Crossover anime, a daily life that begins with hunting supernatural beings.

Countless streams of dark gas were forcibly injected into Sakurai's body by Kayako.

It filled every single cell of his body to the brim.

As Sakurai's legs left the ground, he felt a long-lost tearing sensation travel from his arms throughout his body, eventually manifesting in his brain.

This feeling...

It's pain.

why...

I shouldn't feel any pain.

Is it because of that gas?

To be precise, was it because of Kayako's resentment?

Before he could think about what was going on, Sakurai, completely submerged in the black mist, lost consciousness.

And so, without moving, it was held in the giant hand and thrown directly into Kayako's mouth.

Sakurai...

At this moment, being swallowed by Kayako's Curse, there was no chance of turning back.

Falling, the familiar, nauseating, endless descent.

Sakurai awoke during his fall to a tearing pain and saw a series of pained and grotesque faces—the faces of all those killed by Kayako so far.

There's Takeo Saeki, Toshio Saeki, and Kayako's crush on her teacher and her wife.

And all the innocent people who were cruelly murdered by Kayako after their companions mistakenly entered this cursed hut.

After they died, they didn't even have time to be reborn, nor did they have the chance to fall into supernatural forms; without exception, they were all assimilated into part of the curse.

Together they formed a terrifying vengeful group.

Then...

Kayako's scheme, fueled by Sakurai's blazing fire.

The collective curse was split into individual resentments.

After being killed by Sakurai, he was completely assimilated and merged with Kayako, who was hiding behind the scenes.

Even now, Sakurai, who was swallowed by Kayako, is acting as a catalyst, accelerating Kayako's assimilation of other cursed beings.

Its manifestation is...

These distorted and pained faces are all changing. Half of them have unknowingly transformed into Kayako's appearance, while the assimilation of the other half is accelerating with his arrival.

His face, too, felt a tearing pain at that moment.

After being eaten by Kayako, was I also assimilated?

In the future, will I also become one of the sources of Kayako's Ju-on power?

A surge of heat rose from my chest and eventually spread throughout my body.

This is--

anger! ! !

Sakurai is willing to die in battle, and is willing to perish together with a powerful enemy in a fight.

It's even acceptable to be easily destroyed when facing "that guy" one day.

But I absolutely cannot accept, absolutely cannot condone, dying for such a ridiculous reason.

I will absolutely not end here, absolutely not.

He would never allow the future and the world to be handed over to someone like Kayako.

What happened in his world must never be allowed to happen again in this world.

Anger, rage, fury—the burning flames of rage transformed into power.

Set Sakurai on fire.

Pain, an intense agony from the depths of the soul, followed.

finally...

This anger, this resentment, received a response at this moment.

Sakurai's first comrade-in-arms, a partner who had been with Sakurai since the beginning.

The silent Arakami Kiba sensed Sakurai's resentment and anger.

I felt this resolve that I would never allow the world to be handed over to Kayako.

It revived once more, emitting a faint glow in response to Sakurai.

It dispelled the darkness and illuminated the pitch-black world.

It also illuminated Sakurai's pale face, contorted with pain.

Sakurai saw it. In the endless darkness, among the assimilated faces, there were four faces—four faces of doubt, sadness, anger, and confusion—that had not yet changed.

This is Kayako's weakness, and also my...

The only chance to secure victory.

"Arakami, go and eat with all your might."

"Roar! - A Hundred Flowers in Full Bloom, A Blazing Soul Devourer!"

The red lotus bloomed, and the long-lost flame of the soul engulfed Sakurai's body.

He burned everything in Sakurai's body into firewood.

The red lotus, which can last for 119 seconds, goes from blooming to withering in a single second.

This time, compressed to its extreme, transforms into an endless, scorching heat.

The immense pain left Sakurai's mind blank, but...

At that moment, he grasped at hope.

He could already see the future in his eyes.

With a powerful swing, the somewhat dimmed Aragami Fang cleaver cleaved through the void, and then...

Sakurai's body fell uncontrollably into the crevice.

At this moment, Sakurai...

Escape from birth.

Grasping at the hope of opening up a future, he returned triumphantly from hell.

58. "Collapse—the heat of all beings, the annihilation of the universe!!!"

For Kayako, whose life had been filled with misfortune, this might have been the luckiest day of her life.

After she was forced to be sealed in the Saeki mansion, a human who could help her escape this predicament offered to come to her door to help her break free.

Not only that, she originally thought that she could only get out of trouble by relying on this human, but she was surprised to find that Sakurai's existence could allow her to break through the limits of the slightly strange tales and go even further.

Perhaps it was because of too much misfortune in the past that this time they made up for it all at once.

Feeling herself constantly growing stronger, Kayako Ju-on was quite pleased.

Kayako, who was originally eager to break the seal, is no longer in a hurry. She wants to wait until she has completely digested Sakurai before showing the world her resentment with absolute power.

Then he spread the curse throughout the world in one go.

"Loo lou lou".

Just then, Kayako, who was immersed in the joy of becoming stronger, suddenly felt a sharp pain in her abdomen.

The pain was even more intense than when she gave birth to Toshio Saeki. It spread throughout her body.

A very ominous feeling lingered in her heart. Subconsciously, she looked down at her stomach. A sharp pain, landing on her very soul, told Kayako that something seemed to have changed.

This pain was etched deep into Kayako's soul. It was undoubtedly the intense pain caused by the flames on the red dagger that the uninvited human had brought to her door, burning her body (soul).

why...

I clearly ate him, so why did things turn out like this?

Confused, Kayako watched as an unhealable crack appeared on her pale, bluish-white belly, then burst open, and Sakurai, his eyes bloodshot, swung his fist as he pierced through her abdomen.

After stumbling and rolling twice on the ground, Sakurai crashed heavily to the ground.

Beside him, the octagonal, bright silver hammer lay silent.

It's within easy reach.

Is this seemingly within-reach distance fate? Or luck?

No, it's simply because he saw the future.

This possibility has already been chosen from among the countless futures and the myriad of world lines.

As a result, Sakurai died thousands of times the moment he unleashed the Hundred Flowers Bloom: Soul Devouring Flame.

Just to secure this one future.

"Kayako, you haven't fully digested the curse yet. As you are, there's still a possibility that you can be defeated."

"I have already seen the moment when I will defeat you."

Sakurai grabbed the octagonal, bright silver hammer from the ground and closed his eyes.

A being that resides in the body yet transcends it, a soul that shines as brightly as its surroundings, radiating brilliance the moment Sakurai closed his eyes.

Body and soul merged together in an instant, ultimately becoming one and indistinguishable.

Then...

It fell apart and became fragmented.

Simultaneously, the body and soul disintegrate to release immeasurable, limitless energy, which is then injected into the octagonal bright silver hammer and the Aragami Fang.

at the same time...