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Shizuka
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What is that plate?
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Shizuka
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The rumored telephone...
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Chiharu
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This is a map, but Tokime's Village is missing in the image.
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Sunao
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In that case, the village really fell into the hand of a devil...?
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Chiharu
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Yeah, there must be an enemy to defeat!
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Shizuka
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Though I don't know about the smartphone, I believe in you two as long as you believe.
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Shizuka
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Let's hurry up...!
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Sunao
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You don't know what will happen if it detects your power and knows you are alive...
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Chiharu
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Before everyone is involved in, let's defeat the village's devil!
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Shizuka
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Right, let's hurry to the village.
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Sunao
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I should tell my dad and mom to escape soon too.
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Chiharu
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Shizuka-chan, Sunao-chan, the devil's reaction is getting stronger...
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Sunao
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Shizuka's reasoning may be correct...
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Sunao
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Is everyone fine...
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Chiharu
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My mother and the man in the village...
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Sunao
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Devils are existences that consume humans by nature. Since things have gone beyond expectation...
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Shizuka
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We should first confirm the village's situation...
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Shizuka
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No sign of human...
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Shizuka
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Everyone in the village is wiped out
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Shizuka
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even before things about the village is leaked to the outside...?
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Chiharu
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But considering the devil is still here, it might not be the case that it has already done so...!
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Sunao
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This place would have been useless if it had finished feeding itself.
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Sunao
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Let's stop thinking pessimistically.
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Chiharu
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Besides, can it be that it is waiting for us?
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Sunao
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... Thinking from the devil's perspective,
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Sunao
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since a diviners meal is more appealing for a devil,
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Sunao
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it might want to entomb us here and reset the situation...
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Chiharu
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Yeah, it already expected our returning...!
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Shizuka
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The devil would be alright without some people involved...
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Shizuka
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If so, it's meaningful to keep the village and spare the villagers' lives...
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Chiharu
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However, you can't get the answer by just thinking...
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Shizuka
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Unfortunately, the only fact that we know is that
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Shizuka
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the devil is still alive, and the villagers' situation remains unknown...
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Shizuka
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What's wrong, Sunao?
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Sunao
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Nah, I just have some ill feelings.
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Sunao
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(I am probably just anxious because of the contingency...)
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Sunao
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(I thought too much...)
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Sunao
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Shizuka felt it too!?
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Shizuka
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Yeah, I did... But from where...
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Shizuka
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How about you, Chiharu?
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Chiharu
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I have absolutely no idea... But it surely lies somewhere nearby!
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Shizuka
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Other followers also emerge from the shadow...
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Shizuka
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Sunao, that way Charu might later be—!
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- Sunao -
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I should have known this, but why...
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Sunao
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(It reminds me about that, Mikoshiba...)
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Mikoshiba
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But I heard from the daughter of the head family.
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Mikoshiba
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It seems that Hiroe's daughter gained a troublesome power...
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Mikoshiba
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Tokime's daughter...
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Mikoshiba
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I am really counting on thee, but thou couldst not help if thou still treatest this emotionally.
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Mikoshiba
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Thou art just a little girl after all.
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Sunao
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Then, how can I eliminate Hiroe Chiharu...
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Mikoshiba
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Even if thou just leavest her alone, the shadow will devour her.
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Sunao
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Shizuka, Charu! Your shadows!
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Shizuka
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Charu, behind you!!
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Chiharu
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It evaded my hit...!!
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Chiharu
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Sorry, Sunao-chan, but I can't believe that they just evaded...
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Sunao
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I didn't recall it until just now either.
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Shizuka
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But you noted that they came from the shadows anyway.
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Sunao
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Mikoshiba's word came to my mind.
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Sunao
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She said the shadow would devour Charu...
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Chiharu
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Exactly, they are the same kind of followers that Shizuka fought...!
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Shizuka
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It was at night, so it shouldn't be related to shadows...
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Shizuka
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However, Mikoshiba knew that, which means...
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Sunao
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Everything, including the center of the clan, is apparently under manipulation...
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Chiharu
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More importantly, we have to anyhow make it before the nightfall, right?
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Shizuka
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Yeah, but we don't even know the location of the devil at this point...
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Shizuka
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So, let's go to check if everyone is safe.
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Shizuka
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Maybe we can feel the power of the devil during our action.
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Sunao
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Then, I am going to Mikoshiba's home...
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Chiharu
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Won't that be dangerous...?
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Sunao
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There is possibly some information I can collect.
