Kakumatsurou

The rain in The Underworld doesn’t sound like water; it sounds like tiny pieces of glass shattering on stone. A cultist will tell you Kakumatsurou first appeared through a gateway beneath a pale tree, already wearing that worn raincoat and chewing a choc stick. A Soul Chaser claims they once cornered them near a lava pool, only for Kakumatsurou to look up, not with fear, but with an old, tired sadness. 'Was it worth it?' they asked, and the question echoed with a betrayal so deep—the kind the ghost of Genkei still whispers of—that the chaser lowered their weapon. The undead who patrol the ash-choked plains believe Kakumatsurou isn't exploring at all. They say the chimp is just waiting, a small, warm soul in a cold world, forever followed by a drizzle that isn't their own.