My name is Kyosuke Nagayama, I’m the head of the Nagayama Family, I have six sons and I’m a priest at Shinzan Shrine and I have yet to find a successor for the Nagayama Family, I’m waiting for my next son which I hope will inherit the Nagayama fate on his shoulders.

The path of the Nagayama is not an easy path, I have made seven attempts to find a successor but I have failed

“We are not your tools dad”

“Fate has chosen you to follow the Nagayama path Ryotaro”

“I can’t just sit here to open door to visitor’s dad, I was born to be a pop star and I won’t make that dream come true here in Akita”

One by one I tried to convince them

“You are not going to get Shinta as the Nagamaya Successor Kyosuke”

Shinta was the favorite son of Yoriko, she didn’t want Shinta to leave after seeing how Ryotaro left after my failed attempt of making him the Sucessor of Nagayama family

Minoru was the third son of the family, he accepted to be the Successor but when he was on the age for the ritual he got scared after seeing who was the person running the ritual, even though he was his uncle

“Time is running Kyosuke”

“I know Mikami”

“if we wait any further, the lineage of Nagayama will suffer the consequences”

“I’m doing what I can”

“We don’t want to lose control of the gate; this place is not meant for other people than us”

The fourth son, Karasu, he accepted to be the successor but when we were running the ritual, Mikami felt a dark aura coming from Karasu and stopped the ritual, Karasu left home after that and we never heard about him after that

Montaro was our fifth attempt on getting the successor but when we were running the ritual, after he got tied up and Mikami was about to complete the ritual, Montaro panicked, broke the ties and ran away, he left home after that

“I think you should tell them what does it mean to be the successor Kyosuke”

“I already explained them, maybe you should not use that mask while running the ritual”

“are you retard?”

“You are not a zombie Mikami”

“But I’m not their uncle anymore”

“As long as they remember you, you are still Mikami”

“But if we delay this any longer I won’t be Mikami anymore”

The sixth attempt was a tragedy, Ennosuke, who was also my favorite son, he brought so many happy moments to my life

“Ennosuke, you will be the Nagayama Successor”

“You know I will do my best for you dad”

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“You will be able to open the door of heaven and hell”

“That sounds amazing dad!”

Ennosuke thought this was some type of super power but in reality, it was Nagayama family fate.

The day of the ritual came, Mikami tied up Ennosuke who was crying

“Will I be ok dad?”

“Yes Ennosuke”

I placed my hands on Ennosuke eyes while Mikami started the ritual.

Ennosuke started to scream as Mikami started to open Ennosuke chest

“IT HURTS DAD!!!”

“Be strong Ennosuke”

“DAAAADDD”

Mikami was holding Ennosuke because he was moving too much

“I LOOOOOVVVEEEEE YOUUU DAAAD”

Mikami extracted Ennosuke heart and then

“Is over Ennosuke”

“Dad, it really hurt”

We untied him and were hoping that he could resist

“You have to resist my son”

“I love you da……”

Ennosuke eyes lost the signal of life and his hand dropped from the altar, my dear son died on the attempt of being the successor

“I’m sorry Kyosuke”

I was crying because watching Ennosuke die on my arms was really shocking, it was until then when I understood what Mikami had to go through, we were 5 brothers, different from my case our three other brothers died during the ritual, I was meant to take Mikami place but I got the chance to give our family successors, and the one who gave me that chance was Mikami, if Mikami or I died back then we wouldn’t have been able to have children and therefore a successor, Mikami offered himself and he passed the ritual.

Our seventh child was a girl, we named her Megumi, she was a blessing from god, Yoriko found peace when Megumi was born, so Shinta and Megumi were left out of the ritual, they were the hope of the next generation of the Nagayama Family.

Our last son was born and we named him Keita, Yoriko, Shinta and Megumi moved from the shrine when Keita was three years old, the reason behind it was because Mikami thought that the ritual succeeded in our case because we were the last two sons on our family so making Keita feel like he was the last son of our family could help the ritual to succeed.

Mikami was hoping that this time we could complete the ritual because if we fail we would lose control of the gate because we were meant to replace the gatekeeper every 50 years, otherwise the gate will consume the gatekeeper and make Mikami wander in the hades for the eternity.

Keita was 10 years old, he got used to see Mikami at the shrine without the mask, Mikami skin looked different from Kyosuke skin, Mikami skin color was soft purple while Kyosuke skin was between Yellow and white, same as Keita.

The day of the ritual finally came and we tied Keita, for some reason he was not panicked, Mikami started the ritual and Keita said

“It hurts dad”

“Please resist Keita”

Keita felt asleep when Mikami finished the ritual and Kyosuke panicked

“Calm down Kyosuke!!”

Kyosuke tried to wake up Keita but then Mikami slapped him

“Look at his chest”

Keita was still breathing

“It looks like he was the chosen one”

The heart of Keita was not inside Keita chest but he was still alive

“It looks like my journey ends here Kyosuke”

Kyosuke looked at Mikami who had a smile on his face

“Thanks for taking my place Mikami”

“Tell Keita to visit me when he wakes up”

“I will”

Mikami and Keita heart disappeared in front of me and Keita woke up

“Where is uncle Mikami dad?”

“He had to go”

“I had a dream dad”

Kyosuke then looked at Kieta face

“He was waving from far away, he told me to visit him, where did he go dad?”

“Keita, you will see now the fate of the Nagayama family”

“It took you awhile to write this part huh?”

“I have been really busy man”

“How far are we now?”

“I would say that we are about to see how every path will join in one place now”

“Someone is at the door, I’ll go check”

The person who was at the door was Megumi, Keita sister, she always brings food for Keita at the shrine and when she was still there, another person came as well

“Hello there”

“Hello, oh sorry, let me introduce you my sister, her name is Megumi, she has the same name as you”