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Sunao
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As the center of the village, her home may be where the devil hides.
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Shizuka
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... Please don't force yourself.
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Shizuka
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it may be dangerous, but let's go separately.
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Shizuka
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Time before the sunset is precious.
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Shizuka
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Then, let me teach you how to use telepathy.
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Shizuka
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That's the technique that we diviners can use to transmit what we think.
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Chiharu
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(That's the same thing to the voice I heard under the waterfall.
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Chiharu
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(Did everyone escape...)
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Chiharu
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(or are they killed by the devil...?)
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Chiharu
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(If so, my mom would be in big trouble too!)
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Chiharu
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Nah—! No way no way no way!
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Chiharu
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(Because it somehow feels weird...)
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Chiharu
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(If a devil is an existence that hurts people, and if it manipulates the village,)
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Chiharu
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(then the narrative of "wishing for the Land of the Rising Sun" sounds weird.)
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Chiharu
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(Yeah, it feels contradictory.)
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Chiharu
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(Plus, if it wants to consume diviners, why not do so straightforward?)
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Chiharu
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(Instead, it formulates the trivial rules like the coming-of-age ceremony...)
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Chiharu
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(And made a phone call to my home...)
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Chiharu
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The phone call was made by the old woman...
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Chiharu
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Ah, that's enough! They messed up my mind.
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Chiharu
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How would Todoriki Kouichi think in this situation...
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- Todoriki (Chiharu) -
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You need to accept weird truths.
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Chiharu
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That's the triumphal line after the case is closed. How is that supposed to help the current situation...
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Chiharu
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(However, with weirdness intermingled...)
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Chiharu
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(Designating the scope, that's what matters...!)
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Chiharu
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Huh... Is it even meaningful to keep searching this way?
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Chiharu
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I already searched everywhere that I know. It must have escaped. Yeah.
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Chiharu
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(This... is not a follower of the devil...)
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Chiharu
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(The smell of the strange case from the shrine's direction...?)
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Chiharu
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(It seems stronger...)
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Chiharu
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Ah, I can't, I can't do that!
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Chiharu
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It's not time to be distracted by other things.
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Chiharu
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... The next would be the devil's followers!?
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Chiharu
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I am going to impose punishment on y'all!
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Chiharu
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A chink in the armor!
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Chiharu's voice
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Execution!
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Chiharu
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Good, good, it feels great.
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Chiharu
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Uwawa... Are, are you okay...!?
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Chiharu
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Well, this person, yeah, the person who danced!
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Chiharu
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(Did she just fall off as the devil's follower was defeated...?)
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Chiharu
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(Not that, but Shizuka-chan's mother said that a devil manipulates people...)
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Chiharu
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(A person being manipulated...)
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Chiharu
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Correct, there is an imprint of the devil on her.
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Chiharu
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Sorry, but I have to go...
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Chiharu
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Hmn—? No, there isn't, seemingly...?
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Chiharu
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(Is she actually someone escaping?)
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Chiharu
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(I thought there should be nobody by then, yet there are people who escaped slower...)
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Shizuka's mother
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Come here, Ms. Hiroe! An open field is a better place for fighting!
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Chiharu's mother
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The place is better for fighting, but Ms. Tokime, this sword isn't, right!
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Shizuka's mother
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We have no choice but to go on ourselves anyway!
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Chiharu
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Mom and Shizuka's mom!
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Chiharu's mother
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Chiharu!?
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Shizuka's mother
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Chiharu-chan!?
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Shizuka's mother
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Before that...
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Shizuka's mother
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Tokime Isshin Style... Meter-Leap Decapitation!!
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Chiharu
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Meter-Leap Decapitation—!?
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Shizuka's mother
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Ah, the sword...
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Chiharu
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Aah, it's okay! I'll defeat it!!
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Chiharu
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After that, we should contact Shizuka's mother and Sunao-chan!!
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Chiharu
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Is mom okay!? What about Shizuka's mother?
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Chiharu's mother
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Yeah, I am fine. Thanks, Chiharu...
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Shizuka's mother
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You are such a diviner... There's an untraversable gap between us.
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Chiharu
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No, you did an awesome job just now!
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Shizuka's mother
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Ha, thanks.
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Chiharu
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Didn't you two escape?
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Chiharu
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I searched over and over but found no one
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Chiharu's mother
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Of course, we evacuated with others...
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Chiharu's mother
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However, monsters emerges from shadows on our way,
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Chiharu's mother
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and then we were left behind.
