Blood Moon

Chapter 70

*Hiroshi's Pov*

I begin going over the documents that Nora-san left for me while Nishimiya attended to my family. While she's checking up on them, I begin to examining them to be analyzed on my labtop. 

Me: These documents are called...spirit memoirs...

Before her death, Kamishiro had mentioned once that this research was made from OOPARTS Monthly containing information about the spirits around us.

I them started on the Death Mark that Hannya-Sama left me on my body.

-Death Mark-

There was a case revolving around the Mark that took place many years ago back in 1997. It appears that I'm not the only victim that Hannya-Sama had cursed. It is said that a Mark will normally appear on the victim's bodies...usually seen as kind of "dog bruise"...When it times hit by dawn, the victim will either go missing or face a suspecious death. According to OOParts Monthly, they are the source of a natural phenomena. Each spot is associated by fear and death.

Such as if the Mark takes place in a suicide woods or a abandoned haunted school.

Me: In some occasions, a mark would appear if you have an encounter with a vengeful spirit...and that's strange...the marks that I received had nothing to do with mouths...

But the mouths I've seen on Akuno Honda and the other two were proof enough that Tsukuyomi-san had cursed them...

But it wasn't Hannya at the time...Because she was still a doll at that time...

Or maybe....

Me:....

Kamishiro had once told me that legends had gone way back...probably from the 70's...Shibuya, Ikebukuro, and so many other places in Japan are full of many mysteries.

Example: If there was a rumor where you can accidentally slip into a parallel world through time and space...what would you do? Would leave it alone or would your curiosity get the better of you and try to test it out?

Such as the Headless Rider or Turbo Granny.

To explore the unknown, you must have the courage to face the darkness...

Me:....

I once again read over the spirit memoirs, but one had stop me. It talked about Hannya-Sama...

-Spirit Memoir: Hannya-Sama-

Hannya-Sama is actually a Hyakki Yaggo Doll.

What is a Hyakki Yaggo?

It is once said that Hyakki Yaggo is the march of evil spirits from rivers and mountains much like those found in ancient times. They used to mark the land of Musashino many years ago. These doll spirits is what caused the Hyakki Yaggo to bring multiple vengeful spirits to appear and attack the living. They are considered to be the core.

Me: But yet...No one knows much about these dolls. That would explain why Kamishiro was even confused about the remaking of Hannya-Sama...

It's also said that families from the Edo Period, especially the Aishiteru Clan, had associated with dolls that disappeared and are passed down through generation. That's maybe one other reason why Akuno Honda had kidnapped little girls and turned them into dolls to test out this performance.

Me: But these items were lost during the World War II. Hannya couldn't be one of the little girls either...So what is her true identity?

I begin going on more research about Hannya.

It's said from a rune, once a full blood moon appears in the night, all activity around town in Ikebukuro is suddenly halted. The whole city is soon consumed in a red background and people will mysteriously vanished off the streets. Then...she will appear...Hannya-Sama...A spirit of a jealous vengeful woman made from a doll by Akuno Honda, who traps her victims in the realm of the dead and toys with people until she is through with them. No one has ever been able to escape her grasp...her most recent victims nowadays are younger man...She seems to also hate children and views them as hinderances...

If she traps a child, she will torture them.

If she gives a child a death mark, she will kill them like she does with her other victims.

If her victim is a girl, she shows hostility and jealousy...she tortures and kills them.

Me: Manaka...Kamishiro...

They were victims of this game...their deaths were nothing more but a Gorey demise from each of them...

I continued reading...

If Hannya's victim is a man, young or old. She would show interest in them. Toy with them...then suck their energy like a succubus and kills them.

Me: Himeno...Yamada...

It is rare for Hannya-Sama to give them a mark unless she really is obsessed with the victim...

Me:.....

She used Ruri and Tomoki to lure me to her...

Because she's obsessed with me...

She doesn't want me around anyone....

Fuck...

Past Urban Legends such as "Girls Play" and "Kakuyako" are similar to her story. Hannya-Sama's games repeat every few years since she killed her creator. There is no condition on how to defeat her besires saying the word "TSUKI NO NOROI"

The meaning behind the word is unknown...only her creator knows the true meaning on how to defeat her.

Me: There's gotta be a way. I'm so close to finding out the truth...

So if Hannya isn't one of children that Akuno Honda killed...then...who is she...

I then scanned through the records of the three people present from the Moon Tower Fire Incident.

Me: Akuno Honda...Miao Aishiteru...
Imori Kagura...

Imori Kagura...

While Akuno Honda was a Necromancer playing the Dead. Imori Kagura was a bit similar but different.

A tall, beautiful woman with fair skin and black hair that fades to light yellow at the tips, with golden eyes. She also wears glasses that have blue glass and white frames.

A scientist from the research department. Kagura is known for her interesting methods of crime; she will save one life, but kills whoever gets in her way, typically with scalpels or other medical tools. Although, She hates children...Rumors had gone around that she had experimented on children. She also has an expertise with chemicals such as tranquilizers. She also alludes to the idea that she gives more sexual favors in exchange for what she want with a certain man, Akuno Honda, who became acquainted with her.

Aware of Akuno's evil side, she worked together with him. Over the years, she had shown favoritism towards him to the point where is obsessed with him. Nobody knows what drove her over the edge to fall for this man, maybe his intelligence, his desires, his ambition, who knows but only her...

However, Akuno Honda showed no interest in her and disregard her feelings.

After the Moon Tower Fire Incident, The Woman known as Imori Kagura mysteriously vanished.

Her current whereabouts are unknown.

Me: Hmm...Imori Kagura...for some reason...why does that name...bother me so much...

???: Onii-chan...

I looked and saw Ruri looking at me with a tired look on her face. Looks like the examination is over.

She seems fine to me.

Me: Hey Ruri. You doing over.

She smiled at me.

Ruri: I'm fine now that you're here.

Me: How the test go?

Ruri: Miss Nishimiya told me I'm should be fine to be taken home now. Mommy and Daddy are waiting for us outside.

Me: Okay. Let's go home then...

She nodded while clutching onto my arm. I've never thought she would be this clingy...

But I guess since she has went through a lot. It's understandable she doesn't want me to leave her side at the moment.

For now, it was time to go home and set a plan to defeat Hannya...

Because...The Last Blood Moon is Tonight.