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In short.

In this slightly off-topic situation.

Let me briefly explain the man's identity.

This man, whom Yukari Yakumo calls Sin Bag No. 23, also has a daughter, Marisa Kirisame.

His name is—Old Man Mist and Rain.

Sin Bag No. 23, Old Man Kirisame, who had been silent until now, finally spoke.

"Are you really not needed anymore?"

"No need. You've been laid off, you've been fired, you've been dismissed. I—don't need you."

"I see."

In the largest human dwelling in Gensokyo, the Human Village.

As her public identity, Old Man Kirisame is Yukari Yakumo's hidden hand in the human world.

Although he spent more than a year recuperating at Eientei.

I never expected him to come back.

"Isn't it time to continue as the Sin Bag...?"

This fantasy world may no longer need his reality.

This Gensokyo is different from the past; it's changing for the better.

Old man Wuyu, laid off; a bag of sins, dismissed.

Number 23, who was fired, is a dark hero hiding in the shadows of Gensokyo.

"My own life?"

Old Man Wuyu covered his left arm with his thick, rough hand.

That was the scarlet tattoo number 23, a tattoo number that only the first members of the Sin Bag were allowed to have.

Of the 24 strongest Sin Bags under Yukari Yakumo's command, only number 23 remains...

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P.S., just between you and me, the new book is currently available through two platforms. One is still on the original platform, "Chuangshi" (this is the original platform, and I remain loyal to the original platform!).