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Shizuka's mother
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Why did they target us, I don't understand at all...
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Chiharu's mother
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Anyway, Chiharu
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Chiharu's mother
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I am not requiring your "hmn"! Where did you go!!
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Chiharu's mother
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You just suddenly disappeared, and never came back.
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Chiharu's mother
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Even monsters like that emerged, do you know how concerned I was...!
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Chiharu
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Ah... I'm sorry...
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Chiharu
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I was worried about the coming-of-age ceremony, so I went to see.
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Chiharu
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Then I fell into the waterfall basin with Shizuka...
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Chiharu's mother
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Into the waterfall basin...!?
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Chiharu's mother
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Who did so...!? Is your body alright...!?
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Chiharu
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As for the body, it's as healthy as you see, and I can even fight with it quite well...
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Shizuka's mother
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Well, you said you fell into the waterfall basin during the ceremony...?
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Chiharu
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It's like, the coming-of-age ceremony is like a ceremony that kills diviners...
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Chiharu
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During which we are turned into devils...
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Shizuka's mother
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It's a bit beyond my comprehension. Is Shizuka alright?
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Shizuka's mother
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She said she would contact me...
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Chiharu
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Yeah, we came together.
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Shizuka's mother
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... Just leave the details till we evacuate to home.
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Chiharu
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Then we should also take the dancer I met just now.
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Chiharu
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Yeah, a dancer that fell off just now...
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Shizuka's mother
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But there is nobody...?
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Chiharu's mother
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Was there actually anyone...?
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Shizuka's mother
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Disappeared all in a sudden...
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Shizuka's mother
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Though it's incredible, there is another incredible thing...
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Chiharu
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Why they always follow and target us?
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Shizuka's mother
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That's what I am talking about.
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Shizuka
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But, from now on, we have to spare no effort.
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Sunao
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Okay, let's go inside.
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Shizuka's mother
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Shizuka...
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Shizuka
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I'm back, mom. I'll talk about the situation later.
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Shizuka's mother
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We are talking exactly about that.
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Shizuka 3
Shizuka
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A devil is lurking in my hometown.
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Shizuka
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(I am trying to explain it myself, yet I find it growingly confusing...)
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Shizuka
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(The customs that we have observed so far, as wells as the wishes made for the Land of the Rising Sun,)
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Shizuka
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(I don't know if they are still trustworthy, just because of the devil's lurking in ...)
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Shizuka
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(Even our becoming devils, is because it wants to kill us in a nefarious manner...?)
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Shizuka
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(It was kept secret from us because of that...?)
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Shizuka
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(Nah, that thing itself might be made-up...)
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Shizuka
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(The hometown that I have always love, now seems completely fake...)
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Shizuka
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(I was fettered by the diviner-consuming rule in the fake world...)
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Shizuka
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(No, I can't... I can't think negatively...)
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Shizuka
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(Even if I was born in a fake world...)
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Shizuka
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The existence of my mom is real...
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Shizuka
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So other people... can't be fake either!
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Shizuka
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That house... is illuminated...!
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Shizuka 4
Welcome back, Shizuka-chan!
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I wondered if you won't come back after the ceremony.
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Shizuka
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I was worried if any contingency would happen, so I came back with Charu and Sunao.
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Then we will soon be saved.
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Shizuka
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But why are you all gathering here?
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Mikoshiba-sama suddenly came,
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saying that monsters were emerging, and ordered us to hide before things would cool down.
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Shizuka
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(Noticing that we were back and then ordered the villagers to evacuate...?)
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Shizuka
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(As expected, she was trying to wipe us out and revert to the original condition...)
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Shizuka-chan, what's up...?
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Shizuka
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(However, everyone is possibly forged... just like the followers...)
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Shizuka
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... Is everyone real...?
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Shizuka
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It's the first time that the village becomes like this, so I became restless.
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It's fine, because Shizuka has always been protecting us.
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That's it. We also know that you became restless after getting injured.
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I believe in you all, so please rest assures.
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Shizuka
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(They are probably real... It's justified to think so...)
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Shizuka
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It will be fine, thanks, madam.
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Shizuka 5
Shizuka
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Okay! After getting rid of the anxiety, I am fine now!
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Shizuka
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I am gonna defeat the devil!
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Sorry for counting fully on you at this point, but please do your best!
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Shizuka
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We diviners are born for this moment!
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Shizuka
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By the way, have all the villagers gathered here?
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Shizuka
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Since this is an emergency, has anyone evacuated to the Great Sanctuary?
