Chapter 124 of the Jigokuraku manga.
Summary[]
Having defeated Rien, the ship starts to fall apart, since the only thing that was keeping it held together was Rien's Tao. After retrieving the Elixir of Life, Gabimaru yells out to Sagiri to grab his hand while they make their way back to the ship. Sagiri becomes concern about Shugen but turns around to see that he has passed away due to overexerting too much of his Tao in his previous attack on Jofuku's corpse, much to her sadness. Gabimaru then becomes shocked after Sagiri suddenly receives a gapping hole in her stomach and sees that the culprit is Rien, who stands before them with her body being partially covered in flowers. With her husband's body destroyed, Rien's spirit is crushed and furiously vows to Gabimaru that she will take away everything from him and the other humans. Gabimaru's left hand is then crushed by Rien. After remembering a past lesson from Eizen about how a kaishakunin is needed when performing seppuku, since the punishment does not have the victim die immediately, Sagiri comes up with the idea of using hemostasis on herself, but quickly concludes that it may not work to help her recover. She then remembers Gui Fa's past words to her on how the only thing each opposing sides will do is kill one another and remembers how theses acts were committed with the case of Kiyomaru and Jofuku. After seeing Gabimaru punctured by Rien, Nurugai prepares to rush over to assist him. However, Jikka grabs her and tells her that power will not be able to stop Rien. While having Gabimaru suffer, Rien remembers how he hesitated to destroy Jofuku's body and asks him as to why he did so. Gabimaru answers that he received an image of his wife's face in his mind at the time, which causes Rien to remember Jofuku. Gabimaru then tells Rien that he sympathizes with her since they both have people they love, which is the other reason as to why he did not commit to his attempt. Having heard these words, Rien looks back on her loving memories with Jofuku. She then decides to heal Gabimaru and Sagiri's wounds chooses to concede by having both her main body and her puppet crumble away. The survivors also witness this phenomena from their ship, including Tōma and Gui Fa, who have been watching from a distance on the island. Rien then becomes at peace with herself as her soul is reunited with Jofuku in the afterlife.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Yamada Asaemon Sagiri
- Shion
- Nurugai
- Yamada Asaemon Jikka
- Gabimaru
- Yamada Asaemon Shugen
- Rien
- Yamada Asaemon Eizen (Flashback)
- Gui Fa
- Yamada Asaemon Kiyomaru (Flashback)
- Jofuku
- Yui (Vision)
- Aza Tōma