She’s let inside the main gate and is lead to watch Michi, and I was having sex.
Minaho-neesan’s revenge has started, I guess.
Haruka’s still young. If she goes through bitter experience, then she might still be able to straighten herself up. That’s why, please, at least spare her life
Kudou-papa knows.
He knows how scary Kuromori Minaho is.
Worry not. I won’t be taking her life
Minaho-neesan’s voice comes from the speaker.
I knew it. She’s listening.
I owe you a lot, after all, Kudou-san
Sorry about that
However, she will receive her retribution. She’s not reflecting at all it seems
Her conversation with Michi earlier shows that.
Yeah, I’m really sorry about that. Also, thank you for your consideration
Kudou-papa bows his head.
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Minaho-nesan, is there still anything I don’t know about Takakura house?
Minaho-neesan might have information that I don’t know yet.
Well, currently, you know everything I know. I mean, thanks to you listening to the Takakura sisters, there’s more I understood. Besides, you’re the one in direct contact with those girls, aren’t you? I think that you’re much more familiar with them than me The voice from the speaker said.
Then, our analysis isn’t enough
Nei said.
Though we have information, we’re only looking at it from one direction, or probably not even looking at it, or maybe, we’re bent on something
That’s hugely possible.
We might’ve overlooked something.
Minaho-neesan, did you notice anything?
I asked directly.
Minaho-neesan’s not stepping on the scene this time.
She’s been watching our situation from the surveillance cameras.
And so, Minaho-neesan’s perspective.
She might see something I didn’t.
There’s one thing I’ve been wondering about
Minaho-neesan?
Really? What is it? Please tell me
I asked seeming like I’m grabbing the last straw.
Could it be that the Tsuki Miko power and Yomi Miko power are opposite in name and use?
Huh?
Don’t you think that reading people’s mind is the appropriate name for Yomi power?
Yomi = Read(読む).
And maybe, Tsuki power is about making people obey as if possessing them
Tsuki = possess(憑き)
Moon and possession are close in relationship. In English, they call someone possessed by something as a Lunatic
Indeed, it seems strange when you look at their etymology
Nei thinks.
Though, I thought that Yomi power leads to the land of the dead, but, Tsukuyomi-kami is the God revered by the Takakura shrine, and at the same time, there’s a theory that the God of Moon is also the God of the underworld I don’t know that though.
But she’s right, the name and the power feel opposite.
Okay. I’ll ask Tsukiko about it.
Luna or Yomiko probably don’t know about it.
Reading a person’s mind is Tsuki Power.
Making people obey is Yomi power. That’s what they believe in.
Yes. Try it out. Katsuko and I will be watching your situation as usual
Minaho-neesan said.
Even when Tsukiko and I are alone, Minaho-neesan will be watching.
That’s reassuring.
Kudou-san, I will be reporting the progress by afternoon
I tell Kudou-papa
Jii-chan would like to know how to deal with the Yakuza by looking at our approach
Jii-chan also needs time to prepare.
IT would be too late if you decide close to 3pm
Kudou-papa looked at his watch.
Let’s see. 1pm would be the deadline
1pm.
Okay. Then, at 1 o’clock. We’ll be telling you how we will move by then
I said.
Chapter 711
It’s here. Well then, see you later Yo-chan
After parting with Kudou-papa,
Nei brings me to the room where Tsukiko is.
I’m going to prepare lunch with everyone else
Thanks, Ya-chan
I’m a bit bummed out with what Kudou-papa said.
I feel like I’ve made decisions from looking at only one perspective until now.
Geez, you’re being gloomy. It’s okay, Yo-chan. Cheer up
Nei hugs me.
Look, last Sunday, I had tea with Margo-oneechan on a family restaurant
Nei starts to talk.
The table next to us had a family having dinner, a 70+-year-old grandfather, a 40-year-old father, and an elementary school girl. There are three generations of parent and child. Maybe they just had a walk in the park nearby. The child is looking at the photos the father took in the park with his smartphone as the Father and Grandfather were talking O-Okay.
Then, the Father told the Grandfather. The plastic model shop near the station is now out of business. There are not many children using plastic models nowadays. You know? That one store you used to take me a long time ago? he said Plastic model?
It’s not great seeing stores that have been around the town for a long while close down. Japan might be done for he added, and then
Nei laughed.
The Grandfather said, What are you talking about. That model shop hasn’t been there for long
Hmm?
Hearing him say that, the Father looked a bit displeased and said What are you talking about Father? That plastic model shop has been there since I was born. It’s been a long-established store in the shopping district Yeah.
The Grandfather replied. Oh, right. It opened before you were born. So that’s why that store isn’t that old
So for a 70-year-old Grandfather, the birth of the 40-year-old Father isn’t that long ago.
To begin with, plastic models weren’t sold in Japan that long ago. When I was a kid, I had to make the model from wood by myself. It was a solid model. We only had a wooden block back then he said
A difference in perspective.
The difference in perception.
Then, the elementary school girl playing with the phone asked the two. Why is it that when you take photos on the phone, it makes a strange noise? They should make it easier to understand and pleasing instead. Make it sound like Pororori ! or something Phone’s sound.
Well, that’s because they imitate the sound of the real camera’s shutter, the Grandfather replied. But, the girl shows a curious face. A real camera? Shutter? she asked. Wait, you know that, don’t you? A real camera makes a kasha sound when you press the button, That’s why I’m asking why it makes that sound? That’s because it’s the sound of a real camera and they keep looping on the same argument. Then, the Father laughed and said, Gramps, you can’t reason her out. She’s only seen digital cameras since her birth. She’s never seen a film camera before The difference in a sense by the time of birth.
Humans think that those that have been there since they were has always been there since before. But, that’s not how it is
Nei said.
The Father thinks that both the plastic model store in the shopping district has been there for a long time, but for the Grandfather’s perspective, it’s only one of the stores that have increased during the post-war growth period. For the Grandfather, the film-style cameras are real, but for the children in elementary school, they’ve only seen digital cameras I see.
Okay. I seem not to understand it now, but
I was able to make an exchange with Tsukiko last night.
We were convinced that we understood each other.
We thought that we opened up our hearts to each other and that we didn’t lie.
But, there’s still a lot of mysteries about the Takakura shrine maidens.
Somehow, I feel uneasy about what we don’t know.
I thought that Tsukiko’s hiding something from me but,
That would mean that Tsukiko last night and this morning was trying to gloss things over.
The gap between my senses and the reality feels unpleasant.
Even so.
Tsukiko, no, it might be that the Takakura sister’s perception is off in the first place
All the information about shrine maidens were heard from the sisters.
Besides, Michi’s checking them out using Qi, and they had experienced sex.