"It's about time I took off. What are you going to do now?"
"What can I do? I'll find a deserted island someplace out of the media's reach, and raise my son there."
"That sounds like you. Me, though, I've got to see things through to the end. Once it's gone as far as it can go, who knows, maybe a will beyond human wisdom will exercise its power on us. Wouldn't want to miss that." Takayama was speaking vaguely on purpose, trying to say something without saying it. 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵.
He started walking away along the embankment.
"Bye, Ryuji. Say hi to Miyashita for me."
Takayama stopped at the sound of Ando's voice.
"Before I go, I want you to remember something. No matter what disaster strikes, we've got to meet it head on and overcome it. Only by accumulating that kind of experience can we change the world, you see. So… yeah, it'll be alright." - 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘱 1998

He tried to smile. He wanted Sadako to respond in kind, but she remained without expression.
Out of habit, Toyama's forefinger began to move. When it used to be time for him to play the theme music at the end of a show, he'd always focus himself by rubbing his thumb and forefinger together before pressing play.
Sadako opened her mouth and began to speak.
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺?"
But whatever she was about to say stopped at her throat, and never reached Toyama's consciousness. In the end, maybe the Girl in Black hadn't been trying to say anything at all.
𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙣, 𝙤𝙣.
He moved his forefinger, then gently squeezed the umbilical cord. There was no longer any doubt in his mind whose it was.
𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙠𝙤'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣.
A moment later the lights went out, signaling that the curtain was about to fall. - 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 1999

The horrible effects of the S-shaped virus as mediated by the first edition of Ring hadn’t subsided but hidden and festered. Almost twenty-five years ago, women who’d read Ring while they were ovulating had actually given birth due to the effects of the virus. Some of the children might have been aborted, but at least four of them had been born into this world.
What the young female victims had in common was that every one of them was Sadako.
And now Kashiwada’s motive was clear as well.
𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙠𝙤.
Kashiwada had wanted to eradicate all the Sadakos who’d been born into the world, and he’d searched for the girls one after another and killed them all. Yet the story wasn’t over. A crucial fact was lying in wait for Takanori. The fifth victim, who had nearly been killed by Kashiwada, was sleeping beside him now. The only Sadako left in this world…was Akane.
"𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵?"
He repeated this same question over and over. Was he really going to be part of the same family tree as such a deformity of a woman, who had died time and again only to come back from the dead? Was he really to be her husband and the father of their child?
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰? 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳!" Takanori silently screamed.
Then, even though she seemed to be asleep, both of Akane’s arms moved. Behind Takanori’s back her hands linked, and he found himself getting pulled to her with great force. He was now on top of Akane, in her embrace. Holding him affectionately from beneath, she put her lips close to his ears. He felt a subtle breath on his earlobe, and then came her words.
“𝘛𝘢𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧…”
You’re right about that, he thought. Akane did have the power, the same extraordinary power that Takanori feared. - 𝘚 2012

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Master tier Lanaya, the Templar Assassin achieved 11/21/2019

Grandmaster tier Lanaya, the Templar Assassin since 1/1/2021 10:08:30PM