Watadamashi-hen Part 4 (綿騙し編 其の四 Watadamashi-hen Sonoyon, Cotton-Deceiving Chapter Part 4) is the seventh chapter of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou and the fourth and final chapter in Watadamashi-hen.
Summary[]
Keiichi follows Mion to the Sonozaki main house, aware that she must know what’s really going on. Mion puts on a kimono and tells Keiichi that Rika is gone. Rika is supposed to have very close ties with Oyashiro-sama, and that as the current head of the Furude family she has been chosen to be a sacrifice. Keiichi apologizes for trespassing into the ritual storehouse and bows his head in remorse. Mion says many people have taken offense to it, but assures Keiichi that his sin wasn’t what doomed Rika. Mion accepts his repentance and repeats that she’ll always be on Keiichi’s side.
Mion takes Keiichi to the underground torture chamber. Though it looks similar to the inside of the storehouse, Mion explains that none of these tools have seen actual use. Keiichi continues to believe in Mion as she takes him to a safe room, which has food, electricity, and a toilet. Mion then pushes Keiichi into a jail cell and locks it, asking if he remembers the game tournament and the doll. She was very happy when Keiichi acknowledged her as a girl and expresses her love for him. She promises to protect Keiichi and not let anyone kill him, saying that if it comes down to it then Keiichi can play the part of the victim and act like Mion forced him in there.
Keiichi asks what she plans to do, and Mion says she’s going to end Oyashiro-sama’s curse, explaining that the villagers’ sense of unity has become warped such that they antagonize anyone who opposes them. The Sonozaki family has always led the Three Families and enabled this tradition, and Mion believes it is her duty to end it. Keiichi says he wants to help when some rumbling noises are heard. Mion laughs, saying that someone’s minion decided to show up. She looks at the security system and pulls out a revolver, reminding Keiichi to pretend like he’s the victim.
Mion leaves and Keiichi starts ramming into the cell door, trying to get it open. When the door fails to open, he thinks about Mion and collapses crying. Keiichi is rescued by the police sometime after, with Ooishi saying they never would’ve found out about it without a nearby officer hearing a gunshot from the estate. Ooishi says they investigated the well inside the dungeon Keiichi was in and found the corpses of Oryou Sonozaki, Kiichirou Kimiyoshi, and Shion Sonozaki. At school, they found Rika’s corpse inside of the septic tank. Additionally, Satoko and Mion were found dead next to each other in the Sonozaki estate. Keiichi thinks about Mion supposedly saying that all these places were safe and wonders if Mion was really the one who killed them all.
Characters[]
- Keiichi Maebara
- Mion Sonozaki
- Miyo Takano (memory)
- Kuraudo Ooishi
- Shion Sonozaki
- Kiichirou Kimiyoshi
- Oryou Sonozaki
- Rika Furude
- Satoko Houjou
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