Yuno Gasai's parents had disappeared completely.
Sen Getsusa worked for a long time before she restored everything in the house to its original state.
Because of the way they died—turning into ash—not to mention blood, not even a single hair or even a fingerprint could remain in this World.
This way, it was convenient for Yuno Gasai and Sen Getsusa to make up a story.
"Let's do this: in a couple of days, I'll clean up the Underground Room, and then we'll report the parents to the police as 'missing.' In a few years, we'll declare them dead, and all their things will belong to you."
Sen Getsusa planned reasonably for Yuno.
Yuno didn't care about these things; her light-colored pupils looked at Sen Getsusa as she said meaningfully, "I'm very scared living here."
"So?" Sen Getsusa was puzzled.
The other girl curled her lips: "So... I want to live with Tsukisa, is that okay? If Tsukisa is there, I won't have nightmares."
Sen Getsusa thought for a moment: "Me? I don't have a problem with it. We can even go to school together. However, I am also a 'Ritualist,' you know. Aren't you afraid? After all, your parents were like that too."
"Hmm? No..."
Yuno Gasai shook her head, reached out to grab Sen Getsusa's hand, and held it to her chest: "If it's Tsukisa, I'm not afraid of anything."
These straightforward words and actions were very easy to misunderstand, especially for a girl like Sen Getsusa, who was a bit... a girl who liked to admire flowers and recite poetry under the crescent moon.
Her face felt a bit hot, and she lowered her head, gently pulling her hand away.
Yuno Gasai asked disappointedly: "What's wrong? Tsukisa? Is it... not allowed?"
Sen Getsusa hurriedly shook her head: "It's allowed, you can come and live with me."
"I mean this, is it not allowed?" Yuno repeated the previous action, cupping Sen Getsusa's hand and looking at her innocently: "Does Tsukisa not like it...?"
Sen Getsusa thought seriously and felt that she did like it.
"Alright," the girl curled her lips, half-supporting the other girl to make it easier for her to walk, "I'll find someone to fix the door lock tomorrow. Come with me to the hospital in a bit."
Being led along, Yuno secretly showed a smile, but the next second she returned to a pitiful expression: "Tsukisa is my savior. Physical contact with Tsukisa gives Yuno a sense of peace."
"But, being rejected makes me very disappointed..."
Sen Getsusa turned her head to look at the girl close to her, who was looking at her with a pitiful expression.
—Combined with the scars on her body, it was truly a bit unbearable.
"Honestly..." Sen Getsusa lightly scraped the girl's cheek with her finger: "It's fine, if Yuno wants to, it's okay."
Yuno Gasai nodded aggrievedly.
Aha, caught you.
————Tojo Aoi is happily working while knowing nothing————
In the hospital.
The Nurse looked at Yuno with a face full of pity as she listened to her tell that moving (fabricated) story.
"Yuno is truly a little Angel. They just threw you away and left for their own happiness; irresponsible parents don't deserve to be parents!"
"Also, those scum of society—call the police! Is there anywhere I can help?"
The Nurse gave Yuno a light hug: "If you need help, please come here and find me!"
She pointed to the name tag on her chest, which had her name on it, and then instructed: "Remember to change the gauze every three days. You're Yuno's friend, right? Remember to help her."
The Nurse put the gauze and medicine into a medical bag and handed it to Sen Getsusa, then looked at Yuno Gasai, who was wrapped up like a 'little mummy,' and reluctantly left.
In the ward, only Sen Getsusa and Yuno Gasai were left.
"Is it really okay to say that?" Sen Getsusa rolled her eyes: "She was totally fooled by you. Or do you have something you need to ask that Nurse for?"
Yuno Gasai covered her mouth and laughed: "No. I was thinking, if in the future, someone looking for my parents traces them through their 'disappearance' to me—a Child who was constantly abused and holds a grudge would be the biggest suspect, wouldn't they?"
"It's better to invent a reason for the wounds and a purpose for their departure."
"The scars were caused by being robbed and mistreated by street thugs, and the parents heard about searching for their own Child in another city, so they left the adopted Child in a hurry."
"The two things are unrelated, and that fool will also become my witness. I can't let there be a logical causal relationship between these two things."
When Yuno Gasai mentioned the Nurse who had been so eager to help her, her eyes were full of disdain; it seemed that gentleness and elegance were just means for her to achieve a certain goal.
Sen Getsusa actually thought Yuno Gasai was quite cool.
"You really think a lot. Don't worry, because of one of my special abilities (All Phenomena are Impermanent), anything I handle shouldn't be detectable (prophesied). Even if there are genuine official 'Ritualists,' they won't be able to find out through supernatural powers."
Besides, if this kind of trash is the 'Origin Point,' it's really... pathetic.
Sen Getsusa glanced thoughtfully to the side, at a purple curtain only she could see.
[Name: The Gasai Couple]
[Heart-Eating Angler (Chaos): Used a secret ritual that was inherently unsuitable for them. It seems the so-called 'Great Existence' does not think very highly of this couple.]
[After coming into contact with the mystery recklessly and undergoing mutation, their sanity began to fail; otherwise, a cautious Planeswalker would have been caught in a hard battle.]
[Energy Level: Lv1 · 'Origin Point']
[Vicious parents adopted a girl; this was their smooth path to wealth and power.]
[Vicious Chaos believers adopted a girl; this was their glorious path to the Great Existence.]
[What is repeated is not the word 'vicious'; what is repeated is that person who could not survive no matter what.]
[Note: Chaos aura detected, has disappeared.]
[Note: order aura detected.]
Eh?
order?
Sen Getsusa looked around; in the quiet hospital lobby, a few elderly people were sitting.
Yuno Gasai blinked, "What's wrong?"
Sen Getsusa shook her head in confusion.
She gestured to Yuno with the medicine bag in her hand. "It looks like you'll have to stay home for a while. I was planning to take you out to buy clothes; that brand just released some new items."
"Huh? Is it those high heels?"
Yuno Gasai's eyes began to sparkle; the female mummy was getting excited.
Sen Getsusa nodded and waved her hand with Haki, "Do you like that brand too? My Child, get well soon, and Mama will take you to Ginza to go on a shopping spree!"
The latter giggled and looked at Sen Getsusa, her eyes filled with unspeakable emotions.
"...Mama?" she whispered silently.
"Oh, right." Sen Getsusa raised a finger, then took a notebook out of her bag and returned it to Yuno. "This is your notebook... I'm sorry for reading it. But thanks to it, I was able to find you."
Yuno Gasai took the notebook.
In the void where the two couldn't see, that notebook was wrapped in golden light.
Like dressing up a doll, Sen Getsusa smoothed the pink hair on the little mummy's head and patted it, as if coaxing a Child.
She said gently, "Alright, then please stay at my house for a while, Miss Yuno. Don't worry, I'll take good care of you."
"Let's go, let's go. It smells like disinfectant here; it's awful."
Sen Getsusa carefully helped Yuno Gasai out of the hospital and into the car, and the taxi drove toward Omotesando.
That notebook was gripped tightly by Yuno's fingers, and the golden light followed her arm, vanishing in a flash.
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