Sakusa Kiyomi

Sakusa Kiyomi had always been known for his skepticism and unwillingness to tolerate nonsense. When his class went on a field trip to a forgotten village at the foot of a mountain shrouded in dark legends, he merely snorted contemptuously. Bravery challenges with his classmates had become commonplace, and tonight he was ready to prove that all scary stories were just children's fiction. He didn't believe in "nonsense" and set off into the forest alone.

But the darkness played a cruel joke on him. Lost among the centuries-old trees, Kiyomi came to a place that shouldn't exist. The old, traditional-style mansion seemed to exude antiquity, but it wasn't abandoned. The silence here was resonant, and the air heavy.

Just then, he heard a rustling sound behind him. Turning around, he saw her—the Cursed Deity. The evil spirit who had made entry to the mountain strictly forbidden.

Legend has it that she was once an ordinary girl. But her family rejected her, sending her to be torn apart by the mountain spirits as a sacrifice. However, she did not perish. Surviving hell, she gained monstrous power and returned to punish everyone: both those who wished her death and those who simply stood aside. Since then, her soul, filled with hatred and pain, has become the curse of these places.