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No, everyone should have been here.
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Shizuka
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... Then even if any contingency happens, it should be fine with my mother here...
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Indeed, with the head family here, we feel much more relieved.
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Shizuka
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Can anyone call my mother?
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Nah, wait... I haven't seen the head family's people.
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Shizuka
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Eh... Nobody saw them...!?
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Shizuka
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It can't be true...
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Shizuka
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And also, yeah... Where's Chiharu's mother!?
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The one who works as a nurse?
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Shizuka
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Yeah, she gave treatment to me!
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Shizuka
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But, what about when she is evacuating!?
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We should have been together till then.
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Yeah, we witnessed that too.
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But I don't think I ever saw her since evacuated to this house...
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Shizuka
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How can that be, only my mother and Chiharu's mother aren't evacuating...
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Shizuka
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The only explanation I can come up with is they got targeted...
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Sunao
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... Thinking from the devil's perspective,
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Sunao
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since a diviners meal is more appealing for a devil,
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Sunao
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it might want to entomb us here and reset the situation...
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Shizuka
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Killing all relatives involved...?
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Shizuka
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Telepathy... From Sunao...?
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Sunao 4
Sunao
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(Making the situation so complicated, it's probably all my bad...)
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Sunao
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(Because I became a diviner without Mikoshiba's permission...)
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Sunao
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(And I was punished by bearing the role of a murderer...)
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Mikoshiba
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What, she already became a diviner!?
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Sunao's father
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But Sunao did nothing wrong!
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Sunao's father
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It's our negligence that we didn't tell her about the diviner...!
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Mikoshiba
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It's a grave crime...
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Mikoshiba
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Have ye forgotten that ye are born in the branch family of Tokime Clan!
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Sunao's father
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We are fully aware of that...!
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Mikoshiba
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If so, things shouldn't have become like this.
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Mikoshiba
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Though ye are too naive, with a daughter entering the age of menarche,
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Mikoshiba
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for what reason ye dare not telling her about that...
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Sunao's mother
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............
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Sunao's mother
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We wanted to make her interested in that, about diviners...
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Sunao
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Papa and mama did nothing wrong either!
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Sunao
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It's me, it's me who willfully made a wish and became a magical girl.
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Mikoshiba
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Were they call like that in the modern world?
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Mikoshiba
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Then, what did thou wish for?
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Sunao
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... For my papa and mama.
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Mikoshiba
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Trivial... Wasteful...
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Sunao
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How is that trivial...!?
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Sunao
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Is it so bad to make a wish for important people!?
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Mikoshiba
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Thou under the bloodline of Tokime, let me tell thou what's after that wish.
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Mikoshiba
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... Come and listen
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- Mikoshiba -
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"Thou wouldst have to redeem thy parents' crime with thy own behavior."
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- Mikoshiba -
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"Even if thou hast become a diviner wastefully There are mountains of things thou canst do in the village."
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- Mikoshiba -
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"If anyone going against my intension appeareth, Thou shalt kill that person. "
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- Mikoshiba -
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"Thou cannot refuse to do so."
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- Mikoshiba -
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"Kill others to redeem your crime or thy parents die to redeem your crime thou shalt choose one between the two."
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Sunao
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(Still, quite scary...)
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Sunao
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(But if I dealt with the devil faster, maybe I can help my parents too...)
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Sunao
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Ensure Mikoshiba there if she is alive, and question her after the devil is defeated...
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Sunao
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When returned to sanity, ask her about what she thought before that...
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Sunao
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I'm coming in! I got things to do!
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Sunao 5
Sunao
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She really evacuated with other villagers...?
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Sunao
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(Or, maybe, became a puppet of the devil...)
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Sunao
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(Take this chance to search the shelves that I couldn't when Mikoshiba is here...)
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Sunao
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(... A gap in the wardrobe.)
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Sunao
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(Something is leaking out faint light...)
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Sunao
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... This is an old computer...
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Sunao
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(This absolutely shouldn't be found in this village...)
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Sunao
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There are many followers in this room... and outside too...
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Sunao
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which shouldn't be surprising since this is Mikoshiba's home...
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Sunao
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It's like the followers don't come out until they gather in groups...
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Sunao
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(Anyway, I'm contacting Shizuka for help when fighting...)
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Sunao
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And I must defend the computer to the last.
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Sunao 6
Sunao
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Disappear from here!
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Sunao
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Though I messed pretty much everything up...
