As the system prompt sounded, an old flip phone appeared in Hattori's hand.
The Indiscriminate Diary.
It could predict all events happening around the user indiscriminately within the next ten minutes.
Its advantage was its meticulousness, and any event Hattori could perceive would be recorded without missing a single clue.
Its disadvantages were the short prediction time and the fact that it only displayed things from the owner's perspective, which could potentially be deceived.
"Not bad, a causality tool for predicting the future."
Hattori smiled slightly and called out softly.
"Kurai, record the Indiscriminate Diary into the database. Rate the information and report to me at any time."
"Yes."
Before Hattori, a cute loli in a white dress, Kurai, appeared expressionless. Dense streams of data flashed before her eyes as she stored the Indiscriminate Diary in her database.
Kurai could be considered an intelligent life form with self-awareness.
With her screening and rating, Hattori could basically obtain useful future intel without worrying about it.
On the other side…
Yukiteru, his state of mind changed, a bag of darts at his waist, headed straight for Yuno's home.
His eyes gradually shifted from gentle and timid to sharp and determined.
He would no longer be afraid. He would no longer hesitate.
The first time he killed was #3.
When a gentle person raises a blade, regardless of the purpose, their heart is stained crimson from that moment on.
The second time he killed was #5.
That child who seemed naive and childish, but was actually more sinister and vicious than anyone inside.
That day, Yukiteru saw the true nature of the human heart.
The human heart is inherently evil.
A child of only five or six, relying on vicious cunning and sinister schemes, nearly drove him and Yuno into a corner.
Actually, from that time on, Yukiteru had already shown a slight tendency towards darkening.
It was just that the last shred of innocence in his heart, and the facade of Yuno's weakness and kindness, made Yukiteru suppress this urge.
He couldn't cross the line. He couldn't become a demon feared by those around him.
However, after the third killing and the events with Tsubaki…
Yukiteru's emotional value reached a true critical point.
In this game, there was no right or wrong, no moral good or evil.
Killing and being killed, ruling and being ruled.
Was Tsubaki a bad person?
Until her last minute before death, she was still thinking of 'Ware Ryuuki', wanting to give that innocent boy a warm home.
Then was she a good person?
Someone who manipulated the entire temple, mentally controlled countless followers, and disregarded human life and death could hardly be called good.
The only certainty was…
"Everyone is fighting for themselves."
Yukiteru murmured in a low voice, his heart growing colder and more resolute.
#3 was for himself, to become a deity, striking at Yukiteru without hesitation.
#5 was also for himself, using extremely malicious cunning and strategy to secretly poison the well-meaning Yukiteru.
Tsubaki was the same.
She saw herself in Yukiteru, the self that might have retained an innocent appearance if she hadn't been bullied.
Therefore, Yukiteru, at this moment, also only wanted to fight for himself.
To possess Yuno, to seize everything of hers.
To command her, to make her obey Yukiteru's orders!
"I'm here."
Before a shabby wooden door, Yukiteru, slightly panting, walked in.
Dark, cold, damp.
A foul odor came from inside the room.
Yukiteru's heart sank with a thud, a bad premonition washing over him.
Tap tap tap tap tap.
He hurriedly ran further into the room.
Along the way, cockroaches and rats scurried through the cracks, attracted by the mottled bloodstains.
Rustle.
Pushing open the Japanese-style wooden door, Yukiteru's pupils contracted sharply the moment he saw the scene before him.
"Yukiteru! What are you doing here?!"
Yuno's crimson eyes met Yukiteru's first, a flash of panic in her gaze.
Blood still stained her face, and a remnant of the thrill of killing lingered at the corner of her mouth.
But before Yukiteru, she wore an expression as panicked as a little rabbit's.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Yukiteru felt a wave of nausea churning up from his abdomen.
Two bodies, mangled beyond human shape, lay before him.
It was Yuno's parents.
The axe in her hand still dripped blood, retaining bits of bone and fluid from the brains that had sprayed out.
It's extremely disgusting.
He forcefully suppressed the urge to vomit, his gaze icy as he looked at Yuno.
"Did you do all this?"
His voice was as cold as a devil king's, carrying a tone that brooked no argument.
"I... Yukiteru, it's not what you think, listen to me..."
Yuno's heart was in turmoil, the fear that Yukiteru would detest her spreading uncontrollably in her mind.
Not like that!
She would rather die than have Yukiteru hate her!
That's right, Yukiteru is very gentle. He'll definitely listen to her explanation.
Just tell him her parents committed suicide, that she's also panicked. He'll definitely still love her.
That gentle, strong Yukiteru who gave her life all its hope.
As long as she kept deceiving him, she could keep this warmth.
The warmth of the last straw for a drowning person.
However…
All the chaotic thoughts, all the anxiety and madness in Yuno's heart, were utterly erased by a single action from Yukiteru.
Thud.
A warm chest pressed tightly against hers, the familiar sensation slowly flooding her heart.
'Yukiteru... he's hugging me?'
Yuno's pupils instantly contracted sharply, tears unconsciously sliding from her eyes.
'Why...?'
'He's such a kind, gentle person. Seeing a scene like this, why would he still... for a murderer like her...'
"I know everything about you."
"They aren't your biological parents, right? They abused you, tormented you, locked you in a cage since you were little. Everything you did was just the same as what they did to you, right?"
Yukiteru leaned close to Yuno's ear, whispering.
"In that case, scum like that, killing them is no big deal."
"Remember, you are my lover. No one but me can bully you."
Words like these, coming from someone else, might seem a bit cheesy, like a domineering CEO.
But coming from the overly kind Yukiteru, they made Yuno's heart flutter uncontrollably.
Thump, thump...
"Come with me!"
Without waiting for Yuno's response, Yukiteru Amano grabbed her delicate, smooth little hand and strode directly towards the door.
"From now on, all your actions must follow my commands. I am your man, understand?"
"Mm."
Hearing Yukiteru's domineering words, two blushes instead appeared on Yuno's cheeks as she nodded gently.