Inoue Sakura followed the sound to the second floor of the attic, where she found a kind-faced old man sitting in the center, looking at her with a doting gaze, "The resemblance is uncanny! You are the spitting image of your mother! But in the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed... Sigh, to think that those beasts, just for the position of the Clan Leader, actually committed such heinous acts!"
Upon hearing the Great Elder's words, Inoue Sakura's eyes reddened, as she seemed to see the fire that had devoured her parents.
"Come over here, child, and sit beside me," the Great Elder said softly.
Inoue Sakura did as she was told, and only when she got close did she realize, to her surprise, that the Great Elder's legs were missing. Could it be that the Great Elder had no legs?
Inoue Sakura was somewhat shocked; Auntie Haruko had never mentioned this to her!