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Sunao
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It seems that... the computer... remains intact...
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Sunao
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(Of course it isn't...)
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Sunao
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(Though I guess at such an age, what she can remember is limited...)
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Sunao
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(The common sense when a computer this old should be pretty outdated too...)
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Sunao
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(Somehow I don't think it should be that complex...)
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Sunao
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(Information that I have collected for revenging someday...)
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Sunao
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(Seemingly complex things that I have remembered somewhere, like words... numbers...)
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Sunao
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(The number of the safe box...)
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Sunao
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(There aren't many files...)
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Sunao
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(It's connected to the internet...)
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Sunao
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(Nothing... Neither any in the recycle bin...)
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Sunao
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(But there isn't much free space left...)
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Sunao
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(Commonly accessed folders)
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Sunao
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(There are many audio files...)
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Sunao
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............ It's muted?
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Shizuka
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I'm sorry, Sunao! There are many followers on my way too!
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Sunao
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It's okay. Take it easy. I already defeat them here...
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Shizuka
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... But, you don't look well?
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Sunao
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Because I experienced a struggle.
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Sunao
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(Is it something that I can say out easily...?)
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Shizuka
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Can you help me with my searching later...?
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Shizuka
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My mom and Charu's mom went missing...
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Sunao
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How coincidental that they are you two's...
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Sunao
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That aside, do you have any idea about where to search...?
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Shizuka
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That's exactly what I want to know...
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Shizuka
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Wait, I got telepathy from Charu...
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Sunao
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(May as well... carry it to the grave ...)
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Sunao 7
Chiharu's mother
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............ Hah
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Shizuka's mother
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Ms. Hiroe...
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Chiharu's mother
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The existence of both diviners and Tokime Clan... I haven't settled for them till just now.
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Shizuka's mother
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... I understand your feeling.
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Shizuka's mother
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It's hard for me to imagine that the whole village lies inside a labyrinth...
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Chiharu
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I'm sorry for the abrupt comment...
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Chiharu's mother
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You don't have to, Chiharu. We are just a bit surprised.
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Chiharu's mother
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As your mother, I already prepared for the worst the time when you became a diviner.
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Chiharu's mother
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It's okay for me to challenge my common sense to accept them.
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Shizuka's mother
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Plus, it is harsher for you diviners...
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Shizuka
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However, we still have no idea about how real they are...
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Shizuka
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Though I know it clear that I was almost killed my Mikoshiba,
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Shizuka
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that Sunao was threatened by Mikoshiba to become an assassin,
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Shizuka
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and, that followers suddenly emerge from nowhere in the village...
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Sunao
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What about that we may... someday become devils...
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Shizuka
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Just read it as that Mikoshiba was fooling us and attempting to kill us in a nefarious manner...
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Shizuka
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It makes sense to think so, so I don't think it is the fact.
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Shizuka's mother
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What's wrong, Shizuka...?
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Shizuka
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... Just now, I became worried after some consideration.
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Shizuka
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If, I mean if the village really is a labyrinth of the devil,
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Shizuka
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The sceneries and people that I have seen might be no more than phantoms...
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Chiharu
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I and my mother came from outside, I can guarantee we are real!
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Chiharu
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And Shizuka-chan's mother was also attacked by followers,
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Chiharu
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so she can't be fake either!
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Shizuka's mother
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Then from whose womb were you born?
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Sunao
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Don't think too much about the weird stuff, just focus on the here and now.
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Chiharu
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Anyway, there is a devil, make no mistake.
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Chiharu
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Let's punish it hard and find out the old woman!
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Chiharu
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Or we may lose the chance to question her.
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Shizuka
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If manipulated by the devil, she might lose her memories.
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Shizuka's mother
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... You all should go now.
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Chiharu
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It's evening already...!
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Chiharu
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If we don't defeat it before the sunset, it will turn out the way that night did!
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Shizuka
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Right, when darkness falls, it enables the devil to do whatever it wants...
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Chiharu
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But, is it okay to leave behind our mothers?!?
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Shizuka's mother
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If it just comes the devil's followers, I am fully capable of dealing with them.
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Chiharu
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Even when the sword is broken!?
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Shizuka's mother
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So I want you to do me a favor before leaving
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Chiharu
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A lot of swords... In the wardrobe...
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Shizuka's mother
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Can you infuse the power of diviners into these swords?
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Chiharu
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What does it mean?
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Shizuka
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The power of diviners can be infused to different items.
