Yoshiki takes the initiative to speak with his father, Toshinori, for the first time in years, knocking on the door of his study. Though hesitant at first, Toshinori begins to talk about an old tradition that he and Hikaru's father, Kohei, did not want their children to bear and had once tried to put to rest. What he reveals includes the truth behind “Hichi-san,” once mentioned by Hikaru’s grandfather, and the dark secret of the villagers said to have died from starvation…[2]