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Shizuka
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If you infuse the power to weapons like these,
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Shizuka
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they become weapons that can be used to fight against the devil.
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Shizuka's mother
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So please come and infuse your power before leaving
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Shizuka's mother
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We have techniques, but not your power.
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Chiharu
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I see! We'll put it all in!
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Shizuka
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Sunao, you can come and help too!
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Shizuka
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The only question left is where is the devil...
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Sunao
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Well, there is one sword left though.
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Shizuka's mother
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It's the treasure, so I guess we should leave it there?
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Shizuka
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It was infused the power of generations of Tokime's diviners.
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Sunao
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I see. It's an important thing.
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Shizuka's mother
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But the further story of the sword
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Shizuka's mother
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shall be told to Shizuka when she comes back.
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Shizuka
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What is that feeling of being "halfway" there...
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Shizuka's mother
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Be cautious.
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Shizuka
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... Okay, I understand.
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All 14
Shizuka
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So, got any idea after you both patrolled around the village...?
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Chiharu
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Nothing at all here...
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Chiharu
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Still, I feel the shrine smells wrong.
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Sunao
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I went to Mikoshiba's home and find nothing in particular either...
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Shizuka
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The same to me, actually.
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Shizuka
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I checked if it was safe and patrolled there, but found nothing worth mentioning...
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Shizuka
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Do all of us really feel nothing...?
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Sunao
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I did feel the atmosphere of the devil.
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Sunao
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But, how can I put it properly... I think it's flat or even...
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Sunao
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It has some weeny changes, but the intensity of the reaction remains the same...
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Chiharu
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I guess feel the same.
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Chiharu
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Just feel "it doesn't quite change" and meanwhile search for everybody.
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Chiharu
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What about Shizuka-chan?
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Shizuka
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Unfortunately, the same...
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Shizuka
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Even an idea about whether it is approaching or leaving would be good...
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Chiharu
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Yet the distance remains the same even when we are moving...
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Sunao
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It doesn't make sense with three of us all feel so...
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Sunao
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It has some weeny changes because it is hiding somewhere...
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Chiharu
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Hiding... Hiding... Hmn, it somehow feels right.
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Chiharu
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It is time to ask Todoriki Kouichi
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Sunao
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Ah, a character in a drama?
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Chiharu
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Sunao-chan knows him!?
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Sunao
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Just the name and nothing else.
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Shizuka
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So, what can that Mr. Todoriki do?
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Chiharu
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Become Mr. Todoriki who solves cases in my mind and then ask him.
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Chiharu
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Mr. Todoriki, the reaction remains the same however I move,
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Chiharu
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what should I do at this point!?
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- Todoriki (Chiharu) -
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The culprit is lurking around you That's for sure You can try removing the map in your mind
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- Todoriki (Chiharu) -
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The world perceived as a flat plain actually comprises three-dimensional structures like mountains and the sky You should know that
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- Todoriki (Chiharu) -
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Try considering based on that
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- Todoriki (Chiharu) -
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In this world the so-called truth may be lying in the very unexpected vicinity
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Chiharu
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Huh... That's what Todoriki told me.
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Shizuka
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You said "told"... But it's all your self-performance...
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Chiharu
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I feel impersonating make my mind smarter.
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Sunao
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But I do believe that there are some perspectives that we have so far missed out...
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Sunao
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Considering the differences between two- and three-dimension...
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Sunao
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To be frank, I think it's underground.
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Sunao
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If you think about it from a two-dimensional perspective,
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Sunao
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your distance to the devil should have been approaching zero meters sooner or later,
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Sunao
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yet, if it is somewhere 200 meters below the ground,
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Sunao
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The difference of the reaction as you move, if any, won't feel quite significant.
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Chiharu
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With nothing in the sky, so it must be underground.
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Shizuka
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But, under the ground of the village...
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Sunao
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Do you know that...?
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Shizuka
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Yeah... Just one...!
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Shizuka
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By the way, have all the villagers gathered here?
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Shizuka
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Since this is an emergency, has anyone evacuated to the Great Sanctuary?
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No, everyone should have been here.
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Shizuka
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The Great Sanctuary...
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Shizuka
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Deep inside the Holy Music Stage that Charu entered, that's where the ancient sanctuary locates...
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Chiharu
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The place that smells awful...!
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Shizuka
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Charu probably felt something at the very beginning...
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Shizuka
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The so-called truth may be lying in the very unexpected vicinity
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Shizuka
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Okay, we are running out of time. Hurry to the Great Sanctuary.
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